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Page 1: ...uide 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 stor...

Page 2: ...l next Read the sections of these manuals that correspond to your intended use Starter Guide Basic Operation Guide Reference Guide Scanner Driver Guide Read this manual to learn the required settings...

Page 3: ...eproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual o...

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

Page 5: ...ation which has been registered to MF Toolbox 2 4 Setting up other applications which have not been registered to MF Toolbox 2 5 Scanning with the MF Toolbox 2 7 MF Toolbox Settings 2 9 Scanner Settin...

Page 6: ...e 2 20 Using Simple Mode 2 20 Using Advanced Mode 2 23 Specifying the Parameters of a Scan 2 24 Advanced Mode Settings 2 26 Determining Resolution 2 41 Scanning with the WIA Driver 2 42 Scanning from...

Page 7: ...Introduction Scanning a Document Troubleshooting Appendix Table of Contents Index 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Scanning Problems 3 2 Installing and Uninstalling Problems 3 7 4 Appendix 4 1 Scanner Specifica...

Page 8: ...river 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 refer...

Page 9: ...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 10: ...p 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 machine...

Page 11: ...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 12: ...your machine consult the following In This Manual See Chapter 3 Troubleshooting In the Basic Operation Guide See Chapter 11 Troubleshooting Not available depending on the country of purchase In the Re...

Page 13: ...Microsoft Windows XP CPU Intel Pentium Celeron 300 MHz or higher USB 1 1 Intel Pentium II or higher USB 2 0 Memory 128 MB or more Microsoft Windows Vista CPU Intel Pentium 800 MHz or faster Memory 512...

Page 14: ...ntrol Panel Printers and other Hardware Scanners and Cameras Windows Vista start Control Panel Hardware and Sound Scanners and Cameras Windows 2000 Start Settings Control Panel double click Scanners a...

Page 15: ...g Function for Start 2 4 Setting up an application which has been registered to MF Toolbox 2 4 Setting up other applications which have not been registered to MF Toolbox 2 5 Scanning with the MF Toolb...

Page 16: ...Switching between Simple Mode and Advanced Mode 2 20 Using Simple Mode 2 20 Using Advanced Mode 2 23 Specifying the Parameters of a Scan 2 24 Advanced Mode Settings 2 26 Determining Resolution 2 41 S...

Page 17: ...er 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 to select a program to launch...

Page 18: ...rocedure below you can change the set for scanning function on each of MF Toolbox or other applications when you press start Setting up an application which has been registered to MF Toolbox 1 On the...

Page 19: ...applications which have not been registered to MF Toolbox 1 Open the Scanners and Cameras folder Windows 2000 the Scanners and Cameras Properties dialog box Click start on the Windows task bar select...

Page 20: ...r machine from Select an event select the operation for Start this program in Actions click OK On Windows 2000 Select the Events tab select the option corresponding to your machine from Scanner events...

Page 21: ...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 22: ...MF on p 2 20 7 Click Scan When scanning is completed a folder with the scanning date will be created in the My Pictures folder in the My Documents folder and your document will be saved in this folde...

Page 23: ...ze and 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...

Page 24: ...document When 2 sided is selected in Input Method select also the binding location of the document This button is disabled when Platen Glass is selected in Select Source Original Orientation Shows the...

Page 25: ...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 26: ...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 27: ...bnail images and specify 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 speci...

Page 28: ...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 29: ...the image 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 W...

Page 30: ...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 31: ...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 32: ...n 2 button and Platen Glass is selected in Select Source 1 Set a document on the platen glass 2 Double click the Canon MF Toolbox 4 9 icon on the Windows desktop to open the MF Toolbox You can also op...

Page 33: ...de of the document separately 7 Adjust the position of the right side of the scanned image for synthesis click Next To make adjustment click the image and move it using the arrow keys on the keyboard...

Page 34: ...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 Mode and Advanced Mode The Sca...

Page 35: ...b on p 2 39 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 select from Print 300 dpi Image display 150 dp...

Page 36: ...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 37: ...ettings For details on the settings see Advanced Mode Settings on p 2 26 If you select ADF 1 sided or ADF 2 sided in Original Input Method skip to step 4 3 Click Preview NOTE Selecting the range in th...

Page 38: ...It also resets the toolbar settings and color settings Crop 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...

Page 39: ...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 40: ...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 41: ...epending on the settings for Original Input Method Original Size and Orientation Orientation Opens the Orientation dialog box This dialog box enables you to specify the orientation of the original doc...

Page 42: ...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 41 Output Size Selects t...

Page 43: ...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 44: ...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 39 Grain Correction Smoothes o...

Page 45: ...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 46: ...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 47: ...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 48: ...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 49: ...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 50: ...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 51: ...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 52: ...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 53: ...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 54: ...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 55: ...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 56: ...log Box Windows XP Only 1 Open the Scanners and Cameras folder Click start on the Windows task bar select Control Panel Printers and Other Hardware Scanners and Cameras 2 Double click the correspondin...

Page 57: ...ick 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 name a file format and the l...

Page 58: ...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 59: ...to open the New Scan dialog box You can open it also from the File menu by selecting New Scan 3 Make sure the corresponding scanner driver is displayed on Scanner If you want to use other scanners cli...

Page 60: ...dded profiles click Delete or Edit in the Scan Profiles dialog box in the Scanners and Cameras folder Source Selects from Flatbed Platen glass or Feeder Scan one side NOTE If you have selected Flatbed...

Page 61: ...river icon then press Import 4 Make sure the corresponding scanner driver is displayed on Scanner If you want to use other scanners click Change and select a desired scanner driver icon 5 Specify requ...

Page 62: ...ent Feeder 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 the scanned pict...

Page 63: ...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 64: ...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 65: ...bleshooting in the Reference Guide Q Is the document placed correctly A Remove the document and place it on the platen glass or in the ADF correctly See Chapter 2 Document and Paper in the Reference G...

Page 66: ...ke a backup copy of the file before making any changes to it 1 Open the following file in Notepad or another text editor application Windows 2000 winnt system32 CNCMFP20 INI Windows XP Vista windows s...

Page 67: ...ally Quit ScanGear after Scanning setting selected only the documents placed at one time on the platen glass will be scanned Click a button on the MF Toolbox and in the settings dialog box select Disp...

Page 68: ...olbox dialog box 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 sel...

Page 69: ...lay 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 re...

Page 70: ...applications including anti virus before removing the software Removal of the software was completed but the Canon folder remains in the Start Menu Q Did you remove the MF drivers before removing the...

Page 71: ...oting Appendix Table of Contents Index Cannot use the software after upgrading to Windows XP Vista Q Have you upgraded Windows 2000 to Windows XP Vista without removing the software A Remove the softw...

Page 72: ...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 73: ...t 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 2 56 msec line 600 dpi Grayscale 2 56 msec line...

Page 74: ...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 75: ...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 76: ...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 size...

Page 77: ...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 78: ...esolution 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 pro...

Page 79: ...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 used...

Page 80: ...tion 1 4 E Exif settings 2 13 F Fading Correction 2 30 Favorite Settings 2 26 Final Review 2 35 G Gamma 2 39 Grain Correction 2 30 H Histogram 2 32 I Image Settings 2 29 Input Settings 2 27 Installing...

Page 81: ...the machine 2 3 ScanSoft OmniPage SE 2 8 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 swi...

Page 82: ...Cedex France CANON U K LTD Woodhatch Reigate Surrey RH2 8BF United Kingdom CANON DEUTSCHLAND GmbH Europark Fichtenhain A10 47807 Krefeld Germany CANON ITALIA S p A Via Milano 8 20097 San Donato Milan...

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