Placing Documents

Place documents on the platen glass or in the feeder. Use the platen glass when scanning thick or bound documents such as books. You can load two or more sheets of documents in the feeder so that they can be scanned continuously. For information about the types of documents that can be placed on the platen glass or in the feeder, and information about the scannable area of a document, see Document Type or Scan Area.

Placing Documents on the Platen Glass

Placing Documents in the Feeder

Use documents that are completely dry

When placing documents, make sure that any glue, ink, or correction fluid on the documents has completely dried.

To avoid paper jams

Do not place the following types of documents in the feeder as this may cause paper jams:

Wrinkled or creased paper

Carbon paper or carbon-backed paper

Curled or rolled paper

Coated paper

Torn paper

Onion skin or thin paper

Stapled or clipped documents

Paper printed by a thermal transfer printer

Transparencies


To scan documents more accurately Documents placed in the feeder are scanned while being fed into the machine. On the other hand, documents placed on the platen glass remain in a fixed position while they are scanned. To ensure more accurate scanning results, placing documents on the platen glass is recommended. To scan tracing paper or transparencies To scan transparent documents (for example, tracing paper or transparencies), place them on the platen glass.

To scan documents more accurately

Documents placed in the feeder are scanned while being fed into the machine. On the other hand, documents placed on the platen glass remain in a fixed position while they are scanned. To ensure more accurate scanning results, placing documents on the platen glass is recommended.

To scan tracing paper or transparencies

To scan transparent documents (for example, tracing paper or transparencies), place them on the platen glass.

Placing Documents on the Platen Glass

Open the feeder/platen cover.

Place the document face down on the platen glass.

Align the corner of the document with the top-left corner of the platen glass.

To scan transparent documents (for example, tracing paper or transparencies), cover them with plain white paper.

Gently close the feeder/platen cover.

The machine is ready to scan the document.

When scanning is complete, remove the document from the platen glass.

Placing Documents in the Feeder

Spread the document guides apart.

Slide the document guides outward until they are slightly farther apart than the actual document width.

Fan the document stack and align the edges.

Fan the document stack in small batches, and align the edges by lightly tapping the stack on a flat surface a few times.

Place the document(s) face up in the feeder.

Up to 50 sheets can be loaded at a time. If 50 or more sheets are loaded, scanning may stop or a paper jam may occur.

Align the document guides against the edges of the document.

Slide the document guides inward until they are aligned securely against the edges of the document.

The machine is ready to scan the document.

Align the document guides securely against the edges of the document

Document guides that are too loose or too tight can cause misfeeds or paper jam.

While documents are being scanned

Do not add or remove documents.

When scanning is complete

Remove the scanned documents from beneath the feeder to prevent paper jams.