Preparing Documents to Load Them in the ADF Paper Chute (Feeder)

When you load multiple documents in the ADF paper chute (feeder), make the following preparations.

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For details about the paper size and quality required for normal operations, refer to Documents for Scanning.

  1. Check the documents.
    1. Check whether the documents to be loaded are of the same width or not.

      Ways to load documents differ depending on whether the documents are of the same width or not.

      If the documents are of different width, refer to Conditions for Mixed Batch Scanning or Scanning Documents with Different Widths.

    2. Check the number of sheets.

      Up to 100 sheets can be loaded (with paper weight of 80 g/m2 [20 lb] and thickness of the document stack under 10 mm).

      For details, refer to Loading Capacity.

  2. Fan the documents.
    1. Grab a stack of documents, which should be 10 mm or less.
    2. Hold both ends of the documents and fan them a few times.
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    3. Rotate the documents by 90 degrees and fan them in the same manner.
    4. Perform steps a to c for all documents.
    5. Align the top of the documents.