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Saving Scanned Data on USB Flash Drive

You can save scanned data on the USB flash drive directly.

Important

  • Do not remove the USB flash drive from the printer under the following conditions:

    • While scanning is in progress

    • Before saving the scanned data
  • 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.

  1. Make sure printer is turned on.

  2. Select Scan on HOME screen.

    The screen for selecting to which you save the data is displayed.

    figure: LCD

  3. Insert USB flash drive into USB flash drive port.

  4. Select USB flash drive and press OK button.

    Note

    • When the message informing you that the operation restriction is enabled, ask the administrator of the printer you are using.

  5. Select Save to USB flash drive and press OK button.

    The Scan standby screen is displayed.

  6. Select document type.

    figure: LCD
    Document
    Scans the original on the platen glass or the ADF as a document data applying the settings specified in Scan settings.
    Photo
    Scans the original on the platen glass as a photo data applying the settings specified in Scan settings.

  7. Press the right Function button to adjust the settings as necessary.

    Note

  8. Load original document on platen glass or in ADF.

  9. Press Color button for color scanning, or Black button for black & white scanning.

    Note

    • If the original is not loaded properly, a message is displayed on the LCD. Load the original on the platen glass 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.

      If ON is selected for Preview on the scan settings screen, the preview screen is displayed on the LCD after scanning. To rescan the original, press the left Function button. If you select PDF or Compact PDF for Format on the scan setting screen, you can rotate the scanning image on the preview screen by pressing the right Function button. To start saving, press the OK button.

    • 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 glass:

      • 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.

      • 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.

        If you continue scanning, load the original on the platen glass and start scanning.

        If you do not continue scanning, press the left Function button. The scanned data is saved on the USB flash drive in one PDF file.

        When you scan the originals continuously, you can save up to 100 pages of images in one PDF file.

      Remove the original on the platen glass or from the document output slot after scanning is complete.

      Note

      • 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 in both PDF and JPEG data format.

      • The folder and file name of scanned data saved on the USB flash drive is as follows:

        • Folder name: (file extension: PDF): CANON_SC\DOCUMENT\0001
        • Folder name: (file extension: JPG): CANON_SC\IMAGE\0001
        • File name: Running numbers, starting from SCN_0001

        • File date: The date and time of saving as set in the printer.

          For details on how to set the date and time:

  • 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.