Visioneer 5600 manual

V isioneer OneT ouch 5600 Scanner Installation Guide FOR WINDOWS[...]

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright © 2000 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. The P aperPor[...]

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS i Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Visioneer OneTouch 5600 Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 1 W ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing y our Visioneer O neT ouch 5600 USB scanner . With y our scanner , you can quickly scan paper documents and color photos to place their electronic images on y our computer . W HAT ’ S IN THE B OX Before starting the installation, check the contents [...]

T HE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER 2 T HE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER 6 Glass Document pad 4 3 2 1 Reference frame Document cover USB cable Power jack 7 OneTouch button panel 5 Document co ver . Close the document co ver after placing items on the scanner glass. Document pad. H elps to secure the document in place on the scanner gla[...]

3 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE W HAT Y OU N EED T o use the scanner and softwar e, you 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 Serial Bus (USB) port on y our computer ■ 32 megabytes (MB) or [...]

S TEP 1: I NSTALLING THE S CANNER S OFTWARE 4 S TEP 1: I NSTALLING THE S CANNER S OFTWARE T o install the scanner softwar e: 1. S tart Microsoft Windows and make sur e that no other applications are running. 2. Insert the CD into your computer ’ s CD-R OM drive. The CD automatically starts. N ote : Y ou must install the scanner softwar e befor e [...]

5 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. When the CD window appears, click the P aperP ort Deluxe button and follow the instructions on the scr een to install the scanner software on your computer . When you are finished installing the softwar e, a message instructs you to connect the scanner to the computer . 4. F ollow the [...]

S TEP 2: C ONNECTING THE S CANNER 6 T o connect y our Visioneer OneT ouch 5600 scanner : 1. Plug the USB cable on the back of y our scanner into any USB port on your computer . 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. 2. Plug the po wer supply cable into the j[...]

7 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S TEP 3: C HECKING O UT Y OUR S CANNER The V isioneer OneT ouch 5600 scanner softwar e comes with special software, called the O neT ouch software, that allo ws you to use your scanner . The OneT ouch software adds the scanner icon to the Windows taskbar (at the bottom right corner of the [...]

S TEP 3: C HECKING O UT Y OUR S CANNER 8 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: Three W ays ” on page 10. I F THE S CANNER I S N OT P ROPERLY C ONNECTED If the scanner icon on the Win[...]

9 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE • Is the scanner ’ s power light on? T urn on the scanner ’ s power . If the light still doesn ’ t come on, plug the power adapter into another electrical outlet. • Is the scanner ’ s locking tab in the locked position? S lide the locking tab to the unlocked position. I f you t[...]

S CANNING : T HREE W AYS 10 If you try all the troubleshooting pr ocedures described abo ve and in the Readme file, and the scanner icon still has a r ed X through it, you may have a malfunctioning scanner . Please see the technical support card that you receiv ed with your scanner for technical assistance telephone numbers. Also visit our web sit[...]

11 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE • Scan from the P aperP ort software (or other T wain software) T o scan from the P aperP ort 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 fr om the P aperP or t Software ” [...]

S CANNING FROM THE B UTTON P ANEL ON THE S CREEN 12 During scanning, the scan pr ogress window sho ws a small copy of the image, as illustrated by 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[...]

13 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 2. Click the button you want to use to scan. The scanner starts scanning the item; the messages about the scanning appear abo ve the Windo ws taskbar; the progress window shows the image as it is scanned. When the scan is complete, the scanned image appears in the destination application.[...]

L EARNING ABOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 14 The following table lists the scanner ’ s preconfigured settings: 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 correspond to the buttons. Clicking a tab shows the curr ent settings f[...]

15 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE See “S etting P references ” on page 23 to set P references. T o display the Configuration dialog bo x: 1. Right-click the scanner icon. The shortcut menu appears. 2. Choose Configur e from the shortcut menu. The Configuration dialog box appears. The options on the Configuration d[...]

L EARNING ABOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 16 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 the scanned image. Select Configuration —the list of the button ’ s scan configurations. The configuration settings include: [...]

17 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE G ETTING H ELP IN THE C ONFIGURATION D IALOG B OX 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 displayed, pr ess the F1 key on your keyboar d ■ [...]

