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Visioneer OneTouch ® 7400 USB Scanner User’s Guide F O R W I N D O W S
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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 © 2007 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 bra...
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1The Visioneer OneTouch 7400 USB Scanner . . . . . ...
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ii T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Creating an HTML Web Page from Your Scanned Documents 71Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Scanning to Multiple Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Scanning from the TWAIN Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 1 W ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer OneTouch 7400 USB scanner. With this scanner you can quickly scan paper items such as letters, forms, photos, or magazine articles and place their electronic images on your computer....
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2 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T HE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER Glass Reference marks Document cover OneTouch button panel USB port Status light OneTouch buttons
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T HE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER 3 Document cover —Protects the document from light and contamination. Glass —Items are placed face down aligned at the reference marks. Reference marks —Marks on the border of the glass show where to align various paper sizes. OneTouch buttons —Scans to ...
Page 9 - HAT; A VGA or SVGA Monitor; OCUMENTATION
4 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE W HAT Y OU N EED IBM-compatible Pentium 4 PC, or AMD equivalent with: ■ A CD-ROM drive ■ An available Universal Serial Bus (USB) port; 1.1 or 2.0 ■ Microsoft Windows operating system: 2000 (Service Pack 4), XP (Service Pack 1 and 2), or...
Page 10 - Install the software; EFORE; Please make sure of the following before you begin installation:
B EFORE Y OU B EGIN 5 Installing Installation is a quick, three-step process: ■ Install the software ■ Connect the scanner ■ Register your scanner B EFORE Y OU B EGIN Please make sure of the following before you begin installation: ■ If your computer has AntiVirus or AntiSpyware software running, yo...
Page 11 - TEP; To install the software:
6 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S TEP 1: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE The Installation CD contains all the driver software and scanning software to use your scanner. To install the software: 1. Start Microsoft Windows and make sure no other applications are running. 2. Inse...
Page 12 - Make sure the boxes for
S TEP 1: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 7 3. On the installation menu, select Install ScanSoft PaperPort and Scanner Driver . 4. Make sure the boxes for Nuance PaperPort® and Scanner Driver are checked. If you also want to install the ArcSoft® Scrapbook Suite® software now, select it too. You can also insta...
Page 14 - The Welcome to the OneTouch 4.0 Setup Wizard opens.; On the Visioneer License Agreement window, read the license; I Agree
S TEP 1: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 9 The Welcome to the OneTouch 4.0 Setup Wizard opens. 1. Click Next . 2. On the Visioneer License Agreement window, read the license agreement. If you accept the terms, select I Agree . If you choose not to accept the license agreement, the installation will terminate...
Page 15 - A window opens with image quality samples asking you to select an; Next; The driver installation will now begin.
10 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 4. A window opens with image quality samples asking you to select an image for your Color Space setting. The Color Space setting sets the gamma value for the scanner so scanned items look good on your monitor. Gamma controls the bright...
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S TEP 1: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 11 7. STOP when you see the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window. Do NOT click on OK yet. Leave the window open and proceed to “Step 2: Connect the Scanner” on page 12. Note : If you want to see more information about your scanner and a quick...
Page 17 - Using the steps on the screen as your guide, plug the square end of; : Your scanner does not have a power switch. Plugging it in turns
12 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S TEP 2: C ONNECT THE S CANNER 1. Remove any tape from the USB cable. 2. Using the steps on the screen as your guide, plug the square end of the cable into the side of your scanner. 3. Plug the flat, computer end of the USB cable into ...
Page 18 - To register your scanner:; Right-click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification; Check for Online Updates; entering your scanner’s serial number and your email address.
S TEP 3: R EGISTER Y OUR S CANNER 13 S TEP 3: R EGISTER Y OUR S CANNER Registering your scanner is important as it provides you with access to our free telephone support service. Registration also gives you free access to software updates for your scanner. To register your scanner: 1. Right-click on...
Page 19 - User Guides; From the Visioneer User Guides window select the User Guide you
14 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE V IEW AND S AVE THE U SER G UIDES The User Guides for your scanner, and for the software you received with it are on the Installation CD. If you have already removed the installation CD from your CD-ROM drive, insert the CD back into t...
