Visioneer 8600 manual

V isioneer ® OneT ouch ® 8600 Scanner FOR USB OR P ARALLEL P ORT C ONNECTION Installation Guide[...]

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright © 1999 Visioneer , Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of P rimax Electronics L TD. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allo wed 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 iii T ABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Please Use the Proper Section of This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Visioneer OneTouc[...]

iv T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Scanning from the PaperPort Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Scanning an Item with the Twain Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Getting Help with the PaperPort Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 About [...]

V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 1 W ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer OneT ouch flatbed scanner . With your scanner , you can quickly scan paper documents and color photos to place their electr onic images on your computer . P LEASE U SE THE P ROPER S ECTION OF T HIS G UIDE Y ou can connect the scanner t[...]

2 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T HE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER 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 latch) Printer Parallel port On/Off light[...]

T HE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER 3 Document cov er . C l ose t h e d ocument cover a f ter p l acing items on t h e scanner g l ass. Document pad. Helps to secure the document in place on the scanner glass. Glass. Place items face down on top of the glas s in the upper left corner . Refer ence frame. Place items face down within this frame[...]

4 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE W HAT Y OU N EED T o use the O neT ouch scanner and softwar e, y ou need the following: ■ IBM PC (or 100-percent compatible) P entium or equivalent ■ Microsoft W indows 95, W indows 98, or Microsoft NT 4.0 ■ One available U niversal Serial Bus (USB) port or one available parallel por[...]

I NSTALLING TO A USB P ORT 5 Part 1: Installing I NSTALLING TO A USB P ORT This section of the guide contains instr uctions for connecting your OneT ouch scanner to a USB por t. Please see “Installing to a P arallel P ort” on page 10 to connect the scanner to a parallel por t. STEP 1: I NSTALLING THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE The P aperP or t CD i[...]

6 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. F ollow the instr uctions on the screen to install the PaperP ort software on your 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 Finish in th[...]

I NSTALLING TO A USB P ORT 7 T o connect the O neT ouch scanner to a USB por t: 1. Plug one end of the USB cable into an av ailable USB por t. Some newer computers also hav e keyboards with USB por ts. Y ou can plug the scanner into the keyboar d instead of the USB por t on the computer . 2. Slide the latch on the back of the scanner to uncover its[...]

8 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 5. T 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 connected to a computer. Unlocked position Power cord USB cable[...]

I NSTALLING TO A USB P ORT 9 7. T urn on power to the scanner . The amber light comes on indicating the scanner is receiving power . Y our computer r ecognizes that a scanner has been plugged into the USB port and automatically loads the appr opriate software from the CD to run the scanner . When the software is finished loading, the Finish button[...]

10 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE I NSTALLING TO A P ARALLEL P ORT This section explains how to connect the OneT ouch scanner to a parallel port. STEP 1: C ONNECTING TO A P ARALLEL P ORT The OneT ouch scanner connects to any av ailable parallel (LPT ) port on the back of your computer . T o connect the scanner to a parall[...]

I NSTALLING TO A P ARALLEL P ORT 11 5. Plug the other end of the scanner cable into the parallel por t on the back of your computer . On some older computers the serial por t and parallel port both have 25-pin connectors that fi t the scanner cable. P lease make sure you plug the scanner cable into a parallel por t. 6. If you unplugged a printer f[...]

12 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 8. T urn the scanner over to see 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 position Power cord Parallel cable to the computer [...]

I NSTALLING TO A P ARALLEL P ORT 13 10. T urn on the power to the scanner . The amber light comes on indicating the scanner is r eceiving power . 11. T urn on your computer . Y ou ’ re now ready to install the software. N ote : The locking tab protects the scanner’ s scan head by holding it securely in position. Lock the scanner when transpor t[...]

14 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE STEP 2: I NSTALLING THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE The P aperP or t CD contains the P aperP or t software files, all the necessar y installation files, and fi les for other applications as w ell. The CD also includes the PaperP or t U ser ’s Guide . Y ou can read the guide from the CD, o[...]

C HECKING O UT Y OUR S CANNER 15 C HECKING O UT Y OUR S CANNER The OneT ouch scanner softwar e adds the scanner icon to the Windows 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 red X through it, the scanner is not pr operly[...]

