Available in: Ribbon > New > Scan

Define profiles for scanning documents in the Scan profiles dialog box. A scan profile enables you to define settings, such as which resolution to use or which format to store the scanned documents in. This way, you can set up a custom scan profile for each source document.

Settings for

Administrators can create scan profiles for individual users, groups, or for all users (everyone). You can see who the settings apply for under Settings for.

Select user: In the Select user dialog box, specify who you are creating or editing the scan profile for. All changes only apply for the selected user or group.

Transfer settings to other users: Transfer the settings you made to one or multiple users or a group via the Transfer settings to other users button (icon with the check mark and yellow arrow).

Available scan profiles

In the Available scan profiles area, you can see all scan profiles available to the selected user or group.

New: Click the New button to create a new scan profile.

Delete: Delete the selected scan profile via the Delete button.

Print separator page: Opens the Print separator page dialog box. Select in the Print separator page dialog box whether a separator page will be printed with horizontal or vertical bars.

Name of the profile

Name: Use the Name field to enter the name of the selected scan profile.

Scan settings

The following settings apply to the scan process. The settings can only be edited if you have created a new profile or selected an existing profile.

Information: The settings are not supported by all scanners.

Resolution in dpi: In the Resolution in dpi drop-down menu, you can select the resolution (dpi = dots per inch) for the scan process.

Color options: In the Color options drop-down menu, select whether you want to create a color, black/white, or grayscale scan.

Discard blank pages: If the Discard blank pages option is enabled, blank pages will not be scanned.

Automatic document feeder: The Automatic document feeder option is intended for scanner who have an automatic paper feeder.

Automatic deskew: If the Automatic deskew option is activated, pages scanned diagonally are straightened, if possible.

Duplex scanning: The Duplex scan option is intended for scanners that can scan front and back pages.

Brightness: Use the Brightness slider to define the brightness of the scan.

Contrast: Use the Contrast slider to define the contrast of the scan.

Threshold: Use the Threshold slider to define the threshold for the scan process. The threshold is the value that determines whether a pixel is white or black.

Split pages

The following settings apply to how to handle separator pages.

Separator pages: In the Separator pages drop-down menu, you can specify whether you want to use separator pages. If multiple documents are scanned in sequence, ELO recognizes individual documents based on the separator pages.

Automatically split pages after the following page number: If you select this option, ELO splits the documents when scanning based on the defined number of pages.

You can also use separator pages (see above). If a separator page is detected, ELO splits the document after the separator page. The page count begins again after the separator page.

Page format

The following settings apply to the documents being scanned.

Page size: Use the Page size drop-down menu to set which paper format is used.

Dimensions in: Use the Dimensions in drop-down menu to set the unit of measurement for a user-defined page format.

Scan clip: If you have selected the option User-defined in the Page size drop-down menu, use the fields under Scan clip to specify the area that will be included in the scan.

Save document

The following settings apply to the save process.

Image format: Use the Image format drop-down menu to select the file format you want to save scanned documents in. The following formats are available:

• TIFF: Black/white and color scans
• JPEG: Only color scans

Compression: In the Compression dialog box, you can specify whether you want to compress the scanned documents.

Quality: If you have selected the JPEG option in the Compression drop-down menu, you have the option to select the image quality. Use the Quality slider for this.

OK Click OK to save the settings and to close the dialog box.

Cancel: Click Cancel to close the dialog box without saving the changes.