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Plustek PS406 User Manual

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  • Page 1 Installation Usage & Maintenance...
  • Page 2 Trademarks © 2011 Plustek Inc. All rights are reserved. No portion of this document may be reproduced without permission. All trademarks and brand names mentioned in this publication are property of their respective owners. Liability While all efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of all contents in this...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Placing Business Cards.................... 20 Placing Plastic Cards....................21 Scanning Documents....................21 Scanning via TWAIN Interface ................... 22 Scanning from Plustek DI Capture Program ..............26 Scanning from the Scanner’s Front Panel................27 Scanning from the On-screen DocAction’s Execute Menu ..........28 III. C ...............
  • Page 4 Statement of Limited Warranty ................. 43 FCC Radio Frequency Statement................44 ..................45 ONTACTING LUSTEK...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    NTRODUCTION Thank you for choosing us as your scanner supplier. Your new scanner will improve the professionalism of your day-to-day computing tasks by allowing you to input images and electronic text into your computer system. You can easily scan single-sided or double-sided documents with your scanner. Like all of our products, your new scanner is thoroughly tested and backed by our reputation for unsurpassed dependability and customer satisfaction.

  • Page 6: Conventions Of This Guide

    ONVENTIONS OF UIDE Bold —Represents commands or contents on your computer screen. ALL CAPS —Important note or first use of an important term in a chapter. Italic —Represents buttons on your scanner OR important notes. This guide uses the following icons to point out information that deserves special attention.

  • Page 7: Minimum System Requirements

    4. Damaged wire could cause fire or electrical shock. Keep the power cord straight and without being twisted, bended, or scraped. 5. Unplug this device if you don’t need to use for a certain period of time, such as, during night or long weekend, to avoid any risks of causing fire. 6.

  • Page 8: Box Contents

    ONTENTS 1. Scanner 2. USB Cable 3. AC Adapter 4. Paper Chute 5. Quick Guide 6. Setup/Application CD-ROM 7. Calibration Sheet 8. Memo Label 9. Cleansing Cloth 10. Pad Module Save the box and packing materials in case you need to transport this scanner in the future.

  • Page 9: The Scanner Features

    CANNER EATURES 1. PAPER CHUTE—Helps keep the paper in place. Install the paper chute before using the scanner. 2. PAPER WIDTH SLIDER—Adjusts the paper width slider for the paper size you are using. 3. COVER OPEN LEVER—Opens the ADF cover. Pull it to open the ADF cover when you need to clear paper jam or clean the scanner.
  • Page 10 7. POWER SAVING BUTTON—Press about 0.5 second to enter the standby mode (sleep mode) and you may press this button again to wake up the scanner from power saving. 8. POWER / POWER SAVING LED—Indicates the scanner status. 9. UP BUTTON—Press to move forward the scanning task number indicated in the function number display.

  • Page 11: Led Indicator

    14. USB PORT—Connects the scanner to a USB port on your computer by the included USB cable. 15. POWER RECEPTOR—Connects the scanner to a standard AC power outlet by the included AC adapter. 16. POWER SWITCH—Use this to turn the scanner ON or OFF. LED I NDICATOR The Power/Power Saving LED and Warning LED indicate different scanner status.

  • Page 12: Ultrasonic Sensor

    LTRASONIC ENSOR When scanning a stack of documents by ADF, the ultrasonic sensor detects multifeeds by checking paper overlap (i.e., 2 or more pages stuck together when being fed through the ADF). Clean the ultrasonic sensor lightly with a dry cloth if it is necessary.

  • Page 13: Chapter I. Installing The Scanner

    Edition), Business card Recognition Software (HotCard BizCard Finder), document management software (NewSoft Presto! PageManager), the scanner’s driver, DocAction, and the image capture software (Plustek DI Capture). All of these software applications use approximately 400 megabytes of hard disk space after they are installed into your computer.

  • Page 14: Installing And Setting Up The Scanner

    NSTALLING AND ETTING UP THE CANNER Please follow the step-by-step procedures described below to install the Plustek scanner. Choose a Proper Site First! Always place your scanner on a level, smooth strong surface before proceeding the scanner setup or any scanning task.

  • Page 15: Step 2. Connecting The Scanner To Your Computer

    3. Close the ADF cover by pushing it back down until it snaps back into place. Please make sure the scanner is turned OFF before you plug or unplug the scanner power adapter. Attention 1. Plug the AC adapter into the scanner’s power receptor 2.

  • Page 16: Step 3. Installing The Software

    4. Plug the rectangular end of the USB cable to an available USB port on your computer. 5. If you plan to connect your scanner to a USB hub , make sure that the hub is connected to the USB port in your computer. Next, connect the scanner to the USB hub.
  • Page 17 Click the Next button in the window that appears. Afterwards, please skip to procedure 7. 5. For Windows Vista: Select “Locate and install driver software (recommended)” when the “Found New Hardware” window is displayed. Click on the Continue button when the “User Account Control” dialog pops up. Insert the Setup/Application CD-ROM, included with your scanner, into your CD-ROM drive when the system prompts you “Insert the disc that came with your USB Scanner＂，...

