User manual VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8600 INSTALLATION GUIDE

[. . . ] Visioneer® OneTouch® 8600 Scanner FOR USB OR PARALLEL PORT CONNECTION Installation Guide COPYRIGHT INFORMATION 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 registered trademarks of Primax Electronics LTD. OneTouch is a trademark of Primax Electronics LTD. [. . . ] In this case, the scanned image automatically becomes an attachment to send with an email message. A question mark icon on a button means your computer does not have an application that corresponds to that button's functions. For example, if your computer does not have a fax application, the Fax button will have a question mark icon on it. ABOUT THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 23 ABOUT THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 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 the Stop/Cancel button. See "About the Configuration Dialog Box" on page 24. The following table lists the scanner's preconfigured settings: Button Scan Copy/Print Fax Preconfigured Settings Scans the item as an 8. 5" x 11" color page and displays it in PaperPort Prints the scanned item in black and white on your printer/copier at the printer/copier's default resolution Displays the scanned item in your fax software as a black and white image at the default resolution of your fax software or modem Converts the item's text to black and white word processing text, and displays it in a word processing application Scans the item as a color photo and attaches it to a new email message in your email application Scans the item as a color photo and displays it in an image processing application Cancels the scan in progress. OCR Email Custom Stop/Cancel Note: If a button is not preconfigured, the Configuration dialog box appears when you press that button so you can configure it manually. For example, if your computer does not have fax software installed, the fax button cannot be preconfigured. 24 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8600 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE ABOUT THE CONFIGURATION DIALOG BOX 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 scanner. For example, the following figure shows the current settings for the Custom button because the Custom tab is selected. The Custom button is set up to scan the item with the configuration named Quick Color Scan 4x6" Photo, and then after the scanning is finished, to open Microsoft Paint to display the scanned image. The Format and Page(s) setting is to scan as a bitmap for a single page item. Click this tab to set preferences. Select a software application to send the scanned image to that application. Select a setting for scanning the item. Select format and page(s) options for the button. See "Setting Preferences" on page 36 to set Preferences. ABOUT THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 25 To display the Configuration dialog box: 1. Right-click the scanner icon. Scanner icon The shortcut menu appears. Choose Configure on the shortcut menu. The Configuration dialog box appears. 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 process the scanned image. Select Configuration--the list of the button's scan configurations. The configuration settings include: color, black and white, or grayscale, resolution in dots per inch (dpi), page size, brightness, and contrast. To see the details about a configuration, click its icon in the list. Click the icon again to close the detailed information: Clicking an icon expands the configuration to show its settings 26 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8600 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE 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. [. . . ] 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 photo was scanned as a bitmap image. Thumbnail image Bitmap icon Please see the PaperP ort Getting S tar ted G uide and PaperP ort User 's Guide on the CD for more information about using the PaperPort software. 44 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8600 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST 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. [. . . ]