Visioneer 9450 manual

V isioneer 9450 Scanner Installation Guide FOR WINDOWS[...]

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright © 2002 Visioneer , Inc. 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 V isioneer , Inc. The PaperP ort brand name and logo are registered trademarks of ScanSoft, Inc[...]

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS i T ABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Visioneer 9450 Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What You Need . [...]

ii T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Step 2: Uninstalling the PaperPort Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Contacting Visioneer America Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Contacting Visioneer—International Technical Support . . . . . . . . . 49 Visioneer 9450 Scanner Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Visioneer[...]

V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 1 W ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer 9450 scanner . With this scanner , you can quickly scan stacks of items, single pages, color photos, or other paper items to place their electr onic images on y our computer . W HAT ’ S IN THE B OX Before starting the assembly and installation, c[...]

2 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T HE V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER Status Lights Glass Document Pad Reference Frame Document Cover ADF Cable Power jack USB Port ADF port Power On/Off Switch Paper Stop Paper Guide Extension Paper Guide Automatic Document Feeder Lock (on underside of scanner)[...]

T HE V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER 3 Document Cov er . Close the document cover after placing items on the scanner glass. Document P ad. Helps to secure the document in place on the scanner glass. Refer ence F rame. Place items face down within this frame. M arkings on the border of the frame show where to align various paper sizes. Glass. Place items f[...]

4 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE W HAT Y OU N EED T o use the scanner and softwar e, y ou need the following: ■ IBM PC (or 100-percent compatible) Pentium or equivalent ■ Microsoft W indows 98, Windo ws 2000, Windows M e, or Windows XP ■ One available U niversal Serial Bus (USB) port on your computer ■ A vailable internal mem[...]

S TEP 1: A SSEMBLE THE S CANNER 5 Installing Installation is a quick, four-step process: ■ assemble the scanner ■ install the software ■ connect the scanner to your computer ■ set up the P aperP ort software to scan with y our scanner . S TEP 1: A SSEMBLE THE S CANNER All the components to assemble the scanner are included in the bo x. T o [...]

6 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 2. Slide the locking tab on the bottom of the scanner to its unlocked position. 3. Insert the slots (A) on the Paper Guide onto their tabs (B) on the scanner and slide the Guide down into place. The catch tabs (C) “ snap ” into place. Refer to the picture on page 2 to see the location of the assem[...]

S TEP 1: A SSEMBLE THE S CANNER 7 4. Insert the P aper Guide Extension into the Paper Guide and “ snap ” its tabs into place. 5. Insert the P aper Stop onto the back of the scanner and slide it downward to “ snap ” its tabs into place. Y ou ’ re now ready to install the software.[...]

8 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S TEP 2: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE The P aperP or t CD includes all the necessar y installation files, as well as the P aperP or t software files and other software files. T o install the scanner softwar e: 1. S tart Microsoft Windows and make sure that no other applications are running. 2. Insert the[...]

S TEP 2: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 9 3. Select Install Scanner Software . The next Installation screen appears. 4. Select Install Scanner . Installation begins. F ollow the instructions on the scr een. If your computer is running Windows 2000 or Windows XP , your Installation CD might include ISIS driver software. In that case, an ISIS Driver kit inst[...]

10 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 5. During installation of the scanner softwar e, a message instr ucts you to connect the scanner to the computer. Do not click the Finish button yet. Connect the scanner as described below and then, when the connections ar e complete, click Finish in this dialog box. S TEP 3: C ONNECT THE S CANNER Y [...]

S TEP 3: C ONNECT THE S CANNER 11 T o connect the scanner: 1. Plug the ADF cable into the ADF por t on the body of the scanner . 2. Plug the pow er supply into its power port on the scanner . 3. Plug the power cord into the power supply and then into a wall outlet.[...]

12 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 4. Plug the USB cable into the USB por t on the scanner. The USB port is identifi ed by its USB symbol. 5. Plug the USB cable into a USB por t on the computer, keyboard, or into a USB hub. If the plug does not attach easily , make sure that you are plugging it in correctly . Do not force the plug in[...]

S TEP 3: C ONNECT THE S CANNER 13 6. T urn on the power switch. The status lights come on and fl ash indicating that the scanner is receiving power . Y our computer recognizes that a scanner has been plugged into the USB por t and automatically loads the appr opriate software to run the scanner . 7. Click the Finish button on the dialog box on the[...]

