Symptom

Possible Cause

Remedy

The ADF does not open

 

Push the ADF door release again after you

when the ADF door

The ADF door is not closed properly.

close the ADF door, until it is locked.

release is pushed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The document has been

 

Load the document correctly.

loaded on the feed tray.

The document is not loaded properly.

See page 22

But the scanner does not

 

start scanning.

 

 

 

The sensor cannot detect the document

Flatten the document and load it again.

 

as the edge of the document is curled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The rollers are dirty.

Clean all of the rollers.

 

See page 36

 

 

 

 

 

 

The rollers have reached their life

Replace the paper feed roller, retard roller

Multifeed or skewing

expectancy.

modules and sensor rollers. See page 41

 

 

problems occur

 

Flatten the document and load it again after

frequently or the scanner

The document is curled or folded.

reducing the pages.

stops loading while

 

 

 

scanning.

 

 

An irregular type document needs to be

Make a copy of the document on specified

 

 

scanned.

paper and scan the copy.

 

 

 

 

The document has a length of less than

Make a copy of the document on paper of

 

70 mm (2.75 in).

the specified size and scan the copy.

 

 

 

The scanned document

The document to be scanned was loaded

Load the document correctly.

is blank.

face down (upside down).

See page 22

 

 

 

 

The CIS glasses are dirty.

Clean the CIS glasses.

Vertical lines appear on

See page 39

 

 

 

the scanned document.

The sensor rollers are dirty.

Clean the sensor rollers.

 

 

See page 39

 

 

 

 

 

The scanning density is

The CIS glasses or the sensor rollers are

Clean the CIS glasses and the sensor

uneven.

dirty.

rollers. See page 39

 

 

 

The color of the scanned

The setting of the PC display or the

 

document is extremely

Adjust the display and monitor setting.

different from the original

monitor is wrong.

 

document.

 

 

Dark spots or noise

The CIS glasses or the sensor rollers are

Clean the CIS glasses and the sensor

appear on the scanned

dirty.

rollers. See page 39

documents.

 

 

 

 

 

"Image Crop" failures

Unwanted objects (paper / dust) on CIS

Examine and clean the sensor roller(s) as

with VRS based

sensor roller.

necessary. See page 39

scanning

 

 

 

 

 

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