Visioneer 7300 manual

V isioneer ® OneT ouch ® 7300 Scanner FOR USB C ONNECTION Installation Guide[...]

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright © 2003 Visioneer , Inc. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allo wed under the copyright laws. The Visioneer brand name and logo, and the OneT ouch name are registered trademarks of Visioneer, I nc. The P aperP ort brand name and logo are registered trad[...]

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS i T ABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Visioneer 7300 USB Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What You Need . . . [...]

ii T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Adjusting Gamma, Saturation, and Color Hue . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Adjusting Output Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Saving a Custom Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 1 W ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer OneT ouch 7300 USB scanner . With this scanner you can quickly scan paper items such as letters, forms, photos, and magazine ar ticles and place their electr onic images on your computer . With its innovative hinged lid, you can als[...]

2 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T HE V ISIONEER 7300 USB S CANNER Glass Reference marks Document cover OneTouch button panel USB port Status light OneTouch buttons[...]

T HE V ISIONEER 7300 USB S CANNER 3 Document cov er —P rotects the document from light and contamination. Glass —Items are placed face down aligned at the reference marks. Refer ence marks —Marks on the border of the glass show where to align various paper sizes. OneT ouch button panel —Allows scanning directly from the scanner . S tatus li[...]

4 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE W HAT Y OU N EED An IBM-compatible P entium PC with: ■ A CD-R OM drive ■ An available U niversal Serial Bus (USB) port; 1.1 or 2.0 ■ Microsoft W indows operating system: 98SE, 2000, ME, or XP ■ A vailable internal memor y (RAM) as follows: ■ 64 MB or more ■ 128 MB recommend[...]

S TEP 1: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 5 Installing Installation is a quick, three-step process: ■ Install the software ■ Connect the scanner ■ Check out your scanner S TEP 1: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE T o install the software: 1. S tart Microsoft Windows and make sure no other applications are running. 2. Insert the installation CD into y our computer[...]

6 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. On the installation menu, select Install ScanSoft P aperP ort and Scanner Driv er . If a message asks you to restar t your computer , click Restart . 4. On the P aperP or t 8.0 SE Setup window , click N ext . 5. Read the ScanSoft license agreement. If you accept the terms, select I [...]

S TEP 2: C ONNECT THE S CANNER 7 13. When you see this Connect Scanner windo w , do NO T click F inish. Leave the window open and proceed to the next section, “Step 2: Connect the Scanner”. S TEP 2: C ONNECT THE S CANNER Y our OneT ouch 7300 scanner connects to any av ailable USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 por t. Check your computer’ s user guide for por[...]

8 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE If the plug does not attach easily , make sure that you are plugging it in correctly . Do not force the plug into the connection. 2. Plug the computer end of the USB cable into a USB por t on your computer . Also make sure that the USB plug attaches easily to y our computer’ s USB po[...]

S TEP 2: C ONNECT THE S CANNER 9 3. When the software is finished loading, r eturn to the Connect Scanner window and click Finish . The scanner’ s status light is green when the scanner and computer are communicating properly . 4. On the Install Completed window , click F inish . 5. Restart your computer . After your computer restarts, your scan[...]

10 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S TEP 3: C HECK O UT Y OUR S CANNER After installing the scanner and softwar e, you will see a scanner icon on the Windo ws taskbar (at the bottom right corner of the computer screen). If the scanner is properly connected, the scanner icon looks like the one pictured below . If the ic[...]

S TEP 3: C HECK O UT Y OUR S CANNER 11 I F THE S CANNER I S N OT P ROPERLY C ONNECTED If the scanner icon on the Windows taskbar has a red “X” through it, the scanner is not properly connected. Check for one of these possible pr oblems: • Is a cable loose or not plugged in securely? Inspect all cable connections. Make sure all the cables are [...]

12 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 2. Choose Connect from the shor tcut menu. The software finds the scanner and makes the connection. The scanner icon will no longer hav e a red X through it, and you ’ re ready to begin scanning. If you tr y all the troubleshooting procedures described above and in the Readme file[...]

P RESSING A O NE T OUCH B UTTON ON THE S CANNER 13 Scanning Y our scanner offers three ways to scan a paper item: ■ P ress a OneT ouch button on the scanner ■ Click a button on the button panel ■ Click a button from the PaperP ort software P RESSING A O NE T OUCH B UTTON ON THE S CANNER P ressing a scanner button scans the item, and then send[...]

14 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 2. Close the document cover and press one of the O neT ouch buttons. The scanner star ts scanning the item. Messages just above the Windows taskbar show the status of the scanning process. During scanning, the scan progress window shows a copy of the image, as illustrated here. When t[...]

