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Chapter 8 Scanner Maintenance
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Scanner Maintenance
Maintaining the Neat Desktop Scanner
A clean, calibrated scanner is a happy scanner!
Keeping your scanner clean is an important part of scanner maintenance. Dust and other
obstructions on the scanner lens can cause streaks on scanned images and potentially impact
the accuracy of the scanned images. The cleaning process will remove flecks of dust or small
pieces of paper that have been caught in the scanner, which will in turn improve the quality of
your scans.
The calibration process helps the scanner “see” correctly and therefore provide crisp accurate
scans by differentiating between black, white, shades of gray and other colors. Calibrating your
scanner is simple and quick. Neat 5 may prompt you to calibrate the scanner during installation;
however you may occasionally need to recalibrate if scans appear faint or off-balance.
Instructions for cleaning and calibrating your Neat Desktop scanner are below.
In this section:
Cleaning the Neat Desktop Scanner
Calibrating the Neat Desktop Scanner
Cleaning the Neat Desktop Scanner
Cleaning the Neat Desktop Scanner
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1. Turn off the scanner and disconnect the power cord.
2. Dampen the provided cleaning cloth with isopropyl alcohol (95%).
Do NOT use water.
Do NOT use abrasive cleaners.
Do NOT spray isopropyl alcohol or any other solvent into the scanner or anywhere on
the scanner.
3. Open the scanner by pushing the lever down on the front right side (as shown in Figure 1
below).