Scanning - Canon MF6180dw Manual

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Scanning

This section describes the procedure for saving scanned data in a computer.
You can perform the following four tasks.
Saving scanned paper documents to a computer
You can easily save scanned paper documents to a computer from the operation panel of the machine.
The machine provides a wide variety of scan settings for you to choose from. You can save a scanned document in the
"Searchable PDF" file format, which converts scanned images to searchable text data, without having to specify
advanced scan settings.
Plus, you can scan documents using the MF Toolbox available for the machine, or the WIA driver. There are many
ways to convert your paper documents into electronic files. All you need to do is to select one based on your scan
needs.
Saving scanned documents to USB memory device
You can save scanned documents to USB memory device inserted in the slot of the machine.
Since you do not need to configure your computer, you can easily convert paper documents into electronic files.
Emailing scanned documents
You can send scanned documents to your e-mail application.
You can send scanned documents to your e-mail application without installing the software on your computer.
Sending scanned documents to a file server
You can send scanned documents to a file server.
You can send scanned documents to a file server without installing the software on your computer.
Saving scanned
documents to a
computer
Saving scanned
documents to USB
memory device
See "Scanning Paper Documents and Saving Them to a Computer (USB & Network
Connection)."
See "Saving Scanned Documents to USB Memory
See "E-mailing Scanned Documents
Device."
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