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  • Page 1 Visioneer OneTouch 9420 USB Scanner User’s Guide F O R W I N D O W S...
  • Page 2 Inc. All Rights Reserved. All other products mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. Information is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Visioneer. The software described is furnished under a licensing agreement.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    What’s in the Box ........1 The Visioneer OneTouch 9420 USB Scanner ....2 What You Need .
  • Page 4 Step 2: Uninstalling the PaperPort Software ....96 Visioneer 9420 USB Scanner Specifications ....97 Index .

  • Page 5: Welcome

    ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer OneTouch 9420 USB scanner. With this scanner you can quickly scan paper documents, color photos, 35mm slides, and negatives to place their electronic images on your computer. ’ S IN THE Before starting the installation, check the contents of the box to make sure that all parts are included.

  • Page 6: The Visioneer Onetouch 9420 Usb Scanner

    Document cover Transparency light source Glass Reference marks Locking tab (underneath) OneTouch buttons panel Status light OneTouch buttons Option port TPA cable ISIONEER OUCH Custom Email To PaperPort 9420 USB S CANNER Print USB port Power jack...
  • Page 7 Option port—Connects the TPA cable to the scanner. USB port—Connects the scanner to the computer. Your Visioneer 9420 scanner can connect to either a USB 1.1 or a USB 2.0 port. Power jack—Connects the power cord to the scanner. TPA (Transparency Adapter) cable—Supplies power from the scanner body to the transparency light source.

  • Page 8: What You Need

    Note: The new USB 2.0 ports operate at higher speeds than USB 1.1 ports. If your computer is not equipped with USB 2.0 ports, you can add them with the Visioneer Hi-Speed USB 2.0 PCI Card. Visit the Visioneer Web site at www.visioneer.com for ordering information, or contact the dealer where you purchased your Visioneer 9420 OneTouch USB scanner.

  • Page 9: Documentation

    OCUMENTATION Your scanner is delivered with the following documentation: Quick Install Guide—abbreviated installation instructions. Visioneer OneTouch 9420 Scanner User’s Guide—detailed installation, scanning, configuration, and maintenance information; also available as a printable file on the Installation CD. ScanSoft PaperPort User’s Guide—on the Installation CD; contains detailed feature and configuration information.

  • Page 10: Installing

    Note: If you had another scanner connected to your computer, you must uninstall its driver software before starting the installation of your 9420 scanner. Please see the other scanner’s user manual for information about uninstalling. Also note that when installing your 9420 scanner, you must install the PaperPort software and scanner software before connecting the scanner to the computer.
  • Page 11 Click the My Computer icon on your desktop. Double-click the icon for your CD-ROM drive. In the list of files, double-click the file named START32.EXE. 3. On the Visioneer installation menu, select Install ScanSoft PaperPort. 4. On the PaperPort Setup window, click Next.
  • Page 12 11. Now click Install Scanner Driver. 12. Click Next on the OneTouch 4.0 Welcome window. 13. On the Visioneer License Agreement window, read the license agreement. If you accept the terms, select I Agree, and click Next. 14. Click Next on the Confirm Installation window.
  • Page 13 1: I NSTALL THE OFTWARE 15. When you see the following Connect Scanner window, do NOT click OK. Leave the window open and proceed to the next section, “Step 2: Connect the Scanner”.

  • Page 14: Step 2: Connect The Scanner

    2: C ONNECT THE Your OneTouch 9420 scanner connects to any available USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 port. Check your computer’s user guide for port locations. Note: You do not have to shut off the power to your computer when connecting the scanner to a USB port.
  • Page 15 3. Plug one end of the USB cable into an available USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 port on the computer. 4. Plug the other end of the USB cable into the scanner’s USB port. If the plug does not attach easily, make sure that you are plugging it in correctly.
  • Page 16 9420 USB S ’ ISIONEER OUCH CANNER UIDE 5. Plug the power adapter cable into the power jack on the back of the scanner and then plug the power adapter into an AC (wall) outlet. The following diagram shows the scanner connected to a computer.
  • Page 17 6. When the software is finished loading, return to the Connect Scanner window and click OK. The scanner’s status light is green when the scanner and computer are communicating properly. 7. On the Install Completed window, click Close. 8. When installation is finished, restart your computer. 9.

