Visioneer® OneTouch® 8900 Scanner FOR USB CONNECTION Installation Guide
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright © 2001 Visioneer, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Primax Electronics LTD. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allowed under the copyright laws. The Visioneer brand name and logo are registered trademarks of Primax Electronics LTD. OneTouch is a trademark of Primax Electronics LTD. The PaperPort brand name and logo are registered trademarks of ScanSoft, Inc. Microsoft is a U.S.
TABLE OF CONTENTS i TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Visioneer OneTouch 8900 Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Getting the PaperPort Software User’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Adjusting Gamma, Saturation, and Color Hue . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Adjusting Output Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Saving a Custom Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 The Scan Info Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Zooming In and Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
WELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer OneTouch 8900 scanner. With your scanner, you can quickly scan paper documents and color photos to place their electronic images on your computer. WHAT’S IN THE BOX Before starting the installation, check the contents of the box to make sure that all parts are included. If any items are missing or damaged, contact the dealer where you purchased the scanner.
THE VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER THE VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER Document cover Document pad Glass Reference frame OneTouch button panel On/Off light On/Off switch Power jack TPA port USB port 2
3 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE Document cover. Close the document cover after placing items on the scanner glass. Document pad. Helps to secure the document in place on the scanner glass. Glass. Place items face down on top of the glass in the upper left corner. Reference frame. Place items face down within this frame. Markings on the border of the frame show where to align various paper sizes. OneTouch buttons panel.
WHAT YOU NEED 4 WHAT YOU NEED To use the OneTouch scanner and software, you need the following: ■ IBM PC (or 100-percent compatible) Pentium or equivalent ■ Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 2000, or Windows Me ■ One available Universal Serial Bus (USB) port ■ Available internal memory (RAM): ■ Windows 98—32 megabytes (MB) or more ■ Windows 2000 or Windows Me—64 megabytes (MB) or more ■ 70 MB of free hard disk space ■ A VGA or SVGA monitor.
5 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE Installing This section of the guide contains instructions for connecting your OneTouch 8900 scanner to a USB port. The PaperPort CD includes all the necessary installation files, as well as PaperPort software files and other software files. The CD also includes the PaperPort User’s Guide. You can read the guide from the CD, or print a copy directly from the CD.
STEP 2: CONNECTING THE SCANNER 3. Follow the instructions on the screen to install the PaperPort software on your computer. During installation, a message tells you to connect the scanner to the computer. 4. Follow the steps in the next section to connect the scanner. When you’re finished, click Finish in the dialog box above. 5. When a message asks if you want to restart your computer before using your scanner, select restart your computer and click OK.
7 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE To connect the OneTouch 8900 scanner to a USB port: 1. Plug one end of the USB cable into an available USB port. Some newer computers also have keyboards with USB ports. You can plug the scanner into the keyboard instead of the USB port on the computer. 2. Turn the scanner over to see the locking tab on the bottom. Slide the locking tab to the unlocked position.
STEP 2: CONNECTING THE SCANNER 8 3. Plug the other end of the USB cable into the scanner’s USB port. If the plug does not attach easily, make sure that you are plugging it in correctly. Do not force the plug into the connection. 4. Plug the power adapter cable into the power jack on the back of the scanner. 5. Plug the power adapter into an AC (wall) outlet. The following diagram shows the scanner connected to a computer.
9 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE 6. Turn on power to the scanner. The amber light comes on indicating the scanner is receiving power. Power On/Off switch Your computer recognizes that a scanner has been plugged into the USB port and automatically loads the appropriate software from the CD to run the scanner. When the software is finished loading, the Finish button on the dialog box on the computer screen becomes active. 7. Click the Finish button.
STEP 3: CHECKING OUT YOUR SCANNER 10 STEP 3: CHECKING OUT YOUR SCANNER The OneTouch scanner software adds the scanner icon to the Windows taskbar (at the bottom right corner of the computer screen). If the scanner is properly connected, the scanner icon looks like the one in this figure. Scanner Icon If the icon has a red X through it, the scanner is not properly connected. See the next section, “If the Scanner Is Not Properly Connected,” for the steps to fix the problem.
