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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 © 2002 Visioneer, Inc. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allowed under the copyright laws. The Visioneer brand name and logo are registered trademarks of Visioneer, Inc. The PaperPort b...
Page 3 - T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S; 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 9000 USB Scanner . . . . . . . . . ....
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ii T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Adjusting Gamma, Saturation, and Color Hue . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Adjusting Output Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Saving a Custom Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47The Scan Info Box . . . . . . ....
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V ISIONEER 9000 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 1 W ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer 9000 USB scanner. With this scanner you can quickly scan paper items such as letters, forms, photos, and magazine articles and place their electronic images on your computer. W HAT ’ S IN THE B ...
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2 V ISIONEER 9000 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T HE V ISIONEER 9000 USB S CANNER Glass Reference marks Document cover OneTouch buttons panel USB port Status light OneTouch buttons Power jack Custom scan Scan and email Scan to PaperPort Scan and OCR Scan and print
Page 7 - Close the document cover after placing items on the scanner glass.; OneTouch button panel.; Plug the scanner power cord into this jack.; Note; Windows loads on your computer.
T HE V ISIONEER 9000 USB S CANNER 3 Document cover. Close the document cover after placing items on the scanner glass. Glass. Place items face down on the glass aligned at the arrow symbol in the upper left corner. Reference marks. Marks on the border of the glass show where to align various paper s...
Page 8 - HAT; To use the 9000 OneTouch scanner and software, you need the; 0 MB of free hard disk space; : The new USB 2.0 ports operate at higher speeds than USB 1.1
4 V ISIONEER 9000 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE W HAT Y OU N EED To use the 9000 OneTouch scanner and software, you need the following: ■ IBM PC (or 100-percent compatible) Pentium or equivalent ■ Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, or Windows XP ■ One available Universal Serial Bus ...
Page 9 - Installing; NSTALLING; To install the PaperPort software:; Start your computer and make sure that no other applications are; : You must install the PaperPort software; before; connecting the
STEP 1: I NSTALLING THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 5 Installing This section of the guide explains how to connect your Visioneer 9000 scanner to a USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 port. The PaperPort CD includes all the necessary installation files, as well as the PaperPort software files and other software files. ST...
Page 10 - From the list of options that appears on the screen, select; ScanSoft; Follow the instructions on the screen to install the PaperPort; Finish; : If the PaperPort CD does not automatically start, make sure
6 V ISIONEER 9000 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. From the list of options that appears on the screen, select ScanSoft PaperPort . 4. Select Install ScanSoft PaperPort . 5. Follow the instructions on the screen to install the PaperPort software on your computer. During installation, a message i...
Page 11 - ONNECTING; To connect the Visioneer 9000 scanner to a USB 1.1 or USB 2.0; Turn the scanner over to see the locking tab on the bottom. Slide; : You do not have to shut off the power to your computer when; : The locking tab protects the scanner’s scan head by holding it
STEP 2: C ONNECTING THE S CANNER 7 STEP 2: C ONNECTING THE S CANNER Your OneTouch 9000 scanner connects to any available USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 port. Check your computer’s user’s guide for its USB port locations. To connect the Visioneer 9000 scanner to a USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 port: 1. Turn the scanner ove...
Page 12 - Plug one end of the USB cable into an available USB 1.1 or USB
8 V ISIONEER 9000 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 2. Plug one end of the USB cable into an available USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 port on the computer. 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 ...
Page 13 - That completes the steps to connect your scanner to the computer.; Yes, I want to restart my computer now; Your computer restarts and your scanner is now ready to scan.; : If your computer is running Windows XP, you may see
STEP 2: C ONNECTING THE S CANNER 9 The status light on the front of the scanner 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 run the scanner. When the sof...
Page 14 - The Installation CD also includes your; HECKING; To check the status of the scanner:; Place the mouse pointer on the scanner icon in the Windows
10 V ISIONEER 9000 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE G ETTING THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE U SER ’ S G UIDE The Installation CD also includes your ScanSoft PaperPort User’s Guide . This guide provides more detailed information about the PaperPort software’s features. Please see the CD to view or print...
