# THE QUALITY OF THE SCANNED IMAGE IS POOR

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Point to check | Solution
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Is the original printed matter such as a book or magazine? | To reduce the moire effect, take the following procedure: When the original is printed matter, vertical patterns (moire) may occur. Select [Others] → [Sharpness] in the Base Screen and soften the edges of image to reduce the moire effect (only in "E-mail", "FTP/Desktop", "Network Folder", and "Scan to External Memory Device"). It may also be possible to reduce the moire effect by changing the resolution setting or shifting the original (or changing its angle) slightly on the document glass.
When scanning a colour or greyscale original, is the colour mode set to [Mono2]? | Setting the colour mode to [Mono2] replaces the colours in the original with either black or white. This is suitable for text-only originals; however, for originals that contain illustrations, it is best to use the [Start] key with the colour mode set to [Greyscale], or set the colour mode of the [Start] key to [Full Colour] or [Auto] → [Greyscale] and then scan.
Is a destination included that has [TIFF-S] selected for the format? | If you wish to send an image scanned at high resolution to destinations for "E-mail", "FTP/Desktop", and "Network Folder", send the image to scanner and Internet fax destinations separately. When a broadcast transmission is performed that includes both destinations for "E-mail", "FTP/Desktop", and "Network Folder" and Internet fax destinations that have [TIFF-S] selected for the format, the resolution will remain fixed at [200x200dpi] even if a different resolution setting is selected.

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