Might try increasing the 'dpi'
which is the image resolution
-- dots per inch -- ...of the scan itself.

I'm no scan expert, rare for me to do scans... someone else may tell you HP scan secrets....

...but I prefer to use a photo program to make the scan as it is more controlable with settings. Import/Aquire Twain..

My guide has this:
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I have never e-mailed from a scan.
I usually save as a file. Then send as an attachment.
I use grayscale opposed to black & white.

Have you tried saving the scan as a rich text? Or better yet a HTML file?

DA

I can't see the logic in saving a B&W document as a BMP file. I prefer to scan in either gray scale or picture and saving in JPG, and if its going to be edited then I'll OCR to text.

Bob

I usually go with grayscale 150 dpi for printed things like receipts. I've found that BW drops too much. If what you're scanning is only text and is very clear, BW may work, but you may want to try grayscale to see if it does any better.

I usually use either jpg or pdf as my output.

I always save as BMP and full colour even for text. That way I can degrade if I need but the quality is available if I decide to edit a photo.

In her question she did refer to a document not a picture.

Greyscale is a wonderful option; convenient, speed and cost savings, which I have established as default on my front- line printer and my all-in-one. I only use a BW alternative when the copy needs to have a professional appearance, the item being scanned is on colored paper; i.e. yellow or pink receipts, or if I have advanced notice that the document will be duplicated.

DA

Hi everyone, thanks for your info.

DA, I only use a BW alternative when the copy needs to have a professional appearance, the item being scanned is on colored paper; i.e. yellow or pink receipts, or if I have advanced notice that the document will be duplicated.

The document was to be duplicated and that is why I set it to black and white.

Have you tried saving the scan as a rich text? Or better yet a HTML file?

No I am not sure how to do that. I think it is automatically set up but without looking I am not sure. I will have to try it out again and see about that. What does setting it to rich text or HTML file do?

Urlee,
I usually save as a file. Then send as an attachment.
I use grayscale opposed to black & white.

I did save it as a file, right clicked and sent it as an attachment to my email. I am thinking that it didn't scan right and the preview is to small for me to actually make it out.

Owbist,

It was not a colored document nor was it a photo as stayed above. It was a very important document that I was trying to send back to a company. They sent it to me I was to sign it and return it back to them. I had done it many times before and no one had said it was fuzzy until this last time. That's what made me think that maybe I had changed a setting when working with something else and I was trying to figure out how to change it back.

Bob,

I can't see the logic in saving a B&W document as a BMP file. I prefer to scan in either gray scale or picture and saving in JPG, and if its going to be edited then I'll OCR to text.

"LOL" with me logic has nothing to do with it, I just used what was there without fully understanding it all.
How do you OCR to text? I see OCR but am not sure what it does.

For everyone to know I did a project for my sister using pictures of her deceased husband and arranging them in a certain order. He was retired military and I wanted to do something very special for her. It all turned out nicely and she was very happy with it. It was after I did the project that the text became fuzzy and that is why I am thinking I must have changed the settings because I was doing the project and scanning the pictures and saving it to my scans file & now I can't seem to figure out how to get it back like it was. I was trying to email it to her and making changes as I went and finally had to just print it out and take it to her when I went to the service. Maybe I should ask what the standard settings should be when doing normal text that you want to email to someone, that wants to print it out on their end.

I don't think it is the scanner nor the printer, I think it is something that I changed. I don't know what the normal settings should be are they the same with all scanners? Did I just make any sense here with my explanation? "Smiles"

Please bare with me for the next couple of days, if I don't get back to you right away. I have to have dental surgery later this morning. If you wouldn't mind I would like for someone to bump this up every so often, so that I don't lose this post. I want to read your responses and get back to you as soon as possible. Hopefully in a couple of days. Thanks to everyone who posted to my thread here. I hope I didn't miss answering anyone.

thirdfrt!!!

Perhaps you could re-install the software so the program resets to factory default? Then you could start from scratch

I realised you were scanning a document not a photo but full colour still recognises and scans black and white things as black and white. Another think I often do is to scan at 200% or more to maintain quality.