Questions and Answers

This section presents some useful tips for scanning documents.

Where are scanned images saved? Can the save destination be changed?

Images are saved to the following locations, according to software settings. All of the destination locations can be changed to another folder.

In the case of Scan First of CaptureOnTouch Lite and CaptureOnTouch, files are saved in the folder specified in the Output Settings screen.

In the case of Select Job Scan of CaptureOnTouch, files are saved in the folder specified on the [Output settings] tab during job registration.

How do I configure the scanning settings?

In the case of Scan First of CaptureOnTouch Lite and CaptureOnTouch, click [Scanner setting] in the first main screen, and then configure the settings in the screen that appears.

In the case of Select Job Scan of CaptureOnTouch, configure the settings on the [Scanner setting] tab when registering a job.

In CaptureOnTouch, how do I save multiple pages as one file or save one file per page?

When scanned images are saved in BMP or JPEG format, each scanned image is always saved as a one file.

In the case of saving scanned images in PDF or TIFF format, you can specify either multi- or single-page files. See also Problem 12 of “Common Problems and Solutions”.

Can I copy or back up the scanner settings?

In CaptureOnTouch, if you back up the settings in the environmental settings, the scanner settings are also backed up. See also the following question, “Can I copy or back up CaptureOnTouch settings?”.

Can I copy or back up CaptureOnTouch settings?

Click the [Environ. Settings] button to display the [Environmental settings] dialog box, where the settings can be backed up and restored using [Backup/Restore] on the [Basic settings] tab.

What are the rules for assigning names to the files of scanned images in CaptureOnTouch Lite and CaptureOnTouch?

The file names of scanned images are assigned in accordance with the settings in the [File name settings] dialog box. This dialog box appears when you click the [File name settings] button in the output settings screen for Scan First or on the [Output settings] tab for job registration.

The file names of scanned images are determined in accordance with some or all of the following setting items in the dialog box.

Setting Item

Description

 

 

File name

You can specify any text string to be added to file

names.

 

 

 

 

Adds the date and time to file names. Select the

Add date and

date format from the list box. YYYY = year, MM =

time

month, and DD = day. The time is added after the

 

date regardless of the date format you select.

 

 

Add counter to

Adds serial numbers in the order in which the

pages of the scanned image are saved. Specify

file name

the number of digits and starting number.

 

 

 

A sample file name setting is displayed in [File name] of the [File name settings] dialog box.

How can I skip blank pages and scan only non-blank pages?

Specify [Skip blank page] in the settings screen of the scanner driver, and then scan.

How do I load and scan a mixture of different size documents?

Before scanning, set [Page Size] to [Auto-detection] in the settings screen of the scanner driver. For details, see 48 page.

How do I scan photos in actual size?

Before scanning, set [Page Size] to [Auto-detection] in the settings screen of the scanner driver or register the size of the photos to be scanned. For details, see 49 page.

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