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  • Page 1 Visioneer ® RoadWarrior User's Guide for Windows...
  • Page 2 ™ Visioneer RoadWarrior USB Scanner User’s Guide F O R W I N D O W S...
  • Page 3 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 4: Table Of Contents

    Calibrate the Scanner ........14...
  • Page 5 Visioneer RoadWarrior™ Scanner Specifications ... . . 119 Visioneer Scanner Parts List ......120 Index .

  • Page 6: Welcome

    Welcome Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer RoadWarrior™ scanner. With your scanner, you can quickly scan color and black-and-white documents and 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 7: The Visioneer Roadwarrior Scanner

    Scanner Button—If a OneTouch scan is in progress, cancels the scan and the paper comes out of the scanner. If a OneTouch scan is not in progress, opens the OneTouch 4.0 window so you can adjust the scanner settings.

  • Page 8: What You Need

    ■ OCUMENTATION Your scanner is delivered with the following documentation: Quick Install Card—Abbreviated installation instructions. ■ Visioneer Scanner User’s Guide—On the Installation CD; contains ■ detailed installation, scanning, configuration, and maintenance information. ScanSoft PaperPort User’s Guide—On the Installation CD; contains ■...

  • Page 9: Installing

    Please disregard any information about the software not applicable to your chosen product. Visit our web site at www.visioneer.com for the latest software updates for your scanner. If your computer is running Windows Vista, you may see the ■...

  • Page 10: Step 1: Install The Software

    1: I NSTALL THE The Installation CD contains all the driver software and scanning software to use your scanner. To install the software: 1. Start Microsoft Windows and make sure no other applications are running. 2. Insert the Installation CD Disc 1 into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.
  • Page 11 ’ ISIONEER ARRIOR CANNER UIDE 3. On the Main Menu, select Install Products. 4. Make sure the boxes for Nuance PaperPort® and Scanner Driver are selected. 5. Click Install Now.
  • Page 12 The PaperPort software will load first. 1. The Select Language window opens for the PaperPort software. Click the drop-down menu arrow and select the language you want to use. Click OK. The first PaperPort Installation window opens. 2. On the PaperPort Welcome window, click Next. Installing PaperPort will uninstall any existing version of PaperPort and will install the newer version while retaining all of your previous PaperPort files.
  • Page 13 The Welcome to the OneTouch 4.0 Setup Wizard opens. 1. Click Next. 2. On the Visioneer License Agreement window, read the license agreement. If you accept the terms, select I Agree. If you choose not to accept the license agreement, the installation will terminate and the scanner driver will not be installed.
  • Page 14 Windows XP or Windows Vista. Note: If you decide to change your scanner’s installed drivers later on, you must first uninstall the drivers the scanner is currently using. See the section “To Install Another Driver” on page 118.
  • Page 15 6. During installation you will see this window asking you to select one of the images for your Color Space setting. The Color Space setting sets the gamma value for the scanner so scanned items look good on your monitor. Gamma controls the brightness of the midtones of colors.
  • Page 16 “Step 2: Connect and Calibrate the Scanner” on page 12. Note: If you want to see more information about your scanner and a quick explanation of how to use the OneTouch features, click the More button on the window. When you’re finished, return to the...

  • Page 17: Step 2: Connect And Calibrate The Scanner

    2: C ONNECT AND Your Visioneer scanner connects to any available USB port. Check your computer’s manual for USB port locations. Note: You can connect the scanner to your computer while the computer is running. You do not have to shut down your computer.
  • Page 18 Because the RoadWarrior draws its power from the computer through the USB cable, you can use your scanner on an airplane, at a remote job site, in your car, or anywhere else. Connect the scanner to your laptop with the USB cable. The scanner ■...

  • Page 19: Calibrate The Scanner

    To calibrate the scanner: 1. Insert the calibration page into the page feed. The scanner grabs the paper and feeds it through the scanner. The scanner will automatically pass the sheet back and forth several times. Do not remove the sheet until calibration is finished.
  • Page 20 ALIBRATE THE CANNER Do not proceed until you receive a message that your computer has found the new hardware, or updated the driver database. If your computer is running Windows XP or Windows Vista, you will see a message similar to the following. 4.
  • Page 21 5. Click Close on the OneTouch 4.0 Installation complete window. 6. You can now install the additional applications you received with your scanner. Reminder: If you also plan to use the scanner with your laptop computer, be sure to install the scanner and software on the laptop as well.

