Notes and Tips on the ScanSnap Sync Function

This section lists the notes and tips on the ScanSnap Sync function.
ATTENTION
  • To sync with a cloud service, an Internet connection must be established.

  • Order of the JPEG files saved together may be changed if these files are created by selecting the [Save together] checkbox and you change the names of these files.

  • When you refresh the files on multiple devices with the ScanSnap Sync set to on, data may multiply on the cloud service depending on the cloud service.

  • You cannot change the name of a file that is being uploaded to a cloud service. If the ScanSnap Sync function is set to on, you can change the name of files that are on a cloud service only when an Internet connection is established.

  • You cannot move a file that is being uploaded or a folder that is in a synchronized state.

  • A folder that is created on ScanSnap Organizer by using the ScanSnap Sync function can not be used as a destination for moving files.

  • If a large size file is uploaded, it may not be uploaded successfully depending on the cloud service or communication status of the Internet connection. When this is the case, check that the Internet connection is normal. As necessary, scan documents in the following procedure again in order to reduce the size of files to be uploaded.

    • Divide the documents to be scanned into multiple batches

    • Scan documents by setting [Image quality] to a low resolution for [Scanning] in the [Profile] screen

    • Scan documents by setting [Compression rate] to a large value for [File size] in the [Profile] screen

  • If there is a significant time lag in the mobile device, the device may not be able to sync with a cloud service. If there is a time lag, set the correct time.

HINT
  • When an Internet connection is established, the [Preview] screen appears and downloading a file starts when you tap a file that has not been downloaded. When the file is downloaded, the file is opened.

  • A file or a folder that is being uploaded to a cloud service cannot be deleted.

  • When an Internet connection is not established, a file and folder on a could service cannot be deleted.

  • If you delete a file or a folder on the cloud service side, the file or the folder will be deleted from the mobile device the next time the folder information is refreshed.

  • When the ScanSnap Sync function is set to on, if you move a file that is synced with a cloud service, the file appears as a file that is in a synchronized state but has not been downloaded in the folder screen with the ScanSnap Sync function set to on.

    To move a file to the folder that has been created with the ScanSnap Sync function, use ScanSnap Organizer.

  • If you edit a file that is in a synchronized state when an Internet connection is not established, it is uploaded to a cloud service when one of the following occurs:

    • When you start up ScanSnap Connect Application the next time

    • When a folder with the ScanSnap Sync function set to on is refreshed

    • When an Internet connection is established

  • The following file can be uploaded:

    • A file that is scanned and received by using ScanSnap Connect Application

    • A file that is received by using Scan to Mobile