如果您来自Windows背景，您可能已经习惯了扫描仪和打印机制造商要求您在使用前安装在 PC 上的大量垃圾软件。对于 macOS 用户来说，这是一个更简单的解决方案，他们可以利用内置扫描软件来制作文档副本。
Image Capture 是您需要在 macOS 上使用的应用程序。它作为核心应用程序集的一部分预先安装，并且由于简单的用户界面，它非常易于使用。假设您安装了合适的扫描设备，以下是如何在Mac上使用(Mac)Image Capture 进行扫描。
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在 macOS 上设置扫描设备(Setting Up a Scanning Device on macOS)
在开始使用Mac上的(Mac)Image Capture进行扫描之前，您需要在 macOS 设备上安装扫描仪。这包括独立扫描仪、带有内置扫描仪的多功能打印机以及无线打印和扫描设备。
- 要将新扫描仪添加到 macOS，请单击左上角的Apple 菜单图标，然后按(Apple menu icon)System Preferences。在“系统偏好设置”(System Preferences)菜单中，单击“打印机和扫描仪(Printers & Scanners)”以访问设置菜单以在 macOS 上进行打印和扫描。
- 在打印机和扫描仪(Printers & Scanners )菜单中，您会在左侧看到已安装的打印机和扫描仪列表。如果您尚未安装扫描设备，请单击列表底部的加号(plus) 图标。(icon)这将打开“添加(Add )”菜单以开始安装您的设备。
- 在“添加”框中，从“(Add)默认”(Default)选项卡的列表中查找并选择您的设备。如果您要连接到没有可用Apple Bonjour服务的网络扫描仪，则需要改为在(Apple Bonjour)IP选项卡下进行搜索。Windows 共享打印机和扫描仪也可以在Windows选项卡下找到。
- 找到并选择设备后，请确保在使用(Use)下拉菜单下为其选择了正确的驱动程序，或选择选择软件(Select Software)以选择手动驱动程序。在名称(Name)部分下为您的扫描仪添加一个自定义名称，然后在准备好后按添加(Add)将扫描仪添加到您的设备。
- 如果该过程成功，您应该会在打印机和扫描仪(Printers & Scanners)菜单中看到您的新扫描设备。
在线的扫描和打印设备应标有绿色图标。如果 macOS 已安装您的扫描设备并且它被列为空闲，您应该能够开始在Image Capture应用程序中使用它。
如果您只是快速扫描，您还可以使用备用扫描仪(Scanner)应用程序。为此，请在系统偏好设置的(System Preferences)打印机和扫描仪(Printers & Scanners)菜单中单击您设备的扫描(Scan)选项卡。在此处，单击打开扫描仪(Open Scanner)按钮以打开您设备的扫描仪(Scanner)应用程序。
在 Mac 上使用图像捕捉
除了使用Image Capture(Image Capture)进行基本文档扫描之外，还有其他替代方法，例如使用扫描应用程序进行收据(scanning apps for receipts)，或者使用替代的内置扫描仪(Scanner)应用程序进行快速扫描。
然而，大多数用户更喜欢使用Image Capture，尤其是在一次扫描多个文档或图像时。它提供了在易于使用的界面中一次扫描单个或多个文档所需的所有功能。
- 要在Mac上打开Image Capture，请单击屏幕底部Dock中的(Dock)Launchpad图标。从这里，找到图像捕捉(Image Capture)应用程序并按下它来打开它。
- 主图像捕获(Image Capture)屏幕易于浏览。左侧设备类别下列出的设备是本地设备，连接到您的macOS(Devices)设备。(Devices)在Shared下，您会找到本地网络上可用的无线扫描设备列表。
- 要使用Image Capture(Image Capture)开始扫描，请从左侧菜单的列表中选择您的设备。在图像捕获(Image Capture)屏幕的底部，您可以选择保存扫描文档或图像的位置，以及选择要扫描的文档或图像的大小。您可以按“显示详细信息”(Show Details)按钮查看其他设置。
- 如果单击Show Details，右侧会出现一个侧边菜单。您可以从种类(Kind)下拉菜单中选择是否以彩色(color)、黑白(black & white)或特殊文本(text)模式进行扫描。
- 种类(Kind)菜单下方的选项允许您选择扫描分辨率（以每英寸点数为单位）、大小、旋转，以及Image Capture是否应自动检测是否同时扫描多个单独的对象。
- 您可以在扫描分辨率部分下方选择保存扫描文件的位置。您还可以在格式(Format)下拉菜单下选择图像文件格式，默认为JPEG 。在名称(Name)框下为您扫描的文档命名。如果您需要对图像进行任何类型的图像校正，请从下拉菜单中选择Manual ，否则将设置保留为(Manual)None。
