Click OCR on the Custom Scan with One-click tab or in the One-click Mode screen to open the OCR dialog box.
Document Type
Select the type of document to be scanned.
Color Mode
Select how to scan the document.
Document Size
Select the size of the document to be scanned.
When you select Custom, a screen in which you can specify the document size appears. Select a Units, then enter the Width and Height and click OK.
Resolution
Select the resolution at which to scan documents.
Use the scanner driver
Select this checkbox to display the ScanGear (scanner driver) screen and make advanced scan settings.
Color Mode, Document Size, Resolution, and other settings in the OCR dialog box will be disabled. Specify these settings in the ScanGear screen.
Specify...
Opens the Scan Settings dialog box in which you can make advanced scan settings.
Scan Settings Dialog Box (One-click Mode Screen)
NoteWhen scanning slanted documents, select the Correct slanted document checkbox to improve the text recognition accuracy.
File name
Enter the file name of the image to be saved (up to 64 characters). When saving multiple files, 4 digits are appended to each file name.
Save as type
Select a file type to save the scanned images.
Select JPEG/Exif, TIFF, or BMP.
ImportantYou cannot select JPEG/Exif when Color Mode is Black and White.
Set...
You can specify a compression type for JPEG files when Save as type is JPEG/Exif. Select High(Low Compression), Standard, or Low(High Compression).
ImportantThis setting is not available when the Compress scanned images when transferring checkbox is selected on the "General Tab" of the Preferences dialog box.
Save in
Displays the folder in which to save the scanned images. To change the folder, click Browse... to specify another one.
By default, the scanned images are saved in the following folders.
Windows 7: MP Navigator EX folder in My Pictures folder
Windows Vista: MP Navigator EX folder in Pictures folder
Windows XP: MP Navigator EX folder in My Pictures folder
Save to a Subfolder with Current Date
Select this checkbox to create a subfolder in the folder specified in Save in with the current date and save scanned files in it. A subfolder with a name such as "2011_01_01" (Year_Month_Date) will be created.
If this checkbox is not selected, files are saved directly in the folder specified in Save in.
OCR with
Specify an OCR application.
When MP Navigator EX is specified, after the image is scanned, the text in the image is extracted and appears in Notepad (included with Windows).
NoteOnly text written in languages that can be selected on the General tab of the Preferences dialog box can be extracted to Notepad (included with Windows). Click Set... on the General tab and specify the language according to the language of the document to be scanned.
When scanning multiple documents, you can collect the extracted text into one file.
Text displayed in Notepad (included with Windows) is for guidance only. Text in the image of the following types of documents may not be detected correctly.
- Documents containing text with font size outside the range of 8 points to 40 points (at 300 dpi)
- Slanted documents
- Documents placed upside down or documents with text in the wrong orientation (rotated characters)
- Documents containing special fonts, effects, italics, or hand-written text
- Documents with narrow line spacing
- Documents with colors in the background of text
- Documents containing multiple languages
For further procedures, refer to the application's manual.
Reset
Cancels the application setting.
Set...
Allows you to select an application.
ImportantDepending on the specified application, the text may not be extracted correctly or the application may not start.
Start scanning by clicking the one-click button
Select this checkbox to start scanning when you click an icon in One-click Mode.
ImportantStart scanning by clicking the one-click button is not displayed when the dialog box is opened directly from Solution Menu EX.
Apply
Saves and applies the specified settings.
Click Cancel instead of Apply to cancel the specified settings.
Cancel
Cancels the specified settings. The current screen closes.
Defaults
Returns all settings in the screen to their defaults.
Scan
Scans documents with the specified settings.
