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  • Page 1 Visioneer OneTouch ® 7400 USB Scanner User's Guide for Windows...
  • Page 2 ® Visioneer OneTouch 7400 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 7400 USB Scanner ....2 What You Need .
  • Page 5 Visioneer 7400 USB Scanner Specifications ....111 Visioneer 7400 USB Scanner Part List ..... . 111 Index .

  • Page 6: Welcome

    ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer OneTouch 7400 USB scanner. With this scanner you can quickly scan paper items such as letters, forms, photos, or magazine articles and place their electronic images on your computer. With its innovative hinged lid, you can also lay books flat on the scanner to scan pages.

  • Page 7: The Visioneer Onetouch 7400 Usb Scanner

    Document cover Glass Reference marks OneTouch button panel Status light OneTouch buttons USB port ISIONEER OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER...
  • Page 8 Status light—Shows the scanner’s status. Steady green light: scanner is ready to scan. Blinking green light: scanner is busy. USB port—Connects the scanner to the computer. Your Visioneer 7400 scanner can connect to either a USB 1.1 or a USB 2.0 port.

  • Page 9: What You Need

    OCUMENTATION Your scanner is delivered with the following documentation: Quick Install Guide—Abbreviated installation instructions. ■ Visioneer OneTouch 7400 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 10: 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 7400 USB scanner. If your computer is running Windows Vista, you may see the ■...

  • Page 11: Step 1: Install The Software

    1: I NSTALL THE The Installation CD contains all the driver software and scanning software to use your scanner. To install the software: 1. Start Microsoft Windows and make sure no other applications are running. 2. Insert the installation CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. The Main Menu automatically opens.
  • Page 12 3. On the installation menu, select Install ScanSoft PaperPort and Scanner Driver. 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 13 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 14 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 15 4. 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 16 7. 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 2: Connect the Scanner” on page 12. 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 17: Step 2: Connect The Scanner

    2: C ONNECT THE 1. Remove any tape from the USB cable. 2. Using the steps on the screen as your guide, plug the square end of the cable into the side of your scanner. Plug into the Computer 3. Plug the flat, computer end of the USB cable into an available USB port on the computer.

  • Page 18: Step 3: Register Your Scanner

    3: R EGISTER 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 19: View And Save The User Guides

    CD back into the drive to access the user guides. 1. On the Main Menu, click User Guides. 2. From the Visioneer User Guides window select the User Guide you want to view and save to your computer.
  • Page 20 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 21: Scanning

    Scanning This section describes how to scan paper documents, book pages and photographs: 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 22: Scanning From Onetouch

    CANNING FROM OUCH CANNING FROM OUCH 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. CAN FROM THE OUCH CANNER...
  • Page 23 Button Destination Scan PaperPort Custom Storage E-Mail Email Application Scans in Color, 300dpi Microsoft Word or WordPad Copy Printer Note: The default page size in each configuration is based on the location selected in your Windows setup. For example: If the Windows location is set to “United States” the default page ■...
  • Page 24 CANNING APER OCUMENTS OR 1. Place an item face down on the glass. Align the bottom of the item with the scanner’s reference marks. For custom sizes, align the edge of the item with the left side of the scanner glass. Reference marks 2.
  • Page 25 3. A scan progress window opens shows the item as it is being scanned. 4. After scanning has completed the image is sent to the selected application for the OneTouch button. In the example below, the image is scanned in the TIFF format and the Destination Application is the PaperPort Desktop.

  • Page 26: Scanning Pages In A Book

    CANNING AGES IN A Your OneTouch 7400 USB scanner has an innovative hinged lid so you can lay books flat on the scanner glass to scan their pages. To scan book pages: 1. Open the document cover and place the book on the glass.

  • Page 27: 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 28 OUCH UTTON ANEL EATURES 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 29 7400 USB S ISIONEER OUCH CANNER NSTALLATION 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 30: Configuring The Onetouch Button Options

    ONFIGURING THE 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 File Format. To change the settings, you reconfigure the buttons by selecting new options from the OneTouch Properties window.

  • Page 31: About The Onetouch Properties

    (and other OneTouch windows and dialog boxes) are “grayed out” and are not available. Grayed out options are not appropriate for your Visioneer 7400 scanner. If you use the OneTouch application with other Visioneer scanners, grayed out options become active, if appropriate.

