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Scanning Paper Documents and Saving Them to a Computer (USB & Network Connection)

Preparing to Scan Your Document (Saving to a Computer)

System Requirements (Scan)

Registering the Scanner in MF Network Scan Utility

Basic Scan Flow (Saving to a Computer)

Scanning Using Keys on the Operation Panel

Performing a Scan Using a Shortcut Key

Scanning with the MF Toolbox

Scanning an Image from an Application

Scanning Using the WIA Driver (Windows XP/Vista/7 Only)

Attention (WIA Driver)

[New Scan] Dialog Box

Using the MF Toolbox

Creating One PDF File from Two or More Pages

Using the ScanGear MF

Using the Simple Mode

Using the Advanced Mode

Creating a Cropping Frame

Determining Resolution

Saving Scanned Documents to USB Memory Device

Before Using USB Memory Device

Basic Scan Flow (Saving to USB Memory Device)

Changing the Scan Settings (Saving to USB Memory Device)

Attention (Changing the Scan Settings (Saving to USB Memory Device))

Changing the Default Scan Settings for Saving to USB Memory Device

E-mailing Scanned Documents

Preparing to Use the E-mail Functions

Scanning Fundamentals (E-mail)

Specifying Destinations (E-mail)

Changing the Scan Settings (E-mail)

E-mail Settings

Checking/Canceling Send Data (E-mail)

Registering the E-mail Sender Name

Changing the Default Scan Settings for Sending to E-mail

Sending Scanned Documents to a File Server

Preparation for Scanning (File Server)

Scanning Fundamentals (File Server)

Specifying the Destination (File Server)

Changing the Scan Settings (File Server)

Checking/Canceling Send Data (File Server)

Changing the Default Settings for Sending to a File Server

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Determining Resolution
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Data of the scanned image consists of dots which have information about brightness and color. The density of these dots is called "resolution", and "dpi" (dots per inch) refers to the number of dots in one inch.
Specify the resolution in the following options.
MF Toolbox -> [Image Quality]
ScanGear MF -> the advanced mode tab -> [Output Resolution]
When displaying on the monitor
Images for display on a monitor should usually be scanned at a resolution of 75 dpi.
When printing with the printer
Scan the document according to the resolution of the printer.
IMPORTANT
When enlarging/reducing a printing image
When printing an image with the length and width doubled, the actual resolution becomes half. In this case, you can print in sufficient quality by scanning the document in double resolution. Conversely, when printing an image with the length and width halved, you can print properly in half resolution.
Resolution and data size
When resolution is doubled, the amount of the scanned image data is quadrupled. If the data is too large, this may slow the processing speed substantially, resulting in failure such as insufficient memory. Specify the minimum resolution according to your purpose.
NOTE
When printing with a color printer
Specifying the resolution at half the resolution of the printer should be fine because inks of several colors are mixed in color printing.
About the scanning resolution
The maximum resolution is as follow.
Optical resolution
Software enhanced resolution
Platen glass
600 dpi
9600 dpi
Feeder
300 dpi
600 dpi