Installation Usage & Maintenance
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Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................1 How to Use This Guide............................................................................................... 1 Conventions of This Guide ......................................................................................... 2 A Note about Icons ...............................................................................................................
CONTACTING PLUSTEK .......................................................................................
INTRODUCTION Thank you for choosing us as your scanner supplier. Your new scanner will improve the professionalism of your day-to-day computing tasks by allowing you to input images and electronic text into your computer system. You can easily scan single-sided or double-sided documents with your scanner. Like all of our products, your new scanner is thoroughly tested and backed by our reputation for unsurpassed dependability and customer satisfaction.
CONVENTIONS OF THIS GUIDE Bold —Represents commands or contents on your computer screen. ALL CAPS —Important note or first use of an important term in a chapter Italic —Represents buttons on your scanner OR important notes. A Note about Icons This guide uses the following icons to point out information that deserves special attention. Warning A procedure that must be followed carefully to prevent injury, or accidents. Attention Instructions that are important to remember and may prevent mistakes.
3. Keep the space around the AC adapter clear in case you need to quickly unplug the AC adapter during emergencies. 4. Damaged wire could cause fire or electrical shock. Keep the power cord straight and without being twisted, bended, or scraped. 5. Unplug this device if you don’t need to use for a certain period of time, such as, during night or long weekend, to avoid any risks of causing fire. 6. Do not attempt to disassemble the scanner.
BOX CONTENTS2 1. Scanner 2. USB Cable 3. AC Adapter 4. Stacker 5. Quick Guide 6. Setup/Application CD-ROM 7. Calibration Sheet 8. Memo Label 9. Extended Paper Width Slider (2 pieces) 10. Protection Sheet 11. Padded Carry Bag3 2 3 Save the box and packing materials in case you need to transport this scanner in the future. Padded carrying bag is not included in all scanner models.
THE SCANNER FEATURES 1. PAPER CHUTE COVER—Helps keep the paper in place. Open paper chute cover when using the scanner. 2. PAPER WIDTH SLIDER—Adjusts the paper width slider for the paper size you are using. Information Extended Paper Width Slider (accessory in the box content) —Hold the paper uprightly so as to avoid the paper feeding to be askew. 3. COVER OPEN LEVER—Opens the ADF cover. Pull it to open the ADF cover when you need to clear paper jam or clean the scanner. 4.
8. UP BUTTON—Press to move forward the scanning task number indicated in the function number display. 9. DOWN BUTTON—Press to move backward the scanning task number indicated in the function number display. 10. FUNCTION NUMBER DISPLAY—Indicates the number of the predefined scanning task selected by the up or down button. 11. SCAN BUTTON—Press to perform a predefined scanning task selected by the up or down button. 12. POWER LED—Indicates the scanner status.
CHAPTER I. INSTALLING THE SCANNER Before installing your scanner, please verify that you have all of the proper components. A list of the package contents is provided in the “Box Contents” section of this guide. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS Your scanner comes with the image-editing software (NewSoft Presto! ImageFolio), OCR software (ABBYY FineReader 6.
USB Connector(s) If you don’t find such USB ports on your computer, then you need to purchase a certified USB interface card to add USB capabilities to your computer. INSTALLING AND SETTING UP THE SCANNER Please follow the step-by-step procedures described below to install the Plustek scanner. Choose a Proper Site First! Attention Always place your scanner on a level, smooth and strong surface before proceeding the scanner setup or any scanning task.
Step 1. Connecting the Scanner to Your Computer 1. Plug the AC adapter into the scanner’s power receptor . 2. Plug the other end of the AC adapter into a standard AC power outlet. 3. Plug the square end of the included USB cable to the USB port the scanner. at the rear of 4. Plug the rectangular end of the USB cable to an available USB port on your computer. 5. If you plan to connect your scanner to a USB hub4, make sure that the hub is connected to the USB port in your computer.
Information If your computer is off when the scanner is connected, the “Add New Hardware Wizard” message will not be displayed until the computer is on and Windows starts. 3. For Windows 2000: a. Click the Next button when the “Add New Hardware Wizard” window is displayed. b. Select Search for the Best Driver for Your Device [Recommended] and click the Next button. c. The next window will ask you where to search to find the drive. Select CDROM drive, and deselect Floppy disk drives if it is checked. d.
misgiving at your scanner functioning. 6. When the system completes the installation, click the Finish button. 7. Follow the on-screen instructions to install all software that your new scanner requires. 8. After the software is installed, close all open applications and click the Finish button to restart your computer. 9. After the computer is restarted, you will be prompted to perform the scanner calibration. 10.
3. Close the ADF cover by pushing it back down until it snaps back into place. Step 4. Install the Stacker 1. Insert the tabs on the stacker onto their slots on the scanner. Information The installation of stacker is optional, if you have limited desktop space. Step 5.
