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Page 1: ...User Manual Please read this manual before operating this scanner After you finish reading this manual store it in a safe place for future reference ...

Page 2: ...tled Digital Apparatus ICES 003 of the Industry Canada RÈGLEMENT SUR LE BROUILLAGE RADIOÉLECTRIQUE For 120 V models Cet appareil numérique respecte les limites de bruits radioélectriques applicables aux appareils numériques de Classe B prescrites dans la norme sur le matériel brouilleur Appareils Numériques NMB 003 édictée par l Industrie Canada International ENERGY STAR Office Equipment Program A...

Page 3: ...es Other product and company names herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners However the TM and symbols are not used in this document Copyright Copyright 2011 by CANON ELECTRONICS INC All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying and recording or by any information storage o...

Page 4: ... Setup Disc Contents Install the following software necessary for using the scanner from the supplied Setup Disc CaptureOnTouch This is a dedicated scanning utility for this product Scanner Driver This is the scanner driver for this product Scanner Power Supply USB Cable Reference Guide Setup Disc DVD ROM USB Cable USB 3 0 Type A USB 2 0 Micro B Length 1 8 m Warranty Card U S A and Canada only Ite...

Page 5: ...stall Evernote Multi platform document filing software from Evernote Corp Files required for installing this software must be downloaded via the Internet For details refer to page 7 Windows or page 11 Mac OS X For more information on this software visit the following URL http www evernote com about intl en IMPORTANT When scanning with third party software user the scanner driver of this scanner to...

Page 6: ...s standard with your computer However normal operation is not guaranteed with all USB interfaces even if present as standard equipment on the computer For details consult your local authorized Canon dealer Scanning speeds are lower if your computer s standard USB interface is USB Full Speed equal to USB 1 1 The USB cable you are using should be the one originally included with the scanner If the C...

Page 7: ...nt Control screen appears click Yes or Allow 2 Click Typical Installation About Installation of Third Party Software If you select Custom Installation you can choose third party software applications for installation Hint If you choose Evernote the Web browser will start and display a webpage for downloading the software during the installation Download and install the software following the instr...

Page 8: ...ck Next 5 Read the license agreement and click I accept the terms in the license agreement and then Next if you agree to it 6 Click Install 7 When the driver installation is complete click Finish 8 Click Next ...

Page 9: ... agreement and click Yes if you agree to it 10 Click Next 11 Specify whether to install plug in for Evernote Microsoft SharePoint and Google docs and click Next 12 When CaptureOnTouch installation is complete click Finish ...

Page 10: ...10 13 Select the language you want to use and click Next 14 Click Next 15 When the User Manual installation is complete click Finish 16 Click Exit to finish installing the software ...

Page 11: ...pen the folder containing the software instead of selecting P 215 Installer you can choose third party software applications for installation Hint If you choose Evernote the Web browser will start and display a webpage for downloading the software during the installation Download and install the software following the instructions on the webpage To install Evernote you need a connection to the Int...

Page 12: ...12 6 Click Agree 7 Click Install 8 Enter the user name and the password with administrator privileges and click OK 9 When the installation is complete click Close ...

Page 13: ...n Auto Start switch at the rear of the scanner for setting whether to operate the scanner as a storage device Depending on the position of the Auto Start switch the scanner operates as shown below IMPORTANT Turn the Auto Start switch ON or OFF before you connect the scanner to a computer If it is turned ON or OFF after the scanner is connected to a computer the scanner may not operate properly Whe...

Page 14: ...ge such as shown below appears on the task bar If you wait a while automatic scanner recognition will end and the scanner will become ready to use Ð When the scanner is properly connected to the computer the CaptureOnTouch icon appears on the taskbar or menu bar as follows Windows taskbar Mac OS X menu bar If the taskbar icon appears as the scanner is not properly connected to the computer Check t...

Page 15: ...ctronic manual Hint If you are using Windows the User Manual will be registered to the following location in the start menu after you install the software on the Setup Disc Symbols Used in This Manual The following symbols are used in this manual to explain procedures restrictions handling precautions and instructions that should be observed for safety WARNING Indicates a warning concerning operat...

Page 16: ...tings 50 Setting the Output Method 52 Environmental Settings 53 Setting the Scanner Driver Windows 56 Configuration and Functions of the Scanner Driver 56 Setting Basic Scanning Conditions 57 Scan Panel 65 Settings for Third Party Software 65 Scanning in Mac OS X 67 Scanning with CaptureOnTouch Lite Mac OS X 67 Scanning Procedure 67 Scanner Settings 70 Environmental Settings 74 Quitting CaptureOnT...

