DocuMate 252 scanner user’s guide
DocuMate 252 scanner user’s guide
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Table of Contents Table of Contents Welcome What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Xerox DocuMate 252 Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Documentation . . . . . . . . . .
Table of Contents Scanning from PaperPort Scanning from the Basic Interface or Advanced Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Scanning from the Basic Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Scanning from the Advanced Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Adjusting the Image with the Advanced Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Welcome Your new Xerox DocuMate 252 scanner can quickly scan singlesided or double-sided stacks of color and black-and-white documents and place their images on your computer. 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.
Welcome The Xerox DocuMate 252 Scanner Paper guide LED Number Destination Selector button Simplex button Duplex button Status light Output tray ADF cover release Power switch USB port Power jack Paper guide—Holds documents in place. Adjusts to fit the document width. LED Number—Shows the current scan setting for the Simplex and Duplex scanning buttons. A scan setting includes resolution, file type, brightness, color or black and white, destination, and so on.
Welcome What You Need An IBM-compatible PC with: • A CD-ROM drive • An available Universal Serial Bus (USB) port • A Pentium II or equivalent processor • Microsoft Windows operating system: 2000 (Service Pack 4), ME, or XP (Service Pack 1) • Available megabytes (MB) of internal memory (RAM): • • 128 MB for Windows 2000 or ME • 256 MB for Windows XP 200 MB minimum of free hard disk space A VGA Monitor Recommended settings for your monitor are as many colors as possible—High Color (16-bit), T
Installation Installation Installation is a quick, four-step process: 1. Assemble the scanner 2. Install the software 3. Connect and power on the scanner 4. Connect the USB cable to your computer Step 1: Assemble the Scanner To assemble the scanner: 1. Remove all shipping tape from the top and bottom of the scanner. 2. Carefully remove the protective foam from the ADF cover release, then press the release and open the automatic document feeder cover. ADF Cover Release 3.
Installation 4. Align the slots on the paper guide with the ridges on the scanner and slide it down until it snaps into place. 5. Insert the pins on each side of the output tray into the holes on the scanner. 6. Flip open the extension on the output tray so it is fully extended. 7. Proceed to “Step 2: Install the Software”.
Installation Step 2: Install the Software NOTE: The software is on the two CD’s you received with your scanner. Please be sure to install from Disc 1 first. To install the software: 1. Start Microsoft Windows and make sure no other applications are running. 2. Insert Disc 1 into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. The CD automatically starts. NOTE: If the CD does not start, check the following: • Make sure you have inserted Disc 1. • Make sure the CD drive’s door is completely shut.
Installation 4. Click in the boxes for Scansoft PaperPort, Scanner Driver, and OmniPage Pro 12. NOTE: The OmniPage Pro 12 software is required for installation. It provides extensive Optical Character Recognition (OCR) capabilities to your scanner as well as a special format for searchable PDF files (known as sPDF). If you want to also install the other software, click their boxes as well. 5. Click Install Now. 6. On the PaperPort 9.0 Welcome window, click Next. Installing PaperPort 9.
Installation 12. If a message window opens instructing you to restart your computer, click Restart. 13. At the Installshield Wizard Completed window, click Finish. 14. On the Welcome to the OneTouch 4.0 Setup Wizard window, click Next. 15. On the Xerox License Agreement window, read the license agreement. If you accept the terms, select I Agree, and click Next. 16. On the Confirm Installation window, click Next. 17. When you see the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window, STOP.
Installation Step 3: Connect and Power On the Scanner Connect the power supply and power cord, and then turn the power on. To connect your DocuMate 252 scanner: 1. Plug the power supply into the power port on the scanner. NOTE: Only use the power supply (SA60-24 made by SinoAmerican) included with your scanner. Connecting any other type of power supply may damage your scanner and will void its warranty. 2. Plug the power cord into the power supply and into a wall outlet. 3.
Installation Step 4: Connect the USB Cable The DocuMate 252 scanner connects to any available USB port. Check your computer’s manual for USB port locations. NOTE: You can connect the scanner to your computer while the computer is running. You do not have to shut down your computer. 1. Plug the USB cable into the USB port on the scanner and then into a USB port on the computer. The ports are identified with the USB symbols.
Installation Your computer recognizes that a scanner has been plugged into the USB port and automatically loads the appropriate software to run the scanner. 2. When the software is finished loading, return to the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window and click OK to complete the installation process. You can also click More to see a quick overview about accessing and navigating the OneTouch Button Panel. When you’re finished reading the additional information, click OK.
Installation Register Your Scanner Registering your scanner is very important because it provides you with access to our free telephone support service. Registration also gives you free access to software updates for your scanner. To register your scanner: 1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows System Tray (at the bottom right corner of the screen). The OneTouch Icon 2. Choose Check for Online Updates from the pop-up menu. 3.
