Documents That Can Be Loaded Directly into iX500

Conditions for documents that can be loaded directly into iX500 are as follows:

Document type	Office paper, postcards, business cards Plastic cards conforming to the ISO781A ID-1 type (54 × 86 mm/2.1 × 3.4 in.)
Paper weight	40 to 209 g/m² (11 to 56 lb) For documents of A8 size (52 × 72 mm/2.05 × 2.83 in.) or less 128 to 209 g/m² (34 to 56 lb) For plastic cards 0.76 mm (0.03 in.) or less (embossed cards can be used)
Paper size	Width 50.8 to 216 mm (2 to 8.5 in.) Length 50.8 to 360 mm (2 to 14.17 in.)

Document type

Office paper, postcards, business cards

Plastic cards conforming to the ISO781A ID-1 type (54 × 86 mm/2.1 × 3.4 in.)

Paper weight

40 to 209 g/m² (11 to 56 lb)

For documents of A8 size (52 × 72 mm/2.05 × 2.83 in.) or less: 128 to 209 g/m² (34 to 56 lb)
For plastic cards: 0.76 mm (0.03 in.) or less (embossed cards can be used)

Paper size

Width: 50.8 to 216 mm (2 to 8.5 in.)
Length: 50.8 to 360 mm (2 to 14.17 in.)

If you scan a magnetic card or IC card, do not bring the black magnetic part in contact with the magnetic part of the ADF top section. Otherwise, the data on the card may be lost.

ATTENTION

The following types of documents must not be scanned:
- Documents attached with the metals such as paper clips or staples that can damage the inside of iX500
  
  Remove the metals for scanning.
- Documents on which the ink is still wet
  
  Wait until the ink dries completely to scan these documents.
- Documents larger than 216 × 360 (mm)/8.5 × 14.2 (in.) (width × length)
- Documents other than paper such as fabric, metal foil and OHP film
When you scan picture postcards, be aware that the picture side may get damaged. It is the responsibility of the customer to scan picture postcards.
Be careful of the following when you scan plastic cards:
- Cards that are bent may not be fed properly.
- If the surface of the card is dirty with grease marks such as fingerprints, perform scanning after wiping the dirt off.
- When you scan plastic cards with strong luster, some parts of the image may appear lighter or darker than the original.
  
  Example:
  gold colored credit card
- When you scan embossed cards, put the embossed side down, and load the card in landscape orientation.

HINT

If you use ScanSnap Manager on your computer, place documents that are larger than A4/Letter size or documents that can be damaged quite easily (such as photographs and clippings) inside the Carrier Sheet and then scan the documents with ScanSnap Manager. You can receive the file or download the file to your mobile device in the following procedure.

Use Scan to Mobile to receive the file
Use the ScanSnap Sync function to download the file that is saved in ScanSnap Organizer

For details about documents that can be scanned with the Carrier Sheet, refer to the ScanSnap Basic Operation Guide.