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Plustek SmartOffice PL2546 User Manual

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  • Page 1 Installation Usage & Maintenance...
  • Page 2 Trademarks © 2011 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 manual,...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Placing Documents with the Protection Sheet............21 Scanning Documents....................22 Scanning via TWAIN Interface ................... 23 Scanning from Plustek DI Capture Program ..............27 Scanning from the Scanner’s Front Panel................28 Scanning from the On-screen DocAction’s Execute Menu ..........30 III.
  • Page 4 B: C ..........44 PPENDIX USTOMER ERVICE AND ARRANTY Service & Support Information (For EU country only)..........44 Statement of Limited Warranty ................. 45 FCC Radio Frequency Statement................46 ..................47 ONTACTING LUSTEK...

  • Page 5: 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 6: 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 7: Minimum System Requirements

    3. Keep the space around the AC adapter clear in case you need to quickly unplug the AC adapter during emergencies. 4. Damaged wire could cause fire or electrical shock. Keep the power cord straight and without being twisted, bended, or scraped. 5.

  • Page 8: Box Contents

    ONTENTS 1. Scanner 2. USB Cable 3. AC Adapter 4. Scanner User’s Guide 5. Quick Guide 6. Setup/Application CD-ROM 7. Calibration Sheet 8. Memo Label 9. Extended Paper Width Slider (2 pieces) 10. Protection Sheet 11. Cleansing Cloth 12. Pad Module Save the box and packing materials in case you need to transport this scanner in the future.

  • Page 9: The Scanner Features

    CANNER EATURES 1. PAPER CHUTE COVER—Helps keep the paper in place. Open paper chute cover when using the scanner. 2. PAPER WIDTH SLIDER—Adjusts the paper width slider for the paper size you are using. Information Extended Paper Width Slider (accessory in the box content) —Hold the paper uprightly so as to avoid the paper feeding to be askew.
  • Page 10 6. ADF (AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER)—Automatically feeds a stack of documents for scanning. 7. SIDE GUIDE—Holds the paper in place to be scanned through the ADF. Pull side guides out to hold the paper. 8. PAPER CHUTE EXTENSION—Extends to hold longer paper. 9.
  • Page 11 16. DOCUMENT COVER— Helps keep the paper in place and protects the scanner glass. 17. DOCUMENT PAD— Keeps the paper in place and improves accuracy of image quality. 18. SCANNER GLASS— Where you put items for flatbed scanning. 19. REFERENCE MARK— Align your paper with this reference mark in case of flatbed scanning.

  • Page 12: Chapter I. Installing The Scanner

    (HotCard BizCard Finder), document management software (NewSoft Presto! PageManager), the scanner’s driver, DocAction, and the image capture software (Plustek DI Capture). All of these software applications use approximately 800 megabytes of hard disk space after they are installed into your computer. To ensure ample room for the installation, as well as for scanning and saving images, a minimum of 1 GB of hard disk space is recommended.

  • Page 13: Installing And Setting Up The Scanner

    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, smooth strong surface before proceeding the scanner setup or any scanning task.

  • Page 14: Step 2. Installing The Software

    1. Plug the AC adapter into the scanner’s power receptor 2. Plug the other end of the AC adapter into a standard AC power outlet. 3. Plug the square end of the included USB cable to the USB port at the rear of the scanner.
  • Page 15 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 7. 5. For Windows Vista: a. Select “Locate and install driver software (recommended)” when the “Found New Hardware”...

  • Page 16: Step 3. Install The Extended Paper Width Slider

    the scanner buttons. 13. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the scanner calibration. After the calibration is complete, click OK and then click Finish. If the scanner installation is not started and displayed automatically on the screen, click Information Start, select Run and type in D:\Install (where D: is the drive letter assigned to the CD-ROM drive of your computer.) 1.

  • Page 17: Step 4. Testing The Scanner

    The following describes how you can check if the scanner is properly functioning with your computer and the scanning software by performing your first scan with our bundled image-editing application NewSoft Presto! ImageFolio. Before testing your scanner, double check to make sure that all connections are securely fastened. To test the flatbed scanning: 1.

  • Page 18: Installing Additional Software

    2. Click the Windows Start button to launch NewSoft Presto! ImageFolio. 3. (If you have only one scanner connected with your computer, please skip to Step 4.) If you have more than one scanner or other imaging device installed on your computer: Click Select Source from the File menu of Presto! ImageFolio and then choose this scanner as the default scanning source.

