Brother DS600, User Manual

Page 1: ...DSmobile 600 Scanner User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...tered trademark of 3M Company Windex is a registered trademark of S C Johnson Company Microsoft Windows and the Windows logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries Windows Vista is either a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries The official name for Windows is the Mic...

Page 3: ... to the disassembly or modifications by the customer Do not use the device in abnormal conditions i e appearance of smoke strange smell odd noise etc This may result in a fire burns or device failure Turn the power switch off immediately remove the USB cable from the outlet Contact the store where this unit was purchased In the event that foreign material enters the unit turn the power switch off ...

Page 4: ...e Be cautious when you handle paper Edges of paper may cut your hands Important Do not leave the device at places exposed to direct sunlight and places near open flames or heater with extremely high or low temperature Do not use and store the device in locations of much humidity and dust Do not conduct any operations not instructed in this guide This may result in injury or device failure Do not u...

Page 5: ...d and used in the United States For Scanners purchased in but used outside the United States this warranty covers only warranty service within the United States and does not include shipping outside the United States What is the length of the Warranty Periods Scanner one year from the original purchase date Accompanying Consumable and Accessory Items 90 days from the original purchase date or the ...

Page 6: ...l be charged for shipping the Scanner and or accompanying Consumable and Accessory Items back to you and charged for any service and or replacement parts Scanners at Brother s then current rates The foregoing are your sole i e only and exclusive remedies under this warranty What happens when Brother elects to replace your Scanner Brother will send to you a replacement Scanner shipped for receipt w...

Page 7: ...ES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED This Limited Warranty is the only warranty that Brother is giving for this Scanner It is the final expression and the exclusive and only statement of Brother s obligations to you It replaces all other agreements and understandings that you may have with Brother or its representatives This warranty gives you certain ri...

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Page 14: ...R SERVICE USA only Brother recommends that you go to http www brother usa com click on Support Contact Customer Service and use the web contact form to send your question to Customer Service Either method will send your request immediately to customer service personnel Telephone Contact 1 877 BROTHER 1 877 276 8437 World Wide Web www brother usa com Supplies and Accessories www brothermall com or ...

Page 15: ...l Printable from DVD only Installation DVD Plastic Feeding Sheets 2 Kit Contents List USB Cable 6ft Cleaning Sheet Calibration Sheets 2 Product Registration Card Soft Carrying Bag Regulatory Compliance Statement Sheet Model DS600 DSmobile 600 Scanner ...

Page 16: ...rsion For your convenience a version of PageManager is included on the Installation DVD This software program allows you to scan and organize your digital files with the ability to view edit send and save them It will also output various selectable file formats Note that DSmobileSCAN II software outputs Adobe PDF files as well as JPG and TIF files Please follow the on screen instructions For help ...

Page 17: ... 20 INSTALLING HARDWARE 20 CALIBRATION 21 Calibrating your DSmobile 600 Scanner using Image Capture 21 Lion Mac OS X v10 7 22 Snow Leopard Mac OS X v10 6 22 Leopard Mac OS X v10 5 22 Tiger Mac OS X v10 4 25 Panther Mac OS X v10 3 27 3 Using Scanning Software 28 DSmobileSCAN II Windows Only 28 Using DSmobileSCAN II as Your Default 28 A Note about Document Names 29 Using DSmobileSCAN II Icon on Your...

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Page 19: ...e software INSTALLING SOFTWARE Driver Installation a Insert the Installation DVD that came with your DSmobile 600 scanner into your computer The Autoplay window will be displayed select Run setup exe When the User Account Control window is displayed choose Yes If the installation does not start automatically please go to My Computer Computer and then double click the DVD icon If this installation ...

Page 20: ...Windows Operation 2 1 The following screen will be displayed Click Next c Read the End User License Agreement click the acceptance box and click Next d Select Complete recommended or Custom ...

Page 21: ... the New Hardware Wizard g Click Finish h The installation screen will re appear and you will now have four choices Install DSmobileSCAN II Install PageManager 9 View Print the PDF User Guide Install the Adobe Reader Note After you have completed all software installations we strongly recommend that you remove the DVD and restart your computer even though you are not requested by Windows to do so ...

Page 22: ...Windows Operation 4 1 DSmobileSCAN II Installation a Click on Install DSmobileSCAN II b Click Next c Select the box labeled I accept and then click Next d Click Next ...

Page 23: ...ation For Windows At this point you may install the PageManager 9 software Follow the on screen instructions to install PageManager 9 Viewing Printing Saving the User s Guide a Click on Documentation b Click on View Print the PDF User Guide This will launch Adobe Reader and display the first page of the User s Guide If this does not happen you must install Adobe Reader software as outlined in the ...

Page 24: ...e Reader Installation If you do not have Adobe Reader installed yet you should click the Get ADOBE READER button before you click View Print the PDF User Guide You may then print the User s Guide after installing the Adobe Reader for your future reference If you choose to install the Adobe Reader your Web browser will start and Adobe Reader download website will open Please follow the instructions...