  • Page 32: The Onetouch Properties Options

    OUCH ROPERTIES This is a brief overview of the various sections in the OneTouch Properties window. Select Destination—The list of applications that OneTouch can send a scanned image to so that this application opens immediately after scanning is complete with the scanned image ready for editing. Select the application you want OneTouch to send the scanned image to.
  • Page 33 You can edit the configuration by selecting the configuration then clicking on Edit or double-click on the configuration to access the Scan Configuration Properties options. Note: If you select the configuration Configure Before Scan, pressing a OneTouch button opens the TWAIN or WIA interface for you to change the scan settings, such as color or page size, prior to scanning.

  • Page 34: Selecting Settings For A Button

    ELECTING ETTINGS FOR A For each of the five OneTouch buttons, you can select a new Destination Application, Scan Configuration, and File Format To select new settings for the Scanner Button: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2. Click the tab of the button you want to change. Each button has its own settings.

  • Page 35: Destination Application Properties

    7400 USB S ISIONEER OUCH CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE ESTINATION PPLICATION ROPERTIES The different types of Destination Applications have various properties that you can select. Document Management Application—Nuance PaperPort is a document management software. The OneTouch properties for this type of destination application allows you to choose which folder on your computer the scanned image is saved.
  • Page 36 HANGING ESTINATION PPLICATION 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2. On the OneTouch Properties window, click a Destination Application. 3. Click the Properties button. Click a Destination Click the Properties Application. 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 37 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 38 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. Click in the OCR settings boxes for the options you want. These options will apply to all the applications in the group listed above these options.
  • Page 39 OCUMENT ROPERTIES 1. 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. 2.
  • Page 40 MAGE OCUMENTS ROPERTIES These properties apply to image processing applications such as ArcSoft PhotoImpression and Microsoft Paint. 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 41 MAGE OCUMENT ROPERTIES 1. 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.
  • Page 42 TORAGE ROPERTIES These properties apply to the Destination Application named Transfer to Storage. If a CD burner is attached to your computer, you can also use this dialog box to start the Burn to CD process. See the section “Scan and Burn to a CD” on page 66. Note: The Burn to CD option is only available for Windows XP or Windows Vista with a CD burner installed on your computer.
  • Page 43 2. Click the Browse button to specify the location to store the scanned documents, or type a location directly into the box. If you are scanning to a shared network drive, it must be a mapped drive. For more information about mapped drives, see your network administrator.
  • Page 44 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 45 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 46: Selecting File 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 Text Formats;...
  • Page 47 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 48: Text Formats

    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 49 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 50: 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, spell check, change font or type size, sort, calculate, and so forth.
  • Page 51 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 52: Onetouch Options Tab

    OUCH PTIONS From the OneTouch Options tab you can choose what type of applications appear in each button’s tab destination list. Show or hide the scanning progress window when scanning from OneTouch. You can also choose to save permanent soft copies of your scanned images to your computer.
  • Page 53 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 54 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTON PTIONS 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 55 7400 USB S ISIONEER OUCH CANNER NSTALLATION 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 56: 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 57: The Scan Settings Tab

    appears for any other buttons set for image editors, but not for 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 58 2. Select scan settings for the new scan configuration. Mode—Select a scanning mode: ■ Black&White to scan in black and white. For example, letters and memos are usually scanned in black and white. This scan mode produces the smallest file size. GrayScale to scan items such as documents containing drawings or black and white photographs.

  • Page 59: The Page Settings Tab

    ETTINGS 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 60 Original Image 5. Click the Advanced Settings tab. DVANCED ETTINGS The options of the Advanced Settings tab are for the Color or Grayscale scanning mode. 1. 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.

  • Page 61: The Device Settings Tab

    2. Click OK to save the new configuration. It will now appear in the list of Scan Configurations list on the OneTouch Properties window for the appropriate Destination applications. 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.
  • Page 62 AutoRotate image for best fit—If the image is a Landscape format and the device is printing in the Portrait mode, or vice versa, rotate the image to fit on the page. Collate copies—If you’re printing more than one page, collate the copies.
  • Page 63 1. Click on the Storage Options tab. 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 64: Editing Or Deleting Scan Configurations

    DITING OR ELETING Your scanner comes with a number of configurations pre-set at the factory. To ensure that your scanner will always have a set of correct scan configurations, do not delete the preset configurations. We also recommend that you keep those configurations locked so they are not inadvertently deleted.
  • Page 65 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 66: Configure Before Scan

    ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTON PTIONS 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 67: T O Scan Using Configure Before Scan

    Select a button. Select Configure Before Scan. Right-click on Configure Before Scan to get the menu, and choose the interface to use for scanning. 4. Right-click on Configure Before Scan and choose an interface to use for configuring before scanning. TWAIN—The Basic Interface or Advanced Interface opens for you to configure the scanning.
  • Page 68 3. The Basic TWAIN interface will open. 4. Choose your scan settings, such as the Picture Type of Color, Grayscale or Black & White, Resolution in DPI, and Page Size. 5. Click on the Scan button in the TWAIN interface. 6.
  • Page 69 5. Click on the Done button when you are finished scanning all the pages in your document. 6. All of the pages you scanned will be sent to the Destination Application set in the OneTouch Properties window. ANCELING A ONFIGURE EFORE To cancel a scan after scanning has begun: 1.
  • Page 70 No—scanning stops, but all pages scanned in this batch, up to ■ this point, are not deleted. You can place a new page on the flatbed glass, adjust the TWAIN settings for the new page, then click on the Scan button in the TWAIN interface to continue scanning.

