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Brother DSmobile 600/DS600 User Manual

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  • Page 2: Revision History

    European, US, and Canadian Regulatory Statements ……………………. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of the European Council Directive on the approximation of the member states relating to electromagnetic compatibility according to EN 55022/55024 Part 15 B This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents …………………………………. European, US, and Canadian Regulatory Statements....ii What’s Included with This Package..........iv Welcome - Introduction to Your DSmobile 600 Scanner .... 1 Windows Operation ................. 2 Installing Software................. 2 Driver Installation ..............2 DSmobileSCAN II Installation ..........5 View, Print, Save User’s Guide..........5 Adobe Reader 8.1.2 Installation..........

  • Page 4: What's Included With This Package

    What’s Included with This Package ………………………………….

  • Page 5: Welcome - Introduction To Your Dsmobile 600 Scanner

    ® Welcome – Introduction to Your DSmobile Scanner……. Congratulations on purchasing a DSmobile 600 document scanner! We have designed this product to provide you with a simple but effective tool to capture, manage, and archive documents of many types. We encourage you to read this User’s Guide carefully.

  • Page 6: Windows Operation

    Windows Operation ………………………. FOR BEST RESULTS, PLEASE INSTALL THE SOFTWARE FROM THE INCLUDED INSTALLATION CD PROVIDED BEFORE PLUGGING IN YOUR SCANNER. Note: As a precaution, a RED warning label has been placed on the USB cable to remind you to install the Installation CD first.
  • Page 7 If the installation does not start automatically, please double-click the MY COMPUTER icon on your Windows desktop, and then double-click the CD icon. If this installation program does not begin, then double-click the SETUP.EXE icon. Note: If using Windows Vista, when the Autoplay window is displayed (see below), choose “Run setup.exe”.
  • Page 8 3. Select “Complete” (recommended) or “Custom” and then click “Next”. 4. The following screen will be displayed. Click “Install”. - 4 -...

  • Page 9: Dsmobilescan Ii Installation

    5. When the driver has been installed, the following screen will be displayed. Connect your scanner to a USB port, and click “Next”. Follow the recommended choices for the New Hardware Wizard. 6. Click “Next” and “Finish”. 7. The installation screen will re-appear and you will now have three choices: ...

  • Page 10: Adobe Reader 8.1.2 Installation

    Adobe Reader software as in the next section. 2. From the display of the User’s Guide, you can view the document, or save or print the document by selecting those options under the File menu. 3. Close the Adobe Reader window when you are finished. Adobe Reader 8.1.2 Installation If you do not already have Adobe Reader 8.1.2 installed, you should select the “Install Adobe Reader 8.1.2”...
  • Page 11 Note: After you have completed all software installations, we strongly recommend that you remove the CD and restart your computer even though you are not requested by Windows to do so. - 7 -...

  • Page 12: Un-Installing Software

    UN-INSTALLING SOFTWARE If you should need to un-install the driver software later, you simply insert the original installation CD and run the setup again. At this time you will be given three options. Select the REMOVE option, click NEXT, and then click REMOVE. All previously installed DSmobile 600 software will be removed from your computer with the exception of the Adobe Reader 8.1.2.

  • Page 13: Installing Hardware

    INSTALLING HARDWARE Do not connect the scanner to your computer until instructed to do so by the driver installation software. When instructed to do so, connect the scanner cable as shown below and follow the instructions. After you have installed the software (Steps 1-4, p. 2-4), Step 5 will instruct you to install your scanner.
  • Page 14 Note: If using Windows Vista, the following message is displayed. You can then skip to Step 4. 3. Follow the step-by-step Wizard instructions and finish your hardware installation. 4. When you finish your Hardware Wizard Installation, the computer will automatically detect the new hardware device installed and it will be ready for use.

  • Page 15: Calibration

    CALIBRATION Note: Calibration is critical because it allows the image quality to be “balanced” for your computer and scanner combination. If you switch the computer that you use with your scanner or change scanners, you must calibrate again. Calibration can be performed on any TWAIN or WIA-compliant application. The DSmobileSCAN II is such an application.
  • Page 16 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). - 12 -...

