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Scanning with the
Companion Center SFX
Scanning with the Companion Center SFX
With the Companion Center SFXsoftware, you can
scan documents and then edit them on the computer.
1 Start the software Companion Center SFX, by
clicking on the Companion Center SFX icon on
your desktop or selecting Start > Programs >
Companion Center SFX > Laser SFX > Compan-
ion Center SFX in the Start Menu.
2 The light in the upper-right corner shows whether
or not the device is connected to the computer and
is functioning properly.
3 Selecting the Scan tab.
4 Select from the default settings for various usage
profiles.
Image—Optimized settings for scanning photos.
OCR—(Optical character recognition) Reading
printed text and importing it as a text document
which can be edited and modified. Photos or hand-
written texts are excluded from character recogni-
tion.
Mail—The scan is attached to an e-mail.
File—The scan is saved as a file.
5 If you would like to change the current settings, the
following functions are available:
Sources—Automatic document feeder or flat-bed
scanner as scan source
Mode—Scan in the black-and-white mode (also
called “barcode mode”) or in the grey tone mode.
Resolution—Select the scan resolution
Paper Format—Setting the paper format
Output Format—Select the file format
6 In File Name, enter the name of the output file.
7 Under Save Image, select the folder where the file
is to be saved. With the option >Save to a folder
with date, the file is saved in a folder with the cur-
rent date.
8 Activate the function Open with if you want to open
the scanned file after the scanning process is com-
plete. Select the desired program. For example, you
can open an image file in an image-editing program,
an OCR in a word-processing program, or an email
attachment in your email program.
9 Click on Scan Preview to see a preview of the
scanned document.
10 Click on the button Scan in order to start the scan-
ning process.
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