9. Documents
The ScanFront can scan documents in a range of sizes from business cards to LGL.
It is possible to feed documents of the following sizes and thicknesses depending on the feeding method used.
❏Plain Paper
Size
Width: 2" to 8 1/2" (50.8 mm to 216 mm)
Length: 2 1/8" to 14" (53.9 mm to 355.6 mm)
•Note that scanning the following types of documents can cause a paper jam or malfunction. To scan such a document, make a photocopy of the document and then scan the photocopy.
Wrinkled or creased
Thickness for Page Separation Feeding
documents
Carbon paper
14 lb to 32 lb bond (52 g/m2 to 128 g/m2)
Thickness for Bypass Feeding
11 lb to 40 lb bond (42 g/m2 to 157 g/m2)
IMPORTANT
Curled documents |
| Coated paper |
Torn documents |
| Extremely thin, |
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Documents with |
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paper clips or staples |
| punch holes |
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A document must meet the following criteria to be scannable:
•When scanning a multipage document, pages must be grouped together so that they have the same size, thickness, and weight. Scanning different types of paper at one time can cause the device to jam.
•Always make sure that the ink on a document is dry before scanning it. Scanning documents with the ink still wet may soil the rollers or scanning glass, cause lines or smudges to appear on images, or dirty other documents.
•Always clean the rollers or scanning glass after scanning a document written in pencil. Scanning documents with pencil written on them may soil the rollers or scanning glass, cause stripes to appear in images, or dirty other documents.
•When scanning a
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