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Brother DSmobile 600 User Manual

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  • Page 1 DSmobile 600 Scanner User’s Guide...

  • Page 2: Revision History

    Adobe Reader 11/2008 Updated with Brother Mobile Solutions, Inc. information, Canadian regulatory information, and added OS X driver and Vista 64-bit driver. 2/2010 Updated with Brother International Corporation information, trademark declarations, ® ® Windows 7, WIA driver and PageManager installation.
  • Page 3 Product Safety Guide Symbols and conventions used in this documentation WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could Warning result in death or serious injuries. CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may Caution result in minor or moderate injuries.
  • Page 4 Caution Strong jolts, i.e. drop, being stepped on, etc., may damage the unit. This may result in injury. In  the event that the unit is damaged, turn the power switch off immediately, remove the USB cable from the outlet. Contact the store where this unit was purchased. ...

  • Page 5: Product Warranty Information

    Product Warranty Information Brother™ One-Year Limited Warranty and Replacement Service Scanner (USA Only) Who is covered: This limited warranty (“warranty”) is given only to the original end-use/retail purchaser (referred to in  this warranty as “Original Purchaser”) of the accompanying Scanner, consumables and accessories (collectively referred to in this warranty as “this Scanner”).
  • Page 6 What Brother will ask you to do: After contacting Brother you will be required to send the Scanner properly packaged, freight prepaid, to Brother together with a photocopy of your bill of sale. Brother will provide a Return Authorization Number (i.e RA#) that must be written on the outside of the carton that contains your Scanner and instruction to where you should return your Scanner.
  • Page 7 Brother sign the same piece of paper in which we (1) refer to this Scanner and your bill of sale date, (2) describe the change to this warranty and (3) agree to make that change. Important: We recommend that you keep all original packing materials, in the event that you ship this Scanner. © 2011 Brother International Corporation...
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  • Page 14 Customer Service (USA only) FREE INFORMATION BY E-MAIL & WEB Visit our Web site at http://www.brother-usa.com. Search for the “DSmobile 600” scanners where you can access: ® ®  Features, Specifications, and Compatibility (Windows & Mac  FAQs  Warranty information ...
  • Page 15 What’s Included with This Package User Manual Plastic Feeding Sheets (2) Cleaning Sheet (Printable from DVD only) Calibration Sheets (2) Kit Contents List Product Registration Card Installation DVD USB Cable (6ft.) Soft Carrying Bag Regulatory Compliance Statement Sheet Model DS600 ®...
  • Page 16 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. Your DSmobile 600 scanner Installation DVD comes with WHQL certified and/or tested drivers for ®...

  • Page 17: Table Of Contents

    9 Installation (For Mac OS X v10.4, v10.5, v10.6 and v10.7) ......19 UN-INSTALLING SOFTWARE ......................20 INSTALLING HARDWARE ........................20 CALIBRATION ............................21 Calibrating your DSmobile 600 Scanner using “Image Capture” ............. 21 ® ® Lion (Mac OS X v10.7) ......................22 ®...
  • Page 18 Specifications Tips & Cautions xvii...

  • Page 19: Windows ® Operation

    INSTALLING SOFTWARE Driver Installation 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”.
  • Page 20 ® Windows Operation The following screen will be displayed. Click “Next”. Read the End User License Agreement, click the acceptance box, and click “Next”. Select “Complete” (recommended) or “Custom”.
  • Page 21 ® Windows Operation The following screen will be displayed. Click “Install”. When the driver has been installed, the following screen will be displayed. Click “Next”. Follow the recommended choices for the New Hardware Wizard. Click “Finish”. The installation screen will re-appear and you will now have four choices: ...

  • Page 22: Dsmobilescan Ii Installation

    ® Windows Operation DSmobileSCAN II Installation Click on Install DSmobileSCAN II. Click “Next”. Select the box labeled, “I accept . . .”, and then click “Next”. Click “Next”.

