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Selecting Basic Settings
For most scans, you need to check four basic settings: Document
Source, Image Type, Destination, and Resolution (Advanced window
only).
1 You only need to change the Document Source setting if you’ve
installed an optional transparency unit (TPU) or auto document feeder
(ADF) on your scanner.
If you’re scanning a document from the scanner’s document table,
select Flatbed (default) as the Document Source setting. If you’ve
installed the optional auto document feeder or transparency unit on
your scanner, select one of the following options in the Document
Source list:
For detailed steps in scanning with the optional transparency unit or
auto document feeder, see Scanning Transparencies or Scanning with
the Auto Document Feeder.
Setting Type of document source
ADF (Windows)
Auto Document Feeder
(Macintosh)
For scanning single-sided documents up to
legal size (8.5 × 14 inches) using the auto
document feeder
TPU for neg. Film For scanning negative film with the
transparency unit, such as negative film strips
TPU for pos. Film For scanning positive film with the
transparency unit, such as slides
Document Source
settings for optional
equipment appear in
the list only when that
option is installed.
If you’re scanning
positive, reflective
originals (such as a
photograph) with the
optional transparency
unit installed, be sure
to turn off the
transparency unit.
Then select Flatbed
as the Document
Source option.