Source Type

• Automatically detecting the item: Auto
• Scanning documents: Document
• Scanning magazines: Magazine
• Scanning photos: Photo

 Item types supported by Auto are photos, postcards, business cards, magazines, newspapers, documents, and BD / DVD / CD.

 To scan the following types of items, specify the item type or size. You cannot scan correctly with Auto.

• A4 size photos
• Text documents smaller than 2L (5 inches x 7 inches) (127 mm x 178 mm), such as paperback pages with the spine cut off
• Items printed on thin white paper
• Long narrow items such as panoramic photos

 Reflective disc labels may not be scanned as expected.

 Place items correctly according to the type of item to be scanned. Otherwise, items may not be scanned correctly.

 To convert text in the image into text data after scanning, specify Source Type instead of selecting Auto.

 To reduce moire, set Source Type to Magazine or select the Reduce moire checkbox in Image Processing Settings.

 Select Auto to set Color Mode, Original Size, and Resolution automatically.

 In Auto Scan, the outline of the subjects is emphasized. Set the outline emphasis level with Unsharp Mask Level in the Settings (General Settings) dialog.

Color Mode

Select the color mode in which to scan the item.

Original Size

 Select 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.

Output Resolution

Set the output resolution. To use the resolution set in the screen displayed by selecting Driver in the IJ Scan Utility Lite main screen, select Same as resolution. To set a custom value, select Custom (xxxdpi). Output resolution of up to 19200 dpi can be set.

Image Processing Settings

Select  (Right Arrow) to set the following.

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.

File Name

 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

To add a folder, select Add... from the pop-up menu, select  (Plus) in the displayed dialog, and then specify the destination folder.

Data Format

 When Auto is selected and the items are placed correctly, the scanned images are automatically saved in the following data formats.

• Photos, postcards, BD / DVD / CD, and business cards: JPEG
• Magazines, newspapers, and documents: PDF

 When PDF or PDF (Multiple Pages) is selected in Driver, images up to 9600 pixels x 9600 pixels can be scanned.

JPEG Image Quality

PDF Compression

Standard

It is recommended that you normally select this setting.

High

Compresses the file size when saving.

Create a PDF file that supports keyword search

 If text cannot be searched correctly, we recommend that you select 300 dpi or higher for Resolution.

 PDF files that are searchable in the language selected in Document Language on the  (General Settings) tab of the Settings dialog are created.

Save to a subfolder with current date

Enable large image scans

 When this checkbox is not selected, images up to 10208 pixels x 14032 pixels can be scanned.

Check scan results and specify save settings

Open with an application

Send to an application

Send to a folder

Attach to e-mail

Start OCR

OCR Application

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

Do not start an application

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

E-mail Client

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

Instructions

Defaults