  • Page 18: Step 3: Check Out Your Scanner

    3: C HECK After installing the scanner and software, you will see a OneTouch icon on the Windows taskbar (at the bottom right corner of the computer screen). If the scanner is properly connected, the icon looks like the one pictured below.

  • Page 19: If The Scanner Is Not Properly Connected

    Readme file, and the scanner icon still has problems, you may have a malfunctioning scanner. Also refer to the technical support card that you received with your scanner and visit our web site at www.visioneer.com for additional technical information. You can also receive software updates from the Web site. ONNECTED...

  • Page 20: Register Your Scanner

    EGISTER CANNER Registering your scanner is very important because it provides you with access to our free telephone support service. Registration also gives you free access to software updates for your scanner. To register your scanner: 1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows System Tray (at the bottom right corner of the screen).
  • Page 21 EGISTER CANNER The serial number is located on the underside of the scanner. The Serial Number After registration is complete you will receive an email message with your RegID. Your RegID is very important because you will need it when accessing free telephone support, or checking for future online updates.

  • Page 22: Scanning

    Scanning This chapter describes how to scan paper documents as well as 35mm slides and negatives. You can use several different methods to scan from your scanner: Press a OneTouch button on the scanner Click a button icon on the on-screen OneTouch button panel Use the Basic Interface or Advanced Interface window from the PaperPort software Note: To scan 35mm slides or negatives, you must scan from the...
  • Page 23 2. Close the document cover and press one of the OneTouch buttons. The scanner starts scanning the item. A Scan progress window opens. To Cancel scanning, click the Cancel button. When the scan is complete, a “thumbnail” of the scanned image appears in the destination application.

  • Page 24: About The Onetouch Buttons

    BOUT THE OUCH UTTONS The OneTouch buttons are preconfigured for typical scanning tasks. To change button settings, see “Configuring the OneTouch Buttons” on page 46. The following table describes the preconfigured button settings: Button Function Preconfigured Settings Scan Scans the item as a color page and displays it in PaperPort.

  • Page 25: Scanning From The Button Panel On The Screen

    CANNING FROM THE Scanning from the button panel on the screen works just like pressing a scanner button. The scanner scans the item, and then sends the image to the destination associated with the button. This method of scanning is especially helpful if the scanner is not located close to your computer. To scan from the button panel on the screen: 1.

  • Page 26: Scanning From The Paperport Software

    BOUT THE OUCH BUTTON ANEL The button names, such as Email or OCR, indicate the original factory settings for a button. For example, the Email button is set up to scan documents and then immediately attach them to a new email message in Microsoft Outlook Express.
  • Page 27 To scan an item from PaperPort: 1. Open the scanner cover and place an item face down on the glass. Align the edge of the item with the arrow at the upper-left corner of the glass and then close the cover. 2.
  • Page 28 The Folders pane is replaced by the Scan pane. Scan pane Choose Visioneer 9420 from here 4. From the Scanner list, select Visioneer 9420. 5. In the “Scan what?” section, choose Document or Photograph. 6. Click Settings to view and change the format for the scanned item’s file name and the file type.

  • Page 29: Scanning From The Basic Interface

    CANNING FROM THE ASIC The Basic Interface can scan a preview of the image so you can adjust its appearance before scanning the final image. After adjusting the appearance, you click the Scan button on the Basic Interface (not on the scanner) to scan the item.
  • Page 30 5. To choose another resolution, use the Resolution (DPI) menu. You can also change the picture type again, for example, from color to grayscale, and you can change the paper size from the Paper Size menu. To scan only a portion of the image see the section “Scanning Part of an Image”...
  • Page 31 9. On the PaperPort Scan message box, click Done. When scanning is complete, thumbnail images appear on the PaperPort Desktop. A thumbnail image The small icon of the scanned item represents the file appears on the format, in this case PaperPort desktop the PaperPort format...
  • Page 32 CANNING ART OF AN MAGE To scan part of an image, you draw a box around the part you want. The scanner then only scans that portion of the image and sends it to the PaperPort desktop. 1. Put the pointer on the image and drag a box around the section of the image that you want to scan.