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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. Your scanner is ready to scan. I F THE S CANNER I S N OT P ROPERLY C ONNECTED If the scanner icon on the Windows taskbar...
Page 16 - icon with the red X over it.
12 V ISIONEER 9000 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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. Also see “Troubleshooting” on page 52 for more informa...
Page 17 - Scanning; 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 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...
Page 18 - To scan by pressing a OneTouch button on the scanner:; Place an item to scan on the glass, face down, and align the edge of
14 V ISIONEER 9000 USB 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 OneTouch button on the scanner: 1. ...
Page 20 - To scan from the screen:; Place an item to scan on the glass, face down, close the document
16 V ISIONEER 9000 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S CANNING P APER I TEMS 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 eit...
Page 21 - ONFIGURING; To display the Configuration dialog box from the shortcut menu:; The shortcut menu appears.; Configure; on the shortcut menu.
C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 17 C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER When you first connect your scanner to a computer, the scanner’s software configures each OneTouch button with appropriate settings. But, if you want to change the settings, you can reconfigure the buttons by selecting new options from the Confi...
Page 22 - To display the Configuration dialog box from the Button Panel:
18 V ISIONEER 9000 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE To display the Configuration dialog box from the Button Panel: 1. Right-click the button you want to configure. The Configuration dialog box appears. The tab for the scan button you clicked is selected for you. A BOUT THE C ONFIGURATION D IALOG B ...
Page 23 - See “Setting Preferences” on page 26 to set Preferences.; Select Destination; —the list of applications that can open to display the; Select Configuration; —the list of the button’s scan configurations. The
C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 19 See “Setting Preferences” on page 26 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 automatically open to display or pro...
Page 24 - Options
20 V ISIONEER 9000 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Select Format and Page(s) —displays 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 f...
Page 25 - To select new options for a scanner button:; Click the tab of the button whose options you want to change.; OK; : If you select a word processing program such as Microsoft; : If you want to scan using the Visioneer Scan Manager Pro,
C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 21 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 select new ...
Page 26 - To adjust the scan settings and page settings:; : You cannot change the scan settings or page settings for any of
22 V ISIONEER 9000 USB 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 and then ...
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C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 23 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 button. The dialog box appears for ad...
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24 V ISIONEER 9000 USB 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 black an...
Page 29 - —Select this option to let the scanner automatically
C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 25 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 scanner ...
Page 30 - ETTING; The preferences apply to each button and to the scanner.; Show All Destinations; —Clicking this option automatically selects
26 V ISIONEER 9000 USB 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 dialog box...
Page 31 - 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
C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 27 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 list o...
Page 35 - : The appearance of the Scan Manager Pro window depends on
S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 31 You can now scan manually by previewing the image and adjusting the scan settings to your liking, or you can click AutoScan . The AutoScan feature uses your preset scan settings and the scanner’s automatic image analysis capabilities to find the optimum c...
Page 36 - On the Scan Manager Pro, select a configuration for the scan.; button to preview the scanned image before; Preview; When you’re satisfied with the image settings, click the; Scan
32 V ISIONEER 9000 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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...
Page 38 - PaperPort Getting Started Guide; Help
34 V ISIONEER 9000 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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 P...
Page 39 - button on the right side of the Scan Manager Pro.; : The list of scan settings for a configuration only apply to that
A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 35 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 correspondin...
Page 40 - AVING; Select a configuration on the Scan Manager Pro, such as Color/; : The information in the scan settings list and the options that
36 V ISIONEER 9000 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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 u...
Page 41 - Save As; The Save Profile dialog box appears.; Store the custom output image size in this Profile; —you can; Save the custom Response Curve and store it in this profile
A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 37 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 you ...
Page 42 - DJUSTING; The following figure shows the resolution and sharpen options:
38 V ISIONEER 9000 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 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, higher...
Page 44 - To adjust the brightness and contrast:
40 V ISIONEER 9000 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE The following figure shows the brightness and contrast options: To adjust the brightness and contrast: 1. Drag the Brightness slider to the left to make the item darker or to the right to make the item lighter. You can also type a number directly ...