14 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 9. F ollow the instr uctions on the screen. 10. When installation is fi nished, restart your computer . 11. If you removed the CD from the CD drive and want to install other software, reinsert the CD into the driv e. In addition to installing the other softwar e from the CD, you can also view and pr[...]

L OADING D OCUMENTS TO S CAN 15 Scanning This section explains how to scan documents with y our Visioneer 9450 scanner . L OADING D OCUMENTS TO S CAN Y our scanner can scan a stack of documents or a single item. T o load a stack of documents in the A utomatic Document Feeder: 1. U nfold the Paper Guide Extension and adjust the Paper Guide for the s[...]

16 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 2. Load your stack of documents face up , with their tops into the Automatic Document F eeder . T o load a single item: 1. Place the item on the scanner glass, face down. 2. Align the item with the arr ow on the reference frame. 3. Close the cover .[...]

S CANNING I TEMS 17 S CANNING I TEMS Y ou scan from the PaperP ort software (or other T wain software). T o scan an item: 1. If the P aperP or t software isn ’ t currently running, click the Windows S tart button and fr om the Pr ograms menu, choose the ScanS oft P aperP or t program. The P aperP or t Desktop appears. 2. Click the Scan icon on th[...]

18 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE The F olders P ane (which shows folders for organizing y our scanned images) is replaced by the Scan P ane. Y ou use the Scan Pane for scanning. 3. F rom the Scanner dr op-down menu, select your Visioneer 9450 V1.00 scanner . 4. In the “Scan what?” section, choose to scan a Document or Photograph[...]

S CANNING I TEMS 19 7. F rom the scanner dr op-down menu, choose whether you are going to scan a single item ( Flatbed ) or a stack of items ( ADF ). 8. If you want to see what the scanned image will look like befor e scanning its final image, click the Pr eview button. The scanner scans a previe w of the item and displays it in the Scan Manager .[...]

20 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE On the P aperP ort Desktop: ■ The name of the scanned image is the day , date, and number of scanned items that day . F or example, in the sample abo ve, the stack of documents is the second scanned item so it is follo wed by a (2). The first scan is the color photo .T o change a name, click it to[...]

A DJUSTING THE I MAGE WITH THE S CAN M ANAGER 21 A DJUSTING THE I MAGE WITH THE S CAN M ANAGER The Scan Manager has a wide variety of options to adjust y our scanned images. Using those options you can produce the best possible scan of your documents, color photos, magazine ar ticles, business cards, or any other items you scan. A DJUSTING THE C OL[...]

22 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE white material. This setting produces the smallest fi le size for scanned items. ■ Halftone —scans the image so it appears to consist of gray tones. A pop-up menu appears so y ou can choose one of the halftone options. Notice that the preview image changes as you select each option so you can se[...]

A DJUSTING THE I MAGE WITH THE S CAN M ANAGER 23 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 . Brightness refers to the lightness or darkness of the image. Contrast is the [...]

24 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE P REVIEW A UTO -A REA The item you ’ re scanning may not fill the scanner glass. In that case y ou can preview the item and use the Preview Auto-Area button to automatically set the size of the scanned image. ■ Click the Pr eview Auto-Area button to let the Scan Manager automatically determine t[...]

A DJUSTING THE I MAGE WITH THE S CAN M ANAGER 25 M ANUALLY S ETTING THE S CAN A REA Y ou can manually adjust the output ar ea to scan specific sections of an image. F or example, if you ’ re scanning a photograph and want to focus on one section, manually setting the output siz e removes the rest of the photograph from the final scanned image. [...]

26 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Her e ’ s a sample of a manually selected output ar ea: M ANUALLY S ETTING THE W IDTH AND L ENGTH The output dimensions at the bottom of the Scan Manager show the Width and Length of the scan area. Y ou can set the area by typing numbers into those boxes. T o manually set the width and length: 1. C[...]

A DJUSTING THE I MAGE WITH THE S CAN M ANAGER 27 R EVERSING THE I MAGE The Scan Manager has an Invert button and a M irror button for reversing the scanned image. Invert reverses the black and whites or the colors of an image. Mirroring flips the image 180 degrees. ■ Click the Invert or Mirror button to see the image y ou want. Invert Mirror Ori[...]

