Settings (Scanner Button Actions) Dialog

A: Scan Options Area

ADF Original Size for Auto Scan

Select the document size for performing Auto Scan from the operation panel when using the ADF (Auto Document Feeder).

Image Processing Settings

Click (Right Arrow) to set the following.

Correct slanted text originals

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 originals.

Detect the orientation of text original 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

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 pop-up menu, click (Plus) in the displayed dialog, and then specify the destination folder.

The default save folder is the Pictures folder.

JPEG Image Quality

You can specify the image quality of JPEG files.

PDF Compression for Auto Scan

Select the compression type for saving PDF files from the operation panel with Auto Scan.

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.

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.

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.

C: Application Settings Area

Open with an application

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

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.

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.

Attach to e-mail

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

Do not start an application

Saves to the folder specified in Save in.

Note

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