Installation Usage & Maintenance
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Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................1 How to Use This Guide............................................................................................... 1 Conventions of This Guide ......................................................................................... 1 A Note about Icons ...............................................................................................................
Introduction Welcome to the world of Plustek scanners – the ultimate in computer imaging. 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. Like all of our products, your new scanner is thoroughly tested and backed by our reputation for unsurpassed dependability and customer satisfaction. Thank you for choosing us as your scanner supplier.
A Note about Icons This guide uses the following icons to point out information that deserves special attention. Warning 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. Information: Optional tips for your reference.
Minimum System Requirements1 PC with Intel Pentium® IV 2.0 GHz processor or compatible 512 MB RAM Available USB 2.0 port DVD-ROM Drive 800 MB Free Hard Disk Space Video card that supports 16-bit color or greater Operating System: Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 Information Systems with higher processor, 1 GB RAM and 1 GB free hard disk space are recommended for optimal performance. Box Contents2 1. Scanner 2. USB Cable 3. Power Adapter 4. Quick Guide 5.
Scanner Overview 1. USB Port: It connects the scanner to a USB port on your computer by the included USB cable. 2. Power Receptor: It connects the scanner to a standard AC power outlet by the included power adapter. 3. Power Switch: Use this to turn the scanner ON or OFF. 4. Scanner Lock: It holds your scanner head in place during transportation. 5. Scanner Buttons: You may press the button to perform a predefined scanning task. 6. Power LED: It 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 OCR software (ABBYY FineReader Sprint), the scanner’s driver and the Book Pavilion software. All of these software applications use approximately 800 megabytes of hard disk space after they are installed into your computer.
Installing and Setting up the Scanner Please follow the step-by-step procedures described below to install the Plustek scanner. Step 1. Unlock your scanner This scanner is designed with a locking mechanism to hold the scanning head in place during transportation. Before you connect your scanner with the computer, ensure to unlock your scanner first. 1. Slide the locking switch on the scanner’s underside backwards and hold it unreleased. 2. Press down the locking bolt. 3.
3. Plug the square end of the included USB cable to the USB port at the rear of the scanner. 4. Plug the rectangular end of the USB cable to an available USB port on the back of your computer. 5. If you plan to connect your scanner to a USB hub 3, make sure that the hub is connected to the USB port in your computer. Next, connect the scanner to the USB hub. Step 3. Installing the software 1. Switch the scanner power on. 2.
b. Click on the Continue button when the “User Account Control” dialog pops up. c. Insert the Setup/Application DVD-ROM, included with your scanner, into your DVD-ROM drive when the system prompts you “Insert the disc that came with your USB Scanner“, and click on the Next button. Afterwards, please skip to procedure 8. 5. For Windows 7: When the Setup/Application DVD is for several scanner models a. Insert the Setup/Application DVD-ROM, included with your scanner, into your DVD-ROM drive.
9. Follow the on-screen instructions to install all software that your new USB scanner requires. If the pop-up wizard window appears click Next, and click Install this driver software anyway in the Windows Security window then click Finish in the wizard window. 10. After the software is installed, close all open applications and click on the Finish button to restart your computer. Attention Save the Setup/Application DVD in case you need to reinstall the driver and software in the future. Step 4.
Software Setup Troubleshooting Carefully review the steps outlined in this guide and the Quick Guide that accompanied your scanner. If you are still having problems, please check that: You have 800MB of free space on your hard disk drive. The scanner is plugged in and has power. You are using the USB cable supplied with the scanner. The square end of the USB cable is plugged into the rear of the scanner. The rectangular end of the USB cable is plugged into the back of your computer.
Chapter II. Usage and Maintenance Operating the Scanner Your scanner needs to be driven by some 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.
Warning When the document cover is not closed, please don’t look directly at the scanner lamp during scanning. Scan the Image(s) There are 3 different ways to operate the scanner: 1. By acquiring images from the scanner through our TWAIN interface within any TWAIN-compliant application programs. 2. By scanning from the scan button on the scanner. 3. By scanning images within Book Pavilion software.
Scanning via TWAIN Interface The TWAIN program is a very important piece of software that comes with your scanner. This program acts as an interface between the scanner hardware and the image-editing software you are using to view and edit images. The TWAIN program allows you to adjust a number of settings to define the quality of the scanned image.
Configure Button Settings Before performing your first scan via scanner buttons, you are recommended to configure the button settings to your needs and preferences first. There are three ways to configure or view the button settings of Book Pavilion: Press the Color, Gray or B/W button on the scanner panel. Double-click the icon in the Windows system tray. in the Windows system tray, and then choose Right-click the icon Setting… in the pop-up menu that opens.
Aligning the Scanner In most cases, the scanner doesn’t need to be aligned but there are instances when the alignment might be required. You need to align the scanner only if parts of the scanned document are missing from any of its edges. For example, the heading of a document might be missing from the top edge after the document has been scanned. 1. Place the document onto the scanner glass headfirst and face-down. Align the top left corner of the document with the arrow on the reference mark. 2.
1. From the Windows START menu, point to All Programs > Your Scanner Model Name, and then click Scanner Utility. (For Windows 8.1 users: Point your mouse cursor to the upper or lower right corner of your screen to open the Charm bar. Click on the Start charm, then click on the downwards arrow button in the lower left corner of the screen. The Apps screen will be shown. Move your cursor to the right edge of the screen to scroll right until you find Your Scanner Model Name, and then click on Scanner Utility.
Auto Lock is for scanning on a smooth surface. The scanner will be locked automatically when the lock head is not pushed in. This lock status is recommended for general use. Always Unlock is for scanning on a surface that is not firm, unstable or too soft. Furthermore, if you place your scanner on a long-term position, you can also keep your scanner lock in this status. Warning If you use this lock status, ensure to relock the scanner before any movement to prevent damage of your scanner.
Appendix A: Specifications4 4 Image Sensor CCD Light Source LED Optical Resolution 1200 dpi Scan Modes Color: 48-bit input, 24-bit output Grayscale: 16-bit input, 8-bit output B/W: 1-bit Book Edge 6mm Scanning Speed 7 sec (Color/ Grayscale/ B&W mode, 300dpi, A4) Scanning Area (W x L) 216 x 297 mm (8.5" x 11.69", A4/ Letter Size) Daily Duty Scan (Sheets) 2,500 Action Button Delete, Color, Gray, B/W Power Supply 24 Vdc / 0.75 A Power Consumption < 18 W (operation), < 4.
Appendix B: Customer Service and Warranty Visit our website www.plustek.com for more customer service information. For further assistance call our customer support phone number listed on the website. One of our representatives will be happy to assist you from Monday through Friday during office working hours: Europe 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. (CET) Other Countries or Areas 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
If you have any maintenance inquiry, please ask local distributors and suppliers to get the contact information of nearest maintenance center in order to extend the product usage life time. If you want to maintain and clearance the product, please ask local distributors and suppliers to get the right information of nearest stores.
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