Scanning Photos and Documents

Scan photos and documents placed on the Platen.

1. Start MP Navigator EX and open the Navigation Mode screen. *

   *Note: Verify the desired connection (Network or USB) is selected in the Preferences screen. Click here for information

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

   

3. Place the document on the Platen, then select Document Type.

   

   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. See Editing Files to convert the file to editable text.

4. Click Specify... and specify the document size and resolution as required.

   The Scan Settings Dialog Box (Photos/Documents) opens.

   Note

   • When scanning a large document (such as an A4 photo), align its corner with the corner at the arrow of the platen and specify the document size in the Scan Settings dialog box.

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.

   The scanned images appear in the Thumbnail window.

   

6. 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.) Drag the mouse or use Shift + arrow keys to select multiple images.

7. Save the scanned images.

   Saving

   Saving as PDF Files

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Setting for Scanning with MP Navigator EX

To scan using MP Navigator EX, follow the steps below and confirm the connection status between the computer and the machine.

1. Start MP Navigator EX

2. Click Preferences.

3. For network connection, select (model name) series (Network: XXXXXXXXXXXX) for Product Name. For USB connection, select (model name) series for Product Name.

   (Where XXXXXXXXXXXX is the MAC address.)

   

4. Click OK.

   The Preferences dialog box closes. .

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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 box, specify the save settings.

   Specify the destination folder, file name and file type.

   

   Important

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

   Note

   • By default, MP Navigator EX in the Picture folder is specified as the destination folder.

3. 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 dialog box.

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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 box, specify the save settings.

   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.

     Important

     • 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.

     Important

     • 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.

   Note

   • By default, MP Navigator EX in the Picture folder is specified as the destination folder.

3. 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.

    

Printing Documents

Sending via E-mail

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Sending via E-mail

Send scanned images via e-mail.

Important

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

  - Mail (Mac OS Standard)

  - MS Entourage

  - EUDORA

  (If an e-mail software program does not operate properly, check that the program supports file attachments. For details, refer to the manual of the e-mail software program.)

1. Scan documents into MP Navigator EX and save them, then open the View & Use window from the Navigation Mode screen and select images.

2. Click Send, then click Attach to E-mail on the list.

   

3. Set save options as required.

   Specify the destination folder and file name.

   

   Important

   • You can select a compression type when sending JPEG images via e-mail. Click Set... to open a dialog box and select High(Low Compression), Standard or Low(High Compression).

4. Click OK.

   Files are saved according to the settings, and the e-mail software program starts.

5. Specify the recipient, enter the subject and message, then send e-mail.

   For details, refer to the manual of the e-mail software program.

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Printing Photos
 

You can print photos using MP Navigator EX or an application that accompanies the machine. After scanning documents and saving them, open the View & Use window to select how you want to print the photos.

Note

You can also select images saved on a memory card or computer.

You can use an application that accompanies the machine to print scanned photos at high quality or to layout and print images.

1. Select images and click Print.

2. Click Print Photo or Print Album on the list.

   Easy-PhotoPrint EX starts.

   Note

   If Easy-PhotoPrint EX is not installed, print with MP Navigator EX.

When printing photos using MP Navigator EX

1. Select images and click Print.

2. Click Print Photo on the list.

3. Specify print settings as required.

   

   Note

   When using the printer for the first time, click Printer Properties... and specify your printer in Printer.

4. Click Print. In the displayed dialog, click Print.

   Printing starts.

   Note

   To cancel while spooling, click Cancel. To cancel while printing, select the printer icon in the Dock and click Pause Printer.
    

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Editing Files

You can edit images or convert them to text using MP Navigator EX or an application that accompanies the machine. After scanning documents and saving them, open the View & Use window to select what you want to do with the images.

Converting documents to text

Scan text in scanned magazines and newspapers and display it in TextEdit (included with Macintosh).

1. Select images and click Edit/Convert.

2. Click Convert to text file on the list.

   TextEdit (included with Macintosh) starts and editable text appears.

Note:

• Only text written in languages that can be selected on the General tab can be extracted to TextEdit (included with Macintosh). Click Set... on the General tab and specify the language according to the language of the document to be scanned.

• Text displayed in TextEdit (included with Macintosh) is for guidance only. Text in the image of the following types of documents may not be detected correctly.

  - Documents containing text with font size outside the range of 8 points to 40 points (at 300 dpi)

  - Slanted documents

  - Documents placed upside down or documents with text in the wrong orientation (rotated characters)

  - Documents containing special fonts, effects, italics, or hand-written text

  - Documents with narrow line spacing

  - Documents with colors in the background of text

  - Documents containing multiple languages