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  • Page 1 Visioneer OneTouch ® ® 8700 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

    About the OneTouch Buttons ......16 Configuring the Scanner ....... . . 17 About the Configuration Dialog Box .
  • Page 4 Getting Help with the Scan Manager ....50 Cleaning the Scanner Glass ....... 51 Installation Troubleshooting .

  • Page 5: Welcome

    ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer OneTouch 8700 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 8700 Scanner

    ISIONEER Document cover Document pad Glass Reference frame OneTouch button panel On/Off light On/Off switch Power jack TPA port USB port 8700 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 & 98SE, Windows 2000, Windows Me or Window XP. One available Universal Serial Bus (USB) port Available internal memory (RAM): Windows 98 &...

  • Page 9: Chapter 1: Installing

    Installing This section of the guide contains instructions for connecting your OneTouch 8700 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 8700 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 8700 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

    Scanner Icon If the icon has a red X through it, the scanner is not properly connected. See the next section, “If the Scanner Is Not Properly Connected,” for the steps to fix the problem.

  • Page 15: If The Scanner Is Not Properly Connected

    The lamp then remains ready so you don’t have to wait for it to warm up each time you want to scan. To conserve electricity and prolong the life of the scanner, you can set the length of time for the lamp to remain lit before powering down. See “Setting Preferences”...
  • Page 16 If you try all the troubleshooting procedures described above and in the Readme file, and the scanner icon still has a red X through it, you may have a malfunctioning scanner. Please see the back of this Installation Guide or the technical support card that you received with your scanner for technical assistance telephone numbers.

  • Page 17: Chapter 2: Scanning

    Press a button on the scanner’s front panel. • Scan from the Screen Click the scanner icon on the Windows taskbar. A panel representing the scanner buttons appears. Click a button on the panel on the screen. • Scan from the PaperPort Software (or Other Twain Software) To scan from the PaperPort software, start the software, and then click the Twain icon on the PaperPort Command Bar.

  • 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

    To scan from the screen: 1. Place an item to scan on the glass, face down, and click the scanner icon on the Windows taskbar. The scanner button panel appears on the screen.

  • Page 20: About The Onetouch Buttons

    Destination Application. You can change the settings for each button except the Stop/Cancel button. See “About the Configuration Dialog Box” on page 18. The following table lists the scanner’s preconfigured settings: Button Preconfigured Settings Scan Scans the item as an 8.5"...

  • 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

    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. The Scan button is set up to...
  • 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.

  • 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 AutoCrop—Select this option to let the scanner automatically determine the size of the item being scanned. For example, if you put a photo in the middle of the glass, the scanner will automatically determine the size of the photo. When AutoCrop is selected, the scanner makes two passes—the first pass senses the...

  • Page 29: Setting Preferences

    See the Help for more information. ETTING REFERENCES The preferences apply to each button and to the scanner. To set preferences: 1. On the Configuration dialog box, select the tab for a button to set its preferences.
  • 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...
  • Page 32 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. Because temporary image files can sometimes be large, select a folder that has sufficient disk space available.

  • 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 8700 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 7. When you’re satisfied with the image settings, click the Scan button. When the scan is complete, the scanner displays the final image as a thumbnail on the PaperPort Desktop. If the item is scanned as a bitmap image, a small bitmap icon appears in the lower left corner...
  • Page 37 See “Setting Preferences” on page 48 to set the AutoScan settings. In addition, your OneTouch 8700 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

    To see help information, press the F1 key, or from the Help menu, choose PaperPort Help Topics to display the Help Topics window. Tip: Also see the technical support card included with your scanner. OFTWARE...

  • 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...

  • Page 41: Adjusting The Resolution And Sharpness

    Usually the higher resolution settings are used for precision work, such as photographs or fine artwork. Sharpness determines the amount of blur in an image. Your scanner can sharpen an original blurred image by adjusting the blurry edges in sections of the image.
  • 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 Histogram. 3. Click the Auto button to have the scanner analyze the image and set the appropriate brightness and contrast. You can also adjust the brightness and contrast by sampling portions of the image in the preview window.

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

    8700 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

    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 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

    Select Show Full Image from the pop-up menu that appears. ETTING REFERENCES You can set preferences for the Scan Manager and scanner that are independent of the preferences for the PaperPort software. Physical size of the image to scan.
  • 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 8700 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

    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. The scanner uses these resolution settings for the respective configurations: Color, Grey Scale and Black and White.

  • Page 55: Cleaning The Scanner Glass

    Scanning items that have excessive amounts of dirt or dust may dirty the scanner’s glass. To ensure the best quality scanned item, wipe the scanner glass with a soft clean cloth to rid the glass of dust or other debris.

  • 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 8700 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 8700 S CANNER PECIFICATIONS 48-Bit color (internal), 16-Bit gray...
  • Page 58 8700 S ISIONEER OUCH CANNER PECIFICATIONS...

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