This website is designed to be used with ScanSnap Home 2.xx.
If you are using ScanSnap Home 3.0 or later, refer to here.
[Add new profile] Window (When Using ScanSnap Cloud)
The [Add new profile] window of ScanSnap Home is the window in which you can add a new profile to the profile list. Configure the settings for a profile according to the documents to be scanned or the intended usages for the content data records created from documents that you scanned.
This section explains the setting items for a template profile that is linked with a cloud service or for a template profile that is used to send an e-mail by using ScanSnap Cloud. A setting item which is not supported by a cloud service that you established a link with is not displayed or cannot be selected.
This section explains the setting items for a template profile that is linked with a cloud service by using ScanSnap Cloud. A setting item which is not supported by a cloud service that you established a link with is not displayed or cannot be selected.
For regions where ScanSnap Cloud can be used, refer to here.
- You cannot scan documents with the ScanSnap while the [Add new profile] window is displayed. 
![[Add new profile] Window](../common/../images/w_Profile_add_scloud_01.png)
![[Add new profile] Window](../common/../images/w_Profile_add_scloud_ix1300_01.png)
![[Add new profile] Window](../common/../images/w_Profile_add_scloud_500_01.png)
![[Add new profile] Window](../common/../images/w_Profile_add_scloud_100_01.png)
A window example when [Scan to Cloud] is selected in the template list
- Template ( ) )
- The template profiles are displayed in a list. - Selecting a template profile changes the settings for the profile. - For details about examples of intended usages and the operation for template profiles, refer to Usages. - For details about examples of intended usages and the operation for template profiles, refer to Usages. - For details about examples of intended usages and the operation for template profiles, refer to Usages. - For details about examples of intended usages and the operation for template profiles, refer to Usages. - For details about examples of intended usages and the operation for template profiles, refer to Usages. 
- Profile name
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							- Icon ( ) )
- Displays the profile icon of the selected template profile. - In the [Icon selection] window that appears when you click an icon, you can change the icon to the icon that you select. 
- Profile name ( ) )
- A profile name is displayed here. To change the profile name, click the profile name. - If you do not change the profile name, the profile name is automatically generated according to the changes to [Document type detection] and [Cloud Service]. 
- Description ( ) )
- Displays the description of the selected template profile. Click the description to modify it. 
 
- Icon (
- Document type detection
- Used to set whether to automatically detect the type of scanned document according to each document to be scanned or fix the type of the scanned document. - When [Scan to Cloud] is selected from the template list - Automatically detects the document type as "Documents", "Business Cards", "Receipts", or "Photos" and scans the document with the appropriate scan settings - Automatically detects the document type of an image ("Documents", "Business Cards", "Receipts" or "Photos") based on the features of a scanned document, such as paper size or character information. 
- Scans with the same settings without detecting the document type from "Documents", "Business Cards", "Receipts", or "Photos" 
 - Automatically detects the document type as "Documents", "Business Cards", "Receipts", or "Photos" and scans the document with the appropriate scan settings - Automatically detects the document type of an image ("Documents", "Business Cards", "Receipts" or "Photos") based on the features of a scanned document, such as paper size or character information. 
- Scan a document, business card, receipt, or photo with the common settings 
 
- When a template profile other than [Scan to Cloud] is selected from the template list - All sheets will be scanned as documents 
- All sheets will be scanned as business cards 
- All sheets will be scanned as receipts 
- All sheets will be scanned as photos 
 
 - Automatically detects the document type as "Documents", "Business Cards", "Receipts", or "Photos" and scans the document with the appropriate scan settings 
- Scans with the same settings without detecting the document type from "Documents", "Business Cards", "Receipts", or "Photos" 
 - Automatically detects the document type as "Documents", "Business Cards", "Receipts", or "Photos" and scans the document with the appropriate scan settings 
- Scan a document, business card, receipt, or photo with the common settings 
 
- Scan settings
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							- Tab ( ) )
- When [Automatically detects the document type as "Documents", "Business Cards", "Receipts", or "Photos" and scans the document with the appropriate scan settings] is selected for [Document type detection], a tab for a document type can be selected. By switching tabs, you can specify the scan settings for each document type. - The items that can be changed in the scan settings are as follows: - When the document type is [Documents], [Business Cards], or [Receipts]
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														- Color mode 
- Scanning side 
- Image quality 
- Rotation 
- File format 
- Title 
- Detailed settings 
 TIP- The items in the scan settings vary depending on the document type. 
 
