Scanning Booklets without Damaging Them

The optional Booklet Carrier Sheet enables you to scan a booklet without damaging it.

ATTENTION

The optional Booklet Carrier Sheet is only available for Return Scan, in which a document is inserted into the manual feeder and scanned.

For details about documents that can be scanned with the Booklet Carrier Sheet, refer to Documents That Can 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. Press the [Scan] button or [Stop] button on 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.
Configure the settings for a profile.
1. Click the [Scan] button in 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 [Edit profiles] Window.
3. Select a profile for which you want to modify the settings from the profile list.
  HINT
  When creating a new profile, click .
  
  From the template list in the [Add new profile] Window that appears when you click , select a template profile and modify the settings.
4. Click the [Option] button for [Manual Feeder] in [Feed mode setting] to display the [Feed option] Window.
5. Click the [Carrier sheet] button to display the [Carrier Sheet settings] window.
6. Select [two separate images (front and back)] in [Save as] and click the [OK] button.
7. Click the [OK] button to close the [Feed option] window.
8. Click the [Save] button to close the [Edit profiles] window.
9. From the profile list in the scan window, select a profile that you have configured.
Load a document in the ScanSnap.
1. Place the document inside the Booklet Carrier Sheet.
  
  Face the front side of the Booklet Carrier Sheet upwards. Then, open the booklet to display the pages to be scanned and place it inside the Booklet Carrier Sheet so that it is against the top edge.
2. Face the front side of the Booklet Carrier Sheet upwards and insert the part with the black and white pattern into the manual feeder of the ScanSnap.
  Make sure that the Booklet Carrier Sheet 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 Booklet Carrier Sheet) at the back of the ScanSnap.
  HINT
  You can scan a document with the ADF paper chute (cover) closed.
Press the [Scan] button to start scanning the document.
To continue scanning, insert the next document to be scanned. When the document is inserted, scanning starts automatically.
HINT
- To start a scan manually by pressing the [Scan] button when a document is inserted into the manual feeder, clear the [Automatically scan the second and subsequent sheets during a continuous scan] checkbox in the [Manual feeder] tab in the [Feed option] Window when you configure the settings for a profile.
  
  For details, refer to Modifying the Settings for a Profile.
Press the [Finish] button. In the window of ScanSnap Home, where the "Load the next document." message is displayed, click the [Finish Scanning] button. In the window of ScanSnap Home, where the "Load the next document." message is displayed, click the [Finish Scanning] button or press the [Scan] button on the ScanSnap to finish scanning the document.

The image created from the document that you scanned is saved in the folder which is specified for [Save to] in the profile.

HINT

When the size of a scanned image to be saved becomes smaller than the size of the original document or a part of the image may appear missing, select [Carrier Sheet size] in [Paper size], and then scan the document.
You can receive a notification on your computer about the document type for the content data records and the save destination for the scanned images after the scanning of documents is complete.

For details, refer to Specifying Actions of ScanSnap Home.

When you establish a link with a cloud service with ScanSnap Cloud, refer to Specifying Actions When Using ScanSnap Cloud.

For details, refer to Specifying Actions of ScanSnap Home.

Scanning Booklets without Damaging Them

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