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05-0994-300

JUNE 2024

TWAIN

Scanning Guide

Microsoft

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Xerox

W110 / W130 / W150 Scanner

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Page 1 05-0994-300 JUNE 2024 TWAIN ® Scanning Guide ® Microsoft Windows Xerox ® W110 / W130 / W150 Scanner...
Page 2 ® Corporation in the United States and/or other countries and is used under license from Xerox Corporation. Visioneer is an authorized trademark licensee of Xerox ® Visioneer is a trademark of Visioneer, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged.
Page 3 TWAIN Scanning Guide Scanner User’s Guide...
Page 4 Contents 1.Scanning from TWAIN and WIA ..........................1-1 Accessing the Scanner Interface ........................... 1-1 Choosing TWAIN or WIA............................1-2 Scanning................................... 1-2 Locked Scanning Interface ..........................1-3 2.Using the Preview Window............................2-1 Scan Regions................................... 2-3 Move, Resize, or Delete Regions ........................2-6 Reordering Regions ..............................
Page 5 TWAIN Scanning Guide Sensors..................................5-12 Detect Stapled Documents..........................5-12 Document Handling ............................5-13 Imprinter Panel Options............................5-13 6.Image Enhancements ..............................6-1 Disabled Options in this Section........................6-2 Main Panel Options ..............................6-2 Channel ..................................6-2 Brightness ..................................6-3 Contrast..................................6-4 Gamma..................................
Page 6 TWAIN Scanning Guide General ..................................9-2 TWAIN Driver................................9-2 WIA Driver ................................... 9-3 10.Appendix A: Copy Regulations........................... 10-1 United States................................10-1 Canada................................... 10-2 Other Countries ................................10-2 11.Index ................................11-1 User’s Guide...
Page 7 TWAIN Scanning Guide User’s Guide...
Page 8 Scanning from TWAIN and WIA Important: Before scanning, please take a moment to read through the scanner’s user guide for important instructions about how to use the scanner. The scanner user guide includes information on what type of documents can and cannot be scanned with your scanner.
Page 9 TWAIN Scanning Guide Scanning from TWAIN and WIA Choosing TWAIN or WIA A note about your scanner and the TWAIN standard: TWAIN is a widely recognized standard that computers use to receive images from scanners and digital cameras. The TWAIN scanning interface can be accessed from any TWAIN scanning application you have installed on the computer.
Page 10 Scanning from TWAIN and WIA TWAIN Scanning Guide Locked Scanning Interface If you see this locked version of the scanner’s interface you will be able to select a predefined scanning profile from the Presets list, and then click the Scan button to start scanning. You can also click on the Preview button to open the preview dialogue for you to scan a preview image and set custom scan regions.
Page 11 TWAIN Scanning Guide Scanning from TWAIN and WIA User’s Guide...
Page 12 Using the Preview Window Clicking the Preview button will display the preview window for the scanner interface. Use the preview option if you want to scan and display a sample image that reflects the current settings in the main interface. The preview window is also where you can define custom scan regions. Please refer to Scan Regions for instructions on creating and scanning custom regions.
Page 13 TWAIN Scanning Guide Using the Preview Window Click Show main UI to bring the main scanner interface in front of the preview window for you to adjust the scan settings. There are some settings in the main interface, such as brightness and contrast, which will immediately update the preview image after you adjust the setting.
Page 14 Using the Preview Window TWAIN Scanning Guide When you scan, any settings you adjusted are automatically saved to the Last used settings preset. These settings are not retained in a preset until you click Save in the main interface to save the settings to the current preset, or save them to a new preset using the Save as dialogue.
Page 15 TWAIN Scanning Guide Using the Preview Window Move or resize region 1 until the sample image area you want is within the scan region. Resize the region by clicking on one edge of the region outline and dragging the mouse. Move the region by clicking in the region then dragging the mouse.
Page 16 Using the Preview Window TWAIN Scanning Guide In the main scanner interface click Save to save the regions to the current preset, or save them to a new preset using the Save as dialogue. The Summary area in the main interface will indicate when custom regions have been defined in the preview window.
