Visioneer 5820 manual

V isioneer OneT ouch 5820 Scanner Installation Guide FOR WINDOWS[...]

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright © 2001 Visioneer , Inc. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, ex cept as allowed under the copyright laws. The Visioneer brand name and logo are r egistered trademarks of Visioneer , Inc. The P aperPort brand name and logo are register ed trademarks of ScanSoft, Inc[...]

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS i T ABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Visioneer OneTouch 5820 Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What You Need . . . . . .[...]

ii T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Selecting the Area of the Item You Want to Scan . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 How to Uninstall your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 1 W ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing y our Visioneer O neT ouch 5820 USB scanner . With y our scanner , you can quickly scan paper documents, color photos, 35mm slides, and negativ es to place their electronic images on your computer . W HAT ’ S IN THE B OX Before starting the installa[...]

2 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T HE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER Status light Glass Document pad Reference frame Document cover OneTouch buttons panel Transparency light source USB cable Power jack Transparency Adapter cable Transparency Adapter port[...]

T HE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER 3 Document co ver . Close the document co ver after placing items on the scanner glass. T ransparency light sour ce. Shines light down through the glass onto the scanning sensors in the body of the scanner. Document pad. H elps to secure the document in place on the scanner glass. Refer ence frame. Place it[...]

4 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE W HAT Y OU N EED T o use the scanner and softwar e, you need the follo wing: ■ IBM PC (or 100-percent compatible) P entium or equivalent ■ Microsoft Windows 98, Windo ws 2000, Windo ws M e, or Windo ws XP ■ One available U niversal Serial Bus (USB) port on y our computer ■ A vailab[...]

S TEP 1: I NSTALLING THE S CANNER S OFTWARE 5 S TEP 1: I NSTALLING THE S CANNER S OFTWARE T o install the scanner softwar e: 1. S tart Microsoft Windows and make sur e that no other applications are running. 2. Insert the CD into your computer ’ s CD-R OM drive. The CD automatically starts. 3. F rom the list of options that appears on the scr een[...]

6 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 5. F ollow the instructions on the screen to install the P aperP ort software on your computer . During installation, a message instructs y ou to connect the scanner to the computer . 6. F ollow the steps in “S tep 2: Connecting the Scanner” to connect the scanner . When you ’ re fi[...]

S TEP 2: C ONNECTING THE S CANNER 7 T o connect y our Visioneer OneT ouch 5820 scanner : 1. Check that the TP A cable is plugged into the TP A port on the back of the scanner . Y our 5820 scanner is shipped with the TP A cable already plugged into the TP A port, however , if the cable came loose during shipping, you must plug it into the port secur[...]

8 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Plug the po wer supply cable into the jack on the TP A cable and then plug the pow er supply into a wall outlet. The status light comes on indicating that the scanner is r eceiving power . Y our computer recognizes that a scanner has been plugged into the USB port and automatically load[...]

S TEP 3: C HECKING O UT Y OUR S CANNER 9 7. If you r emov ed the CD from the CD driv e and want to install other software, r einsert the CD into the drive. In addition to installing the other softwar e from the CD, you can also view and print the U ser Guides. Remo ve the CD from the computer when you ’ re finished and store it in a safe place. [...]

10 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 2. Choose About from the shortcut menu. A dialog box confirms that the scanner is pr operly connected. 3. Click OK to close the dialog box. That’ s it. Y our scanner is ready to scan. See “Three W ays to Scan ” on page 12. I F THE S CANNER I S N OT P ROPERLY C ONNECTED If the scann[...]

S TEP 3: C HECKING O UT Y OUR S CANNER 11 • Is the scanner ’ s power light on? T urn on the scanner ’ s power . If the light still doesn ’ t come on, plug the power adapter into another electrical outlet. • Did y ou restart the computer after installing the softwar e? If you didn ’ t restart the computer , it may not have loaded all of [...]

12 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T HREE W AYS TO S CAN Y ou can scan items by pr essing a OneT ouch button, b y clicking a button on the screen, or fr om the P aperP or t software (or other T wain software). • Scan with the scanner buttons. P ress a button on the scanner’ s front panel. See “Scanning by P ressing t[...]

S CANNING BY P RESSING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 13 S CANNING BY P RESSING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS P ressing a scanner button scans the item, and then sends the image either to the printer , or to a software application on y our computer . T o scan by pr essing a button on the scanner: 1. Place an item to scan on the glass, face do wn, and align th[...]

14 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE During scanning, the scan pr ogress window sho ws a small copy of the image, as illustrated by this example: When the scan is complete, the scanned image appears in the destination software. I n this example, the destination software is the P aperP ort Desktop.[...]

S CANNING FROM THE B UTTON P ANEL ON THE S CREEN 15 S CANNING FROM THE B UTTON P ANEL ON THE S CREEN Scanning from the button panel on the scr een is just like pressing a scanner button, except y ou click the button on the scr een. The scanner scans the item, and then sends the image either to the printer , or to a destination application on your c[...]

