CHAPTER
Document Requirements
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Document Handling
This chapter describes the types of documents you can scan or copy with this machine and
how to set them on the platen glass.
Document Requirements
The documents you place on the platen glass or loaded in the ADF for copying,
scanning, or sending must meet these requirements:
*
1
When scanning, copying, or sending a transparent document such as tracing paper or transparencies, place a piece
of plain white paper behind the document.
*
2
21 lb (80 g/m
2
) paper
Platen Glass ADF
Type of
Document
Plain paper
Thick documents
Photographs
Small documents (e.g., index
cards)
Special types of paper (e.g.,
tracing paper*
1
,
transparencies*
1
, etc.)
Book
Plain paper (multiple page documents of
the same size, thickness, and weight or
one page documents)
Size (W x L) Max. 8
1
/2" x 11
3
/4"
(216 mm x 297 mm)
Max. 8
1
/2" x 14"
(216 mm x 356 mm) (LGL)
Min. 5
13
/16" x 4
1
/8"
(148 mm x 105 mm) (A6)
Quantity 1 sheet Max. 50 sheets*
2
or paper stack within
5/16" (8 mm) thickness including curled
sheets (reference at regular ambient
temperature and humidity)
Weight 4.4 lb (2 kg)
17 lb to 44 lb
(60 g/m
2
to 163 g/m
2
)/document
