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  • Page 1 Visioneer OneTouch ® ® 7300 Scanner USB C ONNECTION Installation Guide...
  • Page 2 Visioneer's Limited Product Warranty If you find physical defects in the materials or the workmanship used in making the product described in this document, Visioneer will repair, or at its option, replace, the product at no charge to you, provided you return it (postage prepaid, with proof of your purchase from the original reseller) during the 12-month period after the date of your original purchase of the product.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    What’s in the Box ........1 The Visioneer 7300 USB Scanner ......2 What You Need .
  • Page 4 ......... . 55 Recalibrating the Scanner ....... . . 55 Cleaning the Scanner Glass .

  • Page 5: Welcome

    ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer OneTouch 7300 USB scanner. With this scanner you can quickly scan paper items such as letters, forms, photos, and magazine articles and place their electronic images on your computer. With its innovative hinged lid, you can also lay books flat on the scanner to scan pages.

  • Page 6: The Visioneer 7300 Usb Scanner

    Document cover Glass Reference marks OneTouch button panel Status light OneTouch buttons USB port 7300 USB S ISIONEER CANNER...
  • Page 7 Status light—Shows the scanner’s status. Steady green light: scanner is ready to scan. Blinking green light: scanner is busy. USB port—Connects the scanner to the computer. Your Visioneer 7300 scanner can connect to either a USB 1.1 or a USB 2.0 port.

  • Page 8: What You Need

    Quick Install Card—abbreviated installation instructions. Visioneer OneTouch 7300 Scanner Installation Guide—detailed installation, scanning, configuration, and maintenance information. ScanSoft PaperPort User’s Guide—on the Installation CD; contains detailed feature and configuration information. Online Help—for the OneTouch scanner, Visioneer Scan Manager Pro, and PaperPort software applications.

  • Page 9: Installing

    1: I NSTALL THE Note: You must install the PaperPort software before connecting the scanner to the computer. Otherwise the correct software to run your scanner will not be installed and it may not scan properly. To install the software: 1.
  • Page 10 Click Via the Internet, and follow the registration instructions. Click Remind me in 7 days, and then click OK. 10. On the Visioneer License Agreement window, read the license agreement. If you accept the terms, select I Agree, and click Next.

  • Page 11: Step 2: Connect The Scanner

    2: C ONNECT THE Your OneTouch 7300 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 12 Also make sure that the USB plug attaches easily to your computer’s USB port. The status light on the front of the scanner is illuminated, indicating the scanner is receiving power. Status light Your computer recognizes that a scanner has been plugged into the USB port and automatically loads the appropriate software from the CD to run the scanner.
  • Page 13 5. Restart your computer. After your computer restarts, your scanner is ready to scan. 6. Before proceeding to “Step 3: Check Out Your Scanner”, you can install additional software from the installation CD, or view and print the scanner and PaperPort documentation.

  • Page 14: Step 3: Check Out Your Scanner

    Scanner Icon If the icon has a red X through it, the scanner is not properly connected. See the section, “If the Scanner Is Not Properly Connected” on page 11 for the steps to fix the problem.

  • Page 15: If The Scanner Is Not Properly Connected

    F THE CANNER ROPERLY If the scanner icon on the Windows taskbar has a red “X” through it, the scanner is not properly connected. Check for one of these possible problems: • Is a cable loose or not plugged in securely? Inspect all cable connections.
  • Page 16 If you try all the troubleshooting procedures described above and in the Readme file, and the scanner icon still has a red X through it, you may have a malfunctioning scanner. Please see the Visioneer Technical Support Card that you received with your scanner.

  • Page 17: Scanning

    Click a button from the PaperPort software RESSING A OUCH Pressing a scanner button scans the item, and then sends the image to the destination associated with the button. To scan by pressing a OneTouch button on the scanner: 1. Place an item face down on the glass. Align the bottom of the item with the scanner’s reference marks.
  • Page 18 2. Close the document cover and press one of the OneTouch buttons. The scanner starts scanning the item. Messages just above the Windows taskbar show the status of the scanning process. During scanning, the scan progress window shows a copy of the image, as illustrated here.

