- ScanSnap Help
- Modifying the ScanSnap Home Preferences Settings
- Specifying Actions of ScanSnap Home
Specifying Actions of ScanSnap Home
Specify actions when the ScanSnap is turned on and when a document is scanned.
- Display the Main Window of ScanSnap Home.
For details, refer to To Display the Main Window.
- Select [Settings] in the menu → [Preferences] to display the preferences window.
- In [Action while scanning] on the [General] tab, specify the actions that are performed when documents are scanned.
[Show the scan window automatically when the ScanSnap is turned on] checkbox
Select this checkbox to automatically display the scan window when the ScanSnap is powered on.
However, when you display either of the menus from the ScanSnap Home icon in the notification area of the taskbar, the scan window will not be displayed even if the ScanSnap is powered on.
[Show the ScanSnap Home/File Explorer according to the profile setting] checkbox
If you select this checkbox, ScanSnap Home or File Explorer will start up depending on the settings for a profile that is used to scan a document.
[Show the progress window during a scan] checkbox
If you select this checkbox, the window for showing the progress of a scan (from the time the scanning of a document begins to the time the scanned images are saved) is displayed.
[Notify the user that saving scanned data is complete] checkbox
Select this checkbox to be notified of the document type, folder name of the save destination, and the number of scanned sheets for the scanned documents after the scan is complete.
[Save the RAW data] checkbox
Select this checkbox to create raw data prior to image processing when you scan a document and then save the raw data for two weeks.
The raw data is used for changing a document type for the image which document type was detected automatically. When you change a document type, the image is recreated based on the raw data according to the settings for the profile that was used to scan documents.
If [PC (Scan to file)] is selected for [Type] in [Managing options] in the settings for a profile that is used for scanning a document, the raw data is not created.
If one of the following is selected for [Type] in [Managing options] in the settings of the profile used for scanning a document, raw data will not be created.
PC (Scan to file)
Network folder
[Save the RAW data] checkbox
Select this checkbox to create raw data prior to image processing when you scan a document and then save the raw data for two weeks.
If [PC (Scan to file)] is selected for [Type] in [Managing options] in the settings for a profile that is used for scanning a document, the raw data is not created.
- Click the [OK] button to close the preferences window.
The actions when documents are scanned are set.
- 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.
- Select [ScanSnap Home] on the menu bar → [Preferences] to display the preferences window.
- Specify whether to start up ScanSnap Home automatically when you log in to your computer in [Auto startup] on the [General] tab.
The [Start up ScanSnap Home when you log in to macOS] checkbox is selected by default.
Clear the checkbox if you do not want ScanSnap Home to start up automatically when you log in to your computer.
- In [Action while scanning] on the [General] tab, specify the actions that are performed when documents are scanned.
[Show the scan window automatically when the ScanSnap is turned on] checkbox
Select this checkbox to automatically display the scan window when the ScanSnap is powered on.
[Show the ScanSnap Home icon on the menu bar] checkbox
Select this checkbox to display the ScanSnap Home Icon on the menu bar.
For details about ScanSnap Home Icon, refer to Icon (Indicator for ScanSnap Connection Status) and Menus.
[Show the ScanSnap Home/Finder according to the profile setting] checkbox
If you select this checkbox, ScanSnap Home or Finder will start up depending on the settings for a profile that is used to scan a document.
[Show the progress window during a scan] checkbox
If you select this checkbox, the window for showing the progress of a scan (from the time the scanning of a document begins to the time the scanned images are saved) is displayed.
[Notify the user that saving scanned data is complete] checkbox
Select this checkbox to be notified of the document type, folder name of the save destination, and the number of scanned sheets for the scanned documents after the scan is complete.
[Save the RAW data] checkbox
Select this checkbox to create raw data prior to image processing when you scan a document and then save the raw data for two weeks.
The raw data is used for changing a document type for the image which document type was detected automatically. When you change a document type, the image is recreated based on the raw data according to the settings for the profile that was used to scan documents.
If [Mac (Scan to file)] is selected for [Type] in [Managing options] in the settings for a profile that is used for scanning a document, the raw data is not created.
If one of the following is selected for [Type] in [Managing options] in the settings of the profile used for scanning a document, raw data will not be created.
Mac (Scan to file)
Network folder
[Save the RAW data] checkbox
Select this checkbox to create raw data prior to image processing when you scan a document and then save the raw data for two weeks.
If [Mac (Scan to file)] is selected for [Type] in [Managing options] in the settings for a profile that is used for scanning a document, the raw data is not created.
- Click at the top of the window to close the preferences window.
The actions when documents are scanned are set.