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One Touch 4.6
August 2012
05-0840-100
Xerox
Travel Scanner 150
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User's Guide

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  • Page 1: Xerox Travel Scanner

    One Touch 4.6 August 2012 05-0840-100 Xerox Travel Scanner 150 ® User’s Guide...
  • Page 2 Design © 2012 Xerox Corporation. All rights reserved. XEROX®, XEROX and Design® and DocuMate® are registered trademarks of Xerox Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. BR2702 Content © 2012 Visioneer, Inc. All rights reserved. The Visioneer brand name and OneTouch® logo are registered trademarks of Visioneer, Inc.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Text Formats ..................61 Xerox Travel Scanner 150...
  • Page 4 Reordering Regions ................134 Xerox Travel Scanner 150...
  • Page 5 Xerox Travel Scanner 150 Specifications ........
  • Page 6 Energy Star for the USA ................189 Index Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 7: Safety

    Operational Safety Information on page 9 • Emergency Power Off on page 10 • Maintenance Information on page 11 • Product Safety Certification on page 12 • Environmental Health and Safety Contacts on page 13 Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 8: Safety Introduction

    Please read the following instructions carefully before operating the machine and refer to them as needed to ensure the continued safe operation of your machine. Your Xerox product and supplies have been designed and tested to meet strict safety requirements. These include safety agency evaluation and certification, and compliance with electromagnetic regulations and established environmental standards.

  • Page 9: Operational Safety Information

    Your Xerox equipment and supplies have been designed and tested to meet strict safety requirements. These include safety agency examination, approval, and compliance with established environmental standards. To ensure the continued safe operation of your Xerox equipment, follow these safety guidelines at all times: Do These •...

  • Page 10: Emergency Power Off

    If any of the following conditions occur, turn off the scanner (if applicable) and disconnect the USB cable from the scanner and the computer. Contact an authorized Xerox Service Representative to correct the problem: • The equipment emits unusual odors or makes unusual noises.

  • Page 11: Maintenance Information

    Do not perform any maintenance procedures unless you have been trained to do them by an authorized local dealer or unless a procedure is specifically described in the user manuals. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 12: Product Safety Certification

    Product Safety Certification This product is certified by the following Agency using the Safety standards listed: Standard UL60950-1 (USA) CSA 22.2 No. 60950-1 (Canada) IEC 60950-1 Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 13: Environmental Health And Safety Contacts

    Environmental Health and Safety Contacts Contact Information For more information on Environment, Health, and Safety in relation to this Xerox product and supplies, please contact the following customer help lines: USA & Canada: 1-800-828-6571 Europe: +44 1707 353 434 Xerox Travel Scanner 150...
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  • Page 15: Welcome

    Unpack the Scanner on page 20 Congratulations on purchasing your Xerox Travel Scanner 150. With this scanner you can quickly scan paper items such as letters or receipts and place their electronic images on your computer. Powered through the USB port on your computer, this scanner is perfect for taking on the road.

  • Page 16: What's In The Box

    What’s in the Box Before proceeding, check the contents of the box. If items are missing or damaged, contact the dealer where you purchased the scanner. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 Quick Install Guide Technical Support Card Installation Disc Carrying Bag...

  • Page 17: System Requirements

    – Color quality of 16-bit or 32-bit – Resolution set to at least 800 x 600 pixels Refer to your Windows documentation for instructions on setting the color quality and resolution for the monitor. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 18: Documentation

    PDF Converter User’s Guide—On the Installation Disc; contains detailed feature and configuration information for the PDF Converter software. • Presto! BizCard User’s Guide—On the Installation Disc; contains detailed feature and configuration information for the Presto! BizCard software. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 19: The Xerox Travel Scanner 150

    The Xerox Travel Scanner 150 Paper feed Paper sensor Scanner button USB port Paper Feed—Place an item face down in scanner, the page feeds through as it is being scanned. Paper sensor—Recognizes when an item is inserted in the scanner.

  • Page 20: Unpack The Scanner

    Unpack the Scanner Remove the placement card from the scanner. Pull the sheet out the front in the direction of the arrows on the card. Remove any shipping tape from the scanner body. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 21: Installation

    22 • Install the Software and Connect the Scanner on page 23 • Register Your Scanner on page 30 • Installing Additional Applications on page 31 • View the User Guides on page 33 Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 22: Before You Begin

    If you already have a scanner connected to your computer, it is recommended that you remove that scanner’s driver program prior to installing your Xerox scanner. You can remove these programs from the Windows Control Panel. Please refer to the user manual provided with your other scanner hardware for instructions about removing the driver and software for that unit.