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16 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Scanning This section describes how to scan paper documents, book pages and photographs: You can use several different methods to scan with your scanner. ■ OneTouch Scanner Buttons —Each scanner button is set up to scan for a particula...
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S CANNING FROM O NE T OUCH 17 S CANNING FROM O NE T OUCH OneTouch is your main scanning interface for using the scanner. The OneTouch Buttons on the scanner mirror the software OneTouch Button Panel. Changing the button settings on the OneTouch Button Panel makes the same changes to the buttons on t...
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18 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Button Destination Preconfigured Settings Scan PaperPort Scans in Color, 200dpiOpens the image in PaperPort Custom Storage Scans in Black & White, 150dpiImmediately saves the image file to a folder location on your computer. The im...
Page 24 - Place an item face down on the glass. Align the bottom of the item
S CANNING FROM O NE T OUCH 19 S CANNING P APER D OCUMENTS OR P HOTOGRAPHS 1. Place an item face down on the glass. Align the bottom of the item with the scanner’s reference marks. For custom sizes, align the edge of the item with the left side of the scanner glass. 2. Close the document cover and pr...
Page 25 - A scan progress window opens shows the item as it is being
20 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. A scan progress window opens shows the item as it is being scanned. 4. After scanning has completed the image is sent to the selected application for the OneTouch button. In the example below, the image is scanned in the TIFF format...
Page 26 - Open the document cover and place the book on the glass.
S CANNING FROM O NE T OUCH 21 S CANNING P AGES IN A B OOK Your OneTouch 7400 USB scanner has an innovative hinged lid so you can lay books flat on the scanner glass to scan their pages. To scan book pages: 1. Open the document cover and place the book on the glass. 2. Align the edges of the pages wi...
Page 27 - To scan from the button panel on the screen:
22 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S CAN FROM THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON P ANEL Scanning from the button panel on your computer’s screen works just like pressing a button on the scanner. The scanner scans the item, then sends the image to the Destination Application indica...
Page 28 - OUCH; a Destination Application icon to start the scanning. If
S CANNING FROM O NE T OUCH 23 O NE T OUCH B UTTON P ANEL F EATURES The OneTouch Button Panel is your on-screen set of controls for the scanner. In addition, the panel shows information about the scanner and its settings. Click the green arrows at the top of the panel to cycle back and forth through ...
Page 29 - The Scan button; —Scans a page in black and white and sends the; The Custom button; — Scans the item as a color photo and displays it; The Email button; —Scans a page in color then sends it to your email; The OCR button; —Scans a page in black & white then sends the image; The Copy button; —Scans a page in color then sends the image to your
24 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON P ANEL ’ S N AMES AND I CONS The button names on the panel are the same as button names on the scanner. The icons indicate the Destination Applications so you can see, at a glance, where the image will be...
Page 30 - ONFIGURING; Destination Application; . To change the settings, you reconfigure the buttons by; To open the OneTouch Properties window:; Left-Click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON O PTIONS 25 C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON O PTIONS When you first connect your scanner to a computer, the scanner’s software configures each OneTouch button with appropriate settings consisting of: a Destination Application , a Scan Configuration , and a F...
Page 31 - BOUT; : Some of the options on the OneTouch Properties Window
26 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH P ROPERTIES The OneTouch Properties window is where you can select new settings for the buttons. The tabs across the top of the window correspond to the buttons on the scanner. The following example of the OneTou...
Page 32 - —The list of applications that OneTouch can send a; Select Configuration; —The list of available configurations to use while
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON O PTIONS 27 T HE O NE T OUCH P ROPERTIES O PTIONS This is a brief overview of the various sections in the OneTouch Properties window. Select Destination —The list of applications that OneTouch can send a scanned image to so that this application opens immediately...
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28 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE You can edit the configuration by selecting the configuration then clicking on Edit or double-click on the configuration to access the Scan Configuration Properties options. Select Format —these are the file formats that OneTouch can s...