28 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE A DJUSTING C OLOR AND G RAY I MAGES The Scan Manager has three buttons—Descreen, Sharpen, and Auto Level—for quickly adjusting color and gray images. These buttons do not apply to black and white or halftone images. D ESCREEN I MAGE Select this option when scanning a picture from a newspaper or m[...]

A DJUSTING THE I MAGE WITH THE S CAN M ANAGER 29 T o descreen an image: 1. Click the Descreen button. 2. Choose the appropriate option fr om the Descreen pop-up menu. W atch the preview image as y ou select various options to see which one is best for your final scanned image. S HARPEN I MAGE Sharpness determines the amount of blur in an image. Y [...]

30 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE A UTO L EVEL Y our scanner can analyz e a color image to automatically determine the best settings to match the colors of the original image. Click this button to let the scanner automatically adjust the color settings. M ANUALLY A DJUSTING C OLOR S ETTINGS The buttons for manually adjusting a pr evi[...]

A DJUSTING THE I MAGE WITH THE S CAN M ANAGER 31 H IGHLIGHT /S HADOW L EVELS Images have light and dark areas. The highlight is the lightest spot on an image; shadow is the darkest spot. The range of colors betw een the highlight and shadow determines the range of colors of the image. U sing the Highlight/Shadow Levels features, however , you can e[...]

32 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Enter new settings in the bo xes for the three levels, or drag the small triangles at the bottom of the histogram. As you change the settings, the histogram changes to r eflect the ne w levels. 4. Click P review to see the effect of the ne w settings on the previe w image. 5. Click Reset to reset[...]

A DJUSTING THE I MAGE WITH THE S CAN M ANAGER 33 2. F rom the Channel dr op-down menu, choose RGB to adjust the gamma of all the channels together, or choose a single channel if available. 3. Drag the line up or down to set a ne w gamma. The input and output values represent values on the horiz ontal and vertical axes for the ne w gamma setting. Cl[...]

34 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Each color is paired with its complementar y color , so as you drag a triangle you are increasing a color while decreasing its complementar y color . 3. Click P review to see the effect of the ne w settings on the previe w image. 4. Click Reset to reset the levels to their original values. 5. Click O[...]

A DJUSTING THE I MAGE WITH THE S CAN M ANAGER 35 C OLOR D ROP - OUT Color drop-out is the ability of your scanner to automatically r emove one color from a scanned item. For example, if you are scanning a letter with a red watermark, you can choose to drop-out the color r ed (the R Channel) so the scanned letter just sho ws the text and not the r e[...]

36 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T o drop the color out of a black and white, or grayscale image: 1. F rom Color Mode menu, choose Black and White or Halftone , or 8-Bit G ray . The Color Drop-out icon becomes activ e. 2. Click the Color Drop-out icon. The dialog box appears for dropping out one of the colors, or none of them. 3. Ch[...]

C LEARING P APER J AMS 37 C LEARING P APER J AMS If your scanner stops scanning due to a paper jam in the Automatic Document F eeder , a warning dialog bo x appears after a fe w moments. T o clear a paper jam: 1. Open the Automatic Document F eeder cover . 2. Remove the jammed paper and close the cover . T o reduce the number of paper jams, smooth [...]

38 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE C ARE AND M AINTENANCE Y our scanner is designed to be maintenance-fr ee. Occasional cleaning, however , can help ensure continual optimal per formance. C LEANING THE S CANNER G LASS Scanning items that have excessive amounts of dir t or dust may dir ty the glass. T o ensure the best quality scanned [...]

C ARE AND M AINTENANCE 39 R EPLACING THE ADF P AD A SSEMBLY The ADF pad spring may begin to w ear out after 150,000 scanned pages. Pr oblems with documents feeding into the ADF is an indication that the pad spring may be w earing out. Y ou received a replacement pad in the original scanner bo x, and you can also order a new one. See the “ Visione[...]

40 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T ROUBLESHOOTING In addition to the troubleshooting information contained in this section, please see the Readme fi le in the P aperP ort director y on your computer’ s hard drive. The Readme file contains additional information that may help you diagnose pr oblems with the scanner . If you tr y [...]

T ROUBLESHOOTING 41 P roblem: During installation I got the err or message: P aperP or t Installation is not complete. What do I do? The installation procedure was not successful. Y ou need to reinstall the P aperP or t software. P roblem: I got the error message: PaperP or t cannot allocate enough memor y to perform internal critical operations. W[...]

