Visioneer OneTouch 9750 USB Scanner User's Guide ® for Windows ®
Visioneer OneTouch® 9750 USB Scanner User’s Guide FOR WINDOWS
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright © 2007 Visioneer, Inc. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allowed under the copyright laws. The Visioneer brand name and logo are registered trademarks of Visioneer, Inc. The PaperPort brand name and logo are registered trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. QuickScan is a trademark of Captiva Software Corporation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS i TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Visioneer 9750 Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Scanning with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) . . . . . . . . 56 Selecting Options for a Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Creating a New Scan Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Editing or Deleting Scan Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Configuring Before Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Scan and Burn to a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TABLE OF CONTENTS iii Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Cleaning the Scanner Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Clearing Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Cleaning the Automatic Document Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Replacing the ADF Pad Assembly . . .
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WELCOME Your new Visioneer 9750 scanner can quickly scan stacks of documents with the Automatic Document Feeder (ADF), or single pages on the Flatbed Glass. WHAT’S IN THE BOX Before starting the assembly and installation, check the contents of the box to make sure that all parts are included. If any items are missing or damaged, contact the dealer where you purchased the scanner.
2 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE THE VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER Scanner Cover Document Pad Glass Reference Frame Paper Stop Paper Guide Extension Paper Guide Automatic Document Feeder Lock (on underside of scanner) Scan Buttons and Status Light USB Port ADF port Power jack Power On/Off Switch ADF Cable
THE VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER Scanner Cover—Protects the document from light and contamination during scanning. Close the cover to put a stack of documents in the Automatic Document Feeder (ADF). Document Pad—Holds documents in place on the scanner glass. Glass—Place items face down aligned at the upper left corner of the glass. Reference Frame—Place documents face down on the glass, aligned at the arrow symbol in the upper-left corner.
4 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE WHAT YOU NEED An IBM-compatible Pentium PC, or AMD equivalent with: ■ A CD-ROM drive ■ An available Universal Serial Bus (USB) port; 1.1 or 2.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN 5 Installing Installation is a quick, four-step process: 1. Assemble the scanner 2. Install the software 3. Connect the power supply 4. Connect the USB cable and turn on the power BEFORE YOU BEGIN Please make sure of the following before you begin installation: ■ If your computer has AntiVirus or AntiSpyware software running, you may see messages during installation asking you to allow the installation to proceed.
6 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE STEP 1: ASSEMBLE THE SCANNER All the components to assemble the scanner are included in the box. To assemble the scanner: 1. Remove all shipping tape from the top and bottom of the scanner. 2. Open the ADF cover and carefully remove any foam particles that may have gotten inside the Automatic Document Feeder. Close the cover so it snaps shut.
STEP 1: ASSEMBLE THE SCANNER 7 3. Slide the locking tab on the bottom of the scanner to its unlocked position. Unlocked position Note: The locking tab protects the scanner’s scan head by holding it securely in position. Lock the scanner when transporting it from one location to another, but always remember to unlock it before scanning. The scanner will not scan when locked. 4. Insert the slots (A) on the Paper Guide onto their tabs (B) on the scanner and slide the Guide down into place.
8 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 5. Insert the Paper Guide Extension into the Paper Guide and snap its tabs into place. 6. Insert the Paper Stop onto the back of the scanner and slide it downward to snap its tabs into place.
STEP 1: ASSEMBLE THE SCANNER 9 7. Plug the ADF cable into the ADF port. Tighten the two locking screws on either side of the plug to make sure the ADF cable is securely plugged into the port. The ADF will not function properly if the ADF cable is loose or unplugged. 8. Proceed to “Step 2: Install the Software.
10 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE The Installation CD contains all the driver software and scanning software to run your scanner. To install the software: 1. Start Microsoft Windows and make sure that no other applications are running. 2. Insert the Installation CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. Note: If the CD does not automatically start, check the following: ■ Make sure the CD drive’s door is completely shut.
STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE When the CD starts, the Visioneer Installation window opens automatically. 3. On the Installation Main Menu, click Install Products. The next window lists the software that is available to install on your computer. 4. Select Nuance® PaperPort® and Scanner Driver. 5. Click Install Now. The PaperPort software will load first.
12 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 6. The Select Language window opens for the PaperPort software. Click the drop-down menu arrow and select the language you want to use. Click OK. The first PaperPort Installation window opens. 7. On the PaperPort Welcome window, click Next. Installing PaperPort will uninstall any existing version of PaperPort and will install the newer version while retaining all of your previous PaperPort files. 8.
STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 13 14. The Welcome to the OneTouch 4.0 Setup Wizard opens. 15. Click Next. 16. On the Visioneer License Agreement window, read the license agreement. If you accept the terms, select I Agree, and click Next. If you choose not to accept the license agreement, the installation will terminate and the scanner driver will not be installed. 17. Click Next. The next window lists the choices of the drivers that you can install for your scanner.
14 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 18. Select the option you want. Note: If your computer is running Windows XP, Microsoft’s Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) interface for scanning is always available, regardless of your selection on this window. ■ Full Install (OneTouch, TWAIN and ISIS)—This is the recommended installation. It installs the OneTouch 4.0 software which provides the necessary driver software for the scanner. It also installs scanning interfaces for the TWAIN and ISIS drivers.
STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 15 ■ TWAIN only—The TWAIN driver is installed without the OneTouch 4.0 software or the ISIS driver. You can use the TWAIN driver to scan from TWAIN applications. You will not be able to scan with the buttons on the scanner. ■ ISIS only—The ISIS driver is installed. You can use applications that use the ISIS driver to scan, such as the QuickScan application you received with the scanner. The OneTouch 4.0 Monitor will not run and you cannot use the OneTouch features.
16 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE The Color Space setting sets the gamma value for the scanner so scanned items look good on your monitor. Gamma controls the brightness of the midtones of colors. That setting can be changed later on as you’re scanning. 20. Select the option that looks best to you and click Next. The driver installation will now begin. 21. STOP when you see this Installation Complete window. Do NOT click Finish yet.
STEP 3: CONNECT THE POWER SUPPLY 17 STEP 3: CONNECT THE POWER SUPPLY Connect the power supply and power cord, and plug the power supply into an electrical outlet. To connect the power supply: 1. Plug the power supply into its power port on the scanner. Note: Only use the power supply (HEG42-240200-7L made by HiTRON) included with your scanner. Connecting any other type of power supply may damage your scanner and will void its warranty. 2. Plug the power cord into the power supply and into a wall outlet.
18 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE STEP 4: CONNECT THE USB CABLE AND TURN ON THE POWER Your Visioneer 9750 scanner connects to any available USB port. Check your computer’s manual for the USB port locations. Note: You can connect the scanner to your computer while the computer is running. You do not have to shut down your computer. 1. Remove any protective tape from the USB cable. 2. Plug the USB cable into the USB port on the scanner then into a USB port on the computer. Connection to a USB 2.
STEP 4: CONNECT THE USB CABLE AND TURN ON THE POWER 19 3. Turn on the power switch, located to the right of the power port. The status light comes on and flashes indicating that the scanner is receiving power. If you are using Windows XP Service Pack 2, and have plugged the USB cable into a USB 1.1 port, an information bubble may open explaining that “A HI-SPEED USB device is plugged into a nonHI-SPEED USB hub”. Plug the USB cable into a USB 2.0 port (if available) or just disregard the message.
20 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Do not proceed until you receive a message that your computer has found the new hardware, or updated the driver database. If your computer is running Windows XP, you will see the following message. 5. When you’re certain that the software has completely loaded, return to the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window. Note: To see more information about your scanner, click the More button on the window.
STEP 4: CONNECT THE USB CABLE AND TURN ON THE POWER 21 7. Click Close on the Installation Complete window to close and exit the software installer. You can now install free, additional software you received with your scanner.
