Batch scanning using MP Navigator EX on an MX330

Article ID: ART127984 | Date published: 05/12/2015 | Date last updated: 08/17/2015
 

Description

To perform batch scanning using MP Navigator EX, perform these steps.

Solution


Scanning Multiple Documents at One Time from the ADF (Auto Document Feeder)

Load multiple documents on the ADF (Auto Document Feeder) and scan at one time. You can also scan sides of the documents.


1.
On the Windows desktop, double-click (MP Navigator EX 2.1).
Alternatively, on the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to (All) Programs, Canon Utilities, then MP Navigator EX 2.1. Then click MP Navigator EX 2.1.

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

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.

Reference

If the Show this window at startup checkbox is not selected, the last used screen opens.



2.
Point to Scan/Import and click Stack of Documents (ADF).




3.
Place the documents on the ADF (Auto Document Feeder), then select Document Type.


To scan only the front side of each document, select a simplex type such as Color Document(Simplex).

To scan the front side then the back side of each document, select a duplex type such as Color Document(Duplex).




4.
Click Specify....

The Scan Settings Dialog Box opens.

Set Paper Size, Scanning Resolution, etc. as required.


Important

For Paper Size, you can specify A5, B5, A4, Letter or Legal.




5.
Click Orientation.... to specify the orientation of the documents to be scanned. In the displayed dialog box, you can specify the Original Orientation and Binding Location. How to place the documents when scanning the back sides depends on the Binding Location.

When setting is completed, click OK.


Important

Binding Location cannot be specified when a simplex type such as Color Document(Simplex) is selected for Document Type.


6.
Return to the Scan/Import screen and click Scan.

When a duplex type is selected for Document Type, the Manual Duplex Scanning dialog box opens after scanning. Continue to scan the back sides of the documents.

When a simplex type is selected for Document Type, the Scan Complete dialog box opens after scanning. Skip ahead to Step 8.

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7. Follow the on-screen instructions to place the documents.


When Short Edge is Selected for the Stapling Side in Orientation...

Place the documents without changing the orientation of the output documents.






When Long Edge is Selected for the Stapling Side in Orientation...

Place the documents after rotating the output documents 180 degrees.




Click OK

Scanning starts.


8. 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.

The scanned images appear in the Thumbnail window.


9.
Edit the scanned images as required.

Select images to edit. (Selected images are outlined in orange.)
Use edit tools to rotate images, select a part of an image, etc.

Reference

Drag the mouse or use Shift + arrow keys to select multiple images. (Selected images are outlined in orange.)



10.
Click Save or Save as PDF file.



11.
Specify the following settings as required:

When Save is selected:

The Save dialog box opens. Specify the destination folder, file name and file type.


Reference

The default folder is MP Navigator EX in the Pictures folder (Windows Vista) or in the My Pictures folder (Windows XP and Windows 2000).


Important

You cannot select JPEG/Exif when Document Type is Text(OCR), Text(Simplex) or Text(Duplex).

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 When multiple images are selected, each image is saved as a separate PDF file.
PDF(Multiple Pages) Multiple images are saved in one PDF file.
PDF(Add Page) Selected images are added to a specified PDF file. The images are added to the end of the PDF file. You cannot rearrange pages of the PDF file to which images are added.
Important

You can only specify PDF files created with MP Navigator EX. You cannot select PDF files created with other applications. PDF files edited in other applications cannot be selected as well.

If a password-protected PDF file is edited, the passwords will be deleted.

Important

PDF(Multiple Pages) is displayed when multiple images are selected.

Reference

The default folder is MP Navigator EX in the Pictures folder (Windows Vista) or in the My Pictures folder (Windows XP and Windows 2000).



12.
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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