  • Page 17: Using Your Scanner

    USING YOUR SCANNER Please insert documents face down. When using a Windows scanning application, always press the button on top of the scanner to initiate a scanning program. 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 18: Setting A Default Program

    SETTING A DEFAULT PROGRAM To choose a default scanning program, just highlight the program name, click on “Always use this program for this action” and then click on “OK”. The program will subsequently automatically launch when you press the button on the top of the scanner to initiate a scan. Note: When using Windows Vista, when you press the button on the top of the scanner, the ‘choose which program to use’...

  • Page 19: Changing Programs

    CHANGING PROGRAMS To cancel a default program, on the Windows desktop: 1. Select Start: Control Panel: Scanners and Cameras (In Category View, select Printers and other Hardware: Scanners and Cameras). 2. Right click on the scanner icon, select Properties, and then select Events. 3.
  • Page 20 Note that there is no ‘apply’ button on this properties screen, so you must press ‘OK.’ After this process, the “Select the program to launch for this action” (shown above) will display when the button on the top of the scanner is pressed to initiate a program. - 16 -...

  • Page 21: Mac Os X Operation

    Mac OS X Operation ………………………. FOR BEST RESULTS, PLEASE INSTALL THE SOFTWARE FROM THE INCLUDED INSTALLATION CD PROVIDED BEFORE PLUGGING IN YOUR SCANNER. Note: As a precaution, a RED warning label has been placed on the USB cable to remind you to install the Installation CD first.

  • Page 22: Setting Administrator Privileges

    SETTING ADMINISTRATOR PRIVILEGES If installation or calibration is not working on your Macintosh system, the solution may be in the privileges. When initially set up, you 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.

  • Page 23: Calibration

    CALIBRATION Calibration is critical because it allows the image quality to be “balanced” for your computer and scanner combination. If you switch the computer that you use with your scanner or change scanners, you must calibrate again. Note that you must be logged in as an Administrator to calibrate the system. See “Setting Administrator Privileges”...

  • Page 24: Calibrating Your Dsmobile 600 Using Image Capture

    Calibrating your DSmobile 600 Scanner using “Image Capture.” Calibration is a critical step in setting up your scanner. It allows the scanned color data to be “calibrated” to your computer and scanner combination for best image quality. If at any time you switch the computer that you use with your scanner or change scanners, you will need to calibrate again.
  • Page 25 Figure 2. Leopard Device Selection Window The “Image Capture Device Browser” window will appear (See Figure 3). Figure 3. Leopard Image Capture Device Browser Window Click the “Use TWAIN UI” button to the right of “DSmobile 600” (See Figure 3). Click the “Scan”...
  • Page 26 Figure 4. TWAIN Interface Window Click the “Calibrate” button (See Figure 5). Figure 5. Calibrate Button Insert the black and white calibration paper (preferred) or a blank sheet of white paper. Click the “Calibrate” button again (See Figure 6). - 22 -...
  • Page 27 Figure 6. Initiating the Calibration Step When the calibration scan is complete, click “OK” and then proceed to scan your documents (See Figure 5). - 23 -...

  • Page 28: Tiger Mac Os X V10.4

    ® Tiger (Mac OS X v10.4) Install the DSmobile 600 scanner driver using the Installation CD and restart your computer. Connect the scanner to your computer’s USB port. Open the “Applications” folder and run “Image Capture” (See Figure 7). Figure 7. Tiger Image Capture Window Close the “DSmobile 600”...
  • Page 29 Figure 8. Tiger Device Selection Window The “Image Capture Devices” window will appear (See Figure 9). Figure 9. Tiger Image Capture Device Browser Window Click on “DSmobile 600”. - 25 -...
  • Page 30 Click on the “Use TWAIN software” checkbox at the bottom of the window (See Figure 10). Figure 10. Use TWAIN Software Checkbox Click “OK” in the “Image Capture Devices” window. From the “Devices” menu, choose “DSmobile 600”. In the “DSmobile 600” window, click “Scan”. Click the “Calibrate”...

