scanning to folder is there a max size in mpc2800/mpc3300

[fshead]

hi
i had a strange call when i tried to max out the default resolution on an account doing b/w 11x17 architectual
drawings.
customer had the default at 200 dpi and i made the default 600 dpi and color/bw .
as i scanned the test 11 x17 plans it stopped midway 1st sheet wth an excessive size warning which forced me drop in down to 400 dpi.

can i adjust the max?
i know there is a max adjustment for scan to email but assume that just as an attachment.
also if i allow the one engineer there to print using poscript that the 2nd machine has on it can i expect better prints and resolution?
anything to watch out for?
thnx in advance

[mikedci]

[fshead]

Re: scanning to folder is there a max size in mpc2800/mpc3300

thnx i never saw that anywhere.
just to be clear if the customer want to scan a 40 page 11x17 set of architectual plans to A folder it will scan all
40 pages as a single file as long as the dpi is set to 400?

[KenB]

Re: scanning to folder is there a max size in mpc2800/mpc3300

The 400 DPI limit on the larger page sizes is a machine function; it has nothing to do with email vs. folder.

The machine must store the entire document locally (on the machine) before it can send it out.

Most, if not all, of the machines in this size range have the same limitation. The larger MFPs have more resources available to get the higher resolution.

Don't forget that a 600 x 600 DPI scan is 2.25 times the size of a 400 DPI scan. That requirement can get really huge on an 11 x 17 page.

[Tonerbomb]

Re: scanning to folder is there a max size in mpc2800/mpc3300

I've run into this many times!! The end user has got to realize the machine has limitations.............................even if "The Salesman Said".......

[mikedci]

Re: scanning to folder is there a max size in mpc2800/mpc3300

"thnx i never saw that anywhere.
just to be clear if the customer want to scan a 40 page 11x17 set of architectual plans to A folder it will scan all
40 pages as a single file as long as the dpi is set to 400?"

Not sure what the actual limit is and i dont have an mpc2800/mpc3300 to test with...

fwiw I was able to scan a 625 Meg document on an mpc4501.

[KenB]

Re: scanning to folder is there a max size in mpc2800/mpc3300

Just a thought...

If the customer really needs 11 x 17 at 600 DPI, I wonder if a scanning application in conjunction with the TWAIN scanner driver would work, doing a pull scan into a PC, rather than pushing from the copier.

Irfanview is very inexpensive (free for personal use, but not for business).

If it does, and is sufficient, great, if not, maybe Acrobat (not Reader) would work well with more features.

Test with Irfanview first, though, as a proof of concept to see if the resolution is supported. I have a hunch it is.