Visioneer 8820 Bedienungsanleitung

V isioneer ® OneT ouch ® 8820 Scanner FOR USB C ONNECTION Installation Guide[...]

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright © 2001 Visioneer , Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of P rimax Electronics L TD. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, ex cept as allowed under the copyright laws. The Visioneer brand name and logo are r egistered trademarks of P rimax Electronics L TD. OneT ouch is [...]

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS i T ABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Visioneer OneTouch 8820 Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What You Need . . . . . .[...]

ii T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Adjusting the Settings on the Scan Manager Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Saving a New Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Adjusting the Resolution and Sharpness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 [...]

V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 1 W ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing y our Visioneer O neT ouch 8820 scanner . With your scanner , you can quickly scan paper documents, color photos, film strips, film negatives, and transpar ency sheets to place their electronic images on y our computer . W HAT ’ S IN THE B OX Befo[...]

2 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T HE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER Glass Pressure plate Reference frame Document cover On/Off switch Power jack OneTouch button panel TPA port USB port Status light TPA cable Transparency light source (underneath pressure plate)[...]

T HE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER 3 Document co ver . Close the document co ver after placing items on the scanner glass. P ressure plate. H elps to secure paper documents in place on the scanner glass. Also pr otects the transparency light sour ce. Befor e scanning transpar encies, unsnap and remo ve the pressur e plate to unco ver the tra[...]

4 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE W HAT Y OU N EED T o use the OneT ouch scanner and softwar e, y ou need the follo wing: ■ IBM PC (or 100-percent compatible) P entium or equivalent ■ Microsoft Windows 98, Windo ws 2000, or Windo ws M e ■ One available U niversal S erial B us (USB) port ■ A vailable internal memory[...]

STEP 1: I NSTALLING THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 5 Installing This section of the guide contains instructions for connecting y our OneT ouch 8820 scanner to a USB port. The P aperP ort CD includes all the necessary installation files, as well as P aperP ort software files and other softwar e files. The CD also includes the P aperP ort U ser’ s G[...]

6 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. F rom the list of options that appears on the scr een, select ScanSoft P aperP or t . 4. F ollow the instructions on the screen to install the P aperP ort software on your computer . During installation, a message tells y ou to connect the scanner to the computer . 5. F ollow the steps [...]

STEP 2: C ONNECTING THE S CANNER 7 STEP 2: C ONNECTING THE S CANNER The OneT ouch 8820 scanner connects to any av ailable USB port. Check your computer ’ s user’ s guide for its USB port locations. T o connect the OneT ouch 8820 scanner to a USB por t: 1. T urn the scanner o ver to see the locking tab on the bottom. Slide the locking tab to the[...]

8 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 2. Check that the TP A cable is plugged into the TP A port on the back of the scanner . Y our 8820 scanner is shipped with the TP A cable already plugged into the TP A port, however , if the cable came loose during shipping, you must plug it into the port secur ely . 3. Plug one end of the[...]

STEP 2: C ONNECTING THE S CANNER 9 If the plug does not attach easily , make sure that you are plugging it in correctly . Do not for ce the plug into the connection. 5. Plug the po wer adapter cable into the po wer jack on the back of the scanner . 6. Plug the po wer adapter into an A C (wall) outlet. The following diagram sho ws the scanner connec[...]

10 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE When the software is finished loading, the F inish button on the dialog box on the computer scr een becomes active. 8. Click the F inish button. The scanner ’ s status light is green when the scanner and computer are communicating pr operly . That completes the steps to connect y our s[...]

STEP 3: C HECKING O UT Y OUR S CANNER 11 3. Choose About from the shortcut menu. A dialog box confirms that the scanner is pr operly connected. 4. Click OK to close the dialog box. That’ s it. Y our scanner is ready to scan. See “Scanning P aper Items with the O neT ouch Buttons ” on page 14. I F THE S CANNER I S N OT P ROPERLY C ONNECTED If[...]

12 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE • Is the scanner ’ s locking tab in the locked position? Slide the locking tab to the unlocked position. I f you tried to scan with the scanner locked, you must r estart your computer after unlocking the scanner . • Did y ou restart the computer after installing the softwar e? If yo[...]

T HREE W AYS TO S CAN P APER I TEMS 13 Scanning T HREE W AYS TO S CAN P APER I TEMS Y ou can scan paper items by pr essing a O neT ouch button, by clicking a button on the screen, or fr om the P aperP ort software. • Scan with the Scanner B uttons P ress a button on the scanner’ s front panel. • Scan from the Scr een Click the scanner icon on[...]

14 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S CANNING P APER I TEMS WITH THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS P ressing a scanner button scans the item, and then sends the image either to the printer , or to a software application on your computer . T o scan by pr essing a button on the scanner: 1. Place an item to scan on the glass, face do w[...]