Page 25: ...the REMOVE option and then click REMOVE Scanner driver software will be removed from your computer If you should need to un install Windows scanning software DSmobileSCAN II or PageManager follow the steps below Windows 7 and Windows Vista Select Start Control Panel and then Programs and features to delete the desired software Windows XP Select Start Control Panel and then Add or Remove Programs t...

Page 26: ...installed the software follow the steps below Then proceed to Calibration a Connect the USB cable to the scanner and to a USB port on your computer as shown below either to a desktop or laptop computer If necessary please check your computer s user guide to identify the USB ports available and their locations b The following message will be displayed and the computer will automatically detect the ...

Page 27: ... either double click DSmobileSCAN II shortcut icon on your desktop or the Taskbar tray icon usually in the lower right hand corner of the Windows Desktop b Once you have launched DSmobileSCAN II or any TWAIN application select the SCAN button and the step by step calibration instructions will appear in a succession of prompts This calibration process uses the special black and white calibration sh...

Page 28: ...d with your scanner you can use any plain White the brighter the White the better piece of letter size or A4 printer paper to perform the calibration Simply fold the paper in half and insert the end opposite the fold into the scanner first when calibrating The following message will be displayed see below Note When the image quality has become unsatisfactory we recommend you clean the scanner with...

Page 29: ...plication to initiate a scan or use the button on the scanner to start a scan session See the next section to configure a default scanning action when the button is pressed The following window will appear when you press the button on the top of the scanner A double click on any of the programs will initiate that program ...

Page 30: ... the scanner a Windows 7 and Windows Vista Select Start Control Panel Devices and Printers Windows XP Select Start Control Panel Scanners and Cameras b Right click on the scanner icon select Scan properties and then select Events tab c Select Start this program in Actions groupbox d Select a program in the combobox e Click OK then exit the Control Panel ...

Page 31: ...tart Control Panel Devices and Printers Windows XP Select Start Control Panel Scanners and Cameras b Right click on the scanner icon select Scan properties and then select Events tab c Select Prompt for which program to run in Actions groupbox d Click OK then Exit the Control Panel Now the next time you press the button on the top of the scanner the window for selecting a program will appear ...

Page 32: ...ning sheet is not available you may order a new cleaning sheet on the Brother Mall brothermall com The cleaning sheet is available in a kit containing one cleaning sheet and two calibration sheets the kit part number is M1004 a First plug the scanner into the USB port of your computer Let a few seconds pass while your PC has recognized the scanner then press the black button on the top of the scan...

Page 33: ...ll appear c Click the Calibrate button and the following will appear d Click the Clean button and the following will appear Note A few drops of alcohol placed on the cleaning paper may help if the paper alone is not effective e Insert the cleaning sheet into the machine ...

Page 34: ... Click the OK button and this window will reappear g Click the Clean button the cleaning paper will move back and forth in the scanner then be ejected and the following window will be displayed h Click the OK button to finish ...

Page 35: ...u are given administrator privileges which should allow you to install the DSmobile software and complete the calibration If however your system is set up such that you do not have administrator privileges or the privileges have somehow become corrupt the installation and calibration may not be possible To correct this problem do the following a Mouse over the Apple in the upper left corner of the...

Page 36: ... for the installation or click Continue h Click Install i Close other application software and then click Continue Installation j When the installation is complete click Logout k Connect your DSmobile 600 scanner to a Macintosh USB port l Start your TWAIN compliant application software The Macintosh is supplied with Image Capture software but you may use other TWAIN compliant software Refer to Cal...

Page 37: ...ll the PageManager 9 software Insert the Installation DVD that came with your DSmobile 600 scanner into your Mac computer and follow the steps below a Click on the DVD icon b Open Macintosh folder c Open PageManager 9 folder d Double click on PM9Installer mpkg e Follow the on screen instructions to install PageManager 9 ...

Page 38: ...in the Installation DVD PageManager and BizCard only or you can drag the software out of the Applications folder to the trash can We recommend using the uninstaller application in the Installation DVD INSTALLING HARDWARE Installing hardware is as simple as finding an unused USB port on your Macintosh and inserting the scanner cable s USB plug into the socket ...

Page 39: ...or A4 printer paper to perform the calibration Simply fold the paper in half and insert the end opposite the fold into the scanner first when calibrating The following message will be displayed see below Note When the image quality has become unsatisfactory we recommend you clean the scanner with the included cleaning sheet see Tips Cautions page and then recalibrate the scanner Calibrating your D...

Page 40: ...OS X v10 6 For Mac OS X v10 6 calibrate your scanner with PageMager 9 See Performing Scanner Calibration uu page 33 Leopard Mac OS X v10 5 a Install the DSmobile 600 scanner driver using the Installation DVD and restart your computer b Connect the scanner to your computer s USB port c Open the Applications folder and run Image Capture d Close the DSmobile 600 window ...

