Kodak Digital Science 7520 User manual

User’s
Guide
A-61140
Part No. 1E8149
Document Scanner 7520

Safety Information for Installation Instructions for the Kodak Digital
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IMPORTANT: Equipment shall be installed by qualified
personnel.
WARNING: Dangerous voltage. Disconnect the main
power before installation.
CAUTION: Hot surface, avoid contact
ATTENTION: Eviter le contact, pieces brulantes
VORSICHT: Heisse Oberfläche, Berührung vermeiden
ATTENZIONE: Superficie molto calda, evitare il contatto
ATENÇÃ
ÇÃÇÃ
ÇÃO: Superfície quente. Evite contato
PRECAUCIÓ
ÓÓ
ÓN: Superficie caliente. No Tocar
LET OP: Heet oppervlak, contact vermijden
For the Kodak Digital Science Automatic Document Feeder
CAUTION: Moving parts, avoid contact
ATTENTION: Eviter le contact, pieces en mouvement
VORSICHT: Bewegliche Teile, Berührung vermeiden
ATTENZIONE: Parti in movimento, evitare il contatto
ATENÇÃ
ÇÃÇÃ
ÇÃO: Partes em movimento. Evite contato
PRECAUCIÓ
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ÓN: Piezas móviles. No Tocar
LET OP: Bewegende delen, contact vermijden

Acoustic Emission
Maschinenlärminformationsverordnung – 3, GSGV
Der arbeitsplatzbezogene Emissionswert beträgt <70 dB(A).
[ Machine Noise Information Ordinance – 3, GSGV
– The operator-position noise emission value is <70 dB(A) ].
This equipment was designed for connection to IT Power Systems.
ElectroMagnetic Compatibility Statements
United States
NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A
digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is
operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses and can
radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference
in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at their own expense.
Taiwan
Japan

Congratulations!
You have purchased one of the most productive document scanners on
the market today. Your Kodak Digital Science Document Scanner 7520
has a host of timesaving and productivity enhancing features that not
only help you get the job done faster, but in more comfort. You should
take proper care of your new scanner as described in this manual. This
will ensure you of many hours of trouble-free operation.
Your new document scanner includes a number of features (these vary
depending on the configuration you purchased; optional features
include:
•Bar Code Reader
•Document Printer (front and/or rear)
•Patch Reader
•Footswitch
•Workstation
•Endorser
Please contact Kodak or your scanner vendor for more information
about how these options might fit into your operation. If these
accessories are installed, become familiar with their operation as they
will add significant value to your scanning environment.

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1Introduction
This manual supports the Kodak Digital ScienceDocument Scanner
7520.
The Kodak Digital ScienceDocument Scanner 7520 is a high-speed,
high-resolution rotary production scanner designed for medium- to high-
volume digital capture of business documents. The Document Scanner
captures printed characters, handwritten text, and graphics from
documents of various sizes and thicknesses in an electronic format for
indexing and database storage.
This manual explains how to set-up, operate, maintain and troubleshoot
the Document Scanner 7520.
NOTE: Illustrations in this User’s Guide are shown using the semi-
automatic feeder.
Scanner features The Document Scanner 7520 has the following features:
•Scans up to120 landscape or 90 portrait documents(8 ½ x 11-inch
or 216 x 279 mm) per minute at 200 dpi or 80 landscape or 60
portrait documents per minute at 300 dpi.
•Handles documents of up to 2.5 to 20 in. (64 to 508 mm) long,
2.5 to 12 in. (64 to 305 mm) wide, and 0.014 in. (0.36 mm) thick. The
gap release feature allows thicker documents to be scanned.
•Manual or automatic feeding with positive document separation —
documents can be hand-fed one at a time or stacked up to 1.5
inches (38 mm) or approximately 300 documents of 20-pound stock.
•Self-centering feed tray for easier feeding and enhanced productivity.
•Front and rear scanning (known as “duplex”) allows scanning of one
or two sides of a document in a single pass.
•Easy operation — documents enter and exit the scanner in the
same order.
•Easy-to-reach control panel keys.
•A high-speed document transport system with easy access for
cleaning and removal of paper jams.
•Skew detection and correction, auto-cropping and border reduction.
•Multi-feed detection via length monitoring

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•A two-line, status display which displays image addresses, current
application modes and error and operator messages.
•Full programmability of all 18 application modes with override
capability.
•Audible tones for selected functions such asfootswitch, patch
reading, etc.
•English or other language message display.
•An adaptable, modular design for easy addition of accessories.
Scanner options The following optional accessories are available for use with your
scanner:
•A choice of feeders — automatic document feeder or a semi-
automatic document feeder.
•Document printer(s) which provide pre-scan (front) and/or post-scan
(rear) capability of printing information such as date and time of
capture, sequence number, document number and a variety of other
options.
•A bar code reader for decoding data in bar code format.
•A patch reader for automatic document level control.
•A footswitch for document level control.
•A universal stand which has a large, built-in workshelf.

