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4800/2400 Series Installation and user guide 05-0580-000 August, 2003[...]

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4800/2400 Seri es Instal lation an d User Guide iii T able of Contents 1 Getting started wi th your new scanner Step 1: Instal ling th e scanner software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1 Step 2: Connecting the scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-2 G[...]

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4800/2400 Seri es Instal lation an d User Guide 1-1 1 Getting started with your new scanner Congratulat ions on purchas ing your One Touch scanner. Wit h your scanner, you can quic kly scan paper documents and colo r photos to place their electroni c images on your computer. If you have a transparen cy adapto r with y our scanner, you will als o be[...]

Getting sta rted with y our new scann er 1-2 4800/2400 Ser ies Ins tallat ion and Us er Guid e install ed in, and follow the inst ructions on the scr een to install the scanner software on your comput er . When you are finished in stallin g the software, a message instruc ts you to connect the scanner to the computer . Figure 1-2 Connect scanner 4.[...]

Getting started with y our new scann er 4800/2400 Seri es Instal lation an d User Guide 1-3 Figure 1-3 Unlock sca nner NOTE: The locki ng tab protects the scanner’s scan head by holding it secure ly in positi on. Lock t he scanner when transport ing it fr om one locat ion to a nother , but always remember to unlock it before scanning. The scanner[...]

Getting sta rted with y our new scann er 1-4 4800/2400 Ser ies Ins tallat ion and Us er Guid e 4. Plug the power supply cabl e into the jack on the back of the scanner , then plug the power supply into a wall outlet. Figure 1-6 Plug in power supp ly A progress message appears sayi ng that the scanner has been found. The scanner is now correctly ins[...]

Getting started with y our new scann er 4800/2400 Seri es Instal lation an d User Guide 1-5 To check the status of t he scanner: 1. Right-cl ick the scanner ic on. The shortcut menu appears . Figure 1-8 Sh ortcut menu 2. Choose [About ] from the shortcut menu. A dialog box confi rms that the scanner is properly connec ted. Figure 1- 9 Scanner i nfo[...]

Getting sta rted with y our new scann er 1-6 4800/2400 Ser ies Ins tallat ion and Us er Guid e Please see the Readme fil e in the PaperPort director y on your computer’s har d drive. The Readme file contains additi onal informati on that may help you di agnose problems connecti ng the scanner. Al so see “Ins tallation t roubleshooti ng” on pa[...]

4800/2400 Seri es Instal lation an d User Guide 2-1 2 Three ways to scan You can scan paper items by pressing a One Touch button, by clicking a button on the s creen, or from the Pa perPort sof tware (or other TWAIN software). Scan with the scanner buttons Press a bu tton on the scanner’s fro nt panel. Figure 2- 1 Press a scanne r button Scan fro[...]

Three wa ys to scan 2-2 4800/2400 Ser ies Ins tallat ion and Us er Guid e 1. Place an i tem to sc an on the g lass, fa ce down, and align the edge of the item with th e arrow marker at the lower le ft corner of the glass. 2. Close the lid and press one of the scann er buttons. The scanner start s scanning the item. Messages just above the Windows t[...]

Three wa ys to scan 4800/2400 Seri es Instal lation an d User Guide 2-3 NOTE: If a butto n is not preconfigured, the Configurati on dialog box appears when you press that button so you can configure it manually . For example, if your compu ter does not have email software in stalled, t he Email button cannot be configur ed. Scanning from the bu tto[...]

Three wa ys to scan 2-4 4800/2400 Ser ies Ins tallat ion and Us er Guid e A question mark icon on a button means your computer does not have an ap plicatio n that corresponds to that button’ s functi ons. For example, if your computer does not have an email applicat ion, the Email button wil l have a question mark icon on it. About the Configu ra[...]

Three wa ys to scan 4800/2400 Seri es Instal lation an d User Guide 2-5 Figure 2-8 Sh ortcut menu 2. Choose [Configur e] from the shortcut menu. The Configurat ion dialog box appears. The opti ons on the Configurat ion dialog box are: Select Desti nation – the li st of applicat ions that can open to displ ay the scanned image. Sele ct the applica[...]

Three wa ys to scan 2-6 4800/2400 Ser ies Ins tallat ion and Us er Guid e Options – displays a dialog box for selecting opti ons about the destinat ion application fo r the scanned image. Each destination application has its own options dialog box. Folder Copy – displ ays a dialog box for sel ecting t he folder to use for stori ng copies of the[...]

Three wa ys to scan 4800/2400 Seri es Instal lation an d User Guide 2-7 3. Click a select ion in the Select Configu ration lis t to choose a new scan configurat ion for the selected scan ner button. The configurat ions are preset fo r the application you sel ect in the appli cation l ist. If you sel ect anoth er appl ication, the configur ations ar[...]