16 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS The OneT ouch buttons ar e preconfigur ed to scan items at various settings, and then send the scanned image to a pr eselected destination software application. Y ou can change the settings for each button. S ee “ About the Configuration D ialog Box ”[...]

S CANNING 35 MM S LIDES AND F ILMSTRIPS 17 S CANNING 35 MM S LIDES AND F ILMSTRIPS Y ou can scan 35mm slides and film negatives using the r eversible mask that came with your 5820 O neT ouch scanner . Y ou can scan both positive film and negativ e images. A B RIEF E XPLANATION Y our scanner has sensors that capture the image of the item being sca[...]

18 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. P osition the 35mm mask on the glass. The mask has one square corner . Align that corner with the arro w on the scanner body . Make sur e that the text on the 35mm mask faces up so slide fi ts properly in the mask. F ollow the directions on the mask and place the 35mm slide horizontal[...]

S CANNING 35 MM S LIDES AND F ILMSTRIPS 19 4. T o scan a negative, first slide the filmstrip into the 35mm negativ e mask and center the frame you want to scan in the opening. Then position that mask on the glass and align its squar e corner with the arro w on the scanner body . Make sur e the text on the mask faces up. The 35mm negative mask als[...]

20 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Click P review to preview the image and, if necessary , adjust the various settings, then click Scan when the image is what you want. See “Scanning fr om the P aperP or t Software ” on page 34 for details about scanning, and also see, “ Adjusting Scanner Settings ” on page 38 f[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 21 C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER When you first connect your scanner to a computer , the scanner’ s software configur es each OneT ouch button with appr opriate settings. But, if y ou want to change the settings, you can r econfigure the buttons by selecting new options from the Configuration dialog bo x. Y ou display th[...]

22 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T o display the Configuration dialog bo x from the B utton P anel: 1. Right-click the button you want to confi gure. The Configuration dialog box appears. The tab for the scan button you clicked is selected for y ou. C REATING N EW C ONFIGURATIONS Y ou cannot change settings such as br[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 23 See “S etting P references ” on page 31 to set P references. ▼ Important: T o get help with the scanner’ s features or any of the options in the Configuration dialog bo x: ■ P ress the F1 key on your keyboar d. ■ Click the H elp button at the top right corner of the Confi guration dialog box. T o display t[...]

24 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 2. Choose Configur e from the shortcut menu. The Configuration dialog box appears. The options on the Configuration dialog box ar e: 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[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 25 Select F ormat and P age(s) —a set of options for selecting a format for the scanned image and whether to scan a single page or multiple pages. The formats are bitmap and P aperP ort. U se P aperP ort for scanning any item. Bitmaps ar e usually for photos or artwork. The page icons represent single or multiple page sc[...]

26 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 2. Scroll the list of applications in the S elect Destination list and click the new application you want to use to view and wor k with the scanned image. 3. Click a selection in the S elect Configuration list to choose a new scan configuration for the selected scanner button. The con?[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 27 T o adjust the scan settings and page settings: 1. P ress and hold down a button on the scanner . The Configuration dialog box appears. The selected tab on the dialog box corr esponds to the button you pressed. Y ou can click the other tabs for the other buttons. 2. In the S elect Configuration list, click the config[...]

28 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Click the Edit button. The dialog box appears for adjusting the scanning settings of the selected configuration. 4. Adjust the scan settings that y ou want. M ode —Select B lack/White to scan in black and white. F or example, letters and memos ar e usually scanned in black and white[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 29 5. Click the P age Settings tab to adjust the scan page settings. P age Size —Choose a page siz e from the drop-down list. The outlines on the picture r epresent the various page sizes. Clicking one of those outlines also selects it as the page siz e for the scan. If you select the C ustom option from the drop-down li[...]

30 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE The scanning may slo w down a bit when this option is selected. Y ou don ’ t need to select this option when scanning photographs. The DeScreen setting does not apply to the B lack/White mode. Gamma —D rag the slider to impro ve how the colors in a scanned image look on your monitor .[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 31 S ETTING P REFERENCES The prefer ences apply to each button and to the scanner . T o set pr efer ences: 1. On the Configuration dialog bo x, select the tab for a button to set its prefer ences. 2. Click the P references tab on the Configuration dialog bo x. The P references dialog box appears. The dialog box shows whi[...]

32 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE fall into these categories. F or example, the destination applications for the email button are usually email applications. B y selecting the Sho w All Destinations option as the pr eference for the email button, all the other types of applications ar e included in the list of email desti[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER 33 Sho w Scanner Icon in Windo ws T askbar —Select this option to see the small icon repr esenting the OneT ouch scanner in the Windo ws taskbar Scanner Lamp tur ns off —These options contr ol when the scanner lamp pow ers goes off . After idling for xx minutes —S elect this option to automatically turn off the lamp [...]

34 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE Instead of using a scanner button, y ou can scan directly from the P aperP ort software. This is particularly helpful when you ’ re using P aperP ort to file and save your scanned items. S ETTING U P THE S CANNER T o scan from P aperP or t, you[...]