Page 17: ...17 Uninstalling the Software 111 Uninstalling on Windows 111 Uninstalling on Mac OS X 111 Appendix 112 Specifications 112 Replacement parts 113 Dimensions 113 Index 114 ...

Page 18: ...If the room in which the scanner is installed is cold but rapidly heated water droplets condensation may form inside the scanner This may result in a noticeable degradation in scanning quality The following conditions are recommended for optimal scanning quality Room temperature 10 C to 32 5 C 50 F to 90 5 F Humidity 25 to 80 RH Avoid installing the scanner near equipment that generates a magnetic...

Page 19: ...er make sure to close the feed tray turn the scanner OFF and disconnect the USB cable or power supply USB cable CAUTION Do not install the scanner on a surface that is unstable tilted or subject to excessive vibrations Doing so may cause the scanner to fall resulting in personal injury or damage to the scanner Never place small objects such as staples paper clips or jewelry on the scanner These it...

Page 20: ...e retailer who sold you the scanner When sending the scanner for repairs When a request is made for repairs the scanner needs to be sent to the specified address When sending the scanner use the packing box in which it came Firmly secure the scanner with packaging material when you place it in the packing box ...

Page 21: ...evel grayscale Two Sided Scanning The scanner supports one sided and two sided scanning Using the skip blank pages function enables you to scan without worrying about whether to scan one side or both sides of a document because scanned images of blank pages are not saved Auto Color Detection The scanner detects whether the scanned document is in color grayscale or black and white and saves the ima...

Page 22: ...t in the feed tray when you use the Scan First function Auto Detection of Document in Feeder An automatic start function is provided for detecting when a document is placed in the feeder and then starting scanning automatically IMPORTANT Depending on the bundled software you are using all of the preceding features may not be available ...

Page 23: ...then align them to both sides of the document to be scanned D Feeder Cover Release Lever Pull this lever to open the feeder cover when cleaning the scanner E Feeder Cover Open this when cleaning the scanner F Eject Outlet This outlet is for ejecting documents when scanning is completed G Card Slot Insert plastic cards here H Card Guides These guides ensure that cards inserted in the card slot are ...

Page 24: ...s fed a portion of the card protrudes from here momentarily B Auto Start Switch Use this switch to change the operation mode of the scanner C USB Connector Connect the USB cable supplied with the scanner or one that supports Hi Speed USB 2 0 D Kensington Slot Connect a key chain to prevent theft E Power Connector Connect the supplied power supply USB cable or a separately sold AC adapter Hint This...

Page 25: ...he feed tray slightly while pressing the feed tray release lever 2 Extend the front panel of the feed tray before opening the entire feed tray The scanner turns ON and the Start button lights IMPORTANT The Start button may blink slowly when the USB cable is connected and the feed tray is opened When this occurs wait for the power indicator to stop blinking and light steadily before using the scann...

Page 26: ... and result in malfunction 2 Close the feed tray The scanner turns OFF 3 Push the section front cover at the front of the feed tray to close it IMPORTANT When not using the scanner close the scanner s Document Feed Tray or disconnect the USB cable When transporting the scanner make sure to close the front cover beforehand Failure to do so may result in the feed tray opening and causing the scanner...

Page 27: ...apter sold separately to the power connector at the rear of the scanner Power supply USB cable AC adapter sold separately Hint When connected to a USB port that supports USB 3 0 the scanner operates on 900 mA bus power and is capable of high speed scanning Using the power supply cable in such cases will not increase the scanning speed Although this scanner supports USB 3 0 bus power USB data trans...

Page 28: ...milar material may make the rollers and scanning glass dirty which can lead to smudges on the scanned image and transfer the dirt to subsequent documents Always clean the internal parts of the scanner after scanning such documents When scanning a two sided document that is printed on thin paper the image on the opposite side of each page may show through In this case adjust the scanning intensity ...

Page 29: ...ocument make a photocopy of the document and then scan the photocopy There are creases or fold lines Carbon paper There are curls The surface is coated There are tears Extremely thin document such as semi transparent thin paper There are clips or staples Documents with excessive paper dust particles ...

Page 30: ...f the scanner with the scanning side of the document face down and the top of the document pointing down Align the document guides with both edges of the loaded document Press the document beneath the tabs of the document guides Up to 20 pages of plain paper can be loaded at the same time Make sure that the document does not exceed the loading limit marks on the document guides Feed Extension Plat...

Page 31: ...the card face up and insert the card straight into the card slot When the edge of the card touches the slot the rollers will move automatically The roller will stop when it has caught the edge of the card allowing you to let go of the card and start scanning from an application The card will be fed when you start scanning with an application program After the card has been fed completely the rolle...

