Positioning Originals (Scanning from Computer)

Learn how to place items on the platen or ADF (Auto Document Feeder) of your scanner or printer. Place items correctly according to the type of item to be scanned. Otherwise, items may not be scanned correctly.

Important

Do not place objects on the document cover. When you open the document cover, the objects may fall into your scanner or printer, resulting in malfunction.
Close the document cover when scanning.
Do not touch the operation panel buttons or LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) monitor 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

When scanning by specifying the paper size in IJ Scan Utility or the scanner driver, align an upper corner of the item with the corner at the arrow (alignment mark) of the platen.
Photos that have been cut to various shapes and items smaller than 1.2 inches (3 cm) square cannot be cropped accurately when scanning.
Reflective disc labels may not be scanned as expected.
When scanned using the scanner driver, the response may differ. In that case, adjust the cropping frame (selection box) manually.

For Photos, Postcards, Business Cards, or BD/DVD/CD	For 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 Large items (such as A4 size photos) that cannot be placed away from the edges/arrow (alignment mark) of 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 In IJ Scan Utility, you can place up to 12 items. Positions of slanted items (10 degrees or less) are corrected automatically.	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 For the portions in which items cannot be scanned, see Loading Originals.

For Photos, Postcards, Business Cards, or BD/DVD/CD

For Magazines, Newspapers, or Documents

figure: Scan Photos, Postcards, Business Cards, or BD/DVD/CD

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

Large items (such as A4 size photos) that cannot be placed away from the edges/arrow (alignment mark) of 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

In IJ Scan Utility, you can place up to 12 items.
Positions of slanted items (10 degrees or less) are corrected automatically.

figure: Scan Magazines, Newspapers, or Documents

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.

figure: Place and align the item at the arrow of the platen

Important

For the portions in which items cannot be scanned, see Loading Originals.

Placing Documents (ADF (Auto Document Feeder))

Important

Do not leave thick items on the platen when scanning from the ADF. May result in paper jam.
Place and align documents of the same size when scanning two or more documents.
For supported document sizes when scanning from the ADF, see Supported Originals.

Open the document tray.
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
- When scanning duplex documents, place the front sides facing up. They will not be scanned correctly if placed the other way around.