  • Page 31: Panther Mac Os X V10.3

    ® Panther (Mac OS X v10.3) Install the DSmobile 600 scanner driver using the Installation CD and restart your computer. Open the “Applications” folder and run “Image Capture”. From the “Image Capture”: menu, choose “Preferences”. Click the “Scanner” tab at the top of the window. Click the “Use TWAIN software whenever possible”...

  • Page 32: Using Your Scanner

    USING YOUR SCANNER TWAIN for Apple Mac OS X Apple provides a software product entitled “Image Capture” with Macintosh computers that is TWAIN compatible. A scanner driver for Mac OS X v10.3 or higher can be downloaded from the Installation CD. For further assistance, call Brother Technical Support at 1-800-543-6144 and press 4.

  • Page 33: Using Scanning Software

    Using Scanning Software……………… DSmobileSCAN II (Windows Only) This software will save all scans to an Adobe Acrobat PDF file, a JPEG, or a TIFF file. Note that only PDF format 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 first page).

  • Page 34: A Note About Document Names

    A Note about Document Names You can use a suffix with file names to add either an index number or a date. If you append the filename with a “%n”, the file name is appended with a sequential number beginning with 1 (if a previous file exists, the number is incremented to the next highest number).

  • Page 35: Twain (For Windows)

    TWAIN (FOR WINDOWS) The TWAIN driver for the DSmobile 600 is automatically installed when the Installation CD installs the Windows drivers. This TWAIN driver defines communication and data structures 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.

  • Page 36: Pagemanager 7 (For Windows)

    ® PageManager 7 (For Windows) This program makes it easy to scan, share, and organize your photos and documents. It helps you not only convert piles of paper into organized digitized files, but also lets you view, edit, send, and back-up files in many formats. To install PageManager, browse to the CD root directory on the Installation CD, find the PageManager 7 folder, open it and double click on the setup.exe file.

  • Page 37: Performing Scanner Calibration

    Performing Scanner Calibration a) To calibrate your scanner select the acquire image data icon (scanner and camera icon) under the toolbar menu. (see Fig. 1) Fig. 1 Fig. 2 The TWAIN user interface screen will appear (see Fig. 2). Insert the calibration sheet with the printed arrow end first. Make sure the black bar side is inserted facing down then select the Calibration button.

  • Page 38: Tips & Cautions

    Tips & Cautions ………………………………… The DSmobile 600 scanner can provide long and productive service. We encourage you to follow the suggestions below to improve the convenience and quality of your scanning and document management experience.  Please do not insert stapled items into the DSmobile 600. ...

  • Page 39: Technical Support

    Technical Support ……………………………………. FREE INFORMATION BY E-MAIL & WEB Visit our Web site at http://www.brothermobilesolutions.com . Click the “DSmobile Scanners” section where you can access:  Features, Specifications, and Compatibility (Windows & Mac)  FAQs  Warranty information  Brochures ...

  • Page 40: Product Warranty Information

    Product Warranty Information ……………………………… See the complete warranty statement below. Summary Statement of Limited Warranty for the United States and Canada: Product – DSmobile 600 Document Scanner Warranty Period – 1 year The manufacturer warrants that each DSmobile 600 is free from defects in materials and workmanship and conforms to the manufacturer’s published specifications for a period of one (1) year.
  • Page 41 4) Consumable and Accessory items that expired in accordance with a rated life; 5) Problems arising from other than defects in Identification: Brother shall be allowed to place materials or workmanship. identification marks on equipment covered and repaired under this agreement. This limited warranty is VOID if this Product has been altered or modified in any way (including but Limitations:...
  • Page 42 Brother Mobile Solutions, Inc. 100 Technology Drive, Suite 250A Broomfield, Colorado 80021 303-460-1600 (1-800-543-6144) For Updated Drivers and User Guides: http://www.brothermobilesolutions.com...

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