Page 32: ...g Document mode if the document is placed on the scanner in a skewed position it may hit the edges of the feeding area and be damaged Be careful to place the document so that it is not skewed When scanning with the Long Document mode paper jam detection may react slowly resulting in damage to the document Be careful to avoid paper jams When scanning long documents make sure to scan the documents o...

Page 33: ...FF of Scan in Full Auto mode 4 Click Scanner Setting button 5 Click ON of Use Advanced Settings dialog box 6 Click This will open the advanced settings dialog box for the scanner 7 Click to display the Scanner Information dialog box The Scanner Information dialog box appears 8 Click Maintenance The Maintenance dialog box appears 9 Select Long Document mode 1 000 mm 10 Click to close the dialog box...

Page 34: ...er If necessary connect the power supply USB cable or the AC adapter sold separately 2 Open the feed tray turn ON the scanner and then load the document For details see How to Place Documents on p 30 When you open the feed tray the Start button on the scanner lights and the auto play screen appears IMPORTANT If you are using Windows XP and you set the Auto Start switch to ON before connecting the ...

Page 35: ...ecify whether to enable continuous scanning When previewing the scanned image or splitting up a large document to scan in parts select ON to enable continuous scanning B Specify whether to scan the document in full auto mode When you want to specify arbitrary scanning conditions select OFF and configure the scanner settings See p 37 IMPORTANT If you configure scanning conditions that require a lar...

Page 36: ... Use the settings dialog box of the file name to ON and then click you can specify a format for creating file names B Select the file format If you select a file format other than BMP you can click to configure advanced settings PDF In Multi pdf settings specify whether to save the scanned images as a multi page file Save all pages as one file or single page files Create a file for each specified ...

Page 37: ... auto mode is enabled If you want to specify for example the scanning mode and document size you can configure the desired scanning conditions in the scanner settings To configure scanner settings click OFF for Scans in the full auto mode in the top screen and then click Scanner setting Setting Basic Items Scanner settings include the basic items that are configured in Scanner setting and the sett...

Page 38: ...he images are rotated so that the text is correctly oriented Use advanced settings dialog box If you select ON and click you can configure scanner settings other than the basic setting items For details see the following Advanced Settings section Hint The driver settings dialog box includes setting items that are the same as the basic items in Scanner setting but the setting for each of the them i...

Page 39: ...and contrast of scanned images Image processing tab Configure settings related to the processing of scanned images Feeding tab Configure the feeding method for documents Others tab Configure settings for specialized scanning and image processing ...

Page 40: ...image for that page B Preview Area Displays the preview images of the scanned document C Preview Controls Control the preview images and cancel or continue scanning with the following buttons C A B Tools Name Description Zoom in Enlarges the preview image Fit page Enlarges or reduces the preview image to fit the current window size Zoom out Reduces the preview image Rotate left Rotates the image 9...

Page 41: ...Settings on p 41 Version Information View version information for CaptureOnTouch Lite Exit Quits CaptureOnTouch Lite CaptureOnTouch Lite will stop residing on the system and the taskbar icon will disappear Environmental Settings In the Environmental settings dialog box you can configure settings related to CaptureOnTouch Lite operations and perform scanner maintenance Maintenance tab View the tota...

Page 42: ...lowing procedure to quit CaptureOnTouch Lite 1 Click the icon on the taskbar and click Exit in the menu that appears CaptureOnTouch Lite closes 2 Close the feed tray The scanner turns OFF 3 Disconnect the USB cable from the scanner and computer ...

Page 43: ...output method other than Print PDF TIFF JPEG BMP PPTX file format for Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 or later Starting and Exiting CaptureOnTouch By default CaptureOnTouch becomes resident in the system when you start your computer Double click CaptureOnTouch icon in the taskbar to start CaptureOnTouch and display the main window Hint You can also start CaptureOnTouch from the Start menu Click Start Al...

Page 44: ...To use CaptureOnTouch after it has been made not resident in the system use one of the following procedures to restart it CaptureOnTouch will start and become resident in the system again Click Start All Programs Canon P 215 P 215 CaptureOnTouch Press the Start button on the scanner in this case the main screen of CaptureOnTouch will open and scanning will start using the scan method assigned to t...

Page 45: ...ion to the scanner settings When scanning is finished the Output settings screen appears IMPORTANT If you configure scanning conditions that consume a large amount of the computer s memory scanning may stop because of insufficient memory If an error message appears due to insufficient memory while scanning is in progress exit the application change the scanning conditions and then try scanning aga...