S CANNING FROM THE B UTTON P ANEL ON THE S CREEN 15 S CANNING FROM THE B UTTON P ANEL ON THE S CREEN Scanning from the button panel on the scr een is just like pr essing a scanner button, except y ou click the button on the scr een. The scanner scans the item, and then sends the image either to the printer , or to a software application on y our co[...]

16 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS The OneT ouch buttons ar e preconfigur ed to scan items at various settings, and then send the scanned image to a pr eselected software application—called the Destination A pplication. Y ou can change the settings for each button ex cept the S top/Cancel[...]

S CANNING T RANSPARENCIES 17 S CANNING T RANSPARENCIES Y ou can scan all sorts of transparencies with your 8820 O neT ouch scanner , including 35mm film strips and slides, large format (4" by 5") film, and presentation slides (5" b y 7") typically used with overhead projectors. When scanning film strips and slides, y ou can s[...]

18 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 2. F ind the appropriate transparency mask for the item y ou ’ re scanning. The masks are in a pr otective plastic bag with y our scanner . 3. P osition the large mask (the one for 5" b y 7" transpar encies) on the scanner glass. The mask has one square corner . Align that cor[...]

S CANNING T RANSPARENCIES 19 5. T o scan a 35mm slide, place the 35mm mask in the center of the larger mask, and then put the slide into one of the openings. Make sur e that the text on the 35mm mask faces up so slide fi ts properly in the mask. 6. T o scan a film strip, slide the film into the 35mm mask and then put that mask in the center of t[...]

20 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 7. T o scan a 4" by 5" transpar ency , place the 4" by 5" mask in the center of the larger mask, and then center the transpar ency . Y ou ’ re now ready to scan the transpar ency . T o scan the transpar ency: 1. S tart the P aperP ort software and click the T wain ic[...]

S CANNING T RANSPARENCIES 21 3. Click P review to preview the image and, if necessary , adjust the various settings, then click Scan when the image is what y ou want. See “Scanning an I tem with the T wain Button ” on page 37 for details about scanning, and also see, “ Adjusting the Settings on the Scan Manager P ro ” on page 42 for the ste[...]

22 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 5. Insert the pressur e plate ’ s tabs into their slots and snap the plate into its closed position. 6. Choose Scan Reflectiv e U sing: from the Scan Manager P ro ’ s drop- down menu to r eset for scanning paper items. Choosing that option turns off the transpar ency light in the doc[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 23 2. Choose Configur e on the shortcut menu. The Configuration dialog box appears. Click the tab that corresponds to the button y ou want to configur e. T o display the Configuration dialog bo x from the B utton P anel: 1. Right-click the button you want to confi gure. The Configuration dialog box appears. The tab f[...]

24 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE See “S etting P references ” on page 33 to set P references. The options on the Configuration dialog bo x are: Select D estination —the list of applications that can open to display the scanned image. Select the application that y ou want to automatically open to display or process[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 25 Select F ormat and P age(s) —a set of options for selecting a format for the scanned image and whether to scan a single page or multiple pages. The formats are bitmap , JPEG, and P aperP ort. U se P aperP ort for scanning any item. Bitmap and JP EG formats are usually for photos or artwork. See “ About JPEG Compr es[...]

26 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S ELECTING N EW O PTIONS FOR THE B UTTONS Y ou can select a new destination application, configuration, and image format for a scanner button to optimiz e it for the type of scanning you want to do. Y ou use the Configuration dialog box to select new options. T o select new options for [...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 27 C REATING N EW C ONFIGURATIONS Y ou cannot change settings such as brightness or contrast of the pr eset configurations. T o scan with settings other than those offer ed by the preset configurations, y ou must first create a new configuration and then use it to scan. T o create a new configuration click the N ew bu[...]

28 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 2. In the S elect Configuration list, click the configuration that y ou want to adjust. F or example, the following figure sho ws a configuration named S pecial Scan for Dar k P rint (which you would have created earlier). 3. Click the Edit button. The dialog box appears for adjusting[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 29 4. Adjust the scan settings that y ou want. M ode —Select B lack/White to scan in black and white. F or example, letters and memos ar e usually scanned in black and white. Select G rayscale to scan items such as documents containing drawings or black and white photographs. The scanning produces an image in varying sha[...]

30 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE you select the C ustom option from the dr op-down list, boxes appear in place of the pictur e. Enter the horizontal and vertical page dimensions in the box es. AutoC rop —S elect this option to let the scanner automatically determine the size of the item being scanned. F or example, if [...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 31 6. If a JPEG tab is av ailable, click it to select image compression settings. Please see “ About JP EG Compression ” on page 32 for information about the JP EG settings. Enable har dware compr ession ( JPEG) —Click to make the JP EG compression options activ e. Minimiz e Image S ize (M aximum compr ession) —Sel[...]