  • Page 22: Additional Applications For Your Scanner

    2. Click Install Now. 3. Follow the instructions on the installation windows. 4. When installation is finished, return to the Visioneer Installation window and click Main Menu. To Install OmniPage Pro: 1. If you select OmniPage pro to install you see a window telling you to remove the Disc 1 installation CD from your computer’s CD-...

  • Page 23: View The User Guides

    To view the user guides available for your scanner and the software provided with your scanner. 1. Return to the installation Disc 1 Main Menu. 2. On the Main Menu, click User Guides. The Visioneer User Guides window opens. Use this window to view and save the User Guides you want.
  • Page 24 Scanner Readme file has late-breaking news about your scanner. 3. When you’re finished, click Main Menu to return to the main Visioneer Installation window and click Exit. That’s it! Installation is finished and your Visioneer scanner is ready to scan.

  • Page 25: Register Your Scanner

    4. After receiving your RegID, write it down on a piece of paper and keep it with your scanner so you will be able to find it easily. The OneTouch Icon Serial Number...

  • Page 26: Scanning

    Scanning If you selected the recommended Full Install option for your scanner’s driver you have several different options to scan with your Visioneer scanner. Each method scans equally well, so use the one with appropriate options for the item you are scanning.

  • Page 27: Scanning Basics

    ASICS Note: Always remove any staples or paper clips from documents before inserting them into the scanner. Staples and paper clips can jam the feed mechanism and scratch the internal components. Do not scan any document with wet correction fluid, labels, stickers or Post-It™...

  • Page 28: Check The Scan Settings Before Scanning With Autolaunch

    HECK THE ETTINGS EFORE Press the button on the top of the scanner. Note: You can also check the scan settings before scanning by clicking the OneTouch icon, and then right-clicking on the PaperIn icon. See “Scan from the OneTouch Panel” on page 27 for an example.

  • Page 29: Turn Autolaunch Off/On

    AUNCH In some instances, you may not want to use the scanner’s AutoLaunch technology. In that case, you can turn it off so the scanner will not automatically scan when you insert a document. Then, you can use the TWAIN interface, or some other application’s interface for scanning.
  • Page 30 SING AUNCH To turn the AutoLaunch Off/On from the OneTouch icon: 1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification Area (at the bottom right corner of the screen). The OneTouch Icon 2. Choose Show Hardware from the pop-up menu. 3.
  • Page 31 4. Click the Properties button. The Device Configuration Properties window for the Visioneer RoadWarrior opens. 5. Uncheck the option, Enable the generation of events when paper is inserted into the scanner. This turns off the AutoLaunch feature. 6. Click OK, then click OK on the Hardware Properties window.

  • Page 32: Scan From The Onetouch Panel

    CAN FROM THE OUCH You can also scan from the computer screen using the OneTouch panel. 1. Press the button on the top of the scanner, or click the OneTouch icon. The OneTouch Icon If you click the OneTouch icon, the PaperIn panel appears.
  • Page 33 2. When you’re ready to scan, align a document between the Paper Guides if your scanner has them, and insert the document into the paper feed slot. The scanner grabs the top edge of the paper and automatically begins to scan and feed the paper through the scanner.

  • Page 34: Using The Onetouch Panel

    OUCH ANEL The OneTouch panel is also your on-screen set of controls for the scanner. The OneTouch panel shows information about the scanner and its settings. 1. To open the OneTouch panel, press the button on the top of the scanner, or click the OneTouch icon.
  • Page 35 3. To navigate through the panel’s three views, click the green arrows at the top of the panel. Click these arrows to navigate through the panel’s three views. The Hardware View The PaperIn View reminds you to insert paper before scanning ■...

  • Page 36: The Onetouch Properties Window

    ROPERTIES The OneTouch Properties window lists the scanning settings for your scanner. It also has special scanning features such as scanning and burn to a CD, scanning and converting text directly into an HTML web page, and scanning with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) that turns a scanned image into text that you can edit.
  • Page 37 The description on the OneTouch panel shows which options you selected on the window. In this example: The Destination Application is PaperPort The Format for the scanned item will be PDF The Configuration being used for scanning is US Legal Document The settings on the OneTouch Properties window are: Select Destination—The list of applications that can open to display the scanned image.
  • Page 38 The formats are based on the type of destination application you select. This example shows the formats that apply to Adobe Acrobat. The available formats depend on the scanner you purchased and its installed software. The icon names indicate their file types. See “Selecting Page Format Options”...

