Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product DSMOBILE 600 Brother
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viii Contents ………………… ………………. Eur opean, US, and Cana dian Regulato ry S tatements .................. ii Produc t W arranty In formation ..................................................... iv W arranty S t atem ent (USA Only) .
ix TW AIN (For W indows) ............................................................... 31 Pag eManager 7 (Fo r W i ndows) ................................................... 32 Initial Setup with Pag eManager 7 ......................................
x What’ s In cluded with T his Package ………………………………. User Manual (Printable from CD only ) I nstallation CD I nstallation Guide Cleane r Sheet Photo Sleeves (2) Kit Contents Calibra tion Sheets (2) Carry ing Ba g USB Cable (6ft.
1 W elcome – Intro duction to Y o ur DSmobile ® Scanner ............. Congratulations on pur chasing a DSmobile 600 docum ent scanner! W e have de signed this product to provide you with a simple but ef fective tool to capture, manage, and arc hive documents of many t y pes.
2 W indows Operation ………………………. FOR BEST RESUL T S, P LEASE I NST ALL THE SOFTW ARE FROM THE INCLUDED INST ALLA T ION CD PROVI DED BEFOR E PLUGGING IN Y OUR SCANNE R. Note: As a precaution, a RE D warning labe l has been p laced on the USB cable to remind you to install the I nstallation CD fir st.
3 If the installation do es not start automatically , please double-click t he MY COMP UT ER icon on your W indo ws desktop, and then double-click t he CD icon.
4 3. Select “Complete” (r ecommended) or “Custo m” and then click “Next”. 4. The follo wing screen will be displayed. Clic k “Install”.
5 5. When t he driver has bee n installed , the following screen will b e displayed. Con nect your scanner to a USB po rt, and click “Next”. Follow the r ecommended choices for the New Hard ware W izard.
6 V ie wing, Printing, Savi ng the User ’ s G uide 1. Click on V ie w/Print the PDF User ’ s Guide. This w ill laun ch Adob e Reader ® and displa y th e first pa ge of the Us er ’ s Guide. If this does not ha ppen, you must install Adobe Reader software as in the next sectio n.
7 PageManager 7 I nstallation At this point you may install the P ageManager 7 software. Follow the on-screen instructions to in stall PageMa nager 7. Note: After you have co mplete d all software in stallations, we strongly reco mmend that you remove the CD and restar t your co mputer even thoug h you are not r equested by W indo ws to do so.
8 UN-INSTALLING SOF TWARE If you should need to un-instal l the driver so ftware later, y o u simply insert the or iginal installation CD and r un the set up again. At this time you will b e given three o ptions. Select the REMOVE option, click NEXT , and then clic k REMOVE.
9 INSTALLING HARDWARE Do not connect t he scanner to your co mputer until instr ucted to d o so by the driver installation soft ware. When instructed to d o so, connect the scanner ca ble as shown b elow and follow the ins tructions. After you have in stalled the so ftware (Steps 1-4, p .
10 Note: I f using W ind ows 7 or W indo ws V i sta, th e following message is displa yed. Y o u ca n then skip to S tep 4. 3. Follo w the step-b y-step Wizard instructions a nd finish your hard ware installation.
1 1 CALIBRATION Note: Calibratio n is critical b ecause it allows the i mage qual ity to be “balanced” for your co m puter and scanner co mbination. I f you switch t he computer that you use with your sca nner or change sca nners, you must calibrat e again.
12 This calibra tion proce ss uses the special black a nd white calib ration sheet (see pict ure on page iv) that was included with your sca nner . W hen cal ibrating, make sure the side with the black b ar is facin g do wn an d note t he directio n of the arro ws for pro per insertion.
13 USING YOUR SCANNER Please insert do cuments face d o wn. When using a W indows scan ning app lication, always press the bu tton on top of the sca nner to initiate a sca nning pr ogram. The follo w ing windo w will app ear when you p ress the butto n on the top o f the scanner .
14 SETTING A DE F AUL T P ROGRAM T o c hoose a default scanning program, just hi ghlight the pr ogram na me, click on “Always use this p rogra m for this action” and t hen click on “OK”. T he pro gram will subseque ntly automatically lau nch when you press the b utton on the top of the scanner to initiate a scan.
15 CHANGING PROGRA MS T o c ancel a default progra m, on the W indows desktop : 1. Select Start: Control P anel: Scanners and Cameras (In Category V iew , select Printers and o ther Hard ware: Scanners and Ca meras). 2. Right click o n the scanner ico n, select P rop erties, and then select E vents.
16 Note that th er e is no ‘apply’ button on this pr operties scr een , so yo u must pr ess ‘OK.’ After this pro cess, the “Select the pro gram to launch for thi s actio n” (shown abo ve) will displa y when the button o n the top o f the scanner is pr essed to initiate a pro gram.
