User manual VISIONEER 3300 INSTALLATION GUIDE

[. . . ] Parallel Port Scanner Installation Guide FOR WINDOWS COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright © 2000 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. [. . . ] Then the light turns green. INSTALLING THE SCANNER SOFTWARE 6 7. You're now ready to install the software. INSTALLING THE SCANNER SOFTWARE Install the scanner software after connecting the scanner to your computer. Start Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft 2000 and make sure that no other applications are running. Insert the CD into your computer's CD-ROM drive. The CD automatically starts. Note: If the CD does not automatically start, make sure the CD drive's door is completely shut. If the CD still doesn't start, click the Windows icon that shows the drives on your computer. (Usually, the icon is named My Computer. ) The window shows the drives available on your computer. Double-click the icon for your CD-ROM drive to see the list of files on the CD. Double-click the file named START32. EXE. Follow the instructions on the screen to install the PaperPort software on your computer. When the software installation is finished, install the other software applications on the CD to your computer. Remove the CD from your computer and store it in a safe place. 7 PARALLEL PORT SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE SETTING UP THE SCANNER The steps to set up the scanner identify the type of scanner you have and prepares the PaperPort software to scan with it. If the PaperPort software isn't currently running, double-click the PaperPort icon on the Windows Desktop to start it. You also use these settings to customize a scan setting. If you want to adjust the size of the scan area, or crop the image, drag the borders of the selection rectangle surrounding the item. Click Scan to scan the item and display it in the application. Click Preview to check the image again until it's what you want for scanning. SCANNING AN ITEM 10 7. If you want to change the scanner setting for the item, click one of the options in the list to "Scan Page For. " For example, to scan a black and white image instead of a color photo, select Black & White Photo in the list. See the table in the section "Selecting a Predefined Scanner Setting" on page 12 for a description of these predefined settings. You can also select from the Scan Configuration options. Select the area of the item you want to scan. When you preview an item to scan, the selection rectangle around the image indicates the scan area. However, you may want to select only a certain area of an item to scan. Selecting an appropriate scan area can result in a faster scan and a smaller file size. The scanned image's file size and available space on your computer's hard drive are shown at the bottom left side of the Scan Manager window. [. . . ] For example, a note written with a light pencil may need to be scanned darker to improve legibility. You can adjust the brightness and contrast at which grayscale and color items are scanned. You can also adjust the brightness for black-andwhite items. Settings button on the Scan Manager window. [. . . ]