Visioneer OneTouch 8600, Installation Manual

Page 1: ...Visioneer OneTouch 8600 Scanner FOR USB OR PARALLEL PORT CONNECTION Installation Guide...

Page 2: ...YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY CONCERNING THE PRODUCT ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WRITTEN OR ORAL INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR P...

Page 3: ...to a Parallel Port 10 STEP 1 Connecting to a Parallel Port 10 STEP 2 Installing the PaperPort Software 14 Checking Out Your Scanner 15 If the Scanner Is Not Properly Connected 17 Chapter 2 Part 2 Scan...

Page 4: ...39 Scanning an Item with the Twain Button 40 Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast 44 Getting Help with the PaperPort Software 45 About the Predefined Scan Settings in PaperPort 46 Cleaning the Scann...

Page 5: ...nect the scanner to either your computer s USB port or to the parallel port This guide contains instructions for both ports For USB port instructions see page 5 For Parallel port instructions see page...

Page 6: ...ATION GUIDE THE VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8600 SCANNER Glass Document pad Reference frame Document cover On Off switch Power jack OneTouch button panel ADF TPA port Host Parallel port USB port behind sliding...

Page 7: ...tional Auto Document Feeder ADF and a Transparency Adapter TPA for scanning transparencies Please visit our web site at www visioneer com for more information about acquiring these optional devices Ho...

Page 8: ...available internal memory RAM 70 MB of free hard disk space A VGA or SVGA monitor Recommended settings for your monitor are as many colors as possible High Color 16 bit True Color 24 bit or 32 bit Set...

Page 9: ...e sure that no other applications are running Microsoft Windows 98 is required to connect the scanner to a USB port 2 Insert the PaperPort CD into your computer s CD ROM drive The CD automatically sta...

Page 10: ...e 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 STEP 2 CONNECTING TO A USB PORT The OneTouch scanner c...

Page 11: ...ner into the keyboard instead of the USB port on the computer 2 Slide the latch on the back of the scanner to uncover its USB port 3 Plug the other end of the USB cable into the scanner s USB port If...

Page 12: ...urn the scanner over to see the locking tab on the bottom Slide the locking tab to the unlocked position 6 Plug the power adapter into an AC wall outlet The following diagram shows the scanner connect...

Page 13: ...nish button The scanner s on off light turns from amber to green when the scanner and computer are communicating properly That completes the steps to connect your scanner to the computer 9 Remove the...

Page 14: ...parallel LPT port on the back of your computer To connect the scanner to a parallel port 1 Save any open files and then shut down Windows 2 Turn off the power to your computer 3 If a printer is alread...

Page 15: ...older computers the serial port and parallel port both have 25 pin connectors that fit the scanner cable Please make sure you plug the scanner cable into a parallel port 6 If you unplugged a printer f...

Page 16: ...ee the locking tab on the bottom Slide the locking tab to the unlocked position 9 Plug the power adapter into an AC wall outlet The following diagram shows the scanner connected to a computer Unlocked...

Page 17: ...wer 11 Turn on your computer You re now ready to install the software Note The locking tab protects the scanner s scan head by holding it securely in position Lock the scanner when transporting it fro...

Page 18: ...the appropriate buttons on the CD to install the other applications on the CD or print the PaperP ort User s Guide 4 When you re finished installing the software remove the CD from the CD drive and st...

Page 19: ...perly connected the scanner icon looks like the one in this figure 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 Connecte...

Page 20: ...close the dialog box That s it Your scanner is ready to scan See Scanning by Pressing the OneTouch Buttons on page 20 Note The scanning lamp under the scanner s glass needs to warm up before you can...

Page 21: ...to a parallel port are you using an older computer that has 25 pin connectors for both serial and parallel ports You may have plugged the scanner cable into a serial port instead of the parallel port...

Page 22: ...the connection The scanner icon will no longer have a red X through it and you re ready to begin scanning If you try all the troubleshooting procedures described above and in the Readme file and the...

Page 23: ...ing 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...

Page 24: ...SING 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 scan...

Page 25: ...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 a...

Page 26: ...he destination application for the scanned image For example in the illustration above the icon on the email button is for the email application MS Outlook When you click the email button the item is...

Page 27: ...ur printer copier at the printer copier s default resolution Fax Displays the scanned item in your fax software as a black and white image at the default resolution of your fax software or modem OCR C...

