Xerox DocuMate 3640 User Manual - page 43
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Unsupported Document Types
Do not scan the following types of documents as they may cause damage to the scanner.
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Items outside of the specified supported sizes, thickness, and weight defined in this document.
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Non-rectangular or irregularly shaped paper will cause the scanner to detect and report document
skew errors or paper jams.
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Carbon paper that will leave residue in the scanner and on the rollers that will transfer to the next
set of documents scanned.
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Documents with hard items attached such as paper clips, binder clips, and staples.
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Documents with wet ink or white-out.
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Thermal or photosensitive paper.
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Overhead projector sheets, plastic film, camera film, and any other type of transparent or partially
transparent plastic item.
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Documents that have been glued together.
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Cloth or metallic sheets.
Preparing Documents for Scanning
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Fan the documents to make sure all pages in the stack are separated.
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Bend and then flatten the document stack to make sure the horizontal edges are aligned to help
prevent paper from skewing while being pulled through the scanner.