Chapter 8Chapter 8 87Scanning ImagesScanning ImagesThis section describes how to scan images.About Scanning ImagesYou can scan images from the machine to a computer without printing them and save them inpopular file formats, such as JPEG, Tiff, Bitmap. Scanned data saved on your computer can beprocessed using image processing software. Furthermore, you can use the OCR (Optical CharacterRecognition) software to convert scanned paper documents to text data. Before ScanningBefore scanning images, confirm the following:z Are the necessary software (MP Drivers and MP Navigator) installed?If the software is not yet installed, refer to the Easy Setup Instructions.z Does the document to be scanned meet the requirements for an original to be set on thePlaten Glass?For details, see “Loading Documents” on page 18. For details on setting film originals, see“Scanning a Film” on page 62.z Is the machine connected to a computer correctly?Confirm that the connection between the machine and the computer is physically secure.Scanning Methods Scanning Using the MP NavigatorMP Navigator enables you to scan in documents loaded on the Platen Glass and view imagessaved on your computer or on a memory card. Scanned documents can be previewed and beeasily printed and edited according to your needs.You can use the supplied application software to edit or print the document you have scanned.Double-click the [MP Navigator 2.0] icon on your desktop to launch MP Navigator.Select [Applications] from the [Go] menu, then double-click the [MP Navigator 2.0] icon to launchMP Navigator.You can launch the following application software from the MP Navigator.z Easy-PhotoPrint (Photo Printing)z ArcSoft PhotoStudio (Photo image editing)z ScanSoft OmniPage SE (Converting scanned document to text)** This application software may not be supplied with this machine in some country.Note If you did a [Custom Install] and only installed the MP Driver and MPNavigator, these application softwares were not installed and thus cannotbe launched. To launch any of the above application software from MPNavigator, do a [Custom Install] once again to install them.