Page 46: ...hed the complete screen appears Scan First is now finished Hint Clicking Return to top returns to the main screen of Scan First When Attach to E mail or Print is specified as the output method you can click Open storage folder to open the folder in which the scanned images were saved Select Scan Job Operation Flow Registering and Editing Jobs In CaptureOnTouch up to 10 jobs can be registered for u...

Page 47: ...Hint You can assign the job to the Start button by selecting Start button for Button assignment See p 49 4 Click Output setting and configure the output settings The output setting items differ depending on the specified output method For details on the setting items see the Help of CaptureOnTouch ...

Page 48: ...ent is scanned While scanning is in progress the number of pages scanned is displayed in addition to the scanner settings When all the pages of the document are scanned the scanned images are output according to the registered job settings and the complete screen appears IMPORTANT If you configure scanning conditions that consume a large amount of the computer s memory scanning may stop because of...

Page 49: ...heck output after scanning is set to ON The Output Confirmation screen appears before the scanned images are output Change the settings for the output method if necessary and then click the output button The name of the output button differs for each selected output method Scanning with Start Button By default Scan First is pre assigned to the Start button If you place the document and press the S...

Page 50: ... following modes for scanning documents Detect automatically Automatically determines the color mode based on the document content and scans accordingly 24 bit Color Scans the document in color Grayscale Scans the document in Grayscale Black and White Scans the document in black and white binary Page Size Specify the page size of the document If you specify Match original size the page size of the...

Page 51: ...et to ON in the Start screen the continuous scanning screen appears when all of the pages of the placed document have been fed You can confirm the scanned images and then continue scanning A Thumbnail Display Area Displays the thumbnail images of the scanned document The following operations are possible Click a thumbnail image to display a preview of that scanned image in the preview area Drag th...

Page 52: ...il in the e mail application When you specify this output method configure the settings for the image files to be attached to e mail To use this feature an e mail application such as Windows Mail or Outlook Express both of these applications come standard with the operating system that supports MAPI Messaging Application Programming Interface needs to be specified as the default program of the ope...

Page 53: ...ils on the settings see the Help click the Help button in the settings screen Save in Evernote Saves the scanned images to Evernote Save in Microsoft SharePoint In an environment in which Microsoft SharePoint has been introduced you can save the scanned images to a Microsoft SharePoint site When using this output method open the advanced settings screen by clicking next to Detail Settings and conf...

Page 54: ...items related to Microsoft SharePoint will not be backed up Back Up button Back up the settings of CaptureOnTouch to a backup file cot You can store the initial settings of CaptureOnTouch by performing a backup before you first use CaptureOnTouch Restore button Restore the settings from the backup file When using multiple computers you can back up the environmental settings of one computer and the...

Page 55: ...nTouch Select theme Specify the appearance type for the main screen of CaptureOnTouch with Select theme Plugin Tab On the Plugin tab confirm the plugins that have been added to CaptureOnTouch Maintenance Tab On the Maintenance tab output the log file for maintenance of CaptureOnTouch ...

Page 56: ...o display help related to the corresponding tab or dialog box Basic Tab Configure basic scanning conditions such as the mode page size resolution and scanning side In addition you can click the Area button and specify the area to be scanned Hint Depending on the ISIS compatible application the application may have its own screen for setting scanning conditions If the scanner driver is opened in su...

Page 57: ...ning and image processing Setting Basic Scanning Conditions This section provides an overview of the basic setting items that are the minimum requirements when configuring the scanner settings Confirming Basic Conditions for Scanning When you scan a document make sure you confirm the Color mode Page Size Dots per inch and Scanning Side basic conditions in the Basic settings dialog box ...

Page 58: ...images that match the size of the document are saved Dots per inch Select the scanning resolution Higher resolutions provide clearer images but result in larger file sizes and slower scanning When Detect automatically is specified the resolution is detected automatically from the content printed in the document Scanning Side Select which of the sides of the document to scan If the scanning side is...

Page 59: ... scanning purpose When you want to delete the images of the blank pages in two sided documents Set the scanning side setting to Skip blank page on the Basic tab to delete the images of the blank pages in the document If Skip blank page is selected the Setting button is enabled and you can adjust the level for judging whether pages are blank When you do not want to scan colored lines and text Speci...

Page 60: ...aracters in the scanned images thicker Drag the slider for Character Emphasis on the Image processing tab to make the lines and characters that appear in the scanned image thicker When you want to enhance text that is difficult to read because of factors such as the background of the scanned document Select Advanced Text Enhancement II in the color mode setting on the Basic tab The background behi...