  • Page 23: Pagemanager ® 9 Installation (For Windows ® )

    ® Windows Operation Click “Install”. Click “Finish”. ® This installation will place a DSmobileSCAN II icon on your Windows desktop from which you can launch the application whenever needed. ® ® PageManager 9 Installation (For Windows ® At this point you may install the PageManager 9 software.

  • Page 24: Adobe ® Reader ® Installation

    ® Windows Operation 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. ® ® Close the Adobe Reader window when you are finished. ®...

  • Page 25: Un-Installing Software

    ® Windows Operation UN-INSTALLING SOFTWARE If you should need to un-install the driver software later, you simply insert the original installation DVD and run the setup again. At this time you will be given three options. Select the REMOVE option, and then click REMOVE.

  • Page 26: Installing Hardware

    ® Windows Operation 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, follow the steps below. Then, proceed to Calibration. 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).

  • Page 27: Calibration

    ® Windows Operation 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.
  • Page 28 ® Windows Operation  If you switch scanners or your image quality has become unsatisfactory, you can re-calibrate your scanner by choosing the CUSTOM button in the DSmobileSCAN II window and select the Calibrate button.  If you lose the black and white calibration paper that was included with your scanner, you can use any plain “White”...

  • Page 29: Using Your Scanner

    ® Windows Operation USING YOUR SCANNER Please insert documents face down. You can either use your preferred scanning application 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.

  • Page 30: Setting A Default Program

    ® Windows Operation SETTING A DEFAULT PROGRAM You can select a default scanning program to automatically launch when you press the button on the top of the scanner. ® ® (Windows 7 and Windows Vista Select Start: Control Panel: Devices and Printers. ®...

  • Page 31: Changing Programs

    ® Windows Operation CHANGING PROGRAMS You can set the button operation to force the selection of a scanning application each time the button is pressed. ® ® (Windows 7 and Windows Vista Select Start: Control Panel: Devices and Printers. ® (Windows Select Start: Control Panel: Scanners and Cameras.

  • Page 32: Cleaning The Scanner

    ® Windows Operation CLEANING THE SCANNER Note The cleaning procedure can be initiated in the DSMobileScan II software program. It is recommended to place a few drops of alcohol (70% isopropyl alcohol) in the middle of the cleaning sheet. Note Use the cleaning sheet included in the original packaging.
  • Page 33 ® Windows Operation Click the Custom button and the following will appear. Click the Calibrate button, and the following will appear. 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. Insert the cleaning sheet into the machine.
  • Page 34 ® Windows Operation Click the OK button and this window will reappear. 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. Click the OK button to finish.

  • Page 35: Mac Os ® X Operation

    ® Mac OS X Operation FOR BEST RESULTS, PLEASE INSTALL THE SOFTWARE FROM THE INCLUDED INSTALLATION DVD 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 DVD first.

  • Page 36: Installing Software

    ® Mac OS X Operation INSTALLING SOFTWARE ® Insert the Installation DVD that came with your DSmobile 600 scanner into your Mac computer and follow the steps below. ® ® Make sure your Macintosh system software is Mac OS X v10.4, v10.5, v10.6 or v10.7 and that your application software works native and not in emulation of lower system software versions.

  • Page 37: Pagemanager ® 9 Installation (For Mac Os ® X V10.4, V10.5, V10.6 And V10.7)

    ® At this point you may install the PageManager 9 software. ® Insert the Installation DVD that came with your DSmobile 600 scanner into your Mac computer and follow the steps below. Click on the DVD icon. Open “Macintosh” folder.

  • Page 38: Un-Installing Software

    ® Mac OS X Operation UN-INSTALLING SOFTWARE If you need to remove any of software from your Macintosh system, you may either use the uninstaller ® ® application in the Installation DVD (PageManager and BizCard only) or you can drag the software out of the Applications folder to the trash can.

  • Page 39: Calibration

    If at any time you switch the computer that you use with your scanner or change scanners, you will need to calibrate again. The following steps guide you through calibration of your DSmobile 600 scanner using the built-in “Image ®...