L EARNING ABOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 18 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 are pr eset for the application you select in the application list. If y ou select another application, the configurations are for that application.[...]

19 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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 dark, y ou can adjust the brightness of the scan setting. T[...]

L EARNING ABOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 20 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 the scanning set[...]

21 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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 [...]

L EARNING ABOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 22 you select the C ustom option from the dr op-down list, boxes appear in place of the pictur e. Enter the horizontal and v er tical 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 you put a photo[...]

23 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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 a[...]

L EARNING ABOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 24 Sho w All Destinations —Clicking this option automatically selects all the destination applications categories. When you click the button ’ s tab on the Configuration dialog box, its list of destination applications include all of the applications on y our computer that fall into these categories. F [...]

25 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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 contr ol when the scanner lamp pow ers goes off . After idling for xx minutes —S elect this option to [...]

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 26 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. S ETTING U P THE S CANNER T o scan from P aperP or t, you must first do [...]

27 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Choose the Visioneer Scan Manager , and then click Select . Y our scanner is now set to scan. S CANNING AN I TEM U SING THE T WAIN B UTTON T o scan an item: 1. If the P aperP or t software isn ’ t currently running, double-click the P aperP ort icon on the Windo ws desktop to start i[...]

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 28 The Scan Manager appears. 4. F rom the list of Scanner Settings labeled “Scan P age F or ,” select the most appropriate setting for the item y ou ’ re scanning. In the example abo ve, the selected setting is “Color D ocument-F aster .” 5. Click the P review button. The scanner scans a preview o[...]

29 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 7. Check the preview image. I f you want to change the scanner setting for the item, click one of the options in the list to “Scan P age F or .” F or example, to scan a black and white image instead of a color photo, select Black & White Photo in the list. See the table in the sec[...]

A DJUSTING S CANNER S ETTINGS 30 9. T o select the area to scan, drag the bor ders of the selection rectangle surrounding the pr eview image to reduce or enlarge the ar ea. 10. If you want to pr eview the item again with the new settings, click the P review button again on the Scan M anager . 11. When you are satisfied with the pr eview image, cli[...]

31 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S ELECTING A P REDEFINED S CANNER S ETTING In the Scan M anager , you can select one of the pr edefined scanner settings from the list “Scan P age F or .” The settings are described in the following table. Scan P age F or Default S etting T o Scan Description Editing T ext (OCR) Blac[...]

A DJUSTING S CANNER S ETTINGS 32 Selecting the pr oper scanner setting befor e scanning produces the best results for a scanned item. The scanner setting determines the resolution of the item and the number of possible shades of gray or color . The symbols next to the setting names indicate the scan mode—color , grayscale, or black and white. The[...]

33 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Size —The page size for the image. If y ou want to use one of the pr eset sizes, click the drop-do wn arrow and choose the size fr om the list. If y ou want to create a custom siz e, click on the pictur e window and drag the mouse. A dotted box on the windo w indicates the page size, an[...]

A DJUSTING S CANNER S ETTINGS 34 4. Click the Save As button. The Sav e As dialog box appears. 5. T ype a name for the new scanner setting. 6. Click Save . The new setting is added to the list of “Scan P age F or ” options at the top of the dialog box. A DJUSTING THE B RIGHTNESS AND C ONTRAST Sometimes an item is scanned with the brightness and[...]

35 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Drag the B rightness slider to the left to make the item dar ker or to the right to make the item lighter . 4. Drag the Contrast slider to the left to decr ease the contrast or to the right to increase the contrast. 5. Click OK on the Adv anced S ettings dialog box. S ELECTING THE A RE[...]

C LEANING THE S CANNER G LASS 36 C LEANING THE S CANNER G LASS Scanning items that have ex cessive amounts of dirt or dust may dirty the glass. T o ensure the best quality scanned item, wipe the scanner glass with a soft clean cloth to rid the glass of dust or other debris.[...]

37 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS Bit Depth 42-Bit color (internal), 12-B it gray (internal), 1-Bit line art/text Scanning r esolution Optical resolution: 600 x 1200 dpi Maximum I tem sizes 8.5 x 11.69 inches (21.6 x 29.7 cm) Scanner dimensions Height 3.7 inches (8.95 c[...]