Scanning Booklets or Documents with Overlapped Areas such as Envelopes

Scan a booklet or a document that has overlapped areas (such as an envelope, document folded in half, and transfer paper) with the ScanSnap.

ATTENTION

Scanning booklets or documents folded in half 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 Return Scan, refer to Documents That Can Be Scanned with the ScanSnap in the ScanSnap Help.

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.
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.
In the Home screen on the touch panel, select a profile from the profile list. Select a profile from the profile list.
You can create a new profile or modify the settings for a profile according to the purpose of scanning documents.

For details, refer to Configuring Conditions for Scanning Documents (Profile).

For details, refer to Configuring Conditions for Scanning Documents (Profile).

For details, refer to Configuring Conditions for Scanning Documents (Profile).

For details, refer to Configuring Conditions for Scanning Documents (Profile).

For details, refer to Configuring Conditions for Scanning Documents (Profile).

For details, refer to Configuring Conditions for Scanning Documents (Profile).

For details, refer to Configuring Conditions for Scanning Documents (Profile).

For details, refer to Configuring Conditions for Scanning Documents (Profile).

For details, refer to Configuring Conditions for Scanning Documents (Profile).

For details, refer to Configuring Conditions for Scanning Documents (Profile).
HINT
- When multiple users share one ScanSnap unit, make sure that a profile that was created with another computer is not selected.
  
  You can switch to the profile list which displays only profiles created with the computer that is using the ScanSnap.
  
  For details, refer to Changing Users in order to Display the User's Own Profiles.
Insert a document into the manual feeder of the ScanSnap.
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.
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

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 or Documents with Overlapped Areas such as Envelopes

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