Toshiba GMAD00134010 manual Care and maintenance of your fingerprint reader

Utilities 167

Fingerprint Authentication Utility

Care and maintenance of your fingerprint reader

Failure to follow these guidelines and/or procedures might result in damage to the reader or cause reader failure, finger recognition problems, or lower finger recognition success rate.

❖Do not scratch or poke the reader with your nails or any hard or sharp objects.

❖Do not press the reader with too much pressure.

❖Do not touch the reader with a wet finger or any wet objects. Keep reader surface dry and free of water vapor.

❖Do not touch the reader with a soiled finger. Minute foreign particles on a soiled or dirty finger may scratch the reader.

❖Do not paste stickers or write on the reader.

❖Do not touch the reader with a finger or any object with built- up static electricity.

Observe the following before you swipe your finger on the reader, whether for fingerprint enrollment/registration or recognition.

❖Wash and dry your hands thoroughly.

❖Remove static electricity from your fingers by touching any metal surface. Static electricity is a common cause of reader failures, especially during dry seasons such as winter.

❖Clean the reader with a lint-free cloth. Do not use detergent to clean the reader.

❖Avoid the following finger conditions for enrollment or recognition as they may result in fingerprint enrollment errors or a drop in the fingerprint recognition success rate.

❖Soaked or swollen finger (e.g., after taking bath)

❖Injured finger

❖Wet finger

❖Soiled or oily finger

❖Extremely dry skin condition on finger

Observe the following to improve the fingerprint recognition success rate.

❖Enroll two or more fingers.

❖Enroll additional fingers if recognition failure occurs often using enrolled fingers.

❖Check your finger condition. Changed conditions, such as injured, rough, extremely dry, wet, soiled, dirty, oily, soaked or