Scanning Checks For Electronic Deposit With The Fujitsu ScanSnap

Scanning Checks For Electronic Deposit With The Fujitsu ScanSnap

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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.

About the Author

Brooks Duncan helps individuals and small businesses go paperless. He's been an accountant, a software developer, a manager in a very large corporation, and has run DocumentSnap since 2008. You can find Brooks on Twitter at @documentsnap or @brooksduncan. Thanks for stopping by.

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Kimberly McCoy - September 8, 2021 Reply

I don’t want to use my scan snap for depositing. I just want to scan the checks for a record of the check. Is there a way to scan the check & it automatically pull the name & check number from the check automatically for saving as a record?

Ray - August 18, 2012 Reply

I know this the ScanSnap site and I do dearly love my ScanSnap 1500 and have used the products for many years, many banks will not let you take a photo with an iPhone or iPad. Just thought this might be helpful. If this recommendation is not allowed, feel free to delete.

    Ray - August 18, 2012 Reply

    That should have said they NOW let you take a photo with the iPhone and iPad. Sorry

      Brooks Duncan - August 18, 2012 Reply

      Thanks Ray!

Carlos - July 22, 2009 Reply

I too am a USAA customer, and would like to know the workaround for the Twain driver.

    Brooks Duncan - July 22, 2009 Reply

    Hi Carlos, the ScanSnap doesn't have TWAIN so there isn't much of a workaround there. The only thing you can do is try to find out if there is some way to upload a file (I am sure there is) rather than having the scanner go right into the software.

    That way, you scan to a JPG file on your hard drive, and then upload it.

    Sorry i don't use USAA so I can't help with specifics.

Kim - July 13, 2009 Reply

I been using a check scanning product from a company called Card Scanning Solutions, the UI is really simple and it works! I hope this helps. CSSN

Pat - July 3, 2009 Reply

I am trying to deposit a check into USAA, however my Scansnap S1500 is not recognized. USAA tells me a need a scanner with a TWAIN driver, what is the workaround?

Jamie - June 23, 2009 Reply

I had no idea this was possible. I need to find out if my bank supports this, ASAP!

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