Canon printer PIXMA MX490 User Manual

							Placing Items (When Scanning from a Computer)Learn how to place items on the platen or ADF (Auto Document Feeder) of your scanner or printer. Placeitems correctly according to the type of item to be scanned. Otherwise, items may not be scanned correctly.
Important
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Do not place objects on the document cover. When you open the document cover, the objects may fallinto your scanner or printer, resulting in malfunction.
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Close the document cover when scanning.
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Do not touch the operation panel buttons or LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) when opening/closing the
document cover. May result in unintended operation.
Placing Items (Platen)
Placing Documents (ADF (Auto Document Feeder))
Placing Items (Platen)
Place items as described below to scan by detecting the item type or size automatically.
Important
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When scanning by specifying the paper size in IJ Scan Utility or ScanGear (scanner driver), align an
upper corner of the item with the corner at the arrow (alignment mark) of the platen.
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Photos that have been cut to various shapes and items smaller than 1.2 inches (3 cm) square cannot be cropped accurately when scanning.
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Reflective disc labels may not be scanned as expected.
For Photos, Postcards, Business Cards, or BD/DVD/CDFor Magazines, Newspapers, or Documents
Placing a Single Item:
Place the item face-down on the platen, with 0.4 inch (1 cm) or more space between the edges (diagonally striped area)
of the platen and the item. Portions placed on the
diagonally striped area cannot be scanned.
Important
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Large items (such as A4 size photos) that cannot be
placed away from the edges/arrow (alignment mark) of
Place the item face-down on the platen and align an upper corner of the item with the corner at the arrow
(alignment mark) of the platen. Portions placed on the
diagonally striped area cannot be scanned.
Important
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Refer to "Loading Originals" for your model from
Home of the  Online Manual  for details on the
portions in which items cannot be scanned.
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							the platen may be saved as PDF files. To save in a
format other than PDF, scan by specifying the data
format.
Placing Multiple Items:
Allow 0.4 inch (1 cm) or more space between the edges
(diagonally striped area) of the platen and items, and
between items. Portions placed on the diagonally striped
area cannot be scanned.
 more than 0.4 inch (1 cm)
Note
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You can place up to 12 items.
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You can place up to four items when the  Compress
scanned images upon transfer  checkbox is selected
in the Settings dialog box of IJ Scan Utility.
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With network connection, items may not be scanned correctly when five or more items are placed. In that
case, reduce the number of items placed on the platen
to four or less, then scan again.
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Positions of slanted items (10 degrees or less) are
corrected automatically.
Placing Documents (ADF (Auto Document Feeder))
Important
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Do not leave thick items on the platen when scanning from the ADF. May result in paper jam.
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Place and align documents of the same size when scanning two or more documents.
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Refer to "Originals You Can Load" for your model from Home of the  Online Manual for details on
supported document sizes when scanning from the ADF.
1.
Open the document tray.
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							2.Place the documents on the ADF, then adjust the document guides to the width of the
documents.
Insert the documents face-up until a beep sounds.
Note
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When scanning duplex documents, place the front sides facing up. They will not be scanned in
the correct page order if placed the other way around.
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							Adjusting Cropping Frames (ScanGear)"Cropping" is the act of selecting the area you want to keep in an image and discarding the rest when
scanning it.
On the  Basic Mode  tab and Advanced Mode  tab, you can specify cropping frames (scan areas) on the
image(s) displayed in the Preview area of the screen.
When you perform a scan, each area specified with a cropping frame will be scanned as a separate image.
Note
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In whole image view, you can specify multiple cropping frames on the preview image.
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Refer to "Adjusting Cropping Frames in the Image Stitch Window" for your model from Home of the Online Manual  for how to adjust cropping frames with IJ Scan Utility.
Initial Cropping Frame
In thumbnail view:
No cropping frame is specified. You can drag the mouse over a thumbnail to specify a cropping frame.
In whole image view:
An active cropping frame is automatically specified around the preview image. You can drag the cropping frame in the Preview area to specify the area.
Note
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You can change the auto crop setting in the  Preferences dialog box. Refer to  Cropping Frame on
Previewed Images  in "
Preview Tab" for details.
Cropping Frame Types
(1) Thick cropping frame (rotating or stationary) Represents a selected cropping frame. Appears only in whole image view. You can select multiple
cropping frames by clicking them while pressing the Ctrl key. Output size, image corrections, and
other settings on the  Basic Mode tab or Advanced Mode  tab will be applied to all the selected
cropping frames.
(2) Thin cropping frame
In thumbnail view:
Output size, image corrections, and other settings on the  Basic Mode tab or Advanced Mode  tab
will be applied.
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							In whole image view:
Represents an unselected cropping frame. The settings on the  Basic Mode tab or Advanced Mode
tab will not be applied.