  • Page 33: Scanning From The Advanced Interface

    CANNING FROM THE The Advanced Interface has more options for scanning than the Basic Interface. 1. Open the Basic Interface as described in the section “Scanning from the Basic Interface” on page 25. 2. Click the Advanced Interface button on the Basic Interface. The Advanced Interface appears.
  • Page 34 4. Click one of the icons to select a configuration. For example, select Color Configurations and then select Custom to scan a color item with the preset Custom scan settings. The configuration settings appear as a list. Click the + (plus) sign to see the full list.
  • Page 35 10. When you’re finished scanning items, click Done to close the Advanced Interface. If the Single page items check box is selected on the PaperPort desktop, the item appears as a thumbnail on the desktop. If the Single page items check box is not selected, thumbnails do not appear until you indicate the scanning job is finished.

  • Page 36: Scanning 35Mm Slides And Negatives

    UIDE CANNING LIDES AND EGATIVES Your 9420 OneTouch scanner is specially designed to scan 35mm slides and negatives. You can scan both positive and negative film images. RIEF XPLANATION Your scanner has sensors that capture the image of the item being scanned.
  • Page 37 2. To scan a 35mm slide, first position the 35mm mask on the glass. The mask has one square corner. Align that corner with the arrow on the scanner body. Make sure that the text on the 35mm mask faces up so the slide fits properly in the mask.
  • Page 38 “Selecting Options for a Button” on page 65. The Folders pane is replaced by the Scan pane. Scan pane Choose Visioneer 9420 from here 2. From the Scanner list, select Visioneer 9420. 3. In the “Scan what?” section, choose Photograph.
  • Page 39 4. Click the Scan button in the Scan pane. The Basic Interface or Advanced Interface opens, depending on which one you used last. That is, if you used the Advanced Interface the last time you scanned from PaperPort, then it will open.
  • Page 40 Tip: For 35mm slides or negatives, set the resolution to 1200 dpi or better. Visioneer recommends using a resolution of 2400 dpi. Refer to “Adjusting the Resolution” on page 84 for steps to set the resolution.
  • Page 41 1. Remove the slide or negative from its mask. 2. Store the mask in its protective bag. 3. Later, when you re-open the Advanced Interface, make sure to choose Scan Reflective Using to reset PaperPort for scanning paper items. Choose Scan Reflective Using to reset for scanning paper items 4.
  • Page 42 ELECTING APER ETTINGS Clicking the Settings option on the PaperPort Scan panel displays the Settings dialog box where you can change the naming of scanned items and their file type. To select settings: 1. Click Settings on the Scan Pane before clicking the Scan button. The Settings dialog box appears.
  • Page 43 CANNING FROM THE APER OFTWARE Enter name or select date format—You have two basic options for the naming of scanned items: a text name, or a date. To give scanned items a text name, type the name in the box. For example, to name your scanned items Photograph, type the word Photograph in the box.
  • Page 44 File type—click the menu arrow and choose the file type for your scanned items, such as .jpg, .txt, or .bmp. Your scanned items are then converted to that file type and placed on the PaperPort Desktop. The small icon on the bottom right corner of the PaperPort thumbnails indicates the file type you selected.
  • Page 45 N THE APER ESKTOP Unless you changed it with the Settings option, the name of the scanned image is the day, date, and number of scanned items that day. For example, the second item scanned on a day is followed by a (2), the third by a (3) and so on.

