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  • Page 1 Visioneer OneTouch ® 9420 Photo Scanner User's Guide for Windows...
  • Page 2 Visioneer OneTouch 9420 USB Scanner User’s Guide F O R W I N D O W S...
  • Page 3 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. The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such an agreement. It is against the law to copy the software on any medium except as specifically allowed in the licensing agreement.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    What’s in the Box ........1 The Visioneer OneTouch 9420 USB Scanner ....2 What You Need .
  • Page 5 Adjusting Gamma, Saturation, and Color Hue ... . . 56 Adjusting Input Size ....... . . 57 Creating a New Advanced Interface Profile .
  • Page 6 Visioneer 9420 USB Scanner Specifications ....140 Visioneer 9420 USB Scanner Parts List ..... 141 Index .
  • Page 7 ABLE OF ONTENTS...

  • Page 8: Welcome

    ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer OneTouch 9420 USB scanner. With this scanner you can quickly scan paper documents, color photos, 35mm slides and negatives 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 9: The Visioneer Onetouch 9420 Usb Scanner

    Scanner lid Transparency light source Glass Reference marks Locking tab (underneath) OneTouch buttons panel Status light OneTouch buttons Option port TPA cable ISIONEER OUCH Email Copy 9420 USB S CANNER Archive Scan Photo USB port Power jack...
  • Page 10 Option port—Connects the TPA cable to the scanner. The cable must be attached for the transparency light source to operate. USB port—Connects the scanner to the computer. Your Visioneer 9420 scanner can connect to either a USB 1.1 or a USB 2.0 port.

  • Page 11: What You Need

    OCUMENTATION Your scanner is delivered with the following documentation: Quick Install Guide—Abbreviated installation instructions. ■ Visioneer OneTouch 9420 USB 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;...

  • Page 12: Installing

    ■ provided with the scanner you purchased. Disregard any information about software not applicable to your scanner. Please visit our web site at www.visioneer.com for the latest software updates for your Visioneer OneTouch 9420 USB scanner. If your computer is running Windows Vista, you may see the ■...

  • Page 13: Step 1: Assemble The Scanner

    1: A SSEMBLE THE To assemble the scanner: 1. Remove any shipping tape from the top and bottom of the scanner. 2. Plug the Transparency Adapter Cable into the Option port on the body of the scanner. The Transparency Adapter Cable must be securely attached for your scanner to be able to scan 35mm slide and negative transparencies.
  • Page 14 4. Turn the scanner over and slide the lock tab to the unlocked position. The scanner must be unlocked for you to continue with the installation. It must also be unlocked to scan. Note: The locking tab protects the scanner’s scan head by holding it securely in position.

  • Page 15: Step 2: Install The Software

    2: I NSTALL THE The Installation CD contains all the driver software and scanning software to run your scanner. To install the software: 1. Start Microsoft Windows and make sure that no other applications are running. 2. Insert the Installation CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. The Main Menu automatically opens.
  • Page 16 3. On the Main Menu, select Install Products. 4. Make sure the boxes for Nuance PaperPort® and Scanner Driver, are checked. If you also want to install the ArcSoft® Scrapbook Suite® software now, select it too. You can also install it later. 5.
  • Page 17 The PaperPort installation options opens: 1. The Select Language window opens. 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 18 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 19 9420 USB S ’ ISIONEER OUCH CANNER UIDE A window opens with image quality samples asking you to select an image 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 20 5. STOP when you see the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window. Do NOT click on OK yet. Leave the window open and proceed to “Step 3: Connect and Power On the Scanner” on page 14. 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.

  • Page 21: Step 3: Connect And Power On The Scanner

    3: C ONNECT AND Make sure its locking tab is unlocked, then connect the scanner. To connect your scanner: 1. Remove any tape from the USB cable. 2. Using the steps on the screen as your guide, plug the flat, computer end of the USB cable into an available USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 port on the computer.
  • Page 22 Note: If you have not installed the software, unplug the USB cable from the computer and install the software now. When the software installation is complete, a message tells you to connect the scanner. 4. Plug the power adapter into the scanner power port, then into a wall outlet.
  • Page 23 9420 USB S ’ ISIONEER OUCH CANNER UIDE If you are using Windows XP and have plugged the USB cable into a USB 1.1 port, an information bubble may open explaining that “A HI-SPEED USB device is plugged into a non-HI-SPEED USB hub”.
  • Page 24 3: C ONNECT AND OWER N THE CANNER 5. When the software is finished loading, return to the Connect Scanner window and click OK to finish the installation process. 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.
  • Page 25 6. Click Close on the Installation Complete window. 7. If you selected ArcSoft Scrapbook Suite to install, its installation will now begin. Follow the instructions on the screen. If you didn’t select ArcSoft Scrapbook Suite to install, but want to install it now, return to the Main Menu and click Install Products again.

