Visioneer OneTouch 8900 manuel d'utilisation

V isioneer ® OneT ouch ® 8900 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 ar e registered 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 8900 Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What You Need . . . . . .[...]

ii T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Adjusting Gamma, Saturation, and Color Hue . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Adjusting Output Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Saving a Custom Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47[...]

V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 1 W ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing y our Visioneer O neT ouch 8900 scanner . With y our scanner , you can quickly scan paper documents and color photos to place their electr onic images on your computer . W HAT ’ S IN THE B OX Before starting the installation, check the contents of t[...]

T HE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER 2 T HE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER Glass Document pad Reference frame Document cover On/Off switch Power jack OneTouch button panel TPA port USB port On/Off light[...]

3 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Document co ver . Close the document co ver after placing items on the scanner glass. Document pad. Helps to secur e the document in place on the scanner glass. Glass. Place items face do wn on top of the glass in the upper left corner . Refer ence frame. Place items face down within this [...]

W HAT Y OU N EED 4 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 ■ Micr osoft W indows 98, Windows 2000, or W indows M e ■ One available U niversal Serial B us (USB) port ■ A vailable internal memory (RAM): ■ Windo ws 98—32 megabytes (M[...]

5 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Installing This section of the guide contains instructions for connecting y our OneT ouch 8900 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[...]

STEP 2: C ONNECTING THE S CANNER 6 3. F ollow the instructions on the screen to install the P aperP or t software on y our computer . During installation, a message tells y ou to connect the scanner to the computer . 4. F ollow the steps in the next section to connect the scanner . When you ’ re finished, click F inish in the dialog box abo ve. [...]

7 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T o connect the OneT ouch 8900 scanner to a USB port: 1. Plug one end of the USB cable into an av ailable USB port. Some new er computers also have keyboar ds with USB ports. Y ou can plug the scanner into the keyboar d instead of the USB port on the computer . 2. T urn the scanner o ver t[...]

STEP 2: C ONNECTING THE S CANNER 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 for ce the plug into the connection. 4. Plug the po wer adapter cable into the po wer jack on the back of the scanner . 5. Plug the po wer adapter in[...]

9 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 6. T urn on po wer to the scanner . The amber light comes on indicating the scanner is receiving po wer . Y our computer recogniz es that a scanner has been plugged into the USB port and automatically loads the appr opriate software fr om the CD to run the scanner . When the software is ?[...]

STEP 3: C HECKING O UT Y OUR S CANNER 10 STEP 3: C HECKING O UT Y OUR S CANNER The OneT ouch scanner softwar e adds the scanner icon to the Windo ws taskbar (at the bottom right corner of the computer scr een). If the scanner is properly connected, the scanner icon looks like the one in this figure. If the icon has a r ed X through it, the scanner[...]

11 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 4. Click OK to close the dialog bo x. That ’ s it. Y our scanner is ready to scan. See “Scanning b y P ressing the OneT ouch Buttons ” on page 14. I F THE S CANNER I S N OT P ROPERLY C ONNECTED If the scanner icon on the Windows taskbar has a r ed “X” through it, the scanner is [...]

STEP 3: C HECKING O UT Y OUR S CANNER 12 Please see the R eadme file in the P aperP or t directory on your computer ’ s hard driv e. The Readme file contains additional information that may help you diagnose pr oblems connecting the scanner . T o connect the scanner: 1. After checking for all the abo ve pr oblems, right-click the scanner icon w[...]

13 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Scanning T HREE W AYS TO S CAN Y ou can scan items by pr essing a OneT ouch button, b y clicking a button on the screen, or fr om the P aperP or t software (or other T wain software). • Scan with the Scanner B uttons P ress a button on the scanner ’ s front panel. • Scan from the Sc[...]

S CANNING BY P RESSING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 14 S CANNING BY P RESSING 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 y our computer . T o scan by pr essing a button on the scanner: • Place an item to scan on the glass, face do wn, and press o[...]