Scanning Scanning When you press either the Simplex or Duplex button, your document is scanned using the scan settings indicated by the LED number. The scanned image is then sent to a software application (known as the Destination Application) on your computer. Load and Scan Documents 1. Make sure the output tray is fully extended, and adjust the paper guide for the width of paper. NOTE: Remove any staples or paper clips from the documents before loading them into the automatic document feeder.
Scanning 3. Check the LED number to make sure you’re using the scan setting you want. To choose a new scan setting, press the Destination Selector button. The current scan setting. See “Check the Scan Setting Before Scanning” on page 15 to check the settings. Press the Destination Selector to cycle through the scan settings to select the one you want. 4. To scan a one-sided document, press the Simplex button. To scan a two-sided document, press the Duplex button.
Scanning Check the Scan Setting Before Scanning 1. To check the scan setting before scanning, press, hold down, and then release, either the Simplex or Duplex button. Press, hold down, and then release either button to see the setting for the selected LED number. The OneTouch Button Panel appears with the description of the selected setting. This sample shows the current description of setting 6. This number corresponds to the LED on the scanner.
Scanning Scan from the OneTouch Button Panel You can scan from the OneTouch Button Panel on the screen. 1. Adjust the paper guide for the width of paper and load the documents with their tops into the automatic document feeder. For Simplex (one-sided) scans, load the documents face down. For Duplex (two-sided) scans, the documents can be face up or down because both sides are scanned. 2. Now click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows System Tray (at the bottom right corner of the screen).
Scanning Using the OneTouch Button Panel The OneTouch Button Panel is also your on-screen set of controls for the scanner. The OneTouch Button Panel shows information about the scanner and its settings. 1. To open the OneTouch Button Panel, click the OneTouch icon. It is located in the Windows System Tray at the bottom right corner of the screen. The OneTouch Button Panel opens at its Button View, which shows the on-screen scanning buttons. The Button View 2.
Scanning 5. To navigate through the panel’s three views, click the green arrows at the top of the panel. Click these arrows to navigate through the panel’s three views. The Button View The Hardware View The Detail View • The Button View is your main scanner control panel. Use it to scan or to see all nine buttons. • The Detail View shows the current scan settings for a button. • The Hardware View shows the current scanners connected to your computer.
Scanning The Initial OneTouch Settings on Your Scanner When you receive your scanner, its settings are preconfigured to scan items for various basic tasks, such as email or fax, and then send the scanned image to an appropriate, preselected Destination Application. The following table shows these factorydefault settings. You can change any of these settings. Name Destination Application 1 Scan PaperPort Black&White @ 200dpi Duplex 8.
Scanning Configuring the OneTouch Buttons Each OneTouch button configuration consists of a Destination Application, a Scan Configuration, and a Document Format. The OneTouch Properties window is where you select these three elements for a button. To open the OneTouch Properties window: 1. Click the OneTouch icon. It is located in the Windows System Tray at the bottom right corner of the screen. 2. Right-click a button on the OneTouch Button Panel.
Scanning NOTE: Some of the options on the OneTouch Properties Window (and other OneTouch windows and dialog boxes) are “grayed out” and are not available. Grayed out options are not appropriate for your DocuMate 252 scanner. For example, on the figure below, the option “Use Document Feeder” is selected and “grayed out” because the DocuMate 252 is an ADF scanner and always uses the document feeder, so there’s no reason for you to select it.
Scanning Select Configuration—the list of available scan configurations for the selected button. The configuration settings include: scanning mode, resolution (dpi), page size, brightness, color saturation, hue, and gamma. To see a selected scan configuration’s settings, click its icon. Click the icon again to close the detailed information. Click the icon of a selected configuration to view its settings. The icons next to each scan configuration indicate the scanning mode.
Scanning Selecting New Settings for a Button For each of the nine OneTouch buttons, you can select a new Destination Application, Scan Configuration, and Document Format. Click these arrows to see the properties for the button whose settings you want to change. Select a format for the scanned image Select a software application as the destination to send scanned documents. Select a configuration for scanning the item. To select new settings for the Scanner Button: 1.
Scanning To scan in color, select one of the configurations indicated by the small color icon, such as the Color Document configuration. The scan configuration list is preset for the application you select in the Select Destination list. If you select a different application, the configurations are for that application. However, you can create your own scan configurations as well. 4. Select a Format and Page(s) option. The available options apply to the Destination Application you select.
Scanning PaperPort Properties These properties apply to PaperPort, and are for designating the folder to receive your scanned items. 1. Select the PaperPort folder where you want the file of the scanned image to be located. 2. Click OK. 3. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window. When PaperPort opens after you finish scanning, the thumbnails of your scanned documents are on the Desktop in that folder.
