8. Troubleshooting

This section contains advice on what to do if you have problems scanning an original, or if the network delivery scanner or e-mail function does not work. Various messages that may appear on the control panel or client computer are listed, along with causes and solutions.

If Your Machine Does Not Operate As You Want

When Scanning Is Not Performed as Expected

Problems

Causes and solutions

 

 

The scanned image is

The exposure glass or the exposure glass cover is dirty. Clean

dirty.

these parts. See General Settings Guide.

 

 

The image is distorted or

• The original was moved during scanning. Do not move the

out of position.

original during scanning.

 

• The original was not pressed flat against the exposure glass.

 

Make sure that the original is pressed flat against the exposure

 

glass.

 

 

The scanned image is up-

The original was placed upside down. Place the original in the cor-

side down.

rect orientation.

 

See "Placing Originals", Copy Reference.

 

 

No image results from

The original was placed with the front and back reversed. When

scanning.

the original is placed directly on the exposure glass, the side to be

 

scanned must face down. When the original is fed via the ADF, the

 

side to be scanned must face up. See "Placing Originals", Copy Ref-

 

erence.

 

 

The scanned images are ro-

If you store full color/grayscale images in TIFF or JPEG format

tated.

when originals are loaded with their tops at the back of the ADF

 

tray, the images are rotated and scanned. Load originals in the

 

ADF so that their tops are fed first.

 

 

The scanned image con-

• If you scan originals using functions other than the network

tains white spaces.

TWAIN scanner function, certain paper size and resolution

 

settings may produce scanned images that are larger than the

 

specified size because of margins being added to the sides.

 

Scanning at a higher resolution may reduce the margins.

 

• If the File Format Converter (optional ) is installed, the mar-

 

gins may become wider.

 

 

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