Kodak 5500 Maintenance Procedures page 7

Semi-automatic
document feeder
adjustments
Adjusting the gap settings for
the Semi-Automatic Document
Feeder
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Following are some easy adjustments that can be made to the
feed and separator rollers in the Semi-Automatic Feeder to get
the best document feeding performance from your Kodak
Imagelink or Digital Science Scanner.
The Semi-Automatic Feeder is found on Imagelink Scanners and
Microimagers. It is important to remember to clean the feed and
separator rollers before making the adjustment.
The gap adjustment knob on the control panel increases or
decreases the space between the feed and separator rollers.
This gap must be adjusted properly for smooth transportation
of documents without document overlap.
When documents of different thicknesses are fed together,
adjust the gap using the thickest document.
The feed and separator roller gap may have to be adjusted to
compensate for very thin/thick documents; such as onion skin,
card stock, punch cards and photographic paper.
If the gap is not adjusted properly, more than one document
may be drawn into the transport system at the same time. This
results in not all of the documents being scanned. It could also
cause skewing, overlapping, jamming, double-feeds, and error
displays.
If you adjust the feed and separator rollers too tightly, it can
cause dirty or worn rollers, document damage, clutch problems
and excess noise.
IMPORTANT: The scanner must be running to make these
adjustments.
1. Turn on the power switch and after the scanner completes the
power-up sequence, enter function code F04 and press Enter.
2. Press 1 and Enter to enable Counting only .
3. Press Run.
NOTE: Documents feed best when there is proper
separation. To get the best separation between
documents, start with the loosest gap setting and then
tighten it.
4. Loosen the gap setting by turning the gap adjustment knob
clockwise 3 complete turns or until it stops.
5. Tighten the gap to the proper adjustment by turning the knob
2 ½ turns counterclockwise. The gap setting should still be
loose. Let's check:
6. Select two documents of the same size, texture and thickness
(similar to the types of documents you will be scanning).
A-61603 September 1998