2. Click the Windows Start button to launch NewSoft Presto! ImageFolio. 3. (If you have only one scanner connected with your computer, please skip to Step 4.) If you have more than one scanner or other imaging device installed on your computer: Click Select Source from the File menu of Presto! ImageFolio and then choose this scanner as the default scanning source. 4. Within Presto! ImageFolio, click File > Acquire > Acquire. 5. Select ADF (Front Side) as the Scan Type within the TWAIN window. 6.
CHAPTER II. SCANNING Your scanner needs to be driven by certain type of software program. Since all documents or images (whether text or pictures) that are acquired from the scanner are treated by your computer as images, most scanning will probably be done from an image-editing program where you can view, edit, save and output the scanned images. An image-editing program has been bundled for your scanner on the included Setup/Application CD-ROM.
Checking Document Conditions Loosening Documents Checking Document Conditions Make sure the size and ream weight of your documents are acceptable by the scanner. Refer to “Appendix A: Specifications” of this guide for more information. To scan multiple documents in a batch from the ADF can increase your work efficiency and make large scanning tasks easier.
Attention DO NOT use the ADF to scan photographic sheets or particularly valuable document originals; wrinkles or other damages can happen in case of paper feeding errors. DO NOT place paper with wet ink or correction fluid into the ADF. Wait few minutes for it to get dry. Loosening Documents Before loading documents into the ADF, loosen them as follows: 1. Fan the documents so that no two pages are sticking together. 2.
2. If you are to scan longer documents, unfold the paper chute extension and side guide to provide further support for the documents. 3. Adjust the paper width slider for the paper size you are using. The paper width slider should be gently touching both sides of the documents.
Attention DO NOT load more than 50 sheets of paper (70 g/m2, 18 lb.) to the ADF. Paper scanned from the ADF must be a minimum of 5.08 x 5.08 cm (2” x 2”, W x L). Make sure there are no gaps between the document stack and the paper-width slider; otherwise, the scanned images can be skewed. Although the documents should be loaded firmly in place ensuring optimum scanning accuracy, they should never be wedged in so tightly that the process of feeding them through the scanner is strained.
The plastic card can be embossed credit card, driver license, ID card, insurance card, medic-care card or any membership card. Make sure to load the embossed face of the embossed card face down into the scanner. 1. Horizontally load the plastic card, headfirst and face down, toward the center of the ADF. For single-sided scans, load the card face down. For double-sided scans, load the card in desired order. 2. Adjust the paper width slider to the card width.
2. Remove the pad module by pinching both sides of the pad module and pull it out. 3. Close the ADF cover by pushing it back down until it snaps back into place. 4. To scan a document with large page size, spread the page to be scanned facing outwards and neatly fold it in half from the center. 5. Open the protection sheet and place the document inside, headfirst and face down, toward the center of the sheet and all the way until touching the bottom of the sheet.
For double-sided scans, load the protection sheet in desired order. 8. Adjust the paper width slider to the protection sheet width. The paper width slider should be gently touching both sides of the sheet. Attention When you are using the protection sheet for scanning, please load the sheet of papers one by one. SCANNING DOCUMENTS There are four different ways to operate the scanner: 1. By acquiring images from the scanner through our TWAIN interface within any TWAIN-compliant application programs. 2.
Select the Scan Source: If you have more than one scanner or other imaging devices installed on your computer, you need to set this scanner as the default scanning source before you acquire TWAIN program. 1. For NewSoft Presto! ImageFolio: From the File menu, click Select Source. For ABBYY FineReader 6.0 Sprint Plus: From the File menu, click Select Scanner….
to adjust the scanning settings of document front side and then click Rear Side button to adjust the scanning settings of document rear side. You can enable the function of Merge Pages only when you select ADF (Duplex) as Scan type and Automatic Size as Page Size to output the scan images of both front and rear sides in one image.
Vertically to generate both front and rear image data vertically in a joined image (the rear image will be placed below the front image). 5. Load one page of the document and click the Preview button. The scanned image should appear in the Preview Window. To define the margins and crop out sections of the image you don’t want scanned, use the mouse to click and drag the corners or sides of the scan area borders. Adjust the scan settings again if the preview image is not to your liking. 6.
5. Load one business card and click the Preview button. The scanned image should appear in the Preview Window. 6. Load all business cards and click the Scan button. 7. The scanned images are displayed in the BizCard Finder main window, and you may proceed OCR to convert images into editable text formats. Scanning from Plustek DI Capture Program 1. Click the Windows Start button to launch DI Capture. Scan Profile Toolbar Select the scanner Viewer Pane Folder Pane Browser Pane Scan Settings Pane 2.
