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Save Scanned Documents to a USB Flash Drive
To avoid damaging the USB flash drive or the data stored on it, DO NOT remove it while the machine is scanning.
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- Insert a USB flash drive into the machine.Confirm that the USB LED turns on. If not, check your Scan Destination settings. For more information, see Related Information.
- Press
. The machine starts scanning and the scanned data is saved to the USB flash drive.
- To change the scan settings, go to Remote Setup and select Scan to USB in the navigation pane.
- (ADS-1350W) If your machine is connected via a network, we recommend using Web Based Management to configure the scan settings.
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- Insert a USB flash drive into the machine.
The Scan to USB screen appears automatically. If the Scan to USB screen does not appear, press [to USB] in the Home screen.
- To change the scan settings, press [Options]. Configure the following settings:
Option Description 2-sided Scan When using 2-sided scanning, select 2-sided Scan: Long Edge so the layout of the data file pages matches your original scanned document.
Colour Setting Select the colour format for your document.
Resolution Select the scan resolution for your document.
File Type Select the file format for your document.
Document Size Select your document size.
File Name Rename the file.
File Name Style Select the order in which the date, counter number, and other items appear in the file names.
File Size Select the file size for your document.
Edge Fill For Plastic Card When On is selected, the four edges of the scanned plastic card image are filled with white space.
Edge Fill For Plastic Card is available only for scanning from the Card Slot.Skip Blank Page When On is selected, blank pages are skipped.
Document Separation Split a scanned image.
When multiple documents have been scanned, you can split up and save documents separately by using this function. You can also set the number of pages to split a document by.
Colour/Grey TIFF Compress Select the compression TIFF file type for a colour/grey document.
B&W TIFF Compress Select the compression TIFF file type for a monochrome document.
Advanced Settings Continuous Scan Scan more pages than the maximum capacity of the ADF and save them as one data file.
After scanning the first batch of documents, press Continue to scan additional pages. When finished scanning, press Complete.
Colour Tone Adjustment Adjust the brightness and contrast.
Adjust Auto Colour Detect When Colour Setting is set to Auto, you can adjust the detection level of colour.
Skip Blank Page Sensitivity Select the sensitivity level for detecting blank pages in the scanned data. The higher the sensitivity, the easier it is for the machine to detect blank pages.
Margin Settings Adjust your document's margins.
Set New Default Save your settings as the default settings.
Factory Reset Restore all settings back to the factory settings.
- To save the settings as a shortcut, press [Save as Shortcut].
- To select [Long Paper (Narrow)] or [Long Paper (Normal)] for [Document Size], use the following settings:
- [2-sided Scan]: [Off]
- [Colour Setting]: Other than [Auto] ([Colour], [Grey] or [Black and White])
- [Resolution]: Lower than 300 dpi
- [Skip Blank Page]: [Off]
- If signed PDF was selected from the [File Type] setting, you must configure the certificate settings using Web Based Management.
- Press [OK].
- Press [Start].The machine starts scanning and the scanned data is saved to the USB flash drive.