  • Page 39: Selecting New Onetouch Scan Settings

    Select a software application as the destination to send scanned documents. To select new settings for the scanner: 1. From the Select Destination list, select the application where you want documents sent when scanning is finished. See “Selecting Options for the OneTouch Properties Window” on page 50 to display a full list of the Destination Applications that you can use with the scanner.
  • Page 40 2. From the Select Configuration list, select a scan configuration. The scan configuration list is preset for the application you select in the Select Destination list. If you select a different application, the configurations are for that application. However, you can create your own scan configurations as well.

  • Page 41: 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 42 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 43 OCUMENTS ROPERTIES These properties apply to Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel Acrobat 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 44 2. To add another application to the list, click the Add Application button. The Add Text Based 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 45 7. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window. 8. Click Refresh on the OneTouch Properties window. MAGE OCUMENTS ROPERTIES These properties apply to Microsoft Paint and other image processing applications, including ScanSoft OmniPage Pro. 1. Click in the Color document handling settings boxes for the options you want.
  • Page 46 2. To add another application to the list, click the Add Application button. See the steps on page 39 to add an application to the list. 3. Click OK. 4. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window. 5. Click Refresh on the OneTouch Properties window. TORAGE ROPERTIES These properties apply to the Destination Application named Transfer...
  • Page 47 1. Click the Storage Layout options you want. All documents are in the root—The scanned documents are saved in the root of the folder specified in the Storage Location. Documents are put into folders by month, week, or type—Folders are created based on your selection (month, week, or type) and the scanned documents are saved in those folders.
  • Page 48 ROPERTIES These properties apply to email applications so you can specify the folder for documents that you will attach to an email message. ® Microsoft Outlook will accept direct attachment of documents to a blank email message as soon as scanning is finished, but other email applications do not.
  • Page 49 3. If you need to change your email client, or any other internet options, click the Internet Options button. The Windows Internet Options Control Panel opens. Click the Programs tab and choose a new email client from the Email list. These are the standard Windows Internet options.
  • Page 50 Appropriate page format options and file types are available for the type of Destination Application selected. The available file types depend on the type of scanner you purchased. The available options are for images and text. Image Formats Text Formats;...
  • Page 51 MAGE ORMATS Select an image file format for photos, artwork or other documents that you want to save as images. BMP and TIFF are standard image file formats generally used if you want to do additional image processing, such as photo touch-up or color correction. Both of those file formats tend to be larger than the JPEG format.
  • Page 52 3. Choose the file size/image quality option for your scanned images. Minimize Size—Smallest file size, lowest image quality. Normal—Medium file size, some loss of image quality. Maximum Quality—Largest file size, no loss of image quality. Your selection pertains only to the Destination Application currently selected on the OneTouch Properties window.
  • Page 53 1. Select the Destination Application. 2. Right-click on the text format icon. Note: The available text format options depend on the software you received with your scanner and installed on your computer. Example menu for the text format when the destination application is Microsoft Word.
  • Page 54 Rich Text Format—The .rtf file format. Text that retains formatting when converted. Available with Microsoft Wordpad and Word. Word Document—The .doc file format used by Microsoft Word. Comma Delimited—The .csv file format; used for database or spreadsheet data with fields separated by commas. When the document is converted into editable text by the OCR software, the fields are maintained so you can copy and paste them to a database or spreadsheet application.

  • Page 55: Selecting Options For The Onetouch Properties Window

    ELECTING PTIONS FOR THE The OneTouch Options determine the types of Destination Applications available on the window, as well as the location of the files of your scanned items. 1. To select options: 2. Open the OneTouch Properties window and click the Options tab. Options tab 3.
  • Page 56 Document Management includes PaperPort and other ■ applications for processing and keeping track of your scanned documents. Image Editors include Microsoft Paint and other drawing and ■ graphics applications. Text Editors include Microsoft Word and WordPad, Microsoft ■ Excel, and other word processing and spreadsheet applications. Select this option if you want OCR processing to convert your scanned documents to text that you can edit.
  • Page 57 By selecting the Fax and Print box and clicking the Create copies of scanned documents option, every scanned document you fax or print from the scanner is also saved as a permanent file on your hard drive. This option is not available if either the Document Management...
  • Page 58 ELECTING OUCH ETTINGS Folder Copy Options—This section of the dialog box sets the location for copies of your scanned documents and how you want to group them. All copies of your scanned documents, regardless of type of Destination Application, are saved in this folder. Note that if Transfer to Storage is the Destination Application, and the type of application is Storage and CD-R/W, the location in this section is where your scanned documents are stored.