32 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 8. Click OK on the Configuration dialog bo x. The new configuration and its adjusted settings no w apply to the button whose tab is selected at the top of the Confi guration dialog box. A BOUT JPEG C OMPRESSION Scanned graphics, photos, and other images can sometimes pr oduce large fi[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 33 S ETTING P REFERENCES The prefer ences apply to each button and to the scanner . T o set pr efer ences: 1. On the Configuration dialog bo x, select the tab for a button to set its prefer ences. 2. Click the P references tab on the Configuration dialog bo x. The P references dialog box appears. The dialog box shows whi[...]

34 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE fall into these categories. F or example, the destination applications for the email button are usually email applications. B y selecting the Sho w All Destinations option as the pr eference for the email button, all the other types of applications ar e included in the list of email desti[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 35 Sho w Scanner Icon in Windo ws T askbar —Select this option to see the small icon repr esenting the OneT ouch scanner in the Windo ws taskbar Scanner Lamp tur ns off —These options control when the scanner lamp pow ers goes off. After idling for xx minutes —S elect this option to automatically turn off the lamp if[...]

36 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE Instead of using a scanner button, y ou can scan directly fr om the P aperP ort software. T o scan transparencies y ou must scan from the P aperP ort software or other T wain softwar e. T o scan from P aperP or t, you must first do a one-time-onl[...]

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 37 S CANNING AN I TEM WITH THE T WAIN B UTTON The following steps explain how to scan an item using the T wain button in the P aperP ort software. Y ou can scan many types of paper items, from small business car ds to A4-sized pages. Y ou can also scan transparencies including 35mm photographic slides and s[...]

38 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Y ou can now scan manually b y previewing the image and adjusting the scan settings to your liking, or y ou can click A utoScan . The AutoScan featur e uses your preset scan settings and the scanner ’ s automatic image analysis capabilities to find the optimum combination of settings f[...]

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 39 T o scan manually: 1. On the Scan M anager P ro, select a configuration for the scan. F or example, select Color Configurations and then select C ustom to scan a color item with the pr eset C ustom scan settings. That configuration ’ s settings appear as a list. Click the “+” sign to see the ful[...]

40 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T o scan automatically: 1. Click A utoScan . The scanner uses your pr eselected resolution setting for the configuration you selected. S ee “Setting P refer ences ” on page 56 to set the A utoScan settings. In addition, y our OneT ouch 8820 scanner has built-in image analysis capabil[...]

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 41 The autoscanned image appears as a thumbnail on the P aperP ort Desktop . 2. U se the P aperP or t software to work with the image. Please see the P aperP or t G etting S tarted G uide and P aperP ort U ser ’ s Guide on the CD for mor e information about using the P aperP ort software. G ETTING H ELP W[...]

42 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO Y ou can adjust the scan settings on the Visioneer Scan M anager Pr o to produce the best possible image. T o adjust a setting: 1. Click a setting in the list of settings, or click its corr esponding button on the right side of the Scan [...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 43 S AVING A N EW P ROFILE If you adjust the scan settings y ou can save them as a pr ofile for later use. T o sav e a new profile: 1. Select a configuration on the Scan M anager Pr o, such as Color/ Custom. 2. Adjust the settings that y ou want for later use. Click to close the settings panel [...]

44 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Click Save A s . The Sav e P rofile dialog box appears. 4. T ype a name for the new profile. 5. Select the options y ou want: ■ S tor e the custom output image siz e in this P rofile —you can create a custom image siz e as part of the settings; if you adjusted the output image s[...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 45 A DJUSTING THE R ESOLUTION AND S HARPNESS Resolution determines the amount of detail y ou can see in the scanned image. The resolution setting for the scan is in dots-per-inch (dpi). The higher the resolution, the fi ner the details, how ever , higher dpi settings also produce larger files si[...]

46 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T o adjust the r esolution and sharpness: 1. T o use one of the preset r esolutions for typical scanned items, click one of the options in the list. F or example, to set the resolution for scanning a business car d, select Business Car d (OCR). That setting is sufficient for your optical[...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 47 A DJUSTING THE B RIGHTNESS AND C ONTRAST Sometimes an item is scanned with the brightness and contrast set to be too light or too dark. F or example, a note written with a light pencil may need to be scanned darker to impr o ve legibility . The histogram shows the amount of the image (that is, [...]