Page 41: ... OS X Operation 23 2 e From the Devices menu choose Browse Devices f The Image Capture Device Browser window will appear g Click the Use TWAIN UI button to the right of DSmobile 600 h Click the Scan button ...

Page 42: ... black and white calibration sheet with the single arrow on top and the black strip down Alternatively you can use a blank sheet of white paper k Click the Calibrate button again l When the calibration scan is complete click OK and then proceed to scan your documents ...

Page 43: ...Smobile 600 scanner driver using the Installation DVD and restart your computer b Connect the scanner to your computer s USB port c Open the Applications folder and run Image Capture d Close the DSmobile 600 window e From the Devices window choose Browse Devices ...

Page 44: ...l appear g Click on DSmobile 600 h Click on the Use TWAIN software checkbox at the bottom of the window i Click OK in the Image Capture Devices window j From the Devices menu choose DSmobile 600 k In the DSmobile 600 window click Scan l Click the Calibrate button ...

Page 45: ...ort c Open the Applications folder and run Image Capture d Close the DSmobile 600 window e From the Image Capture menu choose Preferences f Click the Scanner tab at the top of the window g Click the Use TWAIN software whenever possible checkbox h Click OK and quit Image Capture to save changes i Re launch Image Capture j In the DSmobile 600 window click Scan k Click the Calibrate button l Insert t...

Page 46: ...ecting type of scan and paper size from the main menu shown above or pressing the Custom button to utilize the document manager control panel for more precise settings Selecting the custom settings will put the program into a TWAIN driver and takes you out of the actual DSmobileSCAN II software application If the Custom button is used it cancels the automatic scan function The user must choose the...

Page 47: ... requires the user to click on the green SCAN button to initiate the scan If you have chosen DSmobileSCAN II as your default scanning software pressing the button on the top of the scanner after DSmobileSCAN II has been launched from the icon will start the scan process If you have not chosen DSmobileSCAN II as your default scanning software pressing the button on the top of the scanner after DSmo...

Page 48: ...tures between software applications on your PC and the DSmobile 600 All software that appears in the select the program to launch for this action window shown below will be TWAIN and WIA compliant software that is compatible with the DSmobile 600 scanner and allows scanning from that software program Each program will initiate scanning differently Please follow instruction according to the softwar...

Page 49: ...n below will appear The TWAIN interface will allow you to control all the settings of the scanner This type of fine adjustment may be required for some of your document scanning needs Please notice the Page Tabs at the top of the TWAIN control panel they are Pre defined Setting Custom Settings Information Take a moment to explore these Tabs and their functions ...

Page 50: ...PageManager 9 Note Calibration is a critical step in setting up your scanner This process will balance the image quality between your computer and the scanner unit If at any time you switch the scanner to another computer then you will need to reinstall the scanner driver and recalibrate the scanner Selecting Scanning Source a When using Presto PageManager 9 for the first time you will need to def...

Page 51: ...ner select the acquire image data icon scanner and camera icon under the toolbar menu b The TWAIN user interface screen will appear c Insert the calibration sheet with the printed arrow end first d Make sure the black bar side is inserted facing down then select the Calibration button ...

Page 52: ...structions Initial Setup with PageManager 9 Note Calibration is a critical step in setting up your scanner This process will balance the image quality between your computer and the scanner unit If at any time you switch the scanner to another computer then you will need to reinstall the scanner driver and recalibrate the scanner Selecting Scanning Source When using Presto PageManager 9 for the fir...

Page 53: ... Scanner Calibration a To calibrate your scanner select the acquire image data icon scanner and camera icon under the toolbar menu b The TWAIN user interface screen will appear c Insert the calibration sheet with the printed arrow end first ...

Page 54: ...Using Scanning Software 36 3 d Make sure the black bar side is inserted facing down then select the Calibration button The following message will appear see below Select OK and proceed to scanning ...

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Page 56: ...Thickness 0 1mm Temperature Operation 5 C to 40 C 41 F to 104 F Operation Relative Humidity Operation 20 to 85 RH non condensing Power Source USB bus power 5V DC Power Consumption MAX 2 3W Power Consumption Ready 0 7W Power Consumption Deep Sleep 0 01W USB Hi Speed 2 0 TWAIN Compliant YES WIA Compliant YES Scanner Driver Windows TWAIN WIA for XP Vista Windows 7 Scanner Driver Mac TWAIN for MacOS X...

Page 57: ...es Wite out Adhesives Make sure the leading edge of your document is very straight not wrinkled or having folded corners and is inserted level with the intake slot Clean the scanner with the included cleaning sheet and 70 isopropyl alcohol not included Place a few drops of the alcohol in the middle of the cleaning sheet then go to the Calibrate Menu and select CLEAN Your scanner will automatically...