Scanning Documents Larger than A4/Letter Size

The optional Carrier Sheet can be used to scan documents larger than A4/Letter size, such as A3 or B4.

Fold a document in half and place it inside the Carrier Sheet.

  1. Place the document inside the Carrier Sheet.
    1. Fold the document in half so that the sides to be scanned are facing out.

      Fold it firmly and smooth out any creases.

      The document may be fed skewed if the folded part is too thick.

      Example
      Folding the Document
    2. Open the Carrier Sheet to place the document inside.

      Note that the front side of the Carrier Sheet has a black and white pattern at the top and a thick vertical line in the upper right-hand corner.

      Align the top and the fold line of the document with the Carrier Sheet so that no space is left in the upper and right sides of the Carrier Sheet.

      Placing a Document Inside
  2. Load the Carrier Sheet with the end with the black and white pattern as the leading edge and with the scanning side facing the ADF paper chute (feeder) (face-down).

    Secure the Carrier Sheet with the side guides to avoid skewing.

    Loading the Carrier Sheet

  3. Configure the scan settings in the scanner driver to use the Carrier Sheet.

    For details, refer to the help for the scanner driver.

  4. Scan the document with the image scanning application.

    For details, refer to the manual/help of the image scanning application.

ATTENTION

  • The image printed on the document is cropped and it is pasted in the center of a blank image. The size of a blank image is the size specified for [Paper Size] in the scanner driver.

    Example

    When an A5 size image is printed on an A4 size document and [A4] is specified for [Paper Size] in the scanner driver.

    →An A5 size image is pasted in the center of an A4 size blank image.

  • When [Automatic] is specified for [Paper Size] in the scanner driver, the most suitable size is selected from standard sizes which can be specified for [Paper Size]. Note that the size of the image may become smaller than the original document depending on the document scanned, or part of the image may appear missing.

    Example

    When an A5 size image is printed in the center of an A4 size document

    →The image is output in A5 size.

    To output the scanned image in the actual size of the document, specify the document size for [Paper size].