Saving Scanned Data on USB Flash Drive
You can save scanned data on the USB flash drive directly.
Don't remove the USB flash drive from the printer under the following conditions:
For safety reasons, we recommend backing up the scanned data saved on a USB flash drive to another media periodically to avoid unexpected accidents.
We assume no responsibility for damage to or loss of data for whatever reason even within the warranty period.
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Make sure that the printer is powered on.
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Load an original item on the platen (scanner glass) or in the ADF (Auto Document Feeder).
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Select Scan on the HOME screen.
The screen for selecting to which you save/forward the data is displayed.
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Insert a USB flash drive.
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Select USB flash drive.
When the message informing you that the operation restriction is enabled, ask the administrator of the printer you are using.
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Select Save to USB flash drive.
The Scan standby screen is displayed.
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Specify settings as necessary.
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Select the document type.
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Document
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Select to scan a document.
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Photo
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Select to scan a photo.
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Displays the Scan settings screen.
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Displays the screen to select the save / forward.
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Select to register the current scan settings as a custom setting.
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Press the Black button or the Color button.
If the original is not loaded properly, a message is displayed on the touch screen. Load the original on the platen or in the ADF according to the scan settings.
If you select ON for Preview on the scan setting screen:
The preview screen is displayed before saving the scanned original on the USB flash drive.
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The preview screen of the scanning data is displayed.
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Select to rotate the preview screen.
Displayed when you select PDF or Compact PDF for Format on the scan setting screen.
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Select to save the scanned original on the USB flash drive.
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Select to rescan the original.
If you load the original in the ADF:
The printer starts scanning and scanned data is saved on the USB flash drive.
If you load the original on the platen:
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When you select JPEG for Format on the scan settings screen, the printer starts scanning and scanned data is saved on the USB flash drive.
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When you select PDF or Compact PDF for Format on the scan settings screen, the confirmation screen asking you if you continue scanning is displayed after scanning is complete.
To continue scanning, load the original on the platen and start scanning.
If you don't want to continue scanning, select End. The scanned data is saved on the USB flash drive in one PDF file.
When you continuously scan originals, you can save up to 100 pages of images in one PDF file.
Remove the original on the platen or from the document output slot after scanning is complete.
If the USB flash drive becomes full while scanning images is in progress, only the images already scanned can be saved.
You can save up to 2000 files of scanned data saved on the USB flash drive in both PDF and JPEG data format.
The folder and file name of scanned data saved on the USB flash drive is as follows:
Importing the Scanned Data Saved on USB Flash Drive to the Computer
You can import the scanned data saved on a USB flash drive to the computer. After scanning the data, connect the USB flash drive to the computer and import the data.
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