Glossary

Paper jam

Refers to a state in which a document is jammed inside the paper path, or feeding is interrupted by documents slipping.

Patch code

A special code for the scanner to recognize the start and the end of each job or image mode.

Pick roller

A roller which separates one sheet off the documents loaded in the ADF paper chute, and feeds the document into the ADF.

Pick start time

Refers to the period of time from loading the document until picking starts after the document passes the hopper empty sensor.

Pixel

The dots that make up a scanned image.

Portrait

Orientation in which the long side of the document is set parallel to the feed direction. Documents/images are set/displayed vertically.

R

Resolution

A measurement to indicate the quality (fineness) of an image. Resolution is displayed by the number of pixels within an inch. Since image data is a collection of small dots (pixels), if the same image contains different amount of pixels, the one with more pixels can express greater details. Therefore the higher the resolution, the finer the image becomes.

S

Simplex scanning mode

A mode for scanning only one side (front or back) of the document. ( Q duplex scanning mode)

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