  • Page 26: View And Save The User Guides

    The User Guides for your scanner, and for the software you received with it are on the Installation CD. 1. 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. UIDES...
  • Page 27 3. When you’re finished, click Main Menu to return to the Main Menu window and click Exit. 4. Remove the CD and store it in a safe place. That’s it! Installation is finished and your Visioneer scanner is ready to scan. ® ®...

  • Page 28: Register Your Scanner And Check For Updates

    EGISTER CANNER AND Registering your scanner is important as it provides you with access to our free telephone support service. Registration also gives you free access to software updates for your scanner. To register your scanner: 1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification Area (at the bottom right corner of the screen).

  • Page 29: Scanning

    Scanning This section describes how to scan paper documents as well as 35mm slides and negatives. You can use several different methods to scan with your scanner: OneTouch Scanner Buttons—Each scanner button is set up to scan ■ for a particular function, such as Email to attach a scanned item to a new Email message, or Photo to scan photographs to the ArcSoft PhotoImpression software where you can touch up the colors.

  • Page 30: Scan With The Scanner Buttons

    CAN WITH THE CANNER Pressing a scanner button scans the item, then sends the image to the Destination Application 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 edge of the item with the arrow at the upper-left corner of the glass.

  • Page 31: About The Onetouch Buttons

    9420 USB S ’ ISIONEER OUCH CANNER UIDE BOUT THE OUCH UTTONS OneTouch is your main scanning interface for using the scanner. The OneTouch Buttons on the scanner mirror the software OneTouch Button Panel. Changing the button settings on the OneTouch Button Panel makes the same changes to the buttons on the scanner.
  • Page 32 Button Function Attaches the scanned item to a new email message Copy/Print the scanned item Scan a photo Scan a page Sends the scanned image to a storage folder Note: The default page size in each configuration is based on the location selected in your Windows setup.

  • Page 33: Check A Scanner Button's Settings Before You Scan

    ’ HECK A CANNER UTTON 1. To check the settings before scanning, press, hold down, then release the scanner button whose settings you want to check. Press, hold down, then release a scanner button. The OneTouch Properties window opens for you to change the settings before scanning.
  • Page 34 If you make changes in the OneTouch Properties window, then click its Apply button, the information in the OneTouch Button Panel will update to show the new settings. Note: If you closed the OneTouch Properties window and want to re-open it, you can press and hold down the scanner button again, or right-click the icon on the Button Panel.

  • Page 35: Scan From The Onetouch Button Panel

    CAN FROM THE Scanning from the button panel on your computer’s screen works just like pressing a button on the scanner. The scanner scans the item, then sends the image to the Destination Application indicated by the button’s icon. This method of scanning is especially helpful if the scanner is not located close to your computer.

  • Page 36: The Onetouch Button Panel's Features

    OUCH UTTON ANEL The OneTouch Button Panel is your on-screen set of controls for the scanner. In addition, the panel shows information about the scanner and its settings. Click the green arrows at the top of the panel to cycle back and forth through three views of the panel.
  • Page 37 9420 USB S ’ ISIONEER OUCH CANNER UIDE ’ BOUT THE OUCH UTTON ANEL AMES AND CONS The button names on the panel are the same as button names on the scanner. The icons indicate the Destination Applications so you can see, at a glance, where the image will be sent when scanning is finished.

  • Page 38: Scanning From The Twain Interface

    TWAIN I CANNING ROM THE NTERFACE TWAIN I CANNING ROM THE NTERFACE Your 9420 OneTouch scanner is specially designed to scan photographs and 35mm slides and negatives. This means you can make exact copies of your photos and documents, as well as scan 35mm slides and both positive and negative filmstrips.

