You can scan two or more photos (small items) placed on the platen at one time and save each image individually.

Important

• The following types of items may not be scanned correctly. In that case, adjust the cropping frames (scan areas) in whole image view of ScanGear (scanner driver) and scan again.

  • Photos that have a whitish background
  • Items printed on white paper, hand-written documents, business cards, etc.
  • Thin items
  • Thick items

  Refer to "Scanning Multiple Documents at One Time with ScanGear (Scanner Driver)" for your model from Home of the Online Manual for details.
   

Using Auto Scan:

Whether there are multiple items or not is detected automatically. Click Auto in the IJ Scan Utility main screen and scan.

• Easy Scanning with Auto Scan

Not Using Auto Scan:

In the Settings dialog box, set Paper Size to Auto scan and scan.

Note

• The screens for scanning with favorite settings are used as examples in the following descriptions.

1. Place the items on the platen.
    

2. Start IJ Scan Utility.
    

3. Click Settings....
    

   
    

   The Settings dialog box appears.
    

4. Click Custom Scan.
    

   
    

5. Select Select Source according to the items to be scanned.
    

   
    

6. Select Auto scan for Paper Size, then click OK.
    

   
    

   The IJ Scan Utility main screen appears.

   
   Note

   • Refer to the following pages for details on the setting items in the Settings dialog box.

     • Settings (Document Scan) Dialog Box
     • Settings (Photo Scan) Dialog Box
     • Settings (Custom Scan) Dialog Box
        

7. Click Custom.
    

   
    

   Multiple items are scanned at one time.

Note

• Click Cancel to cancel the scan.
   
• Scanned images are saved in the folder set for Save in in the corresponding Settings dialog box displayed by clicking Settings.... In each Settings dialog box, you can also make advanced scan settings.

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