Scan using MP Navigator EX - MX860 (Windows)

Article ID: ART129891 | Date published: 05/12/2015 | Date last updated: 08/17/2015
 

Description

Scan using MP Navigator (Windows)

Solution



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 2.1 icon.

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.
You can complete scanning to saving, etc. all at one time by clicking the corresponding icon on the one-click mode screen. See the section below for details.

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



3. Place the document face-down on the platen, and select Document Type.

Place the document according to its type. Refer to the table below.

Document Type How to place the document
Color Photo Allow 3/8 inches (1 cm) or more space between the edges of the platen and the document.
Black and White Photo
Color Document Align a corner of the document with the corner at the arrow of the platen.
Black and White Document
Magazine(Color)
Text(OCR)




Important
When you select Color Photo or Black and White Photo, the position or size of the image may not be scanned correctly if you do not leave 3/8 inches (1 cm) or more space between the edges of the platen and the document.
Reference
When you select Magazine(Color), the Descreen function will be enabled and scanning takes longer than usual. To reset the Descreen function, disable Descreen in the Scan Settings dialog box.
Select Text(OCR) to convert hand-written text or image data of printed text to text data with OCR software.

4. Click Specify... and set the preferences as required.

The Scan Settings Dialog Box opens. Specify the Document Size and Scanning Resolution.

5. 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.



6. Edit the scanned image as required.

When there are multiple images, first 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. (An orange frame appears around the selected image.)

7. Click 'Save' or 'Save as PDF' file.

8. Specify the following settings as required:

When Save is selected:

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

Important
You cannot select JPEG/Exif when Document Type is Text(OCR).
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).



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 select only PDF files created with MP Navigator EX, MP Navigator or CanoScan Toolbox. You cannot select PDF files created with other applications. PDF files edited in other applications cannot be selected as well.



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).

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 2.1 icon.

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

figure: MP Navigator EX One-click mode screen

3. Point to One-click.


Reference
Omit this step if the one-click mode screen opened in Step 2.


4. Click the corresponding icon.

Save to PC/Save

  • Scan and save documents. Document type is automatically detected. File format is automatically set. Files are saved to a computer.

    When you click this icon, the Save dialog box opens and you can specify the scan/save settings


Save as PDF file/PDF

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/Mail

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

The Mail dialog box opens when you click this button.

*Select an ADF option in Document type if scanning from the Automatic Document Feeder (ADF).

You can click Specify to open the Scan Settings dialog in which you can make advanced scan settings. You can also specify the settings for scanning sides of the documents at one time from the ADF (Auto Document Feeder).

Specify the save settings and e-mail software program, and scan.

Important

  • MP Navigator EX is compatible with the following e-mail software programs:

    - Windows Mail (Windows Vista)

    - Outlook Express (Windows XP/Windows 2000)

    - Microsoft Outlook

    (If an e-mail software program does not operate properly, check that the program's MAPI is enabled. To enable MAPI, refer to the manual of the e-mail software program.)

OCR

  • Scan text documents then extract text in the image and display it in Notepad (included with Windows).

    When you click this icon, the OCR dialog box opens and you can specify the scan/save settings.

Important
For further procedures, refer to the manual of the application.



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.

Important
For further procedures, refer to the manual of the application.
Reference
When saving multiple files, 4 digits are appended to each file name.

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