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C O P Y R I G H T I N F O R M A T I O N Copyright © 1999 Visioneer, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Primax Electronics LTD. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allowed under the copyright laws. The Visioneer brand name and logo are re...
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T ABLE OF C ONTENTS i T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Please Use the Proper Section of This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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ii T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Scanning from the PaperPort Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Scanning an Item with the Twain Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Getting Help with the PaperPort Software...
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V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8100 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 1 W ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer OneTouch flatbed scanner. With your scanner, you can quickly scan paper documents and color photos to place their electronic images on your computer. P LEASE U SE THE P ROPER S ECTION OF...
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2 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8100 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T HE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8100 S CANNER Glass Document pad Reference frame Document cover On/Off switch Power jack OneTouch button panel ADF/TPA port Host Parallel port USB port (behind sliding latch) Printer Parallel port On/Off light
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T HE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8100 S CANNER 3 Document cover. Close the document cover after placing items on the scanner glass. Document pad. Helps to secure the document in place on the scanner glass. Glass. Place items face down on top of the glass in the upper left corner. Reference frame. Place i...
Page 8 - To use the OneTouch scanner and software, you need the following:; One available Universal Serial Bus (USB) port
4 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8100 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 95, Windows 98, or Microsoft NT 4.0 ■ One available Universal Serial Bus (USB)...
Page 9 - USB P; NSTALLING; PaperPort User’s Guide; To install the PaperPort software:
I NSTALLING TO A USB P ORT 5 Part 1: Installing I NSTALLING TO A USB P ORT This section of the guide contains instructions for connecting your OneTouch scanner to a USB port. Please see “Installing to a Parallel Port” on page 10 to connect the scanner to a parallel port. STEP 1: I NSTALLING THE P AP...
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6 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8100 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Follow the instructions on the screen to install the PaperPort software on your computer. During installation, a message tells you to connect the scanner to the computer. 4. Follow the steps in the next section to connect the scanner. Wh...
Page 11 - To connect the OneTouch scanner to a USB port:; Plug one end of the USB cable into an available USB port.
I NSTALLING TO A USB P ORT 7 To connect the OneTouch scanner to a USB port: 1. Plug one end of the USB cable into an available USB port. Some newer computers also have keyboards with USB ports. You can plug the scanner into the keyboard instead of the USB port on the computer. 2. Slide the latch on ...
Page 12 - Turn the scanner over to see the locking tab on the bottom.
8 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8100 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 5. Turn the scanner over to see the locking tab on the bottom. Slide the locking tab to the unlocked position. 6. Plug the power adapter into an AC (wall) outlet. The following diagram shows the scanner connected to a computer. Unlocked pos...
Page 14 - ONNECTING; If a printer is already attached to your computer’s parallel port,
10 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8100 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE I NSTALLING TO A P ARALLEL P ORT This section explains how to connect the OneTouch scanner to a parallel port. STEP 1: C ONNECTING TO A P ARALLEL P ORT The OneTouch scanner connects to any available parallel (LPT) port on the back of your ...
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I NSTALLING TO A P ARALLEL P ORT 11 5. Plug the other end of the scanner cable into the parallel port on the back of your computer. On some older computers the serial port and parallel port both have 25-pin connectors that fit the scanner cable. Please make sure you plug the scanner cable into a par...
Page 16 - Turn the scanner over to see the locking tab on the bottom.
12 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8100 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 8. Turn the scanner over to see the locking tab on the bottom. Slide the locking tab to the unlocked position. 9. Plug the power adapter into an AC (wall) outlet. The following diagram shows the scanner connected to a computer. Unlocked po...
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14 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8100 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Click the PaperPort Software button and follow the instructions on the screen. After the PaperPort software is installed on your computer, you can click the appropriate buttons on the CD to install the other applications on the CD or pr...
Page 19 - To check the status of the scanner:
C HECKING O UT Y OUR S CANNER 15 To check the status of the scanner: 1. Place the mouse pointer on the scanner icon in the Windows taskbar. 2. Right-click the icon. The shortcut menu appears. 3. Choose About from the shortcut menu. A dialog box confirms that the scanner is properly connected. 4. Cli...
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16 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8100 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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 scanner is not properly connected. Check for one of these possible problems: • Is a cable loose or not plugged in secur...
Page 21 - To connect the scanner:; icon with the red X over it.; Connect; from the shortcut menu.