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C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON O PTIONS 29 S ELECTING S ETTINGS FOR A B UTTON For each of the five OneTouch buttons, you can select a new Destination Application , Scan Configuration , and File Format To select new settings for the Scanner Button: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2. Cli...
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30 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE D ESTINATION A PPLICATION P ROPERTIES The different types of Destination Applications have various properties that you can select. Document Management Application —Nuance PaperPort is a document management software. The OneTouch proper...
Page 36 - HANGING; On the OneTouch Properties window, click a Destination; Properties
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON O PTIONS 31 C HANGING D ESTINATION A PPLICATION P ROPERTIES 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2. On the OneTouch Properties window, click a Destination Application. 3. Click the Properties button. A OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties dialog box opens for the type...
Page 37 - APER; image to be located.; OK; or; Apply; on the OneTouch Properties window.
32 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE P APER P ORT P ROPERTIES These properties apply to PaperPort, and are for designating the folder to receive your scanned items. 1. Select the PaperPort folder where you want the file of the scanned image to be located. 2. Click OK . 3....
Page 38 - EXT; Always send a file, even when no text was found
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON O PTIONS 33 T EXT D OCUMENTS P ROPERTIES These properties apply to Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel ® , and the other applications indicated by their icons in the list. The properties apply to the OCR settings for the applications. Click in the OCR settings boxes ...
Page 40 - MAGE; The options will apply to all the applications in the group.; Convert Bitmaps using Screen resolution; —Use this option to; Convert Bitmaps to JPEG; —JPEG files can be compressed to; Add; button. The Add Image Based Link dialog box opens.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON O PTIONS 35 I MAGE D OCUMENTS P ROPERTIES These properties apply to image processing applications such as ArcSoft PhotoImpression and Microsoft Paint. Click in the Color document handling settings boxes for the options you want. The options will apply to all the ...
Page 42 - TORAGE; Click the Storage Layout options you want.; All documents are in the root; —The scanned documents are; Documents are put into folders by month, week, or type; The Burn to CD option is only available for Windows XP or
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON O PTIONS 37 S TORAGE P ROPERTIES These properties apply to the Destination Application named Transfer to Storage. If a CD burner is attached to your computer, you can also use this dialog box to start the Burn to CD process. See the section “Scan and Burn to a CD...
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C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON O PTIONS 39 EM AIL P ROPERTIES These properties apply to email applications so you can specify the folder for documents that you will attach to an email message. Microsoft Outlook ® will accept direct attachment of documents to a blank email message as soon as sc...
Page 46 - The available options are for images and text.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON O PTIONS 41 S ELECTING F ILE F ORMAT O PTIONS The option that you select determines the file format of the scanned document. Appropriate format options and file types are available for the type of Destination Application selected for the button. The available opt...
Page 50 - A dialog box of OCR options opens.; : OCR scanning is also for spreadsheets so you can work in
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON O PTIONS 45 S CANNING WITH O PTICAL C HARACTER R ECOGNITION (OCR) Optical Character Recognition (OCR) converts text and numbers on a scanned page into editable text and numbers. You can then work with the text and numbers to edit, spell check, change font or type...
Page 51 - Select the option you want for the OCR conversion of your; Auto orient page; —Select this option to check the page orientation; Single column output; Select this option to produce a single; : If scanning to a text editing application, such as Microsoft Word
46 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 4. Select the option you want for the OCR conversion of your documents. Auto orient page —Select this option to check the page orientation and automatically rotate an improperly oriented page image so the text is recognizable by the OC...
Page 52 - Open the OneTouch Properties window and click the; Options; Click the menu arrow and choose the button for new options.; Show All Destinations; —This option selects all the Destination
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON O PTIONS 47 O NE T OUCH O PTIONS T AB From the OneTouch Options tab you can choose what type of applications appear in each button’s tab destination list. Show or hide the scanning progress window when scanning from OneTouch. You can also choose to save permanent...
