Canon MP550 manual Application Settings, Resolution

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.

Resolution

Select the resolution at which to scan documents.

Resolution

Specify...

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

Save Settings

File Name

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

Save as type

Select a file type to save the scanned images.

Select JPEG/Exif, TIFF or BMP.

Set...

When Save as type is JPEG/Exif

You can specify a compression type for JPEG files. Select High(Low Compression), Standard or

Low(High Compression).

Important

This setting is not available when the Compress scanned images when transferring checkbox

is selected on the General tab of the Preferences dialog box.

Save in

Displays the folder in which to save the scanned images. To change the folder, click Browse... to specify another one.

The following folders are specified by default.

Windows Vista: MP Navigator EX folder in Pictures folder

Windows XP: MP Navigator EX folder in My Pictures folder

Windows 2000: MP Navigator EX folder in My Pictures folder

Save to a Subfolder with Current Date

Select this checkbox to create a subfolder in the folder specified in Save in with the current date and 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 directly in the folder specified in Save in.

Application Settings

Open with

Specify an application with which to open scanned images. The specified application starts after

images are scanned.

Related Topic

Scanner Button Settings Tab (Save)