C HECKING O UT Y OUR S CANNER 17 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 scanner icon w...
Page 22 - HREE; Scan with the Scanner Buttons; Press a button on the scanner’s front panel.; Scan from the Screen; See “Scanning an Item with the Twain Button” on page 36 for details.
18 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8100 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Part 2: Scanning 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 sc...
Page 23 - To scan by pressing a button on the scanner:; • Place an item to scan on the glass, face down, and press one of the
S CANNING BY P RESSING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 19 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 on your computer. To scan by pressing a button on the scanner: • Place an item to ...
Page 24 - To scan from the screen:; Place an item to scan on the glass, face down, and click the scanner
20 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8100 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...
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A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 21 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 for each button except th...
Page 26 - See “Setting Preferences” on page 32 to set Preferences.
22 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8100 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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. Clicking a tab shows the current settings for the ...
Page 27 - To display the Configuration dialog box:; The shortcut menu appears.; Configure; on the shortcut menu.; Select Destination; —the list of applications that can open to display the; Select Configuration; —the list of the button’s scan configurations.
A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 23 To display the Configuration dialog box: 1. Right-click the scanner icon. The shortcut menu appears. 2. Choose Configure on the shortcut menu. The Configuration dialog box appears. The options on the Configuration dialog box are: Select Destination —the list of app...
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24 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8100 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. Bitmap is usually for ...
Page 29 - To select new options for a scanner button:; hold down; to display the; : If you select a word processing program such as Microsoft
A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 25 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 select new options. To selec...
Page 30 - scan configuration for the selected scanner button.; OK; : The Configuration dialog box is also available from the
26 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8100 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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 anoth...
Page 31 - To adjust the scan settings and page settings:; Press and hold down a button on the scanner.; : You cannot change the scan settings or page settings for any of
A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 27 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 adjust the brightness of the sc...
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28 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8100 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 2. In the Select Configuration list, click the configuration that you want to adjust. For example, the following figure shows a configuration named Photograph for Editing (which you would have created earlier). 3. Click the Edit button. Th...
Page 33 - Adjust the scan settings that you want.; Mode; —Select Black/White to scan in black and white.; Resolution; —Drag the slider to the right or left to adjust the dots; Brightness; and; Contrast; —Drag the sliders to the right or left to
A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 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 photograph...
Page 34 - Click the Page Settings tab to adjust the scan page settings.; Page Size; —Choose a page size from the drop-down list.; AutoCrop; —Select this option to let the scanner automatically; DeScreen; —Select this option when scanning a picture from a
30 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8100 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 5. Click the Page Settings tab to adjust the scan page settings. Page Size —Choose a page size from the drop-down list. The outlines on the picture represent the various page sizes. Clicking one of those outlines also selects it as the pag...
Page 35 - Gamma; —Drag the slider to improve how the colors in a scanned; on the Configuration dialog box.; : If you select the Copy/Print button, the dialog box for editing
A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 31 The scanning may slow down a bit when this option is selected. You don’t need to select this option when scanning photographs. The DeScreen setting does not apply to the Black/White mode. Gamma —Drag the slider to improve how the colors in a scanned image look on y...
Page 36 - ETTING; The preferences apply to each button and to the scanner.; Show All Destinations; —Clicking this option automatically selects
32 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8100 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...
Page 37 - Select Destinations; —Select this option to individually choose the; Show Scan Progress Window; —Select this option to see the; Show Status Window; —Select this option to see the small window
A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 33 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 ...
Page 41 - Select the options that you want for the scan.; Scan Page For; —Select one of these preset options if you want to; Scan Configuration; —Use this section of the dialog box to
S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 37 4. Select the options that you want for the scan. Scan Page For —Select one of these preset options if you want to use it for scanning. These options are optimized for the various uses of scanned images, such as scanning for editing text or scanning in co...
Page 43 - When you’re satisfied with the image settings, click the; Scan; Please see the; DJUSTING
S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 39 8. When you’re satisfied with the image settings, click the Scan button. The scanner now re-scans the item and displays the final image as a thumbnail on the PaperPort Desktop. The small icon in the lower left corner of the thumbnail indicates the sample ...
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42 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8100 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 4. Drag the Contrast slider to the left to decrease the contrast or to the right to increase the contrast. See the Help for more details about the Advanced Settings dialog box. C LEANING THE S CANNER G LASS Scanning items that have excessi...
