Visioneer OneTouch 58XX - Manuals

W HAT Y OU N EED 3 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 ■ MS Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me or Windows XP ■ One available Universal Serial Bus (USB) port on your computer ■ 64 megabytes (MB) or more...

4 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 58XX S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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. N...

S TEP 2: C ONNECTING THE S CANNER 5 3. When the CD window appears, click the “ScanSoft PaperPort” button. Next , click “Install ScanSoft PaperPort software”. After the ScanSoft Paperport software has been installed, restart your computer and follow the instructions on the screen to install the other...

6 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 58XX S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE To connect your Visioneer OneTouch 58XX scanner: Note : If you have not installed the software yet, unplug the cable form the computer and install the software now. When the software installation is complete a message tells you to connect t...

S TEP 3: C HECKING O UT Y OUR S CANNER 7 S TEP 3: C HECKING O UT Y OUR S CANNER The Visioneer OneTouch 58XX scanner software comes with special software, called the OneTouch software, that you to use scan with the OneTouch buttons. The OneTouch software adds the scanner icon to the Windows taskbar (...

8 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 58XX S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Click OK to close the dialog box. That’s it. Your scanner is ready to scan. See “Three Ways to Scan” on page 10. I F THE S CANNER I S N OT P ROPERLY C ONNECTED If the scanner icon on the Windows taskbar has a red “X” through it, the scan...

S TEP 3: C HECKING O UT Y OUR S CANNER 9 To connect the scanner: 1. After checking for all the above problems, right-click the scanner icon with the red X over it. The shortcut menu appears. 2. Choose Connect from the shortcut menu. The software finds the scanner and makes the connection. The scanne...

10 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 58XX S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T HREE W AYS TO S CAN You can scan items by pressing a OneTouch button, by clicking a button on the screen, or from the PaperPort software (or other Twain software). • Scan with the scanner buttons. Press a button on the scanner’s front pa...

S CANNING BY P RESSING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 11 S CANNING BY P RESSING 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—called the destination application—on your computer. To scan by pressing a button ...

12 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 58XX S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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...

A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 13 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 destination software application. You can change the settings for each button. See “About the Configuration Di...

14 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 58XX S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE For example, the following figure shows the current settings for the Scan button because the Scan tab is selected. The Scan button is set up to scan the item with the configuration named Special Scan for Dark Print, and then after the scan...

A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 15 2. Choose Configure from the shortcut menu. The Configuration dialog box appears. 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...

16 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 58XX S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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 and PaperPort. Use PaperPort for scanning any item. Bitmaps are usually fo...

A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 17 To select new options for a scanner button: 1. Press and hold down the button that you want to change. The Configuration dialog box appears. The tab of the button whose options you want to change is already selected. If the tab is not selected, click it. You can al...

18 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 58XX S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE C REATING N EW C ONFIGURATIONS You cannot change settings such as brightness or contrast of the preset configurations. To scan with settings other than those offered by the preset configurations, you must first create a new configuration. ...

A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 19 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 View button. The dialog box appears ...

20 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 58XX 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 ...

A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 21 AutoCrop —Select this option to let the scanner automatically determine the size of the item being scanned. For example, if you put a photo in the middle of the glass, the scanner will automatically determine the size of the photo. When AutoCrop is selected, the sc...

22 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 58XX 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...

A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 23 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 applications are included in the ...

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 25 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...

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 27 4. From the list of Scanner Settings labeled “Scan Page For,” select the most appropriate setting for the item you’re scanning. In the example above, the selected setting is “Color Document-Faster.” 5. Click the Preview button. The scanner scans a preview...

A DJUSTING S CANNER S ETTINGS 29 A DJUSTING S CANNER S ETTINGS You can adjust the scanner settings to fine tune the scanned item. This section tells you how to: ■ Select a predefined scanner setting. ■ Select scan configuration options. ■ Customize a scanner setting. ■ Adjust the brightness and cont...

30 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 58XX 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 31 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...

32 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 58XX 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 33 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...

I NSTALLATION T ROUBLESHOOTING 35 I NSTALLATION T ROUBLESHOOTING After I installed PaperPort, I got a blue screen and a Profiling Display error message. Why is this happening? PaperPort installs a driver for scanning and printing. Sometimes a conflict occurs between the PaperPort driver and another ...

V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 58XX S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS 37 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 58XX S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS Bit Depth 48-Bit color (internal), 16-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) Sca...

38 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 58XX S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE H OW TO U NINSTALL YOUR S CANNER Read First: To uninstall you Visioneer OneTouch 58XX scanner ~ remove the OneTouch Version 3.0 software first. You can then remove the other software you installed for your scanner, U NINSTALLING YOUR V ISI...

H OW TO U NINSTALL YOUR S CANNER 39 5. After selecting the “Automatic” radio button click the “Next” button to continue your uninstall. 6. When the “Perform Uninstall” window” opens, Click the “Finish” button. 7. The “Remove Shared Components” window opens. Visioneer recommends choosing “No to All”....

40 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 58XX S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE U NINSTALLING YOUR P APER P ORT S OFTWARE F OR W INDOWS 98, 98 SE, & ME: 1. Click “Start” on the Windows Taskbar.2. Click “Setting >Control Panel” from the menu.3. Double Click the “Add/Remove Programs” icon to view the “Add/ Remove...