Select and Scan dialog box

Pick a scanner source — hardware or virtual — and launch a scan.

The Select and Scan dialog box lets you choose a scanner source and start scanning. The dialog’s contents change depending on which scanner you pick.

When it appears

• Automatically — if you’ve configured Scanning Station to show the scanner selection dialog each time scanning starts.
• Manually — click the arrow next to the Scan button on the main window toolbars and choose Select and Scan…

Pick a scanner from the Scanner drop-down, and then configure the settings.

Hardware scanner

Option	Description
Use native scanner interface	Use the interface provided by the scanner driver.
Use application interface	Use the interface provided by Scanning Station.
Scanning Options…	Opens the scanner settings dialog. If you chose the native interface, it’s the driver’s dialog; if you chose the application interface, it’s the Scanner Settings dialog.
Show scanning options before scanning	If selected, Scanning Station displays the scanner settings dialog before each scan.

If you use the native scanner interface, also select Show scanning options before scanning. Otherwise, scans will fail when scanning settings haven’t been pre-configured in the scanner driver.

Virtual scanner

Option	Description
Folder	Path to the folder containing images to import.
Browse…	Opens a file dialog to select the folder.
Remove successfully loaded files	If selected, images are deleted from the source folder after loading.

Actions

• Scan — start scanning.
• Cancel — close the dialog.

Related topics

• Scanner Settings dialog box
• Select scanner source
• Scan images
• Scanning and export settings
• Interface