- 还提供更多图像校正选项。您可以设置图像捕捉以从(Image Capture)灰尘(Dust)下拉菜单下的扫描中去除潜在的灰尘颗粒。单击颜色恢复(Color Restoration)复选框可在扫描图像或文档时改善其颜色。在Unsharp Mask、Descreening(Unsharp Mask, Descreening,)和Backlight Correction下拉菜单中提供了进一步(Further)的颜色和图像改进。
- 当您在Mac上启动(Mac)Image Capture时，它会尝试执行快速预览扫描，以便您预览设备可以看到的内容。预览显示在图像捕捉(Image Capture)屏幕的中央。
- 如果您对扫描预览感到满意，并且对扫描设置进行了必要的更改，请按“扫描(Scan)”按钮开始对文档或图像进行彻底扫描。
- 扫描过程将需要一些时间，具体取决于您选择的扫描分辨率。扫描过程完成后，您的扫描图像将保存在您指定的位置，并使用您选择的名称（或默认扫描(Scan)名称，如果保持不变）。您还可以在“扫描结果(Scan Result )”框中快速查看已扫描文档和图像的列表。
您可以使用您选择的设置对多个页面或文档重复图像捕捉(Image Capture)扫描过程，或者更改您扫描的每个页面的设置。扫描过程将是相同的 -一旦设备完成扫描，您的图像将保存在所选文件夹中，可以使用Finder应用程序访问。(Finder)
使用 macOS 实现无纸化(Going Paperless With macOS)
使用Mac上的(Mac)Image Capture扫描您最喜欢的图像和重要文档，可以帮助您摆脱纸张，成为真正的无纸化家庭或办公室。您只需要一台 macOS 设备和一台高质量的扫描仪即可为您提供帮助，尤其是当您希望一次扫描大量照片(scan a large number of photos)或文档时。
如果您正在扫描旧照片，则需要适当的地方来存储它们。与其将它们存储在本地，不如将您的照片存储在云(store your photos in the cloud)中以确保它们的安全。如果您有任何其他扫描技巧要分享，请将它们放在下面的评论中。
How to Scan With Image Capture on Mac
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Image Capture is the app you’ll need to use on macOS. This comes pre-installed as part of the core set of apps and, thanks to a simple user interface, it’s pretty easy to use. Here’s how to scan using Image Capture on Mac, assuming you have a suitable scanning device installed.
Also, be sure to check out our YouTube video from our sister site where we go over how you can scan documents with your iPhone, in case that’s easier.
Setting Up a Scanning Device on macOS
Before you can begin scanning with Image Capture on Mac, you’ll need to install a scanner on your macOS device. That includes standalone scanners, multi-function printers with built-in scanners, as well as wireless printing and scanning devices.
- To add a new scanner to macOS, click the Apple menu icon in the top-left, then press System Preferences. In the System Preferences menu, click Printers & Scanners to access the settings menu for printing and scanning on macOS.
- In the Printers & Scanners menu, you’ll see a list of installed printers and scanners on the left. If you haven’t installed your scanning device yet, click the plus icon at the bottom of the list. This will open the Add menu to begin installing your device.