17 Mac OS X Operation ………… ……………. FOR BEST RESUL T S, P LEASE I NST ALL THE SOFTW ARE FROM THE INCLUDED INST ALLA T ION CD PROVI DED BEFOR E PLUGGING IN Y OUR SCANNE R. Note: As a precaution, a RE D warning labe l has been p laced on the USB cable to remind you to install the I nstallation CD fir st.
18 SETTING ADMINISTRATOR P RIVILEGES If installation or calibratio n is not working on y o ur Macintos h system, t he solution may be in the priv ileges. W hen initiall y set up, you are given ad ministrator privileges which should allo w you to install t he DSmobile so ftware and co mplete the calibration.
19 CALIBRATION Calibration is critica l because it allo ws the image quality to be “balanced” for your computer and sca nner combin ation. I f you switch the co mputer that you use with your scanner or change scanners, you must calibrate again. Note that you must be logged in as an Ad ministrator to ca librate the syste m.
20 Calibrating your DSmobile 60 0 Scanner u sing “Image Capture.” Calibration is a critical step in setting up your scanner . It a llows the scanned color data to b e “calibrated” to your computer a nd scanner co mbination for best image quality .
21 Figure 2. Leopar d Device Selectio n Window 6. The “I m age Capt ure Device B ro wser” windo w will a ppear (See Figure 3). Figure 3. Leopar d Image Capture D evice Brow s er Window 7. Click the “Use T W AIN UI ” button to the right o f “DS m obile 6 00” (See Figure 3) .
22 Figure 4. T WAIN Interfa ce Window 9. Click the “Calibr ate” button ( See Figure 5) . Figure 5. Calibra te Button 10. Insert the black and wh ite calibration paper (preferred) or a blank sheet of w hite paper . 11. Click the “Calibr ate” button a gain (See Figure 6 ).
23 Figure 6. Initia ting the C alibration Step 12. When the calibr ation scan is c omplete, click “OK” and the n pr oceed to scan your docu m ent s (See Figure 5 ).
24 Tiger ® (Mac OS X v10.4) 1. Install the DSmobile 6 00 scanner driver using t he I nstallation CD and re start you r computer. 2. Connect the scan ner to your computer’s USB port. 3. Open the “Applicatio ns” folde r and run “Image Capture” ( See Figure 7) .
25 Figure 8. Tiger De vice Sel ection W indow 6. The “I m age Capt ure Device s” window will appear (See Figure 9 ). Figure 9. Tiger I mage Cap ture De vice Br owser W indow 7.
26 8. Click on the “Use T W AIN software” checkbox at t he bo ttom of the window (See Figure 10) . Figure 10 . Use T WAI N S oftw are Checkbox 9. Click “OK” in the “Image Ca pture Devices” windo w. 10. Fro m the “Devices” menu, c hoose “DSmob ile 600 ”.
27 Panther ® (Mac OS X v 10.3) 1. Install the DSmob ile 600 scanner dr iver using the I nstallation CD and r estart your computer. 2. Open the “Applicatio ns” folde r and run “Image Capture”. 3. Fro m the “I mage Capture”: menu, choo se “Preferences”.
28 USING YOUR SCANNER TW AIN for Apple Mac OS X Apple pro vides a software pro duct entitled “Image Capture” with Maci ntosh computers that is TW AIN compatible. A scanner driver for Ma c OS X v10.3 or higher can be do wnloaded from the Installation CD.
29 Using Scanning S oftwar e………… …… DSmobileSCAN II (W in dows Only) This software will save all sca ns to an Adob e Acrobat P DF file, a JPE G , or a TIFF file .
30 A Not e about Document Names Y ou can use a suffix with file na mes to add either an index nu mber or a d ate. I f y ou append the filena me with a “%n”, t he file name is ap pende d w ith a seque ntial number beginning with 1 ( if a previo us file exists, the number is i ncre mented to the next highest number).
31 TW AIN (FOR WINDOWS) The TW AIN driver for the DSmobile 600 is automatically i nstalled when the Installatio n CD installs the W indows drivers. T his TW AIN dr iver defines c ommunication a nd data structures bet ween soft ware applications on your PC and th e DSmobile 60 0.
32 PageManager ® 7 (For Wind ows) This pro gram makes it easy to scan, share, and organize your photo s and docu m ents. I t helps you not only convert p iles of paper into o r ganized digitized files, but also lets you view , e dit, send, and b ack-up files i n many for mats.
33 Performing Scan ner Ca libration a) T o calibrate your scanner sele ct the acquire i mage data ico n (scanner and camera icon) u nder the toolb ar menu. (see Fig. 1) Fig . 1 Fig . 2 a) The TW AIN user interface screen will appear (see Fig. 2). b) Insert the calibratio n sheet with the pr inted ar row end first.
34 T ips & Ca utions …………………………… …… The DSm obi le 600 scanner ca n prov ide long and pr oductive s ervice. W e encourage y ou to follow th e sugg estions below to improv e the convenie nce and quality of your scanning and docum e nt manag ement exper ience.
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