  • Page 23: Install The Software And Connect The Scanner

    Install the Software and Connect the Scanner The installation disc contains the necessary driver, and scanning software, to use your Xerox scanner. To install the software: Start Microsoft Windows and make sure that no other applications are running. Insert the installation disc into your computer’s DVD-ROM drive.
  • Page 24 Make sure the boxes for Scanner Driver and Visioneer One Touch are selected, as well as any other applications you want to install. Note: The software provided with your scanner may differ slightly from the list shown in the window. Click Install now. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 25: Installing The Scanner Driver

    The Welcome to the Xerox Setup Wizard opens. Click Next. On the Xerox License Agreement window, read the license agreement. If you accept the terms, select I Agree then click Next. If you choose not to accept the license agreement, click Cancel. Click Close on the Installation Interrupted window.

  • Page 26: Connect The Usb Cable

    Your computer recognizes that a scanner has been plugged into the USB port and automatically loads the appropriate software to run the scanner. If your computer is running Windows version XP or later, you will see a message similar to the one below. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 27 When calibration is complete, the scanner will back the page out of the paper feed. Remove the page when prompted by the calibration utility. When you remove the calibration page from the scanner the calibration utility will automatically close. If the utility does not close, click on OK to close the window. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 28 When you’re certain that the software has completely loaded, return to the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window. Click OK to complete the installation process. Click Close on the Installation Complete window to close and exit the driver installer. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 29: Installing Visioneer One Touch

    If you selected other software to install from the DVD the installation for that software will automatically start after you click Close on the Installation Complete window. Follow the instructions on-screen to install each application you selected. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 30: Register Your Scanner

    Press Enter on your computer’s keyboard or click the option on screen to go to the web address. When the Xerox scanners web page loads click on Register Your Product. Fill in the registration form, all required fields have an asterisk (*).

  • Page 31: Installing Additional Applications

    Logical Form Recognition™ (LFR) technology. Advanced security features quickly turn office documents and forms into over 30 different PC applications for editing, searching and sharing. Custom workflows handle large volumes of documents, and you can use its tools to print to PDF. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 32 NewSoft Presto! BizCard quickly and easily converts the vital contact information on business cards into BizCard® a convenient, searchable, digital database that can be easily synchronized between PCs, notebooks, PDAs and PIMs. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 33: View The User Guides

    When you’re finished, click Main menu to return to the Main menu window and click Exit. Remove the installation disc and store it in a safe place. That’s it! Installation is finished and your Xerox Travel Scanner 150 is ready to scan. Xerox Travel Scanner 150...
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  • Page 35: Scan Using Autolaunch

    Staples and paper clips can jam the feed mechanism and scratch the internal components. Also remove any labels, stickers, or Post-It™ notes that may come off during the scanning process and get stuck in the scanner. Misuse as described here will void your scanner’s warranty. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 36: Scanning

    A scan progress window opens and the image is sent to the selected application for PaperIn button. In this example the Destination Application is the PaperPort desktop. You can now work with the image in the Destination Application. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 37: Configuring One Touch Autolaunch

    The scanner starts scanning and sends the image to the application, with the file format and scanning configuration you specified. Note: The next section contains detailed information on making changes to the One Touch Properties window. Please see Changing the Button Settings on page 46 for instructions. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 38: Turn Autolaunch Off/On

    Click on the scanner icon to the right of the green buttons, in the title bar of the One Touch button panel. Hardware icon Click on the Properties button in the hardware properties window. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 39 One Touch button panel, or on the scanning interface from the application you are using. To turn AutoLaunch back on, follow the instructions in this section and click on the option in step 4 to select to enable the feature. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 40: Scanning Interfaces

    Scanning Interfaces If you selected the recommended installation options, then you have several different options to scan with your Xerox Travel Scanner 150 scanner. • One Touch AutoLaunch—To use the scanner’s AutoLaunch feature, simply insert a document in the scanner and it is automatically scanned using predefined settings from the OneTouch software.

  • Page 41: Scanning And Configuring One Touch

    Based on the recommended full installation of the scanner driver and the Visioneer One Touch software, One Touch is your main scanning interface for using the scanner. The One Touch buttons, on the scanner, mirror the One Touch button panel on-screen. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 42 Email) and the icon of the destination (called the Destination Application) where the images will be sent when scanning is finished. The One Touch button panel shows which application the button is configured to send images to. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 43: Default One Touch Settings

    8.5” x 11”. • If Metric is the selected measurement, the default page size in each profile is based on the ISO 216 standard and the majority of the profiles will default to A4. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 44: Scan From The One Touch Button Panel

    A scan progress window opens and the image is sent to the selected application for the One Touch button. In this example the Destination Application is the PaperPort desktop. You can now work with the image in the Destination Application. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 45: Features Of The One Touch Button Panel

    Single-click on the detailed information to open the One Touch Properties. The Hardware View Left-click on the scanner icon to return to the Button view. • • Right-click on the scanner icon to open the scanner’s hardware properties. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 46: Changing The Button Settings

