Visioneer 8820 - Manuals

V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 1 W ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer OneTouch 8820 scanner. With your scanner, you can quickly scan paper documents, color photos, film strips, film negatives, and transparency sheets to place their electronic images on you...

2 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T HE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER Glass Pressure plate Reference frame Document cover On/Off switchPower jack OneTouch button panel TPA port USB port Status light TPA cable Transparency light source (underneath pressure plate)

T HE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER 3 Document cover. Close the document cover after placing items on the scanner glass. Pressure plate. Helps to secure paper documents in place on the scanner glass. Also protects the transparency light source. Before scanning transparencies, unsnap and remove...

4 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE W HAT Y OU N EED To use the OneTouch 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) por...

STEP 1: I NSTALLING THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 5 Installing This section of the guide contains instructions for connecting your OneTouch 8820 scanner to a USB port. The PaperPort CD includes all the necessary installation files, as well as PaperPort software files and other software files. The CD al...

6 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. From the list of options that appears on the screen, select ScanSoft PaperPort. 4. Follow the instructions on the screen to install the PaperPort software on your computer. During installation, a message tells you to connect the scanner ...

STEP 2: C ONNECTING THE S CANNER 7 STEP 2: C ONNECTING THE S CANNER The OneTouch 8820 scanner connects to any available USB port. Check your computer’s user’s guide for its USB port locations. To connect the OneTouch 8820 scanner to a USB port:1. Turn the scanner over to see the locking tab on the b...

8 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 2. Check that the TPA cable is plugged into the TPA port on the back of the scanner. Your 8820 scanner is shipped with the TPA cable already plugged into the TPA port, however, if the cable came loose during shipping, you must plug it into ...

STEP 2: C ONNECTING THE S CANNER 9 If the plug does not attach easily, make sure that you are plugging it in correctly. Do not force the plug into the connection. 5. Plug the power adapter cable into the power jack on the back of the scanner. 6. Plug the power adapter into an AC (wall) outlet. The f...

10 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE When the software is finished loading, the Finish button on the dialog box on the computer screen becomes active. 8. Click the Finish button. The scanner’s status light is green when the scanner and computer are communicating properly. Tha...

STEP 3: C HECKING O UT Y OUR S CANNER 11 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 Paper Items with the OneTouch Buttons” on page 14. I F THE S CAN...

12 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE • Is the scanner’s locking tab in the locked position? Slide the locking tab to the unlocked position. If you tried to scan with the scanner locked, you must restart your computer after unlocking the scanner. • Did you restart the computer...

T HREE W AYS TO S CAN P APER I TEMS 13 Scanning T HREE W AYS TO S CAN P APER I TEMS You can scan paper items by pressing a OneTouch button, by clicking a button on the screen, or from the PaperPort software. • Scan with the Scanner Buttons Press a button on the scanner’s front panel. • Scan from the...

14 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S CANNING P APER I TEMS WITH THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS Pressing a scanner button scans the item, and then sends the image either to the printer, or to a software application on your computer. To scan by pressing a button on the scanner:1. P...

S CANNING FROM THE B UTTON P ANEL ON THE S CREEN 15 S CANNING FROM THE B UTTON P ANEL ON THE S CREEN Scanning from the button panel on the screen is just like pressing a scanner button, except you click the button on the screen. The scanner scans the item, and then sends the image either to the prin...

16 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS The OneTouch buttons are preconfigured to scan items at various settings, and then send the scanned image to a preselected software application—called the Destination Application. You can change the settings...

S CANNING T RANSPARENCIES 17 S CANNING T RANSPARENCIES You can scan all sorts of transparencies with your 8820 OneTouch scanner, including 35mm film strips and slides, large format (4" by 5") film, and presentation slides (5" by 7") typically used with overhead projectors. When scann...

18 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 2. Find the appropriate transparency mask for the item you’re scanning. The masks are in a protective plastic bag with your scanner. 3. Position the large mask (the one for 5" by 7" transparencies) on the scanner glass. The mask ha...

S CANNING T RANSPARENCIES 19 5. To scan a 35mm slide, place the 35mm mask in the center of the larger mask, and then put the slide into one of the openings. Make sure that the text on the 35mm mask faces up so slide fits properly in the mask. 6. To scan a film strip, slide the film into the 35mm mas...

20 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 7. To scan a 4" by 5" transparency, place the 4" by 5" mask in the center of the larger mask, and then center the transparency. You’re now ready to scan the transparency. To scan the transparency: 1. Start the PaperPort sof...

S CANNING T RANSPARENCIES 21 3. Click Preview to preview the image and, if necessary, adjust the various settings, then click Scan when the image is what you want. See “Scanning an Item with the Twain Button” on page 37 for details about scanning, and also see, “Adjusting the Settings on the Scan Ma...

22 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 5. Insert the pressure plate’s tabs into their slots and snap the plate into its closed position. 6. Choose Scan Reflective Using: from the Scan Manager Pro’s drop- down menu to reset for scanning paper items. Choosing that option turns of...

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 23 2. Choose Configure on the shortcut menu. The Configuration dialog box appears. Click the tab that corresponds to the button you want to configure. To display the Configuration dialog box from the Button Panel:1. Right-click the button you want to configure. The Configur...

24 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE See “Setting Preferences” on page 33 to set Preferences. The options on the Configuration dialog box are: Select Destination—the list of applications that can open to display the scanned image. Select the application that you want to autom...

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 25 Select Format and Page(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 PaperPort. Use PaperPort for scanning any item. Bitmap and JPEG formats are usually for photos o...

