| Article ID: ART181417 | | | Date published: 02/07/2023 | | | Date last updated: 02/08/2023 |
Description
Learn about the settings that can be adjusted in IJ Scan Utility Lite for macOS® when you want to scan documents and save them as PDF files with the operation panel.
Solution
Select PDF on the 
(Scanner
Button Actions) tab to display the Settings (PDF) dialog.
In the Settings (PDF) dialog, you can specify how to respond when saving images to a computer as PDF files after scanning them using the scanner button.
Source Type
Document is selected.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 select OK.
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.
Image Processing Settings
Select
(Right
Arrow) to set the following.
When Color
Mode is Black and White,
only Correct slanted text originals and Detect The orientation of text original and rotate image appear.
- Emphasizes the outline of the subjects to sharpen the image. Set
the outline emphasis level in the Settings
(General Settings) dialog.
- Sharpens text in an item or reduces show-through in newspapers, etc.
- 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. - 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. - Automatically rotates the image to the correct orientation by detecting the orientation of text in the scanned document. Only
text documents written in languages that can be 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
Sharpen outline
Reduce show-through
Reduce moire
Correct slanted text originals
Detect the orientation of text original and rotate image
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, select
(Plus)
in the displayed dialog, and then specify the destination folder.The default save folder is the Pictures folder.
Data Format
You can select PDF or PDF (Multiple Pages).PDF Compression
Select the compression type for saving PDF files.- It is recommended that you normally select this setting.
- Compresses the file size when saving.
Standard
High
When Black
and White is selected in Color Mode, this option does not appear.
Create a PDF file that supports keyword search
Select this checkbox to convert text in images into text data and create PDF files that support keyword search.
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
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.
- Select this when you want to enhance or correct the scanned images.
You can specify the application from the pop-up menu. - Select this when you want to use the scanned images as they are in an application that allows you to browse or organize images.
You can specify the application from the pop-up menu. - Select this when you also want to save the scanned images to a folder other than the one specified in Save
in.
You can specify the folder from the pop-up menu. - Saves to the folder specified in Save in.
Open with an application
Send to an application
Send to a folder
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.
- Opens this guide.
- You can restore the settings in the displayed screen to the default settings.
Instructions
Defaults
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