Page 61: ...ltiple pages fed at the same time Select the Detect by Length check box under the Double Feed Detection on the Feeding tab When you want to match the orientation of images to the text when scanning a mixture of pages with different text orientations Select Text orientation recognition in Document Orientation on the Others tab The text orientation on each page is detected and the scanned image is r...

Page 62: ...ttings may not appear When you want to use the multistream settings for scanning select the Use MultiStream checkbox on the Others tab to display the setting items related to multistream and then configure the setting items in the following order A When you want to specify different scanning conditions for the front and back pages of a document select Skip blank page or Duplex for Scanning Side on...

Page 63: ...te a setting from the list with the Delete button and save or load a configuration file with the Back Up or Restore button Hint The preregistered Full Automatic Mode cannot be deleted from User Preference Tab Items that can be set Basic tab Color mode and Dots per inch excluding Detect automatically for both Brightness tab Brightness and Contrast Image processing tab Edge emphasis Color drop out a...

Page 64: ...ettings for in case of binary tab is set to Advanced Text Enhancement II 2 Not available for setting when Detection Mode is set to Color or Gray in the Auto Image Type Detection Settings dialog box Setting value Contrast Detect automatically O Black and White O Error Diffusion O Advanced Text Enhancement II O 256 level Gray O 24 bit Color O Setting value Prescan Detect automatically X Black and Wh...

Page 65: ...way through by clicking the STOP button of Scan Panel Settings for Third Party Software Precautions for using PaperPort If you use the bundled software PaperPort with the settings still set to the defaults scanning will not be able to be performed properly when the page size is detected automatically with the scanner driver of this product After installing the scanner driver of this product and Pa...

Page 66: ...ard was not started for the purpose of performing a scanner test so we recommend clearing all of the checkboxes displayed for Please select the steps you want to run 6 Click Transfer image via native mode of Transfer Mechanism and then click OK 7 Click Next 8 Click Finish to end the wizard ...

Page 67: ...ssary connect the power supply USB cable or the AC adapter sold separately 2 Open the feed tray turn ON the scanner and then load the document For details see How to Place Documents on p 30 When you open the document feed tray the Start button on the scanner lights and the ONTOUCHLITE folder and CaptureOnTouch Lite for Mac folder appear on the desktop Hint To run CaptureOnTouch Lite both the Captu...

Page 68: ...mory scanning may stop because of insufficient memory If an error message appears due to insufficient memory while scanning is in progress exit the application change the scanning conditions and then try scanning again 5 Click the Start button Scanning of the document starts When scanning of the whole document is completed the output settings screen appears Hint If a document is scanned when Enabl...

Page 69: ... can click to configure advanced settings PDF In Multi pdf settings specify whether to save the scanned images as a multi page file Save all pages as one file or single page files Create new file for this number of pages In Compression mode specify the compression mode Standard or High Compression for the PDF file You can click to display a dialog box for specifying the compression rate TIFF In Mu...

Page 70: ...ems Scanner settings include the basic items that are configured in Scanner setting and the setting items that are configured in the advanced settings dialog box The settings in the advanced settings dialog box are applied for settings other than the basic items The settings in the driver settings dialog box are applied for any other settings Color mode Select from the following modes for scanning...

Page 71: ...For details see the following Advanced Settings section Hint The driver settings dialog box includes setting items that are the same as the basic items in Scanner setting but the setting for each of the them is stored separately Which settings are used during scanning differs as follows depending on the setting of the Use advanced settings dialog box check box Advanced Settings You can configure d...

Page 72: ...or the scanner s roller and the separation pad or switch to Long Document mode Operation in Continuous Scanning Screen If a document is scanned when Enable continuous scanning is set to ON in the Start screen the continuous scanning screen appears when all of the pages of the placed document have been fed You can confirm the scanned images and then continue scanning A Thumbnail Display Area Displa...

Page 73: ...Touch Lite Launch CaptureOnTouch If you closed the CaptureOnTouch Lite window you can click this to open the window again Tools Name Description Zoom in Enlarges the preview image Fit page Enlarges or reduces the preview image to fit the current window size Zoom out Reduces the preview image Rotate left Rotates the image 90 degrees counterclockwise Rotate right Rotates the image 90 degrees clockwi...

Page 74: ...ces in the CaptureOnTouch Lite menu The Environmental settings dialog box appears You can configure the following in this dialog box Theme Change the appearance of the CaptureOnTouch Lite main screen in Select theme Quitting CaptureOnTouch Lite Use the following procedure to quit CaptureOnTouch Lite 1 Click the icon on the taskbar and click Exit in the menu that appears CaptureOnTouch Lite closes ...

