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Plustek Smart Office SN8016U User Manual

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  • Page 1  Installation  Usage & Maintenance...
  • Page 2 Trademarks © 2013 Plustek Inc. All rights are reserved. No portion of this document may be reproduced without permission. All trademarks and brand names mentioned in this publication are property of their respective owners. Liability While all efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of all contents in this...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents ....................1 NTRODUCTION How to Use This Guide ....................1 Conventions of This Guide ..................2 A Note about Icons ....................... 2 Safety Precautions ...................... 2 Minimum System Requirements ................. 3 Box Contents ......................4 The Scanner Overview ....................5 LED Indicator ......................

  • Page 4: Introduction

    NTRODUCTION Thank you for choosing us as your scanner supplier. Your new scanner will improve the professionalism of your day-to-day computing tasks by allowing you to input images and electronic text into your computer system. You can easily scan single-sided or double-sided documents with your scanner. Like all of our products, your new scanner is thoroughly tested and backed by our reputation for unsurpassed dependability and customer satisfaction.

  • Page 5: Conventions Of This Guide

    ONVENTIONS OF UIDE Bold —Represents commands or contents on your computer screen. ALL CAPS —Important note or first use of an important term in a chapter. Italic —Represents buttons on your scanner OR important notes. This guide uses the following icons to point out information that deserves special attention.

  • Page 6: Minimum System Requirements

    4. Damaged wire could cause fire or electrical shock. Keep the power cord straight and without being twisted, bended, or scraped. 5. Unplug this device if you don’t need to use for a certain period of time, such as, during night or long weekend, to avoid any risks of causing fire. 6.

  • Page 7: Box Contents

    ONTENTS 1. Scanner 2. USB Cable 3. AC Adapter 4. Power Cable 5. Quick Guide 6. Setup/Application CD/DVD-ROM 7. Calibration Sheet 8. Memo Label 9. Cleansing Cloth 10. Pad Module x 2 11. Feed Roller 12. Paper Chute Save the box and packing materials in case you need to transport this scanner in the future.

  • Page 8: The Scanner Overview

    CANNER VERVIEW 1. PAPER CHUTE—Helps keep the paper in place. Install the paper chute before using the scanner. 2. PAPER WIDTH SLIDER—Adjusts the paper width slider for the paper size you are using. 3. COVER OPEN LEVER—Opens the ADF cover. Pull it to open the ADF cover when you need to clear paper jam or clean the scanner.
  • Page 9 7. WARNING LED—Indicates the scanner error status. 8. POWER / POWER SAVING LED—Indicates the scanner status. 9. POWER SAVING BUTTON—Press about 1 second to enter the standby mode (sleep mode) and you may press this button again to wake up the scanner from power saving.
  • Page 10 14. USB PORT—Connects the scanner to a USB port on your computer by the included USB cable. —Connects the scanner to a port on the Ethernet hub by the 15. ETHERNET PORT Ethernet cable. 16. POWER RECEPTOR—Connects the scanner to a standard AC power outlet by the included AC adapter.

  • Page 11: Led Indicator

    LED I NDICATOR The Power/Power Saving LED and Warning LED indicate different scanner status. Power / Warning LED Power Saving Status Light LED Light Blue The scanner is turned on, ready to scan images. The scanner is in standby mode (sleep mode) if it is Orange idle for 10 minutes.

  • Page 12: Chapter I. Installing The Scanner

    I. I HAPTER NSTALLING THE CANNER Before installing your scanner, please verify that you have all of the proper components. A list of the package contents is provided in the “Box Contents” section of this guide. OFTWARE NSTALLATION EQUIREMENTS Your scanner comes with the OCR software (ABBYY FineReader Sprint), business card recognition software (NewSoft Presto! BizCard), document management software (NewSoft Presto! PageManager), the scanner’s driver, ISIS driver and DocAction.

