Chapter 12
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How to scan to a memory card
or USB Flash memory drive 12
You can scan black & white and color
documents into a memory card or USB Flash
memory drive. Black & white documents will
be stored in PDF (*.PDF) or TIFF (*.TIF) file
formats. Color documents may be stored in
PDF (*.PDF) or JPEG (*.JPG) file formats.
The factory setting is Color 150 dpi and
the default file format is PDF. File names
default to the current date that you set using
the control panel keys. (For details, see Quick
Setup Guide.) For example, the fifth image
scanned on July 1, 2009 would be named
07010905.PDF. You can change the color
and quality.
a Insert a CompactFlash
®
, Memory
Stick™, Memory Stick PRO™, SD,
SDHC, xD-Picture Card™ or USB Flash
memory drive into your machine.
CAUTION
DO NOT take out the memory card or USB
Flash memory drive while Photo Capture
is blinking to avoid damaging the card or
USB Flash memory drive or the data stored
on them.
b Load your document.
c Press (Scan).
d
Press
a
or
b
to choose
Scan to Media
.
Press OK.
e Do one of the following:
To change the quality, press a or b to
choose Quality.
Go to step f.
Press Black Start or Color Start to
start scanning without changing
additional settings.
Note
(MFC-6490CW only)
If you are using the scanner glass of the
machine you can change the glass scan
size.
Press a or b to choose Glass ScanSize
and d or c to choose Letter, Legal,
Ledger, A3 or A4.
f Press d or c to choose
Color 150 dpi, Color 300 dpi,
Color 600 dpi, B/W 200x100 dpi
or B/W 200 dpi.
Press OK.
g Do one of the following:
To change the file type, go to step h.
Press Black Start or Color Start to
start scanning without changing
additional settings.
h Press a or b to choose File Type.
Press d or c to choose JPEG, PDF or
TIFF.
Press OK.
Note
• If you chose color in the resolution setting,
you cannot choose TIFF.
• If you chose black & white in the resolution
setting, you cannot choose JPEG.
i Do one of the following:
To change the file name, go to
step j.
Press Black Start or Color Start to
start scanning without changing
additional settings.
Quality Selectable File
Format
Color 150 dpi JPEG / PDF
Color 300 dpi JPEG / PDF
Color 600 dpi JPEG / PDF
B/W 200x100 dpi TIFF / PDF
B/W 200 dpi TIFF / PDF