Page 75: ...ollowing file formats for scanned images when using any output method other than Print PDF TIFF JPEG Launching and Quitting CaptureOnTouch By default CaptureOnTouch becomes resident in the system when you start your computer Click CaptureOnTouch icon in the menu bar and then click Launch CaptureOnTouch from the menu which appears to start CaptureOnTouch and display the main window Hint The first t...

Page 76: ...system use one of the following procedures to restart it CaptureOnTouch will launch and become resident in the system again Open Applications Canon P 215 folder from the Finder and double click CaptureOnTouch P 215 Press the Start button on the scanner in this case the main screen of CaptureOnTouch will open and scanning will start using the scan method assigned to the Start button Scan First Oper...

Page 77: ...ition to the scanner settings When scanning is finished the Output settings screen appears IMPORTANT If you configure scanning conditions that consume a large amount of the computer s memory scanning may stop because of insufficient memory If an error message appears due to insufficient memory while scanning is in progress exit the application change the scanning conditions and then try scanning a...

Page 78: ...hed the complete screen appears Scan First is now finished Hint Clicking Return to top returns to the main screen of Scan First When Attach to E mail or Print is specified as the output method you can click Open storage folder to open the folder in which the scanned images were saved Select Scan Job Operation Flow Registering and Editing Jobs In CaptureOnTouch up to 10 jobs can be registered for u...

Page 79: ...Hint You can assign the job to the Start button by selecting Start button for Button assignment See p 81 4 Click Output setting and configure the output settings The output setting items differ depending on the specified output method For details on the setting items see the Help of CaptureOnTouch ...

Page 80: ...ent is scanned While scanning is in progress the number of pages scanned is displayed in addition to the scanner settings When all the pages of the document are scanned the scanned images are output according to the registered job settings and the complete screen appears IMPORTANT If you configure scanning conditions that consume a large amount of the computer s memory scanning may stop because of...

Page 81: ...her document place the document in the scanner and then click Scan When scanning of all the documents is finished click Next When Check output after scanning is set to ON The Output Confirmation screen appears before the scanned images are output Change the settings for the output method if necessary and then click the output button The name of the output button differs for each selected output me...

Page 82: ...ob configure the scanner settings for each job Setting Basic Items Scanner settings include the basic items that are configured in Scanner setting and the setting items that are configured in the advanced settings dialog box The settings in the advanced settings dialog box are applied for settings other than the basic items The settings in the driver settings dialog box are applied for any other s...

Page 83: ... oriented Use advanced settings dialog box Configure scanner settings other than the basic items in the advanced settings dialog box To open the advanced settings dialog box select ON and then click the button For details on the setting items see the Help of the driver settings dialog box Hint The driver settings dialog box includes setting items that are the same as the basic items in Scanner set...

Page 84: ...the scanned image for that page Scan First only B Preview Area Displays the preview images of the scanned document C Preview Controls Control the preview images and cancel or continue scanning with the following buttons A C B Tools Name Description Zoom in Enlarges the preview image Fit page Enlarges or reduces the preview image to fit the current window size Zoom out Reduces the preview image Rot...

Page 85: ...s to be attached to e mail To use this feature your e mail application needs to be specified as the default program of the operating system The following shows examples of typical software that is supported Mail application that comes standard with the operating system Microsoft Entourage 2004 for Mac Print Prints the scanned images with a specified printer When you specify this output method spec...

Page 86: ...re Use the Back Up and Restore buttons to back up the configuration file settings registered jobs etc of CaptureOnTouch and restore the settings from the backup data Back Up button Back up the settings of CaptureOnTouch to a backup file plist You can store the initial settings of CaptureOnTouch by performing a backup before you first use CaptureOnTouch Restore button Restore the settings from the ...

Page 87: ...ptureOnTouch Select theme Specify the appearance type for the main screen of CaptureOnTouch with Select theme Plugin Tab On the Plugin tab confirm the plugins that have been added to CaptureOnTouch Deleting plugins Click the Delete button to delete a plugin selected in the list ...

Page 88: ...the how to open and the functions of the scanner driver Configuration of the Scanner Driver When the scanner driver is opened from CaptureOnTouch the following settings screen of the scanner driver appears Hint When you access the settings screen of the scanner driver from a TWAIN compatible application you can switch the settings screen between Simple Mode and Advanced Mode screens shown below Si...

Page 89: ...s color grayscale or black and white based on its content When this is selected you can configure detailed settings for the detection method Refer to the Help for details Dots per inch Select the scanning resolution Higher resolutions provide clearer images but result in larger file sizes and slower scanning When Detect automatically is specified the resolution is detected automatically from the c...

