DSmobile 610 Scanner User’s Guide
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Product Safety Guide Symbols and conventions used in this documentation Warning WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injuries. Caution CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in minor or moderate injuries. Important indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in damage to property or loss of product functionality. Important Hazard notice: “Be careful.
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. Do not locate the device on rackety or aslope tables. Do not locate the device on unstable surface. The device may fall down and this may result in injury. Do not place heavy objects on the unit.
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”).
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. 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.
Limitations: Brother is not responsible for damage to or loss of any equipment, media, programs or data related to the use of this Scanner. Except for the repair or replacement as described above, Brother shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages or specific relief. Because some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you.
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What’s Included with This Package User Manual (Printable from DVD only) Plastic Feeding Sheets (2) Cleaning Sheet Calibration Sheets (2) Kit Contents List Installation DVD Product Registration Card USB Cable (6ft.
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 Windows® 7, Windows Vista® and Windows® XP operating systems.
Table of Contents 1 Windows® Operation 1 INSTALLING SOFTWARE ...................................................................................................................... 1 Driver Installation ............................................................................................................................... 1 DSmobileSCAN II Installation ............................................................................................................
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 ......................................................................................
1 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. Please remove this warning label prior to plugging in the scanner cable after you have installed the software.
Windows® Operation The following screen will be displayed. Click “Next”. 1 c Read the End User License Agreement, click the acceptance box, and click “Next”. d Select “Complete” (recommended) or “Custom”.
Windows® Operation e The following screen will be displayed. Click “Install”. 1 f When the driver has been installed, the following screen will be displayed. Click “Next”. Follow the recommended choices for the New Hardware Wizard. g h Click “Finish”.
Windows® Operation DSmobileSCAN II Installation a b Click on Install DSmobileSCAN II. c d Select the box labeled, “I accept . . .”, and then click “Next”. 1 Click “Next”. Click “Next”.
Windows® Operation e Click “Install”. 1 f g 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. Follow the on-screen instructions to install PageManager® 9.
Windows® Operation BizCard® 6 Installation (For Windows®) 1 You may also install the BizCard® 6 software. Follow the on-screen instructions to install BizCard® 6. Viewing, Printing, Saving the User’s Guide a b Click on Documentation. Click on View/Print the PDF User Guide. This will launch Adobe® Reader® and display the first page of the User’s Guide. If this does not happen, you must install Adobe® Reader® software as outlined in the next section.
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. Scanner driver software will be removed from your computer. If you should need to un-install Windows® scanning software (DSmobileSCAN II or PageManager®), follow the steps below.
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. a 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).
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. • Calibration can be performed on any TWAIN-compliant application. DSmobileSCAN II is such an application. • When you intend to scan by WIA compliant scanner driver, please conduct a calibration process by TWAIN compliant scanner driver beforehand.
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” (the brighter the “White” the better) piece of letter size (or A4) printer paper to perform the calibration.
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. 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.
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. a (Windows® 7 and Windows Vista®) Select Start: Control Panel: Devices and Printers. (Windows® XP) Select Start: Control Panel: Scanners and Cameras. b c d Right click on the scanner icon, select Scan properties, and then select Events tab. e Click OK, then exit the Control Panel. Select “Start this program:” in Actions groupbox.
Windows® Operation CHANGING PROGRAMS 1 You can set the button operation to force the selection of a scanning application each time the button is pressed. a (Windows® 7 and Windows Vista®) Select Start: Control Panel: Devices and Printers. (Windows® XP) Select Start: Control Panel: Scanners and Cameras. b c Right click on the scanner icon, select Scan properties, and then select Events tab. d Click OK, then Exit the Control Panel. Select “Prompt for which program to run” in Actions groupbox.
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.
Windows® Operation b Click the Custom button and the following will appear. 1 c Click the Calibrate button, and the following will appear. d 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. e Insert the cleaning sheet into the machine.
Windows® Operation f Click the OK button and this window will reappear. 1 g 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. h Click the OK button to finish.
2 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. Please remove this warning label prior to plugging in the scanner cable after you have installed the 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. a 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. b c Do not connect the DSmobile 610 scanner to your Macintosh® until after the driver installation.
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. a b c d e Click on the DVD icon. Open “Macintosh” folder. Open “PageManager 9” folder. Double click on PM9Installer.mpkg. Follow the on-screen instructions to install PageManager® 9.
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. a b c d e Click on the DVD icon. 2 Open “Macintosh” folder. Open “BizCard 5” folder. Double click on BCRInstaller.mpkg. Follow the on-screen instructions to install BizCard® 5.