  • Page 46: Scanning With The Windows Image Acquisition

    2. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Programs, point to ScanSoft PaperPort 9.0, and then click PaperPort. The PaperPort desktop opens. 3. Click the Scan icon on the PaperPort command bar. The Folders pane is replaced by the Scan pane. Scan pane Choose WIA-Visioneer 9420 from here MAGE CQUISITION...
  • Page 47 4. From the Scanner drop-down list, select WIA - Visioneer 9420. 5. In the “Scan what?” section, choose Document or Photograph. 6. Click Settings to view, and optionally change the format for the scanned item’s file name and the file type.
  • Page 48 You can select new settings before scanning to adjust how you want to scan a particular item. To select the scanner settings before you scan: 1. On the Scan using Visioneer 9420 window, select the Custom Settings button, and then click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture.
  • Page 49 CANNING FROM THE APER OFTWARE Brightness and Contrast—Drag the sliders to the right or left to adjust the brightness and contrast of the scanned image. The Contrast setting does not apply to Black and White picture or text. Resolution (DPI)—Choose the dots per inch (dpi) of resolution from the drop-down list.

  • Page 50: Configuring

    Configuring You can configure the default scanning settings for: The buttons on the scanner and the button panel The Advanced Interface (used when scanning from the PaperPort software) ONFIGURING THE When you first connect your scanner to a computer, the scanner’s software configures each OneTouch button with appropriate settings consisting of: a Destination Application, a Scan Configuration, and a Document Format.
  • Page 51 Right-click on a button (for example, the Scan button) and the Properties window opens for that button. You can also open the OneTouch Properties window by pressing and holding down a button on the scanner. The OneTouch Properties window then opens to the settings for that button.

  • Page 52: About The Onetouch Properties Window

    (and other OneTouch windows and dialog boxes) are “grayed out” and are not available. Grayed out options are not appropriate for your Visioneer 9420 scanner. If you use the OneTouch application with other Visioneer scanners, grayed out options become active, if appropriate.
  • Page 53 The settings on the Properties window are: Select Destination—the list of applications that can open to display the scanned image for the selected button. To configure the list of available applications, click the Options tab at the top of the dialog box and select the desired options.

  • Page 54: Selecting New Settings For A Button

    Select Format and Page(s)—a set of file formats for the scanned image for the selected button. The formats are based on the type of destination application you select. The button names indicate their file types. See “Selecting File Format Options” on page 61 for more about the formats. Options tab—displays a window for choosing options related to the selected destination application.
  • Page 55 To select new settings for the Scanner Button: 1. Click the tab of the button you want to change. Each button has its own settings. So, as you click the tabs, the available settings on the window change to show them for each button.

  • Page 56: Setting Destination Application Properties

    ETTING ESTINATION PPLICATION The different types of Destination Applications have various properties that you can select. 1. On the OneTouch Properties window, click a Destination Application. 2. Click the Properties button. Click a Destination Application. Click the Properties button A OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties dialog box appears for the type of Destination Application you selected, and the available options are for that type of application.
  • Page 57 APER ROPERTIES These properties apply to PaperPort, and are for designating the folder to receive your scanned items. 1. Select the PaperPort folder where you want the file of the scanned image to be located. 2. Click OK. 3. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window. When PaperPort opens after you finish scanning, the thumbnails of your scanned documents are on the Desktop in that folder.
  • Page 58 OCUMENTS ROPERTIES These properties apply to Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe Reader, and the other applications indicated by their icons in the list. The properties apply to the OCR settings for the applications. 1. Click in the OCR settings boxes for the options you want. The options will apply to all the applications in the group.
  • Page 59 3. Click Browse to find the application you want to add to the list. When you select the application using the Browse button, steps 1, and 2 on the dialog box are automatically filled in, and the application icon appears in step 3. 4.
  • Page 60 MAGE OCUMENTS ROPERTIES These properties apply to Microsoft Paint and other image processing applications. 1. Click in the color document handling settings boxes for the options you want. The options will apply to all the applications in the group. Convert Bitmaps using Screen resolution—Use this option to ensure that an image will fit on the computer’s screen.
  • Page 61 2. To add another application to the list, click the Add Application button. The Add Simple Image Link dialog box appears. 3. Click Browse to find the application you want to add to the list. When you select the application using the Browse button, steps 1 and 2 on the dialog box are automatically filled in, and the application icon appears in step 3.
  • Page 62 TORAGE ROPERTIES These properties apply to the Destination Application named Transfer to Storage. If your computer is running Windows XP and has a CD burner attached to it, you also use this dialog box to start the Burn to CD process. Note: If you do not have a CD burner attached to your computer, the CD options are not shown on the dialog box.
  • Page 63 3. If you have a CD burner attached to your computer, the option Show message when ready to burn 5" CD (700MB), should be selected. You’ll see a message when it’s time to click the Burn CD button. 4. Click OK. 5.
  • Page 64 1. Click the Browse button for Folder for storing attachments and choose a folder for your email attachments. 2. Click the Browse button to specify the location to store them, or type a location directly into the box. See the steps on page 57 to add an application. 3.