Scanning Text Documents Properties These properties apply to Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe Reader, and the other applications indicated by their icons in the list. The properties apply to the OCR settings for the applications. 1. Click in the OCR settings boxes for the options you want. The options will apply to all the applications in the group. Always send a file, even when no text was found—The scanned file is sent to the OCR reader even if the image does not appear to contain text.
Scanning 2. To add another application to the list, click the Add Application button. The Add Text Based Link dialog box appears. 3. Click Browse to find the application you want to add to the list. 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. 4. Select the icon in Step 3.
Scanning Image Documents Properties These properties apply to ScanSoft OmniPage Pro 12 that you received with your scanner, plus Microsoft Paint and other image processing applications. 1. Click in the OCR settings boxes for the options you want. The options will apply to all the applications in the group. Convert Bitmaps using Screen resolution—Use this option to ensure that an image will fit on the computer’s screen.
Scanning Storage Properties These properties apply to the Destination Application named Transfer to Storage. If you have a CD burner attached to your computer, you also use this dialog box to start the Burn to CD process. NOTE: If you do not have a CD burner attached to your computer, the CD options are not shown on the dialog box. 1. Click the Storage Layout options you want. All documents are in the root—The scanned documents are saved in the root of the folder specified in the Storage Location.
Scanning EMail Properties These properties apply to email applications so you can specify the folder for documents that you will attach to an email message. Microsoft Outlook and AOL Version 9 accept direct attachment of documents to a blank email message as soon as scanning is finished, but other email applications do not. If you’re using one of those applications, you need to know which folder contains the scanned documents so you can manually attach them to your email messages. 1.
Scanning 5. Select the options for color document handling. Convert Bitmaps using Screen resolution—Use this option to ensure that an image will fit on the computer’s screen. When a computer screen is set to a lower resolution, bitmap images with a higher resolution may be too big to fit on the screen. Converting the bitmap image to match the screen resolution ensures that the image fits on the screen.
Scanning Because JPG image files can be reduced in size, the JPG format is often used for images on web pages, or if file size might be a problem when electronically sending the files. JPG files are reduced in size by lowering their image quality, and you can select the degree of quality for your scanned images from the JPG page format icon. The PDF format is often used to create images of text pages.
Scanning Select a text format for documents with text or numbers, such as a business letter, report, or spreadsheet. The text format icon has several file formats available, depending on the Destination Application you select. The specific file format is the file name extension on the text format icon. The specific text format; this example is for Microsoft Word format (.doc).
Scanning Rich Text Format—The .rtf file format. Text that retains formatting when converted. Available with Microsoft Wordpad and Word. Word Document—The .doc file format used by Microsoft Word. Comma Delimited—The .csv file format; used for database or spreadsheet data with fields separated by commas. When the document is converted into editable text by the OCR software, the fields are maintained so you can copy and paste them to a database or spreadsheet application. Excel Spreadsheet—The .
Scanning 3. Select the name’s text and type a new name. Click the arrows to get to the button to rename, then select the name text. Type a new name for the button. 4. Click OK or Apply. The button is now renamed. Selecting Options for a Button The OneTouch Options determine the types of Destination Applications available for a button, as well as the location of the files of your scanned items. To select options: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window and click the Options tab. Options tab 2.
Scanning 3. Select button options as described below. Show All Destinations—This option selects all the Destination Application categories. The list of Destination Applications available for the selected button will include all the applications on your computer that fall into these categories. This is the default selection for Button 8. The list also includes printers and other devices connected to your computer so, for example, you can scan an item and have it printed immediately.
Scanning 4. After selecting a new type of Destination Applications, click the Multi Function tab to see which ones are added to the list. Show Progress Window—Select this option to display the progress window of the document(s) during scanning. Create copies of scanned documents—Select this option if you want a copy of your scanned documents to be saved in the folder specified in the Folder Copy Options section.
Scanning Note the lock icon on the preset configurations. Although you can unlock and edit the preset configurations, we recommend that you leave them locked, and only add new configurations. That way, you will always have the original factory-set configurations available. To create a new configuration: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window and make sure the Multi Function tab is selected. 2.
Scanning 5. Select scan settings for the new scan configuration. Mode—Select a scanning mode: • Black&White to scan in black and white. For example, letters and memos are usually scanned in black and white. This scan mode produces the smallest file size. • GrayScale to scan items such as documents containing drawings or black and white photographs. The scanning produces an image of up to 256 shades of gray. • Color to scan color photographs and other color items.
Scanning Size—Click Standard, click the menu arrow and choose a page size from the list, or click Custom and enter the horizontal and vertical page dimensions in the boxes. The maximum size is 8.5" by 14". The units of measurement can be inches or centimeters. Click the name of the units, inches or centimeters, to toggle between them. Improvements and Settings—Only the options that apply to the selected Destination Application are available.