  • Page 13: Installing And Setting Up The Scanner

    USB interface card to add USB capabilities to your computer. NSTALLING AND ETTING UP THE CANNER Please follow the step-by-step procedures described below to install the Plustek scanner. Choose a Proper Site First!  Always place your scanner on a level,...

  • Page 14: Step 1. Install The Paper Chute

    1. Open the ADF cover by pulling the lever, and get the paper chute ready. Cover open lever ADF cover 2. Install the paper chute by aligning and inserting the tabs of the paper chute into their slots on the scanner. 3.

  • Page 15: Step 2. Connecting The Scanner To Your Computer

    Using the USB Cable to connect the Scanner and Your Computer Please make sure the scanner is turned OFF before you plug or unplug the scanner power Attention adapter. 1. Plug the AC adapter into the scanner’s power receptor 2. Attach the power cable to the AC adapter. 3.
  • Page 16 Using the Ethernet Cable to connect the Scanner and Your Computer (If your scanner does not have the Ethernet port, please skip this step.) Please make sure the scanner is turned OFF before you plug or unplug the scanner power Attention adapter.

  • Page 17: Step 3. Installing The Software

    5. Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable to an available port on the Ethernet hub 6. Plug the end of another Ethernet cable to the Ethernet port on the computer. 7. Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable to an available port on the Ethernet hub. 1.
  • Page 18 4. For Windows XP: a. Insert the Setup/Application CD/DVD-ROM, included with your scanner, into your CD/DVD-ROM drive. b. Select Install the software automatically recommended and click the Next button. c. Click the Next button in the window that appears. Afterwards, please skip to procedure 8.
  • Page 19 7. For Windows 8: Insert the Setup/Application CD/DVD-ROM, included with your scanner, into your CD/DVD-ROM drive. Click on the pop-up notification, then click Run install.exe in the pop-up window. If you miss the pop-up notification, please eject and re-insert the Setup/Application CD/DVD-ROM. Click on the Yes button if the User Account Control dialog pops up.
  • Page 20 11. (If your scanner does not have the Ethernet port, please skip this Step.) Select the method to connect the scanner and your computer. Using the USB cable to connect the scanner and your computer a. Select the USB Port Connection option. Follow the on-screen installation instructions.
  • Page 21 b. Follow the on-screen installation instructions. Please use the Scanner Search Tool to search available scanners and select the desired scanner to be used, and then click Connect Device button to make connection. (If the Windows Security Alert window appears during the search tool execution, please unblock the search tool from the firewall to make sure the connecting process is working properly.) Refer to the online help of Scanner Search Tool to explorer more about Scanner Search Tool!
  • Page 22 Using the Ethernet cable to connect the scanner and your computer in a network environment with static IP allocation a. Select the Ethernet Port Connection option. Please make sure to unplug the USB cable from the scanner when you choose this option. b.

  • Page 23: Step 4. Testing The Scanner

    d. Please search available scanners again and select the desired scanner icon to be used, and then click Connect Device button to make connection. e. After you make sure the Scanner Search Tool is working properly and the scanner connection status indicates Locally Connected, please click the OK button to confirm the status.

  • Page 24: Installing Additional Software

    2. Click the Windows Start button to launch Presto! BizCard. (For Windows 8 users: Point your mouse cursor to the upper or lower right corner of your screen to open the Charm bar. Click on the Search charm. The Apps screen will be shown. Click on an empty space in the Apps screen, move your cursor to the right edge of the screen to scroll right until you find Presto! BizCard, and then click on Presto! BizCard.)

  • Page 25: Chapter Ii. Scanning

    II. S HAPTER CANNING Your scanner needs to be driven by certain type of software program. Since all documents or images (whether text or pictures) that are acquired from the scanner are treated by your computer as images, most scanning will probably be done from an image-editing program where you can view, edit, save and output the scanned images.

