Cause: The original was placed incorrectly on the glass.

Scan troubleshooting

Use this section to solve these scan problems:

Scanned image is blank

Scanned image is incorrectly cropped

Scanned image has incorrect page layout

Scanned image shows dotted lines instead of text

Text format is incorrect

Text is incorrect or missing

Scanned image is blank

Solution: Load your original print side down on the right front corner of the glass.

Cause: The original was placed incorrectly on the glass.

Scanned image is incorrectly cropped

Solution: The autocropping feature in the software crops anything that is not part of the main image. Sometimes this might not be what you want. In that case, turn off autocropping in the software and crop the scanned image manually, or not at all.

Cause: The software was set to automatically crop scanned pictures.

Scanned image has incorrect page layout

Solution: Turn off autocropping in the software to retain the page layout.

Cause: Automatic cropping was changing the page layout.

Scanned image shows dotted lines instead of text

Solution: Make a black-and-white copy of the original and then scan the copy.

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Scan troubleshooting

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