P RESSING A O NE T OUCH B UTTON ON THE S CANNER 15 S CANNING P AGES IN A B OOK Y our OneT ouch 7300 USB scanner has an inno vative hinged lid so you can lay books flat on the scanner glass to scan their pages. T o scan book pages: 1. Open the document cover and place the book on the glass. 2. Align the edges of the pages with the r eference marks.[...]

16 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS The OneT ouch buttons are preconfigured for typical scanning tasks. T o change button settings, see “Configuring the Buttons” on page 26. The following table describes the preconfi gured button settings: Button P reconfigur ed Settings Scan Scan[...]

S CANNING FROM THE B UTTON P ANEL ON THE S CREEN 17 S CANNING FROM THE B UTTON P ANEL ON THE S CREEN Scanning from the button panel on the scr een works just like pressing a scanner button. The scanner scans the item, and then sends the image to the destination associated with the button. This method of scanning is especially helpful if the scanner[...]

18 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE Instead of using a scanner button, you can scan directly from the P aperP or t software. Y ou can also scan directly with other softwar e that meets the TW AIN standards for scanning, which includes many graphics and imaging applications. Refe[...]

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 19 2. On the Windo ws taskbar , click Start , point to Programs , point to ScanSoft P aperP ort 8.0, and then click P aperP or t . The P aperP or t desktop opens. 3. Click the Scan icon on the PaperP ort command bar . The F olders pane is replaced by the Scan pane. 4. F rom the Scanner list, select Visionee[...]

20 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Y ou can click the AutoScan button to scan with pr eset settings, or preview the image and adjust scan settings as r equired. These two options are described below . T o scan using AutoScan: 1. Click AutoScan . The scanner uses a preset resolution setting for the A utoScan. See “Set[...]

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 21 Y our Visioneer OneT ouch 7300 scanner has built-in analytical capabilities that find the optimum combination of settings for the item you ’ r e scanning. When you click AutoScan, the scanner analyzes the image and adjusts the settings to pr oduce the optimal image. The Scanning dialog box opens while[...]

22 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T o scan by previewing and adjusting settings manually: 1. On the left side of the Scan Manager Pro, select a configuration. F or example, select Color Confi gurations and then select Custom to scan a color item with the pr eset Custom scan settings. The configuration settings appe[...]

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 23 S CANNING FROM A C OMPUTER R UNNING W INDOWS XP OR ME If your computer is r unning the Windows XP or ME operating system, you have a choice of scanning using the TW AIN-compliant Visioneer Scan Manager Pr o software as just described (see page 18) or scanning using the Microsoft Windo ws Image Applicatio[...]

24 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 7. Click the Scan button in the Scan pane. The Scan using Visioneer OneT ouch 7300 window opens. Use this window to select scanning options and star t the scanner . 8. Select the button most appropriate for the item y ou ’ re scanning. T o scan with the Custom Settings option see th[...]

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 25 F INE T UNING Y OUR S CANS Y ou can select ne w settings before scanning to adjust how you want to scan a particular item. T o select the scanner settings before you scan: 1. On the Scan using Visioneer OneT ouch 7300 window , select the Custom Settings button, and then click Adjust the quality of the sc[...]

26 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Configuring Y ou can configure the default scanning settings for: ■ The buttons on the scanner and the button panel ■ The Visioneer Scan Manager P ro application (used when scanning from the P aperP ort software) C ONFIGURING THE B UTTONS When you first connect your scanner to [...]

C ONFIGURING THE B UTTONS 27 T o open the Configuration dialog bo x from the button panel: 1. Click the scanner icon on the right side of the Windows taskbar . 2. On the button panel, right-click the button y ou want to confi gure. The Configuration dialog bo x opens. The tab for the scan button you clicked is selected. A BOUT THE C ONFIGURATION[...]

28 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE The options on the Confi guration dialog box are: Select Destination —The list of applications that can open to display the scanned image. Select the application that y ou want to automatically open to display or pr ocess the scanned image. Select Configuration —The list of the [...]

C ONFIGURING THE B UTTONS 29 Select F ormat and P age(s) —A set of options for selecting whether to scan a single page or multiple pages. The format is preset for P aperP ort. Options —Opens a dialog box for selecting options about the destination application for the scanned image. Each destination application has its own options dialog bo x. S[...]

30 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. F rom the Select Confi guration list, select a scanning confi guration for the button. The configurations are preset for the application y ou select in the Select Application list. If you select another application, the configurations are for that application. 4. Select one of [...]

C ONFIGURING THE B UTTONS 31 4. Do one of the following: ■ Click the Ne w button. ■ Select a preset configuration and click the Copy button. 5. On the New Scan Configuration dialog box, type a name for the new configuration. ■ If you are copying from a preset configuration, leav e the name as is or change it as required. 6. On the Scan Se[...]

