Chapter 3 Basic Operation

4. Document Feeding Methods

Two document feeding methods are available: Continuous Feeding, which feeds documents automatically from the document tray by the pickup roller; and Manual Feeding, which requires one document at a time to be positioned manually for transport by the feed roller, while the pickup roller is disabled.

Selecting the Document Feeding Method

Continuous Feeding is the default feeding method, but Manual Feeding can be enabled by selecting Manual Feeding as the Feeding Option for the ISIS/TWAIN driver, or by pressing the Bypass Mode key on the control panel. A Continuous Manual Feeding Mode is also provided as a way to scan a batch of document pages that cannot be automatically transported.

Continuous Feeding

With Continuous Feeding, documents loaded in the Document Feed Tray are picked up automatically by the pickup roller and transported by the feed roller, while the retard roller separates each page to avoid double feeding.

Pickup Feed

Roller Roller

Retard

Roller

Manual Feeding

The Bypass Mode key lights and the Document Feed Tray rises so that documents can be fed manually one at a time. When manual feeding, you must insert each document page far enough to be pulled in by the feed roller (because the pickup roller is disabled).

Bypass Mode Key

IMPORTANT

Because pages are not separated by the retard roller during manual feeding, a paper jam will occur if multiple pages are loaded together.

To scan bound multi-page documents such as invoice booklets, place the bound edge against the feed inlet and scan using manual feeding.

Hint

The [Bypass Mode] key is linked to the [Manual Feeding] Feed Option setting (p. 8-19)of the ISIS/TWAIN driver.

When the [Bypass Mode] key on the control panel is pressed or the [Manual Feeding] Feed Option is selected, the [Bypass Mode] key lights and the Document Feed Tray rises.

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