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Page 1: ...e TOP Back Previous Next Scanner Driver Guide Introduction Scanning a Document Troubleshooting Appendix Please read this guide before operating this product After you finish reading this guide store i...

Page 2: ...Guide Scanning Features Scanner Driver Guide This Document To view the manual in PDF format Adobe Reader Adobe Acrobat Reader is required If Adobe Reader Adobe Acrobat Reader is not installed on your...

Page 3: ...a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without the prior written permis...

Page 4: ...shooting Appendix Table of Contents Index Table of Contents Manuals for the Machine i Legal Notices ii How to Use This Guide vi Using the Top Page vi Using the Chapter Topic List vii 1 Introduction 1...

Page 5: ...in a Different Way from Save 2 4 Setting Up Start in the Settings Dialog Box 2 5 Setting Up Start in the Scanners and Cameras Folder 2 5 Scanning with the MF Toolbox 2 7 MF Toolbox Settings 2 9 Scanne...

Page 6: ...mple Mode 2 18 Using Advanced Mode 2 21 Specifying the Parameters of a Scan 2 22 Advanced Mode Settings 2 24 Determining Resolution 2 39 Scanning with the WIA Driver Windows XP Only 2 40 Scanning from...

Page 7: ...r Guide Introduction Scanning a Document Troubleshooting Appendix Please read this guide before operating this product After you finish reading this guide store it in a safe place for future reference...

Page 8: ...roubleshooting Appendix TOP Back Previous Next 1 1 Table of Contents Index 1 Introduction Where to Find Help 1 2 System Requirements 1 3 Checking Installation 1 4 Returns to the last page opened Displ...

Page 9: ...ep in mind when using the machine WARNING Indicates a warning that may lead to death or serious injury if not observed CAUTION Explains how to avoid actions that could injure you or damage your machin...

Page 10: ...2 3 4 Introduction Scanning a Document Troubleshooting Appendix TOP Back Previous Next 1 1 Table of Contents Index 1 Introduction Where to Find Help 1 2 System Requirements 1 3 Checking Installation 1...

Page 11: ...er software or while operating your machine consult the following In This Manual See Chapter 3 Troubleshooting In the Basic Guide See Chapter 11 Troubleshooting In the Advanced Guide See Chapter 5 Tro...

Page 12: ...s 2000 Professional CPU Intel Pentium 133 MHz or higher USB 1 1 Intel Pentium II or higher USB 2 0 Memory 128 MB or more Microsoft Windows XP 32 bit version CPU Intel Pentium Celeron 300 MHz or higher...

Page 13: ...folder Windows 98 2000 the Scanners and Cameras Properties dialog box Click start on the Windows task bar select Control Panel Scanners and Cameras Windows 98 Me 2000 Start Settings Control Panel doub...

Page 14: ...on for Start 2 4 Setting Up Start to Operate in a Different Way from Save 2 4 Setting Up Start in the Settings Dialog Box 2 5 Setting Up Start in the Scanners and Cameras Folder 2 5 Scanning with the...

Page 15: ...s 2 16 Setting Preferences and Scanning with ScanGear MF 2 18 Switching between Simple Mode and Advanced Mode 2 18 Using Simple Mode 2 18 Using Advanced Mode 2 21 Specifying the Parameters of a Scan 2...

Page 16: ...ted via USB and the USB scanner driver must be loaded to scan This machine does not support network scanning 1 Set documents 2 Press SCAN on the machine 3 Press Start on the machine If you are asked t...

Page 17: ...ick Save in the MF Toolbox You can change the scanning function set for Start on the machine Setting Up Start to Operate in a Different Way from Save 1 On the Windows desktop double click the Canon MF...

Page 18: ...ion you want to link Start to then click OK Setting Up Start in the Scanners and Cameras Folder 1 Open the Scanners and Cameras folder Windows 98 2000 the Scanners and Cameras Properties dialog box Cl...

Page 19: ...ur machine from Select an event select the operation for Start in Actions click OK On Windows 98 Me 2000 Select the Events tab select the option corresponding to your machine from Scanner events selec...

Page 20: ...All Programs Canon MF Toolbox 4 9 Toolbox 4 9 3 Click one of the scanning buttons Mail The document will be scanned and attached to an e mail message in your e mail application OCR The text will be sc...

Page 21: ...required settings For details see Setting Preferences and Scanning with ScanGear MF on p 2 18 7 Click Scan When scanning is completed a folder with the scanning date will be created in the My Pictures...

Page 22: ...file size of the scanned image Select Source Selects where the document is placed Platen Glass ADF or Auto Mode NOTE When Auto Mode is selected the document in the ADF is automatically scanned If the...

Page 23: ...ect Source Paper Size and Orientation NOTE This setting is not available for models without ADF Scan Mode Selects the scan mode The scan modes you can select differ depending on the MF Toolbox button...

Page 24: ...of Attached File Display the Scanner Driver If you select this check box all items in the Scanner Settings become invalid and when Start is clicked the ScanGear MF dialog box appears and enables you t...

