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 ...............................................................................................................
Statement of Limited Warranty ................................................................................. 43 FCC Radio Frequency Statement............................................................................. 44 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.
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. There is danger of an electrical shock and opening your scanner will void your warranty. 7. Be sure not to bump or knock the scanner glass as it is fragile and could break. 8.
BOX CONTENTS2 1. Scanner 2. USB Cable 3. AC Adapter 4. Paper Chute 5. Quick Guide 6. Setup/Application CD-ROM 7. Calibration Sheet 8. Memo Label 9. Cleansing Cloth 10. Pad Module 2 Save the box and packing materials in case you need to transport this scanner in the future.
THE SCANNER FEATURES 1. PAPER CHUTE—Helps keep the paper in place. Install the paper chute before using the scanner. 2. PAPER WIDTH SLIDER—Adjusts the paper width slider for the paper size you are using. 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. STACKER—Keeps the paper in place. Extend it in case of longer paper. 5. ADF (AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER)—Automatically feeds a stack of documents for scanning. 6.
7. POWER SAVING BUTTON—Press about 0.5 second to enter the standby mode (sleep mode) and you may press this button again to wake up the scanner from power saving. 8. POWER / POWER SAVING LED—Indicates the scanner status. 9. UP BUTTON—Press to move forward the scanning task number indicated in the function number display. 10. DOWN BUTTON—Press to move backward the scanning task number indicated in the function number display. 11.
14. USB PORT—Connects the scanner to a USB port on your computer by the included USB cable. 15. POWER RECEPTOR—Connects the scanner to a standard AC power outlet by the included AC adapter. 16. POWER SWITCH—Use this to turn the scanner ON or OFF. LED INDICATOR The Power/Power Saving LED and Warning LED indicate different scanner status. Warning LED Power / Light Power Saving LED Light Off White Off Orange Red Status The scanner is turned on, ready to scan images.
ULTRASONIC SENSOR When scanning a stack of documents by ADF, the ultrasonic sensor detects multifeeds by checking paper overlap (i.e., 2 or more pages stuck together when being fed through the ADF). Clean the ultrasonic sensor lightly with a dry cloth if it is necessary. Information This function may or may not be available depending on the scanner model you purchase.
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 (I.R.I.S.
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. Tilted or uneven surface may cause paper-feeding errors, scanner damage or personal injury. Avoid using the scanner in a dusty environment. Dust particles and other foreign objects may damage the unit. Step 1.
3. Close the ADF cover by pushing it back down until it snaps back into place. Step 2. Connecting the Scanner to Your Computer Attention Please make sure the scanner is turned OFF before you plug or unplug the scanner power adapter. 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.
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 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 on the scanner power from the rear of the scanner. 2.
c. Click the Next button in the window that appears. Afterwards, please skip to procedure 7. 5. For Windows Vista: a. Select “Locate and install driver software (recommended)” when the “Found New Hardware” window is displayed. b. Click on the Continue button when the “User Account Control” dialog pops up. c.
10. After the software is installed, close all open applications and click the Finish button to restart your computer. Information If the scanner installation is not started and displayed automatically on the screen, click Start, select Run and type in D:\Install (where D: is the drive letter assigned to the CD-ROM drive of your computer.) Step 4.
7. The document in the ADF paper chute should be now loaded into the ADF and scanned. After this process, you should see a scanned image of the document on your screen. 8. Click Exit to exit the TWAIN window. INSTALLING ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE Your scanner is TWAIN compliant and functions with virtually all available TWAIN compatible software. If you purchase additional software to be used with your scanner, please make sure that it conforms to the TWAIN standard.
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.
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.
Items other than paper, e.g., cloth, metal foil. 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 need to scan longer documents, pull out the paper chute extension and stacker 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 100 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.
PLACING PLASTIC CARDS 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.
Before you start scanning, check the following: The power of both your computer and scanner is turned on. appears on the Windows The icon system tray. Paper is appropriately loaded into the ADF. Attention 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.
