About Originals
This section describes the types of originals that can be placed and the parts of the original that are unscannable.
This section describes the recommended size of the original.
Exposure glass
Up to 216 mm (8.5 inches) in width, up to 297 mm (11.7 inches) in length
ADF
Paper size: 105 to 215.9 mm (41/8 to 81/2 inches) in width, 139.7 to 355.6 mm (51/2 to 14 inches) in length
Paper weight: 52 to 105 g/m2 (13.8 to 28.0 lb.)
Only 1 sheet of an original can be placed on the exposure glass at a time.
In the ADF, up to 50 sheets of originals can be placed at once (when using paper weighing 80 g/m2, 20 lb.).
If placed in the ADF, the following types of original might be damaged or become jammed, or result in gray or black lines appearing on prints:
Originals larger or heavier than recommended
Stapled or clipped originals
Perforated or torn originals
Curled, folded, or creased originals
Pasted originals
Originals with any kind of coating, such as thermal fax paper, art paper, aluminum foil, carbon paper, or conductive paper
Originals with perforated lines
Originals with indexes, tags, or other projecting parts
Sticky originals such as translucent paper
Thin, highly flexible originals
Thick originals such as postcards
Bound originals such as books
Transparent originals such as OHP transparencies or translucent paper
Originals that are wet with toner or white out
Even if you correctly place originals in the ADF or on the exposure glass, margins of a few millimeters on all four sides of the original might not be scanned.
Margins when using exposure glass
In copier mode |
In scanner mode |
In fax mode |
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4.2 mm (0.17 inches) |
0 mm (0 inches) |
4.3 mm (0.17 inches) (Legal) |
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3.0 mm (0.12 inches) |
0 mm (0 inches) |
2.3 mm (0.09 inches) (Letter/Legal) |
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3.0 mm (0.12 inches) |
0 mm (0 inches) |
2.3 mm (0.09 inches) (Letter/Legal) |
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4.0 mm (0.16 inches) |
0 mm (0 inches) |
4.3 mm (0.17 inches) (Legal) |
Margins when using ADF
In copier mode |
In scanner mode |
In fax mode |
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4.2 mm (0.17 inches) |
0 mm (0 inches) |
4.3 mm (0.17 inches) (Legal) |
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3.0 mm (0.12 inches) |
0 mm (0 inches) |
2.3 mm (0.09 inches) (Letter/Legal) |
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3.0 mm (0.12 inches) |
0 mm (0 inches) |
2.3 mm (0.09 inches) (Letter/Legal) |
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4.0 mm (0.16 inches) |
2.0 mm (0.08 inches) |
4.3 mm (0.17 inches) (Legal) |
The print area may vary depending on the paper size, printer language and printer driver settings.