Page 46 - To adjust the color settings:
42 V ISIONEER 9000 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE The horizontal axis of the response curve represents the original settings of the image, and the vertical axis represents new settings. Thus, the curve is a straight line from the lower left to upper right for an original, unchanged image. To see ...
Page 48 - The following figure shows the output size options:; To Auto Trim an item:; If the dotted line is not exactly where you want it, put the pointer
44 V ISIONEER 9000 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE The following figure shows the output size options: 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 dot...
Page 50 - If the dotted line is not exactly where you want it, put the pointer; Rotate 90 Degrees; : When you manually select an area, the settings on the other
46 V ISIONEER 9000 USB 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 90 degre...
Page 52 - The following figure shows the information on the Scan Info box:; To enlarge and reduce the preview image:
48 V ISIONEER 9000 USB 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. Put th...
Page 53 - The User Preferences dialog box appears.
A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 49 S ETTING P REFERENCES You can set preferences for the Scan Manager Pro and scanner that are independent of the preferences for the PaperPort software. To set the Scan Manager Pro preferences: 1. Click the Preferences button. The User Preferences...
Page 55 - The Help dialog box appears.; Home; from the menu to return to the first page of help.; click; Exit; at the bottom of the page.
A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS ON THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 51 G ETTING H ELP WITH THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO The Scan Manager Pro has its own help system, separate from the PaperPort software help system. To see the Scan Manager Pro help information: 1. Click the Help button. The Help dialog box appears. 2. S...
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52 V ISIONEER 9000 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T ROUBLESHOOTING In addition to the troubleshooting information contained in this section, 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 diagn...
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C LEANING THE S CANNER G LASS 53 Problem: During installation I got the error message: PaperPort Installation is not complete. What do I do? The installation procedure was not successful. You need to reinstall the PaperPort software. Problem: I got the error message: PaperPort cannot allocate enough...
Page 58 - OW; OR; Start; on the Windows Taskbar.; Settings; then; Control Panel; Scroll the menu of software and select; Automatic
54 V ISIONEER 9000 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE H OW TO U NINSTALL Y OUR S CANNER To uninstall the Visioneer OneTouch 9000 scanner, you remove the OneTouch Version 3.0 software first, and then remove the PaperPort software, or other software you installed for the scanner. S TEP 1: U NINSTALLING...
Page 60 - Remove; The Select Uninstall Method Window appears.; Unplug the power to the scanner and remove its USB cable from; Important; : The Automatic option is selected by default. Visioneer
56 V ISIONEER 9000 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 6. Click the Change/Remove button. If two buttons appear instead of a single Change/Remove button, click Remove . The Select Uninstall Method Window appears. 7. Make sure the Automatic option is selected. 8. Click Next . The Perform Uninstall wind...
Page 62 - Close the Remove Programs From Your Computer window. Close; ONTACTING
58 V ISIONEER 9000 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 9. For Windows XP: Click Finish . 10. Close the Remove Programs From Your Computer window. Close the Control Panel. 11. Restart your computer. C ONTACTING V ISIONEER A MERICA T ECHNICAL S UPPORT Visioneer provides technical support to all register...
Page 63 - Country; : Information about contacting Visioneer is subject to
C ONTACTING V ISIONEER —I NTERNATIONAL T ECHNICAL S UPPORT 59 C ONTACTING V ISIONEER —I NTERNATIONAL T ECHNICAL S UPPORT Visioneer provides technical support to all registered users in English, French, and German. Please see the chart below for contact telephone numbers. Visioneer offre une assistan...
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I NDEX 61 I N D E X A adjust appearance panel 40adjust output size panel 44adjust response curve panel 42adjust settings on Scan Manager Pro 35–47aspect ration 46Auto Trim 43, 44AutoCrop 25AutoScan 31, 33 resolution 50 B bitdepth 49bitmap 20 icon 32 black&white 24blurred image 38, 39brightness 2...
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I NDEX 63 thumbnail image 32Twain applications 29Twain button 30 V Visioneer Web site 52 W wavy appearance 25Web site for help 52word processor OCR 21 Z zoom image 48