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INTRAORAL IMAGING PROCEDURES
Configure the Intraoral Plate Guides. If the desired Plate Guides are not
in place, install these Guides at this time. Do not operate the scanner without
a full complement of four Guides in place. Any combination of Guides may be
used. See Figure 6.
Figure 6. ScanX with a full Complement of Plate Guides in Place.
IMPORTANT:
Activate Scanner
Activate the ScanX by performing the following procedures.
1. Make sure the ScanX and computer components are correctly connected
as shown in Figure 1.
2. Switch the scanner from Standby to ON by pressing the membrane READY
switch (
3. Verify that both the green and blue LED indicators above the READY and
ERASER switches, respectively, illuminate. (Default mode has eraser ON.)
Change in motor noise pitch levels is normal when switching to different resolution set-
Note:
ting selections.
4. Use the user-supplied authorized Imaging
Software to activate the Scanner and to select
the desired image type and resolution.
5. Verify that the four Scanner track indicators
illuminate green when the Scanner has been
activated, indicating that PSPs can be fed
into the corresponding Plate Guide.
Scanning and Erasing Plates
Scan and erase an intraoral PSP in one operation by
performing the following procedures.
1. Carefully open the Plate Transfer Box.
2. Grasp a PSP by long edges between your
thumb and index finger. See Figure 7.
3. With printed side facing you, carefully and
quickly insert the PSP into the corresponding
Plate Guide slot as far as possible.
4. Immediately press the PSP all the way down
with your fingertip (from position Figure
8 to position Figure 9) until the scanner's
transport mechanism takes over and the PSP
moves down on its own.
5. Verify that the track light illuminates yellow,
indicating the Plate Guide slot is in use,
the PSP has been sensed and the Scanner is
transporting the PSP .
Transfer the PSP from the Plate Transfer Box to the Plate Guide slot
quickly. Always keep the sensitive side away from any light source to
minimize image loss.
) located on the Keypad Control Panel on the top of the scanner.
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Figure 7. PSP Pick-up.
Figure 8
Feeding Intraoral Plate.
Figure 9.
Fully Inserted Plate.
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