HP laserjet 3302 FDW - scanned documents have a gray baground on text?

[MarcusAseth2]

Hi everyone, check this scan below done with my HP laserjet 3302 FDW:

You see the faint gray background box behind every letter?
That is not present in the original document, it's an artifact of the scanning process.

It's really bad because then it also shows up when I print a copy of the document,

makes the copy look poor and unprofessional.

I'm wondering:

• Is this a known issue with HP scanning software/hardware?

• Or is it a common limitation with scanner technology in general?

• Most importantly, is there a way to fix this? I’m aiming for clean, photo-quality scans.

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This device costed around €350, so I expected much better performance in this regard... so I'm utterly disappointed in this brand right now.

Any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[Andr-1611 · Accepted solution]

@MarcusAseth2 

Use HP Scan > "Cleanup background"

and use 300 dpi

I hope this helps.

Kind Regards
Andr-1611

[MarcusAseth2]

Thank you!

The result is still not as pefect as I would have hoped (meaning a copy that cannot be distinguished from the original), but is a big improvement compared to what I had before, so it counts as a solution

[Andr-1611]

There is also this setting here:

Activate “Auto Exposure”

This setting further improves the scan if the original is too dark in the background.
Lettering is also better delineated.

Kind Regards
Andr-1611

[Andr-1611]

@MarcusAseth2 

You’re welcome.

Kind Regards
Andr-1611