Page 17 TWAIN Scanning Guide Using the Preview Window Move, Resize, or Delete Regions Moving regions—to move a region, place your mouse cursor over the region you want to move. The region will highlight indicating that it is the active region under the mouse cursor. Click on the region and drag the mouse to move the region.
Page 18 Using the Preview Window TWAIN Scanning Guide Deleting regions—to delete a region, place your mouse cursor over the region you want to delete. The region will highlight indicating it is the active region under the mouse cursor. Right- click on the region and select the delete option from the menu. Move, Resize, or Delete a Blocked Region If there is a region you cannot move or resize because another region is in the way, you can temporarily move that region behind the other regions.
Page 19 TWAIN Scanning Guide Using the Preview Window Make this region a lower number—select this option to move the region number up one in the processing order. This option is not available if the region you right-clicked on is already at position 1.
Page 20 Document Source Configuration Some options in the interface may be grayed out and cannot be selected. Grayed out options are either not appropriate for the current scanner, the software needed to enable the feature is not installed, or the feature is dependent on another setting in the scanner's interface. Hover the mouse cursor over a grayed out feature to see information about why the feature is unavailable.
Page 21 TWAIN Scanning Guide Document Source Configuration Click the drop down menu to select the scanning options you want to use. The available color modes are: • Automatic determines the color of the document as it is being scanned. • Color scans the document in color, creating a full color copy of an original document or photograph.
Page 22 Document Source Configuration TWAIN Scanning Guide Click the top of the menu to collapse the list. Select the options in the scanner interface that you want to use for the first side. When you are done making changes for the first side, click in the source configuration list and select the color mode for the second side.
Page 23 TWAIN Scanning Guide Document Source Configuration User’s Guide...
Page 24 Presets A preset contains all features in the scanner interface, including color mode, resolution, paper size, and so on. You can create, import, export, and delete presets. • If you select the Last used settings preset, then adjust the settings in the scanner interface, when you scan those changes will immediately save to the preset.
Page 25 TWAIN Scanning Guide Presets Type a new name for the preset in the name field and then click on OK in the dialogue. Deleting Click the drop menu under Presets and select the preset you want to delete. Click the right pointing arrow button and select Delete. Click Yes when prompted to confirm that you want to delete the currently selected preset.
Page 26 Presets TWAIN Scanning Guide Click on the browse button next to the Destination folder field to open a file browsing window. Browse to a location and select the folder where you want the preset file to be saved. Click on Choose.
Page 27 TWAIN Scanning Guide Presets Note: the software will look for duplicate preset names. If you see a notification indicating that a preset with the same name already exists, select one of the options on-screen to continue. • Overwrite—select this option to replace the current preset with the one you selected from the list.
Page 28 Presets TWAIN Scanning Guide Browse to the location where the preset file is saved. If you want to import multiple presets, click on each preset name. You may need to hold down the Ctrl (Control) key on your keyboard, while clicking on each preset name, to select multiple presets. Click on Open.
Page 29 TWAIN Scanning Guide Presets User’s Guide...
Page 30 Document Settings Some features described herein may not be available for the current scanner. Please disregard any information about features that you do not see in the interface for your scanner. • Main panel—this panel contains the most commonly used scan settings. When the Basic source configuration mode is selected, this is the only panel available.
Page 31 TWAIN Scanning Guide Document Settings Disabled Options in this Section Some options in the interface may be grayed out and cannot be selected. Grayed out options are either not appropriate for the current scanner, the software needed to enable the feature is not installed, or the feature is dependent on another setting in the scanner's interface.
Page 32 Document Settings TWAIN Scanning Guide Some resolution settings for typically scanned items are: • Text document letters, forms, or other typed black and white documents – 150 dpi to 200 dpi • Text document letters or forms with hand printed text – 200 dpi •...
Page 33 TWAIN Scanning Guide Document Settings Note that some of the options in the scanner interface cannot be used when the page length will be greater than 14 or 17 inches (depending on the scanner model). When you select this option, incompatible options will either be automatically disabled or the setting will simply be discarded while scanning.
