Scanning

  Scanning an item

  Customizing a scan job

Use your All-In-One to perform basic or custom scan jobs.

Scanning an item

  1. Open the top cover of the All-In-One.
  2. Place the item you want to scan face down on the scanner glass. Make sure the upper left corner of the front of the item aligns with the arrow.

  3. Close the top cover.
  4. Open the All-In-One Main Page using any of these methods:

The last method not only starts the program, it also scans the item on the scanner glass.

  1. The All-In-One Main Page displays. From the Send scanned image to: drop-down menu, select a program.
  2. Customize your scan settings. See Customizing a scan job.
  3. Click Scan Now to complete your scan.

Customizing a scan job

  1. From the Scan section, click See More Scan Settings.
  2. Choose what is being scanned.
  3. Choose how the scan will be used.
  4. Click Display Advanced Scan Settings to change advanced options.
  5. Click the tabs to make any changes.

Note: When auto-cropping is selected, there is no additional white space around the border of the scanned image. The scanner only scans the object on the scanner glass.

Click this tab

To

Scan

  • Choose the color depth and scan resolution.
  • Choose whether to auto-crop more or less of the scanned image.
  • Select the area to be scanned.
  • Choose to convert your scanned item to text for editing.
  • Choose to scan multiple images before output.
  • Update the list of programs to send scans to.
  • Update the default fax driver.

Image Enhancements

  • Choose whether to sharpen or blur your images.
  • Adjust the brightness of your image.
  • Adjust the color correction curve (gamma) of your image.

Image Patterns

  • Smooth the conversion of a gray image to a black and white dot pattern (dither).
  • Remove image patterns from magazines or newspapers (descreen).
  • Select whether to process with Best quality or Best speed.
  • Reduce more or less of the background noise on your color document.

  1. When you are finished customizing your scan settings, click OK to save the changes, then click Scan Now.

Scanning photos

  1. Place your photo face down on the scanner glass. See Scanning an item.
  2. Double-click the Lexmark All-In-One Center icon on your desktop.

The All-In-One Main Page appears.

  1. Click Preview Now.

Note: Step 3 is unnecessary if you open the All-In-One Center by pressing the Scan button on the All-In-One's control panel, since the preview takes place automatically.

  1. Adjust the dotted lines to fit around the portion of the image you want to scan.
  2. Select your scan destination from the drop-down box.

Note: If the program you want to use is not listed, select Search for more... in the drop-down box. On the screen that follows, click Add to locate and add your program to the list.

  1. Change any settings. See Customizing a scan job.
  2. When you are finished customizing your image, click Scan Now.

When your document has finished processing, it will open the program to which you chose to send the image.

E-mailing a scanned image or document

You can send scanned items to people through e-mail:

  1. Place the item face down on the scanner glass.
  2. Double-click the Lexmark All-In-One Center icon on your desktop.

The All-In-One Main Page appears.

  1. Click Preview Now.
  2. From the Creative Tasks area, click E-mail an image to a friend.
  3. From the What is being scanned? menu, make a selection.
  4. Follow the instructions on the screen to prepare the item for e-mail.
  5. Click Next.
  6. Write a note to accompany the attached item, and then send it.

Editing scanned text using Optical Character Recognition

  1. Double-click the Lexmark All-In-One Center icon on your desktop.

The All-In-One Main Page appears.

  1. From the Send scanned images to: drop-down menu, select a word processing or text-editing program.
  2. From the How will the scan be used? drop-down menu, select To edit text (OCR and 300 DPI).
  3. Click Scan Now.

The scanned text appears on your screen.