Brother PDS-6000, PDS-5000 Setup Guide

WARNING

NOTE

Quick Setup Guide PDS-5000 / PDS-6000

PDS-5000

Start Here

PDS-6000

Please read the Product Safety Guide starting on page 8 before you set up your machine. Then, please

return to this page of the Quick Setup Guide for the correct setup and installation procedure.

WARNING

IMPORTANT

NOTE

Unpack the machine and check the components

 The components included in the box may differ depending on your country.

WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injuries.

IMPORTANT indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in damage to property or loss of product functionality.

Notes tell you how you should respond to a situation that may arise or give tips about how the operation works with other features.

USB 3.0 Interface Cable

DVD-ROM

AC adapter

Product Registration Sheet

Power cord

You can download the User’s Guide for your model from the Brother Solutions Center at support.brother.com If your computer does not have a DVD-ROM drive, the supplied DVD-ROM does not contain drivers for your operating system, or you want to download manuals and utilities, visit your model page at support.brother.com

• This product was packaged in a plastic bag. To avoid suffocation, keep plastic bags away from babies and children. Do not use the bag in cribs, beds, carriages, or play pens. The bag is not a toy.

• Use only the AC adapter and power cord supplied with this product.

• We recommend saving the original packaging in case you must ship your machine.

• Use the supplied USB cable when you connect the machine to a computer.

(USA and Canada only)

Warranty Card

Quick Setup Guide

a Remove the protective tape and film covering the machine and the LCD or Control Panel. b Make sure you have all the components.

USA/CAN Version A

Connect the AC adapter

NOTE

Finish

• Use only the power cord supplied with this product.

• Use the power cord that conforms to your country.

Connect the power cord 1 to the AC adapter, and connect the AC adapter cord 2 to the machine. Insert the plug 3 provided into the outlet.

Install Scanner Driver

a Put the DVD-ROM into your DVD-ROM drive.

When the language screen appears, select your language.

•I

f the Brother screen does not appear

automatically, go to Computer (My Computer).

(For Windows

(File Explorer) icon on the taskbar, and then go to Computer.)

• Double-click the DVD-ROM icon, and then

double-click start.exe.

b Click Install Scanner Driver and follow the

on-screen instructions.

8/8.1/10: click the

For Windows

(Windows®XP Home/ XP Professional/ Windows Vista Windows

8/8.1/10)

/Windows® 7/

Before you install

Make sure that your computer and your Brother machine are ON.

If there are any programs running, close them.

When you install the scanner driver, DS Capture (a scanning application) will be installed at the same time. For more information on using DS Capture, see Use DS Capture in the User’s Guide.

c When prompted by the installer, connect the

supplied USB Cable to the USB ports on your computer (USB 3.0 port recommended) and machine.

The installation is now complete and it is time to do a test scan. See Test Scan (scan to a computer)

on page 6.

For Macintosh OS X v10.8.x,

NOTE

Finish

10.9.x, 10.10.x and 10.11.x

Before you install

Make sure that your computer and your brother machine are ON.

If there are any programs running, close them.

Install Scanner Driver

a Download the full driver and software package

from the Brother Solutions Center (support.brother.com

Click Downloads, navigate to your product page, then select your OS.

For help identifying your OS, click the link How to identify your Operating System (OS).

When you install the scanner driver, DS Capture (a scanning application) will be installed at the same time. For more information on using DS Capture, see Use DS Capture in the User’s Guide.

d When prompted by the installer, connect the

supplied USB Cable to the USB ports on your computer (USB 3.0 port recommended) and machine.

The installation is now complete and it is time to do a test scan. See Test Scan (scan to a computer) on page 6.

b Double-click the Brother PDS-XXXX.dmg file

to install.

c Double-click Brother PDS-XXXX and follow

the on-screen instructions.

Information

NOTE

Download your Brother machine’s software applications and user’s guides, as listed in the tables below, from the Brother Solutions Center.

support.brother.com

Choose one of the following:

For software applications, utilities, drivers and firmware updates:

1. Click Downloads.

2. Type your model name, and then click Search.

3. Select your OS Family and OS Version, and then click Search.

4. Click the item you want.

For user’s guides:

1. Click Manuals.

2. Type your model name, and then click Search.

3. Click the user’s guide you want.

For help identifying your model name, click the link: How to identify your model name.

Software Applications and where to find them

Software Description Where is it?

DS Capture (Windows

Button Manager V2 (Windows

OmniPage SE 18 (Windows

QuickScan Pro (Windows

PageManager 9 (Mac)

/Mac)

)

This is a simple scanning application. This scanning application from Brother is installed automatically from the DVD-ROM when you install the scanner driver.

Use this application to create multiple types of scan buttons to perform one-touch scanning. If scanning from your computer, click the button where the scan settings have been assigned using the application. If scanning from your machine, select the menu where the scan settings have been assigned using the LCD screen, and then press the machine’s Scan button. The following scan functions are supported:

Scan to File / Scan to File (OCR) / Scan to App / E-Mail / Printer / Shared Folder / FTP / SharePoint

See the Button Manager Help menu for more information about using Button Manager V2.

OmniPage SE 18 is an OCR scanning application from Nuance.

QuickScan Pro is a trial document capture scanning application from EMC.

PageManager 9 is a scanning application from NewSoft. Brother Solutions Center

Windows Brother Solutions Center

Mac: Brother Solutions Center DVD / Brother Solutions Center

DVD

: DVD /

Visit support.brother.com

In addition to the above, you can also use your TWAIN (Windows®/Mac), WIA (Windows®), ISIS (Windows®) and ICA (Mac) compatible applications for scanning.

Information

User's Guides and where to find them

Which manual? What's in it? Where is it? Quick Setup

Guide

User’s Guide Learn the Scan operations and how to perform routine

Visit support.brother.com

Follow the instructions for setting up your machine and installing the drivers and software for your operating system. This guide includes the Product Safety Guide instructions. Before you set up your machine, read the safety instructions first.

maintenance. See troubleshooting tips if you have difficulty.

Printed / In the box

PDF file / Brother Solutions Center

Test Scan (Scan to a Computer)

IMPORTANT

c Fan the pages well.

Load your document

Make sure your machine and computer are connected with the supplied USB Cable.

a Open the Top Cover 1, and then unfold the

Document Guides 2.

d Place your document, face down, top edge first

in the document feeder between the Document Guides until you feel it gently touch the inside of the machine. Adjust the Guides 1 to fit the width of your document.

b Pull out the Output Tray 1, and then unfold the

Document Stopper 2.

Always open the top cover and output tray completely. Failure to do so may cause a risk of damage to the document.

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