Canon Pixma Mx492 User Guide

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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,...

•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....

Useful Information on Scanning
Adjusting Cropping Frames in the Image Stitch Window
Resolution
Data Formats
Color Matching
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