  • Page 71: Scan And Burn To Acd

    CAN AND URN TO A If you have a CD burner attached to your Windows XP or Windows Vista computer, you can scan directly from your scanner onto a CD. To scan and burn to a CD: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2.
  • Page 72 4. Choose a Page Format and a Scan Configuration. See the notes on page 68 for more information about the scan configurations when the Destination Application is Burn to CD. 5. Click OK. The OneTouch Properties window closes. 6. Now start scanning using the button you selected to use to scan and burn to CD.
  • Page 73 9. Click the Burn to CD button. The CD burner begins and your scanned documents are written to the CD. 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.

  • Page 74: 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 75 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 76: Creating An Html Web Page From Your

    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 77 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 78: 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 79: Scanning To Multiple Folders

    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 80 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 81 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. 10. Click OK. The selected folder will now be set as the Storage Location, such as “Business Receipts.”...
  • Page 82 13. Make sure to designate separate folders as the Storage Locations for the new configurations. You will now have multiple configurations set up for the Transfer to Storage destination, and each configuration stores scanned documents in separate folders. Scan to multiple storage folders: 1.
  • Page 83 5. Click OK. The OneTouch Properties window closes. The OneTouch panel will show the name of the configuration. 6. Scan the documents you want to store. The documents are scanned to the folder specified for the configuration. 7. When scanning is finished, open the OneTouch Properties window again and select the other configuration you created for storage.
  • Page 84 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 74 or “Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage”...
  • Page 85 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 86: Scanning From The Twain Interface

    TWAIN I CANNING FROM THE NTERFACE TWAIN I CANNING FROM THE NTERFACE You can scan from any TWAIN scanning application instead of scanning from the OneTouch buttons on your scanner or using the OneTouch button panel. TWAIN S BOUT THE TANDARD Your scanner uses the TWAIN interface to scan photographs and documents.

  • Page 87: 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 88 6. Click OK to save your changes and close the OneTouch Properties window. 7. Press the button on the scanner or click on the 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 89 Opening the TWAIN Interface from PaperPort 1. Open the PaperPort software. 2. Select your Visioneer 7400 scanner in the Scan Pane. If you do not see a Scan pane down the left side of the PaperPort window, click on the scan button on the toolbar. The scan button is on the PaperPort tool bar.

  • Page 90: Scanning From The Basic Twain Interface

    TWAIN I CANNING ROM THE ASIC The Basic Interface allows you to choose modify the basic settings for scanning. In this interface you can preview the item, make adjustments, then scan the item with the adjustments appearing in the final image. 1.
  • Page 91 7. Change the page size from the Paper Size menu. If you do not want to use one of the preset paper sizes available, you can create a custom size by telling the scanner to scan only a certain area. Simply click in the Preview window then drag a box around the area that you want to scan.

  • Page 92: Scanning From The Advanced Twain Interface

    CANNING Here are the basic steps for scanning with the Advanced TWAIN Interface. The next section will walk you through all of the image adjustment options that are available in the Advance TWAIN Interface. 1. Start your TWAIN application and open the TWAIN interface. If the Basic Interface opens, click the Advanced Interface button.
  • Page 93 3. Click one of the icons to select a configuration. For example, select Color Configurations then select Custom to scan a color item with the preset Custom scan settings. The configuration settings appear as a list. Click the + (plus) sign to see the full list.

  • Page 94: Advanced Interface Image Adjustment Options

    DVANCED NTERFACE MAGE There are several features you can adjust in 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 95 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 96: Adjusting The Resolution

    TWAIN I CANNING FROM THE NTERFACE 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.
  • Page 97 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 98: 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 99: 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 100: 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 101 REATING ULTIPLE When you click and drag your mouse in the preview window a dotted outline shows the selected area in the image. The following figure shows an example of a manually selected area. The Scan Info box shows the size and position of the area.

  • Page 102: The Scan Info Box

    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" by 11.69" area. When the settings are what you want, click Scan. ■ The following figure shows the information on the Scan Info box: Tabs for each selected area.