32 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 7. Click the P age Settings tab to set the scan page settings. P age Size —Click a page size from the dr op-down list. The outlines on the picture represent the page sizes. Clicking one of the outlines also selects it as the page siz e for the scan. If you select the Custom option f[...]

C ONFIGURING THE B UTTONS 33 Gamma —Drag the slider to improve how the colors in a scanned image look on your monitor . Gamma correction allows you to achieve precise color matching. Because the computer cannot always transmit the exact color information to the har dware, you may have to make some adjustments using the G amma feature. The default[...]

34 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE A DJUSTING S CAN S ETTINGS AND P AGE S ETTINGS When scanning using a confi guration you created yourself, you can adjust scan settings and page settings. For example, if the scanned image is too dark, you can adjust the brightness of the scan setting. T o adjust the scan settings and[...]

C ONFIGURING THE B UTTONS 35 The Edit Scan Configuration dialog bo x opens. 3. On the Scan Settings tab, adjust scan settings as required. 4. Click the P age Settings tab and adjust page settings as r equired. 5. When finished, click OK . 6. On the Configuration dialog bo x, click OK to save and apply the changes to the button. N ote : If you se[...]

36 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S ETTING P REFERENCES The preference settings are applied to each button and the scanner. T o set prefer ences: 1. On the Configuration dialog bo x, select the tab for a button to set its preferences. 2. Click the Pr eferences tab on the Confi guration dialog box. The OneT ouch P re[...]

C ONFIGURING THE B UTTONS 37 categories. F or example, the destination applications for the email button are usually email applications. By selecting the Show All Destinations option as the preference for the email button, all the other types of applications are included in the list of email destination applications. Select Destinations —Select t[...]

38 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Sho w Scanner Icon in Windows T askbar —Select this option to see the small icon representing the OneT ouch scanner in the Windows taskbar . Maintain Last U sed Scanner Calibration —Check this bo x if you want your scanner to automatically r ecalibrate ever y fifteen minutes. The[...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS IN THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 39 A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS IN THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO Y ou can adjust the scan settings on the Visioneer Scan Manager P ro desktop to produce the best possible image for y our needs. T o adjust a setting: 1. Open the P aperP ort desktop and then click the Scan icon to open the Scan Manager Pr o. [...]

40 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE The following figure shows an example of the Scan Manager Pro if you click the Resolution setting in the list, or click the R esolution and Sharpen button. N ote : The list of scan settings for a confi guration applies only to that type of configuration. For example, the Black&[...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS IN THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 41 A DJUSTING THE R ESOLUTION AND S HARPNESS Resolution determines the amount of detail y ou can see in the scanned image. The resolution setting for the scan is in dots-per-inch (dpi). The higher the resolution, the finer the details, ho wever , higher dpi settings also produce larger files siz[...]

42 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T o adjust the resolution and sharpness: 1. T o use one of the preset resolutions for typical scanned items, click one of the options in the list. F or example, to set the r esolution for scanning a business car d, select Business Card. That setting is preset to read small print on a [...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS IN THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 43 The following figure shows the brightness and contrast options: T o adjust the brightness and contrast: 1. Drag the Brightness slider to the left to make the item dar ker or to the right to make the item lighter . Y ou can also type a number dir ectly into the brightness setting bo x, or click[...]

44 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE F or example, if y ou select Red from the menu and drag the Brightness and Contrast sliders, you can see how the red component of the histogram changes. Note, however , that the G reen and Blue components also change relative to those ne w brightness and contrast settings. 3. Click th[...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS IN THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 45 The horizontal axis of the response cur ve represents the original settings of the image, and the ver tical axis represents new settings. Thus, the curve is a straight line fr om the lower left to upper right for an original, unchanged image. T o see how the response cur ve indicates changes, d[...]

46 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE changes its colors in response to the ne w cur ve. The x and y numbers at the bottom of the r esponse cur ve indicate the exact position of the pointer on the cur ve. The Gamma slider remains fixed when you use the F reestyle option. 3. Drag the Gamma , S aturation , and Color Hue sl[...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS IN THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 47 The following figure shows the output size options: T o Auto T rim an item: 1. Select Auto T rim , and then click the T rim button. The scanner senses the edges of the item on the glass and draws a dotted line around the image in the windo w . Check to make sure the dotted line encloses the im[...]

