Canon Pixma Mp550 User Guide

Advanced Guide > Scanning > Scanning with the Bundled Application Software > MP Navigator EX Screens > Photos/
Documents (Platen) Screen (Scan/Import W indow)
Photos/Documents (Platen) Screen (Scan/Import Windo w)
Point to Scan/Import in the Navigation Mode screen and click Photos/Documents (Platen) to open the
Photos/Documents (Platen) screen (Scan/Import window). 
Open this window to scan documents from the Platen.
(1) Settings and Operation Buttons
(2) Toolbar
(3) Thumbnail Window
(4) Selected Images...

You cannot select Document Type if the Use the scanner driver checkbox is selected.
Specify... 
Specify the document size, resolution, and other advanced scan settings.
Scan Settings Dialog Box (Photos/Documents)
Important
Specify... is not available if the Use the scanner driver checkbox is selected.
Use the scanner driver 
Select this checkbox when you want to scan with Sca nGear (scanner driver). Use ScanGear
(scanner driver) to correct images and adjust colors when sca nning.
Scan 
Scanning starts....

Selects all images in the Thumbnail window.
 (Cancel All)
Cancels all image selections in the Thumbnail window.
 (Rotate Left)
Rotates the target image (outlined in orange) 90 deg rees counter-clockwise.
 (Rotate Right)
Rotates the target image (outlined in orange) 90 deg rees clockwise.
 (Invert)
Inverts the target image (outlined in orange) horiz ontally.
 (Trimming)
Trims the target image (outlined in orange) in the T humbnail window. Trimming is the act of
selecting the area you want to keep in a...

 (Cancel Selection)
Cancels the selection of the target image (outlined in  orange) in the Selected Images area.
Selected Images Area
Images selected in the Thumbnail window are display ed.
Related Topic
Scanning Photos and Documents
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Advanced Guide > Scanning > Scanning with the Bundled Application Software > MP Navigator EX Screens > Scan
Settings Dialog Box (Photos/Documents)
Scan Settings Dialog Box (Photos/Documents)
The Scan Settings dialog box opens when you click S pecify... in the Scan/Import window.
In the Scan Settings dialog box, you can make advan ced scan settings.
Document Type 
Select the type of document to be scanned. 
Scanning photos: Color Photo or Black and W hite Pho to
Scanning text documents: Color Document,...

The following scanning resolutions can be specified when Document Type is Text(OCR).
300 dpi / 400 dpi
Descreen 
Select this checkbox to reduce moire patterns. 
Printed photos and pictures are displayed as a collection  of fine dots. Moire is a phenomenon where
uneven gradation or a stripe pattern appears when s uch photos or pictures printed with fine dots are
scanned. Descreen is the function for reducing this  moire effect.
Important
You cannot select this checkbox when Document Type  is Color Photo,...

- Documents with small amount of text 
- Documents containing figures/images or hand-written text
- Documents containing both vertical and horizontal lines (tables)
Note
Scanning takes longer than usual when you enable Corre ct slanted document.
Detect the orientation of text documents and rotate images
Select this checkbox to detect the orientation of t he document from the scanned text and rotate the
scanned image to the correct orientation. Select th e language of the document to be scanned in...

Advanced Guide > Scanning > Scanning with the Bundled Application Software > MP Navigator EX Screens > Save
Dialog Box
Save Dialog Box
The Save dialog box opens when you click Save in th e Scan/Import window.
In the Save dialog box, you can make settings for s aving images to a computer.
Save in 
Displays the folder in which to save the scanned im ages. To change the folder, click Browse... to
specify another one. 
The following folders are specified by default. 
W indows Vista: MP Navigator EX folder in...

save scanned files in it. A subfolder with a name such as 2009_01_01 (Year_Month_Date) will be
created. 
If this checkbox is not selected, files are saved d irectly in the folder specified in Save in.
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Advanced Guide > Scanning > Scanning with the Bundled Application Software > MP Navigator EX Screens > Save asPDF file Dialog Box
Save as PDF file Dialog Box
In the Save as PDF file dialog box, you can make advanced settings for saving scanned images as PDF
files. You can save multiple documents as one PDF f ile or add pages to a PDF file created with MP
Navigator EX.
Important
You cannot save images scanned at 10501 pixels or m ore in the vertical and horizontal directions.
Dialog box that opens when...