  • Page 39: Accessing The Twain Interface

    TWAIN I CCESSING THE NTERFACE 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 40 6. Click OK to save your changes and close the OneTouch Properties window. 7. Press the Scan button on the scanner or click on the Scan button on the OneTouch Panel. 8. The TWAIN interface will now open. Click either Advanced Interface or Basic Interface to toggle between the two TWAIN interface options.
  • Page 41 Opening the TWAIN Interface from PaperPort: 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Programs, point to ScanSoft PaperPort, then click PaperPort. The PaperPort Desktop opens. Scan icon. Folders pane. 2. Click the Scan icon on the PaperPort command bar.
  • Page 42 If this Scan button is not active, see the section on page 37 to set up your scanner to work with PaperPort. 3. Click the Scanner drop-down arrow, and select TWAIN: Visioneer 9420 from the drop-down list. Note: Please wait a few moments for your selection from the drop- down list to become active.
  • Page 43 4. In the “Scan what?” section, choose to scan a Document or Photograph. If you want to change the format of the scanned item’s file name or file type before you start scanning, click Settings. The default file type for documents is .pdf and the default for photographs is .jpg. See the ScanSoft PaperPort User’s Guide for more information about the PaperPort Settings.

  • Page 44: Setting Up Your Scanner To Work With Paperport

    When you select a scanning option on the PaperPort window from the Scanner drop-down list, either TWAIN: Visioneer 9420 or WIA: Visioneer 9420 (Windows XP only), the Scan button at the bottom of the panel should become active. If it doesn’t, you need to set up PaperPort to work with your scanner.
  • Page 45 To setup your scanner: 1. From the Scanner drop-down list, select one of the options, such as Twain: Visioneer 9420. 2. Click the Setup button. A window opens to begin the setup process. 3. Click Yes then click Next. The next window offers you the option to run hardware...
  • Page 46 4. Click Yes (recommended) then click Next. The next window is for checking the connection between your scanner and the computer. 5. Click Next. 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 and calibrated when you installed the OneTouch 4.0 software.
  • Page 47 6. Click Next. The next window tells you to insert a page or photo into the scanner. 7. Place an item face down on the glass. Align the edge of the item with the arrow at the upper-left corner of the glass and close the lid.
  • Page 48 8. Click Next. The TWAIN Interface opens. Note: If you are setting up the scanner for WIA, the WIA interface opens instead. 9. Click the Scan button on the TWAIN interface. The Setup Wizard runs the scan test. A message window opens that says “Basic scan test passed.”...
  • Page 49 10. Click Next on the message window. The final Setup window opens to let you know the setup process is finished. 11. 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 50: The Two Twain Interface Options

    When scanning from PaperPort or other TWAIN applications, you have two TWAIN interface options: Basic Interface—Use the Basic Interface if you don’t need to make ■ many adjustments before scanning. The Basic Interface is only for scanning paper items on the Flatbed. Advanced Interface—The Advanced Interface includes all the ■...

  • Page 51: Scanning From The Basic Interface

    CANNING FROM THE The Basic Interface can scan a preview of the image so you can adjust its appearance before scanning the final image. After adjusting the appearance, you click the Scan button on the Basic Interface (not on the scanner) to scan the item.
  • Page 52 5. To choose another resolution, use the Resolution (DPI) menu. You can also change the picture type again, for example, from color to grayscale, and you can change the paper size from the Paper Size menu. To scan only a portion of the image see the section “Scanning Part of an Image”...
  • Page 53 9. If you’re using PaperPort, the PaperPort Scan message box opens. Click Done. When scanning is complete, thumbnail images appear on the PaperPort Desktop. Single page items appear as individual thumbnails on the PaperPort desktop. Depending on the file type you selected for the images, multiple pages appear as PaperPort stacks.
  • Page 54 CANNING ART OF AN MAGE To scan part of an image, you draw a box around the part you want. The scanner then only scans that portion of the image and places it in the scanning application (in this case the PaperPort Desktop). 1.

  • Page 55: Scanning From The Advanced Interface

    CANNING FROM THE The Advanced Interface has more options for scanning than the Basic Interface. It is also for scanning 35mm slides and negatives. 1. Start PaperPort or other TWAIN application and open the TWAIN interface. 2. If the Basic Interface opens, click the Advanced Interface button. The Advanced Interface opens.
  • Page 56 3. From the menu at the top left panel, select the type of scanning: Scan Reflective Using to scan paper items. ■ Scan Slide Using to scan 35mm slides. ■ Scan Negative Using to scan 35mm negative filmstrips. ■ See “Scanning 35mm Slides and Negatives” on page 61 for information about scanning 35mm slides and negatives.
  • Page 57 9. When you’re satisfied with the image, click the Scan button. 10. When you’re finished scanning items, click Done to close the Advanced Interface. 11. If you’re using PaperPort, the PaperPort Scan message box opens. Click Done. When scanning is finished, a thumbnail of the scanned image(s) appears on the PaperPort desktop.

