Scanning Photos and Documents

Scan documents such as photographs and text on the platen.

1. On the Windows desktop, double-click the MP Navigator EX icon. The MP Navigator EX navigation mode screen or one-click mode screen opens.
   

   1. Alternatively, on the Windows taskbar, click Start
      

   2. Point to (All) Programs, Canon Utilities, MP Navigator.
      

   3. Then click MP Navigator EX.
      
      Navigation Mode Screen
      
      
      
      

One-click Mode Screen

When the one-click mode screen has opened, click the (Switch Mode) button to switch to the navigation mode screen.

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2. Point to Scan/Import and click 'Photos/Documents (Platen)'.
   
   
   
   

3. Place the document face-down on the platen.
   
   

4. From the Document Type drop-down, select the type of docment to scan.
   
   Scanning photos: Color Photo or Black and White Photo
   Scanning text documents: Color Document, Black and White Document or Text(OCR)
   Scanning magazines: Magazine(Color)
   
   
   
   Note:
   When you select Magazine(Color), the Descreen function will be enabled and scanning takes longer than usual. To disable the Descreen function, deselect the Descreen checkbox in the Scan Settings dialog box.
   Select Text(OCR) to extract the text in the image and convert to editable text data using MP Navigator EX.
   
   

5. Click 'Specify' and specify the document size and resolution as required.
   The Scan Settings Dialog Box opens.
   
   

6. Click 'Scan'.
   Scanning starts.
   When scanning is completed, the Scan Complete dialog box opens. Select 'Scan' or 'Exit'. Select Scan to scan the next document, or select Exit to end.
   When scanning is completed, the scanned image appears in the Thumbnail List area.
   
   
   
   

7. Edit the scanned image as required.
   Use Edit Tools to rotate images, select a part of an image, etc.
   
   Note: When there are multiple images, first select images to edit (selected images are outlined in orange). Drag the mouse or use Shift + arrow keys to select multiple images.
   
   

8. Select the checkboxes of the images you want to save, then click 'Save' or 'Save as PDF' file.
   
   When Save is selected:
   The Save dialog box opens. Specify the destination folder, file name and file type.
   
   
   
   Note: You cannot select JPEG/Exif when Document Type is Text(OCR).
   
   When Save as PDF file is selected:
   The Save as PDF file dialog box opens. Specify the file type, file name and destination folder.
   
   
   
   Select from the following PDF file types:

PDF	Save each of the selected images as a separate PDF file.
PDF(Multiple Pages)	Save multiple images in one PDF file. Note: PDF(Multiple Pages) is displayed when multiple images are selected.
PDF(Add Page)	Add the scanned images to a PDF file. The images are added to the end of the PDF file. You cannot rearrange the pages of the PDF file to which the images are added. Note: Images can only be added to PDF files created with MP Navigator EX. You cannot specify PDF files created with other applications. PDF files edited in other applications cannot be specified as well. If a password-protected PDF file is edited, the passwords will be deleted. Reset the passwords.

Note: By default, the following folders are specified as the destination folders.
Windows Vista: MP Navigator EX folder in Picture folder
Windows XP: MP Navigator EX folder in My Pictures folder
Windows 2000: MP Navigator EX folder in My Pictures folder.

9. Click 'Save'.
   Scanned images are saved according to the settings.
   To further use/edit the scanned images on MP Navigator EX, click 'Open saved location' in the Save Complete dialog box. The saved images appear in the View & Use screen.

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Easy Scanning with One-click

You can complete from scanning to saving easily by simply clicking the corresponding icon.

1. Place the document face-down on the platen.

2. On the Windows desktop, double-click the MP Navigator EX icon.

Alternatively, on the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to (All) Programs, Canon Utilities, then MP Navigator EX. Then click MP Navigator EX.

The MP Navigator EX navigation mode screen or one-click mode screen opens.

Navigation Mode Screen

One-click Mode Screen

3. Point to One-click.

4. Click the corresponding icon.

Save to PC

Scan documents or photographs and save them to a computer.

The Save dialog box opens when you click this button. Specify the scan/save settings and scan.

Save as PDF file

Scan documents, save them as PDF files and start the specified application.

The PDF dialog box opens when you click this button. Specify the scan/save settings and scan.

Attach to E-mail

Scan documents or photographs and attach them to e-mail.

The Mail dialog box opens when you click this button. Specify the save settings and e-mail software program, and scan.

OCR

Scan text documents and open them in OmniPage SE.

The OCR dialog box opens when you click this button. Specify the save settings and application, and scan.

Custom

Scan documents or photographs and open them in the specified application.

The Custom dialog box opens when you click this button. Specify the scan/save settings and application, and scan.

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