User manual VISIONEER 4800 INSTALLATION GUIDE

[. . . ] Visioneer 4800 USB Scanner Installation Guide FOR WINDOWS COPYRIGHT INFORMATION 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 registered trademarks of Primax Electronics LTD. OneTouch is a trademark of Primax Electronics LTD. [. . . ] Plug the power supply cable into the jack on the back of the scanner, then plug the power supply into a wall outlet. Power supply USB Cable SETTING UP THE SCANNER 9 A progress message appears saying that the USB scanner has been found. From the CD, install the other software applications to your computer. In the example on the next page, the picture being scanned is a close-up of a friendly cow. You can now fine-tune the options on the Scan Manager for the item you're scanning. Note: For additional details about the Scan Manager's features click the Help button on the Scan Manager. 12 4800 USB SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE Select another scanner setting if you want it for the item being scanned. Select other settings here if want them for the item being scanned. You also use these settings to customize a scan setting. 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. 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 14 for a description of these predefined settings. 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. ADJUSTING SCANNER SETTINGS 13 9. To select the area to scan, drag the borders of the selection rectangle surrounding the preview image to reduce or enlarge the area. If you want to preview the item again with the new settings, click the Preview button again on the Scan Manager. When you are satisfied with the preview image, click the Scan button on the Scan Manager. The scanned item appears as a thumbnail image in the ScanSoft PaperPort Desktop. Thumbnail image ADJUSTING SCANNER SETTINGS You can adjust the scanner settings to fine tune the scanned item. This section tells you how to: Select a predefined scanner setting. Select the area of the item you want to scan. 14 4800 USB SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE SELECTING A PREDEFINED SCANNER SETTING In the Scan Manager, you can select one of the predefined scanner settings from the list "Scan Page For. " The settings are described in the following table. Scan Page For Editing Text (OCR) Default Setting Black-and-white 300 dpi To Scan Business letters, contracts, memos, and other documents that you want to edit Description Enhances the use of OCR software for converting item text to editable text. Provides higher quality and a larger file size than the Faxing, Filing or Copying scan setting. Provides the fastest scan time and smallest file size. Faxing, Filing, or Copying Black-and-white 200 dpi Newspaper and magazine articles, receipts, forms, and other text items Black-and-white photos Color pages with many graphics, or mixed graphics and text, line art, or photos that require a quick scan Photographs and color items Black & White Grayscale Photo 100 dpi Color Document-- Faster Color 100 dpi Provides the best setting for black-and-white photos. [. . . ] The dimensions of the selected area appear in the Scan Configuration settings. You can also type length and width dimensions directly into the boxes that show the dimensions of the selection area. Use this process to produce a precise scan area size. To position the rectangle over the area you want to scan, click and hold the left mouse button and drag to the location desired. [. . . ]