7.2 Troubleshooting Checklist

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symptom

Check The Item Out

Resolution

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scanning does not

Is ScanSnap Manager for

Install ScanSnap Manager for the ScanSnap

 

start.

the ScanSnap S300M

S300M. (Refer to "2.1 Installing ScanSnap"

 

 

installed in your computer?

(page 6).)

 

 

 

 

 

 

When using a USB bus power cable, use a

 

 

 

 

 

powered USB hub equipped with an AC

 

 

 

 

 

adapter. If you connect to a non-powered hub,

 

 

 

 

 

the ScanSnap may not work properly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is the USB cable connected

Connect the USB cable correctly. (When a

 

 

correctly?

 

hub is used, check the hub’s power supply.)

 

 

 

 

 

When using a USB bus power cable, use a

 

 

 

 

 

powered USB hub equipped with an AC

 

 

 

 

 

adapter. If you connect to a non-powered hub,

 

 

 

 

 

the ScanSnap may not work properly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is the

LED light blinking?

Disconnect and then re-connect the AC cable

 

 

 

 

 

and AC adapter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Wait at least five seconds before reconnect-

 

 

 

 

 

ing the AC or USB cable.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is ScanSnap Manager

If the ScanSnap Manager icon

is not

 

 

surely started?

 

 

 

(If ScanSnap Manager is

displayed, with Finder, select the destination

 

 

active, the ScanSnap Man-

 

 

folder where the ScanSnap is installed (gener-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ager icon

 

appears in

ally, you can find "ScanSnap" in "Applica-

 

 

 

 

 

tions"), and then select "ScanSnap Manager"

 

 

the Dock menu.)

 

to start up "ScanSnap Manager."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is ScanSnap Manager

Perform the following:

 

 

 

running normally?

1. Disconnect and re-connect the AC cable

 

 

(If ScanSnap Manager is

and AC adapter. If doing so does not

 

 

not running normally, the

improve the situation, perform Step 2.

 

 

ScanSnap Manager icon in

2. If a USB hub is being used, directly

 

 

the Dock menu is in the not-

connect the ScanSnap to your computer.

 

 

ready state

.)

If this does not improve the situation, per-

 

 

form Step 3.

 

 

 

Depending on the features

3. Restart your computer.

 

 

 

If none of the above operations resolves the

 

 

of the computer, the

 

 

problem, uninstall and re-install ScanSnap

 

 

ScanSnap may not be rec-

 

 

Manager.

 

 

 

ognized shortly after the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

power is turned on back if

 

 

 

 

the computer goes into the

 

 

 

 

sleep mode before turning

 

 

 

 

off the power.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Did you resume the com-

When you perform scanning after resuming

 

 

puter from the hibernation

the computer from the hibernation state, move

 

 

state?

 

 

the mouse or press any key before scanning.

 

 

 

 

 

Vertical lines appear in

Is the inside of the ADF

Clean the inside of the ADF following the

 

the scanned image.

dirty?

 

 

instructions in "Chapter 8 Daily Care" (page

 

 

 

 

 

173).

 

 

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