Scanning • Color Filter—Color filter is the ability of your scanner to automatically remove a color from a scanned item. For example, if you are scanning a letter with a red watermark, you can choose to filter out the red so the scanned letter just shows the text and not the red watermark. Color filter applies to Black&White or Grayscale Mode. The original with a red watermark over black text. The scanned item with the red filtered out. 8. Click the Advanced tab.
Scanning The Device Settings Tab A Device Settings tab appears on the Scan Configurations dialog box when your selected Destination Application sends the scanned image to a printer, fax application, or other device. You use the options on the Device Settings tab to select settings for the device. 1. Click on the Device Settings tab. Fit to page, reduce image if necessary—If the scanned image is too big to be printed or faxed on a single page, the image will automatically be reduced to fit the page.
Scanning Editing or Deleting Scan Configurations To edit or delete a scan configuration: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2. Select the scan configuration you want to edit or delete. The selection must be an unlocked configuration. 3. To delete the configuration, click the Delete button. 4. To edit the configuration, click the Edit button. The Scan Configuration Properties dialog box opens for that configuration. 5. Edit the settings and click OK. 6. Click OK to close the dialog box.
Scanning 3. Select the scan configuration Configure Before Scan. Click the arrows to select the button. Select Configure Before Scan. Right-click on Configure Before Scan to get the menu, and choose the interface to use for configuring. 4. Right-click on Configure Before Scan and choose an interface to use for configuring before scanning. Twain—The Basic Interface or Advanced Interface appears for you to configure the scanning. See “Scanning from the Basic Interface or Advanced Interface” on page 63.
Scanning You must have installed the OmniPage Pro 12 software on your computer in order to use OCR with the OneTouch software and your DocuMate 252 scanner. OneTouch and OmniPage Pro 12 work together to combine scanning with OCR processing into one integrated step. OmniPage Pro 12 is on the Disc 2 CD that you received with your scanner in case you haven’t installed it yet.
Scanning Selecting OCR Options The OCR Options are only available if you have installed OmniPage Pro 12 on our computer. NOTE: OCR options apply globally to all the OneTouch buttons that perform OCR. For example, if Button 6 and Button 8 both have OCR configurations, and you change the OCR options for Button 6, those changes also apply to Button 8. To select OCR options: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2.
Scanning 6. Choose the options you want from the OCR window. Languages in Document—Select the language(s) in the documents to be scanned. These are the languages that will be recognized during the OCR process. For faster and more reliable language recognition, select only the languages in the document. The languages at the top of the list are your recent choices. Below that the languages are in alphabetical order. Type a letter to jump to one of the languages in the list.
Scanning Font Matching—Your computer system usually has a number of fonts available for the OCR process to use to recognize text. However, not all of the fonts may be selected for the OCR process. Using Font Matching you can select the fonts on your computer that match the fonts in your documents. Click the Font Matching button to see the Font Matching dialog box. The list on the left are the fonts available on your computer system.
Scanning When bringing in a new image—Click the menu arrow and select where you want new pages added to your current document. The choices are After last page, After current page, Before current page, and Before first page. Automatically prompt for more pages—Select this option if the document is too big to fit into the scanner’s paper guide.
Scanning Automatic—Choose this option to let the OCR process determine the layout of the pages. It is the fastest type of format processing. Typically you select this option when the document has different or unknown types of layouts, pages with multiple columns and a table, or pages containing more than one table. The OCR process will then determine if text is in columns, an item is a graphic or text, and tables are present.
Scanning True Page (TP)—This output format keeps the original layout of the pages, including columns. This is done with text, picture and table boxes and frames. True page is offered only for target applications capable of handling the formatting. True Page formatting is the only choice for XML export and for all PDF export, except to the file type “PDF Edited”. 9. When you’re finished selecting the OCR options, click OK on the Options window.
Scanning 7. Now scan with that button and the scanned document will be in the sPDF format. 8. To search for the text, open Adobe Acrobat Reader or Adobe Acrobat. 9. From the Adobe Acrobat File menu choose Open, and open the file you just scanned. 10. From the Adobe Acrobat Edit menu choose Find. 11. The Find dialog box appears. 12. Enter the text you want to find, and click the Find button. See the Adobe Acrobat user manual for more about finding text in a pdf file.
Scanning 3. Select Still Image Client as the Destination Application. Note that you cannot choose a page format for this option because the actual destination application is not selected until after the scanner feeds in the first page of your document. 4. Choose a Scan Configuration. 5. Click Apply or OK. 6. Start scanning using the button you selected for event forwarding. A dialog box appears for you to select the application to use for scanning. 7. Select the application in the box and click OK.