  • Page 19: 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 20: Checking Document Conditions

    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. Refer to “Appendix A: Specifications” of this guide for more information. To scan multiple documents in a batch from the ADF can increase your work efficiency and make large scanning tasks easier.

  • Page 21: Loosening Documents (For Adf Scan)

    Items other than paper, e.g., cloth, metal foil. scan photographic sheets particularly valuable document originals; wrinkles or other damages can happen in case of paper feeding errors. DO NOT place paper with wet ink or Attention correction fluid onto the flatbed glass or into the ADF.

  • Page 22: Using The Adf

    3. Gently close the document cover. 1. Load the documents, headfirst and 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 23: Placing Business Cards

    3. Adjust the paper width slider for the paper size you are using. The paper width slider should be gently touching both sides of the documents. DO NOT load more than 50 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”...

  • Page 24: Placing Plastic Cards

    2. Adjust the paper width slider to the business card width. The paper width slider should be gently touching both sides of the business cards. Don’t load more than 20 business cards in one batch. Attention LACING LASTIC ARDS The plastic card can be embossed credit card, driver license, ID card, insurance card, medic-care card or any membership card.

  • Page 25: Placing Documents With The Protection Sheet

    LACING OCUMENTS WITH THE ROTECTION HEET To avoid paper jam and documents be scratched, the protection sheet is designed for you to load and protect special documents. It allows you to scan a document that is not easy to load into the scanner. For example, paper with an odd (non-rectangular) shape, wrinkles, curls, folds, as well as stamps, magazine and newspaper clippings.

  • Page 26: Scanning Documents

    of the sheet. Align the top of the document to the side of the protection sheet with the black line, and the folded portion toward to the right side of the sheet. 6. Load the protection sheet into the scanner, and align the protection sheet with the black line toward the center of the ADF.

  • Page 27: Scanning Via Twain Interface

    The TWAIN interface, DI Capture and DocAction software is automatically installed to your system along with the scanner driver. Before you start scanning, check the following: The power of both your computer and scanner is turned on. The icon appears on the Windows system tray.
  • Page 28 3. In the TWAIN window that opens, select Flatbed Reflective or ADF (Front Side) as the Scan Type if you want to scan single-sided documents, or select ADF (Duplex) to scan double-sided documents. 4. Adjust the scanning settings. For ADF (Duplex) scan, you can tailor settings individually for front and rear sides of the documents.
  • Page 29 Click the Help button within the TWAIN window for more information about the settings. Scan within NewSoft Presto! PageManager: 1. Click the Windows Start button to launch Presto! PageManager. 2. Within Presto! PageManager, click Tools > Scan Settings > uncheck “Suppress TWAIN User Interface”...
  • Page 30 3. In the TWAIN window that opens, select Flatbed Reflective or ADF (Front Side) as the Scan Type if you want to scan single-sided documents, or select ADF (Duplex) to scan double-sided documents. 4. Adjust the scanning settings. For ADF (Duplex) scan, you can tailor settings individually for front and rear sides of the documents.

  • Page 31: Scanning From Plustek Di Capture Program

    2. Within Business card Recognition Software, click Scan from the main toolbar. 3. In the TWAIN window that opens, select Flatbed Reflective or ADF (Front Side) as the Scan Type if you want to scan single-sided business cards, or select ADF (Duplex) to scan double-sided business cards. 4.

  • Page 32: Scanning From The Scanner's Front Panel

    Scan Profile Toolbar Select the scanner Viewer Folder Pane Pane Browser Pane Scan Settings Pane 2. Within DI Capture, select this scanner from the drop-down list of 3. Select a document from the Folder Pane to store the scanned images. (To create a new folder and/or a new document, click the New Folder and/or New Document button from the toolbar.) 4.
  • Page 33 When you scan by the OCR button of DocAction program, in each batch you can scan up to either 50 sheets of paper for single-sided scans or 25 sheets of paper for double-sided Attention scans because of the limit from ABBYY FineReader 6.0 Sprint Plus.

