Brother DS-940DW User Manual

Wireless Scan and Go

Portable document scanner

DSmobile DS-940DW

2 -SIDED

SCAN

WIRELESS

INTERNAL

BATTERY

www.brother.eu

Wireless, scan and go,
portable document
scanner

The DSmobile DS-940DW is engineered to be
truly flexible. Featuring a built-in battery,
Wi-Fi and intuitive LCD panel, setup is effortless.
Digitising your files whether in the office or out
on the road is simple.

DSmobile DS-940DW

Key Features:

• Easily scan 2-sided documents up to 15 pages per minute

• Portable with built-in battery

• Easy sharing with USB 3.0

• Easily scan A4 documents, receipts and ID cards

• View and share documents with Brother’s mobile app

• Built-in card reader

• Industry leading software

Enjoy scanning anywhere

Truly portable, the DSmobile DS-940DW scanner has a built-in battery, so you can enjoy scanning
your documents without the need to plug into a power supply. Simply take your scanner with you,
scanning where it’s most convenient for you.

Stay eortlessly organised

Using Brother’s free mobile app, viewing and sharing documents on your mobile phone or tablet is
effortless. The intuitive LCD panel makes selecting and changing scan functions simple.

Convenient and space saving

The DSmobile DS-940DW is small and compact, ideal where space is limited. The unique “U-path”
paper feed means you are not required to have extra space behind the scanner for the document to
feed-through. As the document goes in, it glides over the top of the scanner and is returned to you.

Mixed media, consistent results

Designed to scan a wide range of documents including A4 documents, ID cards and receipts,
makes the DSmobile DS-940DW a true work companion.

The dedicated roller system, ensures your documents are smoothly fed-through, guaranteeing
high-quality, digital files are created every time.

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General

Technology

Dual CIS
(contact Image Sensor)

Product Form Factor

Mobile single sheet fed scanner
with U-path paper control
system

Local Interface

Super Speed micro USB 3.0
Type B or micro USB 2.0
Type B

Light Source

LED Array

Back up Clock

Yes (via Battery)

Networking

WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g/n
(Infrastructure Mode)
IEEE 802.11g (Wi-Fi Direct)

Control Panel

LED display, LED, Keys

Scan

Scanner Driver

Software2 for
Windows

®

Scan Speed Standard (A4)
Colour and Mono (2 Sided)

Up to 15ppm

6

(pages per minute)
Up to 30ipm

6

(images per minute)

Windows

®4

TWAIN, WIA
Windows 7, 8.1, 10
(32 & 64 bit editions)
Windows Server 2019, 2016,
2012R2, 2012

iPS for Windows PC
iPS - Easy to use scan software
from Brother oering document
workflow management

Nuance

®

PaperPort SE 14

Document management &
sharing program

Optical Scan Resolution

Up to 600 x 600dpi
(dots per inch)

Interpolated Scan
Resolution

2

Up to 1,200 x 1,200dpi
(dots per inch)

Macintosh

ICA, AirPrint Scanning

10.12.x/10.13.x/

10.14.x/10.15.x

Kofax Power PDF Standard
v3

PDF Editor built to maximise
productivity

Remote Setup

Allows the user to set-up the
scanner from their PC

Colour Depth

48 bit colour Processing (Input)
24 bit colour Processing
(Output)

Grey Scale

256 levels (8 bit)

Linux

SANE

NewSoft

®

Presto!®

BizCard 6

A complete contact
management solution that lets
you scan, edit and synchronize
business card contacts to
various contact management
software applications.

Software2 for
macOS

iPS for macOS

iPS - Easy to use scan software
from Brother oering document
workflow management

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Remote Setup

Allows the user to set-up the
scanner from their PC

NewSoft
BizCard

®

Presto!®

7

A complete contact
management solution that lets
you scan, edit and synchronise
business contacts to various
contact management software

All specifications correct at the time of
printing and are subject to change.
Brother is a registered trademark of Brother
Industries Ltd. Brand product names are
registered trademarks or trademarks of their
respective companies.

Scanner Functions

Supported File Formats

2

Including TIFF (BW only),
JPEG (Greyscale/Colour), PDF,
Secured PDF, Signed PDF,
PDF/A-1b, Searchable PDF

SD Scan

Allows the scanning directly to
micro SD cards using a
dedicated SD card slot.
(Supports 2-32GB

Scan to Email

7

)

2

Scan documents as an
attachment into your
E-mail application using
dedicated software

Scan to OCR

2

Scan documents directly
into your word processing
application for instant editing

Scan to File

Scan to a file on your computer
using dedicated software

Scan to Image

2

Open your scan in your
preferred image editing
software

Greyscale Level
Adjustment

2

When images are dicult to
view due to colour density,
images can be set lighter or
darker as required using a
custom values

B&W Level Adjustment

2,3

When images are dicult to
view due to colour density,
images can be set lighter or
darker as required using a
custom value

Colour Tone Adjustment

2

Sets colour image quality for
Brightness, Contrast, Shadow,
Highlights, Gamma

Colour Drop

2,3

Allows you to drop any hue of
the red, blue, or green colour in
your scanned image

Edge Emphasis

2,3

The higher the level, the clearer
the image

Punch Hole Removal

2,3

Produce clean page borders
by removing punch hole marks
from the scanned image

Character Enhancement

2,3

Increase text definition and
density to make it easier to read

B&W Inversion

2,3

The image will scan as
inverted (black and white areas
are switched)

Auto Deskew

6

The process of straightening an
image that has been scanned
at a slight angle

Detect End of Page

Detect end of page and
automatically adjusts page
size when the length of the
document is shorter than the
document size selected