Page 28: ...gs for the Custom button because the Custom tab is selected The Custom button is set up to scan the item with the configuration named Quick Color Scan 4x6 Photo and then after the scanning is finished...

Page 29: ...the scanned image Select the application that you want to automatically open to display or process the scanned image Select Configuration the list of the button s scan configurations The configuratio...

Page 30: ...dialog box for selecting options about the destination application for the scanned image Each destination application has its own properties dialog box Folder Copy displays a dialog box for selecting...

Page 31: ...eady selected If the tab is not selected click it You can also right click the scanner icon in the Windows taskbar to see the shortcut menu and then choose Configure to display the Configuration dialo...

Page 32: ...ys the scanned image in the new destination application CREATING NEW CONFIGURATIONS You cannot change settings such as brightness or contrast of the preset configurations To scan with settings other t...

Page 33: ...tting To adjust the scan settings and page settings 1 Press and hold down a button on the scanner The Configuration dialog box appears The selected tab on the dialog box corresponds to the button you...

Page 34: ...click the configuration that you want to adjust For example the following figure shows a configuration named Special Scan for Dark Print which you would have created earlier 3 Click the Edit button T...

Page 35: ...Color to scan color photographs and other color items Resolution Drag the slider to the right or left to adjust the dots per inch dpi of the resolution The maximum resolution is 600 dpi the minimum i...

Page 36: ...to let the scanner automatically determine the size of the item being scanned For example if you put a photo in the middle of the glass the scanner will automatically determine the size of the photo W...

Page 37: ...te mode 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 transmi...

Page 38: ...the image image quality is lowest Best Image Quality Select this option to produce the best quality image file size is larger Custom Quality Factor Set your own choice for file size and image quality...

Page 39: ...eadily apparent but the amount of compression you select if any depends on the quality you want The JPEG compression options only apply to Destination applications used for graphics photos and artwork...

Page 40: ...references dialog box appears The dialog box shows which button you selected for new preferences If the Button tab on the Preferences dialog box is not selected click it Show All Destinations Clicking...

Page 41: ...ividually choose the types of applications to include in the button s list of destination applications Click in the boxes for the types of applications to include in the button s list Show Scan Progre...

Page 42: ...lick in the box and enter the number of minutes for the lamp to remain idle before turning off If you scan when the lamp is off it warms up before scanning resumes On System Standby Shutdown Select th...

Page 43: ...op appears 2 From the PaperPort File menu choose Select Source The Select Source dialog box appears and shows your Visioneer OneTouch scanner as well as all other Twain devices installed on your compu...

Page 44: ...ar or choose Acquire from the File menu The Visioneer Scan Manager dialog box appears Note Your Visioneer OneTouch scanner is initially set to scan from the PaperPort software with the setting Color D...

Page 45: ...can manually select the scan configuration options Note that when you select a preset option scan configuration settings are for that preset option You can also create your own custom configurations...

Page 46: ...the page size and the two number boxes with the vertical and horizontal symbols next to them show the actual page size in inches You can also enter the vertical and horizontal sizes in those two numb...

Page 47: ...splays the final image as a thumbnail on the PaperPort Desktop The small icon in the lower left corner of the thumbnail indicates the sample photo was scanned as a bitmap image Please see the PaperP o...

Page 48: ...k and white items If an item is currently displayed in the preview area the changes you make using the Brightness and Contrast sliders are reflected in the preview item To adjust the brightness and co...

Page 49: ...t software includes a complete set of help topics that answer questions each feature of the software To see help information press the F1 key or from the Help menu choose PaperPort Help Topics to disp...

Page 50: ...ing Text OCR Black and white 300 dpi Business letters contracts memos and other documents that you want to edit Enhances the use of OCR software for converting scanned text to editable text Provides h...

Page 51: ...e contrast See the Help for more details about the Advanced Settings dialog box CLEANING THE SCANNER GLASS Scanning items that have excessive amounts of dirt or dust may dirty the scanner s glass To e...

Page 52: ...6 x 29 7 cm Scanner dimensions Height 3 4 inches 8 5 cm Width 11 4 inches 29 0 cm Length 17 3 inches 44 0 cm Weight 5 7 pounds 2 6 kg Operating temperature 50 104 F 5 35 C without condensation Relati...