Brother 600 manual

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ii European, US, and Can adian Regulatory S tatements ……………………. This equipment h as been tested a nd found to compl y with the limits of the European Coun cil Directive on the a pproximation of the member states re lating to ele ctromagnetic compa tibility according to EN 55022/55024 Par t 15 B Federal Com munications Commiss ion (F[...]

iii T ra demarks Adobe ® and the Adobe lo go, Acrobat ® , Photoshop ® and Reader ® are register ed trademarks of A dobe Syste ms Inc. Brother ® is a reg istered trademark of Brother Industries, L td . Apple ® , Macintosh ® , Mac ® , the Mac lo go, Mac OS ® , Le opard ® , Panther ® and Tige r ® are trademarks of Apple Compute r, Inc., re[...]

iv Product W arranty Informatio n …………………… Brother ® One-Y ea r L imited W arranty and R eplacement Servic e Scanner (USA Only) Who is covered :  This limited war ranty (“ war ranty”) is given only to t he original end-u se/retail purchase r (referred to in this warranty as “Original Purchaser”) of the accomp anying Scan[...]

v a refurbished or rema nufactured replacement Scanner and/or accompan ying Consumable and Accessory Items and use refurbished part s provided such replacemen t Scanners conform to the manufacturer’s specifications for new Scanner/part s. The repaire d or replacement Scanner and/or acco mpanying Consu mable and Accessory Items w ill be returned t[...]

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vi BROTHER M OBILE SCANNER LIM ITED W ARRANTY (Can ada O nly) Pursuant to the li mited war ranty of 1 year from the date of purcha s e fo r labour and p arts, Brother Internationa l Corporation (Ca nada) Ltd. (“Brother” ) will repair or replace (at Brother’s sole discretion) t his M obile sc anner machine free of charge if de fective in mater[...]

vi BROTHER M OBILE SCANNER LIM ITED W ARRANTY (Can ada O nly) Pursuant to the li mited war ranty of 1 year from the date of purcha s e fo r labour and p arts, Brother Internationa l Corporation (Ca nada) Ltd. (“Brother” ) will repair or replace (at Brother’s sole discretion) t his M obile sc anner machine free of charge if de fective in mater[...]

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vii Customer Service …………………………… ……. FREE INFORM ATION BY E-MAIL & WEB Visit our Web site at ht tp://www . brother-usa.com . Search for the “DSmobile 600 ” scanners” where you can access: • Features, Specificatio ns, and Compatibility (W indows & Mac) • FAQs • Warranty information • Brochures • Manu[...]

viii Contents ………… ………………………. Eur opean, US, and Cana di an Regu latory S t atemen t s .................. ii Produc t W arranty In formation ..................................................... i v W arranty Sta tement (USA Only) .................................................. iv W arranty Sta tement (Can ada Only) ...[...]

ix TW AI N (For W indows) ............................................................... 31 PageManager 7 (For W indows) ................................................... 32 I nitial Setup with Page Manager 7 ............................................ 32 Selec ting a Scanning Source .................................................... 32 Perfo[...]

x What’ s Included with This Pac kage ………………………………. User Manual (Printable from CD only) Installation CD Installation Guide C leaner Shee t Photo Sleeves (2) Kit Contents C alibration Sheets (2) Carrying Bag US B Cable (6f t.) Model DS600 DSmobile ® 600 Scanner[...]

1 W elcome – Intro duction to Y our DSmobile ® Scanner ............. Congratulations on pur chasing a DSmobile 600 document scanner! W e have designed this product to provide you with a simple but ef fe ctive tool to capture, manage, and archive documents of many t y pes. W e encourage you to read this User ’ s Guide carefully . Y our DSmobile[...]

2 W ind ows Operation ………………… ……. FOR BEST RESUL T S, PLEASE I NST ALL THE SOFT W ARE FROM THE INCLUDED INST ALLA TION CD PROVIDED B EFORE PLUGGING I N YOUR S CANNER. Note: As a precaution, a RED warning label ha s been placed on the USB c able to remind you to install the In stallation CD first. Please remove this warning label p[...]

3 If the installation does not start automatically , please do uble-click the MY COMPUT ER icon on your W indo ws desktop, and then do uble-click the CD icon. If this installation pr ogram does not begin, the n double-click the SE TUP.E XE icon. Note: If using W indows 7 o r W indows V ista, when the Autop lay window is displayed (see belo w ), cho[...]

4 3 . Select “Complete” (recommended) or “Custom” and t hen click “Next”. 4 . T he following screen will b e displayed. Clic k “Install”.[...]

5 5. When the dr iver has been installed , the following screen will be displayed. Connect your scanner to a USB port, and click “Next”. Follo w the recommended choices for the New Hard ware W izard. 6 . Click “Next” and “Finish”. 7 . T he installation screen will re-app ear and you will no w have four choices: • Install DSmobileSCAN [...]