  • Page 26: Preparing Documents

    REPARING OCUMENTS Proper document preparation prior to the scan can prevent paper feed errors and damages to the scanner.  Checking Document Conditions  Loosening Documents Make sure the size and ream weight of your documents are acceptable by the scanner.

  • Page 27: Loosening Documents

    However, don’t use the ADF to scan documents if they meet any of the following conditions:  Paper lighter than 50 g/m (14 lb.) or heavier than 105 g/m (28 lb.)  Paper with clips or staples attached  Paper with inconsistent thickness, e.g., envelops ...

  • Page 28: Placing Documents

    LACING OCUMENTS 1. Load the documents face down toward the center of the ADF paper chute and all the way into the ADF until touching the bottom. For single-sided scans, load the documents face down so that the side to be scanned faces towards the paper chute.

  • Page 29: Placing Business Cards

     DO NOT load more than 100 sheets of paper (70 g/m , 18 lb.) to the ADF.  Paper scanned from the ADF must be a minimum of 5.08 x 5.08 cm (2” x 2”, W x L).  Make sure there are no gaps between the document stack and the paper-width slider;...

  • Page 30: Placing Plastic Cards

    LACING LASTIC ARDS The plastic card can be embossed credit card, driver license, ID card, insurance card, medic-care card or any membership card. Make sure to load the embossed face of the embossed card face up into the scanner. Please remove the pad module before you load the plastic card.

  • Page 31: Scanning Documents

    4. Vertically load the plastic card, headfirst and face up, toward the center of the ADF. For single-sided scans, load the card face up. For double-sided scans, load the card in desired order. 5. Adjust the paper width slider to the card width. The paper width slider should be gently touching both sides of the card.

  • Page 32: Scanning Via Twain Interface

    The TWAIN program is a very important piece of software that comes with your scanner. This program acts as an interface between the scanner hardware and the image-editing software you are using to view and edit images. The TWAIN program allows you to adjust a number of settings to define the quality of the scanned image.
  • Page 33 4. Adjust the scanning settings. For ADF (Duplex) scan, you can tailor settings individually for front and rear sides of the documents. Click Front Side button to adjust the scanning settings of document front side and then click Rear Side button to adjust the scanning settings of document rear side.

  • Page 34: Scanning From The Scanner's Front Panel

    Scan within NewSoft Presto! BizCard: 1. Click on the Windows Start button, point to All Programs > Presto! BizCard and then click Presto! BizCard to launch the business card recognition software. (For Windows 8 users: Point your mouse cursor to the upper or lower right corner of your screen to open the Charm bar.
  • Page 35 Scan from the Scanner Buttons 1. Place the document or images onto the scanner. (Refer to “Chapter II. Scanning” of the Scanner User’s Guide for more information in placing paper into the ADF properly.) 2. Check current button settings by viewing the memo label or the Button Configuration window.

  • Page 36: Scanning From The On-Screen Docaction's Execute Menu

    View Button Settings There are three ways to view the button settings:  Double-click the icon in the Windows system tray.  Right-click the icon in the Windows system tray, and then choose Button Configuration… in the pop-up menu that opens. ...

  • Page 37: Chapter Iii. Care And Maintenance

    III. C HAPTER ARE AND AINTENANCE Your scanner is designed to be maintenance-free. However, constant care and maintenance can keep your scanner working smoothly. LEANING THE CANNER Paper powder, dust, ink and toner from paper being scanned may make the inner ADF dirty, which leads to poor image quality or document-feeding errors.

  • Page 38: Cleaning The Adf

    1. Open the ADF cover by pulling the lever. Cover open lever ADF cover 2. Gently wipe the following areas with the cloth dampened with the cleaner. Be careful NOT to scratch their surfaces. Clean Feed Roller: Wipe the Feed Roller from side to side and then rotate it. Repeat this until its entire surface is cleaned.