  • Page 34: Scanning From The On-Screen Docaction's Execute Menu

    It’s optional for you to write down the customized button number settings on the Information included memo label and place this memo anywhere on the scanner. Click the Help button within the Button Configuration window for more information about the settings. View Button Settings There are three ways to view the button settings: Double-click the icon...

  • Page 35: 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 scanner glass and the inner ADF dirty, which leads to poor image quality or document- feeding errors.

  • Page 36: Cleaning The Adf

    Document Scanner Glass Do not spray cleaner directly onto the scanner glass. Excess liquid residue may fog or Attention damage the scanner. 3. Wait for cleaned areas to dry completely. 4. Gently close the document cover. 1. Open the ADF cover by pulling the lever. Cover open lever ADF cover 2.
  • Page 37 Clean Pad Module: Wipe the Pad Module from top to bottom (in the direction of arrow shown in below picture). Be careful not to damage the pick springs of the pad. Clean ADF Glass: Do not spray cleaner directly onto the scanner glass.

  • Page 38: Replacing Consumables

    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 25000 sheets of scans.

  • Page 39: Calibrating The Scanner

    3. Install the new pad module by inserting the tabs on the module onto their slots on the scanner. 4. Close the ADF cover by pushing it back down until it snaps back into place. ALIBRATING THE CANNER Please uninstall the extended paper width sliders before you start the calibration.

  • Page 40: Standby Mode

    The following describes how to calibrate the scanner: 1. The Calibration Sheet, marked with an arrow on either edge at both sides, is used specially for ADF Scanning calibration. 2. Insert the special calibration sheet into the ADF of the scanner, with an arrow toward the scanner buttons.
  • Page 41 1. From the Windows START menu, point to All Programs > Your Scanner Model Name, and then click Scanner Utility. 2. In the Standby Mode section of the Scanner Utility window that opens, click the button of your option: a. To disable the Standby Mode: Click the button before Disable Standby Mode.

  • Page 42: 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 43 Cover open leve ADF cover 3. Gently but firmly pull the jammed documents out of the ADF. Try to avoid creasing or wrinkling the documents. Do not try to pull jammed or half-scanned documents out of the ADF without first opening the ADF cover.

  • Page 44: Ppendix A: Specifications

    A: S PPENDIX PECIFICATIONS Plustek SmartOffice PL2546 Optical Resolution 600 dpi Flatbed: 1200 x 1200 dpi Max. Hardware Resolution ADF: 600 x 600 dpi Color: Input 48-bit; Output 24-bit Scan Modes Grayscale: Input 16-bit; Output 8-bit Black & White: 1-bit...
  • Page 45 Physical Dimensions 481 x 327 x 203 mm (18.93” x 12.87” x 7.98”) (WxDxH) Weight 4.5 Kgs (9.92 lb.) Protocols TWAIN Compliant FCC Class B, CE...
  • Page 46 Plustek SmartOffice PL2550 Optical Resolution 600 dpi Flatbed: 600 x 600 dpi Max. Hardware Resolution ADF: 600 x 600 dpi Color: Input 48-bit; Output 24-bit Scan Modes Grayscale: Input 16-bit; Output 8-bit Black & White: 1-bit Technology Color Contact Image Sensor (CIS) 1.
  • Page 47 Physical Dimensions 481 x 327 x 203 mm (18.93” x 12.87” x 7.98”) (WxDxH) Weight 4.5 Kgs (9.92 lb.) Protocols TWAIN Compliant FCC Class B, CE...

  • Page 48: Appendix B: Customer Service And Warranty

    PPENDIX USTOMER ERVICE AND ARRANTY For further assistance, visit our website or call our customer support phone number listed on the last page of this guide. One of our representatives will be happy to assist you from Monday through Friday in office working hours. To avoid delays, please have the following information available before calling: Scanner name and model number Scanner serial number (Located at the bottom of the scanner)

  • Page 49: 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 50: 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...

  • Page 51: Contacting Plustek

    ONTACTING LUSTEK Europe: Plustek Technology GmbH An der Strusbek 60-62 22926 Ahrensburg Germany Tel.: +49 (0) 4102-8913-0 Fax: +49 (0) 4102-8913-500/508 E-mail: support@plustek.de Website: www.plustek.de North America: Plustek Technology Inc. 17517 Fabrica Way, Suite B Cerritos, CA 90703 U.S.A. Tel: +1 -714-670-7713...

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