22 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS FOR YOUR SCANNER Your scanner includes free, additional applications on the installation CD. To install the additional applications: 1. Return to the Installation window and select the additional application(s) you want to install on your computer. 2. Click Install Now. 3. When installation is finished, return to the Installation window and click Main Menu.
VIEW THE USER GUIDES 23 VIEW THE USER GUIDES The Installation CD also contains User Guides for your Visioneer 9750 scanner and for all the software you received with it. To view the user guides: 1. On the Main Menu, click User Guides. The Visioneer User Guides window opens. Use this window to view and save the User Guides you want.
24 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE The User Guides are in Adobe® Acrobat® PDF format. The CD also includes a free copy of Acrobat® Reader® in case your computer does not have it already installed. The Scanner Readme file is in HTML format and will open in any standard browser. If you need to, click Acrobat Reader to install it now. Follow the instructions on the installation windows.
REGISTER YOUR SCANNER AND CHECK FOR UPDATES 25 REGISTER YOUR SCANNER AND CHECK FOR UPDATES Registering your scanner is important as it provides you with access to our free telephone support service. Registration also gives you free access to software updates for your scanner. The OneTouch Icon. To register your scanner: 1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification Area (at the bottom right corner of the screen). 2. Choose Check for Online Updates from the pop-up menu. 3.
26 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Scanning If you selected the recommended Full Install option for your scanner’s driver (see page 14), you have several options for scanning. Each method scans equally well so use the one with appropriate options for the item you are scanning. Note: During installation, the OneTouch 4.0 software searches your computer and links to all the applications (known as the Destination Applications) where it can send and open scanned documents.
SCANNING BASICS 27 SCANNING BASICS Your scanner can scan a stack of documents using the Automatic Document Feeder, or a single page on the Flatbed glass. Note: Always remove any staples or paper clips from documents before inserting them into the scanner. Staples and paper clips can jam the feed mechanism and scratch the internal components. Also remove any labels, stickers, or Post-It™ notes that may come off during the scanning process and get stuck in the scanner.
28 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 4. Load your stack of documents face up, with the top edge of the pages into the Automatic Document Feeder. Important: Items scanned using the Automatic Document Feeder must be a minimum of 3.5 x 5 inches (8.9 x 12.7 cm). LOAD A SINGLE PAGE 1. Remove any paper in the Automatic Document Feeder. The scanner automatically detects if paper is in the Automatic Document Feeder and will scan pages in it.
SCAN WITH THE BUTTONS ON THE SCANNER 29 SCAN WITH THE BUTTONS ON THE SCANNER Pressing a scanner button scans the item and then sends the image to the printer or a software application (known as the Destination Application) on your computer. 1. Load a stack of documents face up in the Automatic Document Feeder or place a single page face down on the Flatbed glass and close the cover. 2. Press a scanner button.
30 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE ABOUT THE BUTTONS ON THE SCANNER The scanner buttons are preconfigured to scan items at various settings and send the scanned image to a preselected Destination Application. You can change the settings for each button. See “Configuring the OneTouch Buttons” on page 37.
SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL 31 SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL Scanning from the OneTouch Button Panel is just like pressing a scanner button, except you click a button icon on the computer screen. This method of scanning is especially helpful if the scanner is not located close to your computer. To scan from the OneTouch Button Panel: 1. Load a stack of documents in the Automatic Document Feeder, or place a document face-down on the Flatbed glass. The OneTouch Icon. 2.
32 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE The scanner begins scanning. When the process finishes, the scanned images appear in the Destination Application. In the example below, the Destination Application is PaperPort. To cancel scanning, click the Cancel button. Important: The OneTouch Properties window must be closed before you can scan from the Button Panel.
SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL 33 CHECK THE SCAN SETTINGS BEFORE SCANNING The OneTouch Icon. 1. Click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification Area (at the bottom right corner of the screen). The OneTouch Button Panel opens. 2. Right-click the button you want to check. Right-click the button to see its scan settings. The OneTouch Properties window opens for you to view and change the settings before scanning. This sample shows the current description of the Scan Button.
