Scanning Documents and Checking with Preview (Mac OS)

After scanning documents, start up Preview and check the images created from the documents that you scanned.

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This section explains how to scan basic documents and open images created from the documents that you scanned in Preview.

For details about how to scan various documents, refer to How to Scan Documents.

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Images created from documents that you scanned cannot be managed in ScanSnap Home. The scanned images are saved in the folder below.

/Users/<UserName>/Documents

Prepare a document to be scanned with the ScanSnap.
Open the ADF paper chute (cover) of the ScanSnap to turn the power on. Hold the right side of the ADF paper chute (cover) of the ScanSnap then open it or press the [Scan] button to turn it on. Open the feed guide of the ScanSnap to turn the power on.

Open the ADF paper chute (cover) fully so that the [Scan] button lights up in blue.

When the ADF paper chute (cover) is opened, the extension will rise automatically.
Open the ADF paper chute (cover) of the ScanSnap to turn the power on. Hold the right side of the ADF paper chute (cover) of the ScanSnap then open it or press the [Scan] button to turn it on. Open the feed guide of the ScanSnap to turn the power on.
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- If you want the document to be ejected from the front of the ScanSnap or when there is not enough space where the document exits the ScanSnap, open the output guide.
- How the document is ejected differs as below depending on whether the output guide is open or closed.
  
  When the output guide is closed
  
  When the output guide is open
Press the [Scan] button or [Stop] button on the ScanSnap to turn the power on.
Prepare a profile in ScanSnap Home.
1. Click the [Scan] button at the top of the Main Window of ScanSnap Home to display the Scan Window.
  
  If the main window is not already displayed, click the [ScanSnap Home] icon in the application list that appears when you click Launchpad in the Dock.
2. Click to display the [Add new profile] Window.
3. Select [Scan to Preview] from the template list.
  If necessary, change the scan settings.
4. Click the [Add] button to add this profile to the profile list in the scan window.
In the home screen on the touch panel, select the profile that you added in step 3 from the profile list.
Check that the profile that you added in step 3 is selected in the profile list in the scan window.
Scan a document with the ScanSnap.
1. Place the Background Pad on the front side of the ScanSnap.
  Place the Background Pad so that it is in contact with the ScanSnap.
2. Place the document in the scan area of the ScanSnap.
  For details about the scan area, refer to Placing a Document.
3. Press the [Scan] button to start scanning the document.
  To continue scanning, place the next document to be scanned and press the [Scan] button.
  ATTENTION
  Do not cover the white sheets on the ScanSnap with your hands or with something else while scanning a document. The color reproducibility of the scanned image will be affected.
  
  Do not shake the table or desk when the ScanSnap is being used or move the document while it is being scanned. Doing so may distort the scanned image or blur the color.
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  The timed mode enables you to scan documents automatically without pressing the [Scan] button. For details, refer to Scanning Documents Using Timed Mode.
4. Press the [Stop] button to finish scanning the document.
5. Select a method to save scanned images in the [ScanSnap Home - Image scanning and file saving] window of ScanSnap Home.
  Select [Flat] and then click the [Save this image] button.
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  Click the [Check/Correct] button in the [ScanSnap Home - Image scanning and file saving] window to correct the scanned image.
  
  For details, refer to the following:
  
  Correcting the Document Orientation
  
  Modifying the Crop Area of a Document
  
  Filling in the Captured Finger Areas in the Scanned Image of a Document
6. Pull out the extension and the stacker on the ADF paper chute (cover).
7. Pull the stacker towards you.
8. Pull out the extension.
9. Insert the document straight into the feeding section of the ScanSnap, with the scanning side facing up.
  Make sure that the document is fed into the ScanSnap and is held firmly.
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  When you perform a scan with the output guide closed, leave enough space at the back of the ScanSnap to allow the document to be completely ejected. In addition, when you scan a long page document, hold the document that you scanned with your hands to prevent them from falling off the base where the ScanSnap is placed on.
  
  Make sure that the area where the document exits the scanner is clear of any obstacles. Otherwise, a paper jam may occur.
10. Load the document in the ADF paper chute (cover).
  
  Load the document face-down and head-first with the back facing you (when loading multiple documents, the last page is on the top).
  
  Adjust the number of documents so that they do not go beyond within the side guides when they are loaded.
11. Align the side guides with both ends of the document.
  
  Hold each side guide in the middle to adjust them. Otherwise, the document may be fed skewed during scanning.
12. Pull out the extension on the ADF paper chute (cover) and open the stacker.
13. Load the document in the ADF paper chute (cover).
  
  Load the document face-down and head-first with the back facing you (when loading multiple documents, the last page is on the top).
  
  Adjust the number of documents so that they do not go beyond the reference marks and are kept within the side guides when they are loaded.
14. Align the side guides with both ends of the document.
  
  Hold each side guide in the middle to adjust them. Otherwise, the document may be fed skewed during scanning.
15. Load the document in the ADF paper chute (cover).
  
  Load the document face-down and head-first with the back facing you (when loading multiple documents, the last page is on the top). Adjust the number of documents so that they do not go beyond the reference marks and are kept within the side guides when they are loaded.
16. Align the side guides with both ends of the document.
  
  Hold each side guide in the middle to adjust them. Otherwise, the document may be fed skewed during scanning.
17. Load the documents in the ADF paper chute (cover) or insert the document into the manual feeder.
  - When scanning documents all at once (U-turn Scan)
    
    Load the documents in the ADF paper chute (cover), and align the side guides with both ends of the documents.
    
    Load the document face-up and head-first with the front facing you (when loading multiple documents, the first page is on the top).
    
    Hold each side guide in the middle to adjust them. Otherwise, the documents may be fed skewed.
    ATTENTION
    
    Make sure that the document support tab is open.
    
    Otherwise, a paper jam may occur.
    
    If the document support tab is closed, pull it up with your fingers.
    
    If the document support tab comes off, contact the distributor/dealer where you purchased this product.
  - When scanning documents one by one (Return Scan)
    
    Insert a document into the manual feeder.
    
    Face the front side of a document upwards and insert the top end of the document straight into the middle of the manual feeder.
    
    Make sure that the document is fed into the ScanSnap and is held firmly.
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    The document comes out from the back of the ScanSnap during the scan.
    
    Leave space (about the length of the document) at the back of the ScanSnap.
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    You can scan a document with the ADF paper chute (cover) closed.
18. Press the [Scan] button.
  
  After scanning is complete, if the message "Load the next document." is displayed, you can continue scanning.
  
  To finish scanning, click the [Finish Scanning] button or press the [Scan] button on the ScanSnap.
19. Press the [Scan] button. Press the [Scan] button.
20. Press the [Scan/Stop] button to start scanning the document.
  
  To continue scanning, insert the next document to be scanned. When the document is inserted, scanning starts automatically.
21. Press the [Scan/Stop] button to finish scanning the document.

Preview starts up, and the image created from the document that you scanned is displayed.

When you scan different types of documents all at once with the setting configured to detect document types automatically, each scanned image is saved as a different image file, and all the saved files are opened with Preview.

Scanning Documents and Checking with Preview (Mac OS)

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