Visioneer 3100 manual

P APER P ORT F LATBED S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 1 W ELCOME Congratulations on pur chasing your Visioneer P aperP ort f latbed scanner . W ith your scanner , you can quickly scan paper documents and color photos to place their electr onic images on y our computer . Please note that this guide co vers installation steps for a family of P aperP or[...]

2 P APER P ORT F LATBED S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE W HAT Y OU N EED T o use the scanner and softwar e, y ou need the follo wing: ■ IBM PC (or 100-per cent compatible) 486 or higher ■ Micr osoft Windo ws 95 or M icrosoft NT 4.0 ■ 16 megabytes (MB) or mor e of available internal memory (RAM) ■ 35 MB of fr ee hard disk space ■ A V GA or S[...]

T HE S CANNER 3 T HE S CANNER 7 Glass Document pad 8 5 4 3 2 1 Reference frame Document cover To printer Power jack To PC parallel Button (Some Models Only) 6 1 Document co ver . Close the document cover after placing items on the scanner glass. Document pad. Helps to secure the document in place on the scanner glass. Glass. Place items face down o[...]

4 P APER P ORT F LATBED S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S CANNER F EATURES The follo wing table lists some of the impor tant features of the scanners: * U se with Windo ws NT 4.0 depends on your hardware configuration. See the README file on the P aperP ort CD for more information. G ETTING H ELP The P aperP ort softwar e includes a complete help s[...]

C ONNECTING THE S CANNER TO Y OUR C OMPUTER 5 C ONNECTING THE S CANNER TO Y OUR C OMPUTER The P aperP ort scanner connects to any av ailable parallel (LPT ) port on the back of y our computer . ▼ NO TE: Please follo w the sequence of steps in this section. D o not connect the po wer cable until all other connections ar e complete. T o connect the[...]

6 P APER P ORT F LATBED S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE ▼ NO TE: If you want to “ daisy-chain ” the scanner and a Z ip drive so they share the port, first connect the Z ip drive to the computer , then connect the scanner to the Zip driv e. 7. Plug the po wer adapter cable into the jack on the P aperP ort scanner . 8. Plug the po wer adapter in[...]

I NSTALLING THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 7 I NSTALLING THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE The P aperP ort CD includes all the P aperP ort software files. ▼ NO TE: The CD also includes the P aperP ort U ser ’ s Guide , the manual for the P aperP ort softwar e. Y ou can read the guide while the CD is running, or print a copy dir ectly from the CD to y our[...]

8 P APER P ORT F LATBED S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S ETTING U P THE S CANNER The steps to set up the scanner identify the type of scanner y ou hav e and prepar es the P aperP ort software to scan with it. T o set up the scanner: 1. If the P aperP ort software isn ’ t currently running, double-click the P aperP ort icon on the Windo ws desktop [...]

S CANNING AN I TEM 9 S CANNING AN I TEM The follo wing procedur e provides the basic steps for scanning an item. Y ou can scan many types of items, fr om small business car ds to A4-sized pages. The P aperP ort software also has special settings for scanning color photos and fine print (like the fi ne print on a contract). F or mor e information [...]

10 P APER P ORT F LATBED S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 4. Click one of the options to “Scan P age F or .” For example, to make sure the softwar e is installed corr ectly use the current default setting of Color Photo —F aster . T o scan other items, select scan settings appropriate for the item s. F or mor e information, see “ Adjusting Sca[...]

A DJUSTING S CAN S ETTINGS 11 A DJUSTING S CAN S ETTINGS With the P aperP ort scanner , you can adjust the scan settings to fi ne-tune the scanned item. This section tells y ou how to: ■ Select a pr edefined scan setting . ■ Customiz e a scan setting. ■ Scan in color . ■ Adjust the brightness and contrast . ■ Select the ar ea of the ite[...]

12 P APER P ORT F LATBED S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T o select a scan setting: 1. Click the T wain icon on the Command B ar , or choose Acquir e from the F ile menu. The P aperP ort Scan M anager dialog box appears. 2. In the Scan P age F or options, select the scan setting appr opriate for the item you want to scan. F or example, to scan an ar [...]

A DJUSTING S CAN S ETTINGS 13 3. T o see the details of the scan setting, such as the bit depth and resolution, click the Advanced S ettings button. The Adv anced Settings dialog bo x appears. 4. Click OK to r eturn to the P aperP ort Scan M anager dialog box. C USTOMIZING A S CAN S ETTING Y ou can customize a pr edefined scan setting or cr eate a[...]

14 P APER P ORT F LATBED S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T o scan in color: 1. Click the T wain icon on the Command B ar , or choose Acquir e from the F ile menu. The P aperP ort Scan M anager dialog box appears. 2. Click Color P hoto — F aster or Color P hoto — Better Q uality . Y ou can also use these settings for any other color items such as [...]

A DJUSTING S CAN S ETTINGS 15 S ELECTING THE A REA OF THE I TEM Y OU W ANT TO S CAN ▼ NO TE: The steps for selecting the ar ea to scan are slightly differ ent for the P aperP ort 6000B scanner . If you have a P aperP ort 6000B scanner please skip this section and see page 17. By default, the P aperP ort softwar e automatically scans an entir e it[...]

16 P APER P ORT F LATBED S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T o select the ar ea y ou want to scan: 1. Click the T wain icon on the Command B ar , or choose Acquir e from the F ile menu. The P aperP ort Scan M anager dialog box appears. 2. Click the P r eview button. An image of the scanned item appears in the P review ar ea. By default, the A uto icon [...]

A DJUSTING S CAN S ETTINGS 17 S ELECTING THE A REA OF THE I TEM Y OU W ANT TO S CAN (6000B) This section only applies to the P aperP ort 6000B scanner . When you pr eview an item to scan, the selection r ectangle ar ound the image indicates the scan ar ea. H owev er , you may want to select only a certain area of an item to scan. S electing an appr[...]

18 P APER P ORT F LATBED S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 6. T o change the dimensions of the r ectangle, click the r ectangle, and then drag the bor ders of the r ectangle to resiz e it. This effectiv ely allows y ou to crop the item. The dimensions of the selected ar ea appear in the Scan Confi guration settings. 7. Scan the item as y ou usually do[...]

P APER P ORT S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS 19 P APER P ORT S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS Bit D epth 3000/3100/6000 S eries: 30-Bit color (internal), 10-B it gray (internal), 1-B it line art/text 6100: 36-Bit color (internal), 12-B it gray (internal), 1-B it line art/text Scanning r esolution Optical r esolution: 3000/3100 S eries: 300 x 600 dpi 6000 Series: [...]

Declaration of Conformity The following equipment: is herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council D irective on the Approximation of the Laws of the M ember of S tates relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility (89/336/EEC; 912/31/EEC; 93/68/EEC). F or the evaluation regarding the E lectromagnetic Compatibility , the f[...]

Declaration of Conformity The following equipment: is herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council D irective on the Approximation of the Laws of the M ember of S tates relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility (89/336/EEC; 93/68/EEC). F or the evaluation regarding the E lectromagnetic Compatibility , the following sta[...]

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