Scanning Scan and Burn to a CD If you have a CD burner attached to your computer, you can scan directly from your DocuMate 252 scanner onto a CD. This feature is available only on computers running Windows XP. To scan and burn to a CD: 1. Put a blank CD into your computer’s CD Drive. 2. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 3. Using the arrows, choose a button to use for scanning and burning to a CD. 4. Select Burn to CD as the Destination Application.
Scanning 8. On the OneTouch window, make sure that the Burn to CD Destination Application is still selected and click the Properties button. The OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window appears, 9. Click the Burn to CD button.
Scanning 4. Choose HTML as the Page Format. Choose HTML 5. Choose a Scan Configuration. 6. Click Apply or OK. 7. Now on the OneTouch Button Panel, click Button 6 (or if you used another button, click it). When scanning is finished, the document is first converted to editable text using the OCR process, and then is converted into an HTML format. Microsoft Internet Explorer then opens showing your converted page. 8.
Scanning If you want to see what the page will look like on your web site, click on it. 9. You can now use Microsoft Internet Explorer or other application to post the document to your web page as you would any other HTML page. Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage With the Transfer to Storage scanning process, you can scan documents and save them in a folder in one step. The process is ideal for archiving documents without having to manually save or process them in any other way.
Scanning 2. To scan from the OneTouch Button Panel, click the OneTouch icon in the Windows system Tray, click the arrows to see Button 7, then click Button 7. Click the arrows until Button 7 is on the panel, then click Button 7. Your scanned pages are stored in the location that you specified on the OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window. Your scanned documents will be stored at this location.
Scanning 4. Right-click on the text format icon and choose the file format for the scanned documents. 5. Choose a Scan Configuration. 6. Click Apply or OK. 7. Now start scanning using Button 7 (or other button you set up for archiving). When scanning is finished, the documents are saved in the text file format and in the location you specified.
Scanning Checking the Hardware and Setting the Lamp Power Saving 1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon and choose Show Hardware from the pop-up menu. You can also click the scanner icon at the top of the OneTouch Button Panel. The Hardware icon If the Hardware View of the panel is open you can also rightclick on the DM252 icon. The Hardware Properties dialog box appears and shows information about your Xerox 252 DocuMate scanner.
Scanning 2. Click the Properties button. Your scanner has a built-in power saving feature that is set to power down after 15 minutes of idle time. You can change the time before the scanner powers down, from 10 minutes to a maximum of 10 hours. 3. Click the arrows for the Lamp timeout setting and choose a time setting. To turn the lamp on and off manually without turning off power to the scanner, click the Lamp On or Lamp Off buttons. To return the scanner to its factory settings, click Reset Device. 4.
Scanning from PaperPort Scanning from PaperPort Instead of using the scanner buttons or the OneTouch Button Panel to scan, you can scan from PaperPort. You scan from PaperPort using the Basic Interface or Advanced Interface, or the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA). See “Scanning with the Windows Image Acquisition” on page 80 to scan using the Windows Image Acquisition. The Basic Interface and Advanced Interface use the TWAIN standard for scanning.
Scanning from PaperPort Scanning from the Basic Interface or Advanced Interface The instructions in this section are for scanning from the PaperPort Desktop using the Basic Interface or Advanced Interface. To scan an item from PaperPort: 1. Start ScanSoft PaperPort 9.0. The PaperPort Desktop opens. Scan icon Folders Pane 2. Click the Scan icon on the PaperPort command bar. The Folders pane (which shows folders for organizing your scanned images) is replaced by the Scan pane.
Scanning from PaperPort 3. From the Scanner list, choose Xerox DocuMate 252. 4. In the “Scan what?” section, choose to scan a Document or Photograph. If you want to change the format of the scanned item’s file name or file type before you start scanning, click Settings. The default file type for documents is .pdf and the default for photographs is .jpg. 5.
Scanning from PaperPort To select Settings: 1. Click Settings on the Scan Pane before clicking the Scan button. The Settings dialog box appears. Click the Output tab to see setting options. When the Scan tab is selected, as shown above, the dialog box shows information about the scan. 2. Click the Output tab. The Settings dialog box now has options for setting the name of scanned items, and their file type.
Scanning from PaperPort To name each item by the date when it is scanned, click the menu arrow and choose one of the date formats, such as March 4, 2001. From then on each scanned item is named on the date when it is scanned, and numbered sequentially, May 23, 2003 (1), May 23, 2003 (2), and so on. • File type—click the menu arrow and choose the file type for your scanned items, such as .jpg, .pdf, or .bmp. Your scanned items are then converted to that file type and placed on the PaperPort Desktop.