  • Page 59: 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 60 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. If the Scan Settings tab is not selected, click it.
  • Page 61 5. Select scan settings for the new scan configuration. Mode—Select a scanning mode: Black&White to scan in black and white. For example, letters ■ and memos are usually scanned in black and white. This scan mode produces the smallest file size. GrayScale to scan items such as documents containing drawings ■...
  • Page 62 ■ automatically determine the size of the item being scanned. For example, if you scan a 5" x 7" photo, the scanner will determine the size of the photo. When using the AutoCrop to Original option, make sure to use the paper guides on the scanner so the page is inserted straight.
  • Page 63 ■ automatically determine if a page is skewed, and then straighten its image. The scanner detects page edges and can sense when the page is fed through at an angle. However, if the page is fed through at too great an angle, the image may not scan correctly.
  • Page 64 Color Filter—Color filter is the ability of your scanner to ■ automatically remove a color from a scanned item. For example, if you are scanning a letter with a red watermark, you can choose to filter out the red so the scanned letter just shows the text and not the red watermark.

  • Page 65: The Device Settings Tab

    10. Click OK to save the new configuration. It will now appear in the list of Scan Configurations on the OneTouch Properties window for the appropriate Destination applications. 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.

  • Page 66: The Storage Options Tab (Archive)

    Maintain aspect ratio—The aspect ratio is the length-to-width relationship of the image’s dimensions. Select this option so the image’s relative proportions remain constant. AutoRotate image for best fit—If the image is a Landscape format and the device is printing in the Portrait mode, or vice versa, rotate the image to fit on the page.
  • Page 67 2. Click the Storage Layout options you want. All documents are in the root—The scanned documents are saved in the root of the folder specified in the Storage Location. Documents are put into folders by month, week, or type—Folders are created based on your selection (month, week, or type) and the scanned documents are saved in those folders.

  • Page 68: Editing Or Deleting Scan Configurations

    Note: The original scan configurations listed on the OneTouch Properties window should not be edited or deleted in case you need to return the scanner and OneTouch software to their factory settings. Editing or deleting should only be for those scan configurations that you created yourself.
  • Page 69 If you manually locked a scan configuration, it must first be unlocked before you can edit or delete it. Click the Lock icon to unlock the configuration. Clicking it toggles between locking and unlocking the configuration. 5. Edit the settings and click OK. 6.

  • Page 70: Configure Before Scan

    ONFIGURE EFORE Choosing Configure Before Scan simply opens a scanning interface when you insert a piece of paper or click a scan button. You can then use that interface to change the Resolution, Scan Mode, and other settings. When you scan, the scanned image will still be sent as the file type and to the same Destination Application already selected in the OneTouch Properties window for that button.
  • Page 71 TIFF, PDF or a text file type. The image file types BMP and JPG do not support multi-page documents. 1. Insert the first page of your document into the scanner’s paper feed slot. 2. The TWAIN interface will open.
  • Page 72 5. When scanning is finished. Insert the next page in your document. 6. Click on the Scan button in the TWAIN interface. 7. Continue inserting pages into the scanner until all pages in your document have been scanned. 8. Click on the Done button in the TWAIN interface to close the interface and send the file to the Destination Application.
  • Page 73 ■ this point, are not deleted. You can place a new page in the scanner, adjust the TWAIN settings for the new page, then click on the Scan button in the TWAIN interface to continue scanning. At the end of the scanning batch, all pages from the first portion of the scan and second will be sent to the Destination Application.

  • Page 74: Scanning With Optical Character Recognition (Ocr)

    Note: For all OCR processing, use the original factory settings for OCR scanning that came with your scanner. When scanning with other settings, use at least 300 dpi for the resolution. If the original documents are of poor quality and have a small type font, 400 dpi can be used as the maximum resolution.
  • Page 75 To scan with OCR: 1. Select a Destination Application that has one of the Text formats available (TEXT, RTF, XLS, HTML, CSV, DOC, sPDF, nPDF). 2. Scan the document. Your scanned pages appear in the Destination Application with their text ready for editing and other text processing. Note: OCR scanning is also for spreadsheets so you can work in Microsoft Excel (or other spreadsheet applications) with the figures and text from the original spreadsheets.