Page 56 - REATING; Open the OneTouch Properties window and click the tab of the
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON O PTIONS 51 C REATING A N EW S CAN C ONFIGURATION The scan configurations are where you select the scanning resolution, brightness, mode (color, black&white, or grayscale), and a number of other settings. Note the lock icon on the preset configurations. Altho...
Page 57 - If the; Scan Settings; CAN; On the Scan Configuration Properties dialog box, type a name.; : If a destination application has additional features available,
52 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE appears for any other buttons set for image editors, but not for buttons set for text editing applications. Thus, you can create specific sets of scan configurations for specific functions and they appear only when appropriate. 3. Clic...
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54 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T HE P AGE S ETTINGS T AB ■ Size —Click Standard , click the menu arrow and choose a page size from the list, or click Custom and enter the horizontal and vertical page dimensions in the boxes. The maximum size is 8.5" by 11.69"...
Page 60 - Advanced Settings; DVANCED; you do, the image changes to show the effects of the new settings.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON O PTIONS 55 5. Click the Advanced Settings tab. T HE A DVANCED S ETTINGS T AB The options of the Advanced Settings tab are for the Color or Grayscale scanning mode. 1. Drag the sliders to the left and right to change the color settings. As you do, the image chang...
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56 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 2. C lick OK to save the new configuration. It will now appear in the list of Scan Configurations list on the OneTouch Properties window for the appropriate Destination applications. T HE D EVICE S ETTINGS T AB A Device Settings tab ap...
Page 64 - DITING; Select the scan configuration you want to edit or delete.; Delete
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON O PTIONS 59 E DITING OR D ELETING S CAN C ONFIGURATIONS Your scanner comes with a number of configurations pre-set at the factory. To ensure that your scanner will always have a set of correct scan configurations, do not delete the preset configurations. We also ...
Page 65 - Edit the settings and click; to close the dialog box.
60 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 4. To edit the configuration, click the Edit button. The Scan Configuration Properties dialog box opens for that configuration. You can make changes to a configuration, but for the changes to be saved, the configuration must first be u...
Page 66 - ONFIGURE; Using the arrows, choose the button that you want to set to; Configure Before Scan
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON O PTIONS 61 C ONFIGURE B EFORE S CAN You can set up a button so that, when you press that button or click it on the Button Panel, a different scanning interface opens before the scanning starts.You can then use the interface to select new settings or scanning opt...
Page 69 - ANCELING; To cancel a scan after scanning has begun:
64 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 5. Click on the Done button when you are finished scanning all the pages in your document. 6. All of the pages you scanned will be sent to the Destination Application set in the OneTouch Properties window. C ANCELING A C ONFIGURE B EFO...
Page 70 - —scanning stops, but all pages scanned in this batch, up to
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON O PTIONS 65 ■ No —scanning stops, but all pages scanned in this batch, up to this point, are not deleted. You can place a new page on the flatbed glass, adjust the TWAIN settings for the new page, then click on the Scan button in the TWAIN interface to continue s...
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66 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S CAN AND B URN TO A CD If you have a CD burner attached to your Windows XP or Windows Vista computer, you can scan directly from your scanner onto a CD. To scan and burn to a CD: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2. Click the Cu...
Page 72 - Choose a Page Format and a Scan Configuration.; The OneTouch Properties window closes.; Burn to CD; Destination Application is still selected and click the; The OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window opens.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON O PTIONS 67 4. Choose a Page Format and a Scan Configuration. See the notes on page 68 for more information about the scan configurations when the Destination Application is Burn to CD. 5. Click OK . The OneTouch Properties window closes. 6. Now start scanning us...
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68 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 9. Click the Burn to CD button. The CD burner begins and your scanned documents are written to the CD. Note : Until you click Burn to CD these files are stored in your computer at C:\Documents and Settings\<your user name>\Local ...
Page 74 - Click the tab of the button you want to use for event forwarding.; Still Image Client; as the Destination Application.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON O PTIONS 69 S CANNING WITH E VENT F ORWARDING You use event forwarding to specify another application to use for scanning before you start. A typical example is if you want to use another application’s interface to select scanning options before you start scannin...
