AL-1045 (serv.man20). Installing the software - Sharp Copying Equipment User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 19

The Button Manager can directly handle a AL-xxxx (where xxxx is the model name of 
your unit) series device event and start your selected application according to the 
scan setting made on the AL-xxxx (where xxxx is the model name of your unit) front 
panel (SC1, SC2, SC3, SC4, SC5, SC6).
This will scan directly into your application from the device.

The settings for the Windows Event Manager for 
the SHARP AL-xxxx (where xxxx is the model 
name of your unit) device allow the user to take 
advantage of the Sharp Button Manager to take 
control of events from Windows and send scanned 
images to any application that can be selected in 
Button Manager.
This can be done with the Windows OS showing 
the Event Manager selection dialog or directly into 
a selected application if the Button Manager is the 
only allowed handler for device events from the 
SHARP AL-xxxx (where xxxx is the model name of 
your unit).
This is done by changing the Windows device 
settings for the AL-xxxx (where xxxx is the model 
name of your unit) in the Scanner and Camera 
device settings in the Control Panel.

Scanner AL-
xxxx (where 
xxxx is the 
model name of 
your unit) 
SCANNER key 
pressed.

Event Manager

Windows OS

Button Manager

No Selection 
dialog is 
displayed.

User selected 
application

The user 
application 
opens.

This is the Control Panel
Properties dialog for "Scanners and
Cameras".

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