16 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Choose About from the shor tcut menu. A dialog box confirms that the scanner is pr operly connected . The About dialog box shown below is for a OneT ouch 8600 scanner connected to a parallel por t. The dialog bo x for a OneT ouch scanner connected to a USB por t is similar . 4. Click [...]

C HECKING O UT Y OUR S CANNER 17 I F THE S CANNER I S N OT P ROPERLY C ONNECTED If the scanner icon on the Windows taskbar has a red “X” through it , the scanner is not properly connected. Check for one of these possible problems: • Is a cable loose or not plugged in securely? Inspect all cable connections. Make sure all the cables are plugge[...]

18 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T o connect the scanner: 1. After checking for all the above problems, right-click the scanner icon with the red X over it. The shortcut menu appears. 2. Choose Connect from the shor tcut menu. The software finds the scanner and makes the connection. The scanner icon will no longer hav e[...]

T HREE W AYS TO S CAN 19 Part 2: Scanning T HREE W AYS TO S CAN Y ou can scan items b y pressing a OneT ouch button, by clicking a button on the screen, or from the P aperP ort software (or other T wain software). • Scan with the Scanner Buttons P ress a button on the scanner’ s front panel. • Scan from the Screen Click the scanner icon on th[...]

20 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE • Scan from the P aperP or t Software (or Other T wain Software) T o scan from the PaperP or t software, start the software, and then click the T wain icon on the P aperP ort Command Bar . Y ou can also scan from other T wain software. See “Scanning an Item with the T wain Button ” [...]

S CANNING FROM THE B UTTON P ANEL ON THE S CREEN 21 During scanning, the scan progress window shows a small copy of the image, as illustrated b y this example: When the scan is complete, the scanned image appears in the destination software. S CANNING FROM THE B UTTON P ANEL ON THE S CREEN Scanning from the button panel on the scr een is just like [...]

22 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 2. Click the button you want to use to scan. The scanner star ts scanning the item ; the messages about the scanning appear above the Windows taskbar; the progress window shows the image as it is scanned. When the scan is complete, the scanned image appears in the destination application.[...]

A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 23 A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS The OneT ouch buttons ar e preconfigured to scan items at various settings, and then send the scanned image to a preselected software application—called the D estination Application. Y ou can change the settings for each button except the Stop/Cancel button. See “ About the Con[...]

24 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE A BOUT THE C ONFIGURATION D IALOG B OX The Configuration dialog bo x shows the current settings for each scanner button. The tabs across the top of the dialog bo x correspond to the buttons. Clicking a tab shows the current settings for the corr esponding button on the scanner . F or exa[...]

A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 25 T o display the Confi guration dialog bo x: 1. Right-click the scanner icon. The shortcut menu appears. 2. Choose Configure on the shor tcut menu. The Configuration dialog bo x appears. The options on the Configuration dialog box are: Select Destination —the list of applications that can open to display the [...]

26 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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 or t. U se P aperP or t for scanning any item. Bitmap and JPEG formats are usually for photos or artw[...]

A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 27 S ELECTING N EW O PTIONS FOR THE B UTTONS Y ou can select a ne w destination application, confi guration, and image format for a scanner button to optimiz e it for the type of scanning y ou want to do. Y ou use the Confi guration dialog box to select ne w options. T o select new options for a scanner button: 1. [...]

28 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Click a selection in the Select Confi guration list to choose a ne w scan configuration for the selected scanner button. The configurations in the list ar e preset for the application you select in the application list. I f you select another application, the configurations are for[...]

A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 29 A DJUSTING S CAN S ETTINGS AND P AGE S ETTINGS When scanning using a confi guration that you created yourself, you can adjust that configuration ’ s scan settings and page settings. For example, if the scanned image is too dar k, you can adjust the brightness of the scan setting. T o adjust the scan settings a[...]

30 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 2. In the Select Configuration list, click the confi guration that you want to adjust. F or example, the follo wing figure shows a configuration named S pecial Scan for Dark Print (which you would have created earlier). 3. Click the Edit button. The dialog box appears for adjusting th[...]

A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 31 4. Adjust the scan settings that you want. Mode —S elect Black/White to scan in black and white. F or example, letters and memos ar e usually scanned in black and white. Select Grayscale to scan items such as documents containing drawings or black and white photographs. The scanning produces an image in var ying[...]

