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title: "Tools - Motorola Scanner Installation"
canonical: "https://support.crosslinktax.com/space/CSC/1869296770/Tools%20-%20Motorola%20Scanner%20Installation"
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> ℹ️ This article demonstrates how to install the **Motorola Symbol DS6707-DC** and the **Motorola Zebra DS8101** document scanner for use with CrossLink 1040.

> ⚠️ *Ensure the scanner is a supported scanner.  CrossLink software requires the DS6707-DC or DS8101 (Zebra).*

![image](media://6c9b1c21-8d6c-4140-8521-08390612efe4)

 

**Follow the instructions below to successfully install the Motorola scanner:**

1. Log in to the CrossLink Web Portal.

2. Click **Support** > **Downloads**.

3. Under **Features and Set-Up Related Information**, select and download the appropriate driver for your **operating system** and either the **Zebra scanner bar codes OR Symbol scanner bar codes**

4. Open the downloaded file and run the application file.

> ⚠️ If prompted to extract all files, simply click **Run**. If a Security Warning appears, click **Run** once more.

 

5. Complete the **Symbol SNAPI USB Imaging Driver Setup Wizard**.

6. Plug the scanner into a USB port on your computer.

7. **Print** a page with the appropriate bar codes depending on the model of your scanner.

- For the model **DS6707(Symbol)** the symbol scanner bar codes pdf file under other downloads.
- For the model **DS8101(Zebra)** the zebra scanner bar codes pdf file under other downloads.

8. Scan the **Set Defaults** bar code. Wait for two separate sequences of beeps from the scanner.

![image](media://06214c88-12a6-4237-b784-e501733a534b)

**SET DEFAULTS**

> 📝 The second set of beeps should be low/medium/high beeps. Four long low beeps indicate an error.

9. Scan the **Snapi with imaging** bar code.

![image](media://877b5621-1fb5-4046-89af-060597282ec8)

**SNAPI WITH IMAGING**

> 📝 Wait for two separate sequences of beeps from the scanner. The second set of beeps should be low/medium/high beeps. Four long low beeps indicate an error.

  

**Scan a sample document to verify the document scanner is working properly**:

1. Open **CrossLink 1040** (scanner only compatible with versions 2012.31 or 2013.10 and above).

2. Start a **new tax return**, or open a **test return**.

> ⚠️ *Do not use a real return, as the scanned document cannot easily be deleted.*

3. Click **Document Archive **from the** Attached Forms**.

4. In the **Archived Documents Listing**, click **Scan Document**.

5. Click **Snap**.

6. If you want to save the file, click **Save**.