Glossary
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OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
A device or a technology that recognizes the text on documents and converts them into text data that can be edited. The
shape of the characters are recognized by the differences in the light reflected from the documents.
Operating environment
Conditions (e.g. temperature, humidity) required to operate or store the scanner.
Operator panel
A panel that consists of a display and buttons. It is used for scanner operations such as selecting functions and changing
settings.
Overscan
A function that scans the document in a size larger than the specified paper size.
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Paper jam
Refers to an error in which a document is jammed inside the paper path or feeding is interrupted by documents slipping.
Pick roller
A roller which picks up one sheet off of documents loaded in the ADF paper chute (feeder), and feeds the document into the
ADF.
Pick start time
A time period for a loaded document from the point of passing the hopper empty sensor to being picked.
Pixel
The dots that make up a scanned image.
Portrait
Orientation in which the long side of the document is set parallel to the feed direction.
Documents/images are set/displayed vertically.
