This section explains how to start ScanGear from GIMP and scan a document.

Only GIMP can start ScanGear. No other application software can start ScanGear.

If GIMP is not installed, you must install the software.

Scanning from the platen

Scanning from the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder)

Scanning from the platen

1. Place the document face-down on the Platen Glass.

2. Select [Create] -> [ScanGear MP...] from the [File] menu in GIMP.

 

The [Select Scanner] dialog is displayed.

If [ScanGear MP...] is not displayed, first exit GIMP, execute the command shown below, and then restart GIMP.
For Fedora, log in as root.

- For Fedora (32 bit)
[user@zzz /yyy]# ln -sf /usr/local/bin/scangearmp /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins

- For Fedora (64 bit)
[user@zzz /yyy]# ln -sf /usr/local/bin/scangearmp /usr/lib64/gimp/2.0/plug-ins

- For Ubuntu (32 bit/64 bit)
[user@zzz /yyy]$ sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/scangearmp /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins

3. From the list, select the model you want to use, and then click [OK].

 

To use this machine with a USB connection, select "Canon MX420 series (libusb:port number)." To use this machine with a network connection, select "Canon MX420 series (MAC address).

The models displayed in the list consist of USB-connected scanners and network-connected scanners.
When you start ScanGear for the first time in a network connection or if the scanner that you want to use is not displayed in the list, click [Update Scanner List] to run a network search.

Check the MAC address of this machine as follows:

1. Press the Setup button on the Operation Panel of the machine.

2. Using the buttons and the OK button, select the menu items as follows: [Device settings] > [LAN settings] > [Confirm LAN settings].

3. Select [WLAN setting list] or [LAN setting list], and press the OK button.

4. Check the [MAC address] from the displayed network setting information.

4. Click [Preview].

 

The preview image is displayed in the preview area.

5. Configure setting items as required.

For details on how to configure setting items, see the [Basic Mode] Tab.
For details about how to adjust the image brightness and color, see the [Advanced Mode] Tab.

 

6. Click [Scan].

The scanned data is displayed in the GIMP windows.

Scanning from the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder)

When the machine scans a document from the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder), it scans without providing a preview.

1. Set documents of the same size together on the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) of this machine.

The document sizes that can be scanned from the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) are as follows:

- A5, B5, A4, Letter, Legal

The documents that can be scanned from the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) in Basic Mode are fixed to the following standard sizes depending on the selected language:

- English (United States): Letter

- Other than English (United States): A4

2. Select [Create] -> [ScanGear MP...] from the [File] menu in GIMP.

 

The [Select Scanner] dialog is displayed.

If [ScanGear MP...] is not displayed, first exit GIMP, execute the command shown below, and then restart GIMP.
For Fedora, log in as root.

- For Fedora (32 bit)
[user@zzz /yyy]# ln -sf /usr/local/bin/scangearmp /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins

- For Fedora (64 bit)
[user@zzz /yyy]# ln -sf /usr/local/bin/scangearmp /usr/lib64/gimp/2.0/plug-ins

- For Ubuntu (32 bit/64 bit)
[user@zzz /yyy]$ sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/scangearmp /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins

3. From the list, select the model you want to use, and then click [OK].

 

To use this machine with a USB connection, select "Canon MX420 series (libusb:port number)." To use this machine with a network connection, select "Canon MX420 series (MAC address).

The models displayed in the list consist of USB-connected scanners and network-connected scanners.
When you start ScanGear for the first time in a network connection or if the scanner that you want to use is not displayed in the list, click [Update Scanner List] to run a network search.

Check the MAC address of this machine as follows:

1. Press the Setup button on the Operation Panel of the machine.

2. Using the buttons and the OK button, select the menu items as follows: [Device settings] > [LAN settings] > [Confirm LAN settings].

3. Select [WLAN setting list] or [LAN setting list], and press the OK button.

4. Check the [MAC address] from the displayed network setting information.

4. Choose [Select Source] to select the document type for which you will be using the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder).

You will not be able to preview documents, select the output size, or adjust the cropping frame.
Specify other settings as necessary.

For details on how to configure setting items, see the [Basic Mode] Tab.
For details about how to adjust the image brightness and color, see the [Advanced Mode] Tab.

 

5. Click [Scan].

The scanned data is displayed individually in the GIMP window.