
Falcon
®
4220 Quick Reference Guide
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Falcon
®
4220 Windows
®
CE PDA
2. Select
Start > Programs > Scanner > Quick ScanSet
to open the scanning
application. This application runs in the background and only
shows up as bar code icon in the system tray.
Figure 14. Scanning a bar code
3. Aim the scanning beam at the center of the bar code.
• Position the device close to bar code when scanning small bar
codes.
• Position it at a distance when scanning larger bar codes.
• The scanner stops scanning after you release the key or after
five (5) seconds.
Figure 15. Scanning Beam Positions
4. Press the Right or Left
<Scan>
key. The scanner scans as long as
you hold the key or for five (5) seconds.
Before being able to scan bar codes, you must open the Quick ScanSet application. Go to
Start
> Programs > Scanning > QuickScan Set.
This application runs in the background. You can
tell that it is running by the bar code icon in the system tray.
Left Scan Key
Right Scan Key
Correct Scanning Positions
Incorrect Scanning Positions
Ideal positioning
A bit high, will read correctly
A bit angled, will read correctly
Positioned too far to the right. Will
not read entire bar code.
Too angled; cannot read the
entire bar code.
Bar code will not read. The
scanner should be posi-
tioned perpendicular to
the bar code bars.