Scanning methods

Scanning with CaptureOnTouch

What is CaptureOnTouch?

CaptureOnTouch is a scanning application that allows you to scan a document with a simple operation by following the instructions on the screen.

Save to folder

Print

Save the file to a specified folder.

Print with a specified

 

printer.

Operating the scanner with the operating panel buttons

You can start scanning by selecting a job from the scanner’s operating panel.

Format for saving image files

Excluding times when [Print] is selected as the output method, you can specify any of the following file formats for scanned images.

PDF format

TIFF format

JPEG format

BMP format

PPTX format (file format for Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 and later)

(Network)

Scanner

Send to application

Open the scanned image file in a specified application.

Attach to E-mail

Start the e-mail application and attach the scanned image file to new e-mail

Starting and Exiting CaptureOnTouch

By default, CaptureOnTouch becomes resident in the system when you start your computer.

Double-click (CaptureOnTouch icon) in the taskbar to start CaptureOnTouch and display the main window.

Hint

CaptureOnTouch is provided with multiple scanning methods that can be selected according to the purpose and application.

Scan First

Scan a document and then select the output method. This method allows you to easily scan a document by just following the instructions on the screen.

You can also start CaptureOnTouch from the Start menu. Click [Start] – [All Programs] – [Canon DR-M160][DR-M160 CaptureOnTouch].

When [Make CaptureOnTouch resident] is turned on by using the [Basic settings] tab on the [Environmental settings], this shortens the time from pressing the scanner start button to the start of scanning. For details, see “Environmental Settings” on p. 46.

Select Scan Job

Register scanning settings from the scanning conditions to the output method as jobs, and then scan a document by just selecting the job that suits your purpose. This method is convenient when you want to repeat scanning using a set procedure.

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