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- Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 1
DSmobile 610 Scanner User's Guide - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - 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®, the Mac logo, Mac OS®, Lion®, Snow Leopard®, Leopard®, Tiger® and Panther® are trademarks of - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 3
Product Safety Guide Symbols and conventions used in this documentation Warning Caution Important WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 4
or low temperature. Do not use and store the device in locations of much humidity and dust. Do not conduct any operations not instructed in this guide. This may result in injury or device failure. Do not use an organic solvents, i.e. paint thinner, benzene, alcohol, etc., when cleaning the unit - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 5
, but used outside, the United States, this warranty covers only warranty service within the United States (and does not include shipping outside the United Accessory Items that expired in accordance with a rated life; 5 Problems arising from other than defects in materials or workmanship. 6 Normal - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 6
Consumable and Accessory Items back to you and charged for any service and/or replacement parts/Scanners at Brother's then current rates. days; (ii) the problems with your original Scanner are not covered by the limited warranty; (iii) the proper packaging instructions are not followed and has - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 7
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 - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 8
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Compatibility (Windows® & Mac®) FAQs Warranty information Brochures Manuals Product Software download information. CUSTOMER SERVICE (USA only) Brother recommends that you go to http://www.brother-usa.com, click on "Support-Contact Customer Service", and use the web contact form to send - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 15
What's Included with This Package User Manual (Printable from DVD only) Plastic Feeding Sheets (2) Cleaning Sheet Installation DVD Kit Contents List USB Cable (6ft.) Calibration Sheets (2) Product Registration Card Soft Carrying Bag - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 16
of many types. We encourage you to read this User's Guide carefully. Your DSmobile 610 scanner Installation DVD comes with WHQL certified -screen instructions. For help with how to use this software, please use the help facility within PageManager®. Scanning using Apple® Mac OS® X is supported by - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 17
II Installation ...4 PageManager® 9 Installation (For Windows 5 BizCard® 6 Installation (For Windows 6 Viewing, Printing, Saving the User's Guide 6 Adobe® Reader® Installation ...6 UN-INSTALLING SOFTWARE ...7 INSTALLING HARDWARE ...8 CALIBRATION ...9 USING YOUR SCANNER ...11 SETTING A DEFAULT - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 18
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 39 Performing Scanner Calibration ...39 Technical support (For PageManager® and BizCard 40 4 Specifications 41 5 Tips & Cautions 42 xvii - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 19
1 Windows® Operation FOR BEST RESULTS, PLEASE INSTALL THE SOFTWARE FROM THE INCLUDED INSTALLATION DVD 1 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 - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 20
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". 2 - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 21
will re-appear and you will now have five choices: Install DSmobileSCAN II Install PageManager® 9 Install BizCard® 6 View/Print the PDF User Guide Install the Adobe® Reader® Note After you have completed all software installations, we strongly recommend that you remove the DVD and restart - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 22
Windows® Operation DSmobileSCAN II Installation a Click on Install DSmobileSCAN II. 1 b Click "Next". c Select the box labeled, "I accept . . .", and then click "Next". d Click "Next". 4 - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 23
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. 5 - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 24
Windows®) You may also install the BizCard® 6 software. Follow the on-screen instructions to install BizCard® 6. 1 Viewing, Printing, Saving the User's Guide a Click on Documentation. b Click on View/Print the PDF User Guide. This will launch Adobe® Reader® and display the first page of the User - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 25
Windows® Operation UN-INSTALLING SOFTWARE If you should need to un-install the driver software later, you simply insert the original installation DVD and 1 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 - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 26
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). If necessary, please check your computer's user guide to - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 27
Windows® Desktop. b Once you have launched DSmobileSCAN II (or any TWAIN application), select the SCAN button and the step-by-step calibration instructions will appear in a succession of prompts. This calibration process uses the special black and white calibration sheet (see picture on page xiv - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - 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 - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 29
Windows® Operation USING YOUR SCANNER Please insert documents face down. You can either use your preferred scanning application to initiate a scan 1 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 - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 30
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 1 the scanner. a (Windows® 7 and Windows Vista®) Select Start: Control Panel: Devices and Printers. (Windows® XP) Select Start: Control Panel: - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 31
Windows® Operation CHANGING PROGRAMS You can set the button operation to force the selection of a scanning application each time the button is 1 pressed. a (Windows® 7 and Windows Vista®) Select Start: Control Panel: Devices and Printers. (Windows® XP) Select Start: Control Panel: Scanners and - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 32