  • Page 76: Scanning With Spdf Or Npdf And Searching For Text

    CANNING WITH S OR N The searchable PDF (sPDF) and Normal PDF (nPDF) are special forms of an Adobe PDF file. sPDF and nPDF are only available as page format options if you have the OneTouch OmniPage Module or the OmniPage Pro Software installed on your computer.
  • Page 77 6. Choose a Scan Configuration. 7. Click Apply or OK. Now when you scan with that Destination Application selected, the scanned document will be in the sPDF or nPDF format that was selected for it. 8. To search for the text, open Adobe Acrobat Reader or Adobe Acrobat.

  • Page 78: Scan And Burn To Acd

    URN TO A If you have a CD burner attached to your computer, you can scan directly from your Visioneer scanner onto a CD. This feature is available only on computers running Windows XP or Windows Vista. To scan and burn to a CD: 1.
  • Page 79 6. Start scanning a page. When scanning is finished, a bubble message on the screen tells you that files are waiting to be burned to the CD. 7. On the OneTouch window, make sure that the Burn to CD Destination Application is still selected and click the Properties button.

  • Page 80: Scanning With Event Forwarding

    If you want to specify an application to use for scanning at the start of the process, you can use event forwarding. The scanner will feed in the first page, but will then stop until you select the application to use. After you select the application, its interface will open and you can use it to continue with the scanning.
  • Page 81 5. Start scanning a page. A dialog box appears for you to select the application to use for scanning. 6. 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.
  • Page 82 Those pages are then viewable by visitors to your web site without the need for any internet plug-ins or other special processing. This is, essentially, from your scanner to a web- ready format in one automatic step.
  • Page 83 6. Now scan the image from the OneTouch Button Panel. When scanning is finished, the document is first converted to editable text using the OCR process, then is converted into an HTML format. Microsoft Internet Explorer then opens showing your converted page. Note: Depending on the complexity of the document, its conversion to the HTML format may take a few moments.

  • Page 84: 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 85 5. Click Apply or OK. Your scanned pages are stored in the location that you specified on the OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window. Your scanned documents will be stored at this location.

  • Page 86: Scanning To Multiple Folders

    CANNING TO ULTIPLE OLDERS When archiving documents with the Transfer to Storage option, you can scan them to multiple folders. For example, one folder might be for “Business Receipts,” a second folder might be for “Personal Receipts,” and a third folder might be for “Annual Receipts.” To scan to multiple folders, you create multiple scan configurations with Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application.
  • Page 87 5. Click the Scan Settings, Page Settings, and Advanced Settings tabs, and select the settings you want. To help you remember which folder it is, give the new configuration a name that indicates the folder name, such as “Storage for Business Receipts.” 6.
  • Page 88 9. Click OK. The selected folder will now be set as the Storage Location, such as “Business Receipts.” 10. Click Apply. The new configuration is now listed as a Transfer to Storage configuration. 11. Repeat the process to create additional new configurations, such as one named “Storage for Personal Receipts.”...
  • Page 89 Scan to multiple storage folders: 1. Click the OneTouch icon. 2. If the Transfer to Storage option is not selected, right-click the PaperIn icon to see the OneTouch Properties window. 3. Select Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application. 4. Select one of the configurations you created for storage. The OneTouch panel will show the name of the configuration.

  • Page 90: To Transfer Documents To A Server Or Mapped Drive

    RANSFER OCUMENTS TO A When selecting the storage location for scanned documents, you can select a local folder, or a folder on a server or mapped drive.You select a mapped drive using the Browse button. 1. See “Scanning to Multiple Folders” on page 81 or “Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage”...
  • Page 91 2. Select a storage location on the mapped drive or server for the scanned documents. Servers and mapped drives are represented by an icon that indicates its network connection. 3. Click OK. Now when you scan using Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application, the documents are stored on the server or mapped drive.

  • Page 92: Check The Hardware And Select Device Settings

    ARDWARE AND 1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon and choose Show Hardware from the pop-up menu. You can also click the scanner icon at the top of the OneTouch Button Panel. The Hardware icon If the Hardware View of the panel is open you can also right-click on the Visioneer RoadWarrior™...
  • Page 93 ’ ISIONEER ARRIOR CANNER UIDE 2. Click the Properties button. The Device Configuration Properties window opens. You use this window to select new device settings for you scanner.
  • Page 94 The scanner automatically detects the type of USB port and displays the information here. The example above shows a scanner connected a USB 2.0 High Speed port. Your scanner may also be able to connect to a USB 1.1 Full Speed port.