Page 76 - HTML W; To scan and create an HTML web page:; Click the tab of the button you want to use to scan pages for; Microsoft Explorer; HTML
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON O PTIONS 71 C REATING AN HTML W EB P AGE FROM Y OUR S CANNED D OCUMENTS You can convert scanned pages to HTML format for posting directly to your web site. Those pages are then viewable by visitors to your web site without the need for any internet plug-ins or ot...
Page 78 - RANSFERRING; Press the button you’ve set up to transfer to storage.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON O PTIONS 73 T RANSFERRING S CANNED D OCUMENTS TO S TORAGE With the Transfer to Storage scanning process, you can scan documents and save them in a folder in one step. The process is ideal for archiving documents without having to manually save or process them in ...
Page 79 - Using Microsoft Windows, create the folders you want to use for; Archive; You can click another tab to use its button for archiving instead.; : The Storage Location shown in the example above is the
74 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S CANNING TO M ULTIPLE F OLDERS When archiving documents with the Archive button with the Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application, you can scan the documents to multiple folders. For example, one folder might be for “Busines...
Page 82 - the new configurations.; Scan to multiple storage folders:; tab (or other tab if you set up another button for; Transfer to Storage; is selected as the Destination
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON O PTIONS 77 13. Make sure to designate separate folders as the Storage Locations for the new configurations. You will now have multiple configurations set up for the Transfer to Storage destination, and each configuration stores scanned documents in separate fold...
Page 83 - The OneTouch panel will show the name of the configuration.
78 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 5. Click OK . The OneTouch Properties window closes. The OneTouch panel will show the name of the configuration. 6. Scan the documents you want to store. The documents are scanned to the folder specified for the configuration. 7. When ...
Page 84 - See “Scanning to Multiple Folders” on page 74 or “Transferring; The Browse For Folder window opens.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON O PTIONS 79 T RANSFER D OCUMENTS TO A S ERVER OR M APPED D RIVE When selecting the storage location for scanned documents, you can select a local folder, or a folder on a server or mapped drive. You select a mapped drive using the Browse button. 1. See “Scanning ...
Page 85 - Select a storage location on the mapped drive or server for the
80 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Select a storage location on the mapped drive or server for the scanned documents. Servers and mapped drives are represented by an icon that indicates its network connection. 4. Click OK . Now when you scan using Transfer to Storage...
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S CANNING FROM THE TWAIN I NTERFACE 81 S CANNING FROM THE TWAIN I NTERFACE You can scan from any TWAIN scanning application instead of scanning from the OneTouch buttons on your scanner or using the OneTouch button panel. A N OTE A BOUT THE TWAIN S TANDARD Your scanner uses the TWAIN interface to sc...
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82 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE A CCESSING THE TWAIN I NTERFACE As previously stated, you can access the TWAIN interface from any TWAIN compliant scanning application. You can configure any of your OneTouch buttons to automatically open the TWAIN interface when you p...
Page 88 - Click OK to save your changes and close the OneTouch Properties; : If you choose to use OneTouch Configure Before Scan for; : At this time the TWAIN interface is where you will adjust your
S CANNING FROM THE TWAIN I NTERFACE 83 6. Click OK to save your changes and close the OneTouch Properties window. 7. Press the button on the scanner or click on the button on the OneTouch Panel. 8. The TWAIN interface will now open. Note : If you choose to use OneTouch Configure Before Scan for scan...
Page 89 - Opening the TWAIN Interface from PaperPort; Select your Visioneer 7400 scanner in the Scan Pane.; : If the Scan button in the Scan pane is not active, or there is no
84 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Opening the TWAIN Interface from PaperPort 1. Open the PaperPort software. 2. Select your Visioneer 7400 scanner in the Scan Pane. If you do not see a Scan pane down the left side of the PaperPort window, click on the scan button on th...
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86 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 7. Change the page size from the Paper Size menu. If you do not want to use one of the preset paper sizes available, you can create a custom size by telling the scanner to scan only a certain area. Simply click in the Preview window th...