Auto Image Rotation

2,3

Documents can be scanned in
any orientation. Automatically
changing the direction of the
document based on the text
orientation

Skip Blank Page

Set the detection level for
ignoring any blank pages
in your documents by not
scanning them

Background Processing

2,3

Smooth and remove unwanted
colours, creases or shadows
from a scan image

Edge Fill

2,3

Determines area and colour of
the image frame

Auto Colour Detection

2

Set the detection level to
pre-sort batched documents
between colour and black &
white

Skip Blank Page

Set the detection level for
ignoring any blank pages
in your documents by not
scanning them

Margin Setting

2,3

You can specify margin size
around each side of the
scanned image

Continuous Scan

2

Continues to scan using the
same settings when additional
pages are added

2 to 1 Scan

2,3

Save two-sided documents into
a single-page image file

1 to 2 Scan

2,3

Splitting a page back in to
single image files with one
image per file

Barcode Detection

3

Barcode detection allows
multiple barcodes and types to
be detected simultaneously.
A specific barcode location,
or type of barcode, can be
specified by designating a
search area for the barcode or
searching by barcode type.
To use this function an
application that corresponds to
the TWAIN barcode detection
protocol is required.

Auto Start Scan

When scanning directly to SD
card the scan process is
performed automatically

Carrier Sheet Mode

2

Supports scanning of up to A3
(fold) and documents

JPEG Compression

4

JPEG Compression can help
you change the data size of an
image file

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All specifications correct at the time of
printing and are subject to change.
Brother is a registered trademark of Brother
Industries Ltd. Brand product names are
registered trademarks or trademarks of their
respective companies.

Paper Handling

Media Sizes

Direct Paper Path
Width 50.8 - 215.9mm
Length 86.4 - 1828.8mm

U-path paper control system
Width 74 - 215.9mm
Length 105 - 297mm
Width 74 - 79.38mm (Receipts)
Length 105 - 355.6mm
(Receipts)

Media Weights

Direct Paper Path
35 - 270gsm
U-path paper control system
52 - 80 gsm

Card Size

Plastic Card (Landscape)
Width - 85.60mm
Length - 53.98mm

Media Thickness

Plastic Card up to 1.00mm
Embossed face up to 1.24mm

Mobile and Web
Connectivity

Fleet Management
Tools

Security and Network

iPrint&Scan

Scan directly to a mobile device
running Android or iOS
operating Systems

Embedded Web Server

Web based scanner
management software
embedded onto the machine

Network Protocols

TCP/IP (IPv4)
TCP/IP (IPv6)

IPv4

DHCP, APIPA (Auto IP), WINS/
NetBIOS, DNS Resolver,
mDNS, SNMPv1/v2c, ICMP,
Web Services(Scan), HTTP/
HTTPS server, LLMNR
responder, SNTP Client

Scan to Workflow

2

Configure using Brother
iPS and then scan direct to
Dropbox, Google Drive, icloud,
OneDrive

BRAdmin Light

2

WAN management
software

Wireless Network Security

WEP 64/128 bit, WPA-PSK
(TKIP/AES), WPA2-PSK (AES),
SSL/TLS (HTTPS)

IPv6

RA, DNS Resolver, mDNS,
LLMNR responder, Web Servic­es(Scan), SNTP Client, HTTP/
HTTPS server, ICMPv6

Wireless Setup Support

Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ (WPS)

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All specifications correct at the time of
printing and are subject to change.
Brother is a registered trademark of Brother
Industries Ltd. Brand product names are
registered trademarks or trademarks of their
respective companies.

Supplies and
Accessories

Carton Contents

DSmobile machine, Quick
setup guide / Product safety
guide, USB cable, Warranty

Optional Product

Carrier Sheet 500 times (Pack
of 2), Part Number - CS-A3401

Dimensions and
Weights

Duty Cycle

Environment

With Carton (WxDxH)

377 x 162 x 76 mm
Europe: 1072g
Nordics: 1156g

Maximum Daily

Up to 100 sheets

Power Requirement

Lithium Battery 3.8V 1200mA

4.56W
USB bus-power

Power Consumption
(Scanning)

3.6W (USB3.0)

4.4W (Wi-Fi)

Power Consumption
(Ready)

2.2 W (Wi-Fi mode)

1.5 W (PC mode)

Machine Only (WxDxH)

319 x 63.1 x 45.4 mm 699g

Maximum Monthly1

Up to 2,000 sheets monthly
scan volume

Power Consumption
(O)

0.11W

Sound Pressure Level

Scanning – 42dB
Ready – inaudible

Sound Power Level

Scanning – 53dB
Ready – inaudible

Power Saving Mode

This enables the scanner to
consume less energy when not
in use

1. Maximum number of scanned pages per month can be used to compare design durability between like Brother products. For maximum
scanner life, it is best to choose a scanner with a duty cycle that far exceeds your scan requirements

2. All supported using downloadable software from the Brother Solutions Centre http://solutions.brother.com. Free download from the Brother
Solutions Centre http://solutions.brother.com

3. Windows Only

4. Windows server support scanner driver only

5. Requires Super Speed micro USB 3.0 Type B cable connection to a USB 3.0 port

6. Can scan documents up to Legal size (300 dpi)

7. microSD not included

Working with you for a better environment

At Brother, our green initiative is simple. We strive to take responsibility,
act respectfully and try to make a positive dierence to help build a
society where sustainable development can be achieved. We call this
approach Brother Earth.

All specifications correct at the time of
printing and are subject to change.
Brother is a registered trademark of Brother
Industries Ltd. Brand product names are
registered trademarks or trademarks of their
respective companies.

www.brotherearth.com

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