  • Page 58: Adjusting The Image On The Advanced Interface

    DJUSTING THE MAGE ON THE You can adjust the scan settings on the Advanced Interface to produce the best possible image for the items you’re scanning. To adjust a setting: 1. On the left side of the Advanced Interface, select a configuration, for example, Color Configurations.
  • Page 59 The following figure shows an example of the Advanced Interface if you click the Resolution setting in the list, or click the Resolution button. Note: The information in the scan settings list and the options you select on the various settings panels are interactive. As you change the settings on the panel, the numbers in the list on the left also change.

  • Page 60: Adjusting The Resolution

    DJUSTING THE ESOLUTION Resolution determines the amount of detail you can see in the scanned image. The resolution setting for a scan is in dots-per-inch (dpi). The higher the resolution, the finer the details, however, higher dpi settings also take longer to scan and produce larger files sizes. Usually the higher resolution settings are used for precision work, such as photographs or fine artwork.
  • Page 61 To adjust the resolution: 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 62: Adjusting The Brightness And Contrast

    DJUSTING THE RIGHTNESS AND Sometimes an item is scanned with the brightness and contrast set to be too light or too dark. For example, a note written with a light pencil may need to be scanned darker to improve legibility. The following figure shows the brightness and contrast options.

  • Page 63: Adjusting Gamma, Saturation, And Color Hue

    DJUSTING AMMA ATURATION If you’re using the Color Configuration to scan, you can adjust a group of color settings. Gamma controls the brightness of the color midtones, saturation is the strength or purity of a color, and hue is the color your eyes see as reflected from the image.

  • Page 64: Adjusting Input Size

    DJUSTING NPUT You can scan documents up to 8.5" by 11.69", but you can select other scan sizes, or adjust the input size to scan only specific sections of an image. For example, if you’re scanning a photograph and want to focus on one section, adjusting the input size removes the rest of the photograph from the final scanned image.
  • Page 65 The following figure shows an example of a manually selected area. The Scan Info box shows the size and position of the area. Note that the selected area in the example has the number “1” in its upper left corner indicating it is your first selected area. You can select up to six separate areas on an image at a time.
  • Page 66 4. If the dotted line is not exactly where you want it, put the pointer on the line and drag the line. 5. If you want to remove the selected area and start over, click Remove on the Scan Info box. Note: Clicking Remove re-selects the entire 8.5"...

  • Page 67: Creating A New Advanced Interface Profile

    REATING A DVANCED You cannot change the settings of the preset profiles in the Advanced Interface. However you can create new profiles and save them for future use. To create a new profile: 1. On the Advanced Interface, select one of the preset profiles, for example, Black&White Configurations>Custom.

  • Page 68: Scanning 35Mm Slides And Negatives

    CANNING LIDES AND EGATIVES CANNING LIDES AND EGATIVES Your 9420 OneTouch scanner is specially designed to scan 35mm slides and negatives. You can scan both positive and negative film images. RIEF XPLANATION Your scanner has sensors that capture the image of the item being scanned.

  • Page 69: Positioning 35Mm Slides In The Mask

    OSITIONING LIDES IN THE 1. Place the mask on the glass so the arrow on the mask labeled Use this mask for scanning 35mm slides is aligned with the arrow in the upper left corner of the scanner. Make sure the text on the mask faces up so it fits properly on the glass, aligned at the corner.

  • Page 70: Positioning A 35Mm Negative Film Strip

    OSITIONING A EGATIVE 1. Slide the filmstrip into the 35mm negative mask and center the frame you want to scan in the opening. 2. Place the mask on the glass so the arrow on the mask labeled Use this mask for scanning 35mm negatives is aligned with the arrow in the upper left corner of the scanner.