42 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE H OW TO U NINSTALL Y OUR S CANNER T o uninstall the Visioneer 9450 scanner , you remove the software you installed for the scanner . S TEP 1: U NINSTALLING THE V ISIONEER 9450 S OFTWARE F OR W INDOWS 98, 98 SE, AND ME 1. Click Start on the Windo ws T askbar . 2. Choose Settings then Control P anel fr[...]

H OW TO U NINSTALL Y OUR S CANNER 43 The Select U ninstall Method window appears. 6. Make sure the Automatic option is selected. 7. Click Next . The P erform Uninstall window appears. 8. Click Finish . The Visioneer 9450 software is uninstalled from your computer . 9. If the Remove Shar ed Components window appears, Visioneer recommends selecting N[...]

44 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE F OR W INDOWS 2000 AND XP 1. Click Start on the Windo ws T askbar . 2. F or Windows 2000, choose Settings , then Control P anel from the menu. F or Windows XP , choose Control P anel from the menu. 3. Double-click the Add/Remov e Programs icon. The window that appears is named Add/Remove P rograms (W[...]

H OW TO U NINSTALL Y OUR S CANNER 45 The Select U ninstall Method window appears. 7. Make sure the Automatic option is selected. 8. Click Next . The P erform U ninstall window appears. 9. Click Finish . The Visioneer 9450 software is uninstalled from your computer . 10. U nplug the power to the scanner and r emove its USB cable from your computer .[...]

46 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S TEP 2: U NINSTALLING THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 1. Click Start on the Windows T askbar . 2. Choose Settings , then Control P anel from the menu. 3. Double-click the Add/Remov e Programs icon. Windows 98, 98SE, or ME : The Add/Remove P rograms P roperties window appears. Make sure the Install/U nins[...]

H OW TO U NINSTALL Y OUR S CANNER 47 9. F or Windows XP , click Finish . 10. Close the Remove P rograms From Y our Computer windo w . Close the Control P anel. 11. Restart your computer .[...]

48 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE C ONTACTING V ISIONEER A MERICA T ECHNICAL S UPPORT Visioneer provides technical support to all registered users in E nglish and F rench. Please see the chart below for contact telephone numbers. F or Latin America, call our U.S. T echnical Support (1-541-884-5548). Visioneer offre un l’assistance [...]

C ONTACTING V ISIONEER —I NTERNATIONAL T ECHNICAL S UPPORT 49 C ONTACTING V ISIONEER —I NTERNATIONAL T ECHNICAL S UPPORT Visioneer provides technical support to all registered users in E nglish, F rench, and German. Please see the char t below for contact telephone numbers. Visioneer offre une assistance technique à tous les utilisateurs enr e[...]

50 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS Bit depth T rue 42-Bit color (internal), 14-B it gray (internal), 1-Bit line art/text Scanning resolution Optical resolution: 600 x 1200 dpi, H ardware supersampling Interpolated resolution: 9600 dpi Maximum item sizes ADF Mode 8.5 x 14 inches (21.6 x 35.6 cm)[...]

V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER P ARTS L IST 51 V ISIONEER 9450 S CANNER P ARTS L IST Please use the following par t names and numbers when ordering replacements for your Visioneer 9450 scanner . P art Name P art Number P aperguide assembly 57-0097-000 P aperguide extension 57-0098-000 P aper stopper assembly 57-0099-000 ADF P ad assembly 57-0100-000 AC P[...]

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I NDEX 53 INDEX Numerics 24-bit color 22, 35 8-bit gray 22, 35 A ADF 3, 19 ADF cable 3, 11 ADF pad assembly replace 39 ADF port 3, 11 adjust image 21 align item 16 automatic color adjustment 30 Automatic Document Feeder 3 cleaning 38 B bit depth 50 black and white 21 brightness 23 brightness slider 23 C CD other software 14 starting manually 8 colo[...]

P paper guide 3, 6 paper jam 37 paper size 24 paper stop 3, 7 PaperPort Desktop 17 scan from 18 thumbnail 20 PaperPort User’s Guide 4 patterns on picture 28 preview auto-area 24 R resolution 22 reverse image 27 RGB 31, 33 RGB, drop-out 36 ruler units 24 S saturation 31, 34 scan file name 18, 20 multiple pages 15, 19, 20 PaperPort Desktop 20 previ[...]