Page 25: ...1 Scan 2 PDF Settings Opens the PDF Settings dialog box which enables you to make advanced settings of the PDF file see Creating One PDF File from Two or More Pages on p 2 16 Save Scanned Image to Sh...

Page 26: ...ify the file type and location to save them NOTE You cannot use this function when scanning with the OCR button For the PDF button you can only confirm the scanned image and specify the location to sa...

Page 27: ...reate a folder with current date in the specified location and save the scanned images in this folder This check box is not available when PDF Add Page is selected in Save as Type Save Press to save t...

Page 28: ...ge in that application The following is an example of the procedure 1 Set documents 2 Open the application you want to use 3 Select the command to scan 4 Select the scanner driver to be used With Wind...

Page 29: ...PDF 4 Select PDF Multiple Pages in Save as Type 5 Specify other required settings click PDF Settings The PDF Settings dialog box appears 6 Specify the required settings click OK Create Searchable PDF...

Page 30: ...ent Troubleshooting Appendix Table of Contents Index 7 Click Start When you set the document on the platen glass the following dialog box appears as each page is scanned To continue to scan place the...

Page 31: ...nts for the image To use the ScanGear MF select Display the Scanner Driver in the MF Toolbox or scan from an application NOTE You cannot preview the image when using the ADF Switching between Simple M...

Page 32: ...Grayscale ADF are not available for models without ADF 3 Click Preview A preview of the scanned image appears in the preview window 4 Select the use for the scanned image in Select Purpose You can se...

Page 33: ...ecifies the output size name you want to register Width Specifies the width of the output size Height Specifies the height of the output size Unit Selects the unit of measurement for the output size A...

Page 34: ...n the settings see Advanced Mode Settings on p 2 24 If you select ADF 1 sided in Original Input Method skip to step 4 NOTE ADF 1 sided is not available for models without ADF 3 Click Preview NOTE Sele...

Page 35: ...op Specifies the parameter of a scan Move Moves the enlarged image on the screen Zoom Enlarges or reduces the preview image Click on the image to zoom in and right click on the image to zoom out Left...

Page 36: ...Frames Only when Using the Platen Glass You can create another cropping frame even if there is already one in the preview area Click and drag the mouse cursor outside the existing cropping frame to c...

Page 37: ...the selected frames or the whole preview area NOTE The following items cannot be saved in Favorite Settings Values of Width and Height in Input Settings and in Output Settings Activation of button ma...

Page 38: ...Input Size and Orientation Orientation Opens the Orientation dialog box This dialog box enables you to specify the orientation of the original document Width Specifies the width of the input size Hei...

Page 39: ...ion from the drop down list or enter any value between 25 9600 dpi If you are using the ADF enter a resolution between 25 600 dpi For details see Determining Resolution on p 2 39 Output Size Selects t...

Page 40: ...Color Color Documents or Grayscale is selected in Color Mode Descreen Set to ON to reduce the distorted pattern moire when scanning printed photographs and pictures NOTE This setting is available when...

Page 41: ...e NOTE This setting is available when Color or Color Documents is selected in Color Mode and Color Correction is set to Recommended in the Preferences dialog box see p 2 37 Grain Correction Smoothes o...

Page 42: ...olor Settings button is displayed When Color Color Documents or Grayscale is selected in Color Mode When Black and White is selected in Color Mode By selecting Add Delete from the drop down list you c...

Page 43: ...of the tonal range of the image Channel Select a color to adjust either Red Green or Blue or select Master to adjust all three colors together when Color or Color Documents is selected in Color Mode A...

Page 44: ...is button then click a point in the preview image or inside the focal crop to specify the midtone point You can also enter a value 5 to 250 or move the slider to an appropriate level White point eyedr...

Page 45: ...showing the balance of tone input and output Channel Select a color to adjust either Red Green or Blue or select Master to adjust all three colors together when Color or Color Documents is selected in...

Page 46: ...Appendix Table of Contents Index Final Review This dialog box enables you to confirm the color settings Threshold This dialog box enables you to adjust the threshold By adjusting the threshold you can...

Page 47: ...NOTE The brightness of color and grayscale images are expressed as a value between 0 and 255 but the brightness of black and white images is expressed in terms of either black or white including the...

Page 48: ...cts the preview operation when you open the ScanGear MF Automatically Execute Preview The preview scan starts automatically when you open the ScanGear MF Display Saved Preview Image Displays the image...

Page 49: ...application settings Color Mode Text and Table The document is scanned in a mode equivalent to Color Documents of Color Mode regardless of the application settings Text Enhanced The document is scanne...

Page 50: ...uments is selected in Color Mode None No color matching is made This setting is available when Color Color Documents or Grayscale is selected in Color Mode Always Execute the Auto Tone If selected the...