Scanning from PaperPort Scanning from the Basic Interface The Basic Interface can scan a preview of the image so you can adjust its appearance before scanning the final image. After adjusting the appearance, you click the Scan button on the Basic Interface (not on the scanner) to scan the item. Click the Advanced Interface button if you would rather scan with the Advanced Interface. 1. From the Scan Type menu, choose the option to scan Simplex (one-sided) or Duplex (two-sided). 2.
Scanning from PaperPort 5. To preview the item with the new settings, place the document into the ADF again and click the Preview button again on the Basic Interface. 6. When you are satisfied with the preview image, place the document into the ADF again and click Scan. 7. If the Single page items check box is selected on the PaperPort desktop, the item appears as a thumbnail on the desktop.
Scanning from PaperPort The Single Page Items Check Box The Single page items check box (on the PaperPort Desktop Scan Pane) provides the option to add additional items to a scanning job. If the check box is selected, scanned items immediately appear on the PaperPort desktop. If the check box is not selected (this is the default), the following message box appears when you close the Basic Interface.
Scanning from PaperPort Scanning from the Advanced Interface The Advanced Interface has more options for scanning. 1. Open the Basic Interface as described in the section “To scan an item from PaperPort:” on page 63. 2. Click the Advanced Interface button on the Basic Interface. The Advanced Interface appears. Choose Simplex (one-sided) or Duplex (two-sided) from this menu. Click an icon to select a configuration—Color, Grey Scale, or Black&White.
Scanning from PaperPort • GrayScale scans the image using up to 256 true shades of gray. Use this setting to scan black and white photographs and other higher quality black and white images. You can also scan a color photo with this setting to turn its colors into gray shades. The file size is about one third the size of a color scan. • Color scans the image in full color. Use this setting to scan color photographs and other color images. The file size is the largest of the image type options. 5.
Scanning from PaperPort To Cancel scanning while it’s in progress, click the Cancel button on the progress window. 10. If the Single page items check box is selected on the PaperPort desktop, the item appears as a thumbnail on the desktop. If the Single page items check box is not selected, thumbnails do not appear until you indicate the scanning job is finished. See “The Single Page Items Check Box” on page 69. 11. Use the PaperPort software to work with the image.
Scanning from PaperPort NOTE: The list of scan settings for a configuration applies only to that type of configuration. For example, the Black&White Configuration does not have a setting for adjusting the Color Hue. The following figure shows an example of the Advanced Interface if you click the Resolution setting in the list, or click the Resolution button.
Scanning from PaperPort The following figure shows the resolution options. NOTE: The location of various buttons on the panels may be slightly different on your Advanced Interface window. The appearance of the window depends on your monitor’s screen resolution. To adjust the resolution: 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.
Scanning from PaperPort Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast Sometimes an item is scanned with the brightness and contrast set to be too light or too dark. For example, a note written with a light pencil may need to be scanned darker to improve legibility. The following figure shows the brightness and contrast options. Contrast is only available for Color and Gray Scale configurations. To adjust the brightness and contrast: 1.
Scanning from PaperPort 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 color midtones, saturation is the strength or purity of a color, and hue is the color your eyes see as reflected from the image. The following figure shows the color options. To adjust the color settings: 1.
Scanning from PaperPort The following figure shows the input size options. To set the image size: 1. Select the image size from the menu. The dotted outline shows the selected area in the image. The following figure shows an example of a manually selected area. This is the image that appears on the PaperPort desktop when scanning is finished. The Scan Info box shows the size and position of the area. The selected scan area.
Scanning from PaperPort You can now move or resize the outline to select the specific area you want to scan. 2. To move the dotted outline, put the pointer in the selected area and drag the mouse. 3. To resize the selected area, put the pointer on a dotted line and drag it. Note that as you drag a dotted line, the menu selection for the image size changes to Custom to indicate you are customizing the size.
Scanning from PaperPort 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 The space on your computer’s hard drive Creating a New Advanced Interface Profile You cannot change the settings of the preset profiles in the Advanced Interface.
Scanning from PaperPort Scanning with the Windows Image Acquisition Microsoft Windows includes its own set of options for acquiring images from scanners, digital cameras, and other digital devices. Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) options as described below. NOTE: Scanning with the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) is only available if your computer is running Windows XP. To scan an item: 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to All Programs, point to ScanSoft PaperPort 9.0, and then click PaperPort.
Scanning from PaperPort • When the check box is not selected, all pages in the document feeder are scanned, but not placed on the PaperPort desktop until you indicate the scanning job is finished. 7. Click the Scan button in the Scan pane. The scan window opens. Use this window to select scanning options and start the scanner. 8. Click the button most appropriate for the item you’re scanning. 9. Select a paper size from the Page Size list. 10. Click Preview to preview the image before scanning.
