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Color Network ScanGear is software for scanning from the machine on the network. You can add images scanned via Network ScanGear onto a document.

• Benefits from Using Network ScanGear

• You can make adjustments when scanning.

You can adjust the brightness and density as well as specify the scanning area.

• You can store the scanned data in various formats.

You can process scanned images and store with specified format (such as BMP/JPG/PDF) with the application you are using.

• Network ScanGear is installed on the computer.

• The Scanner (the machine) and computer are connected to the network.

This section describes how to add the images scanned using Network ScanGear to the Microsoft Office Word 2007 document.

Follow the procedures below.

Network Scanner Settings

Scanning Image

Add the Image to the Word 2007 Document

Network Scanner Settings

1. Press [Scanner] on the Main Menu screen.

• If the Main Menu screen is not displayed, press (Main Menu).

2. Press [Online].

The scanner is now online.

3. For Windows XP, click [Start] → [All Programs] → [Color Network ScanGear] → [ScanGear Tool]. For Windows Vista, click [] (Start) → [All Programs] → [Color Network ScanGear] → [ScanGear Tool].

For Windows XP

For Windows Vista

ScanGear Tool is started.

4. Click [Discover] to automatically search for the scanner to use.

You can also specify the scanner to use by clicking [Address] and entering the IP address or host name of the printer.

Searched scanners are displayed on [Select Scanner from List].

If you already selected a scanner, proceed to step 6 in "Network Scanner Settings."

• If you select to automatically search for scanners, scanners on the subnet (network with the same network ID) are displayed on the list.

5. Select the scanner to use → click [Select].

• To check whether you can use the selected scanner, select the scanner → click [Test Connection].

6. Click [Exit].

ScanGear Tool is closed.

Scanning Image

This section uses Windows Vista as an example. The same procedures can be applied to Windows XP.

1. Start Microsoft Office Word 2007.

2. Click [Clip Art] from the [Insert] menu.

The [Clip Art] panel is displayed.

3. Click [Organize clips].

Microsoft Clip Organizer is started.

4. Select [File] → [Add Clips to Organizer] → [From Scanner or Camera].

The [Insert Picture from Scanner or Camera] dialog box is displayed.

5. Select Color Network ScanGear from [Device] → click [Custom Insert].

Color Network ScanGear screen is displayed.

6. Click the [Main] tab → select [Platen] for [Original Placement].

• Select feeder from [Original Placement] to scan the original fed from the feeder.

7. Place the original face down as shown in the illustration below.

8. Specify scan conditions such as color mode and resolution on the Color Network ScanGear screen.

9. To preview, click [Preview].

The preview screen is displayed on the preview area.

• The following can be performed using the prescanned image.

• You can specify the scanning area.

• You can enlarge the displayed image using the toolbar and adjust the image from settings on the [Option] sheet.

10. Click [Scan].

Scanning starts.

When scanning is complete, the Color Network ScanGear screen closes and the scanned image is transferred to [Color Network ScanGear Vx.xx] in [My Collections] on Microsoft Clip Organizer.

• After you click [Scan], do not perform operations on the Color Network ScanGear screen until a dialog box indicating the scanning process is displayed.

• If the Color Network ScanGear screen does not automatically close after scanning is completed, click / (End) to close.

Add the Image to the Word 2007 Document

This section uses Windows Vista as an example. The same procedures can be applied to Windows XP.

1. Open a document on Microsoft Word 2007.

2. Drag the image scanned using Microsoft Clip Organizer and drop it to the area where you want to add the image.

The image is added to the area where drag-and-drop was performed.

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