The Canon multifunction printers can be used to scan in documents using optical character recognition (OCR). This makes the documents searchable and more accessible.
Instructions for performing an OCR scan:
- Place the documents front-side up in the tray on top of the copier.
- Press the power button to turn on the main menu screen.
- From the top of the main menu screen, press the Send button.
- Press the Address Book button.
- Select the recipients of the scan from the list of email addresses and press OK. If you don't see the intended recipient, do the following:
- Press the Register button from the right side of the screen.
- Press Register Address.
- Press Register New Address.
- Press Email.
- Add a name for the new recipient.
- Add the email address.
- Press OK.
- Press Done.
- Select the recipients of the scan from the list of email addresses.
- Press OK.
- Choose OK.
- Press the File Format button from the right side of the screen.
- Select OCR.
- Press OK.
- Press the large green Start button.
- After the scanning is completed, check you email, you should receive an email in a short while that has the document attached which is searchable and more accessible.