Page 34 Document Settings TWAIN Scanning Guide Flip Back Side Select this option if you are scanning duplex pages that are calendar style orientation. This option will rotate the back side image 180 degrees from the front side. When scanning in duplex mode without this option selected, the back side image of calendar orientation pages will appear upside down in the final scan.
Page 35 TWAIN Scanning Guide Document Settings Advanced Panel Options The options in this panel may also appear in the Main panel, but with additional settings for you to fine-tune the feature you've selected. Select the Advanced source configuration mode to show this panel.
Page 36 Document Settings TWAIN Scanning Guide Clean Up Edges Select this option to remove any thin lines from around the edges of the final scan. This option will fill the margins of the image with the detected edge color. When you select this option, the Width input field will automatically enable for you to input the size of the area you want to have filled with the background color.
Page 37 TWAIN Scanning Guide Document Settings Compress transfers Select this option to have the scanner compress the image in Gray and Color scans. This reduces the file size and allows for faster image transfer from the scanner to the computer. Once the compressed image is on the computer, the scanner’s driver will then uncompress the image, and perform any image processing functions that have been selected in the scanning interface.
Page 38 Document Settings TWAIN Scanning Guide Note that if these two options are grayed out and you cannot select them, then these options are not available for your scanner. Click on OK. Open the scanner interface. Change to the Advanced source configuration mode. In the Document settings section click on the Advanced tab.
Page 39 TWAIN Scanning Guide Document Settings Barcode Specification Barcode Types: The following table outlines the specifications for the supported barcodes. Dimension Barcode Type Character Set Digit Code39 10 digits 1 to 32 (excludes start and stop codes) 26 upper case letters 7 special characters: -.$/+%SPACE 1 start/stop character: * Code128...
Page 40 Document Settings TWAIN Scanning Guide Dimension Barcode Type Character Set Digit Aztec ASCII data, Up to 3067 alphanumeric characters Binary data (multi-byte characters) or a combination of Numbers: up to 3832 digits the above Binary data: up to 1914 bytes DataMatrix ASCII data, binary data Up to 1556 bytes...
Page 41 TWAIN Scanning Guide Document Settings If you select an option in this panel that also appears on the Main panel, when you return to the Main panel, that option will be selected. Select the Advanced source configuration mode to show this panel.
Page 42 Document Settings TWAIN Scanning Guide Document Handling Select the type of paper in your scan batch. Leave the default selection for Normal paper handling to have the scanner feed items at normal scan speeds. Select Delicate to have the scanner slow the feeding motor so that very thin or fragile paper does not tear as it is fed through the scanner.
Page 43 TWAIN Scanning Guide Document Settings Text format template—input the text you want to have printed on the scanned pages. The following table shows the available alphanumeric characters and symbols that can be printed. A maximum of 72 characters can be printed, which includes text you type in the input field as well as any tokens you select from the token list.
Page 44 Document Settings TWAIN Scanning Guide You set the horizontal start position by moving the ink carriage in the imprinter unit itself. Move the ink carriage left or right and align the arrow tab to the appropriate paper width indicated on the imprinter unit.
Page 45 TWAIN Scanning Guide Document Settings Note that only the printed string will reflect these changes while scanning. When scanning is complete, all of the counters will have the starting number you set before starting the scan job. For example, if you were to input in the text format template: {Date on , Date separator /}-Test- {Counter on}.
Page 46 Image Enhancements Some features described herein may not be available for the current scanner. Please disregard any information about features that you do not see in the interface for your scanner. Click on the Image Enhancements icon to select options applicable to what type of image processing you want applied for the items being scanned.
Page 47 TWAIN Scanning Guide Image Enhancements Disabled Options in this Section Some options in the interface may be grayed out and cannot be selected. Grayed out options are either not appropriate for the current scanner, the software needed to enable the feature is not installed, or the feature is dependent on another setting in the scanner's interface.
Page 48 Image Enhancements TWAIN Scanning Guide Select Color in the Document source configuration list to enable this option. • RGB – select this option to adjust the BCG values for all color channels. • Red / Green / Blue – select one of these options to adjust the BCG values for only that color channel..
