INTERACTIVE HARDCOPY RE-SAMPLING WITHOUT RE-SCANNING

摘要

A method and system are provided for scanning a page having different image attributes on different zones of the page. The method and system use a scanner (100) having a resident image buffer (104) and scanning circuitry including a plurality of scanning algorithms (106A-106C) having optimum rendering characteristics for imaging images with a plurality of different image attributes. The scanner scans the page and an image of the page is provided on a display (108). The operator uses an input device (118) to designate a zone of said page on the display. The data from said scanned page is stored in a buffer resident on said scanner prior to rendering of the data. The operator also designates a selected one of the algorithms to be applied to the designated zone. The scanner applies the designated algorithm to the data stored in the resident image buffer for the designated zone. The scanner renders an image of the data stored in the resident image buffer.