4. Adjust the scanning settings. For ADF (Duplex) scan, you can tailor settings individually for front and rear sides of the documents. Click Front Side button 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.
Attention 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 the TWAIN program. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. In Readiris Pro 10 Corporate Edition, click the Scanner button located on the left side. Click Scanner Model. In the Scanner model window that opens, select Show TWAIN User Interface and then click the OK button. In the next window that pops up, click the Configure button.
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 doesn’t satisfy your needs. 6. Load all pages of the document and click the Scan button. 7.
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. Click the Help button within the TWAIN window for more information about the settings. Scanning from Plustek DI Capture Program 1. Click the Windows Start button to launch DI Capture.
You may also tailor your own user interface of DI Capture such as the toolbar buttons, Viewer Pane, Browser Pane, etc. Refer to the online help of DI Capture to explorer more about DI Capture! 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.
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. Information It’s optional for you to write down the customized button number settings on the included memo label and place this memo anywhere on the scanner.
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.
Cover open lever ADF cover 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 50000 sheets of scans (A4, 70 g/m2 or 18 lb.), and it is recommended to replace the feed roller every 300000 sheets of scans (A4, 70 g/m2 or 18 lb.).
Replacing the Pad Module 1. Open the ADF cover by pulling the cover open lever. Cover open lever ADF cover 2. Remove the pad module by pinching both sides of the pad module and pull it out. 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.
Replacing the Feed Roller 1. Open the ADF cover by pulling the cover open lever. Cover open lever ADF cover 2. Remove the paper chute by pinching both sides of the handles on the paper chute to remove it. 3. Remove the feed roller by pinching both sides of the feed roller and pull it out.
4. Install the new feed roller by aligning and inserting the feed roller onto the roller pitman on the scanner.
5. Install the paper chute by aligning and inserting the tabs of the paper chute into their slots on the scanner. 6. Close the ADF cover by pushing it back down until it snaps back into place.
CALIBRATING THE SCANNER Calibrate the scanner if colors appear in areas that should be white, or colors of the scanned image and the original vary a lot. This allows you to adjust and compensate for variations that can occur in the optical component over time by its nature. The following describes how to calibrate the scanner: 1. The Calibration Sheet, marked with an arrow on either edge at both sides, is used specially for ADF Scanning calibration. 2.
5. Click on the Start button to begin the calibration process. 6. The scanner pulls the calibration sheet through the scanner, which completes this scanner calibration. After the calibration is complete, click OK and then click Finish. POWER SAVE To save power consumption, the scanner light source always automatically turns itself off after the scanning process is finished.
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 All 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: SPECIFICATIONS4 Plustek PS306, Plustek PS306U 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 CCD Sensor ADF Capacity 1. 100 sheets (A4/Letter, 70 g/m2 or 18 lb.) 2. 30 sheets (Business Cards) 3. 5 sheets (Plastic Cards) 4. Plastic Card, maximum thickness under 1.2 mm. Note: Maximum ADF capacity varies, depending upon paper weight.
Plustek PS406, Plustek PS406U 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 CCD Sensor ADF Capacity 1. 100 sheets (A4/Letter, 70 g/m2 or 18 lb.) 2. 30 sheets (Business Cards) 3. 5 sheets (Plastic Cards) 4. Plastic Card, maximum thickness under 1.2 mm. Note: Maximum ADF capacity varies, depending upon paper weight.
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.
STATEMENT OF LIMITED WARRANTY This Statement of Limited Warranty applies only to the options you originally purchase for your use, and not for resale, from an authorized reseller. The manufacturer warranty includes all parts and labor, and is not valid without the receipt of original purchase. To obtain warranty service, you may contact the authorized dealer or distributor, or visit our website to check out the available service information, or send a request via E-mail for further help.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitations of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. This Limited Warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights that vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. FCC RADIO FREQUENCY STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules.
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