Sharp AL-2040 User Manual

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The flow chart shown below provides scanning overview.
*1:TWAIN is an industry standard for interface of image data processing devices including scanners. By installing a TWAIN driver onto your computer, 
you can scan and work with images using a variety of TWAIN-compliant applications.
*2:WIA (Windows Imaging Acquisition) is a Windows function that allows a scanner, digital camera or other imaging device to communicate with an 
image processing application. The WIA driver for this unit can only be used in Windows XP/Vista.
*3:To scan using the unit's operation panel, you must first install Button Manager and establish the 
appropriate settings in the Control Panel. For details, see "USING THE SCANNER MODE" in 
the Operation Manual.
Note that not all scanner functions are available using Button Manager. 
Caution
The scanning feature can only be used with computers that are connected to the machine by a USB cable. If you 
are connected to the machine by a LAN connection, only the printer function can be used.
Place the original in the scanning position
Reference: 
For more detail, refer to the "ORIGINAL PLACEMENT" in the Operation Manual.
Start up the "Scanner and Camera 
Wizard" from "Control Panel" in 
your computer.
Start up a Twain-compliant or WIA-
compliant application, and select 
the unit's scanner driver.
 
Change the unit to scanner mode 
and select scan menu (SC1 to SC6) 
on the operation panel.
Set the scan preferences
When scanning from TWAIN*
1
-compliant 
or WIA*
2
-compliant application
When scanning from "Scanner and 
Camera Wizard" (Windows XP/Vista)
Using the unit to begin scanning*
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Scanning
Reference: 
Scanning
Scanning
Reference: 
"USING THE SCANNER 
MODE" in the Operation 
Manual,
Scanning Overview