Allowing Multiple Users to Share One ScanSnap Unit

One ScanSnap unit can be used with multiple computers in which ScanSnap Home is installed, by connecting the unit and computers to the same wireless access point. For example, multiple team members in an office can use one ScanSnap unit by connecting their computers to the ScanSnap.

If each member creates a profile in ScanSnap Home, the profiles appears on the touch panel of the ScanSnap. By selecting the profile that you created after loading a document in the ScanSnap, the image created from the document that you scanned is saved automatically to the specified save destination.

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Up to 30 profiles can be managed with the ScanSnap. When [All users] is set for [Display of profiles] in the [Settings] screen on the touch panel, the total number of profiles created with all computers connected to the ScanSnap must be within 30.

If the message appears, stating that "Up to 30 profiles can be registered. Delete some profiles.", delete as many profiles as the number of profiles which exceeded the limit in the [Delete a profile] window displayed when you click the [OK] button.
To display only profiles (which were created with the computer that is connected to the ScanSnap) on the touch panel, select [Selected user] or [Connected user] for [Display of profiles] in the [Scanner settings] screen that can be displayed after displaying the [Settings] screen,

For details about methods for changing profiles, refer to Changing Users in order to Display the User's Own Profiles.

Connect the ScanSnap to a wireless access point.
1. Open the ADF paper chute (cover) of the ScanSnap to turn the power on.
2. Press in the home screen on the touch panel of the ScanSnap to display the [Settings] screen.
3. Press to display the [Wi-Fi settings] screen.
4. Press [Wi-Fi connect mode] to display the [Wi-Fi connect mode] screen.
5. Select [Access point connection].
6. Press to return to the [Wi-Fi settings] screen.
7. Press to return to the [Wi-Fi settings] screen.
8. Press [Access point connection] to display the [Access point connection] screen.
9. Press [Access point connect settings] to display the [Connection information configuration method] screen.
10. Select [Select an access point].
11. Press the [Next] button to display the [Select network] screen.
12. From the list of displayed wireless access points, select a wireless access point that you want to connect to.
13. Press the [Next] button to display the [Enter connection information] screen.
14. Enter the information of the wireless access point to be used and press the [Next] button.
  
  The items which are displayed in the screen differ depending on the security protocol of the wireless access point.
15. Press the [Complete] button in the [Check Connection Results] screen.
16. Press to display the home screen.
Check the scanner name of the ScanSnap to be connected.
1. Press in the home screen on the touch panel of the ScanSnap to display the [Settings] screen.
2. Press to display the [Connecting Devices] screen.
3. Check the scanner name that is displayed in [Scanner name].
Connect a computer to the ScanSnap.
1. Click the [Scan] button at the top of the Main Window of ScanSnap Home to display the Scan Window.
  
  Windows
  
  If the main window is not already displayed, refer to To Display the Main Window.
  
  Mac OS
  
  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. Select [Add a ScanSnap] from the [Select a scanner] list.
3. In the [ScanSnap Home - Connecting ScanSnap] window, select the ScanSnap model to be connected and then click the [Start setup] button.
4. In the [ScanSnap Home - Connecting ScanSnap] window (Connection with the ScanSnap), select the scanner name of the ScanSnap to be connected, and click the [Next] button.
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  When an IP address is set for the ScanSnap, you can connect the ScanSnap to a computer by specifying the IP address.
  
  Specify the IP address for the ScanSnap to be connected in the window that appears when you click [Using an IP address].
5. When the [ScanSnap Home - Connecting ScanSnap] window (Connection is complete) appears, click the [Next] button.
6. When the [ScanSnap Home - Connecting ScanSnap] window (Let's use it!) appears, check the contents and click the [Close] button.
Connect all the computers that you want to use the ScanSnap with, to the ScanSnap.

Perform step 3 on all the computers that you want to use the ScanSnap with.
Modify the settings for a profile in ScanSnap Home on the computers connected to the ScanSnap.
On each computer connected to the ScanSnap, add or modify a profile according to the purpose of the scan in ScanSnap Home.
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- It is easier to recognize the creator of a profile displayed on the touch panel of the ScanSnap or the scan window of ScanSnap Home by specifying the color for the icon of a profile for each user.

Multiple users can share a single ScanSnap unit. All profiles that are managed in ScanSnap Home on the computers connected with the ScanSnap are displayed in the profile list in the home screen on the touch panel.

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Windows

You can also connect the ScanSnap by clicking the [Add] button under [Scanner information] in the [Scanner] tab of the preferences window. To remove the ScanSnap that you do not need, select the ScanSnap from the list of ScanSnap units and click the [Remove] button. It is also removed from the [Select a scanner] list in the scan window.

To display the preferences window, select [Settings] → [Preferences] from the menu.

Mac OS

You can also connect the ScanSnap by clicking the [Add] button under [Scanner information] in the [Scanner] tab of the preferences window. To delete the ScanSnap that you do not need, select the ScanSnap from the list of ScanSnap units and click the [Delete] button. It is also deleted from the [Select a scanner] list in the scan window.

To display the preferences window, select [ScanSnap Home] → [Preferences] in the menu bar.

Allowing Multiple Users to Share One ScanSnap Unit

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