  • Page 95: Scanning From Twain Software

    TWAIN interface. As previously stated, the scanning method is the same, but you will need to refer to your product's user guide for instructions on how to access the scanner and how file handling works. Instructions for setting up the PaperPort software to access the TWAIN...

  • Page 96: Accessing The Twain Interface

    As previously stated, you can access the TWAIN interface from any TWAIN compliant scanning application. You can configure any of your OneTouch buttons to automatically open the TWAIN interface when you press a button on the scanner. Below are instructions for accessing the TWAIN interface from OneTouch and from PaperPort.
  • Page 97 ’ ISIONEER ARRIOR CANNER UIDE 6. The TWAIN interface will now open. Note: If you choose to use OneTouch Configure Before Scan for scanning from the TWAIN interface, the final image will be sent to the destination application set for that button. Please see “Setting Destination Application Properties”...

  • Page 98: Opening The Twain Interface From Paperport

    TWAIN I PENING THE NTERFACE FROM The instructions in this section are for scanning with your scanner’s TWAIN interface. To scan an item using PaperPort: 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Programs, point to ScanSoft PaperPort, and then click PaperPort.
  • Page 99 Note: If the Scan button at the bottom of panel is not available when you make a selection from the Scanner drop-down list, your computer needs to be setup to use the scanner. See the section, “Setting Up Your Scanner to Work with PaperPort” on page 101.

  • Page 100: Scanning From The Twain Interface

    CANNING ROM THE The TWAIN interface allows you to modify the scan settings for your document. The options on the Visioneer RoadWarrior™ TWAIN interface are: Mode—Select a scanning mode: ■ Black&White to scan in black and white. The scanning pixels are all the same size and are either black or white.
  • Page 101 ■ automatically determine the size of the item being scanned. For example, if you scan a 5" x 7" photo, the scanner will determine the size of the photo, and the scan area is the size of that photo. When using the AutoCrop to Original option, always use the paper...
  • Page 102 The width of the scan area is not affected. The scan width is determined by the chosen page size. Filter—The Filter is the ability of your scanner to automatically ■ remove a color from a scanned item. For example, if you are...
  • Page 103 Select this option to turn on the AutoLaunch feature. The item is scanned with the current scan settings on the TWAIN interface. If this option is not selected, the scanner waits for you to click the Scan button.
  • Page 104 1. When you’re ready to scan, align the document between the Paper Guides if your scanner has them, and insert the document into the paper feed. 2. Click the Scan button (if the AutoScan feature is not turned on). The scanner starts scanning and a progress box shows the image.

  • Page 105: Getting Help With The Paperport Software

    ’ ISIONEER ARRIOR CANNER UIDE N THE APER ORT DESKTOP 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 106: Setting Up Your Scanner To Work With Paperport

    APER When you selected a scanning option from the Scanner drop-down list, such as TWAIN: Visioneer RoadWarrior, the Scan button at the bottom of the panel should become active after approximately 5 to 10 seconds. If it doesn’t, you need to set up your scanner to work with the selected option.
  • Page 107 To set up your scanner: 1. From the Scanner drop-down list, select one of the options, such as TWAIN: Visioneer RoadWarrior. 2. Click the Setup button. A window opens to begin the setup process. 3. Click Yes then click Next.
  • Page 108 After the Setup Wizard checks the connections, the next window is displayed. It has a series of setup options, but only the Basic scan test is necessary because your scanner was already tested when you installed the OneTouch 4.0 software.
  • Page 109 The TWAIN Interface opens. Note: If you are setting up the scanner for the WIA scanning options, the WIA interface opens instead. 7. Insert a page into the scanner and the Scan button on the TWAIN Interface will become active.
  • Page 110 The final Setup window opens to let you know the setup process is finished. 10. Click Finish. Your scanner is now setup for the scanning option you selected (in the example above, it’s the TWAIN option) and the Scan button on the PaperPort window will now become active.

