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  • Page 1 Visioneer OneTouch ® ® 8900 Scanner USB C ONNECTION Installation Guide...
  • Page 2 Visioneer's Limited Product Warranty If you find physical defects in the materials or the workmanship used in making the product described in this document, Visioneer will repair, or at its option, replace, the product at no charge to you, provided you return it (postage prepaid, with proof of your purchase from the original reseller) during the 12-month period after the date of your original purchase of the product.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    What’s in the Box ........1 The Visioneer OneTouch 8900 Scanner ..... . 2 What You Need .
  • Page 4 Installation Troubleshooting ......52 Visioneer OneTouch 8900 Scanner Specifications ....53...

  • Page 5: Welcome

    ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer OneTouch 8900 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.

  • Page 6: The Visioneer Onetouch 8900 Scanner

    ISIONEER Document cover Document pad Glass Reference frame OneTouch button panel On/Off light On/Off switch Power jack TPA port USB port 8900 S OUCH CANNER...
  • Page 7 Power jack. Plug the scanner power cord into this jack. TPA port. A port for an optional Transparency Adapter (TPA) for scanning transparencies. Please visit our web site at www.visioneer.com for more information about acquiring a transparency adapter for your scanner.

  • Page 8: What You Need

    To use the OneTouch 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 Available internal memory (RAM): Windows 98—32 megabytes (MB) or more Windows 2000 or Windows Me—64 megabytes (MB) or more 70 MB of free hard disk space A VGA or SVGA monitor.

  • Page 9: Chapter 1: Installing

    Installing This section of the guide contains instructions for connecting your OneTouch 8900 scanner to a USB port. The PaperPort CD includes all the necessary installation files, as well as PaperPort software files and other software files. The CD also includes the PaperPort User’s Guide.

  • Page 10: Step 2: Connecting The Scanner

    STEP 2: C ONNECTING THE The OneTouch 8900 scanner connects to any available USB port. Check your computer’s user’s guide for its USB port locations. Note: You do not have to shut off the power to your computer when connecting the scanner to a USB port.
  • Page 11 To connect the OneTouch 8900 scanner to a USB port: 1. Plug one end of the USB cable into an available USB port. Some newer computers also have keyboards with USB ports. You can plug the scanner into the keyboard instead of the USB port on the computer.
  • Page 12 3. Plug the other end of the USB cable into the scanner’s USB port. If the plug does not attach easily, make sure that you are plugging it in correctly. Do not force the plug into the connection. 4. Plug the power adapter cable into the power jack on the back of the scanner.
  • Page 13 6. Turn on power to the scanner. The amber light comes on indicating the scanner is receiving power. Power On/Off switch Your computer recognizes that a scanner has been plugged into the USB port and automatically loads the appropriate software from the CD to run the scanner.

  • Page 14: Step 3: Checking Out Your Scanner

    STEP 3: C HECKING The OneTouch scanner software adds the scanner icon to the Windows taskbar (at the bottom right corner of the computer screen). If the scanner is properly connected, the scanner icon looks like the one in this figure.

  • Page 15: If The Scanner Is Not Properly Connected

    4. Click OK to close the dialog box. That’s it. Your scanner is ready to scan. See “Scanning by Pressing the OneTouch Buttons” on page 14. Note: The scanning lamp under the scanner’s glass needs to warm up before you can scan. A status message lets you know when the lamp is ready.
  • Page 16 Guide or the technical support card that you received with your scanner for technical assistance telephone numbers. Also visit our web site at www.visioneer.com for additional technical information. You can also receive software updates from the Windows Start menu by choosing...

  • Page 17: Chapter 2: Scanning

    Scanning HREE AYS TO You can scan items by pressing a OneTouch button, by clicking a button on the screen, or from the PaperPort software (or other Twain software). • Scan with the Scanner Buttons Press a button on the scanner’s front panel. •...

  • Page 18: Scanning By Pressing The Onetouch Buttons

    CANNING BY RESSING THE Pressing a scanner button scans the item, and then sends the image either to the printer, or to a software application on your computer. To scan by pressing a button on the scanner: • Place an item to scan on the glass, face down, and press one of the scanner buttons.

  • Page 19: Scanning From The Button Panel On The Screen

    CANNING FROM THE Scanning from the button panel on the screen is just like pressing a scanner button, except you click the button on the screen. The scanner scans the item, and then sends the image either to the printer, or to a software application on your computer.

  • Page 20: About The Onetouch Buttons

    BOUT THE OUCH The OneTouch buttons are preconfigured to scan items at various settings, and then send the scanned image to a preselected software application—called the Destination Application. You can change the settings for each button except the Stop/Cancel button. See “About the Configuration Dialog Box”...

  • Page 21: Configuring The Scanner

    ONFIGURING THE CANNER To configure the scanner, you display the Configuration dialog box and then select options for the scan buttons. You display the Configuration dialog box from either the shortcut menu or the Button Panel. To display the Configuration dialog box from the shortcut menu: 1.