Page 92 - Start your TWAIN application and open the TWAIN interface.; Advanced Interface
S CANNING FROM THE TWAIN I NTERFACE 87 S CANNING F ROM THE A DVANCED TWAIN I NTERFACE Here are the basic steps for scanning with the Advanced TWAIN Interface. The next section will walk you through all of the image adjustment options that are available in the Advance TWAIN Interface. 1. Start your T...
Page 93 - Grey Scale
88 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Click one of the icons to select a configuration. For example, select Color Configurations then select Custom to scan a color item with the preset Custom scan settings. The configuration settings appear as a list. Click the + (plus)...
Page 94 - : The list of scan settings for a configuration applies only to that
S CANNING FROM THE TWAIN I NTERFACE 89 A DVANCED I NTERFACE I MAGE A DJUSTMENT O PTIONS There are several features you can adjust in the Advanced Interface to produce the best possible image for the items you’re scanning. To adjust a setting: 1. On the left side of the Advanced Interface, select a c...
Page 95 - : The information in the scan settings list and the options you; : The location of various buttons on the panels may be slightly
90 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE The following figure shows an example of the Advanced Interface if you click the Resolution setting in the list, or click the Resolution button. Note : The information in the scan settings list and the options you select on the various...
Page 96 - DJUSTING; The following figure shows the resolution options.
S CANNING FROM THE TWAIN I NTERFACE 91 A DJUSTING THE R ESOLUTION Resolution determines the amount of detail you can see in the scanned image. The resolution setting for a scan is in dots-per-inch (dpi). The higher the resolution, the finer the details, however, higher dpi settings also take longer ...
Page 97 - To adjust the resolution:; one of the options in the list.; slider to the left; Reset; to return the resolution to its original setting.; Reduce Moire
92 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE To adjust the resolution: 1. To use one of the preset resolutions for typical scanned items, click one of the options in the list. For example, to set the resolution for scanning a business card, select Business Card. That setting is p...
Page 98 - slider to the left to make the item darker or to; Contrast; slider to the left to decrease the contrast or to; to return the settings to their original numbers.
S CANNING FROM THE TWAIN I NTERFACE 93 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. The following figure sho...
Page 99 - The following figure shows the color options.; To adjust the color settings:; sliders to the left to
94 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB 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 color midtones, saturation is the strength or purity of a...
Page 100 - The following figure shows the input size options.; To set the image size:
S CANNING FROM THE TWAIN I NTERFACE 95 A DJUSTING I NPUT S IZE You can scan documents up to 8.5" by 11.69", but you can select other scan sizes, or adjust the input size to scan only specific sections of an image. For example, if you’re scanning a photograph and want to focus on one section,...
Page 101 - The following figure shows an example of a manually selected area.; Custom; to indicate you are customizing the size.
96 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE C REATING M ULTIPLE C ROP A REAS When you click and drag your mouse in the preview window a dotted outline shows the selected area in the image. The following figure shows an example of a manually selected area. Note that the selected ...
Page 102 - Remove; To set the ruler units:
S CANNING FROM THE TWAIN I NTERFACE 97 ■ If you want to remove the selected area and start over, click Remove on the Scan Info box. ■ When the settings are what you want, click Scan . T HE S CAN I NFO B OX The following figure shows the information on the Scan Info box: T HE R ULER U NITS The ruler ...
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98 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE C REATE A S CANNING P ROFILE You cannot change the settings of the preset profiles in the Advanced Interface. However you can create new profiles and save them for future use. To create a new profile: 1. On the Advanced Interface, sele...
Page 104 - to; Paint; The Paint window opens.
S CANNING FROM THE W INDOWS I MAGE A CQUISITION (WIA) I NTERFACE 99 S CANNING FROM THE W INDOWS I MAGE A CQUISITION (WIA) I NTERFACE Microsoft Windows XP and Vista include their own set of scanning options—known as Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)—for acquiring images from scanners, digital cameras, ...
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100 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 2. The scan window opens. Use this window to select scanning options and start the scan process. 3. Choose the desired scanning mode of Color , Grayscale , or Black and White . Please see the next page Fine Tuning Your Scans for instr...
