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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 © 2001 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...
Page 3 - T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S; Chapter 1: Installing
T ABLE OF C ONTENTS i T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1The Visioneer OneTouch 8900 Scanner . . . . . . . ...
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ii T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Adjusting Gamma, Saturation, and Color Hue . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Adjusting Output Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Saving a Custom Size . . . . . . . . . ....
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V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 1 W ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer OneTouch 8900 scanner. With your scanner, you can quickly scan paper documents and color photos to place their electronic images on your computer. W HAT ’ S IN THE B OX Before starting t...
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T HE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER 2 T HE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER Glass Document pad Reference frame Document cover On/Off switch Power jack OneTouch button panel TPA port USB port On/Off light
Page 7 - Power jack. Plug the scanner power cord into this jack.
3 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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. Referenc...
Page 8 - To use the OneTouch scanner and software, you need the following:; PaperPort User’s Guide
W HAT Y OU N EED 4 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) port ■ Available internal memory (RAM): ■ Wi...
Page 9 - Installing; NSTALLING; Insert the PaperPort CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.
5 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Installing This section of the guide contains instructions for connecting your OneTouch 8900 scanner to a USB port. The PaperPort CD includes all the necessary installation files, as well as PaperPort software files and other software files...
Page 10 - ONNECTING
STEP 2: C ONNECTING THE S CANNER 6 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. When you’re finished, click...
Page 11 - Turn the scanner over to see the locking tab on the bottom. Slide
7 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE To connect the OneTouch 8900 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 t...
Page 12 - Plug the other end of the USB cable into the scanner’s USB port.
STEP 2: C ONNECTING THE S CANNER 8 3. Plug the other end of the USB cable into the scanner’s USB port. If the plug does not attach easily, make sure that you are plugging it in correctly. Do not force the plug into the connection. 4. Plug the power adapter cable into the power jack on the back of th...
Page 13 - Turn on power to the scanner. The amber light comes on indicating; Select restart your computer and click
9 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 6. Turn on power to the scanner. The amber light comes on indicating the scanner is receiving power. Your computer recognizes that a scanner has been plugged into the USB port and automatically loads the appropriate software from the CD to ...
Page 14 - HECKING; A dialog box confirms that the scanner is properly connected.
STEP 3: C HECKING O UT Y OUR S CANNER 10 STEP 3: 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 screen). If the scanner is properly connected, the scanner icon looks like the one in this figure. If ...
Page 15 - That’s it. Your scanner is ready to scan.; THE; Check for one of these possible problems:
11 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 4. Click OK to close the dialog box. That’s it. Your scanner is ready to scan. See “Scanning by Pressing the OneTouch Buttons” on page 14. I F THE S CANNER I S N OT P ROPERLY C ONNECTED If the scanner icon on the Windows taskbar has a red ...
Page 16 - icon with the red X over it.; Choose Connect from the shortcut menu.
STEP 3: C HECKING O UT Y OUR S CANNER 12 Please see the Readme file in the PaperPort directory on your computer’s hard drive. The Readme file contains additional information that may help you diagnose problems connecting the scanner. To connect the scanner:1. After checking for all the above problem...
Page 17 - Scanning; HREE; Scan with the Scanner Buttons
13 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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 ...
Page 18 - To scan by pressing a button on the scanner:
S CANNING BY P RESSING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 14 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 19 - To scan from the screen:; Place an item to scan on the glass, face down, and click the scanner
15 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 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...
Page 20 - BOUT; Button
A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 16 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 21 - ONFIGURING; The shortcut menu appears.; Choose Configure on the shortcut menu.
17 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER To configure the scanner, you display the Configuration dialog box and then select options for the scan buttons. You display the Configuration dialog box from either the shortcut menu or the Button Panel. To displ...
Page 22 - See “Setting Preferences” on page 25 to set Preferences.
C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 18 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 corresponding button on the scan...
Page 24 - Click the tab of the button whose options you want to change.
C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 20 G ETTING H ELP 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, press the F1 key on your keyboard. The help window appears. ■ Click ...
Page 25 - scan configuration for the selected scanner button.; REATING
21 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 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 27 - Adjust the scan settings that you want.
23 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Click the Edit button. The dialog box appears for adjusting the scanning settings of the selected configuration. 4. Adjust the scan settings that you want. Mode—Select Black/White to scan in black and white. For example, letters and mem...
Page 28 - Click the Page Settings tab to adjust the scan page settings.