  • Page 22: About The Configuration Dialog Box

    BOUT THE The Configuration dialog box shows the current settings for each scanner button. The tabs across the top of the dialog box correspond to the buttons. Clicking a tab shows the current settings for the corresponding button on the scanner. For example, the following figure shows the current settings for the Scan button because the Scan tab is selected.
  • Page 23 Select Configuration—the list of the button’s scan configurations. The configuration settings include: color, black and white, or grayscale, resolution in dots per inch (dpi), page size, brightness, and contrast. To see the details about a configuration, click its icon in the list. Click the icon again to close the detailed information.

  • Page 24: Getting Help

    ETTING You can get help with the scanner’s features or any of the options on the Configuration dialog box using either of the following methods: When the Configuration dialog box is displayed, press the F1 key on your keyboard. The help window appears. Click the Help button at the top right corner of the Configuration dialog box.

  • Page 25: Creating New Configurations

    If you want to select a configuration prior to scanning, click the option, Configure before Scan. When you press a scanner button, the Visioneer Scan Manager dialog box appears first and you can select a configuration before scanning. See “Scanning an Item with the Twain Button”...

  • Page 26: Adjusting Scan Settings And

    DJUSTING ETTINGS AND When scanning using a configuration that you created yourself, you can adjust that configuration’s scan settings and page settings. For example, if the scanned image is too dark, you can adjust the brightness of the scan setting. Note: You cannot change the scan settings or page settings for any of the predefined scan configurations.
  • Page 27 3. Click the Edit button. The dialog box appears for adjusting the scanning settings of the selected configuration. 4. Adjust the scan settings that you want. Mode—Select Black/White to scan in black and white. For example, letters and memos are usually scanned in black and white. Select Grayscale to scan items such as documents containing drawings or black and white photographs.
  • Page 28 ONFIGURING THE CANNER 5. Click the Page Settings tab to adjust the scan page settings. Page Size—Choose a page size from the drop-down list. The outlines on the picture represent the various page sizes. Clicking one of those outlines also selects it as the page size for the scan. If you select the Custom option from the drop-down list, boxes appear in place of the picture.

  • Page 29: Setting Preferences

    Gamma—Drag the slider to improve how the colors in a scanned image look on your monitor. Gamma correction allows you to achieve precise color matching. Because the computer cannot always transmit the exact color information to the hardware, you may have to make some color adjustments using the Gamma feature.
  • Page 30 ONFIGURING THE CANNER The Preferences dialog box appears. The dialog box shows which button you selected for new preferences. The name of the button to receive new preferences If the Button tab on the Preferences dialog box is not selected, click Show All Destinations—Clicking this option automatically selects all the destination applications categories.
  • Page 31 3. Click the General tab to set preferences for the scanner. Show Status Window—Select this option to see the small window at the bottom right corner of the screen that shows the status of the scanning and other information as shown in this sample: Show Scanner Icon in Windows Taskbar—Select this option to see the small icon representing the OneTouch scanner in the Windows taskbar...
  • Page 32 On System Standby/Shutdown—Select this option to turn off the lamp when you turn off your computer, or when the computer’s energy saver option automatically puts the computer into standby mode. Folder for Temporary Images—Click the Folder button and then select a folder for the scanner’s temporary images. During scanning, a temporary file contains scan information about the image.

  • Page 33: Scanning From The Paperport Software

    Source dialog box appears, and shows your Visioneer Scan Manager Pro software (as well as all other Twain devices installed on your computer). 3. Choose the Visioneer Scan Manager Pro option, and then click Select. Note: You don’t need to set up the scanner again unless you change the source to some other Twain device, such as a digital camera.

  • Page 34: Scanning An Item With The Twain Button

    PaperPort software. You can scan many types of items, from small business cards to A4-sized pages. Note: Your Visioneer OneTouch scanner is initially set to scan from the PaperPort software with the resolution of 100dpi. You can change the resolution, however scanning at a higher resolution creates a larger file size and takes longer to scan.
  • Page 35 Preview again. Note: If you have the optional Transparency Adapter for your Visioneer OneTouch 8900 scanner, the drop-down menu at the top of the Scan Manager will have additional options. The setting in the example above—Scan Reflective Using—is for scanning paper items.
  • Page 36 To scan manually: 1. On the Scan Manager, select a configuration for the scan. For example, select Color/Custom to scan a color item with the preset Custom scan settings. That configuration’s settings appear as a list. Click the “+” sign to see the full list of scan settings.
  • Page 37 See “Setting Preferences” on page 48 to set the AutoScan settings. In addition, your OneTouch 8900 scanner has built-in image analysis capabilities that find the optimum combination of settings for the item you’re scanning. When you click AutoScan, the scanner analyzes the image and adjusts the settings to produce the optimal scanned image.

  • Page 38: Getting Help With The Paperport Software

    The autoscanned image appears as a thumbnail on the PaperPort Desktop. 2. Use the PaperPort software to work with the image. Please see the PaperPort Getting Started Guide and PaperPort User’s Guide on the CD for more information about using the PaperPort software.

