Scan both sides of a page: Select Duplex.Ĭhoose a size for the scanned item: Use the Size pop-up menu.Ĭhoose where to save the scanned items: Use the Scan To pop-up menu. You can choose any of the following:Ĭhoose the type of image being scanned: Use the Kind pop-up menu.Ĭhoose Text for black-and-white images with high contrast, such as a document choose Black & White for grayscale images and choose Color for color images. You may need to click Show Details to see all the available options. If you don’t see an Open Scanner button, you may need to set up your scanner, or check the documentation that came with your scanner to see how to perform scans. If your scanner is also a printer, you may need to click Scan on the right before you can click Open Scanner. Select your scanner in the list at the left, then click Open Scanner on the right. Open Printers & Scanners preferences for me Place the pages in the scanner’s document feeder.Ĭhoose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Printers & Scanners.

If pages need different settings (for example, some are grayscale and some are color), scan them in different groups. The same settings are used for all the pages in the feeder. With a scanner that has an automatic document feeder, you can scan several pages at once.