    Configure Before Scan on page 62 for instructions on creating and modifying scan configurations. Click on OK to save the changes. Place an item in the scanner and click the One Touch button to start scanning. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 47 OK/Cancel/Apply buttons—OK accepts any changes and closes the window. Apply accepts any changes but leaves the window open so you can continue making additional changes. Cancel closes the window without accepting any changes. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 48: Selecting Options For One Touch

    One Touch configuration tab. This feature allows you to scan one time while distributing the file to multiple destinations. Please refer to Scanning to Multiple Destinations on page 100. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 49 These tokens include counting numbers, date and time values, number of pages scanned, and so on. If the button name is not unique, you will see an on-screen notification that a {BatchID} and/or {#b} will be inserted into the name. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 50 If you scan and the images are not grouped in the file(s) as needed, try deselecting “Use custom file naming” and then scan again. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 51: Scan Configurations

    In the Scan Configuration Properties window, the Scan Settings, Page Settings, Advanced Settings, and Redaction Settings tabs are always available. When the Visioneer Acuity module is installed, the Acuity Settings tab will also be available for all destinations. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 52: Scan Settings Tab

    Key and Lock icon—if you want to lock the configuration, click the key icon to change it from a Key to a Lock. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 53: Page Settings Tab

    These lines may appear in the edges when the item being scanned is not the exact size of the dimensions indicated in Size fields. This option is only available if the scanner supports this feature. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 54 Color dropout applies to Black & White or Grayscale scanning modes. The original with a red The scanned item with watermark over black the red filtered out. text. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 55: Advanced Settings Tab

    Use the options on the Redaction Settings tab to remove a specified area in the scanned image. Please refer to the technical note, at the end of this section, for information about how this setting works with other options in the One Touch Scan Configuration you are modifying. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 56 To change the color, click the artist palette button to open the Windows color palette. Select the color you want then click on OK. The color you selected will now display in the Color field on the Redaction Settings tab. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 57 For example, if you selected Red as the color dropout, but then specify red for the redaction region, the final image will have the redacted region filled with gray when scanning Grayscale, or black or white when scanning in Black&White. Click the name to toggle between inches and millimeters. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 58: File Formats

    Select an image file format for photos, artwork or other documents that you want to save as images. BMP and TIFF are standard image file formats generally used if you want to do additional image processing, such as photo touch- up or color correction. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 59 Please refer to the official JPEG website at www.jpeg.org for more information about this file format, and a list of applications that can view and/or open this file type. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 60 Using PDF-A when scanning as PDF, means the files are compliant with the ISO-19005-1 standard for permanent archival of electronic documents. More information about this standard can be found at www.pdfa.org. To select a PDF file size: Select PDF as the page format. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 61: Text Formats

    Right-click on the text format icon. The menu options depend on the type of Destination Application you select. Choose the file type that you want for the text format. Click OK or Apply on the One Touch Properties window. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 62: Configure Before Scan

    The item is scanned. When finished, click the Done button and the image will be sent to the Destination Application specified in the One Touch Properties window. Creating Multiple Page Files You can use Configure Before Scan to create multi-page documents from individually scanned pages. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 63 Instead of having to re-scan the entire batch, you can stop the current scan, change the picture type from Black & White to Color, then restart the scanning without losing the pages already scanned. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 64: Open Scanned Document(S)

    Windows documentation for instructions on associating file types. • When scanning to multiple destinations, the scanned file is still sent to the other selected destination application(s) in One Touch. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 65: Transfer To Storage

    If you modify the storage options in an individual configuration, changing the options in this Link Properties window will no longer update to the configurations you modified. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 66: Setting The Folder From Windows

    When One Touch was installed, a storage option was added to the right-click menu of your Windows folders. This menu option allows you to set the Transfer to Storage folder location without opening One Touch first. Right-click on the folder you want set as the scan destination. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 67: Scanning To Multiple Folders

    Setting Up Multiple Folders for Transfer to Storage Using Microsoft Windows, create the folders that you want to use for storing scanned items. Open the One Touch Properties window. Select Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 68 To help you remember which folder it is, give the new configuration a name that indicates the folder name, such as “Business Receipts.” Click the Scan Settings, Page Settings, and Advanced Settings tabs, and select the settings you want. Click the Storage Options tab. Click the Browse button. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 69 11. Click OK. The new configuration is now listed as a Transfer to Storage configuration. 12. Repeat the process to create additional new configurations, such as one named “Personal Receipts.” Note: Make sure to designate separate folders as the Storage Locations for each new configuration. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 70 The One Touch panel will show the name of the other configuration. Now scan the next set of documents. When scanning is finished, the two sets of documents are stored in the two separate folders. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 71: Burn To Cd-Rom

    The scanner will start scanning. When finished the file will be saved to the Windows temporary location for CD files. An information bubble will appear in the Windows notification area telling you that there are files waiting to be burned to CD. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 72 Click the Burn to CD button. The CD burner begins and your scanned documents are written to the CD. If other files are also waiting in this location, they will get written with the One Touch files on the CD. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 73: Printer Or Fax

