Chapter 3: Placing Your Originals 22
Placing Reflective Originals
You can place a reflective original directly on the scanner’s reflective glass plate. The DuoScan f40
has an adjustable document cover: when you scan a thick original (like a book or a magazine) on
the reflective glass plate, the document cover adjusts automatically to the thickness of the original.
If necessary, you can remove the document cover completely by lifting it.
1 Open the document cover of the scanner.
2 Center the original face down on the glass plate with the top side against the front ruler.
! Note: The optical performance of a CCD scanner is always best near the middle of the
scan area. However, for the most common resolutions used for reflective originals,
placing originals to the side will not decrease quality.
3 Close the document cover of the scanner.