Three wa ys to scan 2-8 4800/2400 Ser ies Ins tallat ion and Us er Guid e 2. Click t he tab of the butt on whose o ptions you want to change. 3. In the Select Configur ation list , click the confi guration that you want to adjust. For example, t he following fi gure shows a configur ation named Special Scan for Dar k Print (which you would have cre[...]

Three wa ys to scan 4800/2400 Seri es Instal lation an d User Guide 2-9 scanning produc es an image in varying shade s of gray . Select Color to scan color photographs and other col or items. Resolutio n – Drag the slider to the right or lef t to adjust the dots per i nch (dpi) of th e resolut ion. The hi gher the dpi sett ing, the sharpe r and c[...]

Three wa ys to scan 2-10 4800/2400 S eries Installat ion and User G uide Gamma – Drag th e slider to im prove how the colors i n a scanned image look on your monit or . Gamma correction allows you to achieve preci se color matching. Because the computer cannot always transmit the ex act color inf ormation to the hardwar e, you may have to make so[...]

Three wa ys to scan 4800/2400 Seri es Instal lation an d User Guide 2-1 1 Figure 2-16 Button preferences 3. If the Button ta b on the Pr eferences di alog box i s not sel ected, click it . Show All Destinatio ns – Cl icking t his opti on automatica lly selects al l the destination appl ications cat egories. When you click the button’ s tab on t[...]

Three wa ys to scan 2-12 4800/2400 S eries Installat ion and User G uide Figure 2- 17 General p references Show Status Window – Select this option to see the small window at the bottom right cor ner of the screen that shows the status o f the scan ning and other in formati on as shown i n this sample: Figure 2- 18 Status window Show Scanner Icon [...]

Three wa ys to scan 4800/2400 Seri es Instal lation an d User Guide 2-1 3 Scanning from the PaperPort sof tware Instead o f using a scanner button, you c an scan directly from the PaperPort soft ware. NOTE: Y ou can also scan directly with othe r software that meets the TW AIN standards for scan ning, which includes many graphics and imaging applic[...]

Three wa ys to scan 2-14 4800/2400 S eries Installat ion and User G uide scanning at a higher resol ution creates a larger file size and take s longer t o scan. T o minimize the file size an d the time required to get a bet ter quali ty scan, selec t just the area of the it em that yo u want to scan. To scan an item: 1. Open the sca nner cove r , p[...]

Three wa ys to scan 4800/2400 Seri es Instal lation an d User Guide 2-1 5 You can now scan manually by previewing t he image and adj usting the scan settings to your liking, or you can cli ck [AutoScan]. The AutoScan feature uses your preset scan setti ngs and the scanner’s aut omatic image analy sis capabili ties to fi nd the optimum combinatio [...]

Three wa ys to scan 2-16 4800/2400 S eries Installat ion and User G uide Figure 2- 22 Thumbnail images in PaperPort To scan automaticall y: 1. Click [ AutoScan]. The scanner uses your prese lected resolut ion setti ng for the configur ation you selected . See “Setting preferenc es” on page 2-10 to set the AutoScan settings. In additi on, your O[...]

Three wa ys to scan 4800/2400 Seri es Instal lation an d User Guide 2-1 7 Getting help with the PaperPort software The PaperPort soft ware includes a complet e set of help topics that answer question s about each feature of the sof tware. To see help infor mation, press th e [F1] key, or from the [Hel p] menu, choose [Paper Port Help Topi cs] to d [...]

Three wa ys to scan 2-18 4800/2400 S eries Installat ion and User G uide Figure 2-25 Resolut ion settings NOTE: The information in the scan settings list and t he options that you select on the various s etti ngs panels are inter active. Th at is, as you change the settings on the panel , the numbers in the list on the left als o change. Saving a n[...]

Three wa ys to scan 4800/2400 Seri es Instal lation an d User Guide 2-1 9 4. T ype a name for the new pr ofile. 5. Select the options you want : • Store the cus tom output image size i n this Profi le – You can create a custom image size as par t of t he setti ngs; if you adjusted the out put image size for the sel ected configura tion, that ou[...]

Three wa ys to scan 2-20 4800/2400 S eries Installat ion and User G uide 3. T o adjust the sharpness, drag the Fi delity slider to the left to decrease the sharpn ess or to the right to i ncrease the sharpness. Y ou can also type a number directly i nto the sharpne ss setting box, or clic k the up and down arrows next to the box to increase or decr[...]

Three wa ys to scan 4800/2400 Seri es Instal lation an d User Guide 2-2 1 You can also adjust the br ightness and contra st by sampling portions of the image in t he preview window. The t hree Sampler buttons corr espond to the Black, Mid tones, and Whit e portions of an image. To use the Sampler buttons: 1. Click o ne of the buttons. The pointer a[...]

