Chapter 2 How to Load Documents

Precautions

 

 

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z Since carbonless papers contain chemical substances that

The following types of documents may not be scanned successfully:

may harm the rollers (e.g. pick roller), take note of the

z Documents of non-uniform thickness (e.g. envelopes, documents with

 

following.

 

 

Cleaning

: If paper jams occur frequently, clean the

attachments)

 

z Wrinkled or curled documents

 

 

brake roller and pick roller.

z Folded or torn documents

 

 

For details about cleaning, refer to

 

 

"Chapter 6 Daily Care" (page 108).

z Tracing paper

 

 

 

Consumable

: The life of the brake roller and pick roller

z Coated paper

 

 

replacement

may end sooner compared to scanning

z Carbon paper

 

 

wood-containing papers.

z Photosensitive paper

 

z When scanning wood-containing papers, the life of the

z Perforated documents

 

 

brake roller and pick roller may end sooner compared to

z Documents that are not square or rectangular

 

 

scanning wood-free papers.

z Thin paper (less than 41 g/m²)

 

z Brake roller and pick roller may be damaged when a photo/

z Photographs (photographic paper)

 

sticky note on the document contacts these parts during

 

 

scanning.

 

The following types of documents must not be scanned:

 

z The surface of the document may be damaged when

 

scanning gloss papers such as photographs.

z Paper-clipped or stapled documents

 

 

 

 

z Documents on which the ink is still wet

 

 

 

z Documents smaller than A8 size (portrait)

 

 

 

z Documents wider than 216 mm (8.5 in.)

 

 

 

z Documents other than paper/plastic card such as fabric, metal foil

 

 

 

and OHP film

 

 

 

z Important documents such as certificates and cash vouchers which

 

 

 

must not be damaged

 

 

 

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