  • Page 39: Replacing Consumables

    Clean ADF Glass: Do not spray cleaner directly onto the scanner glass. Excess liquid residue may fog or damage Attention the scanner. 3. Wait for cleaned areas to dry completely. 4. Close the ADF cover by pushing it back down until it snaps back into place. EPLACING ONSUMABLES As a guideline, it is recommended to replace the pad module every 50000 sheets of...

  • Page 40: Replacing The Pad Module

    1. Open the ADF cover by pulling the cover open lever. Cover open lever ADF cover 2. Remove the pad module by pinching both sides of the pad module and pull it out. 3. Install the new pad module by inserting the tabs on the module onto their slots on the scanner.

  • Page 41: Replacing The Feed Roller

    1. Open the ADF cover by pulling the cover open lever. Cover open lever ADF cover 2. Remove the paper chute by pinching both sides of the handles on the paper chute to remove it. 3. Remove the feed roller by pinching both sides of the feed roller and pull it out.
  • Page 42 4. Install the new feed roller by aligning and inserting the feed roller onto the roller pitman on the scanner. 5. Install the paper chute by aligning and inserting the tabs of the paper chute into their slots on the scanner. 6.

  • Page 43: Calibrating The Scanner

    ALIBRATING THE CANNER Calibrate the scanner if colors appear in areas that should be white, or colors of the scanned image and the original vary a lot. This allows you to adjust and compensate for variations that can occur in the optical component over time by its nature. The following describes how to calibrate the scanner: 1.

  • Page 44: Power Save

    OWER To save power consumption, when the scanning process is finished, the scanner light source will turn itself off and the scanner will enter a lower-power mode without delay time.  The scanner will enter the standby mode (sleep mode) after it is idle for 10 minutes. Simply press any scanner button on the scanner panel and the scanner will return back to the normal status.

  • Page 45: Chapter Iv. Troubleshooting

    IV. T HAPTER ROUBLESHOOTING If you encounter problems with your scanner, please review the installation and scanning instructions contained in this guide. Before you ask for customer service or repair, please refer to the information in this chapter and consult our FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) in which you can find useful self troubleshooting information.

  • Page 46: Clearing Paper Jams

    LEARING APER If a paper jam in the ADF happens, please perform the following steps: 1. Remove any unjammed documents still loaded into the ADF. 2. Open the ADF cover by pulling the cover open lever. Cover open lever ADF cover 3.

  • Page 47: Ppendix A: Specifications

    A: S PPENDIX PECIFICATIONS Plustek SN8016U Image Sensor CCD Sensor x 2 Optical Resolution 600 dpi Hardware Resolution 600 x 600 dpi 1. 100 sheets (A4/ Letter, 70 g/㎡ or 18 Lbs), Max. thickness under 10 mm (0.4”) 2. 50 sheets (A3, 70 g/㎡ or 18 Lbs) 3.
  • Page 48 Plustek SC8016U Image Sensor CCD Sensor x 2 Optical Resolution 600 dpi Hardware Resolution 600 x 600 dpi 1. 100 sheets (A4/ Letter, 70 g/㎡ or 18 Lbs), Max. thickness under 10 mm (0.4”) 2. 50 sheets (A3, 70 g/㎡ or 18 Lbs) 3.

  • Page 49: Appendix B: Customer Service And Warranty

    ERVICE AND ARRANTY Visit our website www.plustek.com for more customer service information. For further assistance, visit our website or call our customer support phone number listed on the website. One of our representatives will be happy to assist you from Monday through Friday in office working hours.

  • Page 50: Statement Of Limited Warranty

    TATEMENT OF IMITED ARRANTY This Statement of Limited Warranty applies only to the options you originally purchase for your use, and not for resale, from an authorized reseller. The manufacturer warranty includes all parts and labor, and is not valid without the receipt of original purchase.

  • Page 51: Fcc Radio Frequency Statement

    Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitations of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. This Limited Warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights that vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. FCC R ADIO REQUENCY...

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