- When the document type is [Photos]
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														- Image settings 
- Scanning side 
- Rotation 
- Detailed settings 
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																	The following scan settings can be changed in the [Detailed settings] window that is displayed when you click the [Detailed settings] button. - Color mode 
- Image quality 
- File format 
- Title 
 
 
 
- Cloud Service
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									This is displayed when [Scan to Cloud] is selected in the template list. The name of the cloud service where scanned images are saved is displayed. For details about a cloud service that you can establish a link with, refer to the following: - [Select] button
- Click this button to display a list of service names of cloud services. You can select a cloud service that you want to set as a save destination from the list. 
 
- Save to/Company name
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										This can be changed when [Scan to Cloud] is selected from the template list. The save destination for scanned images that is set for a cloud service that you established a link with is displayed. - [Browse] button
- When you click this, the [ScanSnap Cloud - Select Save Destination] window appears. The folder to save images of documents that you scanned can be selected. 
 
- Color mode
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									- When the document type is [Documents], [Business Cards], or [Receipts]
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												Displays the selected color setting. The setting has an affect on [Color mode] in the [Scan] tab of the [Detailed settings] window. The following settings are available. - Automatic - Automatically detects the color of each document and scans in color, gray, or black and white. 
- Color - Always saves the scanned image in color. 
- Gray - Always saves the scanned image in gray. 
- B & W - Always saves the scanned image in black and white. - Suitable for scanning black and white documents that only contain text. 
 
- When the document type is [Photos]
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												You can specify the color mode for scanning documents in [Color mode] on the [Scan] tab in the [Detailed settings] window that is displayed when you click the [Detailed settings] button. 
 
- Image settings
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									Appears when the document type is [Photos]. The colors in photos are adjusted only when color photos are scanned. TIP- The following models support the color adjusting function in [Image settings]. - ScanSnap iX1600 
- ScanSnap iX1500 
- ScanSnap iX1400 
- ScanSnap iX1300 
- ScanSnap iX100 
 
 - [Auto Enhancement] checkbox
- Selecting this checkbox adjusts the contrast of a photo giving it more color. 
- [Red Eye Correction] checkbox
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												Selecting this checkbox detects the face of a person and removes the red-eye effect in a photo. 
- [Fading Correction] checkbox
- Selecting this checkbox corrects a photo that has faded colors giving it more color. 
 
- Scanning side
- Displays the selected scanning side. - The setting has an affect on [Scanning side] in the [Scan] tab of the [Detailed settings] window. - The following settings are available. - 
													Duplex Scans both sides of a document. When a document type is "Business Cards", scan the front side and then the back side of a business card to make the scanned images of both sides of the business card into a single content data record. When a document type is "Documents", "Receipts", or "Photos", even if you select [Duplex] for this setting, a document is scanned as [Simplex]. 
- Simplex - Scans only one side of a document. 
 
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- Image quality
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								- When the document type is [Documents], [Business Cards], or [Receipts]
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											Displays the selected image quality (resolution). Scanning speeds vary depending on the image quality. For details, refer to Specifications of the ScanSnap. The setting has an affect on [Image quality] in the [Scan] tab of the [Detailed settings] window. The following settings are available. - Automatic - Scans documents at an optimal resolution according to the paper size of the documents. - The image quality is determined based on the length of the short side of the document. - When the short side is longer than 115 mm: Better 
- When the short side is 115 mm or shorter: Best 
 
- Normal - A scan is performed at a resolution of 150 dpi when [Color mode setting] is set to color or gray, and 300 dpi when it is set to black and white. 
- Better - A scan is performed at a resolution of 200 dpi when [Color mode setting] is set to color or gray, and 400 dpi when it is set to black and white. 
- Best - A scan is performed at a resolution of 300 dpi when [Color mode setting] is set to color or gray, and 600 dpi when it is set to black and white. 
 
- When the document type is [Photos]
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												You can specify the image quality (resolution) for scanning documents in [Image quality] on the [Scan] tab in the [Detailed settings] window that is displayed when you click the [Detailed settings] button. 
 