34 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE The OneTouch Button Panel also opens with the description of the selected settings. The icon indicates the Destination Application for this setting. Your document will be scanned with these settings. To Refresh the OneTouch 4.0 settings, click the Refresh button on the OneTouch Properties window. If you make changes in the OneTouch Properties window, then click the Apply button, the information in the OneTouch panel will update to show the new settings.
USING THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL 35 USING THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL The OneTouch Button Panel is also your on-screen set of controls for the scanner. The OneTouch Button Panel shows information about the scanner and its settings. 1. To open the OneTouch Button Panel, click the OneTouch icon. It is located in the Windows Notification Area at the bottom right corner of the screen. The OneTouch Button Panel opens at its Button View, which shows the three on-screen scanning buttons. 2.
36 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE ABOUT THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL’S NAMES AND ICONS The names on the OneTouch Button Panel correspond to the scanner buttons, and the icons indicate their Destination Applications. You can change the Destination Application and any other settings of a button. The eMail button is set up to scan documents, then immediately attach them to a new email message in your default eMail program.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 37 CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS When you first connect your scanner to a computer, the scanner’s software configures each button with appropriate settings. Each OneTouch button configuration consists of a Destination Application, a Scan Configuration, and a Document Format. The OneTouch Properties window is where you select these three elements for a button. To open the OneTouch Properties window: 1. Click the OneTouch icon.
38 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE ABOUT THE ONETOUCH PROPERTIES WINDOW The OneTouch Properties window is where you can select new settings for the buttons. The OneTouch Properties window also contains special scanning features such as scanning and burning to a CD, and scanning and converting text directly into an HTML web page. Note: Some of the options on the OneTouch Properties Window (and other OneTouch windows and dialog boxes) may be “grayed out” and are not available.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 39 To make sure all of your computer’s Destination Applications are linked to OneTouch 4.0, click the Refresh button. Important: Later on, if you install new software that can be used as a Destination Application, click the Refresh button again to link the new software to OneTouch 4.0. Note that some software installed on your computer may be incompatible with OneTouch 4.0. Incompatible software will not be listed as a Destination Application.
40 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Select Format—A set of file formats for the scanned image for the selected button. The formats are based on the type of Destination Application you select. This example shows the formats that apply to Microsoft Outlook. The button names indicate their file types. See “Selecting Format Options” on page 52 for more about the formats. Options tab—Displays a window for selecting options related to the selected Destination Application.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 41 SELECTING NEW SETTINGS FOR A BUTTON For each of the three OneTouch buttons, you can select a new Destination Application, Scan Configuration, and Document Format. Click a tab to select a button Select a format for the scanned image. Select a configuration for scanning the item. Select a software application as the destination to send scanned documents. To select new settings for a button: 1. Click the tab of the button you want to change.
42 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 3. From the Select Configuration list, select a scan configuration. To scan in color, select one of the configurations indicated by the small color icon, such as the Color Document configuration. To create your own scan configurations see “Creating a New Scan Configuration” on page 62. 4. Select a Format option. The available options apply to the Destination Application you select.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 43 SETTING DESTINATION APPLICATION PROPERTIES The different types of Destination Applications have various properties that you can select. 1. On the OneTouch Properties window, click a Destination Application. 2. Click the Properties button. Click a Destination Application. Click the Properties button A OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties dialog box opens for the type of Destination Application you selected, and the available options are for that type of application.
44 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE PAPERPORT PROPERTIES These properties apply to PaperPort, and are for designating the folder to receive your scanned items. 1. Select the PaperPort folder where you want the file of the scanned image to be located. 2. Click OK. 3. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window. When PaperPort opens after you finish scanning, the thumbnails of your scanned documents are on the Desktop in that folder.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 45 TEXT DOCUMENTS PROPERTIES These properties apply to Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel®, and the other applications indicated by their icons in the list. The properties apply to the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) settings for the applications. 1. Click in the OCR settings boxes for the options you want. The options will apply to all the applications in the group.
