Page 4 - 12 Xerox Document Centre Reference GuideLighten/DarkenLighten/Darken provides controls to adjust the lightness or darknessof the output.Use Darken (press the down scroll button) to darken the copy fromlight originals such as pencil images.Lighten can be used to lighten a copy when the lower contrast or theBackground Suppression On adjustments are not adequate. Forexample, use Lighten (press the up scroll button) to copy moredetails in the dark areas of an original, to suppress the backgroundfrom colored paper originals, and to eliminate lines resulting frompaste-ups, or backside show-through.Background SuppressionBackground Suppression is automatically selected when anyOriginal Type other than Photo is selected. BackgroundSuppression automatically reduces or eliminates the backgroundfrom colored paper originals or from newspaper originals.Turn Background Suppression off when you encounter thefollowing conditions:l Using the Darken adjustment does not produce a satisfactorycopy when copying very light originalsl The original has a gray or colored border such as a certificate.The machine will incorrectly assume that the border of thedocument is the background level of the entire original andconsequently cause the entire image to appear lighterl To bring out fine detail that was lost due to the dark edge orgutter when using Bound Originals
