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Scanning with the MF Toolbox

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You can scan a document using the buttons on the MF Toolbox.

  1. Place documents.
  1. Press [SCAN] repeatedly to select <USB SCANNING>.
  1. On the Windows desktop, double-click the [Canon MF Toolbox 4.9] icon to open the MF Toolbox.

You can also open the MF Toolbox by clicking [start] on the Windows task bar → [(All) Programs] → [Canon] → [MF Toolbox 4.9] → [Toolbox 4.9].

  1. Click one of the scanning buttons.
  • [Mail]: The document will be scanned and attached to an e-mail message in your e-mail application.
  • [OCR]: The text will be scanned and read by the OCR software.
  • [Save]: The document will be scanned and saved.
  • [PDF]: The text will be scanned and saved as a PDF file.
  • [Scan-1], [Scan-2], [Scan-3], [Scan-4]: The text will be scanned and appear in the registered application. You can change the button name by directly entering a new name (up to 8 characters long) over the button name.

A dialog box appears for each of the buttons.

Example: [Mail] dialog box

  1. Specify the required settings.
  • For details, see "MF Toolbox Settings."
  • If you want to keep the same settings for future scans, click [Apply] before clicking [Start].
  • With [Scan-1], [Scan-2], [Scan-3] and [Scan-4] buttons, you can set the different settings for each. If you save the settings by clicking [Apply], the settings will be effective next time.
  1. Click [Start].

If you select [Display the Scanner Driver] in step 4, the [ScanGear MF] dialog box will appear.

  1. Specify the required settings.

For details, see "Setting Preferences and Scanning with ScanGear MF."

  1. Click [Scan].
  • When scanning is complete, a folder with the scanning date will be created in the [My Pictures] folder in the [My Documents] folder, and your document will be saved in this folder.(In Windows Vista/7, the folder will be created in the [Pictures] folder.)
  • If you have applications registered to the [Mail], [OCR], [PDF], [Scan-1], [Scan-2], [Scan-3] or [Scan-4] buttons, the scanned image will be displayed in the application or attached to an e-mail message after scanning. For details, see "External Application (E-mail Program)."
  • For some models, the CD-ROM provided with the machine contains the application Presto! PageManager which can be used with the MF Toolbox. Presto! PageManager will be registered in the [OCR] and [PDF] buttons of the MF Toolbox at the time of installation.
  • Presto! PageManager is not supported on Windows XP 64-bit version.

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