Windows® Operation CLEANING THE SCANNER Note 1 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 - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 33
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 - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 34
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. 16 - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 35
do not have administrator privileges or the privileges have somehow become corrupt, the installation and calibration may not be possible. To correct this problem, do the following: a Mouse over the Apple® in the upper left corner of the desktop and select System Preferences. b Select System and then - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 36
"Image Capture" software but you may use other TWAIN-compliant software. Refer to Calibrating your DSmobile 610 Scanner using "Image Capture" uu page 22 for instructions on calibrating with "Image Capture". (For Mac OS® X v10.6 and v10.7, Refer to Performing Scanner Calibration uu page 34 for - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 37
and follow the steps below. 2 a Click on the DVD icon. b Open "Macintosh" folder. c Open "PageManager 9" folder. d Double click on PM9Installer.mpkg. e Follow the on-screen instructions to install PageManager® 9. 19 - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 38
also install the BizCard® 5 software. a Click on the DVD icon. 2 b Open "Macintosh" folder. c Open "BizCard 5" folder. d Double click on BCRInstaller.mpkg. e Follow the on-screen instructions to install BizCard® 5. 20 - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 39
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. 2 - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 40
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 610 scanner using the built-in "Image Capture" software on your Mac OS® X along with the Brother driver and - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 41
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. - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 42
Mac OS® X Operation e From the "Devices" menu, choose "Browse Devices". 2 f The "Image Capture Device Browser" window will appear. g Click the "Use TWAIN UI" button to the right of "DSmobile 610". h Click the "Scan" button. 24 - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 43
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 " - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 44
Mac OS® X Operation Tiger® (Mac OS® X v10.4) a Install the DSmobile 610 scanner driver using the Installation DVD and restart your computer. b Connect the scanner to your computer's USB port. 2 c Open the Applications folder and run "Image Capture". d Close the "DSmobile 610" window. e From - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 45
Mac OS® X Operation f The "Image Capture Devices" window will appear. 2 g Click on "DSmobile 610". h Click on the "Use TWAIN software" checkbox at the bottom of the window. i Click "OK" in the "Image Capture Devices" window. j From the "Devices" menu, choose "DSmobile 610". k In the "DSmobile 610" - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 46
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. 2 28 - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 47
3 Using Scanning Software DSmobileSCAN II (Windows® Only) This software supports Adobe® Acrobat® PDF, JPEG, and TIFF. Note that only PDF format files can a scanning software as shown in USING YOUR SCANNER uu page 11. Follow the scanning instructions for the scanning software you have chosen. 29 - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 48
II software installation. Using this icon will initiate the DSmobileSCAN software but unless DSmobileSCAN II is set as your default it will put it in a "manual" mode which requires the user to click on the green "SCAN" button to initiate the scan. If you have chosen DSmobileSCAN II as your default - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 49
-compliant software that is compatible with the DSmobile 610 scanner and allows scanning 3 from that software program. Each program will initiate scanning differently. Please follow instruction according to the software program you are using. 31 - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - 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 - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 51
PageManager®, see PageManager® 9 Installation (For Windows®) uu page 5. Refer to the "help" file included with this program for further use instructions. 3 Initial Setup with PageManager® 9 Note Calibration is a critical step in setting up your scanner. This process will balance the image - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 52
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. d Make sure the - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 53
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. 3 Performing Scanner Calibration You can calibrate DSmobile 610 scanner the first time you use it to insure that you get the best image - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 54
For Mac OS® X v10.4, v10.5, v10.6 and v10.7) uu page 19. 3 Refer to the "help" file included with this program for further use instructions. Initial Setup with PageManager® 9 Note Calibration is a critical step in setting up your scanner. This process will balance the image quality between your - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 55
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. 37 - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 56
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. 3 38 - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 57
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. 3 Performing Scanner Calibration Calibrate DSmobile 610 scanner the first time you use it to insure that you get the best image quality. a Click - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 58
Using Scanning Software Technical support (For PageManager® and BizCard®) For USA Company name: NewSoft America Inc. Postal Address: 47102 Mission Falls countries E-mail Address: [email protected] Note For all other issues, please contact your Customer Service (USA only) uu page xiii. 40 - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 59
4 Specifications Model Name Scanning Speed (Mono) Scanning Speed (Color) 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 Power Consumption ( - Brother International DS-610 | Users Manual - English - Page 60
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
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