Image Quality Tab

Use the Image Quality tab to set VRS quality adjustments that are applied to images during and after a scan operation. The adjustments give you the ability to achieve optimal image quality for black and white, grayscale, and color images.

The table describes the controls that are available on the Image Quality tab.

Control

Name

Description

Page Adjustments group

Deskew

Auto Deskew

Automatically straightens images that are skewed.

Auto crop

Auto Crop

Automatically crops an image to the actual paper size scanned, rather than the paper size selected in your scan application.

Edge cleanup

Edge Cleanup

Automatically trims the same amount from each image edge.

Edge fill

Edge Fill

Automatically repairs edges, such as folded corners.

Hole punch removal

Hole Fill

Automatically fills hole marks with the background color.

Auto Rotate

Auto Rotate

Automatically rotates images 90, 180, or 270 degrees, based on the detected orientation of the text content.

Merge sides

Merge Sides

Combines front and back sides to produce a single image.

Blank Page group

Detect blank

Detect

Marks (internally) pages that are confidently determined to be blank.

Delete blank

Delete

Removes pages that are confidently determined to be blank.

Blank page settings

Settings

Sets the threshold at which a page is considered blank, even if it contains speckling or other marks.

Clarity group

Brightness and contrast

Brightness & Contrast

Applies Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma settings to images in any color mode.

Auto Brightness

Auto Brightness

Automatically optimizes brightness for black and white or grayscale images.

Auto contrast

Auto Contrast

Applies special processing to achieve optimal image quality for challenging black and white documents.

Black & White group

Line weight

Line Weight

Adjusts the thickness of lines and text on black and white images.

Speckle Filter

Speckle Filter

Removes speckling from black and white images.

Halftone pictures

Halftone Pictures

Improves the appearance of pictures on black and white images.

Color group

Color detection

Detection

Sets the scanner to automatically detect and process images according to the detected color mode (color or black and white).

Background smoothing

Smoothing

Smooths variations in the image background to improve readability and reduce the file size.

Scanner group

Driver settings

Driver Settings

Opens a window for adjusting settings supported by your scanner driver.

Reset group

Original settings

Original Settings

Restores all values on the Image Quality tab to the state that was in effect the last time you selected a profile or scanned a page, whichever is more recent.