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IJ Scan Utility (macOS) - Settings (OCR) Dialog (MB5120 / MB5420)
Article ID: ART176150 |
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Date published: 01/16/2020 |
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Date last updated: 01/21/2020 |
Description
This article provides information on the Settings (OCR) dialog in IJ Scan Utility for macOS.
Solution
Settings (OCR) Dialog
Click OCR on the (Scanning from a Computer) tab to display the Settings (OCR) dialog.
In the Settings (OCR) dialog, you can make advanced settings for extracting text from scanned images.
(1) Scan Options Area
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Select Source
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Select the type of item to be scanned.
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Scanning documents: Document or Document (ADF / Platen)
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Scanning magazines: Magazine
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Scanning documents from the ADF (Auto Document Feeder): Document (ADF Simplex), Document (ADF Manual Duplex), Document (ADF Duplex), or Document (ADF / Platen)
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Color Mode
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Select the color mode in which to scan the item.
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Paper Size
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Select the size of the item to be scanned.
When you select Custom, a screen in which you can specify the paper size appears. Select a Unit, then enter the Width and Height, and then click OK.
Important
Note
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Resolution
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Select the resolution of the item to be scanned.
The higher the resolution (value), the more detail in your image.
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Document Scan Orientation Settings...
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This appears when you select ADF for Select Source.
Click to display the Document Scan Orientation Settings dialog in which you can set the orientation and binding side of the documents to be scanned from the ADF.
Important
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- Scan both sides when scanning from the ADF
- This appears when you select Document (ADF / Platen) for Select Source. Scans both sides of the documents placed on the ADF.
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Image Processing Settings
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Click (Right Arrow) to set the following.
Note
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Apply Auto Document Fix
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Select this checkbox to sharpen text in a document or magazine for better readability.
Important
Note
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Sharpen outline
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Emphasizes the outline of the subjects to sharpen the image.
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Reduce show-through
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Sharpens text in an item or reduces show-through in newspapers, etc.
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Reduce moire
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Reduces moire patterns.
Printed materials are displayed as a collection of fine dots. "Moire" is a phenomenon where uneven gradation or a stripe pattern appears when such photos or pictures printed with fine dots are scanned.
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Reduce gutter shadow / Reduce gutter shadow (platen)
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Reduces gutter shadows that appear between pages when scanning open booklets.
Important
Note
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Click Driver in the IJ Scan Utility main screen and scan to correct gutter shadows when scanning non-standard size items or specified areas.
Refer to "Gutter Correction" for details.
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When you enable this function, scanning may take longer than usual if you are scanning across a network.
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Correct slanted text document
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Detects the scanned text and corrects the angle (within -0.1 to -10 degrees or +0.1 to +10 degrees) of the document.
Important
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Detect the orientation of text document and rotate image
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Automatically rotates the image to the correct orientation by detecting the orientation of text in the scanned document.
Important
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Only text documents written in languages that can be selected from Document Language in the Settings (General Settings) dialog are supported.
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The orientation may not be detected for the following types of settings or documents since the text cannot be detected correctly.
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Resolution is outside the range of 300 dpi to 600 dpi
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Font size is outside the range of 8 points to 48 points
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Documents containing special fonts, effects, italics, or hand-written text
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Documents with patterned backgrounds
In that case, select the Check scan results and specify save settings checkbox, and then rotate the image in the Save Settings dialog.
(2) Save Settings Area
- File Name
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Enter the file name of the image to be saved. When you save a file, the date and four digits are appended to the set file name in the "_20XX0101_0001" format.
Note
- When you select the Save to a subfolder with current date checkbox, the date and four digits are appended to the set file name.
Save in
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Displays the folder in which to save the scanned images. To add a folder, select Add... from the pop-up menu, then click (Plus) in the displayed dialog and specify the destination folder.
The default save folder is the Pictures folder.
Data Format
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Select the data format in which to save the scanned images.
You can select JPEG / Exif, TIFF, or PNG.
Important
- You cannot select JPEG / Exif when Color Mode is Black and White.
Note
- Scanning across a network may take longer than usual when you set TIFF or PNG in Data Format.
JPEG Image Quality
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You can specify the image quality of JPEG files.
Important
- This appears only when JPEG / Exif is selected in Data Format.
Save to a subfolder with current date
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Select this checkbox to create a current date folder in the folder specified in Save in and save scanned images in it. The folder will be created with a name such as "20XX_01_01" (Year_Month_Date).
If this checkbox is not selected, files are saved directly in the folder specified in Save in.
Check scan results and specify save settings
- Displays the Save Settings dialog after scanning.
(3) Application Settings Area
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OCR Application
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Displays the extracted text in a specified application.
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Instructions
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Opens this guide.
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Defaults
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You can restore the settings in the displayed screen to the default settings.
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