  • Page 71: Scanning 35Mm Slides Or Negatives From The Twain Interface

    CANNING LIDES OR 1. Place the 35mm slides or negatives into the scanning mask and position the mask on the scanner glass. Close the scanner lid. 2. Open the TWAIN interface in one of the TWAIN applications on your computer. To use the PaperPort software to open the TWAIN interface, see “Accessing the TWAIN Interface”...
  • Page 72 4. Click the drop-down menu at the top of the Advanced Interface and choose the type of transparency to scan. Scan Slide Using to scan 35mm slides. ■ Scan Negative Using to scan 35mm negative filmstrips. ■ Choose a transparency scanning option: Scan Slide Using: for 35mm slides.
  • Page 73 This example of the Advanced Interface is for scanning 35mm slides. 5. Click Preview to preview the image. The scanner scans a preview image of the slides or negatives. Selection boxes appear on the window. The selection boxes show where the scanner will scan for the images. Selection boxes appear around the images.
  • Page 74 6. From the list on the left side of the interface, select the scan configuration for the images. Note that as you select different configurations, the images change based on the selection. For example, if you select Grey Scale, the images will be in shades of grey.
  • Page 75 This example shows a selection box not aligned directly over the image. ■ Put the pointer on an edge. The pointer becomes a resize pointer. Press and hold down the mouse button then drag the edge to crop the image. To move a selection box, put the pointer in the box.
  • Page 76 51 for details about adjusting settings. Tip: For 35mm slides or negatives, set the resolution to 1200 dpi or better. Visioneer recommends using a resolution of 2400 dpi. Refer to “Adjusting the Resolution” on page 53 for steps to set the resolution.

  • Page 77: Configuring The Scanner

    Configuring the Scanner When you first connect your scanner to a computer, the scanner’s software configures each OneTouch button with appropriate settings consisting of: a Destination Application, a Scan Configuration, and a Document Format. To change the settings, you reconfigure the buttons by selecting new options from the OneTouch Properties window.

  • Page 78: About The Onetouch Properties Window

    (and other OneTouch windows and dialog boxes) are “grayed out” and are not available. Grayed out options are not appropriate for your Visioneer 9420 scanner. If you use the OneTouch application with other Visioneer scanners, grayed out options become active, if appropriate.
  • Page 79 The settings on the Properties window are: Select Destination—The list of applications that can open to display the scanned image for the selected button. To configure the list of available applications, click the Options tab at the top of the dialog box and select the desired options.
  • Page 80 CANNING LIDES AND EGATIVES Select Format—a set of file formats for the scanned image for the selected button. The formats are based on the type of Destination Application you select. This example shows the formats that apply to Microsoft Outlook. The button names indicate their file types.

  • Page 81: Selecting New Settings For A Button

    ELECTING For each of the five OneTouch buttons, you can select a new Destination Application, Scan Configuration, and Document Format. Select a software application as the destination to send scanned images. To select new settings for the Scanner Button: 1. Click the tab of the button you want to change. Each button has its own settings.
  • Page 82 3. From the Select Configuration list, select a scan configuration. To scan in color, select one of the configurations indicated by the small color icon, such as the Scan Color Document configuration. The scan configuration list is preset for the application you select in the Select Destination list.

  • Page 83: 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 opens for the type of Destination Application you selected, and the available options are for that application.
  • Page 84 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 PaperPort Desktop in that folder.
  • Page 85 OCUMENTS ROPERTIES These properties apply to Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel 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 86 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. 4.
  • Page 87 MAGE OCUMENTS ROPERTIES These properties apply to image processing applications such as ArcSoft PhotoImpression and Microsoft Paint. 1. Click in the Color document handling settings boxes for the options you want. The options will apply to all the applications in the group. Convert Bitmaps using Screen resolution—Use this option to ■...
  • Page 88 2. To add another application to the list, click the Add Application button. See the steps on page 79 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 89 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— ■...
  • Page 90 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 91 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 92: Selecting Format Options

    ELECTING ORMAT PTIONS The option that you select determines the file format of the scanned document. Appropriate format options and file types are available for the type of Destination Application selected for the button. The available options are for images and text. Image Formats MAGE ORMATS...
  • Page 93 To select a JPEG or PDF file size: 1. Select JPG or PDF as the format. 2. Right-click on the JPG or PDF icon. A menu opens. 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.
  • Page 94 ORMATS The Text Formats are for text file types. The names of the formats indicate their file types. Selecting the text format option also selects OCR processing as an automatic step for scanning. Therefore, when you scan a document with the text format selected, the text portions of the document are automatically converted to editable text.
  • Page 95 To select a file type for the text format: 1. Select the Destination Application. 2. Right-click on the text format icon. A menu opens. The following figure shows an example for the TEXT format with Microsoft Outlook selected as the Destination Application.

