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  • Page 1 DSmobile 610 Scanner User’s Guide...
  • Page 2 Trademarks ® ® ® ® Adobe and the Adobe logo, Acrobat , Photoshop and Reader are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc. ® Brother is a registered trademark of Brother Industries, Ltd. ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® Apple , Macintosh , Mac...
  • 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 to do if you think your Scanner is eligible for warranty service: Report your issue to our Customer Service Hotline at 1-877-BROTHER (1-877-276-8437) within the applicable warranty period. Supply Brother with a copy of your dated bill of sale showing that this Scanner was purchased within the U.S.
  • 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. © 2012 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 610” 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 Installation DVD Product Registration Card USB Cable (6ft.) Soft Carrying Bag Regulatory Compliance Statement Sheet Model DS610 ®...
  • Page 16 ® Welcome — Introduction to Your DSmobile Scanner Congratulations on purchasing a DSmobile 610 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. Your DSmobile 610 scanner Installation DVD comes with WHQL certified and/or tested drivers for ®...

  • Page 17: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents ® Windows Operation INSTALLING SOFTWARE ........................1 Driver Installation ..........................1 DSmobileSCAN II Installation ......................4 ® ® PageManager 9 Installation (For Windows ) .................. 5 ® ® BizCard 6 Installation (For Windows ) .................... 6 Viewing, Printing, Saving the User’s Guide ..................6 ®...
  • Page 18 ® ® PageManager 9 (For Mac OS X v10.4, v10.5, v10.6 and v10.7) ............36 ® Initial Setup with PageManager 9 ....................36 Selecting Scanning Source ......................36 Performing Scanner Calibration ...................... 37 ® ® BizCard 5 (For Mac OS X v10.4, v10.5, v10.6 and v10.7) ..............

  • Page 19: Windows ® Operation

    ® Windows 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 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 five 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: Bizcard ® 6 Installation (For Windows ® )

    ® Windows Operation ® ® BizCard 6 Installation (For Windows ® ® You may also install the BizCard 6 software. Follow the on-screen instructions to install BizCard Viewing, Printing, Saving the User’s Guide Click on Documentation. ® ® Click on View/Print the PDF User Guide. This will launch Adobe Reader and display the first page of ®...

  • 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 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 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. If the original cleaning sheet is not available you may order a new cleaning sheet on the Brother Mall, brothermall.com.
  • 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 610 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)

    ® Mac OS X Operation ® ® 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 610 scanner into your Mac computer and follow the steps below.

  • Page 38: Bizcard ® 5 Installation (For Mac Os ® X V10.4, V10.5, V10.6 And V10.7)

    ® Mac OS X Operation ® ® BizCard 5 Installation (For Mac OS X v10.4, v10.5, v10.6 and v10.7) ® You may also install the BizCard 5 software. Click on the DVD icon. Open “Macintosh” folder. Open “BizCard 5” folder. Double click on BCRInstaller.mpkg.

  • Page 39: 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 40: Calibration

    ® Mac OS X Operation 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.

  • Page 41: Lion ® (Mac Os ® X V10.7)

    ® Mac OS X Operation ® ® Lion (Mac OS X v10.7) ® ® For Mac OS X v10.7, calibrate your scanner with PageMager See Performing Scanner Calibration uu page 34. ® ® Snow Leopard (Mac OS X v10.6) ® ®...
  • Page 42 ® 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 610”. Click the “Scan” button.
  • Page 43 ® 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 44: Tiger (Mac Osx V10.4)

    ® Mac OS X Operation ® ® Tiger (Mac OS X v10.4) Install the DSmobile 610 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 610”...
  • Page 45 ® Mac OS X Operation The “Image Capture Devices” window will appear. Click on “DSmobile 610”. 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 610”. In the “DSmobile 610”...
  • Page 46 ® 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 47: 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 48: 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 49: Twain (For Windows ® )

    Using Scanning Software ® TWAIN (FOR WINDOWS The TWAIN driver for the DSmobile 610 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 610. All software that appears in the “select the program to launch for this action”...
  • Page 50 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 51: 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 52: 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 53: Bizcard ® 6 (For Windows ® )

    Using Scanning Software ® ® BizCard 6 (For Windows ® BizCard 6 keeps track of names, companies, mailing addresses, phone/fax numbers, e-mail addresses, and ® more. Simply scan or import your business cards and BizCard 6 automatically saves the data and image for ®...

  • Page 54: 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 55: 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 56 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 57: Bizcard ® 5 (For Mac Os ® X V10.4, V10.5, V10.6 And V10.7)

    Using Scanning Software ® ® BizCard 5 (For Mac OS X v10.4, v10.5, v10.6 and v10.7) ® BizCard 5 keeps track of names, companies, mailing addresses, phone/fax numbers, e-mail addresses, and ® more. Simply scan or import your business cards and BizCard 5 automatically saves the data and image for each card.

  • Page 58: 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 59: Specifications

    Specifications Model Name DSmobile 610 Scanning Speed (Mono) 6ppm (10.5 seconds (Letter) 200 dpi) Scanning Speed (Color) 3ppm (17.6 seconds (Letter) 200 dpi) Resolution (Optical) Max 600 × 600 dpi Gray Scale 256 levels Color Depth (Int. / Ext.) 24 bit Media Weights 65 g/m to 120 g/m...

  • Page 60: Tips & Cautions

    Tips & Cautions The DSmobile 610 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 610. ®...

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