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Visioneer 4800 USB Scanner Installation Guide F O R W I N D O W S...
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ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer 4800 USB scanner. With your scanner, you can quickly scan paper documents and color photos 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.
4800 USB S ISIONEER Document cover Document pad Glass Reference frame Power jack USB cable Document cover. Close the document cover after placing items on the scanner glass. Document pad. Helps to secure the document in place on the scanner glass.
To use the scanner and software, you need the following: IBM PC (or 100-percent compatible) Pentium or equivalent ■ Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 2000, or Windows Me ■ One available Universal Serial Bus (USB) port on your computer ■ 32 megabytes (MB) or more of available internal memory (RAM) ■...
NSTALLING THE CANNER Note: You must install the scanner software before connecting the scanner to your computer. Otherwise, the correct driver software for your scanner will not be installed and it may not work properly. To install the scanner software: 1.
ONNECTING THE CANNER Your Visioneer 4800 USB scanner connects to any available USB port. Check your computer’s manual for the USB port location. Note: You do not have to shut off the power to your computer when connecting the scanner.
A progress message appears saying that the USB scanner has been found. The scanner is now correctly installed. 3. From the CD, install the other software applications to your computer. 4. When you are finished installing the other software, remove the CD from your computer and store it in a safe place.
Note: You don’t need to complete Steps 2 and 3 again, unless you change the selected source to another Twain device. CANNING AN You can scan many types of items, from small business cards to A4-sized pages. The scanner also has special settings for scanning color photos and text documents.
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The Scan Manager appears. 4. From the list of Scanner Settings labeled “Scan Page For,” select the most appropriate setting for the item you’re scanning. In the example above, the selected setting is “Color Document-Faster.” 5. Click the Preview button. The scanner scans a preview of the item and displays it in the Scan Manager.
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Select another scanner setting if you want it for the item being scanned. Select other set- tings here if want them for the item being scanned. You also use these settings to cus- tomize a scan set- ting. Click Scan to scan the item and display it in the application.
9. To select the area to scan, drag the borders of the selection rectangle surrounding the preview image to reduce or enlarge the area. 10. If you want to preview the item again with the new settings, click the Preview button again on the Scan Manager. 11.
ELECTING A In the Scan Manager, you can select one of the predefined scanner settings from the list “Scan Page For.” The settings are described in the following table. Scan Page For Default Setting Editing Text Black-and-white (OCR) 300 dpi Faxing, Filing, Black-and-white or Copying...
Selecting the proper scanner setting before scanning produces the best results for a scanned item. The scanner setting determines the resolution of the item and the number of possible shades of gray or color. The Color Grayscale B&W symbols next to the setting names indicate the scan mode—color, grayscale, or black and white.
Size—The page size for the image. If you want to use one of the preset sizes, click the drop-down arrow and choose the size from the list. If you want to create a custom size, click on the picture window and drag the mouse.
4. Click the Save As button. The Save As dialog box appears. 5. Type a name for the new scanner setting. 6. Click Save. The new setting is added to the list of “Scan Page For” options at the top of the dialog box. DJUSTING THE Sometimes an item is scanned with the brightness and contrast set to be too light or too dark.
3. Drag the Brightness slider to the left to make the item darker or to the right to make the item lighter. 4. Drag the Contrast slider to the left to decrease the contrast or to the right to increase the contrast. 5.
NSTALLATION ROUBLESHOOTING After I installed PaperPort, I got a blue screen and a Profiling Display error message. Why is this happening? PaperPort installs a driver for scanning and printing. Sometimes a conflict occurs between the PaperPort driver and another driver you may have on your computer.
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4800 USB S ISIONEER Bit Depth Scanning resolution Maximum Item sizes Scanner dimensions Height Width Length Weight Operating temperature Relative humidity Power supply Input voltage/frequency Output voltage/watt Safety and agency certifications UL, ULc, FCC Class B, Hardware warranty CANNER PECIFICATIONS...