Canon pixma mp170

Chapter 6 

Scanning Images

You can scan images from the machine into a computer, and save them in JPEG, TIFF, or Bitmap 
format. Then you can process that data by using the supplied application software to create original 
images. Furthermore, you can use the supplied OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software to 
convert scanned paper documents to text data.

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Before scanning images, confirm as follows:
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Does the document to be scanned meet the requirements for being set on the Platen Glass?

For details, see page 15.

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Is the machine connected to your computer correctly?

Make sure your machine and computer are correctly connected with the USB cable.

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Using the MP Navigator, you can scan, process and save documents to your computer. For 
details on using the MP Navigator, see the Scan Guide.

On the Windows desktop, double-click the [MP Navigator 2.0] icon to open the MP Navigator. 

On the [Go] menu, select [Applications], then double-click the [MP Navigator 2.0] icon to open 
the MP Navigator.

You can launch the following application software from the MP Navigator.
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Easy-PhotoPrint (Photo Printing)

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ArcSoft PhotoStudio (Photo image editing)

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ScanSoft OmniPage SE (Converting scanned document to text)

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If you performed the [Custom Install] and only installed the MP Driver 
and MP Navigator, these application software were not installed and 
thus cannot be launched. To launch any of the above application 
software from MP Navigator, perform the [Custom Install] once again 
to install them.

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ScanSoft OmniPage SE does not support Windows 98 first edition.