All-in-One copy vs functions Scan

What is the technical difference between the black copy function and the function of scan (Document to the printer setting) in HP-each when you print a black and white document?  Sometimes I have a HP Photosmart C6280 but imagine a similar software is used in most HP AIOs.  I use Windows XP SP3.

I noticed that get copies of the printed large document when you use the black copy.  We see no difference between the original and printed copy.  But when I take the same document and use the scan function, the default setting of "Document to the printer" in the HP Solution Center / HP scanning software, white background of the document comes out of gray in the scanned image and the printed document.  Tweak the parameters of scanning doesn't seem to help.  The default color is 'levels of gray.  Change the color to "black and white" setting worse image, even after the threshold adjustment.  This is also true when scanning to a file.

Curiously, Scanner of Windows XP and the Assistant camera produces images of a document scanned (no gray background) when you use the parameter "black and white picture or text.

It seems that two different sets of software are used by HP for scanning and copying, even if the two functions use the same scanner. Would be nice if HP Scanning can be configured to produce the same document, black and white, scanning of the results produced by the black and the scanner and Camera Wizard copy function.  Did I miss something on the purpose or the configuration of the scan function? Did you have a good black and white, scanning of the success with the HP Solution Center / HP Scanning?

Thanks for ideas or experiences!

Mark

I solved my problem with the help of HP technical support.  HP has a document entitled "Improvement of Scan quality," located at http://support.hp.com/us-en/document/buu00673

It is found by typing "Improvement of the quality Scan" in the search box on the HP support & drivers page.  The document is the first result in the list.

The second task of the document suggests recalibrate the all-in-one.  It was easy to make and done to correct my problem to get gray backgrounds on text scanned documents using the color to grayscale setting. The backgrounds are now in white, as it should.

The lesson I have remove this: always turn the all-in-one front to put the document to scan on the glass.

When you unplug the all-in-one to the power outlet and then plug it in again, the scanner to recalibrate automatically itself when it is turned on again with the power button.  If there is a document on the glass during calibration, recalibration may not work correctly, but you will not know.  All you know is that the scans you then will have quality problems!

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