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    V isioneer 4800 USB Scanner Installation Guide FOR WINDOWS[...]

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    COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright © 2001 Visioneer, I nc., a wholly ow ned subsidiary of Primax Electronic s L TD. Reproducti on, adaptation, or translation without prior writt en pe rmission is prohibited, ex cept as allowed under the copyright laws. The Visioneer brand name and logo are register ed trademarks of P rimax Elec tronics L TD. O neT ou[...]

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    iii T ABLE OF CONTENTS We l c o me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 W hat’s in the B ox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The V isi oneer 4800 USB Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 W hat Yo u Need . . . . . . . [...]

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    4800 USB S CANNER I N STA LLA TIO N G UI DE 4 W ELCOME Congratula tions on purchas ing your Visioneer 4800 USB scanner . With your scanner , you can qui ckly s can paper documents and color photos to plac e their electro nic im ages on you r com pu ter . W HAT ’ S IN THE B OX Be for e starting th e insta llation, c heck the con tents of the b ox [...]

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    T HE V ISIO N EE R 4800 USB S CANNE R 5 T HE V ISION EER 4800 USB S CANNER 5 Glass Document pad 4 3 2 1 Reference frame Document cover USB cable Power jack 6 Do c u m e n t c ove r. Close the docum ent co ver after pl acing items on the scann er glass. Do c u m e n t p a d . H elps to se cure the docu m ent in plac e on the sc anner glass. G lass. [...]

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    6 4800 USB S CANNER I N STA LLA TIO N G UI DE W HAT Y OU N EED T o use the scanner and softwar e, y ou need the follow ing: ■ IBM PC (or 100-percent compatible) P entium or equi valent ■ M icrosoft W indows 98, W indows 2000, or W indows M e ■ O ne av ailable U niv ersal S erial B us (U SB) port o n you r com puter ■ 32 m egabytes (M B) or [...]

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    I NST A L L I NG THE S CANNER S OF T WAR E 7 I NSTALLI NG THE S CA NNER S OFTWARE T o in stall the scan ner so ftwar e: 1. S tart M icroso ft W indo ws 9 8, 20 00 , or M E and ma ke su re th at n o oth er app lication s ar e runn ing . 2. Insert th e CD into you r com pu ter’ s CD -R O M drive. T he CD auto m atically starts . 3. Wh en the C D wi[...]

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    8 4800 USB S CANNER I N STA LLA TIO N G UI DE C ONNECTI NG THE S CANNER Y ou r V isionee r 480 0 U SB scann er conn ects to a ny av ailable U SB port. Check your computer’ s manual for the USB port l ocati on. T o conne ct your Visi oneer 4800 USB sca nner: 1. Plug t he USB cable on the back of your scanner int o any USB port on your computer . I[...]

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    S ETTI N G U P THE S CANNE R 9 A p rogress m essage appears saying that the U SB scann er has be en found . Th e scann er is no w c orrectly installed. 3. F rom th e C D , install the o ther so ftwar e app lication s to yo ur computer . 4. When y ou ar e finished installing t he other sof tware, remo ve the CD from your computer and s tore it in a [...]

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    10 4800 USB S CANNER I N STA LLA TIO N G UI DE S CANNING AN I TEM Y ou can sc an m any types o f items, fr om sm all busin ess car ds to A 4-sized pages. T he scann er also ha s special settin gs for scan nin g colo r pho tos and text documents. Y ou r scann er is pr eset to scan color im ages. S electing a new scan ner setting to scan in black a n[...]

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    S CANNI NG AN I TEM 11 The S can M anager appears. 4. F rom th e list of S cann er Se ttings la b eled “S can P age F or ,” select the most appropri ate s etti ng for t he it em you ’ re scanni ng. In the exam ple abo ve, the selected settin g is “C olor D ocum ent-F aster . ” 5. Click t he Pr e v i e w button. Th e scann er scan s a pr e[...]

