5.Troubleshooting When Using the Scanner Function

This chapter describes likely causes of and possible solutions for scanner function problems.

When Scan Results Are Not As Expected

This section describes causes and remedies when scan results are not as expected.

Problem

Cause

Solution

 

 

 

The scanned image is

The exposure glass or the expo-

Clean these parts. See p.101

dirty.

sure glass cover is dirty.

“Maintaining Your Machine”.

 

 

 

The image is distorted

The original was moved during

Do not move the original during

or out of position.

scanning.

scanning.

 

 

 

The image is distorted

The original was not pressed flat

Check that the original is pressed

or out of position.

against the exposure glass.

flat against the exposure glass.

 

 

 

The scanned image is

The original was placed upside

Place the original in the correct

upside down.

down.

orientation. See “Placing Origi-

 

 

nals”, Copy/Document Server

 

 

Reference.

 

 

 

No image results from

The original was placed with the

When the original is placed di-

scanning.

front and back reversed.

rectly 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 “Plac-

 

 

ing Originals”, Copy/Document

 

 

Server Reference.

 

 

 

The scanned image

• If you scan originals using

Scanning at a higher resolution

contains white spaces.

functions other than the net-

may reduce the margins.

 

work TWAIN scanner func-

 

 

tion, certain paper size and

 

 

resolution settings may pro-

 

 

duce scanned images that are

 

 

larger than the specified size

 

 

because of margins being add-

 

 

ed to the sides.

 

 

• If the File Format Converter

 

 

(optional ) is installed, the

 

 

margins may become wider.

 

 

 

 

Reference

“Placing Originals”, Copy/Document Server Reference

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