  • Page 96: Scanning With Optical Character Recognition (Ocr)

    CANNING WITH PTICAL HARACTER Optical Character Recognition (OCR) converts text and numbers on a scanned page into editable text and numbers. You can then work with the text and numbers to edit, spellcheck, change font or type size, sort, calculate, and so forth. To scan with OCR: 1.
  • Page 97 4. Select the option you want for the OCR conversion of your documents. Auto orient page—Select this option to check the page orientation and automatically rotate an improperly oriented page image so the text is recognizable by the OCR process. Single column output—...

  • Page 98: Selecting Options For A Button

    ELECTING PTIONS FOR A UTTON The OneTouch Options determine the types of Destination Applications available for a button, as well as the location of the files of your scanned items. To select options: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window and click the Options tab. Options tab.
  • Page 99 Select Destinations—Select this option to individually choose the types of applications to include in the list of Destination Applications. Check the boxes for the type of application to include. Document Management includes PaperPort and other applications for processing and keeping track of your scanned documents.
  • Page 100 ELECTING ETTINGS FOR A UTTON Create copies of scanned documents—Sometimes the image of a scanned document is only saved as a temporary file until its Destination Application is finished using it. In those cases you may or may not want an additional, permanent copy saved on your hard drive.
  • Page 101 9420 USB S ’ ISIONEER OUCH CANNER UIDE 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. To specify another location for copies, click the Browse button and find the folder you want to use for the copies.

  • Page 102: 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 103 buttons set for 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.
  • Page 104 Color to scan color photographs and other color items. Color scans have the largest file size. Resolution—Drag the slider to the right or left to adjust the ■ dots per inch (dpi) of the resolution. The maximum resolution is 2400 dpi; the minimum is 50 dpi. The higher the dpi setting, the sharper and clearer the scanned image.
  • Page 105 Size—Click Standard, click the menu arrow and choose a page ■ size from the list, or click Custom and enter the horizontal and vertical page dimensions in the boxes. The maximum size is 8.5" by 11.69". The units of measurement can be inches or millimeters.
  • Page 106 8. Click the Advanced Settings tab. The options of the Advanced Settings tab are for the Color or Grayscale scanning mode. 9. Drag the sliders to the left and right to change the color settings. As you do, the image changes to show the effects of the new settings. Saturation is the strength or purity of a color, hue is the color your eyes see as reflected from the image, and gamma controls the brightness of the midtones of the color.
  • Page 107 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. You use the options on the Device Settings tab to select settings for the device. 1.
  • Page 108 Collate copies—If you’re printing more than one page, collate the copies. Enter the number of copies in the Copies box. Advanced—click to see additional settings for the device. The dialog that opens is specific to the device. For example, if the device is your printer, the dialog box is your printer’s setup settings.
  • Page 109 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 110: Editing Or Deleting Scan Configurations

    DITING OR ELETING To edit or delete a scan configuration: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2. Select the scan configuration you want to edit or delete. The selection must be an unlocked configuration. The following example shows a new scan configuration that was created named “Scan for Light Text.”...
  • Page 111 4. To edit the configuration, click the Edit button. The Scan Configuration Properties dialog box opens for that configuration. You can make changes to a configuration, but for the changes to be saved, the configuration must first be unlocked. Click the Lock icon to unlock the configuration.

  • Page 112: Configure Before Scan

    ONFIGURE EFORE You can set up a button so that, when you press that button or click it on the Button Panel, a different scanning interface opens before the scanning starts.You can then use the interface to select new settings or scanning options.
  • Page 113 5. Select the scan configuration Configure Before Scan. Select the button. Select Configure Before Scan. Right-click on Configure Before Scan to get the menu, and choose the interface to use for scanning. 6. Right-click on Configure Before Scan and choose an interface to use for configuring before scanning.
  • Page 114 SING ONFIGURE EFORE 1. Put the document or photo on the flatbed glass. 2. Click on the button you set to use the Configure Before Scan option. In the example shown on the previous page, the Scan button has been setup to use the Configure Before Scan option. 3.
  • Page 115 ULTIPLE AGES You can use Configure Before Scan to create multi-page documents when scanning from the flatbed glass. First, please make sure your OneTouch Properties are set to scan as a TIFF, PDF or a text file type. The image file types BMP and JPG do not support multi-page documents.
  • Page 116 Yes—scanning stops and all pages scanned in this batch, up to ■ this point, will be deleted. The TWAIN interface will close and you can restart your scan from the beginning. Choose Yes if the TWAIN scan settings are incorrect for your current scanning batch.