Scanning from the Scanner’s Front Panel To complete your scanning projects by using the scanner buttons is very easy and convenient. The number of scanning task displayed on the scanner’s front panel is configured through DocAction. DocAction offers you quick access to the most frequently-used scanning functions. They are especially useful when you need to repeatedly scan with the same settings and send images to the same destination.
1. Do one of the following to open the Button Configuration window: Double-click the icon in the Windows system tray. Right-click the icon in the Windows system tray, and then choose Button Configuration… in the pop-up menu that opens. 2. Select a task number by clicking on the icon. 3. Select the desired function from the drop-down list of Button Template and adjust button settings.
The scanner starts to scan immediately and carry out the corresponding action according to settings you have set up in the Button Configuration window. Attention When you scan by the OCR button of DocAction program, in each batch you can scan up to either 50 sheets of paper for single-sided scans or 25 sheets of paper for double-sided scans because of the limit from ABBYY FineReader 6.0 Sprint Plus.
CHAPTER III. CARE AND MAINTENANCE Your scanner is designed to be maintenance-free. However, constant care and maintenance can keep your scanner working smoothly. CLEANING THE SCANNER Paper powder, dust, ink and toner from paper being scanned may make the inner ADF dirty, which leads to poor image quality or document-feeding errors. How often to clean your scanner depends on the type of paper and number of pages being scanned. Perform the following procedures to clean the scanner surface and the ADF unit.
2. Gently wipe the following areas with the cloth dampened with the cleaner. Be careful NOT to scratch their surfaces. Clean Feed Roller: Wipe the Feed Roller from side to side and then rotate it. Repeat this until its entire surface is cleaned. Clean Pad Module: Wipe the Pad Module from top to bottom (in the direction of arrow shown in below picture). Be careful not to damage the pick springs of the pad.
Clean ADF Glass: Attention Do not spray cleaner directly onto the scanner glass. Excess liquid residue may fog or damage the scanner. 3. Wait for cleaned areas to dry completely. 4. Close the ADF cover by pushing it back down until it snaps back into place. REPLACING CONSUMABLES As a guideline, it is recommended to replace the pad module every 100,000 sheets of scans. It is also recommended to purchase a new protection sheet if it can’t be used for scanning due to serious damage.
3. Install the new pad module by inserting the tabs on the module onto their slots on the scanner. 4. Close the ADF cover by pushing it back down until it snaps back into place. CALIBRATING THE SCANNER Please uninstall the extended paper width sliders before you start the calibration. Attention Calibrate the scanner if colors appear in areas that should be white, or colors of the scanned image and the original vary a lot.
Attention Please insert the special calibration sheet included with the scanner. Alternatively you may also use any plain white sheet of paper sized in A4 (216 by 297 mm) instead; however, the calibration effect may be less good than the special calibration sheet. 3. Click Start > Programs > Your scanner model name > Calibration Wizard. 4. Click Next from the Calibration Wizard that pops up and then click Calibrate now.... 5. Click on the Start button to begin the calibration process. 6.
CHAPTER IV. TROUBLESHOOTING If you encounter problems with your scanner, please review the installation and scanning instructions contained in this guide. Before you ask for customer service or repair, please refer to the information in this chapter and consult our FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) in which you can find useful self troubleshooting information. From the Windows START menu, point to Programs > Your Scanner Model Name, and then click FAQ.
Attention Do not try to pull jammed or half-scanned documents out of the ADF without first opening the ADF cover. Doing so may permanently damage the ADF. 4. Close the ADF cover by pushing it back down until it snaps back into place.
APPENDIX A: SPECIFICATIONS5 Plustek SmartOffice PS Series Optical Resolution 600 dpi Max. Hardware Resolution 600 x 600 dpi Scan Modes Color: Input 48-bit; Output 24-bit Grayscale: Input 16-bit; Output 8-bit Black & White: 1-bit Technology Color Contact Image Sensor (CIS) ADF Capacity 1. 50 sheets (A4/Letter, 70 g/m2 or 18 lb.), maximum thickness under 5mm (or 0.2”). 2. 20 sheets (Business Cards) 3. Plastic Card, maximum thickness under 1.2 mm.
APPENDIX B: CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WARRANTY For further assistance, visit our website or call our customer support phone number listed on the last page of this guide. One of our representatives will be happy to assist you from Monday through Friday in office working hours.
If this product is an optional feature, this Limited Warranty applies only when the feature is used in a machine for which it was designed. If you have any questions about your Limited Warranty, contact the approved retailer from whom you bought the product or the manufacturer. THIS LIMITED WARRANTY REPLACES ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Shielded interconnect cables and shielded power cord which are supplied with this equipment must be employed with this equipment to ensure compliance with the pertinent RF emission limits governing this device. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help if the conditions persist. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer or authorized service center could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.
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