  • Page 19: Scanning Pages In A Book

    CANNING AGES IN A Your OneTouch 7300 USB scanner has an innovative hinged lid so you can lay books flat on the scanner glass to scan their pages. To scan book pages: 1. Open the document cover and place the book on the glass.

  • Page 20: About The Onetouch Buttons

    BOUT THE OUCH UTTONS The OneTouch buttons are preconfigured for typical scanning tasks. To change button settings, see “Configuring the Buttons” on page 26. The following table describes the preconfigured button settings: Button Preconfigured Settings Scan Scans the item as a color page and displays it in PaperPort.

  • Page 21: Scanning From The Button Panel On The Screen

    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 22: Scanning From The Paperport Software

    23 for details. To scan an item from PaperPort: 1. Open the scanner cover and place an item face down on the glass. Align the bottom of the item with the scanner’s reference marks. For custom sizes, align the edge of the item with the left side of the scanner glass.
  • Page 23 3. Click the Scan icon on the PaperPort command bar. The Folders pane is replaced by the Scan pane. 4. From the Scanner list, select Visioneer Scan Manager Pro. 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 24 To scan using AutoScan: 1. Click AutoScan. The scanner uses a preset resolution setting for the AutoScan. See “Setting Scan Manager Pro Preferences” on page 52 to set the AutoScan settings. Click Preview to view the When you are satisfied image in the window.
  • Page 25 Your Visioneer OneTouch 7300 scanner has built-in analytical capabilities that find the optimum combination of settings for the item you’re scanning. When you click AutoScan, the scanner analyzes the image and adjusts the settings to produce the optimal image. The Scanning dialog box opens while the scan is in progress. Check marks indicate the completion of a processing step.
  • Page 26 6. When you’re satisfied with the image, click the Scan button. The scanner displays the final image as a thumbnail on the PaperPort desktop. 7. Use the PaperPort software to work with the image.

  • Page 27: Scanning From A Computer Running Windows Xp Or Me

    OMPUTER If your computer is running the Windows XP or ME operating system, you have a choice of scanning using the TWAIN-compliant Visioneer Scan Manager Pro software as just described (see page 18) or scanning using the Microsoft Windows Image Application (WIA) standard as described below.
  • Page 28 7. Click the Scan button in the Scan pane. The Scan using Visioneer OneTouch 7300 window opens. Use this window to select scanning options and start the scanner. 8. Select the button most appropriate for the item you’re scanning. To scan with the Custom Settings option see the next section, “Fine Tuning Your Scans”.
  • Page 29 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 OneTouch 7300 window, select the Custom Settings button, and then click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture.

  • Page 30: Configuring

    Configuring You can configure the default scanning settings for: The buttons on the scanner and the button panel The Visioneer Scan Manager Pro application (used when scanning from the PaperPort software) ONFIGURING THE UTTONS When you first connect your scanner to a computer, the scanner’s software configures each OneTouch button with appropriate settings.

  • Page 31: About The Configuration Dialog Box

    To open the Configuration dialog box from the button panel: 1. Click the scanner icon on the right side of the Windows taskbar. 2. On the button panel, right-click the button you want to configure. The Configuration dialog box opens. The tab for the scan button you clicked is selected.
  • Page 32 Click the tab that corresponds to the scanner button you want to configure. Select a software application to send the scanned image to that application. Select format and page(s) options for the button. The options on the Configuration dialog box are: Select Destination—The list of applications that can open to display...

  • Page 33: Selecting New Options For The Buttons

    PTIONS FOR THE You can select a new destination application, configuration, and image format to optimize a scanner button for the type of scanning you want to do. Use the Configuration dialog box to select new options. To select new options for a scanner button: 1.

