Scanning

  Scanning an item

  Customizing a scan job

Scanning an item

  1. Open the top cover of the All-In-One.
  2. Place the item you want to scan on the scanner glass. For more information, see Placing documents on the scanner glass.

  3. Close the top cover.
  4. Press the button on the All-In-One control panel.

The All-In-One Center appears on the computer screen with a preview of the item on the scanner glass.

  1. From the "Send scanned image to:" drop-down menu, select a program.
  2. Adjust the dotted lines to fit around the portion of the image you want to scan.
  3. Customize the scan settings. For more information, see Customizing a scan job.
  4. Click Scan Now to complete the scan.

Customizing a scan job

  1. Open the All-In-One Center. For more information, see Using the Lexmark All-In-One Center.
  2. From the Scanning & Copying tab, click See More Scan Settings.
  3. From the What is being scanned? area, select an option.
  4. From the "Select Scan Quality" drop-down menu, select an option.
  5. Click Display Advanced Scan Settings to change advanced options.
  6. Click the tabs to make changes as needed. For a description of the tabs, see Advanced Scan Settings.
  7. When you are finished customizing the scan settings, click OK to save.
  8. To scan, click Scan Now.

Advanced Scan Settings

Click this tab

To

Scan

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

Image Enhancements

  • Straighten images after scan (deskew).
  • Choose whether to sharpen or blur the images.
  • Adjust the brightness of the image.
  • Adjust the color correction curve (gamma) of the 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 the color document.

Note: For more information, click Help at the bottom of the screen.

Previewing items before scanning

From the computer

From the control panel

  1. Place the item on the scanner glass. For more information, see Placing documents on the scanner glass.
  2. Open the All-In-One Center. For more information, see Using the Lexmark All-In-One Center.

The All-In-One Center appears.

  1. Make sure the Scanning & Copying tab is selected.
  2. From the Scan section, click Preview Now.
  3. Adjust the dotted lines to fit around the portion of the image you want to scan.
  1. Place the item on the scanner glass. For more information, see Placing documents on the scanner glass.
  2. Press the button.

On the computer screen, the All-In-One Center appears with a preview of the item.

  1. Adjust the dotted lines to fit around the portion of the image you want to scan.

Finishing the scan

  1. Select the scan destination from the drop-down menu.

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 the program to the list.

  1. Change any settings as needed. For more information, see Customizing a scan job.
  2. When you are finished customizing the image, click Scan Now.

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

E-mailing a scanned image or document

  1. Open the Lexmark Imaging Studio. For more information, see Using the Lexmark Imaging Studio.
  2. Click the Share Photos button.
  3. Select Scan and e-mail a photo.
  4. Follow the instructions on the computer screen to prepare the item for e-mailing.
  5. Click Next.
  6. Write a note to accompany the attached item, and then send it.

E-mailing a saved image or document

  1. Open the Lexmark Imaging Studio. For more information, see Using the Lexmark Imaging Studio.
  2. Click the Share Photos button.
  3. Select Find and e-mail a saved photo.
  4. Click Show Folders to browse to the folder where the saved images are stored.
  5. Click Hide Folders to close the folder window.
  6. Select the photo(s) you want to send.
  7. Follow the instructions on the computer screen to prepare the item for e-mailing.
  8. Click Attach Now.
  9. Write a note to accompany the attached item, and then send it.

Editing scanned text using Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

  1. Place the image face down on the scanner glass. For more information, see Placing documents on the scanner glass.
  2. Open the Lexmark Imaging Studio. For more information, see Using the Lexmark Imaging Studio.
  3. Click the Scan and Edit Text (OCR) button.

The Edit text in a document feature appears. You can preview the image if you want.

  1. From the "Select your text editor" drop-down menu, select a word-processing or text-editing program.
  2. If you have more than one page, click Yes, prompt me for each page.
  3. Click Send Now.

The text-editing program appears, and the scanned text appears on the computer screen.