26 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S ELECTING N EW O PTIONS FOR THE B UTTONS You can select a new destination application, configuration, and image format for a scanner button to optimize it for the type of scanning you want to do. You use the Configuration dialog box to se...

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 29 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 black and white photographs. The ...

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 31 6. If a JPEG tab is available, click it to select image compression settings. Please see “About JPEG Compression” on page 32 for information about the JPEG settings. Enable hardware compression ( JPEG) —Click to make the JPEG compression options active. Minimize Image Si...

32 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 8. Click OK on the Configuration dialog box. The new configuration and its adjusted settings now apply to the button whose tab is selected at the top of the Configuration dialog box. A BOUT JPEG C OMPRESSION Scanned graphics, photos, and o...

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 33 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 dialog box. The Preferences dialog ...

34 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE fall into these categories. For example, the destination applications for the email button are usually email applications. By selecting the Show All Destinations option as the preference for the email button, all the other types of applica...

36 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE Instead of using a scanner button, you can scan directly from the PaperPort software. To scan transparencies you must scan from the PaperPort software or other Twain software. To scan from PaperPor...

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 37 S CANNING AN I TEM WITH THE T WAIN B UTTON The following steps explain how to scan an item using the Twain button in the PaperPort software. You can scan many types of paper items, from small business cards to A4-sized pages. You can also scan transparenc...

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 39 To scan manually:1. On the Scan Manager Pro, select a configuration for the scan. For example, select Color Configurations and then select Custom to scan a color item with the preset Custom scan settings. That configuration’s settings appear as a list. Cl...

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 41 The autoscanned image appears as a thumbnail on the PaperPort Desktop. 2. Use the PaperPort software to work with the image. Please see the PaperPort Getting Started Guide and PaperPort User’s Guide on the CD for more information about using the PaperPort...

42 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO You can adjust the scan settings on the Visioneer Scan Manager Pro to produce the best possible image. To adjust a setting:1. Click a setting in the list of settings, or click its corresp...

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 43 S AVING A N EW P ROFILE If you adjust the scan settings you can save them as a profile for later use. To save a new profile:1. Select a configuration on the Scan Manager Pro, such as Color/ Custom. 2. Adjust the settings that you want for later ...

44 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Click Save As. The Save Profile dialog box appears. 4. Type a name for the new profile. 5. Select the options you want: ■ Store the custom output image size in this Profile—you can create a custom image size as part of the settings; if ...

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 45 A DJUSTING THE R ESOLUTION AND S HARPNESS Resolution determines the amount of detail you can see in the scanned image. The resolution setting for the scan is in dots-per-inch (dpi). The higher the resolution, the finer the details, however, high...

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 47 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 darker to improve legibility. The hist...

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 49 A DJUSTING G AMMA , S ATURATION , AND C OLOR H UE If you’re using the Color Configuration to scan, you can adjust a group of color settings. Gamma controls the brightness of the midtones of the color, saturation is the strength or purity of a co...

50 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE To adjust the color settings:1. From the Channel drop-down menu, choose the individual color (Red, Green, or Blue) that you want to use as the basis for adjusting the image, or choose All to adjust them together. 2. From the Edit Style dro...

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 51 A DJUSTING O UTPUT S IZE The item you’re scanning may not fill the scanner glass. In that case you can preview the item and use the Auto Trim option to automatically eliminate the unwanted sections of the image. You can also adjust the output si...

52 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE To Auto Trim an item:1. Click Auto Trim. 2. Click Trim. The scanner senses the edges of the item on the glass and draws a dotted line around the image in the window. Check to make sure the dotted line encloses the image that you want. A ne...

54 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 4. If the dotted line is not exactly where you want it, put the pointer on the line and drag the mouse. To use the pointer to drag the line, make sure the pointer button is selected at the top of the window. 5. To rotate the selected area ...

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 55 S AVING A C USTOM S IZE If you have several items of the same size, such as a group of small photographs, you can create a custom size and reuse it whenever scanning those items. To save a custom size setting:1. Click Add under the list of sizes...

56 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T HE S CAN I NFO B OX The following figure shows the information on the Scan Info box: Z OOMING I N AND O UT You enlarge or reduce the preview image by zooming in or out. To enlarge and reduce the preview image:1. Click the Zoom button. 2....

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 57 To set the Scan Manager Pro preferences:1. Click the Preferences button. The User Preferences dialog box appears. 2. Select the preferences you want: ■ Enable selection of color bitdepths...—your OneTouch 8820 scanner supports a tremendous range...

C LEANING THE S CANNER G LASS 59 To see the Scan Manager Pro help information:1. Click the Help button. The Help dialog box appears. 2. Scroll to see the help information. 3. Click the drop-down menu to see additional topics. Choose Home from the menu to return to the first page of help. 4. To exit ...

I NDEX 61 I N D E X Numerics 35mm slide 1935mm slide mask 1835mm slide negative 204" by 5" transparency 205" by 7" transparency 18 A adjust appearance panel 47adjust output size panel 51adjust response curve panel 49adjust settings on Scan Manager Pro 42–55aspect ration 54Auto Trim 5...

I NDEX 63 save profile dialog box 44scale 53scan 35mm slide 19scan 4" by 5" transparency 20scan 5" by 7" transparency 18scan brightness 29scan button 16scan contrast 29scan film strip 19scan from PaperPort 36–41scan from screen 13, 15scan from Twain 13scan info box 56Scan Manager Pro...