3 Operating the Scanner

Overview

This chapter provides instructions for selecting modes, image level settings and feeding documents using the semi-automatic feeder and the automatic feeder.

The scanning process consists of the following steps:

1.Prepare the scanner for operation (refer to Chapter 2, Getting Started for more information).

2.Select an application mode for the application.

3.Select the appropriate operating values required for the application on the host computer.

4.Press the Run key.

5.Feed documents into the transport (refer to “Feeding Documents using the semi-automatic (or automatic) feeder” later in this chapter).

The scanner assigns a sequential ID number, the document image level and image address.

The document is scanned.

The document image header is created.

The host computer initiates transfer of the document image header and document image to the host system for storage on magnetic or optical disk media.

Documents are deposited in the exit hopper, face down, in the order in which they were fed into the transport.

6.Press Stop to disable the transport after the last document has been scanned or press End to alert the host computer that the batch or job has ended.

NOTE: If Stop or End is pressed while scanning a stack of documents, the feeder will stop. Any documents in the transport system will be scanned and deposited face down in the exit tray before the transport system is disabled.

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7520 specifications

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