48 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 2. Drag the Contrast slider to the left to decr ease the contrast or to the right to increase the contrast. The Histogram r epresents the settings as you drag the sliders. F or color scan configurations you can adjust the brightness and contrast using a single color , or all together , b[...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 49 A DJUSTING G AMMA , S ATURATION , AND C OLOR H UE If you ’ re using the Color Confi guration to scan, you can adjust a gr oup of color settings. Gamma contr ols 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 [...]

50 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T o adjust the color settings: 1. F rom the Channel drop-down menu, choose the individual color (Red, G r een, or Blue) that y ou want to use as the basis for adjusting the image, or choose All to adjust them together . 2. F rom the Edit S tyle drop-do wn menu, choose the type of color ed[...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 51 A DJUSTING O UTPUT S IZE The item you ’ re scanning may not fill the scanner glass. I n that case you can preview the item and use the A uto T rim option to automatically eliminate the unwanted sections of the image. Y ou can also adjust the output size to scan only specifi c sections of an[...]

52 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T o Auto T rim an item: 1. Click A uto T rim . 2. Click T rim . The scanner senses the edges of the item on the glass and draws a dotted line around the image in the windo w . Check to make sure the dotted line encloses the image that y ou want. A new Scan Info bo x on the lo wer left por[...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 53 3. P ut 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 bo x appears on the image and the size settings change to r eflect the new output siz e area. Y ou can also type in the size settings bo xes. ■ Width and [...]

54 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 4. If the dotted line is not exactly wher e you want it, put the pointer on the line and drag the mouse. T o use the pointer to drag the line, make sur e the pointer button is selected at the top of the windo w . 5. T o rotate the selected ar ea 90 degrees, click Rotate 90 D egr ees . 6. [...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 55 S AVING A C USTOM S IZE If you hav e several items of the same siz e, such as a group of small photographs, you can cr eate a custom size and r euse it whenever scanning those items. T o sav e a custom size setting: 1. Click Add under the list of sizes. The Add S ize dialog bo x appears. 2. T y[...]

56 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T HE S CAN I NFO B OX The following figur e shows the information on the Scan I nfo box: Z OOMING I N AND O UT Y ou enlarge or reduce the pr eview image by zooming in or out. T o enlarge and r educe the pr eview image: 1. Click the Zoom button. 2. P ut the pointer on the image. 3. Click [...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 57 T o set the Scan Manager P ro pr efer ences: 1. Click the P refer ences button. The U ser Pr eferences dialog bo x appears. 2. Select the pr eferences y ou want: ■ Enable selection of color bitdepths... —your OneT ouch 8820 scanner supports a tremendous range of colors (defi ned as 48-bit [...]

58 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE ■ Sho w standard US paper sizes —select this option to set the paper sizes for standar d US paper . ■ U nits —select the measurement units for the ruler around the preview windo w . The x and y coor dinates of the pointer position are r elative to the units. ■ AutoScan R esoluti[...]

C LEANING THE S CANNER G LASS 59 T o see the Scan Manager P ro help infor mation: 1. Click the H elp button. The Help dialog bo x appears. 2. Scroll to see the help information. 3. Click the drop-do wn menu to see additional topics. Choose Home from the menu to r eturn to the first page of help . 4. T o exit the help system, choose Exit fr om the [...]

60 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS Bit Depth 42-Bit color (internal), 14-B it gray (internal), 1-Bit line art/text Scanning r esolution Optical resolution: 1200 x 2400 dpi Maximum I tem sizes 8.5 x 11.69 inches (21.6 x 29.7 cm) Scanner dimensions Height 4.0 inches (10.2 [...]

I NDEX 61 INDEX Numerics 35mm slide 19 35mm slide mask 18 35mm slide negative 20 4" by 5" transparency 20 5" by 7" transparency 18 A adjust appearance panel 47 adjust output size panel 51 adjust response curve panel 49 adjust settings on Scan Manager Pro 42–55 aspect ration 54 Auto Trim 51, 52 AutoCrop 30 AutoScan 38, 40 resol[...]

H help 25, 27, 41, 58 help button 59 help information 12 histogram 47, 48 I image aspect ratio 54 custom size 55 rotate 54 select area 52 temporary folder 35 zoom in and out 56 image blur 45, 46 image files size 32 image folder 58 image output size 51 manual selection 52 image preview 39 image quality and file size 31 image scale 53 image size 44 i[...]

I NDEX 63 save profile dialog box 44 scale 53 scan 35mm slide 19 scan 4" by 5" transparency 20 scan 5" by 7" transparency 18 scan brightness 29 scan button 16 scan contrast 29 scan film strip 19 scan from PaperPort 36–41 scan from screen 13, 15 scan from Twain 13 scan info box 56 Scan Manager Pro 22 adjust settings 42 new prof[...]