Settings (Scan and Stitch) Dialog Box

(1) Scan Options Area

Select Source

Select the type of item to be scanned.

• Scanning photos: Photo
• Scanning documents: Document
• Scanning magazines: Magazine

Note

• To reduce moire, set Select Source to Magazine.

Color Mode

Select the color mode in which to scan the item.

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.

Important

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

• When Select Source is Photo:

  Sharpen outline

  Emphasizes the outline of the subjects to sharpen the image.

• When Select Source is Magazine or Document:

  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.

(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.

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 8: My Documents folder
• Windows 7: My Documents folder
• Windows Vista: Documents folder
• Windows XP: My Documents folder

Important

• When 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.

Important

• When the Settings dialog box 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 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.

Do not start any application

Saves to the folder specified in Save in.

Note

• Specify the application or folder in the Select Application or Select Destination Folder dialog box displayed by selecting Add... from the pull-down menu.