11 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE 4. Click OK to close the dialog box. That’s it. Your scanner is ready to scan. See “Scanning by Pressing the OneTouch Buttons” on page 14. Note: The scanning lamp under the scanner’s glass needs to warm up before you can scan. A status message lets you know when the lamp is ready. The lamp then remains ready so you don’t have to wait for it to warm up each time you want to scan.
STEP 3: CHECKING OUT YOUR SCANNER 12 Please see the Readme file in the PaperPort directory on your computer’s hard drive. The Readme file contains additional information that may help you diagnose problems connecting the scanner. To connect the scanner: 1. After checking for all the above problems, right-click the scanner icon with the red X over it. The shortcut menu appears. 2. Choose Connect from the shortcut menu. The software finds the scanner and makes the connection.
13 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE Scanning THREE WAYS TO SCAN You can scan items by pressing a OneTouch button, by clicking a button on the screen, or from the PaperPort software (or other Twain software). • Scan with the Scanner Buttons Press a button on the scanner’s front panel. • Scan from the Screen Click the scanner icon on the Windows taskbar. A panel representing the scanner buttons appears. Click a button on the panel on the screen.
SCANNING BY PRESSING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 14 SCANNING BY PRESSING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS Pressing a scanner button scans the item, and then sends the image either to the printer, or to a software application on your computer. To scan by pressing a button on the scanner: • Place an item to scan on the glass, face down, and press one of the scanner buttons. The scanner starts scanning the item. A message just above the Windows taskbar shows the status of the scanning.
15 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE SCANNING FROM THE BUTTON PANEL ON THE SCREEN Scanning from the button panel on the screen is just like pressing a scanner button, except you click the button on the screen. The scanner scans the item, and then sends the image either to the printer, or to a software application on your computer. This method of scanning is especially helpful if the scanner is not located close to your computer. To scan from the screen: 1.
ABOUT THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 16 ABOUT THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS The OneTouch buttons are preconfigured to scan items at various settings, and then send the scanned image to a preselected software application—called the Destination Application. You can change the settings for each button except the Stop/Cancel button. See “About the Configuration Dialog Box” on page 18. The following table lists the scanner’s preconfigured settings: Button Preconfigured Settings Scan Scans the item as an 8.
17 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE CONFIGURING THE SCANNER To configure the scanner, you display the Configuration dialog box and then select options for the scan buttons. You display the Configuration dialog box from either the shortcut menu or the Button Panel. To display the Configuration dialog box from the shortcut menu: 1. Right-click the scanner icon. Scanner icon The shortcut menu appears. 2. Choose Configure on the shortcut menu. The Configuration dialog box appears.
CONFIGURING THE SCANNER 18 ABOUT THE CONFIGURATION DIALOG BOX The Configuration dialog box shows the current settings for each scanner button. The tabs across the top of the dialog box correspond to the buttons. Clicking a tab shows the current settings for the corresponding button on the scanner. For example, the following figure shows the current settings for the Scan button because the Scan tab is selected.
19 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE Select Configuration—the list of the button’s scan configurations. The configuration settings include: color, black and white, or grayscale, resolution in dots per inch (dpi), page size, brightness, and contrast. To see the details about a configuration, click its icon in the list. Click the icon again to close the detailed information.
CONFIGURING THE SCANNER 20 GETTING HELP You can get help with the scanner’s features or any of the options on the Configuration dialog box using either of the following methods: ■ When the Configuration dialog box is displayed, press the F1 key on your keyboard. The help window appears. ■ Click the Help button at the top right corner of the Configuration dialog box. The pointer changes to a question mark. Click on the section of the dialog box with which you need help.
