Configuring the Scan Setting to Drop Out Specified Colors When Scanning [Dropout color]

You can exclude a color from being scanned by selecting either red, green, or blue (three primary colors).

Documents can be scanned without excluding any colors.

For example, when scanning a document with black characters and a green frame, if you select green for the dropout color, only the black characters of the document are scanned.

  1. Start up the Software Operation Panel.

    For details, refer to Starting Up the Software Operation Panel.

  2. From the list on the left, select [Device Setting 2] → [Dropout color].
    Dropout Color
  3. Select a color that you want to remove.
    Red, Green, Blue

    The selected color is removed.

    The factory default setting is [Green].

    None

    No color is removed.

    ATTENTION

    • This function works the best with light (low intensity) colors, and dark colors may not be excluded.

    • You cannot specify a color other than Red, Green, and Blue.

      To drop out other colors, configure the setting in the scanner driver.

      For details, refer to the help for the scanner driver.

    HINT

    • This is only available in black & white or grayscale mode.

    • This setting can also be configured in the scanner driver.

      Note that priority is given to the scanner driver setting.