You can scan monochrome and colour documents onto a memory card or USB Flash memory drive. Monochrome documents will be stored in PDF (*.PDF) or TIFF (*.TIF) file formats. Colour 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. The machine automatically creates file names based on the current date. (For details, see the Quick Setup Guide.) For example, the fifth image scanned on July 1, 2009 would be named 01070905.PDF. You can change the colour and quality.
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 |
| 1 | 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 while Photo Capture is blinking to avoid damaging the card or data stored on the card. |
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| 2 | Load your document. |
| 3 | Press  ( Scan). |
| 4 | Press  or  to choose Scan to Media. Press OK. |
| 5 | Do one of the following: | • | To change the quality, press or to choose Quality. | | • | Press Mono Start or Colour 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 or to choose Glass ScanSize and  or  to choose A4, A3, Letter, Legal or Ledger. |
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| 6 | Press or to choose Color 150 dpi, Color 300 dpi, Color 600 dpi, B/W 200x100 dpi or B/W 200 dpi. Press OK. |
| 7 | Do one of the following: | • | To change the file type, go to step 8. | | • | Press Mono Start or Colour Start to start scanning without changing additional settings. |
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| 8 | Press or to choose File Type. Press or to choose JPEG, PDF or TIFF. Press OK. Note | • | If you chose colour in the resolution setting, you cannot choose TIFF. | | • | If you chose monochrome in the resolution setting, you cannot choose JPEG. |
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| 9 | Do one of the following: | • | To change the file name, go to step 10. | | • | Press Mono Start or Colour Start to start scanning without changing additional settings. |
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| 10 | The file name is set automatically however, you can set a name of your choice using the dial pad. Press or to choose File Name. Enter the new name. (See Entering Text.) You can only change the first 6 characters. Press OK. Note | | Press Clear/Back to delete the current name. |
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| 11 | Press Mono Start or Colour Start. |