Scanning from PaperPort 13. If the Single page items check box is not selected, thumbnails do not appear until you indicate the scanning job is finished. 14. On the PaperPort - Scan message box, click Done. NOTE: Refer to “The Single Page Items Check Box” on page 69. Fine Tuning Your Scans You can select new settings before you scan an item to fine tune exactly how you want to scan a particular item. To select the scanner settings before you scan: 1.
Scanning from PaperPort 2. Select the options for scanning. Brightness and Contrast—Drag the sliders to the right or left to adjust the brightness and contrast of the scanned image. The Contrast setting does not apply to the setting Black and White picture or text. Resolution (DPI)—Click the menu arrow and choose the dots per inch (dpi) of the resolution. The maximum resolution is 600 dpi; the minimum is 50 dpi. The higher the dpi setting, the sharper and clearer the scanned image.
Scanning from PaperPort Scanning with the ISIS Interface The ISIS interface for scanning appears when you scan with a button that has Configure Before Scan set as the Configuration, and ISIS selected as the interface to use. NOTE: You can also use the ISIS interface from other ISIScompliant applications, such as QuickScan 3.0 that you received with your scanner. The QuickScan 3.0 software is on the Disc 1 CD.
Scanning from PaperPort When you press the button to scan, the OneTouch ISIS Scan window opens. Use this window to select scanning options and start the scanner. Click a button to choose the type of scan. Click Define to change the scan settings for the selected button. Click Preview One to see what the first scanned page looks like so you’ll know which scan settings to adjust. Click Scan All when you’re ready to scan all the pages.
Scanning from PaperPort Adjusting the ISIS Scan Settings You can adjust the scan settings for the selected type of scan. NOTE: Some of the options for the ISIS scan settings are “grayed out” and are not available. Grayed out options are not appropriate for your DocuMate 252 scanner. If you use the ISIS interface with other Xerox scanners, grayed out options become active, if appropriate. To adjust the Color Document, GrayScale, or Text Document settings: 1.
Scanning from PaperPort To adjust the Custom Document settings: 1. Click the Custom Document button and click the Define button. The dialog box for Custom settings appears. Mode—Click the arrow and choose a scan mode. Black and White—The scanning pixels are all the same size and are either black or white. Use this setting for letters, memos, pen and ink drawings, and other black and white material. This setting produces the smallest file size for scanned items.
Scanning from PaperPort Page Size—Click the menu arrow and choose a page size. Your DocuMate 252 scanner can scan a page up to 8.5" by 14". Brightness—Drag the sliders or click the arrows to the right or left to adjust the brightness in small increments. Click the buttons Darken, Normal, or Lighten to move the slide in larger steps. Contrast—Drag the sliders or click the arrows to the right or left to adjust the contrast. Contrast is set automatically for Black and White. 2.
Maintenance Maintenance This section contains information on maintenance, troubleshooting, uninstalling, scanner specifications, and spare parts. Cleaning the Automatic Document Feeder You may need to clean the ADF feed mechanism if your documents do not feed easily into the ADF, or several feed in at the same time. To clean the ADF: 1. Wet a cotton swab with some isopropyl alcohol (95%). 2. Press the ADF cover release on the top left of the scanner body to open the automatic document feeder cover. 3.
Maintenance Clearing Paper Jams If your scanner stops scanning due to a paper jam in the Automatic Document Feeder, a warning dialog box opens after a few moments. To clear a paper jam: 1. Press the ADF cover release on the top-left of the scanner body to open the automatic document feeder cover. 2. Remove the jammed paper and close the cover. To reduce the number of paper jams, smooth and straighten the paper before scanning and adjust the guides to the paper size.
Maintenance Replacing the ADF Pad Assembly The ADF pad spring may wear out and is designed to be a userreplaceable part. Problems with documents feeding into the ADF is an indication that the pad spring may be wearing out. See the “Xerox DocuMate 252 Scanner Parts List” on page 98 for ordering information. To replace the ADF Pad assembly: 1. Press the ADF cover release on the top left of the scanner body to open the automatic document feeder cover. 2.
Maintenance Troubleshooting In addition to the troubleshooting information contained in this section, please see the Readme file on your installation CD. The Readme file contains additional information that may help you diagnose problems with the scanner. If you try the troubleshooting procedures described in this section and in the Readme file, and the scanner still has problems, you may have a malfunctioning scanner. Refer to the technical support card that you received with your scanner.
Maintenance Problem: I got the error message: PaperPort cannot allocate enough memory to perform internal critical operations. What do I do? Close any other active applications so that additional memory is available. If you click Continue, PaperPort moves the file to the PaperPort data directory and renames the file with the prefix “bad”. This allows you to recover the file later. To recover the file, you can import it into PaperPort by using the Import command in the File menu.