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. We recommend using the uninstaller application in the Installation DVD.
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. Note that you must be logged in as an Administrator to calibrate the system. See SETTING ADMINISTRATOR PRIVILEGES uu page 17 for further information.
Mac OS® X Operation Lion® (Mac OS® X v10.7) For Mac OS® X v10.7, calibrate your scanner with PageMager® 9. See Performing Scanner Calibration uu page 34. 2 Snow Leopard® (Mac OS® X v10.6) For Mac OS® X v10.6, calibrate your scanner with PageMager® 9. See Performing Scanner Calibration uu page 34. Leopard® (Mac OS® X v10.5) a b c Install the DSmobile 610 scanner driver using the Installation DVD and restart your computer. d Close the “DSmobile 610” window.
Mac OS® X Operation e From the “Devices” menu, choose “Browse Devices”. 2 f The “Image Capture Device Browser” window will appear. g h Click the “Use TWAIN UI” button to the right of “DSmobile 610”. Click the “Scan” button.
Mac OS® X Operation i Click the “Calibrate” button. 2 j 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. k Click the “Calibrate” button again. l When the calibration scan is complete, click “OK” and then proceed to scan your documents.
Mac OS® X Operation Tiger® (Mac OS® X v10.4) a b c Install the DSmobile 610 scanner driver using the Installation DVD and restart your computer. d e Close the “DSmobile 610” window. Connect the scanner to your computer’s USB port. 2 Open the Applications folder and run “Image Capture”. From the “Devices” window, choose “Browse Devices”.
Mac OS® X Operation f The “Image Capture Devices” window will appear. 2 g h Click on “DSmobile 610”. i j k l Click “OK” in the “Image Capture Devices” window. Click on the “Use TWAIN software” checkbox at the bottom of the window. From the “Devices” menu, choose “DSmobile 610”. In the “DSmobile 610” window, click “Scan”. Click the “Calibrate” button.
Mac OS® X Operation m 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. n When the calibration scan is complete, click “OK” and then proceed to scan your documents.
3 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). Using DSmobileSCAN II as Your Default The advantage of using DSmobileSCAN II as your default is that as a default program it provides the ability to scan automatically.
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). If you append the file name with a “%d”, the file name is appended with a date in the form YY-MM-DD.
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.
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. 3 Please notice the Page Tabs at the top of the TWAIN control panel; they are: Pre-defined Setting, Custom Settings, Information.
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. To install PageManager®, see PageManager® 9 Installation (For Windows®) uu page 5. Refer to the “help” file included with this program for further use instructions.
Using Scanning Software Performing Scanner Calibration a To calibrate your scanner select the acquire image data icon (scanner and camera icon) under the toolbar menu. 3 b c d 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.
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 each card. To install BizCard® 6, See BizCard® 6 Installation (For Windows®) uu page 6. Refer to the “help” file included with BizCard® 6 for further use instructions.
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. To install PageManager®, see PageManager® 9 Installation (For Mac OS® X v10.4, v10.5, v10.6 and v10.7) uu page 19.
Using Scanning Software Performing Scanner Calibration a To calibrate your scanner select the acquire image data icon (scanner and camera icon) under the toolbar menu. 3 b The TWAIN user interface screen will appear. c Insert the calibration sheet with the printed arrow end first.
Using Scanning Software d 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.
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. To install BizCard® 5, See BizCard® 5 Installation (For Mac OS® X v10.4, v10.5, v10.6 and v10.7) uu page 20. Refer to the “help” file included with BizCard® 5 for further use instructions.
Using Scanning Software Technical support (For PageManager® and BizCard®) For USA Company name: Postal Address: Telephone: Fax: E-mail Address: URL: NewSoft America Inc. 47102 Mission Falls Court, Suite 202 Fremont CA 94539 510-770-8900 510-770-8980 contactus@newsoftinc.com http://www.newsoftinc.com 3 For Canada E-mail Address: contactus@newsoftinc.com Other countries E-mail Address: tech@newsoft.eu.com Note For all other issues, please contact your Customer Service (USA only) uu page xiii.
4 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) Gray Scale Color Depth (Int. / Ext.) Media Weights Media Sizes Document Scanning Width Paper Thickness Temperature (Operation/Storage) Relative Humidity (Operation/Storage) Power Source Max 600 × 600 dpi 256 levels 24 bit Width: up to 8.5 in (216 mm) Length: up to 14.0 in (356 mm) LTR : 216 mm, 8.
5 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. Please do not insert documents that have Wite-Out® that is chipped or wet. Please do not insert documents with any type of adhesive material, even POST-IT® notes.
