A fluorescent color scanning method is disclosed to include the steps of:
scanning a standard white to obtain a first reference white W1; reducing
the scanning brightness and then scanning the standard white to obtain a
second reference white W2; using the first reference white and second
reference white to scan every scanning document and then storing the
respective scanning results Pm and Qm; and comparing Qm to W2 so as to
determine if the document contains a fluorescent color or not subject to:
(i) determining that the document contains a fluorescent color if
Qm>W2, and then converting Qm into the accurate color output Om; and
(ii) determining that the document contains no fluorescent color if
Qm.ltoreq.W2 and then using the value of Pm as the image output value.