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Im trying to scan a legal size document in the tray on top, but it will only show up as letter size on my computer, cutting off the bottom of the page. If you already have a scanned image of your document, you can convert it to a. Scanning can be performed by operating the supplied software. Place a document on the glass surface or into the automatic document feeder. We can provide the images to you as pdf files or create load ready files to import into your ediscovery platform or ours.
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