Air Techniques, Inc.
Page 18
Configure the Intraoral Plate
Guides.
If the desired Plate Guides
are not in place, install these Guides
at this time . Do not operate the scanner
without a full complement of two Guides
in place . Any combination of Guides
may be used . See Figure 9 .
Figure 9 . ScanX with Plate Guides in Place .
ImaGInG pRocedURes
Scanner Track 2
Plate Guide
Scanner Track 1
Plate Guide
IMPORTANT:
Transfer the PSP from the PSP
Transfer box to the Plate Guide slot
quickly. Always keep the sensitive side
away from any light source to minimize
image loss.
Figure 10 .
PSP Pick-up .
Figure 11
Feeding Intraoral Plate .
Activate Scanner
Activate ScanX by performing the following procedures .
1 . Make sure ScanX and computer components are correctly connected as shown in Figure 4 .
2 . Switch the scanner from Standby to ON by pressing the membrane POWER switch ( ) located on
the Keypad Control Panel on the top of the scanner .
3 . Verify that both the green and blue LED indicators above the POWER and ERASER switches,
respectively, illuminate . (Default mode has eraser ON .)
4 . Use the user-supplied authorized Imaging Software to activate the Scanner and to select the desired
image type and resolution .
5 . Verify that the two Scanner track indicators illuminate green when the Scanner has been activated,
indicating that PSPs can be fed into the corresponding Plate Guide .
Scanning and Erasing Plates
Scan and erase an intraoral PSP in one operation by performing the following procedures .
1 . Grasp a PSP by short edges between your thumb and index finger . See Figure 10 .
2 . With printed side facing you, carefully and quickly insert the PSP into the corresponding Plate Guide
slot as far as possible .
3 . Immediately press the PSP all the way down with your fingertip (from position Figure 11 to position
Figure 12) until the scanner's transport mechanism takes over and the PSP moves down on its own .
4 . Verify that the track light illuminates yellow, indicating the Plate Guide slot is in use, the PSP has
been sensed and the Scanner is transporting the PSP .
Figure 12
Fully Inserted Plate .