3.3 Loading Documents

3.3Loading Documents

This section describes how to load documents onto the scanner.

How to load documents

1. Align the edges of the document.

How to align the edges of the document is as follows:

1)Align both edges of the document, and you can scan the document correctly.

2)Check the number of sheets in the stack.

As a guide, load up to the following number of sheets onto the feeder:

-With A4 or smaller size paper, the thickness of the document stack must be

0.2in. (5 mm) or less (about 50 sheets of 20 lb or 80 g/m2 paper)

 

Scanning accuracy increases

Shifting slightly

HINT

further if the document is loaded

 

 

 

onto the feeder making a little tilt on

 

 

the leading edge of the document

 

 

as shown in the right figure.

 

 

 

Scanning direction

Do not scan more than 50 sheets at one time. If the batch is thicker

ATTENTION

than this limit, the creation of a file may fail.

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Operations Scanner Basic

Before loading a batch of sheets onto the scanner, do the following so that each sheet of paper can be fed smoothly:

1)Separate the document into batches, each of which has a thickness of 5 mm or less.

2)Hold the both ends of a batch, and bend it as shown in the figure below.

0.2" (5mm)

ScanSnap S500M Operator's Guide

 

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