  • Page 34: Creating New Configurations

    Note: If you want to scan using the Visioneer Scan Manager Pro, click the option, Configure before Scan. Now when you press the selected scanner button, the Visioneer Scan Manager Pro opens first and you can use it to scan.
  • Page 35 4. Do one of the following: Click the New button. Select a preset configuration and click the Copy button. 5. On the New Scan Configuration dialog box, type a name for the new configuration. If you are copying from a preset configuration, leave the name as is or change it as required.
  • Page 36 AutoCrop—Select this option to let the scanner automatically determine the size of the item being scanned. For example, if you put a photo in the middle of the glass, the scanner will determine the size of the photo. When AutoCrop is selected, the scanner makes two passes—the first to sense the item’s size, and the second...
  • Page 37 Gamma—Drag the slider to improve how the colors in a scanned image look on your monitor. Gamma correction allows you to achieve precise color matching. Because the computer cannot always transmit the exact color information to the hardware, you may have to make some adjustments using the Gamma feature. The default Gamma setting works fine in most cases and normally does not need to be adjusted.

  • Page 38: Adjusting Scan Settings And

    DJUSTING ETTINGS AND When scanning using a configuration you created yourself, you can adjust scan settings and page settings. For example, if the scanned image is too dark, you can adjust the brightness of the scan setting. Note: You cannot change the scan settings or page settings for any of the predefined scan configurations.
  • Page 39 The Edit Scan Configuration dialog box opens. 3. On the Scan Settings tab, adjust scan settings as required. 4. Click the Page Settings tab and adjust page settings as required. 5. When finished, click OK. 6. On the Configuration dialog box, click OK to save and apply the changes to the button.

  • Page 40: Setting Preferences

    ETTING REFERENCES The preference settings are applied to each button and the scanner. To set preferences: 1. On the Configuration dialog box, select the tab for a button to set its preferences. 2. Click the Preferences tab on the Configuration dialog box.
  • Page 41 See the sample on page 13. 4. Click the General tab to set preferences for the scanner. Show Status Window—Select this option to open a status window at the bottom right corner of the screen that provides scanning and...

  • Page 42: Getting Help

    ETTING In addition to the supplied documentation, you can access help for the scanner’s features and the options on the Configuration dialog box by pressing the F1 key or clicking the Help button in the upper-right corner of the Configuration dialog box.

  • Page 43: Adjusting The Settings In The Scan Manager Pro

    DJUSTING THE ETTINGS IN THE You can adjust the scan settings on the Visioneer Scan Manager Pro desktop to produce the best possible image for your needs. To adjust a setting: 1. Open the PaperPort desktop and then click the Scan icon to open the Scan Manager Pro.
  • Page 44 Note: The list of scan settings for a configuration applies only to that type of configuration. For example, the Black&White configuration does not have a setting for adjusting the Color Hue. The following figure shows an example of the Scan Manager Pro if you click the Resolution setting in the list, or click the Resolution and Sharpen button.

  • Page 45: Adjusting The Resolution And Sharpness

    files sizes. Usually the higher resolution settings are used for precision work, such as photographs or fine artwork. Sharpness determines the amount of blur in an image. Your scanner can sharpen an original blurred image by adjusting the blurry edges in sections of the image.

  • Page 46: Adjusting The Brightness And Contrast

    To adjust the resolution and sharpness: 1. To use one of the preset resolutions for typical scanned items, click one of the options in the list. For example, to set the resolution for scanning a business card, select Business Card. That setting is preset to read small print on a typical business card.
  • Page 47 The following figure shows the brightness and contrast options: 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. You can also type a number directly into the brightness setting box, or click the up and down arrows next to the box to increase or decrease the setting.

  • Page 48: Adjusting Gamma, Saturation, And Color Hue

    Green and Blue components also change relative to those new brightness and contrast settings. 3. Click the Auto button to have the scanner analyze the image and set the appropriate brightness and contrast. You can also adjust the brightness and contrast by sampling portions of the image in the preview window.
  • Page 49 The horizontal axis of the response curve represents the original settings of the image, and the vertical axis represents new settings. Thus, the curve is a straight line from the lower left to upper right for an original, unchanged image. To see how the response curve indicates changes, drag the Gamma slider to left and right.