  • Page 65: Selecting File Format Options

    ELECTING ORMAT PTIONS The option that you select determines the file format of the scanned document. Appropriate format options and file types are available for the type of Destination Application selected for the button. The available options are for images and text. Image Formats The Text Formats are for text file types.
  • Page 66 The PDF format is often used to create images of text pages. You may want to select PDF as the page format when scanning text pages that do not require OCR processing or other processing. The PDF format is also used to put multi-page documents on web sites as pdf-readable files.
  • Page 67 ORMATS Selecting the text format option also selects OCR processing as an automatic step for scanning. Therefore, when you scan a document with the text format selected, the text portions of the document are automatically converted to editable text. Select a text format for documents with text or numbers, such as a business letter, report, or spreadsheet.
  • Page 68 3. Choose the file type—Simple Text or Rich Text Format—that you want for the text format. Your selection of a file type pertains only to the button currently selected on the OneTouch Properties window. Other buttons that have a text option selected as the Page Format are not affected, so you can set the text file type independently for each button.

  • Page 69: Selecting Options For A Button

    3. Select the options for the OCR text. Auto orient page—if necessary, the scanned text page is automatically rotated so the text displays on the screen correctly Single column output—displays the scanned text as a single running column, even if the original page had multiple columns 4.
  • Page 70 3. Select button options as described below. Show All Destinations—This option selects all the Destination Application categories. The list of Destination Applications available for the selected button will include all the applications on your computer that fall into these categories. The list also includes printers and other devices connected to your computer so, for example, you can scan an item and have it printed immediately.
  • Page 71 Fax and Print is for sending your scanned documents directly to your printer or fax software for faxing. Sti Event Forwarding is for using another application’s interface for scanning. The OneTouch Event Forwarding dialog box appears so you can select which application to use to continue scanning.

  • Page 72: Creating A New Scan Configuration

    REATING A ONFIGURATION The scan configurations are where you select the scanning resolution, brightness, mode (color, black&white, or grayscale), and a number of other settings. Note the lock icon on the preset configurations. Although you can unlock and edit the preset configurations, we recommend that you leave them locked, and only add new configurations.
  • Page 73 buttons set for text editing applications. Thus, you can create specific sets of scan configurations for specific functions and they appear only when appropriate. 3. Click the New button. If you want to start from the settings of another configuration, select the configuration, then click the Copy button.
  • Page 74 Color to scan color photographs and other color items. Color scans have the largest file size. Resolution—Drag the slider to the right or left to adjust the dots per inch (dpi) of the resolution. The maximum resolution is 1200 dpi; the minimum is 50 dpi. The higher the dpi setting, the sharper and clearer the scanned image.
  • Page 75 Size—Click Standard, click the menu arrow and choose a page size from the list, or click Custom and enter the horizontal and vertical page dimensions in the boxes. The maximum size is 8.5" by 11.69". The units of measurement can be inches or millimeters.
  • Page 76 8. Click the Advanced tab. The options of the Advanced tab are for the Color or Grayscale scanning mode. Saturation is the strength or purity of a color, hue is the color your eyes see as reflected from the image, and gamma controls the brightness of the midtones of the color.
  • Page 77 EVICE ETTINGS A Device Settings tab appears on the Scan Configurations dialog box when your selected Destination Application sends the scanned image to a printer, fax application, or other device. You use the options on the Device Settings tab to select settings for the device. 1.

