How to place items for scanning

Learn how to place items on the platen glass or, if applicable to your model, the Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) of your scanner or printer. Legal-sized documents must be loaded in the ADF.   Place items correctly according to the type of item to be scanned. Otherwise, items may not be scanned correctly.

Important

• Do not place objects on the document cover. When you open the document cover, the objects may fall into your scanner or printer, resulting in malfunction.

• Close the document cover when scanning.

Placing Items on the Platen Glass

Place items as described below to allow the scanner or printer to detect the item type or size automatically.

Important

• When scanning by specifying the item size in IJ Scan Utility or ScanGear (scanner driver), align an upper corner of the item with the corner at the arrow (alignment mark) of the Platen.

• Photos that have been cut to various shapes and items smaller than 1.2 inches (3 cm) square cannot be cropped accurately when scanning.

• Reflective disc labels may not be scanned as expected.

For Photos, Postcards, Business Cards, or BD/DVD/CD

For Magazines, Newspapers, or Documents

Placing a Single Item Place the item face-down on the Platen, with 0.4 inch (1 cm) or more space between the edges (diagonally striped area) of the Platen and the item. Portions placed on the diagonally striped area cannot be scanned. Important Large items (such as A4 size photos) that cannot be placed away from the edges/arrow (alignment mark) of the Platen may be saved as PDF files. To save in a format other than PDF, scan by specifying the data format. Placing Multiple Items Allow 0.4 inch (1 cm) or more space between the edges (diagonally striped area) of the Platen and items, and between items. Portions placed on the diagonally striped area cannot be scanned. more than 0.4 inch (1 cm) Note You can place up to 12 items. You can place up to four items when the Compress scanned images upon transfer checkbox is selected in the Settings dialog box. Positions of slanted items (10 degrees or less) are corrected automatically.

Place the item face-down on the Platen and align an upper corner of the item with the corner at the arrow (alignment mark) of the Platen. Portions placed on the diagonally striped area cannot be scanned. Important The portion within 0.04 inch (1 mm) inwards from the alignment mark cannot be scanned. 0.04 inch (1 mm)

Plkacing Documents in the Automatic Document Feeder

If your printer has an Automatic Document Feeder (ADF), follow the instructions below for placing documents.

Important

• Do not leave thick items on the platen when scanning from the ADF. May result in paper jam.
• Place and align documents of the same size when scanning two or more documents.
• Refer to "Originals You Can Load" for your model from Home of the Online Manual for details on supported document sizes when scanning from the ADF.
   

  1. Open the document tray.

     
     
      
  2. Place the documents on the ADF, then adjust the document guides to the width of the documents.

     Insert the documents face-up until a beep sounds.