Page 90: ... Select the Set Scanning Area check box and then specify the area of the document to be scanned Also if you scan the document when Check the image of the first page is selected only one page of the document is scanned and the corresponding scanned image is displayed in the preview window Configuring Scanner Settings According to Purpose Set the scanning conditions according to the scanning purpose...

Page 91: ...rop out in the dialog box that appears to enhance the color red in the document When you want to enhance contours in images Click Image processing and adjust the edge emphasis settings in the dialog box which appears When you want to enhance text that is difficult to read because of factors such as the background of the scanned document Select Advanced Text Enhancement II in the Color mode setting...

Page 92: ...n Recognition check box The text orientation on each page is detected and the scanned image is rotated in 90 degree increments to correct the orientation Hint When the Text Orientation Recognition check box is selected Document Orientation is unavailable When you want to detect multiple pages fed at the same time Select the Double Feed Detection check box ...

Page 93: ...f Favorite Settings to save the setting Clicking the Add button registers the current setting to Favorite Setting List Use the Delete button to delete a setting from the list Hint The preregistered Full Automatic Mode cannot be deleted from Favorite Setting List When you want to rotate the images of a document placed horizontally to correct the orientation Click Image processing and specify the ro...

Page 94: ...etect automatically is selected Setting value Check the image of the first page Detect automatically X Black and White O Error Diffusion O Advanced Text Enhancement II O 256 level Gray O 24 bit Color O Setting value Enable Back Side Brightness Enable Back Side Contrast Detect automatically O O Black and White O O Error Diffusion O O Advanced Text Enhancement II X X 256 level Gray O O 24 bit Color ...

Page 95: ...he scanner driver and then set Feeding Option to Panel Feeding or Automatic Feeding in the dialog box which appears Scan Panel appears when the scanner starts When scanning of the first document finishes Scan Panel appears and the scanner enters the wait state If you place the next document and then click Continue scanning scanning of the placed document starts You can stop scanning part way throu...

Page 96: ...ipe off any dirt with a cloth that has been dampened with water or mild detergent solution and thoroughly wrung out and then wipe the scanner dry with a clean dry cloth CAUTION Do not use a coarse cloth or dirty cloth because it may result in scratches Cleaning the Inside of the Scanner Dust or paper particles inside the scanner may cause lines or smudges to appear on scanned images Use compressed...

Page 97: ...nd rollers inside the scanner parts shown in the figure Use a clean dry cloth to wipe off any dirt on the scanning glass Wipe off any dirt on the rollers with a cloth that has been dampened with water and then wipe the rollers with a clean soft dry cloth Remove the feed rollers before cleaning them For details on removal see Replacing the Feed Roller on p 98 Feed Rollers ...

Page 98: ...computer In such cases you must replace the part indicated in the message For details on the consumable parts see p 113 Feed Roller 100 000 sheets Separation Pad 10 000 sheets Furthermore the counter in the scanner that records the number of pages fed also needs to be reset when you replace the rollers See p 101 Hint This message only serves as a rough guide for when to replace the feed roller and...

Page 99: ...the notch on the roller with the shaft on the main unit side 7 Slide the feed rollers to right 8 Completely close the roller cover so that it clicks into place Make sure to close the roller cover so that it clicks into place Failure to securely close the feed cover will cause document feed problems 9 Close the feeder cover ...

Page 100: ...the separation pad 1 Open the feed tray 2 Open the feeder cover 3 Remove the separation pad 4 Attach the new separation pad Attach the separation pad securely until it clicks into place If the pad is not attached completely feeding errors may occur 5 Close the feeder cover ...

Page 101: ...driver on your computer you cannot reset the counter using this procedure In this case you can reset the counter from CaptureOnTouch Lite For details see p 41 Windows or see p 72 Mac OS X Under Windows 1 Start Windows and log in as a user with administrator privileges 2 Click the Start button and then click All Programs Canon P 215 and Canon imageFORMULA Utility imageFORMULA Utility starts 3 Click...

Page 102: ...anced settings dialog box 6 Click This will open the advanced settings dialog box for the scanner 7 Click to display the Scanner Information dialog box 8 Click Maintenance to display the Maintenance dialog box 9 Reset the counters If you replaced the feed rollers click Reset for Current Rollers Count If you replaced the separation pad click Reset for Current Pad Count 10 Click to close the Mainten...

Page 103: ...uter is disabled 7 When the scanner is operated with Windows and if or x icons appear for the scanner in Device Manager delete the scanner in Device Manager and reinstall the scanner driver Problem 3 Documents feed askew scanned images are slanted Solutions 1 Align the document guides to fit the documents as closely as possible and load the documents so that they feed straightly 2 Enable Automatic...