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 35 3. Choose the Scan Manager , and then click Select . Y our scanner is now set to scan. S CANNING AN I TEM U SING THE T WAIN B UTTON T o scan an item: 1. If the P aperP or t software isn ’ t currently running, double-click the P aperP ort icon on the Windo ws desktop to start it. The P aperP ort Desktop[...]

36 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 4. F rom the list of Scanner Settings labeled “Scan P age F or ,” select the most appropriate setting for the item y ou ’ re scanning. In the example abo ve, the selected setting is “Color D ocument-F aster .” 5. Click the P review button. The scanner scans a preview of the item[...]

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 37 7. Check the preview image. I f you want to change the scanner setting for the item, click one of the options in the list to “Scan P age F or .” F or example, to scan a black and white image instead of a color photo, select Black & White Photo in the list. See the table in the section “Selectin[...]

38 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE A DJUSTING S CANNER S ETTINGS Y ou can adjust the scanner settings to fine tune the scanned item to get the best possible image. This section tells you how to: ■ Select a pr edefined scanner setting. ■ Select scan configuration options. ■ Customiz e a scanner setting. ■ Adjust [...]

A DJUSTING S CANNER S ETTINGS 39 S ELECTING A P REDEFINED S CANNER S ETTING In the Scan M anager , you can select one of the pr edefined scanner settings from the list “Scan P age F or .” The settings are described in the following table. Scan P age F or Default S etting T o Scan Description Editing T ext (OCR) Black-and-white 300 dpi Business[...]

40 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Selecting the pr oper scanner setting befor e scanning produces the best results for a scanned item. The scanner setting determines the resolution of the item and the number of possible shades of gray or color . The symbols next to the setting names indicate the scan mode—T rue Color , [...]

A DJUSTING S CANNER S ETTINGS 41 Size —The page size for the image. If y ou want to use one of the pr eset sizes, click the drop-do wn arrow and choose the size fr om the list. If y ou want to create a custom siz e, click on the pictur e window and drag the mouse. A dotted box on the windo w indicates the page size, and the two number box es—wi[...]

42 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 4. Click the Save As button. The Sav e As dialog box appears. 5. T ype a name for the new scanner setting. 6. Click Save . The new setting is added to the list of “Scan P age F or ” options at the top of the dialog box. A DJUSTING THE B RIGHTNESS AND C ONTRAST Sometimes an item is sca[...]

A DJUSTING S CANNER S ETTINGS 43 3. Drag the B rightness slider to the left to make the item dar ker or to the right to make the item lighter . 4. Drag the Contrast slider to the left to decr ease the contrast or to the right to increase the contrast. 5. Click OK on the Adv anced S ettings dialog box. S ELECTING THE A REA OF THE I TEM Y OU W ANT TO[...]

44 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T ROUBLESHOOTING After I installed P aperP ort, I got a blue screen and a P rofiling Display err or message. Why is this happening? P aperP or t installs a driver for scanning and printing. S ometimes a conflict occurs between the P aperP ort driver and another driver you may hav e on y[...]

H OW TO U NINSTALL YOUR S CANNER 45 H OW TO U NINSTALL YOUR S CANNER T o uninstall the V isioneer OneT ouch 5820 scanner , you remov e the OneT ouch V ersion 3.0 software first, and then remo ve the P aperP ort software, or other softwar e you installed for the scanner . STEP 1: U NINSTALLING THE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH S OFTWARE F OR W INDOWS 98, [...]

46 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 7. Click N ext . The P er form U ninstall window appears. 8. Click F inish . The V isioneer OneT ouch software is uninstalled from your computer . The status light on the scanner turns amber indicating that the scanner and computer ar e no longer communicating. 9. If the Remo ve Shared Co[...]

H OW TO U NINSTALL YOUR S CANNER 47 6. Click the Change/R emov e button. If two buttons appear instead of a single Change/R emove button, click Remo ve . The Select U ninstall Method Windo w appears. 7. Make sur e the A utomatic option is selected. 8. Click N ext . The P erform U ninstall window appears. 9. Click F inish . The V isioneer OneT ouch [...]

48 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE STEP 2: U NINSTALLING THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 1. Click S tart on the W indows T askbar . 2. Choose Settings , then Control P anel from the menu. 3. Double-click the A dd/Remo ve P rograms icon. Windo ws 98, 98SE, or ME: The Add/Remo ve Pr ograms P roperties window appears. M ake sure t[...]

C LEANING THE S CANNER G LASS 49 Y ou may see a note about missing softwar e. Click OK . 9. F or Windo ws XP , click Finish . 10. Close the Remo ve Pr ograms F rom Y our Computer window . Close the Control P anel. 11. Restart your computer . C LEANING THE S CANNER G LASS Scanning items that have ex cessive amounts of dirt or dust may dirty the glas[...]

50 V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH 5820 S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS Bit Depth 48-Bit color (internal), 16-B it gray (internal), 1-Bit line art/text Scanning r esolution Optical resolution: 600 x 1200 dpi Maximum I tem sizes 8.5 x 11.69 inches (21.6 x 29.7 cm) Scanner dimensions Height 3.7 inches (8.95 c[...]