- In the Add box, find and select your device from the list in the Default tab. If you’re connecting to a network scanner that doesn’t have the Apple Bonjour service available, you’ll need to search for this under the IP tab instead. Windows-shared printers and scanners can also be found under the Windows tab.
- Once you’ve found and selected your device, make sure that you’ve chosen the correct drivers for it under the Use drop-down menu, or choose Select Software to select a manual driver. Add a custom name for your scanner under the Name section, then press Add to add the scanner to your device once you’re ready.
- If the process was successful, you should see your new scanning device listed in the Printers & Scanners menu.
Scanning and printing devices that are online should be labeled with a green icon. If macOS has installed your scanning device and it’s listed as idle, you should be able to begin using it in the Image Capture app.
If you’re only taking a quick scan, you can also use the alternative Scanner app. To do this, click the Scan tab for your device in the Printers & Scanners menu in System Preferences. From here, click the Open Scanner button to open the Scanner app for your device.
Using Image Capture on Mac
There are alternatives to using Image Capture for basic document scanning, like using scanning apps for receipts, or the alternative built-in Scanner app for quick scans.
Most users will prefer to use Image Capture, however, especially for scanning multiple documents or images at once. It offers all of the features you’ll need to be able to scan single or multiple documents at once in an easy-to-use interface.
- To open Image Capture on Mac, click the Launchpad icon from the Dock at the bottom of your screen. From here, locate the Image Capture app and press it to open it.
- The main Image Capture screen is easy to navigate. Devices listed under the Devices category on the left are local devices, attached to your macOS device. Under Shared, you’ll find a list of wireless scanning devices available over your local network.
- To begin scanning using Image Capture, select your device from the list on the left-hand menu. At the bottom of the Image Capture screen, you’ll be able to choose where to save your scanned document or image, as well as select the size of the document or image you want to scan. You can view additional settings by pressing the Show Details button.
- If you click Show Details, a side menu will appear on the right. You can select whether to scan in color, black & white, or a special text mode from the Kind drop-down menu.
- Underneath the Kind menu are options that allow you to select the scan resolution (in dots per inch), size, rotation, and whether Image Capture should auto-detect if multiple, separate objects are being scanned at once.
- You can choose where to save your scanned files underneath the scan resolution section. You can also choose the image file format under the Format drop-down menu, with JPEG as the default. Give your scanned document a name under the Name box. If you require the image to undergo any kind of image correction, select Manual from the drop-down menu, otherwise leave the setting as None.
- Further image correction options are also available. You can set Image Capture to remove potential dust particles from the scan under the Dust drop-down menu. Click the Color Restoration checkbox to improve the color of your image or document as it is scanned. Further color and image improvements are available under the Unsharp Mask, Descreening, and Backlight Correction drop-down menus.
- When you launch the Image Capture on Mac, it will attempt to perform a quick preview scan to allow you to see a preview of what your device can see. The preview is shown in the center of the Image Capture screen.
- If you’re happy with the scan preview, and once you’ve made the necessary changes to your scan settings, press the Scan button to begin the thorough scan of your document or image.
- The scan process will take some time, depending on the scan resolution you’ve chosen. Once the scan process has been completed, your scanned image will be saved in the location you specified, with the name you selected (or with the default Scan name, if left unchanged). You can also quickly view a list of your scanned documents and images in the Scan Result box.
You can repeat the Image Capture scanning process for multiple pages or documents using your chosen settings, or change the settings for each page you scan. The scan process will be the same—your images will be saved in the chosen folder, accessible using the Finder app, once the device has finished scanning.
Going Paperless With macOS
Using Image Capture on Mac to scan your favorite images and important documents can help you ditch the paper and become a true paperless household or office. All you need is a macOS device and a good-quality scanner to help you, especially if you’re looking to scan a large number of photos or documents at once.
If you’re scanning in old photos, you’ll need somewhere appropriate to store them. Rather than store them locally, store your photos in the cloud to keep them safe instead. If you have any other scanning tips to share, drop them down in the comments below.