    Select a printer or fax device, in the Select destination list, then open a Scan Configuration to modify the settings for the device you selected. Click on the Device Settings tab and use the options on this tab to select settings for the device. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 74 For example, if the device is your printer, the dialog box is your printer’s setup settings. Note: When scanning to multiple printers and/or faxes, select the specific device, you want to configure the Advanced features for, from the list before clicking on the Advanced... button. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 75: Paperport

    Link Properties window. Changing the options in this window only affects the configuration you are creating or modifying. All other configurations will retain their settings for this destination. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 76 The selected folder in this list is where the scanned file will be saved when PaperPort is open and the One Touch option Scan to the current PaperPort folder is selected. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 77: Sharepoint

    For example, if the web browser URL displays http://sharepoint.site.com/IT/common/shared documents/ default.aspx, then you would configure the SharePoint server path as follows: – Select HTTP as the protocol – The SharePoint URL would be sharepoint.site.com/IT/common – The Destination folder would be shared documents Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 78: Sharepoint Link Log Viewer

    After you address the failure indicated in this log file, you can click the Retry button to resend the document to the server. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 79 Click on the Properties button to open the Log Viewer from the SharePoint One Touch Link Properties window. There are no global configuration properties for the SharePoint destination application, all configuration is done using the Scan Configuration Properties window as described in the previous section. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 80: Ftp Transfer

    • User account—input the user account name that has privileges to save files to the specified host destination folder. • Password—input the password for the user account name you specified. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 81: Ftp Link Log Viewer

    Click on the Properties button to open the Log Viewer from the FTP One Touch Link Properties window. There are no global configuration properties for the FTP destination application, all configuration is done using the Scan Configuration Properties window as described in the previous section. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 82: Smtp

    Password—input the password for the user account name you specified. • Use Windows Integrated Authentication—Select this option to use the Windows current user’s login name and password to send the message through the SMTP server. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 83: Smtp Link Log Viewer

    After you address the failure indicated in this log file, you can click the Retry button to resend the document to the server. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 84 Click on the Properties button to open the Log Viewer from the SMTP One Touch Link Properties window. There are no global configuration properties for the SMTP destination application, all configuration is done using the Scan Configuration Properties window as described in the previous section. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 85: Email Applications

    The email application in the One Touch destination list is the default email program selected in the Internet Options of Internet Explorer. Click on the email application that is in the list, then click on the Properties button to launch the Email One Touch Link Properties window to change the email application. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 86: Email Properties

    If you changed the email application Internet Explorer, and it does not immediately appear in the Select destination list, click the Refresh button to update the destination list in One Touch. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 87: Text Editors

    One Touch should do when text is not detected or recognition fails, and add other applications to One Touch. Note that if you recently installed an application, click the Refresh button to see if One Touch will automatically configure the link before you try adding it manually. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 88: Text Documents Properties

    This could occur if you scanned a photograph with a scanner button set for text applications. • Show message if text recognition failed—a message will open on the screen if the OCR reader does not detect text in the image. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 89: Adding Text Editor Applications To One Touch

    When you are done making changes in this window, click the Add button to accept the changes and close the window. Click OK on the Link Properties window. Click Refresh on the One Touch Properties window and the new application should now be available. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 90: Creating An Html Web Page From Your Scanned Documents

    Microsoft Internet Explorer, or other web browser you scanned to, then opens showing your converted page. The application’s URL field shows the location where One Touch saved the HTML files for you to locate and post to your website. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 91: Image Editors

    From this window you can add an application and set additional document handling options. Note that if you recently installed an application, click the Refresh button to see if One Touch will automatically configure the link before you try adding it manually. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 92: Image Documents Properties

    • Convert Bitmaps to JPEG—JPEG files can be compressed to produce smaller file sizes and, therefore, shorter transmission times. Use this option to provide that compression capability to image files. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 93: Adding Image Editor Applications To One Touch

    When you are done making changes in this window, click the Add button to accept the changes and close the window. Click OK on the Link Properties window. Click Refresh on the One Touch Properties window and the new application should now be available. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 94: Pdf Applications

    Please note that any PDF application you add manually to One Touch will be classified as a “Text Based Link.” These applications will only show in the destination list when Text editing applications are enabled. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 95 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. Select the icon in Step 3 of the dialog box. That is the icon that will appear in the One Touch Destination List. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 96 When you are done making changes in this window, click the Add button to accept the changes and close the window. 10. Click OK on the Link Properties window. 11. Click Refresh on the One Touch Properties window and the new application should now be available. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 97: Send To Application