Three wa ys to scan 2-22 4800/2400 S eries Installat ion and User G uide new curve. The x and y numbers at the bottom of th e response curve i ndicate the exact position of the point er on the curve . The Gamma sli der remains f ixed when you use the Freest yle option. 3. Drag the Gamma, Saturat ion, and Color Hue sli ders to the lef t to decrease [...]

Three wa ys to scan 4800/2400 Seri es Instal lation an d User Guide 2-2 3 3. If the dotted line is not exactly where you want i t, put the pointer on the line and drag the mouse. For example, if yo u want the scan to i nclude a bor der around the image, you can dr ag the dot ted line to be slightl y larger than the autotr immed area. T o use the po[...]

Three wa ys to scan 2-24 4800/2400 S eries Installat ion and User G uide Figure 2-27 Adju sting output si ze 4. If the dotted line is not exactly where you want i t, put the pointer on the line and drag the mouse. T o use the pointer to drag the line, make sure the pointer button i s selecte d at the top of t he window . 5. T o rotate the selected [...]

Three wa ys to scan 4800/2400 Seri es Instal lation an d User Guide 2-2 5 Figure 2-2 8 Save a custom size 2. T ype a name and dimensions for the size. 3. Click [O K]. The new cust om size is now l isted in the box at the top of the panel. Select it in the list to automat ically re use the custom size. The Scan Info box The followi ng figure shows t[...]

Three wa ys to scan 2-26 4800/2400 S eries Installat ion and User G uide Settin g preferences You can set p references f or the Scan Manager Pro and scanner that are independent of the preferences for the PaperPor t software. To set the Scan Manager Pro preferences: 1. Click the [Pr eferences] butt on. The User Pr eferences di alog box a ppears. Fi[...]

Three wa ys to scan 4800/2400 Seri es Instal lation an d User Guide 2-2 7 • AutoScan Resolut ion – You can scan an item by clicking the AutoScan button on the Scan Manager Pro. The scanner uses these resol ution setti ngs for the respecti ve configura tions: Color, Grey Scale and Black and White. • Folder for Temporary Images – When you sca[...]

Three wa ys to scan 2-28 4800/2400 S eries Installat ion and User G uide Figure 2- 31 T r ansparency masks 2. T o scan a 35mm sl ide, fi rst posi tion t he 35mm mask on t he glass. The mask has one squar e corner . Align that cor ner with the arr ow on the sc anner body . Make sure t hat the t ext on t he 35mm mask f aces up so the slide fi ts prop[...]

Three wa ys to scan 4800/2400 Seri es Instal lation an d User Guide 2-2 9 Figure 2-33 Negative placement The 35mm negative mask also has a calibrat ion slot. Do not place items to be scanned in the calibration slot . Y ou’re now ready to scan the slide or negative. To scan a 35mm slide or negative: 1. Start the PaperPort sof tware, click the [Sc [...]

Three wa ys to scan 2-30 4800/2400 S eries Installat ion and User G uide Figure 2-34 T ransparency scanning opti ons 3. Click [ Preview] t o preview the i mage and, if necessa ry , adjust the vari ous setti ngs, then click [ Scan] when t he image is what you want. See “Using TW AIN and Scan Manager Pr o” on page 2-13 f or detai ls about scannin[...]

4800/2400 Seri es Instal lation an d User Guide 3-1 3 T roubleshooting and maintenance Installation troubleshooting My computer isn’t recogni sing my scanner . I’ve checked the power and connecti ons, what else shou ld I check? Sometimes the driv er does not i nstall cor rectly a nd needs to be rei nstalle d (this occurs i f the scanner is conn[...]

Troubles hootin g and m aintena nce 3-2 4800/2400 Ser ies Ins tallat ion and Us er Guid e How to uninstall yo ur scanner To uninstall your One Touch scanner, you remove the One Touch software fi rst, and then remove the PaperPort software, or other software you install ed for t he scanner. Step 1: Uninstalling the One T ouch software For Windows 98[...]

Troubles hootin g and mainte nance 4800/2400 Seri es Instal lation an d User Guide 3-3 The One T ouch software is uninstall ed from your computer . The status light on the scanner t urns amber indicating t hat the scanner and computer are no longer communicating. 9. If the Remove Shared Components windo w appears, select [No to A ll]. 10. Unplug th[...]

Troubles hootin g and m aintena nce 3-4 4800/2400 Ser ies Ins tallat ion and Us er Guid e 7. Make sure t he [Automati c] option i s select ed. NOTE: The Automat ic opti on is select ed by defaul t. Using the Automatic opti on is recommended. The other options are for advanced users only . 8. Click [ Next]. Th e Perform Uninst all window appears. 9.[...]

Troubles hootin g and mainte nance 4800/2400 Seri es Instal lation an d User Guide 3-5 NOTE: Fi les created by PaperPort are in a proprietar y format (with a .max extension) and cannot be opened by other applicatio ns. If you decide t o keep your s canned image files and want to b e able to view them, you can use the Pape rPort V iewer i nstead of [...]

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