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Canon Scanner Tips and Tricks

CAUTION: The advice below is our best effort to help you with a product we do not support. Use these instructions at your own risk.

Cleaning

We recommend you clean your scanner regularly using canned air or other scanner-approved cleaning products. Clean the scanner (particularly the rollers) to help prevent it from grabbing multiple checks at once.

Adjust Thickness

Use the knob on the side of the scanner to change the allowance of document thickness in the scanner back and forth. If it's set for a thick document, it is more likely to double feed.

Endorse Checks

For physical endorsement, select supported Canon models with print capabilities supported by the Scan Service.

Tip: Make sure that your scanner has the appropriate ink cartridge installed.

Endorsement text precedes image capture, making the endorsement visible on image Check_Back.

  • Sample Endorsement Text: "Deposit Only Acct #10078076 Grace Church"

A Settings dialog box with Canon as the selected Scanning Device. The Print Endorsement field has the example text "Deposit Only Acct #10078076 Grace Church" entered.

Double Feed

Canon's double feed detection stops scanning for double feeds, misfeeds, and jams. However, when you use the BMT, this feature is only active for the "Checks Only" scan option. The BMT disables double feed detection for "Checks+Envelopes" and "Envelopes Only" scan options because envelopes, being two layers, are always read by the scanner as a double feed.

Otherwise, if you are getting invalid warnings of "double feed", try one of the following methods (availability might vary based on model):

  • Adjust the Separation Roller Gap.
  • Turn off Separation Mode.
  • Turn off the Double Feed Detection.

Manuals

For more information about Canon scanner settings, see the appropriate Canon Manual.

Note: We strongly advise you do not install the Ranger driver back on your system. Having multiple drivers installed on the same machine for the same hardware can cause issues. Please use the Canon Scanner Utility, Canon driver properties, or scanner itself to tweak to your scanner settings and preferences.