Page 51: ...wing files MIDI files mid rmi midi Audio files wav aiff aif MP3 file mp3 Play Music During Scanning If selected the scanner plays music during scanning Click Browse then specify a sound file Play Soun...

Page 52: ...ter the colors are expressed as a certain percentage of ink pigment so scanning your document at half the resolution of the printer should be fine Printing Scale For example if you want to print a doc...

Page 53: ...Dialog Box 1 Open the Scanners and Cameras folder Click start on the Windows task bar select Control Panel Scanners and Cameras 2 Double click the corresponding WIA driver icon 3 Click Next 4 Select a...

Page 54: ...bed as the paper source click Preview drag to specify the scanned area If you have selected Document Feeder as the paper source select the page size from the drop down list 7 Click Next 8 Specify a na...

Page 55: ...tion Scanning a Document Troubleshooting Appendix Table of Contents Index 9 Click Next to start scanning 10 Click Next If you want to publish these pictures to a Web site or order printouts online sel...

Page 56: ...ble for models without ADF 2 Select the picture type You can select from Color picture Grayscale picture Black and white picture or text and Custom Settings 3 If necessary click Adjust the quality of...

Page 57: ...f picture you select Appearance Shows the preview of sample image Brightness Specifies the brightness 127 to 127 Contrast Specifies the contrast 127 to 127 only for color or grayscale scanning Resolut...

Page 58: ...1 2 3 4 TOP Back Previous Next 3 1 Introduction Scanning a Document Troubleshooting Appendix Table of Contents Index 3 Troubleshooting Scanning Problems 3 2 Installing and Uninstalling Problems 3 7...

Page 59: ...platen glass or in the ADF correctly See Chapter 2 Document Handling in the Basic Guide Q Is your computer working properly A Restart your computer Q Is a USB hub or repeater working properly A When u...

Page 60: ...rectly with the MF Toolbox ScanGear MF or WIA driver A Choose between placing the document on the platen glass or in the ADF Q After installing the software did you install a TWAIN compatible applicat...

Page 61: ...ear the Automatically Quit ScanGear after Scanning check box before scanning Computer has hung up or frozen Q Is enough memory loaded in your computer A Quit other opened applications and try again Q...

Page 62: ...ox click Set to register the application manually See External Program Mail Program on p 2 13 When you click a button on the MF Toolbox another application opens Q Is the application selected correctl...

Page 63: ...splay colors to 16 bit color 24 bit color or higher Scanned image is displayed at a larger smaller size on the computer screen Q Is the resolution setting correct A Do one of the following Enlarge or...

Page 64: ...re A Quit any applications including anti virus before removing the software Removal of the software was completed but Canon remains Q Did you remove the MF drivers before removing the MF Toolbox A If...

Page 65: ...chever you click installation thereafter will continue trouble free Cannot use the software after upgrading to Windows XP Q Have you upgraded Windows 98 Me 2000 to Windows XP without removing the soft...

Page 66: ...1 2 3 4 TOP Back Previous Next 4 1 Introduction Scanning a Document Troubleshooting Appendix Table of Contents Index 4 Appendix Scanner Specifications 4 2 Glossary 4 3 Index 4 9...

Page 67: ...ect to change without notice Type Color scanner Max Scanning Size 8 x 14 216 mm x 356 mm Scanning Resolution 25 9600 dpi ScanGear MF Scanning Speed Color 4 5 msec line 600 dpi Grayscale 1 5 msec line...

Page 68: ...dark areas Decreasing brightness darkens the overall image increasing brightness lightens it C Color Matching In some cases the range of colors captured by a scanner exceeds the range that can be disp...

Page 69: ...solution or dot density of the scanned image is measured as the number of dots per inch dpi dpi Dots per inch A unit of measurement for indicating a machine s resolution Driver A program that controls...

Page 70: ...USB interface which makes it compatible with IBM and similar personal computers K Kilobyte KB A unit of measurement representing the binary number 1024 used to describe machine or computer memory siz...

Page 71: ...computers PDF documents can be read or printed out with Adobe s Acrobat Reader program Pixel Short for picture element a pixel is the smallest unit used to measure a display image Platen The document...

Page 72: ...y Resolution values are represented by horizontal data and vertical data for example 600 x 600 dpi S Scanner driver A program that controls how the computer and scanner interact The scanner driver is...

Page 73: ...W WIA Windows Image Acquisition Standard for downloading images from scanners or digital cameras The machine includes a TWAIN compliant driver and a WIA compliant driver The WIA driver can only be us...

Page 74: ...tallation 1 4 E Exif settings 2 13 F Fading Correction 2 28 Favorite Settings 2 24 Final Review 2 33 G Gamma 2 37 Grain Correction 2 28 H Histogram 2 30 I Image Settings 2 27 Input Settings 2 25 Insta...

Page 75: ...th Start on the machine 2 3 Setting the scanning function for Start in the Scanners and Cameras folder 2 5 in the Settings dialog box 2 5 on the MF Toolbox main window 2 4 Simple Mode switching 2 18 t...

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