Adjusting a Cropping Frame
The cursor will change into 
 (Arrow) when it is positioned over a cropping frame. If you
click and drag the mouse in the direction of the arrow, the cropping frame will expand or contract
accordingly.
The cursor will change into  (Crosshair Arrow) when it is positioned within a cropping frame. Click and
drag the mouse to move the entire cropping frame.
Note
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On the  Advanced Mode  tab, you can specify the cropping frame size by entering the values into 
(Width) and  (Height) in Input Settings.
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You can rotate a cropping frame 90 degrees by clicking  (Switch Aspect Ratio). However, 
(Switch Aspect Ratio) is not available when  Output Size is Flexible .
Creating Multiple Cropping Frames
In thumbnail view:
You can only create one cropping frame per image.
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							In whole image view:
Click and drag the mouse in a space outside the existing cropping frame to create a new cropping frame
in the Preview area. The new cropping frame will be the active cropping frame, and the old cropping frame
will be the unselected cropping frame.
You can create multiple cropping frames and apply different scan settings to each cropping frame.
You can also select multiple cropping frames by clicking them while pressing the Ctrl key.
If you select multiple cropping frames and change the settings on a tab at the right of ScanGear, the
settings will be applied to all the selected cropping frames.
When you create a new cropping frame, it retains the settings of the latest cropping frame.
Note
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Create up to 12 cropping frames.
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Scanning takes longer than usual when multiple cropping frames are selected.
Deleting Cropping Frames
In thumbnail view:
To delete a cropping frame, click an area outside the cropping frame on an image.
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							In whole image view:
To delete a cropping frame, select it and click 
 (Remove Cropping Frame) on the Toolbar.
Alternatively, press the Delete key.
When there are multiple cropping frames, all the selected cropping frames (active cropping frame and
selected cropping frames) are deleted simultaneously.
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							General Notes (Scanner Driver)ScanGear (scanner driver) is subject to the following restrictions. Keep these points in mind when using it.
Scanner Driver Restrictions•
When using the NTFS file system, the TWAIN data source may not be invoked. This is because theTWAIN module cannot be written to the winnt folder for security reasons. Contact the computer's
administrator for help.
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Some computers (including laptops) connected to the machine may not resume correctly from standby mode. In that case, restart the computer.
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Do not connect two or more scanner or multifunction printers with scanner function to the samecomputer simultaneously. If multiple scanning devices are connected, you cannot scan from the operation panel of the machine and also may experience errors while accessing the devices.
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Scanning may fail if the computer has resumed from sleep or standby mode. In that case, follow thesesteps and scan again.
1.
Turn off the machine.
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Exit ScanGear, then disconnect the USB cable from the computer and reconnect it.
3.
Turn on the machine.
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ScanGear cannot be opened in multiple applications at the same time. Within an application,ScanGear cannot be opened for the second time when it is already open.
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Be sure to close the ScanGear window before closing the application.
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When using a network compatible model by connecting to a network, the machine cannot be accessed from multiple computers at the same time.
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When using a network compatible model by connecting to a network, scanning takes longer than
usual.
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Make sure that you have adequate disk space available when scanning large images at high resolutions. For example, at least 300 MB of free space is required to scan an A4 document at 600
dpi in full-color.
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ScanGear and WIA driver cannot be used at the same time.
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Do not enter the computer into sleep or hibernate state during scanning.
Applications with Restrictions on Use
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If you start Media Center included in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, you may not be able to scan using the operation panel of the machine. In that case, restart the computer.
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You cannot scan images with Media Center included in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005.
Scan with other applications such as IJ Scan Utility.
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Some applications may not display the TWAIN user interface. In that case, refer to the application's
manual and change the settings accordingly.
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Some applications do not support continuous scanning of multiple documents. In some cases, only the first scanned image is accepted, or multiple images are scanned as one image. For such
applications, do not scan multiple documents from the ADF (Auto Document Feeder).
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To import scanned images into Microsoft Office 2000, first save them using IJ Scan Utility, then import
the saved files from the  Insert menu.
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When scanning Platen size images into Microsoft Office 2003 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), click
Custom Insert  in the Insert Picture from Scanner or Camera  screen. Otherwise, images may not
be scanned correctly.
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When scanning images into Microsoft Office 2007/Microsoft Office 2010 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), use Microsoft Clip Organizer.
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							•Images may not be scanned correctly in some applications. In that case, increase the operatingsystem's virtual memory and retry.•
When image size is too large (such as when scanning large images at high resolution), your computer
may not respond or the progress bar may remain at 0 % depending on the application. In that case,
cancel the action (for example by clicking  Cancel on the progress bar), then increase the operating
system's virtual memory or reduce the image size/resolution and retry. Alternatively, scan the image
via IJ Scan Utility first, then save and import it into the application.
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							Useful Information on Scanning
Adjusting Cropping Frames in the Image Stitch Window
Resolution
Data Formats
Color Matching
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