Chapter 2 How to Load Documents

2.1 Loading Documents

This section explains how to load documents on the scanner.

2 Fan the documents.

Preparation

1

Hold both ends of the documents and bend them.

 

 

Prepare the documents as described below.

 

 

For details about the paper size and paper quality required for

 

 

normal operations, refer to "2.2 Documents for Scanning"

 

 

(page 40).

2

Firmly holding the documents with both hands, bend them back in

 

 

the opposite direction as follows.

1 Check the documents.

1Check if the documents to be loaded are of the same size or different sizes. Ways to load documents differ depending on whether the documents are the same size or not.

2Check the number of sheets. Up to 500 sheets can be loaded (with paper weight of 80 g/m2 [20 lb], thickness of the document stack under 50 mm, and the total weight under 5 kg).

For more details, refer to "Loading Capacity" (page 42).

zFor documents with tabs or non-rectangular documents, refer to "Loading Documents with Tabs or Non-rectangular Documents" (page 43).

zFor documents with different widths, refer to "Scanning a Mixed Batch of Documents" (page 46) and "Scanning Documents of Different Widths" (page 86).

3Repeat steps 1) and 2) a few times.

4Rotate the documents by 90 degrees and fan them in the same manner.

5Align the edges of the documents.

For information on how to fan documents, refer to the “Error Recovery Guide”.

The Error Recovery Guide is included in the SETUP DISK DVD-ROM. For information on how to install the Error Recovery Guide, refer to "Installing the Scanner Software" in “Getting Started”.

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