Canon MP550 manual Actions, Scan Settings, Save Settings

specify the document type or size.

-Documents other than photos, postcards, business cards, magazines, newspapers, text documents and CD/DVD

-A4 size photos

-Text documents smaller than 2L (5 inches x 7 inches) (127 mm x 178 mm), such as paperback pages with the spine cut off

-Documents printed on thin white paper

-Long narrow documents such as panoramic photos

Reflective CD/DVD labels may not be scanned properly.

Place documents correctly according to the type of document to be scanned. Otherwise, documents may not be scanned correctly.

See "Placing Documents " for details on how to place documents.

Actions

Scan Settings

Document Size

Select the size of the document to be scanned.

When you select Custom, a screen in which you can specify the document size appears. Select a Units, then enter the Width and Height and click OK.

Important

When you select Auto Detect, the image may not be scanned at the correct position and size. In that case, change the size to the actual document size (A4, Letter, etc.) and align a corner of the document with the corner at the arrow (alignment mark) of the Platen.

This setting is not available when Select Event is Save to PC with Document Type set to Auto Scan.

Resolution

Select the resolution at which to scan documents.

Resolution

Important

This setting is not available when Select Event is Save to PC with Document Type set to Auto Scan.

Specify...

Click to open the Scan Settings dialog box in which you can make advanced scan settings. Scan Settings Dialog Box

Save Settings

Automatically save the image to your computer after scanning it

Select this to save the images to your computer as specified after scanning them. The File Name, Save as type and Save in settings will be displayed.

Important

If you select this function, you will not be able to set passwords for PDF files.

File Name

Enter the file name of the image to be saved (up to 64 characters).

Save as type