Selecting an Application to Be Used After Scanning Documents

After scanning documents with the ScanSnap, you can select an application to perform a particular action for scanned images, from the Quick Menu displayed on the computer.

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.
Open the feed guide of the ScanSnap to turn the power on.
HINT
- 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
Pull the stacker towards you.
Pull out the extension and the stacker on the ADF paper chute (cover). Pull out the extension on the ADF paper chute (cover) and open the stacker. Pull out the extension.
Place the Background Pad on the front side of the ScanSnap.
Place the Background Pad so that it is in contact with the ScanSnap.
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.
Select [Quick Menu] from the profile list.
HINT
- If you want to modify the current profile in order to display the Quick Menu after scanning a document, select [Quick Menu] for [Send to] in the [Edit profiles] Window.
  
  For details, refer to Modifying the Settings for a Profile.
- If [Quick Menu] is not displayed in the profile list, create a new profile. When you create a new profile, select [Quick Menu] as a template profile.
  
  For details, refer to Creating a New Profile.
Load the document in the ADF paper chute (cover) of the ScanSnap. Load the documents in the ADF paper chute (cover) or insert the document into the manual feeder. Insert the document straight into the feeding section of the ScanSnap, with the scanning side facing up. Place the document in the scan area of the ScanSnap.
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.

Make sure that the documents are fed into the ScanSnap and are held firmly.
HINT
- The ScanSnap can scan documents in various sizes.
  
  For details about loading documents, refer to How to Scan Documents.
  
  For details about loading documents, refer to How to Scan Documents.
  
  For details about inserting a document refer to How to Scan Documents.
  
  For details about loading documents, refer to How to Scan Documents.
  
  For details about inserting a document refer to How to Scan Documents.
  
  For details about inserting a document refer to How to Scan Documents.
  
  For details about placing documents, refer to How to Scan Documents.
HINT
- The ScanSnap can scan documents in various sizes.
  
  For details about loading documents, refer to How to Scan Documents.
- 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.
  HINT
  You can scan a document with the ADF paper chute (cover) closed.
Align the side guides with both ends of the documents.

Hold each side guide in the middle to adjust them. Otherwise, the documents may be fed skewed.
Press the [Scan] button to scan the document. Press the [Scan] button to scan the documents. Press the [Scan/Stop] button to start scanning the document. Press the [Scan] button to start scanning the document.
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.

To continue scanning, insert the next document to be scanned. When the document is inserted, scanning starts automatically.

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 documents. 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 documents while they are being scanned. Doing so may distort the scanned image or blur the color.
Press the [Scan/Stop] button to finish scanning documents.
Press the [Stop] button to finish scanning documents.
Select a method to save scanned images in the [ScanSnap Home - Image scanning and file saving] window of ScanSnap Home.
Windows
Select [Crop and save flat document images as-is] and then click the [Save this image] button.

Mac OS
Select [Flat] and then click the [Save this image] button.
HINT
- 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
When the Quick Menu appears, click the icon of an application for a scanned image that you want to perform a particular action on.

Windows

Mac OS

The application that you selected performs a particular action such as displaying the images created from the document that you scanned or saving the images in the folder or cloud service that you specified.

For details about the Quick Menu, refer to Quick Menu for Selecting an Application to Perform a Particular Action.

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.

Selecting an Application to Be Used After Scanning Documents

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