Scan Documents (Invoices)

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Scan Documents (Invoices)

This guide uses the preconfigured scanner button 3 SmartCapture as an example.

 

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Right-Click 3 SmartCapture.

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Select Scan Settings.

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Select Format.

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icon_01 Make sure Multi-Page PDF is selected.

icon_02 Then Select either Multi-Page PDF (Searchable: English) or PDF (Searchable: English).

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Select one or more OCR languages.

The more languages you select, the longer OCR may take.

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Return to the previous screen.

Verify an Export Option.

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Verify that Folder is selected as the export option.

Note: Documents sent directly to email or other applications cannot be processed.

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Verify the Output Folder location.

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Review the Default Output Folder.

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By default, scanned documents are saved to the configured output folder

(C:\Users\User\Documents\Extraction).

If needed, you can change the folder location or name.

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Enable Open File Explorer when complete to quickly access scanned files.

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Easy to review scanned files or prepare them for SmartCapture processing.

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Setting the Output Folder.

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Set a folder name for saving scanned and extracted files.

It will be created under the Step 8 path.

For more details, please see Output Options for Scanned Documents.

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Return to the Home screen and start scanning.

Verify the scanner is connected by checking that a Plustek scanner model is displayed.

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gemini_2 Insert the document and click Button 3 SmartCapture.

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Adjust the scanned images as needed (e.g., crop, rotate, or delete pages).

When finished, click Next to continue to data extraction.

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When OCR is complete, SmartCapture opens automatically in a new window to extract and display the scanned data.

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icon_01 Select the field, then icon_02 click the target text or drag to select it to extract from the document.

icon_03 You will see the text in the same field you selected, then verify the extracted text.

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For more details, see the tutorial video:

 

Play [DE] SmartScan SmartCapture Tutorial: Datenextraktion

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Once all required fields (Number, Date, and Total) are extracted, click first try_009 to finish the process.

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Data extraction is complete when the file name displayed next to "File:" at the bottom of the screen disappears. Your files will be saved in the pre-set folder.

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