Operation Proceedures
Basic Flow of the ScanSnap Operations
This section explains the basic operation procedure to scan a document with the ScanSnap.
Turn on the ScanSnap.
Open the ADF paper chute (cover) to turn the power on.
Select a profile.
In the home screen on the touch panel, select a profile.
For details about how to change the profile settings, refer to Configuring the Scan Settings in a Profile for the ScanSnap.
Select a feeding method.
Select a feeding method in accordance with the document to be scanned.
The feeding methods are the following three modes:
Normal scan
Scanning automatically finishes when all of the documents loaded in the ScanSnap are scanned.
Continuous scan
Scanning documents continues until the [Finish] button is pressed.
Select this mode when you scan a large number of documents in one go.
Manual scan
Automatically scans documents loaded one sheet at a time in the ScanSnap until the [Finish] button is pressed.
Select this mode when you scan documents that have overlapping areas, long page documents, or thick documents.
Load a document in the ScanSnap.
In the ADF paper chute (cover), load a document face-down and head-first with the back facing you (when loading multiple documents, the last page is on the top).
For details about how to scan a document, refer to Scanning a Document.
Scan the document.
Press the [Scan] button to start scanning the document.
When or is selected for the feeding method setting, the screen for checking whether to continue scanning documents is displayed after the scanning of documents loaded in the ScanSnap is complete. Press the [Finish] button to finish scanning.
The image created from the document that you scanned is saved in the folder which is specified for [Save to] in the profile.
Check the content data record.
In the content data record list view in the Main Window of ScanSnap Home, check the content data record created from the document that you scanned.