  • Page 18: Step 4. Testing The Scanner

    10. After the software is installed, close all open applications and click the Finish button to restart your computer. If the scanner installation is not started and displayed automatically on the screen, click Information Start, select Run and type in D:\Install (where D: is the drive letter assigned to the CD-ROM drive of your computer.) The following describes how you can check if the scanner is properly functioning...

  • Page 19: Installing Additional Software

    The document in the ADF paper chute should be now loaded into the ADF and scanned. After this process, you should see a scanned image of the document on your screen. Click Exit to exit the TWAIN window. NSTALLING DDITIONAL OFTWARE Your scanner is TWAIN compliant and functions with virtually all available TWAIN compatible software.

  • Page 20: Chapter Ii. Scanning

    II. S HAPTER CANNING Your scanner needs to be driven by certain type of software program. Since all documents or images (whether text or pictures) that are acquired from the scanner are treated by your computer as images, most scanning will probably be done from an image-editing program where you can view, edit, save and output the scanned images.

  • Page 21: Checking Document Conditions

    Loosening Documents Make sure the size and ream weight of your documents are acceptable by the scanner. Refer to “Appendix A: Specifications” of this guide for more information. To scan multiple documents in a batch from the ADF can increase your work efficiency and make large scanning tasks easier.

  • Page 22: Loosening Documents

    Items other than paper, e.g., cloth, metal foil. DO NOT use the ADF to scan photographic sheets or particularly valuable document originals; wrinkles or other damages can happen in case of paper feeding errors. DO NOT place paper with wet ink or Attention correction fluid into the ADF.
  • Page 23 2. If you need to scan longer documents, pull out the paper chute extension and stacker to provide further support for the documents. 3. Adjust the paper width slider for the paper size you are using. The paper width slider should be gently touching both sides of the documents.

  • Page 24: Placing Business Cards

    DO NOT load more than 100 sheets of paper (70 g/m , 18 lb.) to the ADF. Paper scanned from the ADF must be a minimum of 5.08 x 5.08 cm (2” x 2”, W x L). Make sure there are no gaps between the document stack and the paper-width slider;...

  • Page 25: Placing Plastic Cards

    LACING LASTIC ARDS The plastic card can be embossed credit card, driver license, ID card, insurance card, medic-care card or any membership card. Make sure to load the embossed face of the embossed card face down into the scanner. 1. Horizontally load the plastic card, headfirst and face down, toward the center of the ADF.

  • Page 26: Scanning Via Twain Interface

    Before you start scanning, check the following: The power of both your computer and scanner is turned on. The icon appears on the Windows Attention system tray. Paper is appropriately loaded into the ADF. The TWAIN program is a very important piece of software that comes with your scanner.
  • Page 27 4. Adjust the scanning settings. For ADF (Duplex) scan, you can tailor settings individually for front and rear sides of the documents. Click Front Side button to adjust the scanning settings of document front side and then click Rear Side button to adjust the scanning settings of document rear side.
  • Page 28 If you have more than one scanner or other imaging devices installed on your computer, you need to set this scanner as the default scanning source before you acquire the TWAIN program. Attention In Readiris Pro 10 Corporate Edition, click Scanner button located on the left side.
  • Page 29 5. Load one page of the document and click the Preview button. The scanned image should appear in the Preview Window. To define the margins and crop out sections of the image you don’t want scanned, use the mouse to click and drag the corners or sides of the scan area borders.

  • Page 30: Scanning From Plustek Di Capture Program

    5. Load one business card and click the Preview button. The scanned image should appear in the Preview Window. 6. Load all business cards and click the Scan button. 7. The scanned images are displayed in the BizCard Finder main window, and you may proceed OCR to convert images into editable text formats.

  • Page 31: Scanning From The Scanner's Front Panel

    You may also tailor your own user interface of DI Capture such as the toolbar buttons, Viewer Pane, Browser Pane, etc. Refer to the online help of DI Capture to explorer more about DI Capture! ’ ’ To complete your scanning projects by using the scanner buttons is very easy and convenient.

  • Page 32: Scanning From The On-Screen Docaction's Execute Menu

    Right-click the icon in the Windows system tray, and then choose Button Configuration… in the pop-up menu that opens. 2. Select a task number by clicking on the icon. 3. Select the desired function from the drop-down list of Button Template and adjust button settings.

