Switching the ScanSnap You Use

Connecting the ScanSnap to a computer registers the ScanSnap with ScanSnap Home. If multiple ScanSnap units have been connected so far, you can switch the ScanSnap you use by selecting a ScanSnap unit from the [Select a scanner] list in the scan window.

ATTENTION

When connecting two or more ScanSnap units with a USB cable, turn off a ScanSnap that is not being used and then switch to the ScanSnap that you want.

Windows

Open the ADF paper chute (cover) of the ScanSnap to turn the power on. Open the feed guide of the ScanSnap to turn the power on. Press the [Scan] or [Stop] button on the ScanSnap to turn the power on.
Check the scanner name of the ScanSnap you use.
1. Press in the home screen on the touch panel of the ScanSnap to display the [Settings] screen.
2. Press to display the [Scanner settings] screen.
3. Check the scanner name that is displayed in [Scanner name].
  
  Take a note of the scanner name in case you forget it.
4. Press to display the home screen.
Click the [Scan] button in the upper left of the Main Window of ScanSnap Home to display the Scan Window.

If the main window is not already displayed, refer to To Display the Main Window.
Select the scanner name of the ScanSnap that you use from the [Select a scanner] list.

The default scanner name of the ScanSnap is "ModelName-<Serial No.>".

If you changed the scanner name by using ScanSnap Wireless Setup Tool, select that scanner name.

The scanner name of the ScanSnap is "ModelName-<Serial No.>".

When the indicator for the connection status of the scanner in [Select a scanner] turns to , the ScanSnap is synchronized with ScanSnap Home and becomes ready to scan.

HINT

When you switch the ScanSnap that you use, the profile that was created with the ScanSnap you newly chose is displayed in the profile list in the scan window.
A profile needs to be created for each ScanSnap that you use.

Mac OS

Check the scanner name of the ScanSnap you use.
The scanner name of the ScanSnap is "ModelName-<Serial No.>".
Open the ADF paper chute (cover) of the ScanSnap to turn the power on. Open the feed guide of the ScanSnap to turn the power on. Press the [Scan] or [Stop] button on the ScanSnap to turn the power on.
Check the scanner name of the ScanSnap you use.
1. Press in the home screen on the touch panel of the ScanSnap to display the [Settings] screen.
2. Press to display the [Scanner settings] screen.
3. Check the scanner name that is displayed in [Scanner name].
  
  Take a note of the scanner name in case you forget it.
1. Display the Main Window of ScanSnap Home.
  Click the [ScanSnap Home] icon in the application list that appears when you click Launchpad in the Dock.
2. Select [ScanSnap Home] on the menu bar → [Preferences] to display the preferences window.
3. Click the [Wireless setup] button in [Scanner information] in the [Scanner] tab to start ScanSnap Wireless Setup Tool.
4. In the window that appears when you click , check the scanner name.
  
  Take a note of the scanner name in case you forget it.
Click the [Scan] button in the upper left of the Main Window of ScanSnap Home to display the Scan Window.

If the main window is not already displayed, click the [ScanSnap Home] icon in the application list that appears when you click Launchpad in the Dock.
Select the scanner name of the ScanSnap that you use from the [Select a scanner] list.

When the indicator for the connection status of the scanner in [Select a scanner] turns to , the ScanSnap is synchronized with ScanSnap Home and becomes ready to scan.

HINT

When you switch the ScanSnap that you use, the profile that was created with the ScanSnap you newly chose is displayed in the profile list in the scan window.
A profile needs to be created for each ScanSnap that you use.

Switching the ScanSnap You Use

Windows

Mac OS

See also