C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 24 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 page size for the scan. If you selec...
Page 29 - Click OK on the Configuration dialog box.; The preferences apply to each button and to the scanner.
25 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Gamma—Drag the slider to improve how the colors in a scanned image look on your monitor. Gamma correction allows you to achieve precise color matching. Because the computer cannot always transmit the exact color information to the hardware...
Page 31 - Click the General tab to set preferences for the scanner.
27 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Click the General tab to set preferences for the scanner. Show Status Window—Select this option to see the small window at the bottom right corner of the screen that shows the status of the scanning and other information as shown in thi...
Page 33 - To set up the PaperPort software with the scanner:; Choose the Visioneer Scan Manager Pro option, and then click
29 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 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. This is particularly helpful when you’re using PaperPort to file and save your scanned items. To scan from Pape...
Page 34 - Click the Twain icon on the Command Bar, or choose Acquire; The Visioneer Scan Manager Pro appears.
S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 30 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 items, from small business cards to A4-sized pages. To scan an item:1. Open the scanner...
Page 36 - Click the Preview button to preview the scanned image before; Review the image to make sure it’s what you want.; When you’re satisfied with the image settings, click the Scan
S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 32 To scan manually:1. On the Scan Manager, select a configuration for the scan. For example, select Color/Custom to scan a color item with the preset Custom scan settings. That configuration’s settings appear as a list. Click the “+” sign to see the full li...
Page 38 - Use the PaperPort software to work with the image.
S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 34 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...
Page 39 - button on the right side of the Scan Manager.
35 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER You can adjust the scan settings on the Scan Manager to produce the best possible image. To adjust a setting:1. Click a setting in the list of settings, or click its corresponding button on th...
Page 40 - Adjust the settings that you want for later use.
A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER 36 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, such as Color/Custom. 2. Adjust the settings that you want for later use. Click...
Page 41 - The Save Profile dialog box appears.; DJUSTING
37 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 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. Click OK. Your new profile is now listed as one of the configurations. Select it when you want to reuse its settings. A DJUSTING THE R ESOLUTION ...
Page 43 - To adjust the sharpness, drag the Fidelity slider to the left to; decrease the sharpness or to the right to increase the sharpness.; To limit or eliminate the amount of moire patterns, click Reduce; The following figure shows the brightness and contrast options:
39 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. To adjust the sharpness, drag the Fidelity slider to the left to decrease the sharpness or to the right to increase the sharpness. You can also type a number directly into the sharpness setting box, or click the up and down arrows next ...
Page 45 - The following figure shows the color options:
41 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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 o...
Page 47 - The following figure shows the output size options:
43 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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 out...
Page 48 - To set the output size yourself, click Same as Original to remove; The settings for the output size become active.
A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER 44 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 new Scan Info...
Page 49 - Put the pointer on the image and drag the mouse to enclose the
45 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Put the pointer on the image and drag the mouse to enclose the section you want in the scanned image. As you drag the mouse, a dotted box appears on the image and the size settings change to reflect the new output size area. You can als...
Page 50 - To rotate the selected area 90 degrees, click Rotate 90 Degrees.; on the Scan Info box.
A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER 46 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 90 degrees,...
Page 51 - AVING; The Add Size dialog box appears.
47 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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...
Page 53 - The User Preferences dialog box appears.
49 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE To set the Scan Manager 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 8900 scanner supports a tremendous ran...
Page 54 - Put the pointer on the feature you want help with, and click.
A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER 50 ■ Show standard US paper sizes—select this option to set the paper sizes for standard US paper. ■ Units—select the measurement units for the ruler around the preview window. The x and y coordinates of the pointer position are relative to the units. ■...
Page 55 - To see more help topics, click the drop-down menu at the top of; Click the Help button again, or click Exit on the window to exit; LEANING
51 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE The Help window appears and displays information about that feature. You can manually scroll through the help information. 3. To see more help topics, click the drop-down menu at the top of information. 4. Click the Help button again, or c...
Page 56 - NSTALLATION
I NSTALLATION T ROUBLESHOOTING 52 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 ...
Page 57 - Bit Depth
53 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 8900 S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS Bit Depth 48-Bit color (internal), 16-Bit gray (internal), 1-Bit line art/text Scanning resolution Optical resolution: 1200 X 4800 dpi Maximum Item sizes 8.5 x 11.69 inches (21.6 x 29.7 ...
