Settings (SEND) Dialog Box

A: Scan Options Area

Select Source

Select the type of item to be scanned.

Note

• To reduce moire, set Select Source to Magazine or select the Reduce moire checkbox in Image Processing Settings.

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.

• Resolution

Image Processing Settings

Click (Plus) to set the following. Available setting items vary by Select Source.

• When Select Source is Photo:

  Note

  • When Color Mode is Black and White, Image Processing Settings is not available.

  Sharpen outline

  Emphasizes the outline of the subjects to sharpen the image.

• When Select Source is Magazine or Document:

  Note

  • When Color Mode is Black and White, only Reduce gutter shadow, Correct slanted text document, and Detect the orientation of text document and rotate image appear.

  Apply Auto Document Fix

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

  Important

  • 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

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

  Note

  • Use ScanGear (scanner driver)'s Advanced Mode tab to correct gutter shadows when scanning non-standard size items or specified areas.
    Refer to "Gutter Shadow Correction" for your model from Home of the Online Manual 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 box are supported.

    • Settings (General Settings) Dialog Box

  • 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

B: 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 pull-down menu, then click Add in the displayed Select Destination Folder dialog box and specify the destination folder.

The default save folders are as follows.

• Windows 10/Windows 8.1:

  Documents folder

• Windows 7:

  My Documents folder

Data Format

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

You can select JPEG/Exif, TIFF, PNG, or PDF.

Important

• You cannot select JPEG/Exif when Color Mode is Black and White.

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 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 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 box 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.

C: Application Settings Area

Send Method

Specify the e-mail client to use for attaching scanned images, application to which to send them, or folder in which to save them.

Note

• Specify the e-mail client, application, or folder in the Select Send Method dialog box displayed by selecting Add... from the pull-down menu.