Hold the mouse wand horizontally so it moves across the barcode in the direction of the arrows:
3.Lightly touch the wand against either quiet zone (clear area) on either side of the barcode. For the pen wand, you will have the proper scanning angle when the tip and the reflectance guide (black plastic clamp) are flat on the scanning surface.
4.At about the same speed with which you would quickly underline a sentence in this manual, and without interruption, gently move the wand across the center of the barcode. You do not need to press hard on the wand while scanning the barcode. Gentle pressure on the wand will not scratch the contacted surface, but pressing down hard may damage the code and yield poor results.
5.Listen for audible tones.
•If you hear a single beep tone followed by another single beep of the same tone, it signifies a good read.
•If you hear a single beep and then a beep of a different tone, the unit detected an error in the scanned symbol.
Calibrating an External Pen/Mouse Wand
1.Using the proper scan technique described in step 4 above, scan the reflectance page. You will hear a single beep after the first good scan and the following display appears:
2.Continue to scan the reflectance page for a total of 10 good scans. After each good scan, a single beep sounds and the display indicates the number
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