  • Page 40: Lion ® (Mac Os ® X V10.7)

    Leopard (Mac OS X v10.5) Install the DSmobile 600 scanner driver using the Installation DVD and restart your computer. Connect the scanner to your computer’s USB port. Open the Applications folder and run “Image Capture”. Close the “DSmobile 600” window.
  • Page 41 ® Mac OS X Operation From the “Devices” menu, choose “Browse Devices”. The “Image Capture Device Browser” window will appear. Click the “Use TWAIN UI” button to the right of “DSmobile 600”. Click the “Scan” button.
  • Page 42 ® Mac OS X Operation Click the “Calibrate” button. Insert the 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. Click the “Calibrate” button again. When the calibration scan is complete, click “OK”...

  • Page 43: Tiger (Mac Osx V10.4)

    Tiger (Mac OS X v10.4) Install the DSmobile 600 scanner driver using the Installation DVD and restart your computer. Connect the scanner to your computer’s USB port. Open the “Applications” folder and run “Image Capture”. Close the “DSmobile 600” window.
  • Page 44 Click on “DSmobile 600”. Click on the “Use TWAIN software” checkbox at the bottom of the window. 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” button.
  • Page 45 ® Mac OS X Operation Insert the 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. When the calibration scan is complete, click “OK” and then proceed to scan your documents.

  • Page 46: Using Scanning Software

    Using Scanning Software ® DSmobileSCAN II (Windows Only) ® ® This software supports Adobe Acrobat PDF, JPEG, and TIFF. 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 47: A Note About Document Names

    Using Scanning Software 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 48: Twain (For Windows ® )

    Using Scanning Software ® TWAIN (FOR WINDOWS The TWAIN driver for the DSmobile 600 is automatically installed when the Installation DVD installs the ® Windows drivers. This TWAIN driver defines communication and data structures between software applications on your PC and the DSmobile 600.
  • Page 49 Using Scanning Software If the software you have chosen uses the TWAIN interface instead of the application software interface, the TWAIN control panel (shown 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;...

  • Page 50: Pagemanager ® 9 (For Windows ® )

    Using Scanning Software ® ® PageManager 9 (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.

  • Page 51: Performing Scanner Calibration

    Using Scanning Software Performing Scanner Calibration To calibrate your scanner select the acquire image data icon (scanner and camera icon) under the toolbar menu. The TWAIN user interface screen will appear. 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 52: Pagemanager ® 9 (For Mac Os ® X V10.4, V10.5, V10.6 And V10.7)

    Using Scanning Software ® ® PageManager 9 (For Mac OS X v10.4, v10.5, v10.6 and v10.7) 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.

  • Page 53: Performing Scanner Calibration

    Using Scanning Software Performing Scanner Calibration To calibrate your scanner select the acquire image data icon (scanner and camera icon) under the toolbar menu. The TWAIN user interface screen will appear. Insert the calibration sheet with the printed arrow end first.
  • Page 54 Using Scanning Software 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.

  • Page 55: Technical Support (For Pagemanager ® And Bizcard ® )

    Using Scanning Software ® ® Technical support (For PageManager and BizCard For USA Company name: NewSoft America Inc. Postal Address: 47102 Mission Falls Court, Suite 202 Fremont CA 94539 Telephone: 510-770-8900 Fax: 510-770-8980 E-mail Address: contactus@newsoftinc.com URL: http://www.newsoftinc.com For Canada E-mail Address: contactus@newsoftinc.com Other countries...

  • Page 56: Specifications

    Specifications Model Name DSmobile 600 (8.5” x 11” letter size @ 200 dpi): Scanning Speed (Mono) 5 pages/minute (B&W) (8.5” x 11” letter size @ 200 dpi): Scanning Speed (Color) 3 pages/minute (color) Resolution (Optical) Max 600 × 600 dpi...
  • Page 57 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.

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