Visioneer 5600 - Manuals

3 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE W HAT Y OU N EED To use the scanner and software, you need the following: ■ IBM PC (or 100-percent compatible) Pentium or equivalent ■ Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 2000, or Windows Me ■ One available Universal Serial Bus (USB) port on your...

S TEP 1: I NSTALLING THE S CANNER S OFTWARE 4 S TEP 1: I NSTALLING THE S CANNER S OFTWARE To install the scanner software: 1. Start Microsoft Windows and make sure that no other applications are running. 2. Insert the CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. The CD automatically starts. Note : You must...

5 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. When the CD window appears, click the PaperPort Deluxe button and follow the instructions on the screen to install the scanner software on your computer. When you are finished installing the software, a message instructs you to connect t...

S TEP 2: C ONNECTING THE S CANNER 6 To connect your Visioneer OneTouch 5600 scanner: 1. Plug the USB cable on the back of your 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 force the plug into the connection. 2...

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 Visioneer OneTouch 5600 scanner software comes with special software, called the OneTouch software, that allows you to use your scanner. The OneTouch software adds the scanner icon to the Windows t...

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 properly connected. 4. Click OK to close the dialog box. That’s it. Your scanner is ready to scan. See “Scanning: Three Ways” on page 10. I F THE S CANNER I S N OT P ROPERLY C O...

9 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE • Is the scanner’s power light on? Turn 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? Slide the locking tab to the u...

S CANNING : T HREE W AYS 10 If you try all the troubleshooting procedures described above and in the Readme file, and the scanner icon still has a red X through it, you may have a malfunctioning scanner. Please see the technical support card that you received with your scanner for technical assistan...

11 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE • Scan from the PaperPort software (or other Twain software) To scan from the PaperPort software, start the software, and then click the Twain icon on the PaperPort Command Bar. You can also scan from other Twain software. See “Scanning fr...

S CANNING FROM THE B UTTON P ANEL ON THE S CREEN 12 During scanning, the scan progress window shows 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 f...

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 above the Windows taskbar; the progress window shows the image as it is scanned. When the scan is complete, the scann...

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 shows the current settings for each scanner button. The tabs across the top of the dialog box correspond to the buttons. Cli...

15 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE See “Setting Preferences” on page 23 to set Preferences. To display the Configuration dialog box: 1. Right-click the scanner icon. The shortcut menu appears. 2. Choose Configure from the shortcut menu. The Configuration dialog box appears....

L EARNING ABOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 16 Select Destination —the list of applications that can open to display the scanned image. Select the application that you want to automatically open to display or process the scanned image. Select Configuration —the list of the button’s scan configurations....

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 You can get help with the scanner’s features or any of the options on the Configuration dialog box using either of the following methods: ■ When the Configuration dialog box is displayed, p...

L EARNING ABOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 18 3. Click a selection in the Select Configuration list to choose a new scan configuration for the selected scanner button. The configurations in the list are preset for the application you select in the application list. If you select another application, t...

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 you created yourself, you can adjust that configuration’s scan settings and page settings. For example, if the scanned image is too dark, you can adjus...

L EARNING ABOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 20 2. In the Select Configuration list, click the configuration that you want to adjust. For example, the following figure shows a configuration named Special Scan for Dark Print (which you would have created earlier). 3. Click the Edit button. The dialog box...

21 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 4. Adjust the scan settings that you want. Mode —Select Black/White to scan in black and white. For example, letters and memos are usually scanned in black and white. Select Grayscale to scan items such as documents containing drawings or ...

L EARNING ABOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 22 you select the Custom option from the drop-down list, boxes appear in place of the picture. Enter the horizontal and vertical page dimensions in the boxes. AutoCrop —Select this option to let the scanner automatically determine the size of the item being s...

23 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S ETTING P REFERENCES The preferences apply to each button and to the scanner. To set preferences: 1. On the Configuration dialog box, select the tab for a button to set its preferences. 2. Click the Preferences tab on the Configuration di...

L EARNING ABOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 24 Show 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 your com...

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, you can scan directly from the PaperPort software. This is particularly helpful when you’re using PaperPort to file and save your scanned items. S ETTING U P THE S CANNER To scan...

29 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 7. Check the preview image. If you want to change the scanner setting for the item, click one of the options in the list to “Scan Page For.” For example, to scan a black and white image instead of a color photo, select Black & White Ph...

A DJUSTING S CANNER S ETTINGS 30 9. To select the area to scan, drag the borders of the selection rectangle surrounding the preview image to reduce or enlarge the area. 10. If you want to preview the item again with the new settings, click the Preview button again on the Scan Manager. 11. When you a...

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 Manager, you can select one of the predefined scanner settings from the list “Scan Page For.” The settings are described in the following table. Scan Page For Default Setting To Scan D...

A DJUSTING S CANNER S ETTINGS 32 Selecting the proper scanner setting before 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 mo...

33 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Size —The page size for the image. If you want to use one of the preset sizes, click the drop-down arrow and choose the size from the list. If you want to create a custom size, click on the picture window and drag the mouse. A dotted box o...

A DJUSTING S CANNER S ETTINGS 34 4. Click the Save As button. The Save As dialog box appears. 5. Type a name for the new scanner setting. 6. Click Save . The new setting is added to the list of “Scan Page For” options at the top of the dialog box. A DJUSTING THE B RIGHTNESS AND C ONTRAST Sometimes a...

C LEANING THE S CANNER G LASS 36 C LEANING THE S CANNER G LASS Scanning items that have excessive amounts of dirt or dust may dirty the glass. To 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-Bit gray(internal), 1-Bit line art/text Scanning resolution Optical resolution: 600 x 1200 dpi Maximum Item sizes 8.5 x 11.69 inches (21.6 x 29.7 cm...