  • Page 103: Create A Scanning Profile

    REATE A CANNING ROFILE 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 104: Scanning From The Windows Image Acquisition (Wia) Interface

    The instructions in this section are for scanning using WIA from within the Microsoft Paint application. In most scanning applications the scanner will be listed as WIA: Visioneer 7400. You can also scan using the WIA interface from the OneTouch option Configure Before Scan.
  • Page 105 2. The scan window opens. Use this window to select scanning options and start the scan process. 3. Choose the desired scanning mode of Color, Grayscale, or Black and White. Please see the next page Fine Tuning Your Scans for instructions using the Custom Settings.
  • Page 106 You can select new settings before scanning to adjust how you want to scan a particular item. To select the scanner settings before you scan: 1. On the Scan using Visioneer OneTouch 7400 window, select the Custom Settings button, and then click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture.

  • Page 107: Setting Up Your Scanner To Work With Paperport

    Note: Setting up your scanner is a one-time-only process for each scanner option. Therefore, you may have to set up your scanner once each for TWAIN: Visioneer 7400 and WIA: Visioneer 7400. The setup process, described below, is the same for each option. You will not have to set up the scanner again for an option unless you uninstall the scanner and PaperPort software, then re-install them.
  • Page 108 1. In the scan pane, click on the Select button. 2. When the Available Scanners window opens, select either TWAIN: Visioneer 7400 or WIA: Visioneer 7400. Reminder: You will have to run the setup wizard for each driver. 3. Click on the OK button.
  • Page 109 5. Click Yes (recommended) then click Next. The next window is for checking the connection between your scanner and the computer. 6. 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 110 7. Click Next. The next window tells you to insert a page or photo into the scanner. 8. 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. 9.
  • Page 111 10. 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.” 11. Click Next on the message window. The final Setup window opens to let you know the setup process is finished.

  • Page 112: 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 113 TWAIN devices with your computer, you may have selected another source for images. Make sure your scanning application has the Visioneer 7400 scanner selected. Problem: During installation I got the error message: PaperPort Installation is not complete. What do I do? The installation procedure was not successful.
  • Page 114 They are interfering with the installation and OneTouch options, and you need to remove those other drivers and re-install your Visioneer 7400 USB scanner. Please see the documentation that you received with the other scanner for the steps to remove its driver programs.

  • Page 115: Uninstall Your Scanner

    NINSTALL CANNER To uninstall the scanner, remove the Visioneer OneTouch 7400 software, the PaperPort software, or other scanner software provided with your scanner. NINSTALLING THE OUCH 1. Open the Windows Control Panel from your start menu. 2. Windows 2000 or XP: Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.

  • Page 116: Visioneer 7400 Usb Scanner Specifications

    7400 USB S ISIONEER Bit Depth Scanning resolution Maximum Item sizes Scanner dimensions Height Width Length Weight USB Standard Operating temperature Relative humidity 7400 USB S ISIONEER Please use the following part name and number when ordering a replacement USB cable for your scanner. CANNER PECIFICATIONS 48-Bit color (internal), 16-Bit gray...
  • Page 117 7400 USB S ISIONEER OUCH CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE...

  • Page 118: Index

    I N D E X Numerics 7400 USB Scanner Document Cover 2, 3 Maintenance 107 OneTouch Buttons 2, 3 Reference Marks 2, 3, 19 Scanner 1, 2 Serial Number 13 Specifications 111 Status Light 3 Status light 2 Troubleshooting 107 USB Cable 1, 111 USB Port 2, 3 Actual size 56...
  • Page 119 NDEX Image Editing Applications 48 Image File BMP 41 JPG 41 PDF 41 TIFF 41 Improvements and Settings 54 Installation 5, 6 CD 6 Connect the Scanner 11, 12 OneTouch 9 PaperPort 8 Internet Options 40 Invert Image 54 Maintain aspect ratio 56 Microsoft Excel 30, 33, 44, 46, 48 Internet Explorer 46, 71...
  • Page 120 Event Forwarding 69 TWAIN Interface 81 WIA 99 Shortcut Menu 25 Spreadsheet Applications 45 Sti Event Forwarding 48 Still Image Client 69 System Requirements 4, 109 Text Editing Applications 48 Text File 43 Excel Spreadsheet (*.xls) 44 HTML Document (*.htm) 44 Options 44 Rich Text Format (*.rtf) 44 Simple Text (*.txt) 44...
  • Page 121 NDEX...
  • Page 122 Copyright © 2007 Visioneer, Inc. 05-0744-000...

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