- Rotation
- Displays the rotation method that is currently selected. - The setting has an affect on [Rotation] in the [Scan] tab of the [Detailed settings] window. - The following settings are available. - Do not rotate - Does not rotate the image. 
- Automatic - Appears when the document type is [Documents], [Business Cards], or [Receipts]. - Automatically rotates the image when you scan a document sideways or upside down. - Since this option determines the page orientation based on the character strings printed on the document, select an option other than [Automatic] when scanning the following documents. - Documents with many extremely large or small characters 
- Documents on which pitches between lines or characters are extremely narrow, or characters are overlapped 
- Documents with many characters contacting underlines or borders 
- Documents with many photographs or figures and few characters 
- Documents with characters on an unevenly colored background such as shaded characters. 
- Documents with many decorated characters such as embossed or outlined characters 
- Documents with characters on a patterned background such as characters overlapping illustrations or diagrams 
- Documents with characters printed in various directions such as drawings 
- Documents written using only capital letters 
- Documents with handwritten characters 
- Skewed documents 
- Documents with complex layouts 
- Documents with a large amount of image noise 
- Documents with faint characters 
- Documents with faded characters 
 
- [Automatic (by face detection)] - Appears when the document type is [Photos]. - Automatically rotates the image when you scan a photo sideways or upside down. - Images are rotated in accordance with the way the face of a person in a photo is orientated. If a photo is not of a person such as a landscape photo, images will not be rotated. 
 
- File format
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									- When the document type is [Documents], [Business Cards], or [Receipts]
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												Displays the file format of a scanned image. The setting has an affect on [File format] in the [File format] tab of the [Detailed settings] window. The following settings are available. TIP- You can select only the file format supported by a cloud service that you want to establish a link with. 
 - PDF (*.pdf) - Saves a scanned image in a PDF format (*.pdf). 
- PDF (create per page) (*.pdf) - Saves a scanned image in a PDF format (*.pdf). 
- JPEG (*.jpg) - Saves a scanned image in a JPEG format (*.jpg). - When multiple documents are scanned, multiple scanned images in a JPEG format are saved as a single multi-page image. 
 - [Option] button
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															Click this to display the [PDF file option] Window (When Using ScanSnap Cloud). This is displayed if the following conditions for the profile settings are met. - The document type is set to be detected as a [Documents], [Business Cards], [Receipts] or set not to be detected 
- [PDF (*.pdf)] or [PDF (create per page) (*.pdf)] is selected for [File format] 
 
 
- When the document type is [Photos]
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													You can specify the file format of a scanned image in the [File format] tab in the [Detailed settings] window that is displayed when you click the [Detailed settings] button. 
 
- Title
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									- When the document type is [Documents], [Business Cards], or [Receipts]
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												Displays the format of the title that is set. Click this to display the [Title] tab in the [Detailed settings] Window (When Using ScanSnap Cloud), and set the details of the title. 
- When the document type is [Photos]
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													You can specify the content data record title, which is displayed in the main window of ScanSnap Home, in the [Title] tab in the [Detailed settings] window that is displayed when you click the [Detailed settings] button. 
 
- [Detailed settings] button
- Click this button to display the [Detailed settings] window. - You can specify the details about the following scan settings in the [Detailed settings] window. - Title 
- File format 
- Scan 
- File size 
 
- Feed
- Displays the feeding method that is selected now. - The setting has an affect on [Feed] in the [Feed option] window. - The following settings are available. - Normal scan - Scanning automatically finishes when all of the documents loaded in the ScanSnap are scanned. - Scanning automatically finishes when all of the documents inserted in the ScanSnap are scanned. - Scanning automatically finishes when all of the documents placed under the ScanSnap are scanned. 
- Continuous scan - Scans documents continuously in multiple batches. - Select this feeding method to scan documents more than the amount that can be loaded in the ADF paper chute (cover) on the ScanSnap. TIP- Every time the scanning of documents that are loaded in the ADF paper chute (cover) on the ScanSnap is complete, you can change the feeding method. - To scan the following types of documents, press the feed mode setting icon in the screen for checking whether to continue a scan, and change the feed mode setting to [Manual scan]. - Documents folded in half 
- Envelopes 
- Documents with sticky notes attached 
- Documents with multiple sheets overlapped such as transfer paper 
- Long page documents such as long receipts 
- Plastic cards 
 
 
- Manual scan - Scans documents that are loaded one sheet at a time. - Select this feeding method to scan documents that can be damaged quite easily such as photographs, documents with overlapped areas such as envelopes, or large documents (larger than A4/Letter size) folded in half. 
 