6 V ie wing, Printing, Saving the User ’ s Guide 1. Click on V ie w/Print the PDF User ’ s Guide. T his will launch Adobe Reade r ® and display the first pa ge of the User ’ s Guide. If this d oes not happen, you must install Adobe Read er software as in t he next section. 2. Fro m th e displa y of the User ’ s Guide, you can vie w the doc[...]

7 PageManager 7 Installatio n At this point you may install the PageManager 7 software. Follow the on-screen instructions to install P ageManager 7. Note: After you have completed all software installations, we strongly recommend that you remove the CD and r estart your co mputer even though you are not requested by W indows to do so.[...]

8 UN-INSTALLING SOFTWARE If you should need to un-install the driver so ftware later, y o u simply insert the original installation CD and ru n the setup again. At this ti me you will be given three o ptions. Select the REMOVE o ption, click NEXT , and then click RE MOVE. All previously installed DSmobile 60 0 software wi ll be re moved from your c[...]

9 INSTALLING HARDWARE Do not connect the sca nner to your co mputer until instructed to do so by the driver installation software. When instr ucted to do so , connect the scanner cable as shown below and follow the instructio ns. After you have installed t he software (Steps 1-4, p . 2-4), Step 5 will instruct you to install your scanner . Y ou may[...]

10 Note: If using W indo ws 7 or W indo ws V ista, the following messag e is displayed. Y ou can then skip to S tep 4. 3. Follo w the step -by-step W izard instructions and finish your hardware installation. 4. When you finis h your Hardwar e W izard Installation, the co mputer will automatically detect the new hard w are device in stalled and it w[...]

1 1 CALIBRATION Note: Calibration is critica l because it allows the i mage qualit y to be “balanced” for your computer and scan ner combination. If you switch t he computer that you use with your sca nner or change scanners, you must calibrate again. Calibration can be per formed on any TW AIN or WIA-compliant applica tion. The DSmobileSCAN I [...]

12 This calibration p rocess uses the special black a nd white calibration sheet (see p icture on page iv) that was included with your sca nner . Whe n calibrating, make sure the side with the black bar is facing do wn and note the direction o f the arrows for prop er insertion. When the calibration p rocess has been completed successfully , you wi[...]

13 USING YOUR SCANNER Please insert docu ments face do wn. When using a W indo ws scanning app lication, always press the butto n on top o f the scanner to initiate a scannin g program. The following windo w will appear when you press the button on the to p of the scanner . A do uble click on an y of the progra ms will ini tiate that progra m.[...]

14 SETTING A DEF AUL T PROGRAM T o choose a default scanning program, just highlight t he program name, c lick on “Always use this pr ogram for this action” and then click on “OK”. T he program will subsequently auto matically launch when you press the button on the top of the scanner to initiate a scan. Note: When using W indo ws 7 or W in[...]

15 CHANGING PROGRAMS T o cancel a default pro gram, on the W indows deskto p: 1. Select Start: Control Panel: Sc anners and Cameras (In Category V iew , select Printers and other Har dware: Scanners and Ca meras). 2. Right click on t he scanner icon, select P roperties, and then select Events. 3. Click on “Prompt for which pro gram to run.” 4. [...]

16 Note that there is no ‘apply’ button on th is pr op erties scr een, so you must press ‘OK.’ After this process, the “Select the pro gram to launch for this action” (shown above) will display when the bu tton on the top o f the scanner is pres sed to initiate a progra m.[...]

17 Mac OS X Opera tion ………………………. FOR BEST RESUL T S, PLEASE I NST ALL THE SOFT W ARE FROM THE INCLUDED INST ALLA TION CD PROVIDED B EFORE PLUGGING I N YOUR S CANNER. Note: As a precaution, a RED warning label ha s been placed on the USB c able to remind you to install the In stallation CD first. Please remove this warning label p[...]

18 SETTING ADMINISTRATOR PRIVILEGES If installation or calibration is not working on your Macintosh system, t he solution may be in the privilege s. W hen initially set up, you ar e given administrator privileges which shou ld allow you to install t he DSmobile soft ware and complete the calibration. If, however, y our s ystem is set up suc h that [...]

19 CALIBRATION Calibration is critical b ecause it allo ws the image quality to b e “balanced” for your computer and scanner co mbination. If you switch the co mputer that you u se with your scanner or change scan ners, you must calibrate again. Note that you must be logged in as a n Ad ministrator to calibr ate the system. See “Setting Admin[...]