46 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE The Add Text Based Link dialog box opens. 3. Click Browse to find the application you want to add to the list. When you select the application using the Browse button, steps 1 and 2 on the dialog box are automatically filled in, and the application icon appears in step 3. 4. Select the icon in Step 3 of the dialog box. That is the icon that will appear in the OneTouch Destination List. 5.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 47 IMAGE DOCUMENTS PROPERTIES These properties apply to Microsoft Paint and other image processing applications. 1. Click in the Color document handling settings boxes for the options you want. The options will apply to all the applications in the group. Convert Bitmaps using Screen Resolution—Use this option to ensure that an image will fit on the computer’s screen.
48 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 2. To add another application to the list, click the Add Application button. See the steps on page 45 to add an application to the list. 3. Click OK. 4. Click Refresh on the OneTouch Properties window. 5. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window. STORAGE PROPERTIES These properties apply to the Destination Application named Transfer to Storage.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 49 1. Click the Storage Layout options you want. All documents are in the root—The scanned documents are saved in the root of the folder specified in the Storage Location. Documents are put into folders by month, week, or type— Folders are created based on your selection (month, week, or type) and the scanned documents are saved in those folders. New folders are created for each month and week so you can keep track of when you scanned the documents. 2.
50 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE EMAIL PROPERTIES These properties apply to email applications so you can specify the folder for documents you want to attach to an email message. Microsoft Outlook® will accept direct attachment of documents to a blank email message as soon as scanning is finished, but other email applications may not.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 51 3. If you need to change your email client, or any other internet options, click the Internet Options button. The Windows Internet Options Control Panel opens. Click the Programs tab and choose a new email client from the Email list. These are the standard Windows Internet options. Please see your Windows documentation for more information about Internet options.
52 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE SELECTING FORMAT OPTIONS The Format options that you select determines the file format of the scanned document. Appropriate format options and file types are available for the type of Destination Application selected for the button. The available options are for images and text. Image Formats. Text Formats. The Text Formats are for text file types. The names of the formats indicate their file types. See “Text Formats” on page 54 for details.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 53 used to put multi-page documents on web sites as PDF-readable files. As with the JPEG option, the PDF format can be reduced in size or quality. To select a JPEG or PDF file size: 1. Select JPG or PDF as the format. 2. Right-click on the JPG or PDF icon. A menu opens. 3. Choose the file size/image quality option for your scanned images. Minimize Size—Smallest file size, lowest image quality. Normal—Medium file size, some loss of image quality.
54 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE TEXT FORMATS Selecting the text format option also selects OCR processing as an automatic step for scanning. Therefore, when you scan a document with the text format selected, the text portions of the document are automatically converted to editable text. See “Scanning with Optical Character Recognition (OCR)” on page 56. Select a text format for documents with text or numbers, such as a business letter, report, or spreadsheet.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 55 To select a file type for the text format: 1. Select the Destination Application. 2. Right-click on the text format icon. A menu opens. The following figure shows the options for the TEXT format. The menu options depend on the type of Destination Application you select. Example menu for the Text format. 3. Choose the file type that you want for the text format.
56 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE SCANNING WITH OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (OCR) Optical Character Recognition (OCR) converts text and numbers on a scanned page into editable text and numbers. You can then work with the text and numbers to edit, spellcheck, change font or type size, sort, calculate, and so forth. Note: Visioneer recommends that all OCR processing use the original factory settings for OCR scanning that came with your scanner.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 57 3. Choose OCR options. A dialog box of OCR options opens. 4. Select the option you want for the OCR conversion of your documents. Auto orient page—Select this option to check the page orientation and automatically rotate an improperly oriented page image so the text is recognizable by the OCR process. Single column output—Select this option to produce a single column of text in the Destination Application, even if the original image had multiple columns of text. 5.
