Symptom | Check This Item | Remedy |
Vertical lines appear in the scanned | Is the inside of the ADF dirty? | Clean the inside of the ADF following the |
image. |
| instructions in “5. Daily Care”. |
The generated image shifts or is | Is the document loaded correctly? | Load the document correctly. |
distorted. |
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The image scanned is too light or too | Is the "Brightness (Black and White | Adjust "Brightness" at [Scanning] - |
dark. | scanning only)" setting on [Option...] of the | [Option...] in the "Scan and Save Settings" |
| [Scanning] tab set to extremely Light or | window. |
| Dark? |
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Lines on the document are blurred. | Are you scanning in color mode, documents | The color mode is used for capturing |
(Example: Ruled lines on a table | including handwritten or typed text, tables | colored images like photos in high quality. |
cannot be seen.) | or frames with ruled lines? | For other documents including textual |
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| content, select the check box for [Setting for |
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| text only document] at [Scanning] – |
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| [Option] in the “Scan and Save Settings” |
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| window. |
Scanning speed is very slow. | Does your PC satisfy the recommended | Check the system requirements in section |
| system requirements? | 2.1, “Before Installing”, of the Operator’s |
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| Manual. |
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| Scanning speed will be slower whenever the |
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| CPU and memory requirements are not met. |
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| If this is the case, at [Scanning] - [Option...] |
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| in the "Scan and Save Settings" window, |
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| clear the check boxes of the following to |
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| increase the scanning speed. |
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| - Allow automatic image deskew |
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| - Allow automatic image rotation |
| Is the USB 1.1 connected? | If your PC has an USB 2.0 port, connect the |
| Note: When using an USB1.1 interface, the | scanner to this port. (If using a USB hub, it |
| data transfer rate may be slower due to large | must also support USB 2.0 interfaces.) (*3) |
| data sizes. |
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Is the Pad ASSY dirty? | Clean the Pad ASSY following the | |
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| instructions in “5.3. Cleaning Inside of the |
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| scanner". |
| Is the Pad ASSY worn out? | Replace the Pad ASSY following the |
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| instructions in “6.2. Replacing the Pad |
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| ASSY”. |
| Is the document stack thicker than 5 mm? | Reduce the number of sheets of the |
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| document stack to 5 mm thickness or less. |
Paper is not fed (stops midway). | Is the Pick roller dirty? | Clean the Pick roller following the |
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| instructions in “5.3. Cleaning Inside of the |
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| scanner”. |
| Is the Pick roller worn out? | Clean the Pick roller following the |
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| instructions in “6.3. Replacing the Pick |
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| Roller”. |
| Are there any debris on the document | Remove any debris from the document |
| feeding path? | feeding path. |
| Do the loaded documents satisfy the | Try the following: |
| conditions described in section 3.2 on the | ・Slightly push through with your finger the |
| Operator’s Guide? | first sheet of the documents at the start of |
| If not, they might not pass smoothly through | scanning. |
| the ADF. | ・Change the insertion direction of the |
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| document. |
The scanner is not recognized even if | Did you connect the scanner to your PC | On the [Start] menu, select [Control panel] - |
ScanSnap Manager is installed. | before installing ScanSnap Manager? | [System] - [Hardware] - [Device Manager]. |
| Is the scanner registered as "Other device" | Delete the device name (such as USB |
| in the "Device Manager"? | device, differs with the OS) under "Other |
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| Device" selection in the [Device Manager] |
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| and restart your PC. |
The file size of a scanned black & | Is the B&W document scanned in the color | Select “B&W” at [Color mode:] on the |
white image is the same as for a color | mode? | [Scanning] tab in the “Scan and Save |
document. |
| Settings” window. |
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