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This section describes how to scan a document and store it in the Advanced Box.

• To use the Advanced Box, it is necessary to set it according to your needs. For details, see "Advanced Box/Network Settings."

• If Authentication Management is set for Advanced Box users, after you finish using Advanced Box, ensure that you press (Log In/Out) to log out.

• You can scan and store up to 999 pages at one time. If two-sided originals are scanned using the feeder, you can store up to 1,000 pages. Once the maximum number of originals you can scan is reached, a message asking whether to store appears.

• If the machine is used as a server, you can access the machine from your computer and store data in the Advanced Box.

• To cancel all settings, press [Back to Default Set.]. (The machine restores the default settings for Scan and Store.)

1. Press [Scan and Store] on the Main Menu screen.

2. Press [Advanced Box]

3. If the Log In screen is displayed, enter the user name and password → press [OK].

After you are finished using the machine, press (Log In/Out) to log out.

If you are using SSO-H, press [Store Password] to store your user name and password. Next time you log in to the Advanced Box, the user name and password will already be entered and you can display the Space Selection screen by simply pressing [OK].

If the Log In screen is not displayed, this step is not necessary.

4. Select [Shared Space] or [Personal Space].

No personal spaces are created by default. For detailed instructions on creating Personal Space, see "Folder Operations" in "Access Stored Files."

5. Select the folder to store.

• The [folder] folder is located in the Shared Space by default.

For instructions on creating or deleting a folder, see "Access Stored Files."

6. Place your originals.

• For instructions on placing originals, see "Basic Operations."

7. Press [Scan].

8. Specify the desired scan settings.

• When the Auto (Color/Black) or Auto (Color/Gray) mode is set and your originals contain color sections, the machine scans them in the Full Color mode. However, the machine may scan the color originals in the Black-and-White or Grayscale mode under the following conditions. To avoid this, set the color mode to 'Full Color'. (See "Changing Color Modes.")

• If the originals contain a few color sections

• If the color sections are located only in the range indicated by the diagram below, when loading the originals in the feeder

• If the color sections of the originals are close to black

• If the originals contain light color densities

• To specify the resolution when scanning an original, see "Resolution."

• To change the zoom ratio, see "Changing the Zoom Ratio."

• To specify the file format when scanning an original, see "Setting the File Format and Storing Files with Various Settings."

• To select the original type when scanning an original, see "Original Type Selection."

• To adjust the scan exposure, see "Adjusting the Density."

• To scan two-sided originals, see "Scanning Two-Sided Originals."

• To register favorite settings, press [Favorite Settings].

• You can set various modes when scanning originals, similar to the Copy function.

• Specifying a file name:

• Specifying a document size:

• Specifying a file name:

• Press [File Name] → enter a name for the file → press [OK].

• You cannot use the following characters in a file name: \ / : , * ? " < > |

• You cannot use . (period) or space for the first or last character of the file name.

• The full pathname, including folders and the file name, must not exceed 256 characters in length.

• If you create a file without assigning it a name, the machine automatically assigns the file a name using the year, month, day, and time the file was created.
  For example, if a file is created at 1:35 PM, 41 seconds, on 15.01.09 and it is saved in PDF file format, its file name will be <20090115133541.pdf>.

• If you enter a file name that already exists, (1) to (9) is added to the file name. Example: a(1).pdf

• If [Divide into Pages] is set for file format, consecutive three digit numbers are added to the file names. Example: a_001.jpg, a_002.jpg, a_003.jpg

• Specifying a document size:

• Press [Scan Size].

• Select the original size → press [OK].

• If you want to scan an 11" x 17" original with an image that extends all the way to the edges without the periphery of the original being cut off, place the original on the platen glass, and press [11 x 17+].

• The Auto (Automatic Document Size Selection) mode cannot be used with the Original Frame Erase or Book Frame Erase mode.

• You cannot select [Auto] when scanning the following types of originals. Specify the size of the file manually

• Nonstandard size originals

• Highly transparent originals, such as transparencies

• Originals with an extremely dark background

• STMT or STMTR originals that are placed on the platen glass

• If you want to scan two-sided originals of a non-standard size, press [Free Size].

• To select an A or B series paper size, press [A/B-Size].

• You can press [Custom] and specify the paper size to a custom size by entering a number.

• Specifying the scan size by entering a number:

• Specifying the scan size by entering a number:

• Press [Custom].

• Enter the size.

Press [X] (horizontal axis) → enter a value for the paper size in inch using the numeric keys on the screen.

Press [Y] (vertical axis) → enter a value for the paper size in inch using the numeric keys on the screen.

Press [OK].

Platen Glass

• If the same values are used often, you can register the size by pressing [Register Size] → [Registered Size 1] or [Registered Size 2]. You can recall the registered size by pressing [Registered Size 1] or [Registered Size 2].

9. Press (Start).

If the following screen is displayed, follow the instructions on the touch panel display → press (Start) once for each original. When scanning is complete, press [Start Storing].

When scanning is complete, the scanned data is stored in the selected folder.

• You cannot change settings, such as the document size or the scanning ratio, while the machine is scanning.

• If you want to cancel scanning, press [Stop] or (Stop).

10. When scanning is complete, remove your originals.

To check whether the file was stored correctly, press (Status Monitor/Cancel) → [Store] → [Log]. If the result is displayed as "NG," press [Details] to check the error code. For more information on the causes and remedies for each error code, see "Problem Solving."

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