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Paper Sizes of Documents
Paper sizes of documents are as follows:
Standard office paper, postcards, business cards
*: Long page scanning is available only when the [Scan] button on the ScanSnap is pressed for three seconds
or longer.
Paper type
Standard office paper, postcards, business cards
Weight
64 to 104.7 g/m
2
(17 to 28 lb)
Size
Width: 50.8 to 216 mm (2 to 8.5 in.)
Length: 50.8 to 360 mm (2 to 14.17 in.)
Maximum long page scanning (*)
216 × 863 (mm) / 8.5 × 34 (in.)
z Documents handwritten in pencil may be smeared during the scan. Also, dirt accumulating on
the rollers may cause feeding errors. When you scan such documents, clean the rollers as
often as possible.
For details about cleaning, refer to "Cleaning the Inside of the ScanSnap" (page 283).
z Do not scan the following types of documents:
- Documents with paper clips or staples (remove clips and staples to scan these
documents)
- Documents with wet ink (scan documents after the ink dries completely)
- Documents larger than 216 × 863 (mm) / 8.5 × 34 (in.) (width × length)
- Materials other than paper such as fabric, metal foil, transparencies, or plastic cards
- Documents with photographs or sticky notes attached
z When you scan the following types of documents, they may be scanned incorrectly due to
documents getting damaged or paper jam:
- Documents smaller than 50.8 × 50.8 (mm) / 2 × 2 (in.) (width × length)
- Documents whose paper weight is less than 64 g/m
2
(17 lb)
- Documents of non-uniform thickness (e.g. envelopes and paper sheets with attached
materials)
- Wrinkled or curled documents
- Folded or torn documents
- Tracing paper
- Coated paper
- Photographs (photographic paper)
- Perforated or punched documents
- Odd shaped documents (not square or rectangular)
- Carbon paper or thermal paper
z Carbonless paper may contain chemicals that can damage the pad assy or the rollers (such
as pick roller). Make sure to clean the ScanSnap regularly to maintain the scanner
performance when scanning carbonless paper. Depending on the type of carbonless paper,
the life span of the scanner may become shorter compared to scanners scanning only
standard office paper.