  • Page 33: Chapter Iii. Care And Maintenance

    III. C HAPTER ARE AND AINTENANCE Your scanner is designed to be maintenance-free. However, constant care and maintenance can keep your scanner working smoothly. LEANING THE CANNER Paper powder, dust, ink and toner from paper being scanned may make the inner ADF dirty, which leads to poor image quality or document-feeding errors.
  • Page 34 Cover open lever ADF cover 2. Gently wipe the following areas with the cloth dampened with the cleaner. Be careful NOT to scratch their surfaces. Clean Feed Roller: Wipe the Feed Roller from side to side and then rotate it. Repeat this until its entire surface is cleaned.

  • Page 35: Replacing Consumables

    Clean ADF Glass: Do not spray cleaner directly onto the scanner glass. Excess liquid residue may fog or damage the scanner. Attention 3. Wait for cleaned areas to dry completely. 4. Close the ADF cover by pushing it back down until it snaps back into place. EPLACING ONSUMABLES As a guideline, it is recommended to replace the pad module every 50000 sheets...

  • Page 36: Replacing The Pad Module

    1. Open the ADF cover by pulling the cover open lever. 1. Open the ADF cover by pulling the cover open lever. Cover open lever ADF cover 2. Remove the pad module by pinching both sides of the pad module and pull it out.

  • Page 37: Replacing The Feed Roller

    1. Open the ADF cover by pulling the cover open lever. Cover open lever ADF cover 2. Remove the paper chute by pinching both sides of the handles on the paper chute to remove it. 3. Remove the feed roller by pinching both sides of the feed roller and pull it out.
  • Page 38 4. Install the new feed roller by aligning and inserting the feed roller onto the roller pitman on the scanner.
  • Page 39 5. Install the paper chute by aligning and inserting the tabs of the paper chute into their slots on the scanner. 6. Close the ADF cover by pushing it back down until it snaps back into place.

  • Page 40: Calibrating The Scanner

    ALIBRATING THE CANNER Calibrate the scanner if colors appear in areas that should be white, or colors of the scanned image and the original vary a lot. This allows you to adjust and compensate for variations that can occur in the optical component over time by its nature. The following describes how to calibrate the scanner: 1.

  • Page 41: Power Save

    5. Click on the Start button to begin the calibration process. 6. The scanner pulls the calibration sheet through the scanner, which completes this scanner calibration. After the calibration is complete, click OK and then click Finish. OWER To save power consumption, the scanner light source always automatically turns itself off after the scanning process is finished.

  • Page 42: Chapter Iv. Troubleshooting

    IV. T HAPTER ROUBLESHOOTING If you encounter problems with your scanner, please review the installation and scanning instructions contained in this guide. Before you ask for customer service or repair, please refer to the information in this chapter and consult our FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) in which you can find useful self troubleshooting information.
  • Page 43 Do not try to pull jammed or half-scanned documents out of the ADF without first opening the ADF cover. Doing so may permanently Attention damage the ADF. 4. Close the ADF cover by pushing it back down until it snaps back into place.

  • Page 44: Ppendix A: Specifications

    A: S PPENDIX PECIFICATIONS Plustek PS306, Plustek PS306U Optical Resolution 600 dpi Max. Hardware 600 x 600 dpi Resolution Color: Input 48-bit; Output 24-bit Scan Modes Grayscale: Input 16-bit; Output 8-bit Black & White: 1-bit Technology CCD Sensor 1. 100 sheets (A4/Letter, 70 g/m or 18 lb.)
  • Page 45 Plustek PS406, Plustek PS406U Optical Resolution 600 dpi Max. Hardware 600 x 600 dpi Resolution Color: Input 48-bit; Output 24-bit Scan Modes Grayscale: Input 16-bit; Output 8-bit Black & White: 1-bit Technology CCD Sensor 1. 100 sheets (A4/Letter, 70 g/m or 18 lb.)

  • Page 46: Appendix B: Customer Service And Warranty

    PPENDIX USTOMER ERVICE AND ARRANTY For further assistance, visit our website or call our customer support phone number listed on the last page of this guide. One of our representatives will be happy to assist you from Monday through Friday in office working hours. To avoid delays, please have the following information available before calling: Scanner name and model number Scanner serial number (Located at the bottom of the scanner)
  • Page 47 TATEMENT OF IMITED ARRANTY This Statement of Limited Warranty applies only to the options you originally purchase for your use, and not for resale, from an authorized reseller. The manufacturer warranty includes all parts and labor, and is not valid without the receipt of original purchase.
  • Page 48 Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitations of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. This Limited Warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights that vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. FCC R ADIO REQUENCY...
  • Page 49 ONTACTING LUSTEK Europe: Plustek Technology GmbH An der Strusbek 60-62, 22926 Ahrensburg Germany Tel.: +49 (0) 4102-8913-0 Fax: +49 (0) 4102-8913-500/508 E-mail: support@plustek.de Website: www.plustek.de North America: Plustek Technology Inc. 17517 Fabrica Way, Suite B Cerritos, CA 90703 U.S.A. Tel: +1 -714-670-7713...

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