Page 49 TWAIN Scanning Guide Image Enhancements Brightness works in conjunction with Contrast for image enhancement. When you are adjusting the brightness level to improve the scanned image quality, try adjusting the contrast level as well. The contrast level is the range between the lightest and darkest parts of the image. For example, if you scanned a document with notes written in pencil, you may have to decrease the brightness level to get the handwritten notes to appear in the scanned image.
Page 50 Image Enhancements TWAIN Scanning Guide Below are some recommended options for contrast image correction based on the original document quality. • Original documents of good quality - 50% • Pencil written letters, forms, or drawings - 55% to 65% • Faded pictures or old documents with faded text - 60% to 70% •...
Page 51 TWAIN Scanning Guide Image Enhancements As the gamma value is adjusted higher, the tone curve bends and the highlights of the image are expanded, lightening the highlights without overall lightening the image with white as seen with raising the brightness level. This way, the highlights and shadows in the image are maintained by saturating the pixels with lighter levels of the same color rather than just adding white.
Page 52 Image Enhancements TWAIN Scanning Guide • Threshold—move the slider to the left or right to set the level of lightness or darkness for the scanner to leverage from. For example, if you are scanning a document with gray text, such as hand written pencil notes, move the slider to the right.
Page 53 TWAIN Scanning Guide Image Enhancements Fill Margin Holes Select this option if you are scanning pages with punched holes in the margins. This option will fill these holes with the detected background color in the final scan. The scanner will detect and fill the holes under the following conditions: Note: This option is available in the interface only if the connected scanner supports this feature.
Page 54 Image Enhancements TWAIN Scanning Guide When scanning in color each pixel is reversed to the opposite color in the color wheel. Mirror Image The Mirror image option flips the image left-to-right. Color Processing Panel Options The options in this panel are for setting how the scanner should process colors in specific color modes.
Page 55 TWAIN Scanning Guide Image Enhancements Select Custom to enable the fields for setting custom dropout colors and enabling multicolor dropout. You can set the custom color by either inputting the values for R, G, and B in their respective boxes, or by selecting the color from a sample scan.
Page 56 Image Enhancements TWAIN Scanning Guide • Pick radius—this is the radius of pixels to reference when clicking on a color in the sample image. Click to switch viewing the sample image with and without color correction. Please see Perform Color Correction for more information.
Page 57 TWAIN Scanning Guide Image Enhancements Color Dropout Preview Window To set the RGB values using a sample scan, place a document in the scanner, and then click the dropper button to launch the “Color dropout preview” window. The scanner will scan and display the image in the preview window. Click on a color in the image to set it as the dropout color.
Page 58 Image Enhancements TWAIN Scanning Guide Advanced Panel Options The options in this panel may also appear in the Main panel, but with additional settings for you to fine-tune the feature you've selected. Select the Advanced source configuration mode to show this panel.
Page 59 TWAIN Scanning Guide Image Enhancements • Sharpen—sharpens the appearance of the image by evaluating a pixel and changing its color to increase the contrast to adjacent pixels. Use the Radius field to set the size of the area for each pixel to be evaluated to adjacent pixels. Note that the higher the number is in the Radius field, the longer it will take the driver to evaluate the image •...
Page 60 Image Enhancements TWAIN Scanning Guide REDUCE MOIRÉ Moiré patterns are wavy or rippled lines that may appear in the scanned images of newspapers and magazines, and sometimes scanned images of photos, line drawings, and color scans of textured paper. Select the Moiré reduction option to have the driver attempt to find and remove moiré...
Page 61 TWAIN Scanning Guide Image Enhancements Text Enhancement for Dynamic Threshold Use this option to allow the scanner to enhance light colored text while scanning with dynamic threshold. Remove Background Automatically detect the background color of the scanned item and set it to white in the image. Color scan Color scan with Remove background White Level...
Page 62 Driver Configuration Use the Driver configuration section to configure the add-on modules, select interface options, and view the scanner hardware properties. When the Advanced configuration mode is selected, a scanner panel option will be available for you to change any hardware settings that may be available for your scanner.
Page 63 TWAIN Scanning Guide Driver Configuration Scanner Configuration The scanner configuration tab shows the hardware information for your scanner. Some features described herein may not be available for the current scanner. Please disregard any information about features that you do not see in the interface for your scanner. Scanner Details •...
