Settings (E-mail) Dialog

(1) Scan Options Area

Select Source

Select the type of item to be scanned.

• Scanning items from the platen: Document or Photo
• Scanning documents from the ADF (Auto Document Feeder): Document (ADF Simplex), Document (ADF Manual Duplex), or Document (ADF Auto Duplex)

Color Mode

Select the color mode in which to scan the item.

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.

Note

• Click Defaults in the screen in which you can specify the paper size 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.

For details, see the "Resolution" page by searching for it from the top page of the Online Manual for your model.

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.

Important

• Binding Side cannot be specified when scanning only the front side of each document.

Image Processing Settings

Click (Right Arrow) to set the following. Available when Select Source is document.

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 and specify save settings checkbox, and then 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.

Note

• When you select the Save to a subfolder with current date checkbox, the date and four digits are appended to the set file name.

Save in

Displays the folder in which to save the scanned images. To add a folder, select Add... from the pop-up menu, then click (Plus) in the displayed dialog and specify the destination folder.

The default save folder is the Pictures folder.

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.

Note

• With network connection, scanning may take longer than usual when you set TIFF or PNG in Data Format.

JPEG Image Quality

You can specify the image quality of JPEG files.

Important

• This appears only when JPEG/Exif is selected in Data Format.

PDF Compression

Select the compression type for saving PDF files.

Standard

It is recommended that you normally select this setting.

High

Compresses the file size when saving, allowing you to reduce the load on your network/server.

Important

• This appears only when PDF or PDF (Multiple Pages) is selected in Data Format.
• When Black and White is selected in Color Mode, this option does not appear.

Create a PDF file that supports keyword search

Select this checkbox to convert text in images into text data and create PDF files that support keyword search.

Important

• This appears only when PDF or PDF (Multiple Pages) is selected in Data Format.

Note

• PDF files that are searchable in the language selected in Document Language on the (General Settings) tab of the Settings dialog are created.

Save to a subfolder with current date

Select this checkbox to create a current date folder in the folder specified in Save in and save scanned images in it. The folder will be created with a name such as "20XX_01_01" (Year_Month_Date).

If this checkbox is not selected, files are saved directly in the folder specified in Save in.

Check scan results and specify save settings

Displays the Save Settings dialog after scanning.

(3) Application Settings Area

E-mail Client

Specify the e-mail client to use for attaching scanned images.

Note

• To add an e-mail client to the pop-up menu, select Add... from the pop-up menu, then click (Plus) in the displayed dialog and specify the e-mail client.