SCANNER/INTERNET FAX►OTHER FUNCTIONS
SCANNING A BUSINESS CARD, READING THE TEXT
STRING, CREATING A FILE, AND SENDING THE FILE
(BUSINESS CARD SCAN)
You can scan a business card, extract the name and telephone number from the text string read by OCR, and create
and send a vCard or other file.
This function can be used with Scan to E-mail, Scan to FTP/Desktop, Scan to Network Folder, and Save to External Memory
Device.
The e-mail will be sent without being divided if System Settings - [Image Send Settings]→[Scan Settings]→[Condition
Settings]→[If the E-mail attachment(s) exceed maximum size, it will be sent in multiple files.] is enabled and [Maximum Size
of E-mail Attachments(E-Mail)] is set. If the transmitted e-mail exceeds the limit, a send error occurs.
For the information that can be extracted and output from a scanned business card, refer to the table below.
Item
Name
Kana
Pinyin
Postal code
Address
State
City
Company/group name
Department
Job title
Telephone number
Fax number
URL
E-mail address
Other
The name is extracted.
When the language is set to Japanese, you can convert the name to kana.
When the language is set to Chinese, you can convert the name to pinyin.
The postal code is extracted.
The address is extracted.
The prefecture is output.
The city is output.
The company/organization name is extracted.
The department is extracted.
The position is extracted.
The telephone number is extracted.
Up to five.
The fax number is extracted.
Up to five.
The URL is extracted.
Up to five.
The E-mail address is extracted.
Other is used if none of the above apply.
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Send
vCard file
or
CSV file
Description