Flat219.fm Page 1 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM WELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer PaperPort flatbed scanner. With your scanner, you can quickly scan paper documents and color photos to place their electronic images on your computer. Please note that this guide covers installation steps for a family of PaperPort flatbed scanners—the PaperPort 3100, 6000, and 6100 series of scanners.
Flat219.fm Page 2 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM 2 PAPERPORT FLATBED SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE WHAT YOU NEED To use the scanner and software, you need the following: ■ IBM PC (or 100-percent compatible) 486 or higher ■ Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft NT 4.0 ■ 16 megabytes (MB) or more of available internal memory (RAM) ■ 35 MB of free hard disk space ■ A VGA or SVGA monitor.
Flat219.fm Page 3 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM THE SCANNER 3 THE SCANNER 1 Document cover 2 Document pad 3 Glass 4 Reference frame 5 Button (Some Models Only) 6 Power jack 7 To PC parallel 8 To printer 1 2 Document cover. Close the document cover after placing items on the scanner glass. 3 4 Glass. Place items face down on top of the glass, in the upper left corner. 5 6 Button (Some Models Only). Previews scan or starts PaperPort software if it is not running.
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Flat219.fm Page 5 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM CONNECTING THE SCANNER TO YOUR COMPUTER 5 CONNECTING THE SCANNER TO YOUR COMPUTER The PaperPort 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. To connect the PaperPort scanner: 1. Save any open files then shut down Windows. 2. Turn off the power to your computer. 3.
Flat219.fm Page 6 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM 6 PAPERPORT FLATBED SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE ▼ NOTE: If you want to “daisy-chain” the scanner and a Zip drive so they share the port, first connect the Zip drive to the computer, then connect the scanner to the Zip drive. 7. Plug the power adapter cable into the jack on the PaperPort scanner. 8. Plug the power adapter into an AC (wall) outlet. The power-on light on the front of the scanner comes on indicating the scanner is receiving power.
Flat219.fm Page 7 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM INSTALLING THE PAPERPORT SOFTWARE 7 INSTALLING THE PAPERPORT SOFTWARE The PaperPort CD includes all the PaperPort software files. ▼ NOTE: The CD also includes the PaperPort User’s Guide, the manual for the PaperPort software. You can read the guide while the CD is running, or print a copy directly from the CD to your printer. To install the PaperPort software: 1. Start Microsoft Windows and make sure that no other applications are running. 2.
Flat219.fm Page 8 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM 8 PAPERPORT FLATBED SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE SETTING UP THE SCANNER The steps to set up the scanner identify the type of scanner you have and prepares the PaperPort software to scan with it. To set up the scanner: 1. If the PaperPort software isn’t currently running, double-click the PaperPort icon on the Windows desktop to start it. The PaperPort Desktop appears.
Flat219.fm Page 9 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM SCANNING AN ITEM 9 SCANNING AN ITEM 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). For more information about scan settings, see “Adjusting Scan Settings” on page 11. To scan an item: 1.
Flat219.fm Page 10 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM 10 PAPERPORT FLATBED SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE Select an option appropriate for how you want to use the scanned item. Preview the item here. View and adjust the scan settings. Use predefined area icons to select the area of an item to scan. Restore the default settings. Drag the borders of the selection rectangle surrounding the item to adjust the area that the scanner scans. Adjust the brightness or contrast of the scanned item.
Flat219.fm Page 11 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM ADJUSTING SCAN SETTINGS 11 Thumbnail item ADJUSTING SCAN SETTINGS With the PaperPort scanner, you can adjust the scan settings to fine-tune the scanned item. This section tells you how to: ■ Select a predefined scan setting. ■ Customize a scan setting. ■ Scan in color. ■ Adjust the brightness and contrast. ■ Select the area of the item you want to scan.
Flat219.fm Page 12 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM 12 PAPERPORT FLATBED SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE Scan Page For Default Setting To Scan Description Faxing, Filing, or Copying Black-and-white 200 dpi Newspaper and magazine articles, receipts, forms, and other text items Provides the fastest scan time and smallest file size.
Flat219.fm Page 13 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM ADJUSTING SCAN SETTINGS 13 3. To see the details of the scan setting, such as the bit depth and resolution, click the Advanced Settings button. The Advanced Settings dialog box appears. 4. Click OK to return to the PaperPort Scan Manager dialog box. CUSTOMIZING A SCAN SETTING You can customize a predefined scan setting or create a new custom scan setting.
Flat219.fm Page 14 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM 14 PAPERPORT FLATBED SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE To scan in color: 1. Click the Twain icon on the Command Bar, or choose Acquire from the File menu. The PaperPort Scan Manager dialog box appears. 2. Click Color Photo—Faster or Color Photo—Better Quality. You can also use these settings for any other color items such as color pages from articles. 3. Scan the item in the normal manner.
Flat219.fm Page 15 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM ADJUSTING SCAN SETTINGS 15 SELECTING THE AREA OF THE ITEM YOU WANT TO SCAN ▼ NOTE: The steps for selecting the area to scan are slightly different for the PaperPort 6000B scanner. If you have a PaperPort 6000B scanner please skip this section and see page 17. By default, the PaperPort software automatically scans an entire item placed on the scanner. However, you may want to select only a certain area of an item to scan.
Flat219.fm Page 16 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM 16 PAPERPORT FLATBED SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE To select the area you want to scan: 1. Click the Twain icon on the Command Bar, or choose Acquire from the File menu. The PaperPort Scan Manager dialog box appears. 2. Click the Preview button. An image of the scanned item appears in the Preview area. By default, the Auto icon is selected and a selection rectangle surrounds the entire item. 3.
Flat219.fm Page 17 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM ADJUSTING SCAN SETTINGS 17 SELECTING THE AREA OF THE ITEM YOU WANT TO SCAN (6000B) This section only applies to the PaperPort 6000B scanner. When you preview an item to scan, the selection rectangle around the image indicates the scan area. However, you may want to select only a certain area of an item to scan. Selecting an appropriate scan area can result in a faster scan and a smaller file size.
Flat219.fm Page 18 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM 18 PAPERPORT FLATBED SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE 6. To change the dimensions of the rectangle, click the rectangle, and then drag the borders of the rectangle to resize it. This effectively allows you to crop the item. The dimensions of the selected area appear in the Scan Configuration settings. 7. Scan the item as you usually do. CLEANING THE SCANNER GLASS Scanning items that have excessive amounts of dirt or dust may dirty the glass.
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Flat219.fm Page 20 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM Declaration of Conformity The following equipment: Type of Product: Image Scanner Model Numbers: PaperPort 3000; PaperPort 3100; PaperPort 6000 Distributed by: Visioneer, Inc.
Flat219.fm Page 21 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM Declaration of Conformity The following equipment: Type of Product: Image Scanner Model Numbers: PaperPort 6000B Distributed by: Visioneer, Inc.
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