48 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T o manually set the output siz e for an item: 1. T o scan the entire item on the glass, click Same as Original . N o sections are trimmed. 2. T o set the output size yourself, click Same as Original to remove the checkmark. The settings for the output siz e become active. 3. P ut the[...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS IN THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 49 A new Scan Info box on the lower left por tion of the Scan Manager P ro shows the information for the ne w area. Y ou can select multiple areas. A Scan Info box opens for each one. The following figure shows an example of a manually selected ar ea. 4. If the dotted line is not exactly wher e y[...]

50 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 6. T o rotate the selected area 90 degrees, click Rotate 90 Degrees . Then click Right or Left . 7. T o maintain the selected area ’ s length-to-width r elationship (known as the aspect ratio), click Maintain Aspect . N ote that as you rotate the area or maintain its aspect ratio, t[...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS IN THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 51 T HE S CAN I NFO B OX The following figure shows the information on the Scan Info box: Z OOMING I N AND O UT Enlarge or reduce the preview image by zooming in or out. T o enlarge and reduce the preview image: 1. Click the Zoom button. 2. P ut the pointer on the image. 3. Click the left mouse b[...]

52 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S ETTING S CAN M ANAGER P RO P REFERENCES Y ou can set preferences for the Scan Manager Pro and scanner that are independent of the preferences for the PaperP ort software. T o set the Scan Manager Pro pr eferences: 1. Click the Pr eferences button. The U ser Pr eferences dialog box o[...]

A DJUSTING THE S ETTINGS IN THE S CAN M ANAGER P RO 53 ■ Sho w standard metric paper sizes —Select this option if you use metric paper to print images. When you select the scan size output options, the width and height dimensions ar e then for metric paper sizes. ■ Sho w standard US paper sizes —Select this option to set the paper sizes for[...]

54 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE The Save P rofile dialog box opens. 3. T ype a name for the ne w profile and select desired options: ■ S tore the custom output image size in this Profile —Y ou can create a custom image size as par t of the settings; if you adjusted the output image size for the selected con?[...]

R ECALIBRATING THE S CANNER 55 Maintenance This section contains information about r ecalibrating the scanner , cleaning, uninstalling, and scanner specifi cations. R ECALIBRATING THE S CANNER If the scanned images are not as sharp as earlier scans, the scanner may need to be recalibrated. T o recalibrate the scanner: 1. On the Windo ws taskbar , [...]

56 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T ROUBLESHOOTING In addition to the troubleshooting information contained in this section, please see the Readme fi le on your installation CD. The Readme file contains additional information that may help y ou diagnose problems with the scanner . If you tr y all the troubleshooting[...]

T ROUBLESHOOTING 57 P roblem: I got the error message: PaperP or t cannot allocate enough memor y to perform internal critical operations. What do I do? Close any other active applications so that additional memor y is available. If you click Continue, PaperP ort moves the file to the P aperP or t data directory and renames the fi le with the pre[...]

58 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE H OW TO U NINSTALL Y OUR S CANNER T o uninstall the scanner , remove the Visioneer OneT ouch 7300 software first, and then remove the P aperP or t software, or other scanner software. S TEP 1: U NINSTALLING THE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH S OFTWARE 1. On the Windo ws taskbar , click Start[...]

H OW TO U NINSTALL Y OUR S CANNER 59 S TEP 2: U NINSTALLING THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 1. On the Windo ws taskbar , click Start , point to Settings , and then click Control P anel . Windows XP: choose Control P anel from the Start menu. 2. Double-click the Add/Remov e Programs icon. ■ Windows 98SE or ME: The Add/Remove P rograms Properties window[...]

60 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 7300 USB S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE V ISIONEER 7300 USB S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS Bit Depth 48-Bit color (internal), 16-Bit gray (internal), 1-Bit line art/text Scanning resolution Optical resolution: 1200 x 1200 dpi Maximum I tem sizes 8.5 x 11.69 inches (21.6 x 29.7 cm) Scanner dimensions Height 1.4 inches (33 mm) Widt[...]

I NDEX 61 INDEX A aspect ratio 50 Auto Trim 46, 47 AutoCrop 31 AutoScan 20 resolution 53 B bit depth 52 blurred image 41, 42 brightness 31, 42 sampler 44 C channel menu 45 color bit depth 52 channel 45 histogram 43 hue 44 options 45 scanning 31 computer requirements 4 Configuration dialog box 27 configuration settings adjusting 34 contrast 31, 42 s[...]

P page settings 34 page size 31 paper size 53 PaperPort desktop 19, 21, 23 help topics 22 install 5 scan from 18 scan pane 19, 23 scanning with Widows 98, Me, 2000 18 scanning with Windows XP 23 preferences tab 36 preview image 22, 24 R resolution 31, 41, 48, 53 response curve 44 rotate image 50 S sampler buttons 44 saturation 44 scale 48 scan butt[...]