21 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE 3. Click a selection in the Select Configuration list to choose a new scan configuration for the selected scanner button. The configurations in the list are preset for the application you select in the application list. If you select another application, the configurations are for that application. If you want to select a configuration prior to scanning, click the option, Configure before Scan.
CONFIGURING THE SCANNER 22 ADJUSTING SCAN SETTINGS AND PAGE SETTINGS When scanning using a configuration that you created yourself, you can adjust that configuration’s scan settings and page settings. For example, if the scanned image is too dark, you can adjust the brightness of the scan setting. Note: You cannot change the scan settings or page settings for any of the predefined scan configurations. You can only adjust settings for scan configurations that you create yourself.
23 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE 3. Click the Edit button. The dialog box appears for adjusting the scanning settings of the selected configuration. 4. Adjust the scan settings that you want. Mode—Select Black/White to scan in black and white. For example, letters and memos are usually scanned in black and white. Select Grayscale to scan items such as documents containing drawings or black and white photographs. The scanning produces an image in varying shades of gray.
CONFIGURING THE SCANNER 24 5. Click the Page Settings tab to adjust the scan page settings. Page Size—Choose a page size from the drop-down list. The outlines on the picture represent the various page sizes. Clicking one of those outlines also selects it as the page size for the scan. If you select the Custom option from the drop-down list, boxes appear in place of the picture. Enter the horizontal and vertical page dimensions in the boxes.
25 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE Gamma—Drag the slider to improve how the colors in a scanned image look on your monitor. Gamma correction allows you to achieve precise color matching. Because the computer cannot always transmit the exact color information to the hardware, you may have to make some color adjustments using the Gamma feature. The default Gamma setting works fine in most cases and normally does not need to be adjusted. 6. Click OK. The Configuration dialog box reappears.
CONFIGURING THE SCANNER 26 The Preferences dialog box appears. The dialog box shows which button you selected for new preferences. The name of the button to receive new preferences If the Button tab on the Preferences dialog box is not selected, click it. Show All Destinations—Clicking this option automatically selects all the destination applications categories.
27 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE 3. Click the General tab to set preferences for the scanner.
CONFIGURING THE SCANNER 28 On System Standby/Shutdown—Select this option to turn off the lamp when you turn off your computer, or when the computer’s energy saver option automatically puts the computer into standby mode. Folder for Temporary Images—Click the Folder button and then select a folder for the scanner’s temporary images. During scanning, a temporary file contains scan information about the image.
29 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE SCANNING FROM THE PAPERPORT SOFTWARE Instead of using a scanner button, you can scan directly from the PaperPort software. This is particularly helpful when you’re using PaperPort to file and save your scanned items. Note: You can also scan directly with other software that meets the Twain standards for scanning, which includes many graphics and imaging applications available for your computer.
SCANNING FROM THE PAPERPORT SOFTWARE 30 SCANNING AN ITEM WITH THE TWAIN BUTTON The following steps explain how to scan an item using the Twain button in the PaperPort software. You can scan many types of items, from small business cards to A4-sized pages. Note: Your Visioneer OneTouch scanner is initially set to scan from the PaperPort software with the resolution of 100dpi. You can change the resolution, however scanning at a higher resolution creates a larger file size and takes longer to scan.
31 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE Click an icon to select a configuration—Color, Grey Scale, or Black&White. This example shows the Color/ Custom configuration is selected. Clicking the “+” sign in front of Custom shows Custom’s scan settings as a list. Click a setting in the list if you want to change it. The setting’s options appear on the right side of the Scan Manager where you can select new options if necessary.
SCANNING FROM THE PAPERPORT SOFTWARE 32 To scan manually: 1. On the Scan Manager, select a configuration for the scan. For example, select Color/Custom to scan a color item with the preset Custom scan settings. That configuration’s settings appear as a list. Click the “+” sign to see the full list of scan settings. Click the “-” (minus) sign to collapse the list. To see the settings for another configuration, click its configuration icon.
