Settings (SEND) Dialog

A: Scan Options Area

Source Type

Select the type of item to be scanned.

Note

• To reduce moire, set Source Type to Magazine.

Color Mode

Select the color mode in which to scan the item.

Original 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 (Right Arrow) to set the following. Available settings vary depending on the Source Type setting.

• When Source Type is Photo:

  Important

  • 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.

  Note

  • Set the outline emphasis level in the Settings (General Settings) dialog.

• When Source Type is Magazine or Document:

  Note

  • When Color Mode is Black and White, only Correct slanted text originals and Detect the orientation of text original and rotate image appear.

  Sharpen outline

  Emphasizes the outline of the subjects to sharpen the image.

  Note

  • Set the outline emphasis level in the Settings (General Settings) dialog.

  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.

  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.

    • Settings (General Settings) Dialog

  • 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.

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.

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.

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

• 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.