How to Use the ScanSnap Help

The ScanSnap Help is a manual to be referred to when you use a ScanSnap and ScanSnap Home.

This page explains how to use the ScanSnap Help in order to obtain the information you need.

  1. Configure the ScanSnap model and the OS that you are using

    Configure the ScanSnap model and the OS that you are using in [Model] and [Operating System] on the top window of the ScanSnap Help to refer to the information according to your system environment.

    Search Bar

  2. Search for the information you need

    You can search for the information you need with the following two ways.

Search for the desired topic through the menu from the category icon.

Click a category icon on the top window to display the menu for each category.

Topic titles are displayed in the menu.

The contents in each category are as follows:

Let's Get Started Let's Get Started

This category describes the procedure for setting up the ScanSnap and information about the setup.

  • How to set up the ScanSnap for the first time

  • How to migrate ScanSnap Manager to ScanSnap Home

  • How to set up the ScanSnap that you purchased as a replacement for your existing model or as an additional scanner

Operation Procedure Operation Procedure

This category describes the following information.

  • Basic Information about the ScanSnap

  • Information about the software related to the ScanSnap

  • The scanning methods for each document that can be scanned with the ScanSnap

  • Descriptions of windows and preferences of ScanSnap Home, and how to use it

  • How to add a ScanSnap unit that you use

Usages Usages

This category describes use cases and the operations of the ScanSnap in each scene.

  • Business settings

  • Home and personal use

  • Use with cloud services

  • Use in each operating environment of the ScanSnap

Wi-Fi Settings Wi-Fi Settings

This category describes the method to connect the ScanSnap to a computer or mobile device via Wi-Fi, and the method to change the settings related to Wi-Fi.

This is displayed when a model that supports Wi-Fi is selected at the top of the ScanSnap Help.

Troubleshooting Troubleshooting

This category describes troubles that may occur when you use the ScanSnap and ScanSnap Home, and the troubleshooting methods for such troubles.

Maintenance Maintenance

This category describes the methods for daily and regular care and for replacing consumables.

Search for a desired topic with keywords

Enter the keyword in the search bar that is located in the top of each topic, and click Search to display the topic titles in the search results.

AND Search

When you enter multiple keywords with a space between each word, the pages containing all the keywords that you entered are searched for.

Perfect Match Search

When the entered keywords are enclosed in double quotation marks, the pages containing all the keywords as a phrase are searched for.

Example: "ScanSnap Home"