Scanning Photos and Documents
16-Jun-2008
8200212900
Issue
Cause and Solution
Scan photos and documents placed on the Platen.
NOTE
The following is explained using Windows Vista procedures.
1.Start MP Navigator EX and open the Navigation Mode screen.
REFERENCE
Starting MP Navigator EX
- Windows
-Double-click MP Navigator EX 2.0 icon on the desktop.
Alternatively, from the Start menu, select (All) Programs > Canon Utilities > MP Navigator EX 2.0 > MP Navigator EX 2.0.
- Macintosh
-Open the Applications folder on the hard disk on which MP Navigator EX is installed, then open the Canon Utilities folder and double-click the MP Navigator EX 2.0 icon.
2.Point to Scan/Import and click Photos/Documents (Platen).
3. Place the document on the Platen, then select Document Type.
See Placing Documents.
REFERENCE
- 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.
4.Click Specify... and specify the document size and resolution as required.
REFERENCE
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.
REFERENCE
Windows:
First select images to edit. (Selected images are outlined in orange.) Drag the mouse or use Shift + arrow keys to select multiple images.
Macintosh:
First select images to edit. (Selected images are outlined in orange.) Use shift-click or command-click to select multiple images.
7.Save the scanned images.
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).
REFERENCE
By default, the following folders are specified as the destination folders.
Windows Vista: MP Navigator EX folder in Picture folder
Windows XP: MP Navigator EX folder in My Pictures folder
Windows 2000: MP Navigator EX folder in My Pictures folder
Macintosh：MP Navigator EX in the Picture 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.
see [ Creating/Editing PDF Files ]
see [ Printing Documents(Windows) ]
see [ Printing Photos ]
see [ Sending via E-mail ]
see [ Editing 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
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.
Windows：
- If a password-protected PDF file is edited, the passwords will be deleted. Reset the passwords.
REFERENCE
- By default, the following folders are specified as the destination folders.
Windows Vista: MP Navigator EX folder in Picture folder
Windows XP: MP Navigator EX folder in My Pictures folder
Windows 2000: MP Navigator EX folder in My Pictures folder
Macintosh：MP Navigator EX folder in the Picture folder
- You can set passwords for PDF files.(Windows)
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.
see [ Creating/Editing PDF Files ]
see [ Printing Documents(Windows) ]
see [ Printing Photos ]
see [ Sending via E-mail ]
see [ Editing Files ]