Scanning with the MF Toolbox

You can scan a document using the buttons on the MF Toolbox.

1. Place the document face-down on the platen glass.
   
   
   
2. On the Windows desktop, double-click [Canon MF Toolbox 4.7].
   Alternatively, on the Windows desktop, click [Start], [(All) Programs], [Canon], [MF Toolbox], [Toolbox]. The MF Toolbox will open.
   
   [MF Toolbox] buttons
   
   
   
3. Click one of the scanning buttons below.

   [Mail]		The document will be scanned and attached to an e-mail message in your e-mail application.
   [OCR]		The text will be scanned and read by the OCR software.
   [Save]		The document will be scanned and saved.
   [PDF]		The text will be scanned and saved as a PDF file.
   [Scan-1], [Scan-2]		The text will be scanned and appear in the registered application. You can change the button name by directly entering a new name over the button name. The name can be up to 8 characters long.

   A dialog box will appear for each of the buttons.
   
   
   
   
4. Adjust the settings
   If you clicked a button other than [Mail], [Save] or [PDF] and no application appears in [Link Scanned Images to], select an application.
   
   If you want to keep the same settings for future scans, click [Apply] before clicking [Start].
   
   
   
5. Click [Start].
   If you checked the [Use the Scanner Driver to Make Advanced Settings] checkbox in step 4, the [ScanGear MF] dialog box will appear.
   
   Adjust the settings, then click [Scan].
   [ScanGear MF] dialog box
   Scanning starts.
   
   If you clicked [Mail], [Save] or [PDF] in step 3, a folder with the scanning date will be created in the [My Pictures] folder in the [My Documents] folder, and your document will be saved in this folder. If there is no [My Pictures] folder, the folder with the scanning date will be created in the [My Documents] folder and your document saved in this folder.
   
   If you clicked [Mail], [OCR], [PDF], [Scan-1], or [Scan-2] in step 3, the scanned image will be displayed in the application after scanning. send the e-mail message or perform OCR conversion. (The scanned image will not be displayed if you have not installed the applications on the imageCLASS MF3100/3200 Series Setup CD-ROM or if you have not set the [Link Scanned Images to] setting.)
   
   When the applications in the MF3100/3200 Series Setup CD-ROM are installed, they will be registered in the MF Toolbox buttons.
   
   [OCR]ScanSoft OmniPage
   
   [PDF]Presto! PageManager
   
   
   If white lines appear on one edge of the scanned image, check that the document is correctly placed on the platen glass. A document should be placed approximately 1/8" (3 mm) from the front edge (i.e., the edge closest to the control panel) of the platen glass.