Visioneer 4800 USB manual

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

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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 . . . . . . . [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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[...]

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[...]

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 [...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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 [...]

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 ,[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]