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Settings (Document Scan) Dialog

Click Document Scan on the (Scanning from a Computer) tab to display the Settings (Document Scan) dialog.

In the Settings (Document Scan) dialog, you can make advanced scan settings to scan items as documents.

figure: Settings dialog

Important

  • When the Settings dialog is displayed from the Scan screen of My Image Garden, the setting items for Application Settings do not appear.

(1) Scan Options Area

Select Source

Select the type of item to be scanned.

  • Scanning documents: Document or Document (ADF/Platen)
  • Scanning magazines: Magazine
  • Scanning documents from the ADF (Auto Document Feeder): Document (ADF Simplex), Document (ADF Manual Duplex), or Document (ADF/Platen)

Note

  • When Document (ADF/Platen) is selected and documents are placed both on the platen and ADF, those placed on the ADF will be scanned.
Color Mode

Select the color mode in which to scan the item.

Important

  • To select Black and White, deselect the Compress scanned images upon transfer checkbox.
Paper Size

Select the size of the item to be scanned.

When you select Custom, a screen in which you can specify the paper size appears. Select a Unit, then enter the Width and Height, and then click OK.

figure: Custom Size Setting dialog

Important

  • Custom cannot be selected depending on the Select Source setting.

Note

  • Click Defaults to restore the specified settings to the default settings.
Resolution

Select the resolution of the item to be scanned.

The higher the resolution (value), the more detail in your image.

Note

  • Only 300 dpi or 400 dpi can be set when Start OCR is selected in Application Settings.
Document Scan Orientation Settings...

This appears when you select ADF for Select Source.

Click to display the Document Scan Orientation Settings dialog in which you can set the orientation and binding side of the documents to be scanned from the ADF.

figure: Document Scan Orientation Settings dialog

Important

  • Binding Side cannot be specified when scanning only the front side of each document.
Compress scanned images upon transfer
Compresses scanned images when transferring them to a computer. This is useful when your scanner or printer and computer are connected with a slow interface such as USB1.1 or a network.
Image Processing Settings

Click (Right Arrow) to set the following.

Note

  • The displayed items vary by Select Source and Color Mode.
Apply Auto Document Fix

Select this checkbox to sharpen text in a document or magazine for better readability.

Important

  • Available only when the Compress scanned images upon transfer checkbox is not selected.
  • The color tone may differ from the source image due to corrections. In that case, deselect the checkbox and scan.

Note

  • Scanning takes longer than usual when you enable this function.
Sharpen outline
Emphasizes the outline of the subjects to sharpen the image.
Reduce show-through
Sharpens text in an item or reduces show-through in newspapers, etc.
Reduce moire

Reduces moire patterns.

Printed materials are displayed as a collection of fine dots. "Moire" is a phenomenon where uneven gradation or a stripe pattern appears when such photos or pictures printed with fine dots are scanned.

Note

  • Scanning takes longer than usual when you enable Reduce moire.
Reduce gutter shadow/Reduce gutter shadow (platen)

Reduces gutter shadows that appear between pages when scanning open booklets.

Important

  • This function is available only when scanning from the platen.
  • Available only when the Compress scanned images upon transfer checkbox is not selected.

Note

  • Click Driver in the IJ Scan Utility main screen and scan to correct gutter shadows when scanning non-standard size items or specified areas.
    Refer to "Gutter Correction" for details.
Correct slanted text document

Detects the scanned text and corrects the angle (within -0.1 to -10 degrees or +0.1 to +10 degrees) of the document.

Important

  • The following types of documents may not be corrected properly since the text cannot be detected correctly.

    • Documents in which the text lines are inclined more than 10 degrees or the angles vary by line
    • Documents containing both vertical and horizontal text
    • Documents with extremely large or small fonts
    • Documents with small amount of text
    • Documents containing figures/images
    • Hand-written text
    • Documents containing both vertical and horizontal lines (tables)

Note

  • Scanning takes longer than usual when you enable Correct slanted text document.
Detect the orientation of text document and rotate image

Automatically rotates the image to the correct orientation by detecting the orientation of text in the scanned document.

Important

  • Only text documents written in languages that can be selected from Document Language in the Settings (General Settings) dialog are supported.
  • The orientation may not be detected for the following types of settings or documents since the text cannot be detected correctly.

    • Resolution is outside the range of 300 dpi to 600 dpi
    • Font size is outside the range of 8 points to 48 points
    • Documents containing special fonts, effects, italics, or hand-written text
    • Documents with patterned backgrounds

    In that case, select the Check scan results checkbox and rotate the image in the Save Settings dialog.

(2) Save Settings Area

File Name
Enter the file name of the image to be saved. When you save a file, the date and four digits are appended to the set file name in the "_20XX0101_0001" format.
Data Format

Select the data format in which to save the scanned images.

You can select JPEG/Exif, TIFF, PNG, PDF, or PDF (Multiple Pages).

Important

  • You cannot select JPEG/Exif when Color Mode is Black and White.
  • When Start OCR is selected in Application Settings, you cannot select PDF or PDF (Multiple Pages).
Settings...
Click to display the Data Format Settings dialog in which you can set the quality of the images to be saved, keyword search of PDF files and their compression type, and the data format in which to save images scanned with Auto Scan.
Save in

Displays the folder in which to save the scanned images. To change the folder, specify the destination folder in the dialog displayed by selecting Add... from the pop-up menu.

The default save folder is the Pictures folder.

Important

  • When the Settings dialog is displayed from My Image Garden, this option does not appear.
Check scan results

Displays the Save Settings dialog after scanning.

Important

  • When the Settings dialog is displayed from My Image Garden, this option does not appear.

(3) Application Settings Area

Open with an application

Select this when you want to enhance or correct the scanned images.

You can specify the application from the pop-up menu.

Send to an application

Select this when you want to use the scanned images as they are in an application that allows you to browse or organize images.

You can specify the application from the pop-up menu.

Send to a folder

Select this when you also want to save the scanned images to a folder other than the one specified in Save in.

You can specify the folder from the pop-up menu.

Attach to e-mail

Select this when you want to send e-mails with the scanned images attached.

You can specify the e-mail client you want to start from the pop-up menu.

Start OCR

Select this when you want to convert text in the image into text data using specified OCR software.

You can specify the application from the pop-up menu.

Do not start any application
Saves to the folder specified in Save in.

Note

  • Specify the application or folder in the dialog displayed by selecting Add... from the pop-up menu.
Instructions
Opens this guide.
Defaults
You can restore the settings in the displayed screen to the default settings.