    Application tab and use this window to set a configuration to scan to a different application than the one selected in the Link Properties window. Changing the options in this window only affects the configuration you are creating or modifying. All other configurations will retain their settings for this destination. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 98 The scanner starts scanning and, when finished, sends the scanned file to the application you selected. Technical note • After configuring this link, you may need to click Refresh in the One Touch Properties window to show the correct application icon in the Select destination list. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 99 This unique file is created at scan time and contains a list of every image in the scan job. Only select this option if you are sure that the application you are scanning to can use the job file to accept image transfer. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 100: Scanning To Multiple Destinations

    Click each destination where you want to send the scanned image in the Selected destinations (#) list. Click again to deselect a destination. As you click on each destination, the Selected destinations number will count so you know how many applications are selected to receive the image. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 101 For example, if you scan to a printer and to email, only the BMP file format will be available as printers can only receive an uncompressed image format. All other image formats and all text formats will be disabled until you deselect the printer. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 102 Load the document(s) in the scanner and start scanning with the button you set to scan to multiple destinations. The scanner starts scanning and when finished, the image is sent to each destination you selected in the One Touch Properties window. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 103: Scanning With Job Separation

    Click on the down arrow next to the Select Button list to select the button you want to modify. Note that the options in this window are specific to each One Touch button. Click on the option Use job separator when scanning multiple pages. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 104 If you want a single file created with the blank page discarded, deselect the job separation feature on the Options tab or remove the blank page from your scanning batch. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 105 For example, if you scan 12 pages and 3 are blank, the total number of images counted for the job separation will be 9 not 12. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 106: Scanning With Optical Character Recognition (Ocr)

    The One Touch OmniPage Module or the OmniPage Pro software must be installed on your computer in order to use the OCR options with the One Touch software and your Xerox scanner. The One Touch OmniPage Module was automatically installed when you installed your driver from the installation disc.

  • Page 107: Text Formats

    The specific file format is the file name extension on the text format icon. The specific text format; this example is for Rich Text Format (.rtf). To select a file type for the text format: Select the Destination Application. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 108 Excel Spreadsheet—the .xls file format used by Microsoft Excel. HTML Document—the .htm file format used to create web pages. Searchable PDF—the .pdf file format used by Adobe Acrobat. This format converts scanned text into PDF with an invisible text layer for searching. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 109 Select Use MRC for documents with harder-to-read text or lower-quality graphics to get the best possible scan output image. The Use MRC option is available for sPDF and PDF. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 110: Selecting One Touch Omnipage Ocr Options

    Select a Destination Application that has one of the text format file types as the page format, such as Microsoft Word or WordPad. Right-click on the page format icon to see the menu. Choose OCR Options from the menu. The OCR Properties window opens with the OCR tab selected. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 111: The Ocr Tab

    The OCR engine does not automatically correct misspelled words that were present in the original document. When dictionaries are selected, the terms in those dictionaries are used to check the spelling. If this is option is not selected, User Dictionaries and Professional Dictionaries cannot be selected. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 112: Creating Your Own Dictionaries

    Create a new document in the word processing program. Type each word you want in your new dictionary, followed by a carriage return. Make sure to spell the words correctly as they will be used for spellchecking. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 113 The User Dictionary Files window opens and shows the available dictionaries. MyDictionary is an example of a user dictionary. Click Add New. The Add New User Dictionary window opens. Click the drop-down arrow for Files of type and choose Text Files (.txt). Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 114: Editing User Dictionaries

    To delete a word from the list, select it and click Delete. If a word in the list is misspelled, delete it, then re-type the word correctly in the User Word box and click Add. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 115: The Format Tab

    The file is exported as a formatted dictionary with the .ud filename extension so it can be opened by other programs. The Format Tab The options on the Format tab window are for setting the input and output formats for the scanned documents. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 116 Flowing page—this format preserves the original layout of the pages, including columns. This is done wherever possible with column and indent settings, but not with text boxes or frames. Text will then flow from one column to the other, which does not happen when text boxes are present. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 117 XLS format. Click OK or Apply. These options will now apply to the OCR processing when you select any text format as the page format. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 118: One Touch With Visioneer Acuity Technology

    One Touch with Visioneer Acuity Technology The One Touch software you received with your Xerox scanner now includes the Visioneer Acuity technology. This application has a set of features for improving and enhancing the quality of scanned documents, especially documents that would usually produce poorer quality images. Scan configurations with Acuity options work with One Touch scan settings to produce the best quality images.

  • Page 119: The Acuity Settings

    Do not use Acuity image processing—scanning will not use the Acuity processing. – Default settings—automatically selects the options your scanner can use with any scan mode (Black&White, Grayscale, and Color). Select the options for scanning. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 120 Dynamic threshold will attempt to automatically lower the brightness level to darken the image, and raise the contrast level to make the difference between the lighter and darker portions of the image clearer. Click OK or Apply to add the Acuity options to your scan configuration. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 121 The Acuity icon on the top of the One Touch Panel and on the scan configuration remind you that the scan will use the Acuity settings. The summary of the scan settings also indicates Acuity settings. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 122: Hardware Properties And Interface Behavior

    Right-click on the One Touch icon and choose Show Hardware from the pop-up menu. The Hardware Properties dialog box opens and shows information about your Xerox scanner. Click the Properties button. Xerox Travel Scanner 150...