15 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S CANNING FROM THE B UTTON P ANEL ON THE S CREEN Scanning from the button panel on the scr een is just like pressing a scanner button, ex cept you 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 [...]

A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 16 A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS The OneT ouch buttons ar e preconfigur ed to scan items at v arious settings, and then send the scanned image to a pr eselected softwar e application—called the Destination A pplication. Y ou can change the settings for each button ex cept the S top/Cancel button. S ee “ About [...]

17 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER T o configure the scanner , you display the Confi guration dialog bo x and then select options for the scan buttons. Y ou display the Configuration dialog box from either the shortcut menu or the B utton P anel. T o display the Configuration dialog bo x from [...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 18 A BOUT THE C ONFIGURATION D IALOG B OX The Configuration dialog box sho ws the curr ent settings for each scanner button. The tabs across the top of the dialog bo x corr espond to the buttons. Clicking a tab sho ws the current settings for the corr esponding button on the scanner . F or example, the follo wing figure [...]

19 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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 siz e, brightness, and contrast. T o see the details about a configuration, click its icon in th[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 20 G ETTING H ELP Y ou can get help with the scanner ’ s features or any of the options on the Configuration dialog box using either of the follo wing methods: ■ When the Configuration dialog bo x is display ed, pr ess the F1 key on your keyboar d. The help window appears. ■ Click the H elp button at the top right [...]

21 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Click a selection in the S elect Configuration list to choose a new scan configuration for the selected scanner button. The configurations in the list ar e preset for the application y ou select in the application list. I f you select another application, the configurations are for[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 22 A DJUSTING S CAN S ETTINGS AND P AGE S ETTINGS When scanning using a configuration that y ou created y ourself , you can adjust that configuration ’ s scan settings and page settings. F or example, if the scanned image is too dar k, you can adjust the brightness of the scan setting. T o adjust the scan settings and [...]

23 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Click the Edit button. The dialog box appears for adjusting the scanning settings of the selected configuration. 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[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 24 5. Click the P age Settings tab to adjust the scan page settings. P age Size —Choose a page siz e from the drop-down list. The outlines on the pictur e repr esent the various page siz es. Clicking one of those outlines also selects it as the page siz e for the scan. If you select the C ustom option fr om the drop-do w[...]

25 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Gamma —D rag the slider to impro ve how the colors in a scanned image look on your monitor . Gamma correction allo ws you to achieve pr ecise color matching. Because the computer cannot always transmit the exact color information to the har dware, you may have to make some color adjustm[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 26 The P r eferences dialog bo x appears. The dialog box sho ws which button you selected for new pr eferences. If the B utton tab on the P references dialog bo x is not selected, click it. Sho w All Destinations —Clicking this option automatically selects all the destination applications categories. When you click the b[...]

27 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Click the General tab to set pr eferences for the scanner . Sho w S tatus W indo w —S elect this option to see the small window at the bottom right corner of the scr een that sho ws the status of the scanning and other information as sho wn in this sample: Sho w Scanner I con in Wind[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 28 On System S tandb y/Shutdo wn —Select this option to turn off the lamp when you turn off y our computer , or when the computer ’ s energy saver option automatically puts the computer into standby mode. F older for T emporary Images —Click the F older button and then select a folder for the scanner ’ s temporar y[...]

29 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 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 from the P aperP ort software. This is particularly helpful when you ’ re using P aperP ort to file and save your scanned items. T o scan from P aperP or t, you must first do a one-time[...]

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 30 S CANNING AN I TEM WITH THE T WAIN B UTTON The following steps explain ho w to scan an item using the T wain button in the P aperP ort software. Y ou can scan many types of items, from small business cards to A4-siz ed pages. T o scan an item: 1. Open the scanner co ver , place the item face do wn onto t[...]

31 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 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, then click Scan or A utoScan . The A utoScan feature uses y our preset scan settings and the scanner ’ s automatic image analysis capabilities to fi nd the optimum combination of setting[...]

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 32 T o scan manually: 1. On the Scan M anager , select a configuration for the scan. F or example, select Color/Custom to scan a color item with the preset C ustom scan settings. That configuration ’ s settings appear as a list. Click the “+” sign to see the full list of scan settings. Click the “[...]