33 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE Thumbnail image Bitmap icon To scan automatically: 1. Click AutoScan. The scanner uses your preselected resolution setting for the configuration you selected. See “Setting Preferences” on page 48 to set the AutoScan settings. In addition, your OneTouch 8900 scanner has built-in image analysis capabilities that find the optimum combination of settings for the item you’re scanning.
SCANNING FROM THE PAPERPORT SOFTWARE 34 The autoscanned image appears as a thumbnail on the PaperPort Desktop. 2. Use the PaperPort software to work with the image. Please see the PaperPort Getting Started Guide and PaperPort User’s Guide on the CD for more information about using the PaperPort software. GETTING HELP WITH THE PAPERPORT SOFTWARE The PaperPort software includes a complete set of help topics that answer questions about each feature of the software.
35 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE ADJUSTING THE SETTINGS ON THE SCAN MANAGER You can adjust the scan settings on the Scan Manager to produce the best possible image. To adjust a setting: 1. Click a setting in the list of settings, or click its corresponding button on the right side of the Scan Manager.
ADJUSTING THE SETTINGS ON THE SCAN MANAGER 36 Click to close the settings panel Note: The information in the scan settings list and the options that you select on the various settings panels are interactive. That is, as you change the settings on the panel, the numbers in the list on the left also change. SAVING A NEW PROFILE If you adjust the scan settings you can save them as a profile for later use. To save a new profile: 1. Select a configuration on the Scan Manager, such as Color/Custom. 2.
37 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE 3. Click Save As. The Save Profile dialog box appears. 4. Type a name for the new profile. 5. Click OK. Your new profile is now listed as one of the configurations. Select it when you want to reuse its settings. ADJUSTING THE RESOLUTION AND SHARPNESS Resolution determines the amount of detail you can see in the scanned image. The resolution setting for the scan is in dots-per-inch (dpi).
ADJUSTING THE SETTINGS ON THE SCAN MANAGER 38 The following figure shows the resolution and sharpen options: To adjust the resolution and sharpness: 1. To use one of the preset resolutions for typical scanned items, click one of the options in the list. For example, to set the resolution for scanning a business card, select Business Card (OCR). That setting is sufficient for your optical character recognition (OCR) application to read the small print on a business card. 2.
39 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE 3. To adjust the sharpness, drag the Fidelity slider to the left to decrease the sharpness or to the right to increase the sharpness. You can also type a number directly into the sharpness setting box, or click the up and down arrows next to the box to increase or decrease the setting. 4. To limit or eliminate the amount of moire patterns, click Reduce Moire.
ADJUSTING THE SETTINGS ON THE SCAN MANAGER 40 To adjust the brightness and contrast: 1. Drag the Brightness slider to the left to make the item darker or to the right to make the item lighter. You can also type a number directly into the sharpness setting box, or click the up and down arrows next to the box to increase or decrease the setting. 2. Drag the Contrast slider to the left to decrease the contrast or to the right to increase the contrast.
41 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE ADJUSTING GAMMA, SATURATION, AND COLOR HUE If you’re using the Color Configuration to scan, you can adjust a group of color settings. Gamma controls the brightness of the midtones of the color, saturation is the strength or purity of a color, and hue is the color your eyes see as reflected from the image. These color settings are represented by a response curve.
ADJUSTING THE SETTINGS ON THE SCAN MANAGER 42 To adjust the color settings: 1. From the Channel drop-down menu, choose the individual color (Red, Green, or Blue) that you want to adjust, or choose All to adjust them together. 2. From the Edit Style drop-down menu, choose the type of color editing that you want to use: ■ Gamma—the response curve changes as you change the gamma setting; you can also change the saturation and hue settings.
43 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE ADJUSTING OUTPUT SIZE The item you’re scanning may not fill the scanner glass. In that case you can preview the item and use the Auto Trim option to automatically eliminate the unwanted sections of the image. You can also adjust the output size to scan only specific sections of an image.
