Click Document Scan on the 
(Scanning from a Computer) tab to display the Settings (Document Scan) dialog box.
In the Settings (Document Scan) dialog box, you can make advanced scan settings to scan items as documents.
ImportantWhen the Settings dialog box is displayed from the Scan screen of My Image Garden, the setting items for Application Settings do not appear.
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)
NoteWhen 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.
ImportantTo 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.
NoteClick 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.
Document Scan Orientation Settings...
This appears when you select ADF for Select Source.
Click to display the Document Scan Orientation Settings dialog box in which you can set the orientation and binding side of the documents to be scanned from the ADF.
ImportantBinding 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 
(Plus) to set the following.
NoteThe 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.
ImportantAvailable 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.
NoteScanning 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.
NoteScanning 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.
ImportantThis function is available only when scanning from the platen.
Available only when the Compress scanned images upon transfer checkbox is not selected.
NoteUse 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.
ImportantThe 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)
NoteScanning 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.
ImportantOnly text documents written in languages that can be selected from Document Language in the Settings (General Settings) dialog box 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 box.
File Name
Enter the file name of the image to be saved. When you save a file, the date and 4 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).
ImportantYou 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 box 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 Select Destination Folder dialog box displayed by selecting Add... from the pull-down menu.
The default save folders are as follows.
Windows 7: My Documents folder
Windows Vista: Documents folder
Windows XP: My Documents folder
ImportantWhen the Settings dialog box is displayed from My Image Garden, this option does not appear.
Check scan results
Displays the Save Settings dialog box after scanning.
ImportantWhen the Settings dialog box is displayed from My Image Garden, this option does not appear.
Open with an application
Select this when you want to enhance or correct the scanned images.
You can specify the application from the pull-down 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 pull-down 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 pull-down 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 pull-down 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 pull-down menu.
Do not start any application
Saves to the folder specified in Save in.
NoteSpecify the application or folder in the Select Application or Select Destination Folder dialog box displayed by selecting Add... from the pull-down menu.
Instructions
Opens this guide.
Defaults
You can restore the settings in the displayed screen to the default settings.
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