  • Page 123: Device Settings

    Device Settings Please refer to Device Settings on page 167 Driver Settings Please refer to Driver Settings on page 168 Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
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  • Page 125: Scanning From Twain And Wia

    138 • Presets on page 139 • Document Settings on page 144 • Image Enhancements on page 149 • Driver Configuration on page 159 • Hardware Properties and Interface Behavior on page 162 Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 126: Accessing The Scanner Interface

    162 for more information. Please refer to your Windows documentation for WIA scanning instructions if you do not see the interface described below, or if you have any questions regarding Windows scanning applications. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 127: Scanning

    Driver Settings section of this guide. If you are unable to change this setting the option may have been set by your system administrator. Please contact your system administrator for more information. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 128: Using The Preview Window

    If you move, resize, or add scan regions the main interface will display User defined for the page size. Please refer to Scan Regions for instructions on creating, resizing and deleting regions. Place an item in the scanner. Click the Get preview button. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 129 After you adjust the scan settings, click Refresh preview to get a new sample image that reflects the most current settings in the main interface. If you are using a single sheet feed scanner, put the item back in the paper feed slot and then click on the Refresh preview button. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 130: Scan Regions

    This region will be labeled number 1 and be displayed as an outline in the preview area. Place an item in the scanner and then click Get preview. The scanner scans and displays a sample image. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 131 If you do not hold down the Ctrl key, when you click on the area that has already been set as a region you will move the existing region. Click Close when you are done creating scan regions. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 132 Visioneer Acuity is installed may vary between scanner models. When creating scan regions and you reach the maximum number of allowable scan regions, you will not be able to continue creating scan regions until you remove a region you have already created. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 133: Move, Resize, Or Delete Regions

    Note that you can only resize the scan regions to be within the scanner’s minimum and maximum supported paper sizes. Please refer to the scanner specification table, in the maintenance section of the user guide, for the supported paper sizes for your scanner. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 134: Reordering Regions

    The priority determines which region gets processed first while scanning. For example, region 1 will be processed first and appear in the scanning application as the first image. Right-click on the region and select an option from the menu. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 135: Clear All Regions

    Right-click anywhere in the preview window where there are no regions, and then click on Clear all regions to remove all of the regions in the preview area. This will leave only the region labeled as number 1. There must always be at least one region for scanning. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 136: Document Source Configuration

    Advanced Options • Multi-stream—select this option to have the scanner create an image of each item scanned in each color mode selected in the source list. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
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  • Page 138: Summary

    Summary The Summary area displays some of the basic scan options selected in the interface. Clicking on one of the links will open the area of the interface where the setting is located. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 139: Presets

    Adjust the options in the scanner interface as needed. Click on the right arrow and select Save as... from the list. Make sure the correct preset is showing in the preset name field then click on OK. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 140: Exporting Presets

    Click the right pointing arrow button and select Delete. Click Yes when prompted to confirm that you want to delete the currently selected preset. Exporting Presets Click on the right pointing arrow and select Export... from the list. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 141 Browse to a location and select the folder where you want the preset file to be saved. Click on Choose. Make sure to choose a location where you will be able to easily find the file. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 142: Importing A Preset

    For example, if you are using a flatbed scanner and you import a preset that was created using an ADF scanner, all settings that are specific to ADF scanning will be modified. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 143 Skip—select this option to skip the preset with the duplicate name. Select the option Do this for all conflicts to have the action you select in this dialogue be used for all conflicts found. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 144: Document Settings

    Hover the mouse cursor over a grayed out feature to see information about why the feature is unavailable. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 145: Main Panel Options

    Text document letters or forms with hand printed text - 150 dpi • Text document (for OCR) forms, letters, memos, or spreadsheets - 300 dpi • Business cards or other items with small print - 300 dpi Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 146: Document Image Adjustments

    These options are in the scanning interface for adjusting how the document appears in the scanned image. Straighten Image Select this option to let the scanner automatically determine if a page is skewed, then straighten its image. This option is only available if the scanner supports this feature. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 147: Advanced Panel Options

    The Edge fill width slider allows you to adjust the size of the edge that needs to be filled. The width is adjustable from approximately 1 mm to 10 mm (approximately 0.04 to 0.4 inches). AutoCrop Depending on the scanner model and installed software, there may be more than one auto cropping option in the interface. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 148: Manual Feed Mode

    The scanning progress dialogue on-screen will display a countdown indicating how much time you have to place the next document in the scanner. When you are done scanning all pages in your document, you can click on Abort to stop the timer or simply let the timer run out. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 149: Image Enhancements