Page 64 Driver Configuration TWAIN Scanning Guide Scanner maintenance • Counters—click the reset button next to the counter you want to set back to 0. • Show maintenance reminders—select this option be notified when it is time to clean or replace the rollers. After cleaning or replacing the rollers, click the reset button next to the roller counters in this screen.
Page 65 TWAIN Scanning Guide Driver Configuration User’s Guide...
Page 66 Hardware Features For most scanners, many of the image processing options described here-in are only available when the Visioneer Acuity module is installed. Depending on the scanner you are using, some of these options are also available without Visioneer Acuity. Using hardware image processing means the scanner can scan at its rated speeds while producing the best quality results.
Page 67 TWAIN Scanning Guide Hardware Features Hardware Image Processing for Your Scanner Unless otherwise stated, all options listed in this section are also available in software image processing through Visioneer Acuity. The scanner cannot go back and forth between hardware and software image processing. While scanning, the scanner will use the hardware image processing option as its first priority, and change to software image processing if a setting in the scanner interface is incompatible with the hardware option, or if one of the selected options is only available for software image processing.
Page 68 Hardware Properties and Interface Behavior You can use the scanner’s properties page to keep track of scanner maintenance, change some of the hardware options, configure the scanner interface behavior, and adjust application options that may be available for your scanner. To open the scanner hardware properties page: •...
Page 69 TWAIN Scanning Guide Hardware Properties and Interface Behavior Driver Settings The options in this panel are for configuring how the scanner interface will behave in some scenarios. Only advanced users should modify any of the options in this section. Options that are not available for your scanner will be grayed out and disabled.
Page 70 Hardware Properties and Interface Behavior TWAIN Scanning Guide • Remember compression—when a compression option is available for user adjustment, it cannot be saved as part of a preset. Select this option to have the compression setting saved. • Suppress TWCC_CAPSEQERROR—return default value if there is a TWCC_CAPSEQERROR error.
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Page 72 Appendix A: Copy Regulations United States Congress, by statute, has forbidden the reproduction of the following subjects under certain circumstances. Penalties of fine or imprisonment may be imposed on those guilty of making such reproductions. Obligations or Securities of the United States Government, such as: Certificates of Indebtedness National Bank Currency Coupons from Bonds...
Page 73 TWAIN Scanning Guide Appendix A: Copy Regulations Selective Service Induction Papers that bear any of the following Registrant’s information: Earnings or Income Dependency Status Court Record Previous military service Physical or mental condition Exception: U. S. Army and Navy discharge certificates may be photographed. 10.
Page 74 Appendix A: Copy Regulations TWAIN Scanning Guide • Currency notes • Bank notes and cheques • Bank and government bonds and securities • Passports and identification cards • Copyright material or trademarks without the consent of the owner • Postage stamps and other negotiable instruments Note: this list is not inclusive and no liability is assumed for either its completeness or accuracy.
Page 75 TWAIN Scanning Guide Appendix A: Copy Regulations 10-4 User’s Guide...
Page 76 Index Device settings, 9-1 Disabled Options, 5-2, 6-2, 7-1 Acuity, 1-1, 2-5, 8-1 Dither, 6-7 Advanced panel, 5-1, 6-1 Document handling, 5-13 Auto source, 3-1 Document Settings, 5-1, 7-1 Automatic color detection, 3-2, 5-4, 6-11 Document size, 5-3 Automatic image cropping, 5-6 Document Source Configuration, 3-1 Dpi, 5-2 Driver configuration, 7-1, 8-1...
Page 77 TWAIN Scanning Guide Rotate image, 5-4 Keep both, 4-4, 4-5 Scale Image, 5-7 Scanner model panel, 5-1 Last used settings, 2-3, 4-1 Sensitivity, 6-14 Locked Interface, 1-3 Sharpen, 6-14 Long document, 5-3, 5-5 Show main UI, 2-2 Sides identical, 3-2 Skip blank originals, 5-6 Sleep mode, 7-2 Main panel, 5-1, 6-1...

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