Switching the Colour Mode

You can set the colour mode to use for the scan.

Types of Colour Modes

Auto (Color/B&W)

If you select the Auto (Color/B&W) mode, the machine automatically recognizes whether the original is in colour or black-and-white. Colour originals are scanned in the Full Color mode, black-and-white originals are scanned in the Black & White mode.

Auto (Color/Gray)

If you select the Auto (Color/Gray) mode, the machine automatically recognizes whether the original is in colour or black-and-white. Colour originals are scanned in the Full Color mode, black-and-white originals are scanned in the Grayscale mode.

Full Color

The machine scans originals in the Full Color mode, regardless of whether the originals are in colour or black-and-white.

Black & White

The machine scans originals in the Black & White mode, regardless of whether the originals are in colour or black-and-white.

*1 Original

*2 Scanned Image

Grayscale

The Grayscale mode always scans in the Grayscale mode regardless of whether the original is in colour or black-and-white.

*1 Original

*2 Scanned Image

The colour modes that you can select vary depending on the storage location.

: Available -: Unavailable

Colour Mode	Storage Location
Colour Mode	Mail Box	Memory Media
Auto (Color/B&W)
Auto (Color/Gray)	-
Full Color
Grayscale	-
Black & White

As an example, the procedure for selecting a mail box as the storage location is explained in this section.

Press

(Main Menu) → [Scan and Store] → [Mail Box].

Select the desired Mail Box → press [Scan].

Press [Select Color] → select the colour mode → press [OK].

IMPORTANT
The default settings are as follows: Mail Box: Auto (Color/B&W) Memory Media: Auto (Color/Gray) When [Auto (Color/Gray)] or [Auto (Color/B&W)] is set and your originals contain colour sections, the machine scans them in the Full Color mode. However, the machine may scan the colour originals in the Black & White mode under the conditions below. To avoid this, set the colour mode to [Full Color]. If the originals contain very few colour sections If the colour sections of the originals are close to black If the originals contain light colour densities If the colour sections are located only in the range indicated by the diagram below, when loading the originals in the feeder

IMPORTANT

The default settings are as follows:

Mail Box: Auto (Color/B&W)

Memory Media: Auto (Color/Gray)

When [Auto (Color/Gray)] or [Auto (Color/B&W)] is set and your originals contain colour sections, the machine scans them in the Full Color mode. However, the machine may scan the colour originals in the Black & White mode under the conditions below. To avoid this, set the colour mode to [Full Color].

If the originals contain very few colour sections

If the colour sections of the originals are close to black

If the originals contain light colour densities

If the colour sections are located only in the range indicated by the diagram below, when loading the originals in the feeder

NOTE
If a black-and-white original is scanned in the Full Color mode, it is counted as a colour scan. You can register a desired colour mode as the default setting by changing the default scan settings. (See "Specifying the Scan and Store Settings.")