OS X Mavericks: Scan pages with a document-feeding scanner

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Scan pages with a document-feeding scanner

When you scan a document with a document-feeding scanner, the same settings are used for all the pages in the feeder. If pages need different settings (for example, some are grayscale and some are color), separate them into different groups.

Note: The following provides instructions for scanning using the standard features in OS X and may not match your setup. If these instructions differ from the user interface you're seeing, refer to the documentation that came with the app or device you're using.

Before you begin these steps, you need to open your scanner. For instructions, see:

Scan an image

Scan an image with Image Capture

  1. Place the pages in the scanner’s document feeder.
  2. Turn on the Use Document Feeder option.
  3. Set scanning options.

    You may need to click Show Details to see all the available options.

    • To choose the type of image being scanned, use the Kind pop-up menu.

      Choose Text for black-and-white images with high contrast, such as a document; choose Black & White for grayscale images; and choose Color for color images.

    • To scan both sides of a page, select Duplex.

    • To choose a size for the scanned image, use the Size pop-up menu.

    • To choose where to save the scanned images, use the Scan To pop-up menu.

      If you choose a folder, the images are stored in that folder. If you choose an app, the images are opened with that app.

    • To adjust the colors or exposure of the scanned image, choose Manual from the Image Correction pop-up menu, then adjust the controls.

      If you don’t see the image correction controls, scroll down or make the Scanner window taller.

  4. Click Scan.

    The scanner scans the pages one by one.

Last Modified: Oct 20, 2015
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