
MiniScan Sales Guide
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F.A.Q.
1. Why is the MiniScan the easiest and most flexible scan module on the Market?
No other product on the market packs all of these key features in a compact durable size
specifically designed for embedded as well as stand alone applications:
• High performance scanning
• Rugged durable housing
• IP54 sealing (except the MS-954 & MS-440x)
• Integrated beeper (except the MS-954)
• Serial & USB interfaces
2. What technology enables the five scan patterns of the MS320x?
The innovative, state of the art SE-3223 scan engine uses two scan motors, called Taut Band
Elements (TBE), that enable the MS-320x and the MS-220x to produce 5 different scan
patterns.
Each TBE is comprised of a magnet mounted on a small mirror, which in turn is mounted on
a steel armature. A coil is mounted behind the magnet. When a signal is sent through the
coil, it attracts and repels the magnet, resulting with the mirror moving back and forth to
create the scan pattern. When the frequency of the coil is changed – as a result of pressing
the button at the top of the scanner – the scan pattern changes from single line, to PDF
raster, to omni-directional, and so on. To find out more about the SE-3223 and other Symbol
Scan engines, visit the OEM area on the Symbol web site.
3. What is Advanced Data Formatting (ADF) capability?
Advanced Data Formatting (ADF) is a means of customizing or editing the data scanned by
the scanner before transmitting it to your host device. Scanned data can be edited to suit
your particular requirement. To implement ADF, a series of bar codes can be scanned to
create rules that apply to the scanned data.
4. Do all MiniScan scanners have Advanced Data Formatting (ADF) capability?
Yes, all of the MiniScan scanners have ADF capability.
5. What is the benefit of Flash Memory?
Flash Memory facilitates post-purchase upgrades, changing default settings, or customizing
the device for specific applications.
6. Do the MiniScan scanners have Flash Memory?
Yes, all of the MiniScan family has Flash Memory, allowing you to rest assured that the
scanner will meet your current and future bar code data capture needs.
7. What applications are best suited for the MS-220x scanners?
Industrial applications, such as manufacturing and warehousing OEM applications, are best
suited for the MS-220x scanners (clinical diagnostics, for example). Its high-speed, single line
enables it to be best suited for slow speed conveyors, where bar codes must be scanned
while moving past the device.
8. What MiniScan is best at reading the new 2D bar codes found in pharmacy or office
automation?
The MS-440x’s imager engine offers omni-directional reading of ALL 1D and 2D bar codes like
Datamatrix, QR, Aztec, and even specialty codes like Postal and Maxicode.
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