8.2 Document quality

It is recommended to use documents of wood free paper and wood containing paper. When using other kinds of papers, perform a test- scanning with a few sheets of the same type before executing the actual task in order to check whether or not the documents can be scanned.

Paper thickness is expressed by "paper weight".

Following paper weights can be used with this scanner:

A4/Letter and under : 41g/m2 - 203 g/m2

Larger than A4/Letter : .52 g/m2 -203g/m2(A3 is the maximum size )

The following documents may not be scanned successfully:

Documents of non-uniform thickness (e.g. Envelope, etc.)

Wrinkled or curled documents

Folded or torn documents

Tracing paper

Coated paper

Carbon paper

Carbonless paper

Photo sensitive paper

Perforated or pounced documents

Documents that are not square or rectangular

Very thin documents

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