Table Of Contents; Contents - Colortac SmartLF Ci 24E Installation & Operating Manual

Colortrac SmartLF Ci 24 / Ci 40 Installation and Operating Manual 5

CONTENTS

CONTENTS .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
CHAPTER 1 BEFORE USING THE SCANNER ................................................................................................................................... 6
1.1 Main Features of SmartLF Ci ................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
1.2 Unpacking SmartLF Ci from its box ....................................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.3 Lifting the Scanner from its carton ......................................................................................................................................................................... 6
1.4 Removing the shipment tape ................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
1.5 Attaching the Control Panel Overlay (if necessary) ................................................................................................................................................ 7
1.6 Locating the contents of the Cables Box ............................................................................................................................................................... 8
1.7 Opening the lid of the scanner ............................................................................................................................................................................... 8
1.8 Closing the lid of the scanner ................................................................................................................................................................................ 9
1.9 Attaching the Paper Exit Deflectors ....................................................................................................................................................................... 9
CHAPTER 2 PREPARING THE SCANNER AND SOFTWARE ........................................................................................................ 10
2.1 Connecting the power and interface cable ........................................................................................................................................................... 10
2.2 Connecting the scanner & preparing to load the driver ........................................................................................................................................ 11
2.3 Checking for the SmartLF driver in the operating system..................................................................................................................................... 12
2.4 Installing the SmartLF All-In-One software from the system CD .......................................................................................................................... 13
CHAPTER 3 USING SMARTLF Ci FOR THE FIRST TIME ............................................................................................................... 14
3.01 Loading a document using the scanner control panel ........................................................................................................................................ 14
3.02 Stopping and starting the scanner under program control .................................................................................................................................. 16
3.03 The LCD Menu Tree .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
3.04 Remote control of the scanner using Windows XP ............................................................................................................................................ 18
3.05 Making your first scan with SmartLF All-In-One sw ............................................................................................................................................ 18
3.06 The SmartLF All-In-One „SCAN-TO" functions ................................................................................................................................................... 18
3.07 Setting the scanner color modes ....................................................................................................................................................................... 19
3.08 Controlling file overwrite .................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
3.09 Selecting document sizes .................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
3.10 The SmartLF All-In-One Preview window .......................................................................................................................................................... 20
3.11 Cropping the image ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
3.12 Copying using SmartLF All-In-One .................................................................................................................................................................... 21
3.13 Document size markings of the Ci ..................................................................................................................................................................... 21
3.14 Working with clear & transparent originals ......................................................................................................................................................... 21
3.15 Scanning double-sided originals ........................................................................................................................................................................ 21
3.16 Media thickness compatibility ............................................................................................................................................................................ 21
3.17 Media stiffness considerations ........................................................................................................................................................................... 21
CHAPTER 4 SCANNER MAINTENANCE.......................................................................................................................................... 22
4.1 Cleaning the CIS sensor glass ............................................................................................................................................................................ 22
4.2 Cleaning the scanner roller .................................................................................................................................................................................. 22
4.3 Normalisation maintenance (Ci Utilities) .............................................................................................................................................................. 22
4.4 Checking and setting scanner stitch (Ci Utilities) ................................................................................................................................................. 23
4.4.1 Running the automatic stitch routine ................................................................................................................................................................. 23
4.4.2 Manually stitching the scanner ......................................................................................................................................................................... 23
4.5 Upgrading Ci to a higher model ........................................................................................................................................................................... 25
4.6 Using the Paper Weight Control .......................................................................................................................................................................... 26
4.7 Controlling the Power Save Timer (Sleep Mode) ................................................................................................................................................. 26
CHAPTER 5 CONFIGURING & USING THE ETHERNET CONNECTION ........................................................................................ 27
5.1 SmartLF Ethernet driver installation .................................................................................................................................................................... 27
5.2 Connecting the scanner with an Ethernet switch ................................................................................................................................................. 27
5.3 Cabling Routers and DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) .................................................................................................................... 27
5.4 Altering and checking the IP address in the scanner ........................................................................................................................................... 27
5.5 Setting and altering the IP settings - SmartLF All-In-One ..................................................................................................................................... 29
5.6 Setting and altering the IP settings - ScanWorks ................................................................................................................................................. 30
5.7 Setting and altering the IP settings - CopySmart ................................................................................................................................................. 30
CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES FOR Ci ........................................................................................................... 31
6.1 Common problems .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 31
6.2 Problems indicating routine user maintenance may be required .......................................................................................................................... 32
CHAPTER 7 APPENDICES ............................................................................................................................................................... 33
7.1 Computer requirements for SmartLF Ci ............................................................................................................................................................... 33
7.2 How to check for a USB2 interface ...................................................................................................................................................................... 33
7.3 Windows .NET Framework environment ............................................................................................................................................................. 34
7.4 Warranty information ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 34
7.5 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY .................................................................................................................................................................... 34
7.6 External dimensions ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 37
7.7 SmartLF Ci Technical Specification .................................................................................................................................................................... 38
8.0 Index ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 40
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