  • Page 50: Adjusting Output Size

    OK. DJUSTING UTPUT The item you’re scanning may not fill the scanner glass. In that case you can preview the item and use the Auto Trim option to automatically eliminate the unwanted sections of the image.
  • Page 51 To Auto Trim an item: 1. Select Auto Trim, and then click the Trim button. The scanner senses the edges of the item on the glass and draws a dotted line around the image in the window. Check to make sure the dotted line encloses the image you want.
  • Page 52 To manually set the output size for an item: 1. To scan the entire item on the glass, click Same as Original. No sections are trimmed. 2. To set the output size yourself, click Same as Original to remove the checkmark. The settings for the output size become active.
  • Page 53 A new Scan Info box on the lower left portion of the Scan Manager Pro shows the information for the new area. You can select multiple areas. A Scan Info box opens for each one. The following figure shows an example of a manually selected area. A new Scan Info box for the area selected on the image.

  • Page 54: Saving A Custom Size

    6. To rotate the selected area 90 degrees, click Rotate 90 Degrees. Then click Right or Left. 7. To maintain the selected area’s length-to-width relationship (known as the aspect ratio), click Maintain Aspect. Note that as you rotate the area or maintain its aspect ratio, the width and height measurements change to reflect the new orientation of the image.

  • Page 55: The Scan Info Box

    The following figure shows the information on the Scan Info box: 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. OOMING N AND Enlarge or reduce the preview image by zooming in or out.

  • Page 56: Setting Scan Manager Pro Preferences

    2. Select the preferences you want: Enable selection of color bit depths—Your Visioneer OneTouch 7300 scanner supports a tremendous range of colors (defined as 48-bit depth enhanced color), but other devices (called the TWAIN clients), such as older cameras that you can use with the Scan Manager Pro support only a 24-bit depth range of colors.

  • Page 57: Creating A New Scan Manager Pro Profile

    3. Click OK to save your preferences. REATING A ANAGER You cannot change the settings of the preset profiles in the Visioneer Scan Manager Pro. However you can create new profiles and save them for future use. To create a new profile: 1.
  • Page 58 The Save Profile dialog box opens. 3. Type a name for the new profile and select desired options: Store the custom output image size in this Profile—You can create a custom image size as part of the settings; if you adjusted the output image size for the selected configuration, that output image size is saved with this profile.

  • Page 59: Maintenance

    ECALIBRATING THE CANNER If the scanned images are not as sharp as earlier scans, the scanner may need to be recalibrated. To recalibrate the scanner: 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Programs, point to ScanSoft PaperPort 8.0, and then click Scanner Calibration.

  • Page 60: Troubleshooting

    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 61 To recover the file, you can import it into PaperPort by using the Import command in the File menu. Problem: Uninstalling the PaperPort software. See the section, “How to Uninstall Your Scanner” on page 59. Uninstalling does not delete your scanned items, and they remain in the following PaperPort Data folder:...

  • Page 62: How To Uninstall Your Scanner

    Windows 2000 or XP: The Add or Remove Programs window opens. Make sure the Change or Remove option is selected. 3. From the list of programs, select Visioneer OneTouch 7300. Windows 98SE and ME: Click the Add/Remove button. Windows 2000 or XP: Click the Change/Remove button.

  • Page 63: Step 2: Uninstalling The Paperport Software

    Next. 5. If the Remove Shared Files window opens, select No to All. Important: Visioneer recommends choosing No to All. Removing shared files could cause other applications not to run correctly. The PaperPort software is removed. A message appears offering to keep or remove your scanned image files stored on the computer.

  • Page 64: Visioneer 7300 Usb Scanner Specifications

    1.4 inches (33 mm) 10.1 inches (257 mm) 14.9 inches (378 mm) 3.3 pounds (1.46 kg) USB 2.0 Full Speed 50°–104° F (5°–35° C without condensation) 20%–80% (@35° C without condensation) FCC, C-UL, CE One-year limited warranty upon registration of scanner...

  • Page 65: Index

    I N D E X aspect ratio 50 Auto Trim 46, 47 AutoCrop 31 AutoScan 20 resolution 53 bit depth 52 blurred image 41, 42 brightness 31, 42 sampler 44 channel menu 45 color bit depth 52 channel 45 histogram 43 hue 44 options 45 scanning 31...
  • Page 66 30 DeScreen 31 gamma 31 page size 31 resolution 31 scanner connecting 7 icon 10, 26 scanner preferences 36 scanning from PaperPort 18 text 29 select format and page(s) 29 setup 5 sharpness 41 shortcut menu 26 system requirements 4...

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