Page 106 - Custom Settings
S CANNING FROM THE W INDOWS I MAGE A CQUISITION (WIA) I NTERFACE 101 F INE T UNING Y OUR S CANS You can select new settings before scanning to adjust how you want to scan a particular item. To select the scanner settings before you scan: 1. On the Scan using Visioneer OneTouch 7400 window, select th...
Page 107 - Setting up your scanner is a one-time-only process for each
102 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S ETTING U P Y OUR S CANNER TO W ORK W ITH P APER P ORT When you open the PaperPort software the first time, you will be looking at the PaperPort desktop. This initial view has a tree of folders down the left side of the desktop. Clic...
Page 108 - When the Available Scanners window opens, select either; A window opens to begin the setup process.
S ETTING U P Y OUR S CANNER TO W ORK W ITH P APER P ORT 103 To setup your scanner: 1. In the scan pane, click on the Select button. 2. When the Available Scanners window opens, select either TWAIN: Visioneer 7400 or WIA: Visioneer 7400 . Reminder: You will have to run the setup wizard for each drive...
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104 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 5. Click Yes (recommended) then click Next . The next window is for checking the connection between your scanner and the computer. 6. Click Next . After the Setup Wizard checks the connections, the next window is displayed. It has a s...
Page 110 - Place an item face down on the glass. Align the edge of the item; The TWAIN Interface opens.
S ETTING U P Y OUR S CANNER TO W ORK W ITH P APER P ORT 105 7. Click Next . The next window tells you to insert a page or photo into the scanner. 8. Place an item face down on the glass. Align the edge of the item with the arrow at the upper-left corner of the glass and close the lid. 9. Click Next ...
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106 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 10. Click the Scan button on the TWAIN interface. The Setup Wizard runs the scan test. A message window opens that says “Basic scan test passed.” 11. Click Next on the message window. The final Setup window opens to let you know the s...
Page 112 - LEANING; Check for one of these possible problems:; Is a cable loose or not plugged in securely?; Inspect the cable; Is the scanner’s status light on?; If the light is not on, plug the USB
C LEANING THE S CANNER G LASS 107 Maintenance This section contains information on cleaning, troubleshooting, uninstalling, and scanner specifications. C LEANING THE S CANNER G LASS Scanning items that have excessive amounts of dirt or dust may dirty the glass. To ensure the best quality scanned ite...
Page 113 - Did you restart the computer after installing the software?; Did you plug in your scanner before installing the software?; If you; Did you plug the scanner into a USB hub?; If you’re using a USB; Did you select another TWAIN source for acquiring images?; If
108 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE • Did you restart the computer after installing the software? If you didn’t restart the computer, it may not have loaded all of the software files. Try restarting your computer. • Did you plug in your scanner before installing the sof...
Page 114 - Problem: The installation will not complete successfully. If
T ROUBLESHOOTING 109 Problem: The installation will not complete successfully. If installation finishes, the scanner’s OneTouch 4.0 options do not seem to work properly. What do I do? A likely cause is that some driver programs are already installed on your computer for another scanner. They are int...
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110 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7400 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE U NINSTALL Y OUR S CANNER To uninstall the scanner, remove the Visioneer OneTouch 7400 software, the PaperPort software, or other scanner software provided with your scanner. U NINSTALLING THE O NE T OUCH S OFTWARE 1. Open the Windows...
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V ISIONEER 7400 USB S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS 111 V ISIONEER 7400 USB S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS V ISIONEER 7400 USB S CANNER P ART L IST Please use the following part name and number when ordering a replacement USB cable for your scanner. Bit Depth 48-Bit color (internal), 16-Bit gray (internal), 1-Bi...
Page 118 - I N D E X; Numerics
I NDEX 113 I N D E X Numerics 7400 USB Scanner Document Cover 2, 3Maintenance 107OneTouch Buttons 2, 3Reference Marks 2, 3, 19Scanner 1, 2Serial Number 13Specifications 111Status Light 3Status light 2Troubleshooting 107USB Cable 1, 111USB Port 2, 3 A Actual size 56Adobe Acrobat Reader 15Adobe PhotoS...
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