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Scanner
components The following illustrations and descriptions will help you locate and
become familiar with scanner components.
Front View — Document Scanner 7520
(shown with semi-automatic feeder)
Anti-static brush
Exit hopper side guides
Exit hopper
End stop
Feed and separator
rollers
Self-centering
feed tray
Control panel
Gap release lever
Gap adjustment
knob
Feed tray side guides
Top cover release
button
Side access door
handle
Anti-static brush — minimizes the static build-up on the documents
before they are deposited in the exit hopper.
Exit hopper side guides — adjustable to accommodate the size of
your documents to aid in neat and even stacking.
Exit hopper— collects documents after they have been scanned.
End Stop — keeps documents in place as they exit the scanner.
Feed and separator rollers — provides smooth document feeding of
various sizes and textures.
Self-centering feed tray — centers documents in the transport for
reduced skew and cropping control.
Control panel — contains the status display, indicators, and operating
keys used to control the scanner.
Gap adjustment knob — allows you to manually adjust the space
between the feed and separator rollers for documents of varying
thicknesses.
Gap release lever — allows you to open the feed gap to allow thicker
documents to be fed into the transport.
Feed tray sides guides — holds documents prior to feeding.

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Rear View — Document Scanner 7520
COIN 1/3
COIN 2
SCSI connectors
Footswitch
connector
Serial #
Power switch
Power cord
connector
Footswitch connector — allows you to plug in the optional Footswitch
accessory.
Serial number — provides the serial number and agency approvals.
Power switch — toggle this switch to turn the power on (|) or off (O).
Power cord connector — plugs into an appropriate power outlet.
COIN 1/3 — service/diagnostic interface. Configures the scanner and
runs diagnostics.
COIN 2 — not for customer use.
SCSI connectors — SCSI connection for the scanner.
For European units only:
WARNING: Communications between the Scanner 7520 and the
host computer including both the SCSI cable (TDK:
HF70RH26X29X13) and RS-232 cable
(TDK: HF70RH12X15X7.3) must have ferrite cores.
These ferrite-cored cables are used for radio
frequency interference suppression.

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Control panel The control panel consists of the status display and the operation keys
and indicators.
Status display The status display indicates the image address, current application
mode and error messages.
Scanner status
Mode number
Fixed
field Delimiter
Level III
Level II Level I
Scanner Status — displays if the scanner is enabled or disabled.
Mode Number — displays the current mode number or name.
Fixed field — an alphanumeric field containing fixed information, i.e.,
the date, application ID, etc.
Delimiters — used to separate the levels in an image address.
Delimiters can be displayed in different locations (as shown above)
based upon system configuration.
Level I* — identifies the Level 1 sequence (commonly the page
number)
Level II* — identifies the Level 2 sequence (commonly the document
number)
Level III* — identifies the Level 3 sequence (commonly a batch
number)
*Depending on your application design, you may see a variety of
different number and level schemes. See your application design person
for more information.

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Operating keys and
indicators Following is an illustration and a description of the operating keys and
indicators.
Two-line status display
Key/Indicator Function
Image buffer status Front — green indicates the front side image buffer is available for
scanning; red indicates the buffer is not available and the feeder is
off (for simplex- and duplex-defined application modes).
Back — green indicates the rear side image buffer is available for
scanning; red indicates the buffer is not available and the feeder is
off (for duplex-defined application modes only).
Contrast thumbwheel Allows you to adjust the display contrast between the characters
and the background in the display.
Numeric keys (0-9) Used with the Enter key to enter numeric data such as an image
address or function code.
Decimal key Allows you to insert a field separator in an image address.
F key Selects one of the available functions when used with the numeric
keys.
CClear or Cancel. Allows you to cancel a function without changing
the preset value(s). Also used to clear error messages from the
status display.