8.2 Cleaning the Inside of the ScanSnap
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Daily Care
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• Plastic rollers (x 4)
Clean them lightly while rotating the rollers with your finger. Take care not to scratch the
surface of the rollers. Take particular care in cleaning the plastic rollers since black debris
on the rollers adversely affect the pickup performance.
Turn on the ScanSnap before cleaning the following locations, and rotate the rollers to clean
them thoroughly.
• Feed rollers (x 2)
Clean lightly taking care not to scratch the surface of the rollers. Take particular care in
cleaning the feed rollers since black debris on the rollers adversely affect the feed
performance.
• Eject rollers (x 2)
Clean lightly taking care not to scratch the surface of the rollers. Take particular care in
cleaning the eject rollers since black debris on the rollers adversely affect the feed
performance.
Open the ADF and hold down the [SCAN] button for three seconds while the power indica-
tor lights in white. This can advance the feed rollers and eject rollers by a certain degree.
You can repeat the rotation as long as the ADF is opened. (As a guideline, seven holds of
the [SCAN] button make the rollers to rotate one full turn.)
ATTENTION
Whenever cleaning the feed rollers and eject rollers, keep the Power or
USB bus power cable connected to the computer and clean the rollers
while the power indicator is lit in white.
Hold down the [SCAN] button for three
seconds.
⇒ The rollers rotate.