    Hover the mouse cursor over a grayed out feature to see information about why the feature is unavailable. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 150: Main Panel Options

    However, when decreasing the brightness, white starts to appear gray in the image. In that case, raise the contrast level to make the differences between the lightest and darkest part of the image more defined. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 151 Below are some recommended options for contrast image correction based on the original document quality. • Original documents of good quality - 50% Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 152 This way, the highlights and shadows in the image are maintained by saturating the pixels with darker levels of the same color rather than adding gray to all colors. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 153: Invert Image

    For example, you might choose this option if you are scanning pages that have been printed from newspaper microfilm. Newspaper microfilm reverses black and white so that when viewed on a monitor, the text is white and the paper is black. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 154: Mirror Image

    The Mirror image option flips the image left-to-right. Bit Depth Reduction The Bit depth reduction options are only available when scanning in black and white. Click the drop down menu and select an option from the list. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 155 When the image is scaled down, it may look like a grayscale scan. When the image is at normal size or enlarged you will be able to clearly see the dithering pattern, as shown in the close-up image. Black and White scan Bayer dither scan Color scan Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 156: Advanced Panel Options

    If there are less than this number of dots in the circle, the dots are considered a speckle and removed from the image. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 157: Color Dropout

    Color dropout tells the scanner and software to remove a specific color from the image. You can choose either Red, Green, or Blue, or define a custom color, to be dropped out of an image. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 158 This option is only available when scanning in grayscale or black and white. The example below shows the original text with a red watermark and the resulting image with the color removed. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 159: Driver Configuration

    Module Configuration When image processing modules are installed they will appear in the list on the Configure tab. Use this tab to enable the modules you want to use when scanning. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 160: Hardware Settings

    By default, the scanner is set to detect when the item being scanned is at an angle, also called skewed. It will stop scanning and back the item out of the scanner. Click on Enable the detection of excessive document skew. Back out the document if this occurs. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 161: Calibrating And Cleaning

    The scanner will grab the page and move it back and forth as the utility completes the process. When prompted, remove the page from the scanner. If you completed a calibration, the last calibrated field will update with the current date and time. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 162: Hardware Properties And Interface Behavior

    Device Settings Scanner Details LLD version—the scanner’s base driver version. This is not the One Touch software revision, TWAIN or WIA • driver versions. • Driver version—this is the version of the scanner’s TWAIN driver. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 163: Skew Detection

    The scanner will grab the page and move it back and forth as the utility completes the process. When prompted, remove the page from the scanner. If you completed a calibration, the last calibrated field will update with the current date and time. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 164: Driver Settings

    Force UI-less—select this option to prevent this scanner interface from opening when you initiate a scan in the scanning application. This option will only work if your scanning application supports UI-less scanning. You may also need to select Auto close on transfer complete for this option to work. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 165: Application Settings

    Please note that when automatic scanning is enable for OneTouch, and the selected scan configuration in the OneTouch Properties window is Configure Before Scan, AutoLaunch will open the TWAIN interface when you insert a page and scanning will not continue until you click Scan in the TWAIN interface. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
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  • Page 167: Maintenance

    177 • Xerox Travel Scanner 150 Specifications on page 178 • Xerox Travel Scanner 150 Parts List on page 179 This section contains information about calibrating, cleaning, troubleshooting, uninstalling, scanner specifications and spare parts. Xerox Travel Scanner 150...

  • Page 168: Calibrating Your Scanner

    You will need to have one of the calibration pages ready. To calibrate the scanner: Right-click on the One Touch icon and choose Show Hardware from the pop-up menu. The Hardware Properties dialog box opens and shows information about your Xerox scanner. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 169 Click the Properties button. Click on the Device Settings tab. Click on the Calibrate button to start the calibration utility. Place the calibration page, with the black bar face down, with the arrows pointing into the scanner. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 170 User Account Control to confirm that you want make changes to the system settings. • Windows XP—from the Windows Control Panel when in category view, open Printers and Other Hardware and then Scanners and Cameras. Right-click on the scanner and then select Properties from the list. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 171: Cleaning Your Scanner

    You will need to have the scanner’s cleaning sheet ready. To clean the scanner: Right-click on the One Touch icon and choose Show Hardware from the pop-up menu. The Hardware Properties dialog box opens and shows information about your Xerox scanner. Click the Properties button. Xerox Travel Scanner 150...
  • Page 172 Click on the Device Settings tab. Click on the Clean button to start the cleaning utility. Place the cleaning sheet in the scanner. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 173: Additional Cleaning Method

