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Visioneer PAPERPORT ONETOUCH SCANNER Installation Manual

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  • Page 1 PaperPort OneTouch Scanner Installation Guide F O R W I N D O W S...
  • 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 ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer PaperPort OneTouch flatbed color scanner. By pressing a single button on the scanner, you can scan and print, scan and fax, scan and open the PaperPort software, or scan and open many other software applications on your computer.

  • Page 4: What You Need

    UIDE The CD also includes your PaperPort User’s Guide. This guide provides more detailed information about PaperPort’s features. Please see the CD to view or print the guide. The guide is also available at Visioneer’s web site at www.visioneer.com. ETTING The PaperPort software includes a complete set of help topics that answer questions about the scanner and its software.
  • Page 5 OUCH CANNER OUCH CANNER Document cover Document pad Glass Reference frame Five-Button panel Power jack To PC parallel To printer Document cover. Close the document cover after placing items on the scanner glass. Document pad. Helps to secure the document in place on the scanner glass. Glass.
  • Page 6 APER OUCH CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE 1: C ONNECTING THE CANNER TO THE OMPUTER The PaperPort OneTouch scanner connects to any available parallel (LPT) port on the back of your computer. NOTE: Please follow the sequence of steps in this section. Do not connect the power cable until all other connections are complete.
  • Page 7 1: C ONNECTING THE CANNER TO THE OMPUTER NOTE: If you transport a locked scanner, remember to unlock it prior to scanning. Failure to unlock it may damage the scanner. 4. If a printer cable is attached to your computer’s parallel port, unplug the cable and plug it into the port marked “To printer”...
  • Page 8 APER OUCH CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE 2: I NSTALLING THE APER OFTWARE The PaperPort CD includes all the PaperPort software files. NOTE: The CD also includes the PaperPort User’s Guide, the manual for your PaperPort software. You can read the guide while the CD is running, or print a copy directly from the CD.

  • Page 9: Step 3: Checking I T Out

    3: C HECKING 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 icon looks like the one shown in the figure, the scanner is properly connected.

  • Page 10: I F The Scanner I S Not Properly Connected

    APER OUCH CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE 4. Click OK to close the dialog box. That’s it. Your OneTouch Scanner is ready to scan. See “Scanning By Pressing the OneTouch Buttons” on page 12. F THE CANNER ROPERLY ONNECTED If the scanner icon on the Windows taskbar has a red “X” through it as shown in the figure, the scanner is not properly connected.
  • Page 11 3: C HECKING To connect the scanner: 1. After checking all of the above problems, place the mouse pointer on the scanner icon with the red X over it and click the right mouse button. The shortcut menu appears. 2. Choose Connect from the shortcut menu. The software finds the scanner and makes the connections.

  • Page 12: About The One Touch Buttons

    APER OUCH CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE BOUT THE OUCH UTTONS The OneTouch buttons are pre-configured to scan items at various settings, and then send the scanned image to a pre-selected software application. You can change the settings for each button except the Stop/Cancel button.

  • Page 13: Three Ways To Scan

    HREE AYS TO HREE AYS TO You can scan items by pressing a button on the scanner, clicking a button on the screen, or by using the PaperPort software. Scan with the Scanner Buttons Press a OneTouch button on the scanner’s front panel. Scan from the Screen Click the scanner icon on the Windows taskbar.

  • Page 14: Scanning B Y Pressing The One Touch Buttons

    APER OUCH CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE CANNING RESSING THE OUCH UTTONS Pressing a scanner button scans the item and then sends the image either to the printer to print, or to a software application on your computer. To scan with a OneTouch button: Place an item to scan on the glass, face down, and press one of the scanner buttons.

  • Page 15: Scanning From The Screen

    CANNING FROM THE CREEN CANNING FROM THE CREEN Scanning from 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 to print, or to a software application on your computer.

  • Page 16: Changing The Button Settings

    APER OUCH CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE HANGING THE UTTON ETTINGS Each button setting can be changed to optimize the scanner for the type of scanning you want to do. To change a button’s settings: 1. Press and hold down the button that you want to change (except the Stop/Cancel button).
  • Page 17 HANGING THE UTTON ETTINGS Select a software application to send the scanned image to that application. Select a setting for scanning the item. Select options for the button. 2. Click the tab of the button you want to change, if it isn’t already selected.
  • Page 18 Clicking the Properties tab on the Preferences dialog box displays a list of options and settings for customizing the scanner, and provides a direct link to Visioneer’s web site. Please see the Help information for a complete description of the Properties.

