Using Samsung Easy Document Creator

Samsung Easy Document Creator is an application to help users scan, compile, and save documents in multiple formats, including .epub format. These documents can be shared via social networking sites or fax. Whether you’re a student needing to organize research from the library or a stay-at-home mom sharing scanned pictures from last year’s birthday party, Easy Document Creator will provide you with the necessary tools.

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  • Availabe for Windows OS users only.

  • Windows XP or higher and Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher is the minimum requirement for Samsung Easy Document Creator.

  • Samsung Easy Document Creator is installed automatically when you install the machine software.

Understanding Samsung Easy Document Creator

To open the program:

Select Start > Programs or All Programs > Samsung Printers > Samsung Easy Document Creator > Samsung Easy Document Creator.

The Samsung Easy Document Creator interface is comprised of various basic sections as described in the table that follows:

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The screenshot may differ depending on operating system you are using.

1

(Information)

Click the information button to see the program’s version information.

(Help)

Click the help button to get the information of any option you want to use.

2

Quick Scan

Automatically scans with the settings provided in Configuration. You can pre-set the options such as image type, document size, resolution, or file type (see Quick Scanning).

3

Scan

Provides more in-depth options for scanning documents on a one-by-one basis (see Scanning).

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Text Converting will only be available after installing the optical character recognition (OCR) software proivided in a separate installation file.

  • Image Scanning: Use for scanning single or mulitple pictures.

  • Document Scanning: Use for scanning documents with text or text and images.

  • Text Converting:  Use for scanning documents that need to be saved in an editable text format.

  • Book Scanning:  Use for scanning books with the flatbed scanner.

  • Favorites:  User-created favorites for frequently-used scan settings.

4

SNS Upload

Provides an easy and quick way to upload files to a variety of social networking sites (SNS). Scan an image directly or select an existing image to upload to Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, Google Docs, or Twitter (see Scanning to a Social Networking Site).

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SNS Upload will only be available after Microsoft®.NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 has been installed (http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=22) and Windows XP or higher and Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher are required

5

E-Book Conversion

Provides the ability to scan multiple documents in as one e-book or convert existing files into an e-book format (.epub file) (see Converting to an E-Book).

6

Send Fax

Provides the ability to directly fax a document from Easy Document Creator if the Samsung Network PC Fax driver is installed (see Sending a fax in the computer).

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If the Samsung Network PC Fax driver is not installed, this will be grayed out.

7

Configuration

Provides the options for a Common and Quick Scan.

8

Device Name

Shows the scanning/faxing device ready to use.

9

Search

If you cannot see any device ready to use, click this button to find a device.

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Click Search Now to automatically search for all devices to which you have access.
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Click the Help () button from the upper-right corner of the window and click on any option you want to know about.

Using features

Scanning

  1. Place a single document face down on the document glass, or load the documents face up into the document feeder (see Loading originals).

  2. Click Scan from the home screen.

  3. Select the type of scanning or a favorites then click Start.

  4. Make adjustments to the image (Scan Settings and More Options).

  5. Click Scan to scan a final image or Prescan to get another preview image.

  6. Select to Save to Location, Send to E-mail, or Send to SNS.

  7. Click on Save (Saving a Scan), Send ( E-mailing a Scan), or Share (Uploading).

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If there is room on the document glass, more than one item can be scanned at the same time. Use the tool to make multiple selection areas.

Quick Scanning

Configuring Quick Scan

To set up the Quick Scan options:

  1. Click Configuration from the home screen.

  2. Click on Default to use the default settings, or select your own options.

  3. Click Apply to save changes.

Using Quick Scan

  1. Place a single document face down on the document glass, or load the documents face up into the document feeder (see Loading originals).

  2. Click Quick Scan from the home screen.

  3. Select a save location for the scanned images.

  4. Click Save to save the image.

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Click Scan More to scan another image with the same settings.

Scanning to a Social Networking Site

Scan Directly

  1. Place a single document face down on the document glass, or load the documents face up into the document feeder (see Loading originals).

  2. Click SNS Upload from the home screen.

  3. Click Scan to SNS > Start.

  4. Click Scan.

Upload Existing File

  1. Click SNS Upload from the home screen.

  2. Click Existing File to SNS > Start.

  3. Select the site and click Add Image to find the file to upload.

  4. Select a social networking site to send the image and click Next.

  5. Follow the instructions in each social networking site.

    • Facebook

      1. Sign-in to your account.

      2. Select the upload location.

      3. Click Upload.

    • Flickr

      1. Sign-in to your account.

      2. Click Upload.

    • Google Docs and Picasa

      1. If this is your first time uploading to Google Docs, click Grant access.

      2. Select the upload location.

      3. Click Upload.

    • Twitter

      1. If it is your first time uploading to the SNS, you will have to sign-in to Twitter and authorize the application by clicking Authorize app.

      2. Click Upload.

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If there are some problems on accessing or uploading to each SNS site due to a network environment issue, it's needed to check security limitations established in your network with network administrator. To guarantee correct functioning of SNS upload in Samsung Easy Document Creator, unrestricted network environment is needed for HTTPS communication.

Converting to an E-Book

Scan Directly

  1. Place a single document face down on the document glass, or load the documents face up into the document feeder (see Loading originals).

  2. Click E-Book Conversion from the home screen.

  3. Click Scan to E-Book > Start.

  4. Enter a name and author to be used as metatag information for the .epub file, a file name, and select a save location.

  5. Click Save.

Convert Existing Files

  1. Click E-Book Conversion from the home screen.

  2. Click Existing File to E-Book > Start.

  3. Click Add Image to find the file to convert.

  4. Enter a name and author to be used as metatag information for the .epub file, a file name, and select a save location.

  5. Click Save.

Sending a Fax

  1. Place a single document face down on the document glass, or load the documents face up into the document feeder (see Loading originals).

  2. Click Send Fax from the home screen.

  3. Click add file and locate the file to fax.

  4. Click Send Fax.

  5. Enter the fax information (recipient’s number, cover page information, etc).

  6. Click Send.

Plug-ins

Easy Document Creator will also create new plug-ins for Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and Excel. These new plug-ins will be in a new Easy Document Creator menu on the applications’ menu bars: Scan to Office, Send Fax, and E-Book.