- Feed mode setting
- Displays the feeding methods for scanning documents. - ADF
- Displays [Normal scan] as the feeding method for U-turn Scan, in which a document is loaded in the ADF paper chute (cover) on the ScanSnap and scanned. - Scanning automatically finishes when all of the documents are scanned. - [Option] button
- Click this to display the [ADF] tab in the [Feed option] Window (When Using ScanSnap Cloud). - You can specify the size of documents to be scanned in the [Feed option] window. 
 
- Manual Feeder
- Displays [Continuous scan] as the feeding method for Return Scan, in which a document is inserted into the manual feeder on the ScanSnap and scanned. - Documents are scanned continuously in multiple batches. - [Option] button
- Click this to display the [Manual Feeder] tab in the [Feed option] Window (When Using ScanSnap Cloud). - You can specify the size of documents to be scanned in the [Feed option] window. 
 
 
- Feed
- Displays [Normal scan] as the feeding method for documents. - Scanning automatically finishes when all of the documents loaded in the ScanSnap are scanned. 
- Feed
- Displays [Continuous scan] as the feeding method for documents. - Documents are scanned continuously in multiple batches. 
- [Option] button
- Click this to display the [Feed option] Window (When Using ScanSnap Cloud). - You can specify the details about the feeding method for documents in the [Feed option] window. - You can specify the size of documents to be scanned in the [Feed option] window. 
 
- Tab (
- Managing options
- This can be changed when a template profile other than [Scan to Cloud] is selected from the template list. - Type
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										Displays a save destination for scanned images. The following settings are available. The setting is blank and cannot be changed. - PC (Manage in ScanSnap Home) - For the items that are displayed when [PC (Manage in ScanSnap Home)] is selected, refer to [Add new profile] Window. 
- PC (Scan to file) - For the items that are displayed when [PC (Scan to file)] is selected, refer to [Add new profile] Window. 
- Network folder - For the items that are displayed when [Network folder] is selected, refer to [Add new profile] Window. 
- Cloud - Images created from the documents that you scanned are saved in a cloud service. 
 - Mac (Manage in ScanSnap Home) - For the items that are displayed when [Mac (Manage in ScanSnap Home)] is selected, refer to [Add new profile] Window. 
- Mac (Scan to file) - For the items that are displayed when [Mac (Scan to file)] is selected, refer to [Add new profile] Window. 
- Network folder - For the items that are displayed when [Network folder] is selected, refer to [Add new profile] Window. 
- Cloud - Images created from the documents that you scanned are saved in a cloud service. 
 
- Cloud Service
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										The name of the cloud service where scanned images are saved is displayed. For details about a cloud service that you can establish a link with, refer to the following: - [Select] button
- Click this button to display a list of service names of cloud services. You can select a cloud service that you want to set as a save destination from the list. 
 - [Email setting] button
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													Click this button to display the [Email setting] window. You can set an e-mail address for an e-mail destination and a subject of an e-mail in the [Email setting] window. The [Email setting] button is displayed when [ScanSnap Mail] is selected for [Cloud Service] in [Managing options]. Click this button to display the window for setting an e-mail address for an e-mail destination and a subject of an e-mail. The [Email setting] button is displayed when [ScanSnap Mail] is selected for [Cloud Service] in [Managing options]. 
 
- Save to/Company name
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									- [Browse] button
- When you click this, the [ScanSnap Cloud - Select Save Destination] window appears. The folder to save images of documents that you scanned can be selected. 
 
 
- [Upload the data manually after scanning] checkbox
- When you select this checkbox, images of the documents that you scanned are put on hold on the ScanSnap Cloud server. - You can manually send the image that has been put on hold to a cloud service after checking the scanned results. 
- [Save images only to a cloud service] checkbox
- When you select this checkbox, content information is not extracted from the document that you scanned and only a scanned image is saved in a cloud service. - Appears when the document type is [Business Cards] or [Receipts]. 
- [Add] button
- Adds a profile to the profile list and synchronizes with the connected ScanSnap, and then closes the window. 
- [Cancel] button
- Close the window without adding profiles to the profile list. 
