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Maintenance
Status Light Troubleshooting Codes
The status light indicates the current state of the scanner. A green status light indicates the normal state of the scanner. A red status light indicates that there is a hardware issue. Descriptions of the most common patterns are listed below.
Normal Operation
•Blinking green: indicates the scanner is waking up from power saving and preparing to scan.
•Steady green: indicates the scanner is ready to scan.
Error Codes
If your scanner experiences hardware problems, the status light will blink red, and the LED flashes an “E” and then the error code number.
The LED blinks back and forth between “E” and the error code number (such as 6).
The red light flashes the number of times as the error code (6 in this example).
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In all cases you should turn off your scanner and check your scanner setup. Open the scanner and make sure your input tray is fully seated in the scanner casing, make sure your ADF pad is securely snapped in place, verify the connections to the PC and wall.
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