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DocumentSnap reader Stuart wrote in because he was having problems scanning checks (or cheques, if you are in Canada or the UK) using his ScanSnap in to his bank’s interface for electronic deposit.
I don’t know if this is specific to USAA or not, but here are the bank’s requirements for upload:
- JPG image
- 200 dpi
- Greyscale
Stuart was having problems getting the bank to accept the ScanSnap’s scans, so here is what we ended up doing.
- Go to your ScanSnap profile (or create a new one) and set a custom paper size for the checks
- Set the profile to scan to JPG
- Set it to Color and Better quality, which is 200dpi for Color
- Scan away
It turns out that USAA would accept the color image and convert it to greyscale. If your bank doesn’t, you may need to do an intermediate step and use an image program like Preview on the Mac or the Windows equivalent to convert it to b&w first.
Once this workflow was done, Stuart was able to scan in the checks and the bank took them no problem.
Does anyone else use the ScanSnap for importing checks or documents to your bank? Do you have a better workflow than this one? Let us know in the comments.