  • Page 117: Scan And Burn To Acd

    CAN AND URN TO A If you have a CD burner attached to your computer, you can scan directly from your scanner onto a CD. Note: This feature is available only on computers running Windows XP or Windows Vista. To scan and burn to a CD: 1.
  • Page 118 5. Choose a Page Format and a Scan Configuration. See the notes on page 112 for more information about the scan configurations when the Destination Application is Burn to CD. 6. Click OK. The OneTouch Properties window closes. 7. Now start scanning using the button you selected to use to scan and burn to CD.
  • Page 119 9420 USB S ’ ISIONEER OUCH CANNER UIDE Note: Until you click Burn to CD these files are stored in your computer at C:\Documents and Settings\<your user name>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\CD Burning. This is where Windows XP and Windows Vista stores all files waiting to be burned to a CD by the automatic CD writing wizard.

  • Page 120: Scanning With Event Forwarding

    CANNING WITH VENT ORWARDING You use event forwarding to specify another application to use for scanning before you start. A typical example is if you want to use another application’s interface to select scanning options before you start scanning. When you press the scanner button designated for event forwarding, the scanner waits to start scanning until you select the application to use.
  • Page 121 5. Click OK. The OneTouch Properties window closes. 6. Start scanning using the button you selected for event forwarding. A dialog box opens for you to select the application to use for scanning. 7. 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 interface.
  • Page 122 HTML W REATING AN AGE FROM You can convert scanned pages to HTML format for posting directly to your web site. 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 123 6. Click OK. The OneTouch Properties window closes. 7. Put the document on the scanner glass and close the lid. 8. Press the scanner button you’ve set up for HTML scanning. When scanning is finished, the document is first converted to editable text using the OCR process, then is converted into an HTML format.

  • Page 124: 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 125 Note: The Storage Location shown in the example above is the default place where your scanned documents are stored if you haven’t created any new scanning configurations or selected a new storage location. If you create a new scan configuration that has its own storage location and you use that configuration to scan, your scanned documents will be stored at the new location instead of the default.
  • Page 126 4. Choose a Scan Configuration. 5. Click OK. 6. Now start scanning using the Archive button on the scanner or any other button that you have set up for archiving. When scanning is finished, the documents are saved in the text file format and in the location you specified.
  • Page 127 4. Select Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application. 5. Click the New button. The Scan Configuration Properties dialog box opens. 6. 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.”...
  • Page 128 7. Click the Storage Options tab. This is where you set the different folder locations for the new configurations. 8. Click the Browse button. 9. Select the folder you created for storing the scanned documents. If you haven’t created the folder yet, you can click the Make New Folder button and type the name for the new folder.
  • Page 129 10. Click OK. The selected folder will now be set as the Storage Location, such as “Business Receipts.” 11. Click OK. The new configuration is now listed as a Transfer to Storage configuration. 12. Repeat the process to create additional new configurations, such as one named “Storage for Personal Receipts.”...
  • Page 130 Scan to multiple storage folders: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2. Click the Archive tab (or other tab if you set up another button for archiving). 3. Make sure Transfer to Storage is selected as the Destination Application. 4. Select one of the configurations you created for storage. 5.
  • Page 131 7. When scanning is finished, open the OneTouch Properties window again and select the other configuration you created for storage. 8. Click OK. The OneTouch panel will show the name of the other configuration. 9. Now scan the next set of documents. When scanning is finished, the two sets of documents are stored in the two separate folders.
  • Page 132 RANSFER OCUMENTS TO A ERVER OR 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 119 or “Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage”...
  • Page 133 3. 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. 4. 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 134 Button Panel. The Hardware icon. If the Hardware View of the panel is already open you can also right-click on the Visioneer 9420 icon. The Hardware Properties dialog box opens and shows information about your Visioneer 9420 scanner. ETTING THE...
  • Page 135 9420 USB S ’ ISIONEER OUCH CANNER UIDE 2. Click the Properties button. Your scanner has a built-in power saving feature that is set to power down after a period of idle time. You can set the power save mode from 1 minute to a maximum of 10 hours.
  • Page 136 3. Click the arrows for the Enable power save mode setting to choose a time setting. To turn the lamp on and off manually without turning off power to the scanner, click the Lamp On or Lamp Off buttons. To manually turn on the Transparency Adapter lamp, click TA Lamp On.