  • Page 78: Editing Or Deleting Scan Configurations

    Collate copies—If you’re printing more than one page, collate the copies. Enter the number of copies in the Copies box. Advanced—click to see additional settings for the device. The dialog that appears is specific to the device. For example, if the device is your printer, the dialog box is your printer’s setup settings.

  • Page 79: Configuring Before Scanning

    ONFIGURING EFORE CANNING Sometimes, you may want to manually configure the scan settings before beginning the scanning process. In that case, you select Configure Before Scan as the Scan Setting. When you press a scan button, one of the scanning interfaces appears for you to set the scanning options.

  • Page 80: Scanning With Event Forwarding

    4. Right-click on Configure Before Scan and choose an interface to use for configuring before scanning. Twain—The Basic Interface or Advanced Interface appears for you to configure the scanning. See “Scanning from the Basic Interface” on page 25 or “Scanning from the Advanced Interface” on page 29. WIA—The Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) interface appears for you to configure the scanning.

  • Page 81: Scan And Burn To Acd

    8. Select the application in the box and click OK. Now the application you selected opens and you can continue the scanning from that application’s TWAIN interface. CAN AND URN TO A If you have a CD burner attached to your computer, you can scan directly from your scanner onto a CD.
  • Page 82 7. On the OneTouch window, make sure that the Burn to CD Destination Application is still selected and click the Properties button. The OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window appears. 8. Click the Burn to CD button. The CD burner begins and your scanned documents are written to the CD.

  • Page 83: Transferring Scanned Documents To Storage

    RANSFERRING CANNED OCUMENTS TO With the Transfer to Storage scanning process, you can scan documents and save them in a folder in one step. The process is ideal for archiving documents without having to manually save or process them in any other way.

  • Page 84: Checking The Hardware

    3. Right-click on the text format icon and choose the file format for the scanned documents. 4. Choose a Scan Configuration. 5. Click Apply or OK. 6. Now start scanning using Button the button you set up for archiving. When scanning is finished, the documents are saved in the text file format and in the location you specified.
  • Page 85 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS The Hardware icon If the Hardware View of the panel is already open you can also right-click on the Visioneer 9420 icon. The Hardware Properties dialog box appears and shows information about your Visioneer 9420 scanner.
  • Page 86 2. Click the Properties button. Your scanner has a built-in power saving feature that is set to power down after a period of idle time. You can set the power save mode from 10 minutes to a maximum of 10 hours. 3.

  • Page 87: Adjusting The Image On The Advanced Interface

    DJUSTING THE MAGE ON THE You can adjust the scan settings on the PaperPort Advanced Interface to produce the best possible image for the items you’re scanning. To adjust a setting: 1. On the left side of the Advanced Interface, select a configuration, for example, Color Configurations.

  • Page 88: Adjusting The Resolution

    The following figure shows an example of the Advanced Interface if you click the Resolution setting in the list, or click the Resolution button. Note: The information in the scan settings list and the options you select on the various settings panels are interactive. As you change the settings on the panel, the numbers in the list on the left also change.
  • Page 89 The following figure shows the resolution options. Note: The location of various buttons on the panels may be slightly different on your Advanced Interface window. The appearance of the window depends on your monitor’s screen resolution. To adjust the resolution: 1.

  • Page 90: Adjusting The Brightness And Contrast

    9420 USB S ’ ISIONEER OUCH CANNER UIDE 3. Click Reset to return the resolution to its original setting. The resolution panel also includes an advanced setting for Moire patterns. Moire patterns are wavy, rippled lines that sometimes appear on the scanned images of photographs or illustrations, particularly newspaper and magazine illustrations.

  • Page 91: Adjusting Gamma, Saturation, And Color Hue

    To adjust the brightness and contrast: 1. Drag the Brightness slider to the left to make the item darker or to the right to make the item lighter. 2. Drag the Contrast slider to the left to decrease the contrast or to the right to increase the contrast.