  • Page 39: Adjusting The Settings On The Scan Manager

    DJUSTING THE ETTINGS ON THE You can adjust the scan settings on the Scan Manager to produce the best possible image. To adjust a setting: 1. Click a setting in the list of settings, or click its corresponding button on the right side of the Scan Manager. Note: The list of scan settings for a configuration only apply to that type of configuration.

  • Page 40: Saving A New Profile

    Note: The information in the scan settings list and the options that you select on the various settings panels are interactive. That is, as you change the settings on the panel, the numbers in the list on the left also change. AVING A ROFILE If you adjust the scan settings you can save them as a profile for later use.

  • Page 41: Adjusting The Resolution And Sharpness

    3. Click Save As. The Save Profile dialog box appears. 4. Type a name for the new profile. 5. Click OK. Your new profile is now listed as one of the configurations. Select it when you want to reuse its settings. DJUSTING THE ESOLUTION AND Resolution determines the amount of detail you can see in the scanned...
  • Page 42 The following figure shows the resolution and sharpen options: To adjust the resolution and sharpness: 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 (OCR).

  • Page 43: Adjusting The Brightness And Contrast

    3. To adjust the sharpness, drag the Fidelity slider to the left to decrease the sharpness or to the right to increase the sharpness. You can also type a number directly into the sharpness setting box, or click the up and down arrows next to the box to increase or decrease the setting.
  • Page 44 To adjust the brightness and contrast: 1. Drag the Brightness slider to the left to make the item darker or to the right to make the item lighter. You can also type a number directly into the sharpness setting box, or click the up and down arrows next to the box to increase or decrease the setting.

  • Page 45: Adjusting Gamma, Saturation, And Color Hue

    8900 S ISIONEER OUCH CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE DJUSTING AMMA ATURATION OLOR If you’re using the Color Configuration to scan, you can adjust a group of color settings. Gamma controls the brightness of the midtones of the color, saturation is the strength or purity of a color, and hue is the color your eyes see as reflected from the image.
  • Page 46 To adjust the color settings: 1. From the Channel drop-down menu, choose the individual color (Red, Green, or Blue) that you want to adjust, or choose All to adjust them together. 2. From the Edit Style drop-down menu, choose the type of color editing that you want to use: Gamma—the response curve changes as you change the gamma setting;...

  • Page 47: Adjusting Output Size

    8900 S ISIONEER OUCH CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE DJUSTING UTPUT The item you’re scanning may not fill the scanner glass. In that case you can preview the item and use the Auto Trim option to automatically eliminate the unwanted sections of the image. You can also adjust the output size to scan only specific sections of an image.
  • Page 48 To Auto Trim an item: 1. Click Auto Trim. 2. Click Trim. The scanner senses the edges of the item on the glass and draws a dotted line around the image in the window. Check to make sure the dotted line encloses the image that you want.
  • Page 49 3. Put the pointer on the image and drag the mouse to enclose the section you want in the scanned image. As you drag the mouse, a dotted box appears on the image and the size settings change to reflect the new output size area. You can also type in the size settings boxes.
  • Page 50 Scan Info for the area selected on the image. 4. If the dotted line is not exactly where you want it, put the pointer on the line and drag the mouse. To use the pointer to drag the line, make sure the pointer button is selected at the top of the window.

  • Page 51: Saving A Custom Size

    AVING A USTOM If you have several items of the same size, such as a group of small photographs, you can create a custom size and reuse it whenever scanning those items. To save a custom size setting: 1. Click Add under the list of sizes. The Add Size dialog box appears.

  • Page 52: The Scan Info Box

    The following figure shows the information on the Scan Info box: Location of the top left corner of the image in the Preview window. Current location of the pointer as you drag it on the Preview window. OOMING N AND You enlarge or reduce the preview image by zooming in or out.
  • Page 53 1. Click the Preferences button. The User Preferences dialog box appears. 2. Select the preferences you want: Enable selection of color bitdepths...—your OneTouch 8900 scanner supports a tremendous range of colors (defined as 48-bit depth), but other devices (called the TWAIN clients), such as older cameras that you can use with the Scan Manager support only a 24-bit depth range of colors.

  • Page 54: Getting Help With The Scan Manager

    Show standard US paper sizes—select this option to set the paper sizes for standard US paper. Units—select the measurement units for the ruler around the preview window. The x and y coordinates of the pointer position are relative to the units. AutoScan Resolution—you can scan an item by clicking the AutoScan button on the Scan Manager.

  • Page 55: Cleaning The Scanner Glass

    The Help window appears and displays information about that feature. You can manually scroll through the help information. 3. To see more help topics, click the drop-down menu at the top of information. 4. Click the Help button again, or click Exit on the window to exit the help system.

  • Page 56: Installation Troubleshooting

    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.

  • Page 57: Visioneer Onetouch 8900 Scanner Specifications

    ISIONEER OUCH 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 Hardware warranty 8900 S CANNER PECIFICATIONS 48-Bit color (internal), 16-Bit gray (internal), 1-Bit line art/text Optical resolution: 1200 X 4800 dpi 8.5 x 11.69 inches (21.6 x 29.7 cm)
  • Page 58 8900 S ISIONEER OUCH CANNER PECIFICATIONS...

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