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User’s Guide
DS-820W
DS-920DW
Version A
USA
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Using the documentation Thank you for buying a Brother machine! Reading the documentation will help you make the most of your machine. Symbols and conventions used in the documentation The following symbols and conventions are used throughout the documentation. IMPORTANT IMPORTANT indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in damage to property or loss of product functionality. NOTE Notes tell you how you should respond to a situation that may arise or give t
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Trademarks The Brother logo, Brother and DSmobile are registered trademarks of Brother Industries, Ltd. Apple, Macintosh, Mac OS, iOS and App Store are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. Windows and Windows Vista are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and / or other countries. Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. Google Play and Android are trademarks of Google Inc. Nuance, the N
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Table of contents 1 General Information 1 Scanner overview .....................................................................................................................................1 Control panel overview .............................................................................................................................3 Items displayed on the LCD ...............................................................................................................5 LCD messages ...
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File settings ......................................................................................................................................38 Paper settings ...................................................................................................................................39 Options settings ................................................................................................................................40 Information ........................................
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A Appendix A 75 Specifications ..........................................................................................................................................75 General .............................................................................................................................................75 Scanner ............................................................................................................................................76 Li-ion battery ..........
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Basic functions Storing scanned images *1 Scan to your computer Scan to an SD Memory Card (SD card) You can store scanned images on your computer as long You can store scanned images on the SD card included the Micro USB Cable connects the scanner and the com- with your scanner. For more information, see Scan Using puter. For more information, see Scan Using Your Com- the Control Panel on page 18. puter on page 19. *2,3 Scan to cloud server You can store scanned images in BR-Docs (Brother On-
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Accessing scanned images stored on the SD card View on an Android™ or iOS mo- View on your computer via the USB View in the browser bile device connection Access scanned images stored on the Access scanned images stored on the Access and view scanned images SD card via the web browser of a SD card via ScanHub™. For more in- stored on the SD card from your com- wireless LAN tablet or your computer. formation, see Using ScanHub™ (An- puter when it is connected to your For more information, see
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General Information 1 1 1 Scanner overview Front DS-820W DS-920DW 1 1 2 2 8 8 7 7 9 6 6 5 3 5 3 4 4 1 Top cover 2 Control panel 3 Reset button 4 Battery compartment ® 5Wi-Fi (ON / OFF) switch NOTE ® ® When you do not use the Wi-Fi function, set the Wi-Fi switch to OFF. If you leave the switch in the ON position, the battery will be consumed faster. 6 Document guide 7 Feeder slot 8 Left edge 9 SD card slot 1
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General Information Rear 1 DS-820W DS-920DW 3 3 2 1 1 1 Micro USB port 2 SD card slot 3 Paper ejection slot 2
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General Information Control panel overview 1 DS-820W DS-920DW 8 8 1 1 2 2 3 7 3 7 6 4 9 4 5 5 ® 1Wi-Fi indicator ® Indicates the status of the Wi-Fi connection. 2 Menu button Press to configure the menu settings. 3 Power button • Press to turn on the scanner. • Press and hold to turn off the scanner. 4 Start / OK button • Press to confirm a selected item. ® • For Windows Press to start scanning when using Button Manager V2. ® For more information, see Using Button Manager V2 (for Windows ) on p
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General Information 5 PDF / JPG ( ) button • Press to change the scanning file format (PDF or JPEG). 1 • Press to scroll through the menu and option items. 6 HQ / STD ( ) button • Press to change the resolution. HQ is 600 dpi and STD is 300 dpi. • Press to scroll through the menu and option items. 7 COLOR / MONO ( ) button • Press to change the scan mode (color or mono [black and white]). • Press to return to the previous screen. 8 Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Displays messages to help you set
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General Information Items displayed on the LCD 1 DS-820W DS-920DW 1 1 2 2 6 6 3 3 5 7 4 4 1 SD Appears when the SD card is inserted into the scanner’s SD card slot. 2 Remaining battery power 3 The selected menu or the current status appears here. For more information about the messages displayed on the LCD, see LCD messages on page 6. 4 PDF/JPG Displays the scanning file format (PDF or JPEG). 5 HQ/STD (DS-820W only) Press to change the resolution. HQ is 600 dpi and STD is 300 dpi. 6 COLOR/MONO
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General Information LCD messages 1 Message Machine Status The machine is connected to your computer in TWAIN mode. The machine is in SD mode (Mass-storage mode). For more information, see Scanning in SD mode on page 18. (DS-920DW only) The machine displays the menu to change the resolution. For more information, see Changing the scan resolution (DS-920DW only) on page 11. The machine is in BR-Docs mode. For more information, see Scan to the Cloud Server Using a Wireless Access Point (BOL Mod
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General Information ® Checking the Wi-Fi indicator 1 ® ® Wi-Fi indicator Wi-Fi status ® No light The Wi-Fi switch is set to OFF. WiFi ® ® Lit (Red) The Wi-Fi switch is set to ON and the scanner is starting up a Wi-Fi connection. It will ® take about 40 seconds to make the Wi-Fi connection. WiFi ® Lit (Blue) A Wi-Fi connection has been made [in access point (AP) mode]. For more information, see Connecting in access point (AP) mode on page 48. WiFi Blinking (Blue) The scanner is searching for an
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General Information Setting the Clock 1 Before using your scanner, set the scanner clock to the correct time. a Turn on your scanner. b On the scanner’s control panel, press Menu. c Press or until TME is displayed on the LCD. d Press Start / OK. e Press or to set year. f Press Start / OK to confirm the year. NOTE To return to the previous screen, press the COLOR / MONO ( ) button. g Repeat steps 5 and 6 to set month, day, hour (24-hour format) and minute. h After setting the minute, the LCD
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General Information Installing the battery 1 Install the supplied Li-ion Battery into the end of your scanner, as shown in the illustration. DS-820W DS-920DW 9
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General Information Charging battery 1 a Make sure that your computer is ON. b Connect the supplied Micro USB Cable to the micro USB port on your scanner. c Connect the cable to your computer. The battery starts charging automatically. d The Power button lights up green while the battery is charging, and goes off when charging is complete. NOTE • When charging the battery, press and hold the Power button to turn off your scanner. You can charge the battery with the power either on or off,
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General Information Formatting an SD card 1 When you purchase your own SD card, you must format the SD card before using it. NOTE Before formatting an SD card, make sure if there is no important data on it. When you format an SD card that was previously used with other devices, all of its data will be deleted. a Insert the SD card into the SD card slot. b Turn on your scanner. c Make sure that SD appears on the LCD display. d On the scanner’s control panel, press Menu. e Press or until FMT i
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Document Specifications 2 2 Acceptable documents 2 Standard Paper Length 1 side scan 3.5 in. to 32 in. (90 mm to 812.8 mm) 2 side scan (DS-920DW only) 3.5 in. to 16 in. (90 mm to 406.4 mm) Width 2.2 in. to 8.5 in. (55 mm to 215.9 mm) 2 2 Weight 16 lb to 28 lb (60 g/m to 105 g/m ) To scan thinner document, use the Carrier Sheet (see Loading the Carrier Sheet on page 16). Maximum Number of Pages 1 page (1 sheet) Standard Paper Size A4 8.3 × 11.7 in. (210 × 297 mm) A5 5.8 × 8.3 in. (148 × 210 mm)