  • Page 111: Scanning From The Wia Interface

    This section shows how to use Microsoft Paint to scan using the WIA interface To scan an item: 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Paint. The Paint window opens. 2. From the File menu choose From Scanner or Camera. NTERFACE...
  • Page 112 The Scan using Visioneer RoadWarrior window opens. Use this window to select scanning options and start the scanner. 3. Click 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 113 You can select new settings before you scan an item to fine tune exactly how you want to scan a particular item. To select the scanner settings before you scan: 1. On the Scan using Visioneer RoadWarrior window, click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture. The Advanced Properties dialog box opens.
  • Page 114 2. Select the options for scanning. 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 the setting Black and White picture or text. Resolution (DPI)—Click the drop-down list and choose the dots per inch (dpi) of the resolution.

  • Page 115: Maintenance

    You calibrated your scanner during installation, but after many hours of use you may find that scanned images may not be a sharp and clear as when you began using the scanner. In that case, recalibration may solve the problem.
  • Page 116 ...or click this icon to open the Hardware Properties window without having to choose from the menu. If you scanning from PaperPort or other TWAIN application, ■ click the scanner icon at the top right corner of the window. Click this icon...
  • Page 117 ’ ISIONEER ARRIOR CANNER UIDE 2. When the Hardware Properties window appears, click the Properties button The Device Configuration Properties window opens and shows the Device Settings. Note that the “Last calibrated” date is red, indicating that calibration is now due.
  • Page 118 The message for inserting the cleaning page is similar. 4. Insert the calibration page into the page feed. The scanner grabs the paper and feeds it through the scanner. The scanner will automatically pass the calibration sheet back and forth several times.
  • Page 119 6. Close the Device Configuration Properties window, and remove the calibration paper, or cleaning paper and replace it in its plastic bag. Note: Do not discard the cleaning paper. You can use it several times. If additional cleaning is necessary, add a few drops of isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol) to the cleaning paper and use it again.

  • Page 120: Troubleshooting

    Did you select another scanning source in the PaperPort Scan Pane? If you use multiple devices with your computer, you may have selected another source for images. Start the PaperPort software and click the Scan icon and then make sure Visioneer RoadWarrior™ is selected as the scanner.
  • Page 121 They are interfering with the installation and OneTouch options, and you need to remove those other drivers and re-install your Visioneer RoadWarrior™ scanner. Please see the documentation that you received with the other scanner for the steps to remove its driver programs.

  • Page 122: How To Uninstall Your Scanner

    OW TO NINSTALL To uninstall the scanner, remove the Visioneer RoadWarrior™ software, the PaperPort software, or other scanner software provided with your scanner. NINSTALLING THE OUCH 1. Open the Windows Control Panel from your start menu. 2. Windows 2000 or XP: Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.

  • Page 123: To Install Another Driver

    NSTALL NOTHER Before you can install another driver for your scanner, you must remove the currently installed driver first. Then the new driver can be installed. 1. Uninstall the OneTouch 4.0 driver. a. Open the Windows Control Panel. b. Windows 2000 and XP: Double-click the Add or Remove Programs icon.

  • Page 124: Visioneer Roadwarrior™ Scanner Specifications

    ISIONEER ARRIOR Optical resolution Bit Depth Output Bit Depth Scan Method Interface Scanner dimensions Height Width Length Weight Operating temperature Relative humidity Safety and agency certifications UL, FCC Class B, Hardware warranty ™ S CANNER PECIFICATIONS 600 dpi 36-Bit color (internal, 12-bit a/d converter...

  • Page 125: Visioneer Scanner Parts List

    ISIONEER CANNER Please use the following part names and part numbers when ordering replacements for your scanner. Visit our web site at www.visioneer.com to order replacement parts. Part ARTS Part Name Calibration Sheet and Cleaning Sheet High Speed USB 2.0...

  • Page 126: Index

    I N D E X advanced settings 59 aspect ratio 61 Autocrop to Length 97 Autocrop to Original 57, 96 AutoLaunch 21 AutoRotate image 61 AutoScan 22 Black&White 56, 95 BMP 46 Brightness 56, 96 brightness 109 Burn to CD 41, 73 Destination Application 74 button options 50 button settings 34...
  • Page 127 59 scan file name 100 multiple pages 100 PaperPort desktop 100 Scan Configuration 34 scan with event forwarding 75 scanner recalibration 110 troubleshooting 115 scanning AutoScan 22 Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) 106 Searchable PDF 49, 71 Select Configuration 32, 35...
  • Page 128 Copyright © 2007 Visioneer, Inc. 05-0746-000...

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