AL-1456 (serv.man28). Sect. 4 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 of 
six different applications according to the Button 
Manager setting.
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".
The AL-1555 is shown selected.

SHARP AL-1555