User manual VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8100 INSTALLATION GUIDE

[. . . ] Visioneer® OneTouch® 8100 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. [. . . ] The scanner scans the item, and then sends the image either to the printer, or to a software application on your computer. This method of scanning is especially helpful if the scanner is not located close to your computer. Place an item to scan on the glass, face down, and click the scanner icon on the Windows taskbar. The scanner button panel appears on the screen. 2. Click the button you want to use to scan. The scanner starts scanning the item; the messages about the scanning appear above the Windows taskbar; the progress window shows the image as it is scanned. When the scan is complete, the scanned image appears in the destination application. The icons on the buttons indicate the destination application for the scanned image. For example, in the illustration above, the icon on the email button is for the email application, MS Outlook. When you click the email button, the item is scanned, and then MS Outlook opens. 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 an e-mail application, the eMail button will have a question mark icon on it. ABOUT THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 21 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 22. The following table lists the scanner's preconfigured settings: Button Scan Copy/Print eMail Custom Stop/Cancel 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 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. Note: If a button is not preconfigured, the Configuration dialog box appears when you press that button so you can configure it manually. 22 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8100 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 Photograph for Editing, 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 32 to set Preferences. ABOUT THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 23 To display the Configuration dialog box: 1. [. . . ] (optional) To preview the image again, click the Preview button. SCANNING FROM THE PAPERPORT SOFTWARE 39 8. 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 PaperPort Getting Started Guide and PaperPort User's Guide on the CD for more information about using the PaperPort software. ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST Sometimes an item is scanned with the brightness and contrast set to be too light or too dark. [. . . ]