A Scanner profile allows you to save all of your scan settings, making possible true one-click scanning. You can create a different profile for each type of media you scan, specifying which scanner, image resolution, active scan area of the scanner bed, color format, and other settings you want for each job, saving you the effort of setting up the scanner each time you scan.
To save settings in a scanner profile, follow these steps:
· Select Tools > Device settings… and click the Scanners tab.
· Click Add to open the Edit Scanner profile window.
· Choose a name for the scanner profile.
· Click the Don’t use in boxes to specify where you don’t want the profile to be used. For example, if you are setting up a profile for an x-ray scan, it doesn’t need to be visible in the Document view.
· Choose the Scanner name from the pull down list.
· Select the Use scanner window checkbox if you wish the scanner software window to open when scanning. You might set this if you are use a video camera to scan and you need to see the live video source. Also, if your scanner will not accept settings from the scanner profile, check this box.
· Select the Set parameters checkbox if you want the scanner to automatically use the profile settings. If your scanner will not accept settings from a profile, uncheck this setting.
· Select the Keep scanner window open checkbox to keep the scanner window open after the scan is completed. This is useful if you wish to create a profile that will scan many consecutive items at one time without resetting the scanner after each scan.
· Set the Image format and resolution. These settings will depend on what type of media is to be scanned. See the resolution section below.
· Set the Scan mode.
· Set the desired values for Gamma, Auto-brightness, Rotation and Mirror. These settings are useful to adjust scans that will always need correction. If, for example, your scans of x-rays are always backwards and too dark, you could create a profile that would automatically lighten and mirror the image. Selecting Auto-brightness will tell the scanner to attempt to automatically adjust the brightness (if it supports it).
· Check the Disabled checkbox if you don’t want the profile to set the active scanning area. Use this if your TWAIN driver doesn’t support active areas.
· Set the active area for the scan. You can do this in two ways: first, by setting the numerical values in the active area settings boxes, second, by clicking the Learn button and setting the active area graphically inside the scanner’s software window. Activate the scan, and the active areas you selected will be transferred to your profile. Most scanners only allow values as Inches.
· Set the Twain driver model. Set this option if your scanner’s TWAIN driver is one of those listed. If your scanner is not listed, use Generic.