  • Page 137: Scanning With The Windows Image Acquisition Interface Scanning With The Windows Image Acquisition Interface

    Many Windows XP and Windows Vista applications have commands to access WIA, including PaperPort. To access WIA from PaperPort choose WIA: Visioneer 9420 from the scanner drop-down list. See page 35. Note: To scan transparencies you must scan from the TWAIN Advanced Interface.
  • Page 138 2. From the File menu choose From Scanner or Camera. The scan window opens. Use this window to select scanning options and start the scan process. 3. Click the button most appropriate for the item you’re scanning. 4. Click Preview to preview the image before scanning. The image is displayed on the right side of the window.
  • Page 139 5. If necessary, adjust settings of the previewed image as desired: Change the button selection for the type of image. ■ Adjust the custom settings; refer to the next section, “Fine ■ Tuning Your Scans”. Change the size of the scanned image. To do this, click and hold ■...

  • Page 140: Fine Tuning Your Scans

    UNING CANS 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 window, click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture.
  • Page 141 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 menu arrow and choose the dots per inch (dpi) of the resolution.

  • Page 142: Maintenance

    Please see the technical support card that you received with your scanner. 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 143 TWAIN devices with your computer, you may have selected another source for images. Start the PaperPort software and select TWAIN: Visioneer 9420 from the Scanner drop-down menu. Problem: During installation I got the error message: PaperPort Installation is not complete. What do I do? The installation procedure was not successful.
  • Page 144 They are interfering with the installation and OneTouch options, and you need to remove those other drivers and re-install your Visioneer 9420 USB scanner. Please see the documentation that you received with the other scanner for the steps to remove its driver programs.

  • Page 145: How To Uninstall Your Scanner

    OW TO NINSTALL To uninstall the Visioneer 9420 USB scanner, remove the OneTouch 4.0 scanner software, and PaperPort, or other scanning software provided with your scanner. NINSTALLING THE OUCH 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Settings, then click Control Panel.

  • Page 146: 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 147: Visioneer 9420 Usb Scanner Specifications

    9420 USB S ISIONEER Bit Depth Scanning resolution Maximum Item sizes Scanner dimensions Height Width Length Weight USB Standard Operating temperature Relative humidity Power Adapter USB Cable CANNER PECIFICATIONS 48-Bit color (internal), 16-Bit gray (internal), 1-Bit line art/text Optical resolution: 4800 x 9600 dpi 8.5 x 11.69 inches (21.6 x 29.7 cm) 2.6 inches (6.6 cm) 11.9 inches (30 cm)

  • Page 148: Visioneer 9420 Usb Scanner Parts List

    9420 USB S ISIONEER Please use the following part names and numbers when ordering replacements for your scanner. Transparency Mask CANNER ARTS Part Name Part Number 88-0569-000 USB Cable 35-0062-000 Power Adapter 37-0072-000...
  • Page 149 9420 USB S ’ ISIONEER OUCH CANNER UIDE...

  • Page 150: Index

    I N D E X Numerics 35mm negative filmstrip scan 61 35mm slide scan 61 Advanced Interface 43, 48 adjust settings 51 Advanced Interface button 48 Advanced Properties 133 aspect ratio 100 AutoRotate image 100 Basic Interface 36, 43, 44 Black&White 49, 96 blurred image 54 BMP 85...
  • Page 151 NDEX installation 5 invert image 98 JPG 85 JPG file size 86 Lamp power save mode 129 Link Properties 76 locking tab 3, 7 Microsoft Internet Explorer 116 Microsoft Outlook 83 moire patterns 54, 98 monitor 4 OCR 87 columns 90 optical character recognition 89 storage 118 OCR button 25...
  • Page 152 Sti Event Forwarding 92 Storage and CD-R/W 92 Storage Properties 81 Straighten Image 98 Text Documents Properties 78 Text Editors 92 text file format 87 Text Formats 87 thumbnail image 46 TIFF 85 Transfer to Storage 117 transparency scan 61–69 TWAIN 105 TWAIN standard 31 uninstall 138...
  • Page 153 NDEX...
  • Page 154 Copyright © 2007 Visioneer, Inc. 05-0631-200...

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