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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 iii 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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iv T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Scanning from the PaperPort Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Scanning an Item with the Twain Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Getting Help with the PaperPort Soft...
Page 5 - For Parallel port instructions, see page 10.
V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 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 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T HE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 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 8600 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 8600 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; PaperP or t 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 instr uctions 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 por t. STEP 1: I NSTALLING THE P ...
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6 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 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 8600 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 8600 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 por t on the back of your computer. On some older computers the serial por t and parallel port both have 25-pin connectors that fit the scanner cable. Please make sure you plug the scanner cable into a p...
Page 16 - Turn the scanner over to see the locking tab on the bottom.
12 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 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...
Page 17 - Turn on your computer. You’re now ready to install the software.; Note; : The locking tab protects the scanner’s scan head by holding it
I NSTALLING TO A P ARALLEL P ORT 13 10. Turn on the power to the scanner. The amber light comes on indicating the scanner is receiving power. 11. Turn on your computer. You’re now ready to install the software. Note : The locking tab protects the scanner’s scan head by holding it securely in positio...
Page 19 - HECKING; To check the status of the scanner:; Place the mouse pointer on the scanner icon in the Windows
C HECKING O UT Y OUR S CANNER 15 C HECKING O UT Y OUR S CANNER The OneTouch scanner software adds the scanner icon to the Windows taskbar (at the bottom right corner of the computer scr een). If the scanner is properly connected, the scanner icon looks like the one in this figure. If the icon has a ...
Page 20 - About; from the shortcut menu.; OK; to close the dialog box.; : The scanning lamp under the scanner’s glass needs to warm up
16 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Choose About from the shortcut menu. A dialog box confirms that the scanner is properly connected. The About dialog box shown below is for a OneTouch 8600 scanner connected to a parallel port. The dialog box for a OneTouch scanner conne...
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C HECKING O UT Y OUR S CANNER 17 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 securely? Inspect all cable conne...
Page 22 - To connect the scanner:; icon with the red X over it.; Connect
18 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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 co...
Page 23 - HREE; Scan with the Scanner Buttons; Press a button on the scanner’s front panel.; Scan from the Screen
T HREE W AYS TO S CAN 19 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 scanner’s front panel. • Scan from the...
Page 24 - Scan from the PaperPort Software (or Other Twain Software); • Place an item to scan on the glass, face down, and press one of the
20 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 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 an...
Page 25 - To scan from the screen:; Place an item to scan on the glass, face down, and click the scanner
S CANNING FROM THE B UTTON P ANEL ON THE S CREEN 21 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...
Page 26 - Click the button you want to use to scan.
22 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 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...
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A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 23 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 28 - See “Setting Preferences” on page 36 to set Preferences.
24 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 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 29 - 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; Select Configuration; —the list of the button’s scan configurations.
A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 25 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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26 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 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, JPEG, and PaperPort. Use PaperPort for scanning any item. Bitmap and JPEG...
Page 31 - To select new options for a scanner button:; hold do wn; to display the; : If you select a word processing program such as Microsoft
A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 27 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 32 - scan configuration for the selected scanner button.; : The Configuration dialog box is also available from the
28 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 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 33 - 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 29 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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30 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 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 Special Scan for Dark Print (which you would have created earlier). 3. Click the Edit butto...
Page 35 - 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 31 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 36 - 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
32 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 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 37 - Gamma; —Drag the slider to improve how the colors in a scanned
A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 33 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...
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34 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 6. If a JPEG tab is available, click it to select image compression settings. Please see “About JPEG Compression” on page 35 for information about the JPEG settings. Enable hardware compression ( JPEG) —Click to make the JPEG compression o...
Page 39 - on the Configuration dialog box.; JPEG C; OMPRESSION; The JPEG compression options only apply to:; : If you select the Copy/Print or Fax button, the dialog box for; : You can add JPEG compression to the existing preset
A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 35 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 Confi guration dialog box. A BOUT JPEG C OMPRESSION Scanned graphics, photos, and other images can sometimes...
Page 40 - ETTING; The preferences apply to each button and to the scanner.; Show All Destinations; —Clicking this option automatically selects
36 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 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 41 - 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 37 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 45 - 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 41 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 47 - When you’re satisfied with the image settings, click the; Scan; Please see the
S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 43 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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44 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8600 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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. Yo...
Page 49 - To see help information, press the; Help; choose; PaperPort Help Topics; to display the Help Topics window.; Tip; : Also see the technical support card included with your scanner.
S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 45 G ETTING H ELP WITH THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE The PaperPort software includes a complete set of help topics that answer questions each feature of the software. ■ To see help information, press the F1 key, or from the Help menu, choose PaperPort Help Topi...
Page 51 - slider to the left to decrease the contrast or to; LEANING
C LEANING THE S CANNER G LASS 47 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 excessive amounts of dirt or dust m...