  • Page 19: Page Settings

    HANGING THE UTTON ETTINGS To get help with the OneTouch buttons: Click the Help button on the Preferences dialog box or on the other dialog boxes that you use to select options for the OneTouch buttons. ’ DJUSTING A UTTON ETTINGS AND ETTINGS You can adjust a button’s scan settings and page settings for the item...
  • Page 20 APER OUCH CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE 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. The scanning produces an image in varying shades of gray.
  • Page 21 HANGING THE UTTON ETTINGS AutoCrop—Select this option to automatically fit the page size to the size of the scanned image. The result is that the scanned image fills the entire page. When scanning with this option selected, you can put the item anywhere on the glass. The scanner makes two passes over the item on the glass—the first pass senses the item’s size, and the second pass scans the image and crops the page size to match the image size.

  • Page 22: Scanning From The Paper Port Software

    PaperPort OneTouch scanner (as well as all other TWAIN devices installed on your computer). 3. Choose the Visioneer OneTouch scanner option, then click Select. NOTE: You don’t need to set up the scanner again unless you change...

  • Page 23: Scanning An Item

    CANNING FROM THE APER OFTWARE CANNING AN The following procedure provides the basic steps for scanning an item. You can scan many types of items, from small business cards to A4-sized pages. The PaperPort software also has special settings for scanning color photos and fine print (like the fine print on a contract).
  • Page 24 APER OUCH CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE Select an option appropriate for how you want to use the Preview the item scanned item. here. View and adjust the scan Use predefined area settings. icons to select the area of an item to scan. Restore the default settings.
  • Page 25 DJUSTING ETTINGS IN APER 9. When you’re satisfied with the image settings, click the Scan button. The scanner now re-scans the item and displays the final image as a thumbnail on the PaperPort Desktop. Thumbnail Please see the PaperPort Getting Started Guide and PaperPort User’s Guide on the CD for more information about using the PaperPort software.
  • Page 26 APER OUCH CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE ELECTING A REDEFINED ETTING Selecting the proper scan setting before final scanning provides the best results for a scanned item. The scan setting determines the sharpness of the item and the number of possible shades of gray or color. These selections also affect the speed of the scan and the file size.

  • Page 27: Scan Setting

    DJUSTING ETTINGS IN APER To select a scan setting: 1. Click the Twain icon on the Command Bar, or choose Acquire from the File menu. The PaperPort Scan Manager dialog box appears. 2. In the Scan Page For options, select the scan setting appropriate for the item you want to scan.
  • Page 28 APER OUCH CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE CANNING IN OLOR Your PaperPort OneTouch scanner is initially set to scan from the PaperPort software with the setting Color Photo—Faster. To scan at a higher resolution, select Color Photo—Better Quality. NOTE: Scanning at a higher resolution creates a larger file size and takes longer to scan.

  • Page 29: Selecting The Area Of The Item You Want To Scan

    DJUSTING ETTINGS IN APER To adjust brightness and contrast: 1. Click the Twain icon on the Command Bar, or choose Acquire from the File menu. The PaperPort Scan Manager dialog box appears. 2. Drag the Brightness slider to the left to make the item darker or to the right to make the item lighter.

  • Page 30: Cleaning The Scanner Glass

    APER OUCH CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE To select the area you want to scan: 1. Put the item on the scanner glass and close the cover. 2. Click the Twain icon on the Command Bar, or choose Acquire from the File menu. The PaperPort Scan Manager dialog box appears.

  • Page 31: Specifications

    APER CANNER PECIFICATIONS APER CANNER PECIFICATIONS Bit Depth 36-bit color (24-bit output) 12-bit grayscale 1-bit line art Scanning resolution Optical resolution: 600 x 1200 dpi Maximum resolution (interpolated): 2400 x 2400 Maximum Item sizes 8.5 x 11.69 inches (21.6 x 29.7 cm) Operating Systems Windows 95 Windows NT 4.0...

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