    Try to dampen the cleaning sheet only in the area where the problem exists in the image. For example, if the line or smudge in the image appears in the center of the scan, dampen cleaning sheet in the center. Only dampen one side of the cleaning sheet. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 174 When cleaning is complete the scanner will clear the cleaning sheet out of the scanner. Remove the cleaning sheet when the utility prompts you to. Do not forcefully pull the page out of the scanner, the scanner will release the page when it has fully exited out of the scanner. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 175: Troubleshooting

    One Touch options, and you need to remove those other drivers and re-install your Xerox Travel Scanner 150 scanner. Please see the documentation that you received with the other scanner for the steps to remove its driver programs. After uninstalling the other scanner’s driver programs, uninstall One Touch using the steps on page 177 then install One Touch following the instructions in the Installation chapter.
  • Page 176 You do not need to close the Anti-SpyWare software. Problem: The scanned images are of poor quality even after I recalibrated and cleaned the scanner. Try reinstalling the scanner driver. The driver software may have been corrupted. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 177: Uninstalling Your Scanner

    Uninstalling Your Scanner To uninstall the Xerox Travel Scanner 150 scanner, remove the scanner software, PaperPort, or any other scanning software provided with the scanner. When uninstalling the scanner driver or One Touch, please leave the scanner's USB cable plugged into the computer.

  • Page 178: Xerox Travel Scanner 150 Specifications

    Xerox Travel Scanner 150 Specifications Scanning resolution 600 dpi Bit depth 24-bit color, 8-bit grayscale, 1-bit line art/text Scan method Fast sheetfed Light source 3-color RGB LED lamp Image sensor Contact Image Sensor Maximum item size 8.5 x 14.0 inches (216 x 356 mm)

  • Page 179: Xerox Travel Scanner 150 Parts List

    Xerox Travel Scanner 150 Parts List Please use the following part names and numbers when ordering replacements for your Xerox Travel Scanner 150 Part Name Part Number USB Cable 35-0065-000 Calibration page and 05-0875-000 Cleaning sheet Photo Sleeves 05-0527-000 Carrying Bag...
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  • Page 181: Regulatory Information

    Regulatory Information This chapter includes: • Basic Regulations on page 182 • Copy Regulations on page 184 Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 182: Basic Regulations

    (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Changes and modifications to this equipment not specifically approved by Xerox may void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

  • Page 183: Other Regulations

    A full declaration of conformity, defining the relevant directives and referenced standards, can be obtained from your Xerox Limited representative or by contacting: Environment, Heath and Safety The Document Company Xerox Bessemer Road Welwyn Garden City Herts AL7 1HE England, Telephone +44 (0) 1707 353434...

  • Page 184: Copy Regulations

    Copyright Office, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20559. Ask for Circular R21. Certificates of Citizenship or Naturalization. (Foreign Naturalization Certificates may be photographed.) Passports. (Foreign Passports may be photographed.) Immigration Papers. Draft Registration Cards. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 185: Canada

    The above list is provided for your convenience and assistance, but it is not all inclusive, and no liability is assumed for its completeness or accuracy. In case of doubt, consult your solicitor. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 186: Other Countries

    Copyright material or trademarks without the consent of the owner • Postage stamps and other negotiable instruments Note: This list is not inclusive and no liability is assumed for either its completeness or accuracy. In case of doubt, contact your legal counsel. Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 187: Compliance Information

    Compliance Information This chapter includes: • Product Recycling & Disposal on page 188 • Energy Star for the USA on page 189 Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

  • Page 188: Product Recycling & Disposal

    Product Recycling & Disposal USA & Canada If you are managing the disposal of your Xerox product, please note that the product may contain lead, mercury, Perchlorate, and other materials whose disposal may be regulated due to environmental considerations. The presence of these materials is fully consistent with global regulations applicable at the time that the product was placed on the market.

  • Page 189: Energy Star For The Usa

    Energy Star for the USA Energy Program Compliance The Xerox Travel Scanner 150 is E qualified under the E Program Requirements for Imaging NERGY NERGY Equipment. The E and E are registered United States trademarks. The E Imaging NERGY NERGY NERGY Equipment Program is a team effort between U.S., European Union and Japanese governments and the office...
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  • Page 191 Configure Before Scan, 51 cancel, 63 Gamma, 55, 152 Contrast, 52, 150, 151 Grayscale, 136, 137, 151, 152, 155 Copy button, 47 Grayscale mode, 52, 54 Create single image files, 58 csv file format, 108 Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 192 Mirror image, 154 Missing Character, 112 Image quality and file size, 60 Module Configuration, 159 PDF applications, 48 Moiré Patterns, 53 PDF Destinations, 94 Moiré radius, 157 PDF file format, 48, 58, 63 Moiré reduction, 157 Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 193 Select format, 46 Send to Application, 97 Show all destinations, 48 Show Hardware, 122, 168, 171 xls file format, 108 Show Progress Window, 49 Simple Text, 108, 109 Size, 53 Skip Blank Originals, 54 Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...
  • Page 194 Index Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User’s Guide...

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