Page 104: ... see Problem 9 Documents jam or double feed Problem 9 Documents jam or double feed Solutions 1 If the feed roller and the separation pad have been installed correctly clean them if necessary 2 Proper scanning may not be possible when document pages stick together due to static electricity Fan the documents before you load them Problem 10 Multiple pages of scanned images cannot be saved to a single...

Page 105: ...Alternatively the page size is set to Scanner s Maximum A high resolution 600dpi etc is specified for Dots per inch If an error message appears due to insufficient memory while scanning is in progress exit the application change the scanning conditions e g reduce the resolution or page size and then try scanning again In addition the amount of memory used can be contained by turning off Moire Redu...

Page 106: ...ow if the computer s USB port is not Hi Speed USB 2 0 compliant 5 If using a common USB cable that is not Hi Speed USB 2 0 compliant replace the cable with the supplied compliant cable 6 When the scanner is connected to the computer via a USB hub that is not Hi Speed USB 2 0 compliant remove the hub and connect the scanner directly to the computer If scanned image files cannot be opened in an appl...

Page 107: ...nd restored using Back Up Restore on the Basic settings tab on the Environmental settings dialog box What rules apply to scanned image file names In CaptureOnTouch scanned image file names are constructed according to the settings in the File name settings dialog box This dialog box appears when you click the button on the File name on the Scan First output settings screen and on the Output settin...

Page 108: ...ify the shared folder as the save destination on the Output Setting screen How can I attach scanned data to an e mail or send it as e mail The settings can be configured in CaptureOnTouch as follows For Scan First scanning select Attach to E mail on the output method selection screen For selected job scanning select Attach to E mail in Output method selection during job registration How do I use t...

Page 109: ...the feed tray 2 Open the feeder cover 3 Remove the jammed document from the feed side or eject side IMPORTANT Carefully pull out the document without using excessive force If the jammed paper tears make sure that you remove any remaining pieces Make sure the document does not get caught in the card guides as well 4 Close the feeder cover After you remove the jammed paper check to see if the last p...

Page 110: ...ument that was being fed at the time of the interruption may not be saved in such cases be sure to verify the last scanned image before resuming the operation Clearing a Card Jam If a card is inserted into the slot at an angle the card may jam during scanning If a card jam occurs try pulling the card out or open the feeder cover to remove the card IMPORTANT When opening the feeder cover to remove ...

Page 111: ... or Add Remove Programs for Windows XP The Uninstall or change a program dialog box appears 3 From the Programs list select the software you want to remove and then click Remove The delete confirmation screen appears 4 Click Yes Uninstallation of the software is now complete Uninstalling on Mac OS X No uninstaller is provided for Mac OS X drivers To uninstall use Finder to delete the following fil...

Page 112: ...i 400 x 400dpi 600 x 600dpi Scanning Speed Conditions Core 2 Duo 2 53GHz CPU 2 GB memory A4 document size When using USB 2 0 bus power Grayscale Simplex 200 x 200 dpi 12 pages min 300 x 300 dpi 12 pages min Duplex 200 x 200 dpi 14 images min 300 x 300 dpi 14 images min 24 bit Color Simplex 200 x 200 dpi 10 pages min 300 x 300 dpi 6 pages min Duplex 200 x 200 dpi 10 images min 300 x 300 dpi 6 image...

Page 113: ...44B002 This is the replacement feed rollers For the replacement procedure see 98 page For the replacement procedure see Replacing Consumable Parts on p 98 Contact your local authorized Canon dealer or service representative for detailed information about the replacement parts Options USB Cable Product Code 6144B003 This USB cable is designed specifically for connecting the scanner to a computer Ca...

Page 114: ...t 23 Cards How to Place 31 Connecting 13 Continuous Scanning 40 51 72 84 Counters 101 Custom Page Size 58 90 D Document Feed Tray 23 Document Guides 23 30 Documents 28 Cards 31 How to Place 30 E Eject Outlet 23 F Feed Extension Plate 23 Feed Inlet 23 Feed Roller 98 Feed Tray Release Lever 23 Feeder Cover 23 Feeder Cover Release Lever 23 I Installation Mac OS X 11 Third party software 7 11 Windows ...

Page 115: ...a 59 90 Scan First 44 76 Scan Panel 65 95 Scanner Driver 56 88 Basic Settings 57 89 Configuring Settings According to Purpose 59 90 Scanner Settings 37 50 70 Scanning condition 35 68 Scanning Glass Cleaning 96 Select Scan Job 46 78 Separation Pad 100 Setup 4 Simple Mode 88 Start Button 24 Start button Scan with Start Button 49 81 System Requirements 6 T Third Party Software 5 U Uninstallation 111 ...

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