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    12 4800 USB S CANNER I N STA LLA TIO N G UI DE 7. Chec k the pr eview im age. If you w ant to change th e scann er setting for the item , click one of th e op tions in th e list to “Sca n P age F or .” F or exam ple, to scan a b lack and wh ite ima ge instead of a colo r photo, sele ct Black & W hite Photo in the li st. See th e table in th[...]

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    A DJUST I NG S CANNE R S ETTI NG S 13 9. T o select the a rea to sca n, dra g the borders of the selectio n recta ngle surrounding t he previe w image to reduce or enlarge the area. 10. If yo u w ant to preview the item a gain w ith the n ew settin gs, click the Pre v i e w but ton again on the Scan M anager . 11. W hen yo u ar e satisfied w ith th[...]

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    14 4800 USB S CANNER I N STA LLA TIO N G UI DE S ELECTING A P REDE FI NED S CANNER S ETTING In the Scan M anager , you can s elect one of the predefi ned scanner settings fr om the list “Sc an P age F or . ” Th e setting s are d escribed in the follo win g tab le. Scan P age F or D efaul t Setti ng T o Scan Description E dit ing T ext (OC R) B [...]

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    A DJUST I NG S CANNE R S ETTI NG S 15 Se lecting the p rope r scanne r setting b efore sc annin g pro duces th e best resu lts for a sc ann ed item . Th e scan n er setting d eterm ines th e resolu tion of the item and the num ber of po ssi ble shades of gray or color . The sym bols n ext to the setting n am es in dicate th e scan m ode— colo r ,[...]

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    16 4800 USB S CANNER I N STA LLA TIO N G UI DE Si ze —T he page siz e for th e im age. If y ou wan t to us e one o f the pr eset sizes, click th e dr op-do wn arrow and choo se the size fro m th e list. If yo u wa nt to c rea te a c ustom size, click o n th e pictu re w in do w a nd d rag th e mo use. A d otted box o n the w indo w indicates th e[...]

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    A DJUST I NG S CANNE R S ETTI NG S 17 4. Click t he Save As button . The Save As dialog box appears . 5. T ype a n am e for the n ew scan ner settin g. 6. Click Save . Th e new settin g is add ed to the list o f “Scan P age F or” optio ns at the top of t he dial og box. A DJUSTI NG THE B RI GHTNE SS AND C ONTR AST S om etime s an item is sc ann[...]

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    18 4800 USB S CANNER I N STA LLA TIO N G UI DE 3. Drag the Brig htne ss slider to the left to m ake th e item dark er or to the righ t to m ake the item lighter . 4. Drag the Cont ra st slider to the left to dec rease th e contra st or to the righ t to incr ease the co ntrast. 5. Click OK on the Ad vanced Settings di alog box. S ELECTING TH E A REA[...]

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    I N STALLATION T ROUBLESHO OTING 19 I NSTALLATI ON T ROUBLESHOOT I NG After I installed P aperP ort, I go t a blue screen an d a P rofi ling D isplay err or m essage. W hy is this hap pen ing? P aperP ort installs a driver fo r scann ing an d prin ting. S om etim es a con flict occurs b etw een the P ape rP ort driv er and ano ther d river y ou m a[...]

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    20 4800 USB S CANNER I N STA LLA TIO N G UI DE C LEAN ING THE S CANNER G LASS Scanning ite ms that have excessive amounts of dir t or dus t may dirt y the glass. T o ensure the best q uality scanned item, wipe the scanner glass with a soft clean cloth to rid th e glass of d ust o r other d ebris. C ONTACTIN G V ISIONEER FO R T ECHNICAL S UPPORT F r[...]

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    V ISI ON EER 4800 USB S CANNE R S P ECI F I CAT I ONS 21 V ISION EER 4800 USB S CA NNER S P ECIFICATION S Bi t De p t h 48-B it color (intern al), 16-B it gray (internal), 1 -B it line art/text Sca nn ing re solu tion O ptical r esolu tion: 600 x 1200 dpi M aximum resolution (interpolated): 9600 x 9600 dpi Maxi mu m It em s i ze s 8.5 x 11.69 inche[...]