Maintenance Error Code 94 Problem Description Solution 0 Scanner is not connected to the computer. (The LED does not flash “E” and the status light remains green.) A cable may be loose. Check that the scanner’s cables are correctly attached to the computer. If the scanner still does not connect, re-boot the computer. 1 The scanning hardware in the body of the scanner has malfunctioned. Re-boot your computer. If the problem persists, contact Xerox Technical Support.
Maintenance Uninstalling Your Scanner To uninstall the DocuMate 252 scanner, remove the scanner software first, and then remove PaperPort, or other scanner software. Step 1: Uninstalling the Scanner and DocuMate Software 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click the Scanner/Cameras icon. • For Windows 2000, click the Devices tab, select the XEROX DocuMate 252 scanner, and click the Remove button to remove the scanner from the list. Click OK.
Maintenance Step 2: Uninstalling the PaperPort Software To uninstall PaperPort 9.0 from Windows ME: 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. 3. On the Add/Remove Programs Properties window, select the Install/Uninstall tab. 4. Select PaperPort 9.0 and click Remove. 5. On the Welcome window, click Next. 6. On the Program Maintenance window, select the Remove option, and then click Next. 7.
Maintenance Xerox DocuMate 252 Scanner Specifications Optical resolution Bit depth Maximum item size Minimum item size Scan method ADF specifications Scanning Speed Capacity Paper Thickness Light source Interface Scanner dimensions Height Width Length Weight Operating temperature Relative humidity Power adaptor Power consumption Safety and agency certifications DocuMate 252 Scanner User’s Guide 600 x 1200 dpi 48-bit color (internal) 8.5” x 14” 3.
Maintenance Xerox DocuMate 252 Scanner Parts List Please use the following part names and numbers when ordering replacements for your scanner.
Appendix A Notices It’s Illegal in the USA Congress, by statute, has forbidden the reproduction of the following subjects under certain circumstances. Penalties of fine or imprisonment may be imposed on those guilty of making such reproductions. 1.
4. Copyrighted material, unless permission of the copyright owner has been obtained or the reproduction falls within the “fair use” or library reproduction rights provisions of the copyright law. Further information of these provisions may be obtained from the Copyright Office, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20559. Ask for Circular R21. 5. Certificates of Citizenship or Naturalization. (Foreign Naturalization Certificates may be photographed.) 6. Passports. (Foreign Passports may be photographed.) 7.
5. Proclamations, orders, regulations or appointments, or notices thereof (with intent to falsely cause same to purport to have been printed by the Queen’s Printer for Canada, or the equivalent printer for a province). 6.
This equipment has been certified to comply with the limits for a class B computing device, pursuant to FCC Rules. In order to maintain compliance with FCC regulations, shielded cables must be used with this equipment. Operation with non-approved equipment or unshielded cables is likely to result in interference to radio and TV reception. The user is cautioned that changes and modifications made to the equipment without the approval of manufacturer could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.
Index Numerics 24-Bit Color 87 256-Level Gray 87 A ADF cleaning 89 ADF pad assembly replace 91 Advanced Interface 63, 70 adjust settings 72 new profile 79 profile 79 Advanced Properties 82 AOL Version 9 30 Archive button 57 aspect ratio 42 AutoRotate image 42 B background color 49 Basic Interface 67 bit depth 97 Black&White 39, 70, 87 blurred image 74 BMP 31 Brightness 39, 83, 86 brightness 39, 75 brightness slider 39 Burn CD button 29 Burn to CD 29, 54 Destination Application 55 button options 35 button
Index G O gamma 41, 76 grayed out options 21, 86 GrayScale 39, 71 GrayScale Document button 86 OCR 7, 32 columns 50 optical character recognition 44 storage 58 tables 50 OCR button 45 OCR Dictionary 47 OCR Options 46 OmniPage Pro 12 7, 28, 34, 45 on/off switch 9 OneTouch Button Panel 15, 16, 58 Button View 17 Detail View 18 Hardware View 18 initial settings 19 names 18, 34 OCR 45 OneTouch icon 16, 17, 20 OneTouch ISIS Scan window 85 OneTouch Properties window 15, 20, 24 options 35, 38 optical character
Index S saturation 41, 76 scan file name 68 from PaperPort 62 multiple pages 68 PaperPort desktop 68 Scan Configuration 20 scan file name 65 Scan Info box 79 scan info box 79 scan with event forwarding 52 scanner components 2 connecting 9 troubleshooting 92 uninstall 95 Searchable PDF 34 searchable PDF 51 Select Configuration 22, 23 Select Destination 21, 23 Select Destinations 36 Select Format and Page(s) 22 Settings on the Scan Pane 65 setup 4 Show All Destinations 36 Show Hardware 60 Simple Text 33 simp
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