ADJUSTING THE SETTINGS ON THE SCAN MANAGER 44 To Auto Trim an item: 1. Click Auto Trim. 2. Click Trim. The scanner senses the edges of the item on the glass and draws a dotted line around the image in the window. Check to make sure the dotted line encloses the image that you want. A new Scan Info box on the lower left portion of the Scan Manager shows the information for the autotrimmed area. 3. If the dotted line is not exactly where you want it, put the pointer on the line and drag the mouse.
45 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE 3. Put the pointer on the image and drag the mouse to enclose the section you want in the scanned image. As you drag the mouse, a dotted box appears on the image and the size settings change to reflect the new output size area. You can also type in the size settings boxes. ■ Width and Height—the measurements of the final image after it’s scanned; for example, if you plan to print the image on a typical piece of paper, the width and height are 8.
ADJUSTING THE SETTINGS ON THE SCAN MANAGER 46 Scan Info for the area selected on the image. The area you selected to scan. 4. If the dotted line is not exactly where you want it, put the pointer on the line and drag the mouse. To use the pointer to drag the line, make sure the pointer button is selected at the top of the window. 5. To rotate the selected area 90 degrees, click Rotate 90 Degrees. 6.
47 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE SAVING A CUSTOM SIZE If you have several items of the same size, such as a group of small photographs, you can create a custom size and reuse it whenever scanning those items. To save a custom size setting: 1. Click Add under the list of sizes. The Add Size dialog box appears. 2. Type a name and dimensions for the size. 3. Click OK. The new custom size is now listed in the box at the top of the panel.
ADJUSTING THE SETTINGS ON THE SCAN MANAGER 48 THE SCAN INFO BOX The following figure shows the information on the Scan Info box: Physical size of the image to scan. Location of the top left corner of the image in the Preview window. Current location of the pointer as you drag it on the Preview window. Size of the file of the scanned image Amount of space on your computer’s hard drive. ZOOMING IN AND OUT You enlarge or reduce the preview image by zooming in or out.
49 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE To set the Scan Manager preferences: 1. Click the Preferences button. The User Preferences dialog box appears. 2. Select the preferences you want: ■ Enable selection of color bitdepths...—your OneTouch 8900 scanner supports a tremendous range of colors (defined as 48-bit depth), but other devices (called the TWAIN clients), such as older cameras that you can use with the Scan Manager support only a 24-bit depth range of colors.
ADJUSTING THE SETTINGS ON THE SCAN MANAGER 50 ■ Show standard US paper sizes—select this option to set the paper sizes for standard US paper. ■ Units—select the measurement units for the ruler around the preview window. The x and y coordinates of the pointer position are relative to the units. ■ AutoScan Resolution—you can scan an item by clicking the AutoScan button on the Scan Manager.
51 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE The Help window appears and displays information about that feature. You can manually scroll through the help information. 3. To see more help topics, click the drop-down menu at the top of information. 4. Click the Help button again, or click Exit on the window to exit the help system. CLEANING THE SCANNER GLASS Scanning items that have excessive amounts of dirt or dust may dirty the scanner’s glass.
INSTALLATION TROUBLESHOOTING 52 INSTALLATION TROUBLESHOOTING After I installed PaperPort, I got a blue screen and a Profiling Display error message. Why is this happening? PaperPort installs a driver for scanning and printing. Sometimes a conflict occurs between the PaperPort driver and another driver you may have on your computer. To resolve the conflict, remove the PaperPort driver from your SYSTEM.INI file and restart your computer.
53 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8900 SCANNER SPECIFICATIONS Bit Depth Scanning resolution Maximum Item sizes Scanner dimensions Height Width Length Weight Operating temperature Relative humidity Power supply Input voltage/frequency Output voltage/watt Safety and agency certifications Hardware warranty 48-Bit color (internal), 16-Bit gray (internal), 1-Bit line art/text Optical resolution: 1200 X 4800 dpi 8.5 x 11.69 inches (21.6 x 29.7 cm) 4.0 inches (10.
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