Scanning Photos and Documents

Scan photos and documents placed on the Platen.

1. Place the document on the Platen.
   
   
   
   
2. Launch MP Navigator EX.
   
   1. From the Go menu of Finder, select Applications.
      
   2. Double-click the Canon Utilities folder.
      
   3. Then click MP Navigator EX icon.
      
      
3. In Scan/Import, click Photos/Documents (Platen).
   
   
   
   *Display varies according to the printer model.
   
   
4. Select Document Type according to the document to be scanned.
   
   
   
   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.
   • Select Text(OCR) to extract the text in the image and convert to editable text data using MP Navigator EX. This setting is not available when the Compress scanned images when transferring checkbox is selected on the "General Tab" of the Preferences dialog.
   • Color scanning is not available for Text(OCR). To scan in color, open the OCR dialog from the One-click Mode screen and scan with Color Mode set to Color.
     
     
5. Click Specify to set the document size and scanning resolution as required.
   When setting is completed, click OK.
   
   
6. Select the preferred resolution in Scanning Resolution, and click OK.
   
   
   
   Important: When scanning a large document (such as an A4 size photo), align its corner with the corner at the arrow (alignment mark) of the Platen and specify the document size in the Scan Settings dialog.
   
   
7. Click Scan to start scanning.
   
   
   
   Note: Click Cancel to cancel the scan.
   
   
8. When scanning is completed, a dialog 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.
   
   Use Edit Tools to rotate images, select a part of an image, etc.
   
   Note:
   
   • First select images to edit. (Selected images are outlined in orange.) Use shift-click or command-click to select multiple images. You can also select images by dragging and dropping them into the Selected Images area.
     
     
10. Save the scanned images.
    
    Saving
    
    Saving as PDF Files

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Saving

Save images scanned with MP Navigator EX to a computer.

1. Select the checkboxes of the images you want to save, then click Save.
   
   
   
   
2. In the Save dialog, specify the save settings.
   Specify the destination folder, file name, and file type.
   
   Save Dialog
   
   Important:
   
   • You cannot select JPEG/Exif when Document Type is Text(OCR), Text(Simplex), or Text(Duplex).
   • You cannot select JPEG/Exif when Black and White is selected for Color Mode on the Advanced Mode tab of ScanGear (scanner driver).
     
     Note:

   • By default, the scanned images are saved in the MP Navigator EX folder in the Pictures folder.
     
     

3. Click Save.
   Scanned images are saved according to the settings.

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Saving as PDF Files

Save images scanned with MP Navigator EX as PDF files.

1. Select the checkboxes of the images you want to save, then click Save as PDF file.
   
   
   
   
2. In the Save as PDF file dialog, specify the save settings.
   Specify the file type, file name, and destination folder.
   
   Save as PDF file Dialog
   
   
   
   
   Note:
   
   • By default, the scanned images are saved in the MP Navigator EX folder in the Pictures folder.
     
     
3. Click Save.
   Scanned images are saved according to the settings.
   

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