  • Page 92: Adjusting Input Size

    To adjust the color settings: 1. Drag the Gamma, Saturation, and Color Hue sliders to the left to decrease the settings or to the right to increase the settings. You can also type a number directly into the setting boxes, or click the up and down arrows next to the boxes.
  • Page 93 To manually set the image size: 1. To scan at one of the preset input sizes, select the image size from the menu. To scan a specific area of the image, click on the image and drag a box around the area you want. The dotted outline shows the selected area in the image.
  • Page 94 3. To resize the selected area, put the pointer on a dotted line and drag the line. Note that as you drag the dotted line, the menu selection for the image size changes to Custom to indicate you are customizing the size.

  • Page 95: Creating A New Advanced Interface Profile

    The following figure shows the information on the Scan Info box: Tabs for each selected area. Click a tab to see the information for its area. Location of the top left corner of the image in the Preview window Current location of the pointer as you drag it on the Preview window...
  • Page 96 9420 USB S ’ ISIONEER OUCH CANNER UIDE To change a profile you created: 1. Select your profile from the configuration list. 2. Make changes to the profile as needed, and then click Save. To delete a profile you created: 1.

  • Page 97: Maintenance

    Readme file, and the scanner still has problems, you may have a malfunctioning scanner. Please see the technical support card that you received with your scanner for technical assistance telephone numbers. Also visit our Web site at www.visioneer.com for additional technical information. Problem: The scanner won’t scan. What’s wrong? Check for one of these possible problems: •...

  • Page 98: Cleaning The Scanner Glass

    • Did you select another TWAIN source for acquiring images? If you use multiple TWAIN devices with your computer, you may have selected another source for images. Start the PaperPort software and click the Scan icon. From the Scanner drop-down list, choose OneTouch 4.0.

  • Page 99: How To Uninstall Your Scanner

    OW TO NINSTALL To uninstall the Visioneer OneTouch 9420 scanner, remove the Visioneer 9420 software first, and then remove the PaperPort software, or other scanner software. 1: U NINSTALLING THE 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

  • Page 100: Step 2: Uninstalling The Paperport Software

    4. On the PaperPort Uninstall window you may see a message asking you to insert your Installation CD into the computer. Insert the Visioneer CD and click OK to continue. 5. On the Uninstall window click Remove. The PaperPort software is removed. A message appears offering to keep or remove your scanned image files stored on the computer.

  • Page 101: Visioneer 9420 Usb Scanner Specifications

    9420 USB S ISIONEER Bit Depth Scanning resolution Maximum Item sizes Scanner dimensions Height Width Length Weight USB Standard Operating temperature Relative humidity Power supply Input voltage/frequency Output voltage/watt Safety and agency certifications CANNER PECIFICATIONS 48-Bit color (internal), 16-Bit gray...
  • Page 102 9420 USB S ’ ISIONEER OUCH CANNER UIDE...

  • Page 103: Index

    I N D E X Numerics 35mm slide 33 35mm slide mask 32 35mm slide negative 35 35mm slide scan 32 Advanced Interface 29 adjust settings 83 Advanced Interface button 29 AOL Version 9 59 aspect ratio 73 AutoRotate image 73 Basic Interface 24 Black&White 30, 69 blurred image 86...
  • Page 104 NDEX improvements and settings 71 input size 88 invert image 71 JPG 61 JPG file size 62 Lamp power save mode 82 Link Properties 52 locking tab 3, 10 masks 32 Microsoft Outlook 59 Moire Patterns 71 moire patterns 86 monitor 4 negative 33 negative mask 32...
  • Page 105 Show Hardware 80 Simple Text 64 single page items 24, 43 single page items check box 41 slide scan 32 Sti Event Forwarding 67 Storage and CD-R/W 66 Storage Properties 58 Text Documents Properties 54 Text Editors 66 text file format 63 Text Formats 63 thumbnail icon 40 thumbnail image 27...
  • Page 106 NDEX...

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