User GuideIM CW2200

Recommended Original Size and Weight

This section describes the sizes and weights of originals that can be placed, and missing image area.

The following regular original sizes are detected automatically:

Region A icon(mainly Europe and Asia)

Original size

Original weight

A0Portrait–A4

Maximum width that can be fed: 960 mm

Maximum size: Width 914 × Length 33000 mm

Minimum size: Width 210 × Length 210 mm

(including B1 JIS*1Portrait, B1 ISO*2Portrait, 625 × 880 mmPortrait, 440 × 625 mmLandscape)

64–190 g/m2 (17–51 lb.) and 0.090–0.2 mm thick originals

*1 JIS: Japanese Industrial Standard

*2 ISO: International Organization for Standardization

Region B icon(mainly North America)

Original size

Original weight

  • Engineering

    E (34 × 44)Portrait–A (81/2 × 11)

  • Architecture

    E (36 × 48)Portrait–A (9 × 12)

  • Other

    81/2 × 12, 81/2 × 13Portrait, 81/2 × 14Portrait, 11 × 14Portrait, 11 × 15Portrait, 12 × 141/2Portrait, 21 × 30Landscape, 30 × 42Portrait

Maximum width that can be fed: 37.8 inches

Maximum size: Width 36.0 × Length 1299.2 inches

Minimum size: Width 8.3 × Length 8.3 inches

64–190 g/m2 (17–51 lb.) and 0.004–0.008 inches thick originals

If the originals are curled, use the carrier sheet or flatten the originals so that both their leading and trailing edges fit within the range shown below:

Illustration of curled originals
  1. Front curl: R 50 mm (2.0 inches) or more

  2. Back curl: R 50 mm (2.0 inches) or more

  3. Height: 20 mm (0.8 inches) or less

  4. Original feed direction

Originals that should be scanned using the carrier sheet

The following types of originals should be mounted on the carrier sheet. You should also use the carrier sheet for important originals and for originals you will scan repeatedly.

  • Stacked originals

  • Originals with fold lines

  • Wrinkled or torn originals

  • Waved originals

  • Punched originals

  • Originals with adhesive tape, glue or paste stuck to them

  • Pasted originals

  • Originals with a damaged leading edge

  • Originals with surfaces that attach to glass easily such as photographs

  • Originals drawn in pencil

  • Originals whose thickness is 0.070 mm (0.003 inches) or less

Placing Originals on the Original Table

Non-compatible originals

The following types of originals can cause jams, or may itself be damaged:

  • Stapled or clipped originals

  • Perforated or torn originals

  • Curled, folded, or creased originals

  • Originals with any kind of coating, such as thermal fax paper, art paper, aluminum foil, carbon paper, or conductive paper

  • Originals with indexes, tags, or other projecting parts

  • Thin and soft originals such as translucent (vellum) paper

  • Bound originals such as books

  • Damp originals

  • Originals that vary in thickness

  • Originals with thick leading edges

  • Originals with wet ink or correction fluid

  • Carbon-backed originals

  • Originals not made of paper (such as glass, metal)

  • Originals with a roll diameter smaller than 300 mm (11.9 inches)