33 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 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 “S etting P r eferences ” on page 48 to set the A utoScan settings. In addition, y our OneT ouch 8900 scanner has built-in image analysis capabi[...]

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 34 The autoscanned image appears as a thumbnail on the P aperP or t Desktop . 2. U se the P aperP or t software to wor k with the image. Please see the P aperP ort Getting S tar ted Guide and P aperP ort U ser ’ s Guide on the CD for more information about using the P aperP ort software. G ETTING H ELP WI[...]

35 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER Y ou can adjust the scan settings on the Scan M anager to pr oduce 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 M anager . The foll[...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER 36 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 pr ofile: 1. Select a configuration on the Scan M anager , such as Color/Custom. 2. Adjust the settings that y ou want for later use. Click to close the settings panel N ote : T[...]

37 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Click Save A s . The Sav e P rofile dialog bo x appears. 4. T ype a name for the new profile. 5. Click OK . Y our new profile is no w listed as one of the confi gurations. S elect it when you want to r euse its settings. A DJUSTING THE R ESOLUTION AND S HARPNESS Resolution determin[...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER 38 The following figur e sho ws the resolution and sharpen options: 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 Ca[...]

39 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. T o adjust the sharpness, drag the F idelity slider to the left to decrease the sharpness or to the right to incr ease the sharpness. Y ou can also type a number dir ectly into the sharpness setting bo x, or click the up and do wn arro ws next to the box to incr ease or decrease the se[...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER 40 T o adjust the brightness and contrast: 1. Drag the B rightness slider to the left to make the item dar ker or to the right to make the item lighter . Y ou can also type a number dir ectly into the sharpness setting bo x, or click the up and do wn arro ws next to the box to incr ease or decrease the[...]

41 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE A DJUSTING G AMMA , S ATURATION , AND C OLOR H UE If you ’ re using the Color Configuration to scan, y ou can adjust a group 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[...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER 42 T o adjust the color settings: 1. F rom the Channel drop-do wn menu, choose the individual color (Red, G reen, or Blue) that y ou want to adjust, or choose All to adjust them together . 2. F rom the Edit S tyle drop-do wn menu, choose the type of color editing that you want to use: ■ Gamma —the [...]

43 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE A DJUSTING O UTPUT S IZE The item you ’ re scanning may not fill the scanner glass. I n that case y ou 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 section[...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER 44 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 portion of the[...]

45 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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 size ar ea. Y ou can also type in the size settings bo xes. ■ Widt[...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER 46 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. T o maintai[...]

47 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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 whenev er scanning those items. T o sav e a custom siz e setting: 1. Click Add under the list of sizes. The Add S ize dialog bo x appears[...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER 48 T HE S CAN I NFO B OX The following figur e sho ws 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 z ooming 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 the left [...]

49 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T o set the Scan M anager 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 O neT ouch 8900 scanner supports a tremendous range of colors (defi ned as 48-b[...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER 50 ■ Sho w standar d 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 ar ound the preview windo w . The x and y coor dinates of the pointer position are r elative to the units. ■ AutoScan R esolution —you[...]

51 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE The H elp window appears and displays information about that feature. Y ou can manually scr oll through the help information. 3. T o see more help topics, click the dr op-do wn menu at the top of information. 4. Click the H elp button again, or click E xit on the window to exit the help s[...]

I NSTALLATION T ROUBLESHOOTING 52 I NSTALLATION T ROUBLESHOOTING After I installed P aperP ort, I got a blue scr een and a P rofiling Display err or message. Why is this happening? P aperP or t installs a driver for scanning and printing. S ometimes a conflict occurs between the P aperP ort driver and another driver y ou may have on your computer[...]

53 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS Bit D epth 48-Bit color (internal), 16-B it gray (internal), 1-Bit line art/text Scanning resolution Optical r esolution: 1200 X 4800 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[...]

V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS 54[...]