Taking a Photo of a Document with the Camera Function (While Linking with a Cloud Service)
By simply taking a photo of a document with ScanSnap Home's camera function, a photo image that is automatically cropped to the same size as the document is created.
To use the camera function, you must sign in to a ScanSnap account.
For regions where ScanSnap accounts can be used, refer to here.
iOS/iPadOS
To use the camera function, you must sign in to a ScanSnap account.
For regions where ScanSnap accounts can be used, refer to here.
Android/Chrome OS
To use the camera function, you must sign in to a ScanSnap account.
For regions where ScanSnap accounts can be used, refer to here.
The camera function is not supported for Chrome OS.
- Tap
on the Scan screen of ScanSnap Home on the mobile device.
If a message is displayed, follow the instructions on the screen to finish configuring the settings.
- On the Scan screen of ScanSnap Home, display the scan settings for saving scanned images to a cloud service.
To change the scan settings, tap
/
.
- Start the camera function by tapping
. - Tap the photo-taking mode icon at the top of the camera view screen to switch between photo-taking modes.
Automatic photo-taking mode
Manual photo-taking mode
ATTENTIONIf the color of a document and the background color of the location where the document is placed are similar, it may not be possible to take a photo in automatic photo-taking mode.
The document type of the second and subsequent documents will be of the same type as the first.
To change the document type, send an image created from the document you took a photo of to a cloud service.
- Tap the thumbnail that appears at the bottom of the camera view screen to view the scanned image on the Preview screen.
In the Preview screen, the following edit operations are available.
Displays the screen to edit the scanned image.
In the Edit screen, the following edit operations are available.
Deletes unnecessary scanned images.
Rotates the scanned image.
Modifies the level of background removal for the scanned image.
Rotates the scanned image.
Modifies the crop area of the scanned image.
The scanned image is uploaded to the cloud service specified for the cloud storage service via the ScanSnap Cloud server.
If the camera function is terminated while taking a photo, the image created from the document you are taking a photo of will be automatically deleted the next time the camera function is started up.