32 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 5. Click the P age Settings tab to adjust the scan page settings. P age Size —Choose a page size from the dr op-down list. The outlines on the picture represent 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 Cust[...]

A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 33 The scanning may slow down a bit when this option is selected. Y ou don ’ t need to select this option when scanning photographs. The DeScreen setting does not apply to the Black/White mode. Gamma —Drag the slider to improve how the colors in a scanned image look on your monitor . Gamma correction allows you t[...]

34 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 6. If a JPEG tab is available, click it to select image compr ession settings. Please see “ About JPEG Compression ” on page 35 for information about the JPEG settings. Enable hardwar e compression ( JPEG) —Click to make the JPEG compression options active. Minimize Image Size (M ax[...]

A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 35 8. Click OK on the Confi guration dialog box. The new confi guration 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 files. The JPEG options for[...]

36 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S ETTING P REFERENCES The preferences apply to each button and to the scanner. T o set preferences: 1. On the Configuration dialog bo x, select the tab for a button to set its preferences. 2. Click the Pr eferences tab on the Configuration dialog bo x. The P references dialog box appear[...]

A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 37 fall into these categories. For example, the destination applications for the email button are usually email applications. B y selecting the Show All Destinations option as the preference for the email button, all the other types of applications ar e included in the list of email destination applications. Select D[...]

38 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Sho w Scanner Icon in Windows T askbar —Select this option to see the small icon representing the OneT ouch scanner in the Windows taskbar Scanner Lamp turns off —These options contr ol when the scanner lamp powers goes off. ■ After idling for xx minutes —Select this option to aut[...]

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 39 S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE Instead of using a scanner button, you can scan dir ectly from the P aperP or t software. This is par ticularly helpful when y ou ’ re using P aperP or t to file and save your scanned items. T o scan from PaperP ort, you must fi rst do a one-time-only set up [...]

40 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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 or t software. Y ou can scan many types of items, fr om small business cards to A4-sized pages. T o scan an item: 1. Open the scanner cover , place the item fa[...]

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 41 4. Select the options that you want for the scan. Scan P age For —S elect one of these preset options if y ou want to use it for scanning. These options are optimized for the various uses of scanned images, such as scanning for editing text or scanning in color . The symbols next to the options indicat[...]

42 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Mode —Choose a scan mode from the drop-down menu to select the mode for scanning . The symbols next to the menu options indicate black and white, grayscale, or color. Res —This is the resolution setting for the scan in dots-per-inch (dpi). The higher the dpi, the sharper the image. Hi[...]

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 43 8. When you ’ re satisfied with the image settings, click the Scan button. The scanner now re-scans the item and displays the fi nal image as a thumbnail on the PaperP ort Desktop. The small icon in the lo wer left corner of the thumbnail indicates the sample photo was scanned as a bitmap image. Plea[...]

44 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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. For example, a note written with a light pencil may need to be scanned dar ker to improve legibility . Y ou can adjust the brightness and contrast at whi[...]

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 45 G ETTING H ELP WITH THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE The P aperP or t software includes a complete set of help topics that answer questions each feature of the softwar e. ■ T o see help information, pr ess the F1 key , or from the Help menu, choose P aperP or t Help T opics to display the Help T opics window[...]

46 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE A BOUT THE P REDEFINED S CAN S ETTINGS IN P APER P ORT Selecting the proper scan setting before final scanning pr ovides the best results for a scanned item. The scan setting determines the sharpness of the item and the number of possible shades of gray or color. These selections also af[...]

C LEANING THE S CANNER G LASS 47 4. Drag the Contrast slider to the left to decr ease the contrast or to the right to increase the contrast. See the Help for more details about the Advanced Settings dialog box. C LEANING THE S CANNER G LASS Scanning items that have excessive amounts of dir t or dust may dir ty the scanner’ s glass. T o ensure the[...]

48 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS Bit Depth 36-Bit color (internal), 10-Bit gray (internal), 1-Bit line art/text Scanning resolution Optical resolution: 600 x 1200 dpi Maximum resolution (interpolated): 9600 x 9600 dpi Maximum I tem sizes 8.5 x 11.69 inches (21.6 x 29.7 cm) [...]