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

• (2) Save Settings Area

• (3) Application Settings Area

(1) Scan Options Area

Source Type

Select the type of item to be scanned.

• Scanning items from the scanner glass: Document, Magazine, or Document (Platen)

Color Mode

Select the color mode in which to scan the item.

Original Size

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.

 Custom cannot be selected depending on the Source Type setting.

 Click Defaults to restore the specified settings to the default settings.

Resolution

Select the resolution of the item to be scanned.

The higher the resolution (value), the more detail in your image.

 For Resolution, only 300 dpi or 400 dpi can be set.

Image Processing Settings

Click (Right Arrow) to set the following.

 The displayed items vary depending on Color Mode.

Sharpen outline

Emphasizes the outline of the subjects to sharpen the image.

 Set the outline emphasis level in the Settings (General Settings) dialog.

Reduce show-through

Sharpens text in an item or reduces show-through in newspapers, etc.

Reduce moire

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.

 Scanning takes longer than usual when you enable Reduce moire.

Correct slanted text originals

Detects the scanned text and corrects the angle (within -0.1 to -10 degrees or +0.1 to +10 degrees) of the document.

 The following types of documents may not be corrected properly since the text cannot be detected correctly.

• Documents in which the text lines are inclined more than 10 degrees or the angles vary by line

• Documents containing both vertical and horizontal text

• Documents with extremely large or small fonts

• Documents with small amount of text

• Documents containing figures/images

• Hand-written text

• Documents containing both vertical and horizontal lines (tables)

 Scanning takes longer than usual when you enable Correct slanted text originals.

Detect the orientation of text original and rotate image

Automatically rotates the image to the correct orientation by detecting the orientation of text in the scanned document.

 Only text documents written in the language selected from Document Language in the Settings (General Settings) dialog are supported.

• The orientation may not be detected for the following types of settings or documents since the text cannot be detected correctly.

  • Resolution is outside the range of 300 dpi to 600 dpi

  • Font size is outside the range of 8 points to 48 points

  • Documents containing special fonts, effects, italics, or hand-written text

  • 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

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.

 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

Displays the folder in which to save the scanned images. To add a folder, select Add... from the pop-up menu, click (Plus) in the displayed dialog, and then specify the destination folder.

The default save folder is the Pictures folder.

Data Format

Select the data format in which to save the scanned images.

You can select JPEG/Exif, TIFF, or PNG.

 You cannot select JPEG/Exif when Color Mode is Black and White.

 With a network connection, scanning may take longer than usual when you set TIFF or PNG in Data Format.

JPEG Image Quality

You can specify the image quality of JPEG files.

 This appears only when JPEG/Exif is selected in Data Format.

Save to a subfolder with current date

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

OCR Application

Displays the extracted text in a specified application.

 To add an application to the pop-up menu, select Add... from the pop-up menu, then click (Plus) in the displayed dialog and specify the application.

Instructions

Opens this guide.

Defaults

You can restore the settings in the displayed screen to the default settings.