20 Calibrating your DS mobile 600 Sca nner using “Image Captur e.” Calibration is a critical step in setting up your scanner . It allo w s the scan ned color data to be “calibrated” to your computer a nd scanner combin ation for best image quality . If at any ti me you switch the co mputer that you u se with your scanner o r change scanners[...]

21 Figure 2. Le opard Devi ce Selectio n Window 6. The “Image Capt ure Device Bro wser” window will appea r (See Figure 3). Figure 3. Le opard Image Capture De v ice Brow ser Window 7. Click the “ Use TW AIN U I” butto n to t he right of “DS mobile 600” (See Figure 3 ). 8. Click the “Scan” butto n (See Figure 4) .[...]

22 Figure 4. T W AIN In terface W indow 9. Click the “Calibrate” button (See Figure 5) . Figure 5. Cali brate Button 10. Insert the black a nd white calibration paper (preferred) or a blank sheet of wh ite paper. 11. Click the “Calibrate” button again (See Figure 6 ).[...]

23 Figure 6. Initiating the Calibration Step 12. When the calibration sca n is complete, click “OK” and then p roceed to scan your documents (See Figure 5).[...]

24 Tiger ® (Mac OS X v10.4) 1. Install t he DSmobile 600 scan ner d river using the Ins tallation CD and restart y o ur computer. 2. Connect the scanner to your computer’s USB port. 3. Open the “Application s” folder and r un “Image Capture” (See Figure 7). Figure 7. Tige r Image Capture W indow 4. Close the “DSmobile 60 0” window. 5[...]

25 Figure 8. Tige r Devi ce Selection Window 6. The “Image Capt ure Devices” w indo w will appear (See Fig ure 9). Figure 9. Tige r Image Capture De vice Brow ser Window 7. Click on “DSmobile 6 00”.[...]

26 8. Click on the “Use T WAIN software” checkbo x at the botto m of the window (See Figure 10). Figure 10 . Use T W AIN Softw are Checkbox 9. Click “OK” in the “Image Capture Devices” window. 10. From the “Devices” menu, choose “DSmob ile 600”. 11. In the “DSmobile 60 0” window, click “Scan”. 12. Click the “Calibrate?[...]

27 Panther ® (Mac OS X v 10.3) 1. Install the DSmobile 6 00 scanner dr iver using the Installation CD a nd restart your computer. 2. Open the “Application s” folder and r un “Image Capture”. 3. From the “Image Cap ture”: menu, choo se “Preferences”. 4. Click the “Scanner” tab at the top of the window. 5. Click the “Use T WAIN[...]

28 USING YOUR SCANNER TW AIN for Apple Mac OS X Apple provides a so ftware product entitled “Image Capture” with Maci ntosh computers that is TW AIN co mpatible. A scanner d river for Mac OS X v10.3 or higher can be do wnloaded from the Installation CD. For further assista nce, call Brother Customer Ser vice at 1-877-BROT HER (1-877-27 6-8437).[...]

29 Using Scanning So f tware……………… DSmobileSCAN II (W i ndows Only) This software will save all scans to an Adob e Acrobat PDF file, a J PEG , or a TIFF file. Note that only PDF for mat files can be saved as multiple pages. JPEG and TIFF files will be stored as separate files with index numbers added to the filename (except for the firs[...]

30 A Note about Do cument Names Y ou can use a suffix with file names to add either an index number or a date. If you append the filena me with a “%n”, the file na me is appended with a sequential number beginning with 1 (if a p revious file exists, the number is incr emented to the next highest number). If you app end the file name with a “%[...]

31 TW AIN (FOR WINDOWS) The TW AIN driver for the DSmobile 60 0 is automatically i nstalled when the I nstallation CD installs the W indo ws drivers. This TW AIN driver defines co mmunication and data structures between so ftware applications on your PC and the DS mobile 600. All software that app ears in the “select the pr ogram to launch for th[...]

32 PageManager ® 7 (For Windows) This program makes it eas y to scan, share, and organize your photos and documents. It helps you not only convert piles of pape r into organized digitized files, but also lets you view , e dit, send, and back-up files i n many formats. T o install PageManager, browse to the CD root directo ry on the Installation CD[...]

33 Performing Scan ner Calibration a) T o calibrate your scanner select the acquire i mage data icon (scanner a nd camera icon) under the toolbar menu. (see Fig. 1) Fig . 1 Fig . 2 a) The TW AIN user interface screen will appear (see Fig. 2). b) Insert the calibration s heet with the printed ar row end first. c) Make sure the black bar side is inse[...]

34 T ip s & Cautions ………………… ……………… The DSm obile 600 scanner can provide long and productive serv ice. W e encourage y ou to follow the sugg est ions below to improve the conv eni ence and quality of your scanning and docum ent management experienc e.  Please do not insert stapled it ems into the DSm obile 600. [...]