Scanning Magazines to Read in PDF

Scan the pages of a magazine in color and save the scanned images as PDF files. There is no need to correct the orientation of a specific page or change the color mode after scanning.

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This section explains how to scan pages by pulling each page out one by one from an adhesively bound magazine.

This section explains how to scan multiple pages continuously by turning the pages of a magazine.

ATTENTION

Scanning copyrighted works, such as newspapers, magazines, and books, without permission from the right holder is banned by law, except when its intended use is within the individual or domestic range or equivalent ranges.
An image created from the document that you scanned can be used only for private use.
The magazine that is taken apart into pages cannot be restored. It is the responsibility of the customer to perform this scan.

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When scanning pages in a saddle stitched magazine, refer to Scanning Manuals or Catalogs to Do Away with Them.
- Adhesive binding
  
  The way in which the back of a book is bound adhesively with glue
- Saddle stitch binding
  
  The way in which documents are stitched in the middle with staples

Prepare documents to be scanned with the ScanSnap.
1. Remove all of the covers that are bound adhesively with glue, including the spine of a magazine and the back cover.
2. Take the spine that is glued apart by removing pages one by one.
3. Put the pages on top of each other and align the pages in the order you want to scan them.
ATTENTION
- Do not leave glue on the front cover and pages. If there is any glue on a document to be scanned, the documents may be fed skewed during scanning, so that part of the image appears missing.
TIP
- If you use a cutting machine, you can prepare the pages without removing them one by one.
Prepare a book to be scanned with the ScanSnap.
Obtain a magazine which you want to create into a PDF file.
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 documents to be ejected from the front of the ScanSnap or when there is not enough space where the documents exit the ScanSnap, open the output guide.
- How the documents are 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.
  
  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. Click to display the [Add new profile] Window.
3. Select [Magazine in PDF] from the template list.
  
  Windows
  By default, the images created from the document that you scanned are saved in the [Magazine] folder.
  
  If you change the save destination for scanned images to a new save destination, specify the new save destination in [Save to] under [Managing options].
  
  If necessary, change other scan settings.
  
  Mac OS
  By default, the images created from the document that you scanned are saved in the [ScanSnap Home] folder.
  
  If you change the save destination for scanned images to a new save destination, specify the new save destination in [Save to] under [Managing options].
  
  If necessary, change other 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. Pull out the extension and the stacker on the ADF paper chute (cover).
2. Pull the stacker towards you.
3. Pull out the extension.
4. Load a 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.
  TIP
  To scan the number of documents which cannot be loaded in the ADF paper chute (cover) in order to save them as a single file, change the feed mode setting in ScanSnap Home to [Continuous scan].
5. 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.
6. Pull out the extension on the ADF paper chute (cover) and open the stacker.
7. Load a 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.
  TIP
  To scan the number of documents which cannot be loaded in the ADF paper chute (cover) in order to save them as a single file, change the feed mode setting in ScanSnap Home to [Continuous scan].
8. 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.
9. Load a 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.
  TIP
  To scan the number of documents which cannot be loaded in the ADF paper chute (cover) in order to save them as a single file, change the feed mode setting in ScanSnap Home to [Continuous scan].
10. 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.
11. 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.
    ATTENTION
    
    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.
    TIP
    
    You can scan a document with the ADF paper chute (cover) closed.
12. 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.
13. 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.
  TIP
  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.
  
  Make sure that the area where the document exits the scanner is clear of any obstacles. Otherwise, a paper jam may occur.
14. Press the [Scan] button. Press the [Scan] button.
15. 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.
16. Press the [Scan/Stop] button to finish scanning documents.

When the folder that you specified for the save destination is selected in the folder list view in the main window of ScanSnap Home, the content data records created from a magazine that you scanned are displayed in the content data record list view.

Scanning Magazines to Read in PDF

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