58 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE SELECTING OPTIONS FOR A BUTTON The OneTouch Options determine the types of Destination Applications available for a button, as well as the location of the files of your scanned items. To select options: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window and click the Options tab. Options tab. 2. Click the Select Button menu arrow and select the button for new options. The example above shows the Scan button is selected. 3. Select button options as described below.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 59 Select Destinations—Select this option to individually choose the types of applications to include in the list of Destination Applications. Check the boxes for the type of application to include. ■ Document Management includes PaperPort and other applications for processing and keeping track of your scanned documents. ■ Image Editors include Microsoft Paint and other drawing and graphics applications.
60 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Show Progress Window—Select this option to display the progress window of the document(s) during scanning. Create copies of scanned documents—Sometimes the image of a scanned document is only saved as a temporary file until its Destination Application is finished using it. In those cases you may want an additional, permanent copy saved on your hard drive.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 61 button. Group by type arranges the scanned documents by the type of file, such as .rtf or .jpg. If you also want to group them by date you can choose the week and month options. The following example shows the folders when the selections are Group items by type and Group items by month. 5. Click OK to save the options for the selected button.
62 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE CREATING A NEW SCAN CONFIGURATION The scan configurations are where you select the scanning resolution, brightness, mode (color, black&white, or grayscale), and a number of other settings. Click the tab of the button to have the new configuration. The Scan Configurations. The Lock Icon. Click New to create a new Scan Configuration. Note the lock icon on the preset configurations.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 63 To create a new configuration: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window and click the tab of the button to have the new configuration. 2. Scroll through the applications in the Select Destination list and click the of application you want for the new scan configuration. 3. Click the New button. If you want to start from the settings of another configuration, select the configuration, then click the Copy button (not the Copy tab).
64 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 5. Select scan settings for the new scan configuration. Mode—Select a scanning mode: ■ Black&White to scan in black and white. For example, letters and memos are usually scanned in black and white. This scan mode produces the smallest file size. ■ GrayScale to scan items such as documents containing drawings or black and white photographs. The scanning produces an image of up to 256 shades of gray. ■ Color to scan color photographs and other color items.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 65 7. Click the Page Settings tab to select page settings. Click to toggle between inches and millimeters. Size—Click Standard, click the menu arrow and choose a page size from the list, or click Custom and enter the horizontal and vertical page dimensions in the boxes. The maximum size is 8.5" x 14". The units of measurement can be inches or millimeters. Click the name of the units, inches or millimeters, to toggle between them.
66 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE ■ Invert Image—Only available for Black&White Mode, this option reverses the black and whites of an image. Original Image ■ Inverted Image Color Filter—Color filter is the ability of your scanner to automatically remove a color from a scanned item. For example, if you are scanning a letter with a red watermark, you can choose to filter out the red so the scanned letter just shows the text and not the red watermark.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 67 8. Click the Advanced Settings tab. The options of the Advanced Settings tab are for the Color or GrayScale scanning mode. Saturation is the strength or purity of a color, hue is the color your eyes see as reflected from the image, and gamma controls the brightness of the midtones of the color. 9. Drag the sliders to the left and right to change the color settings. As you do, the image changes to show the effects of the new settings. 10.
68 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE THE DEVICE SETTINGS TAB A Device Settings tab appears on the Scan Configurations dialog box when your selected Destination Application sends the scanned image to a printer, fax application, or other device. You use the options on the Device Settings tab to select settings for the device. 1. Click on the Device Settings tab.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 69 Collate copies—If you’re printing more than one page, collate the copies. Enter the number of copies in the Copies box. Advanced—Click to see additional settings for the device. The dialog box that opens is specific to the device. For example, if the device is your printer, the dialog box is your printer’s setup settings. 2. Click OK or Apply.
70 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 2. Click the Storage Layout options you want. All documents are in the root—The scanned documents are saved in the root of the folder specified in the Storage Location. Documents are put into folders by month, week, or type— Folders are created based on your selection (month, week, or type) and the scanned documents are saved in those folders. New folders are created for each month and week so you can keep track of when you scanned the documents.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 71 EDITING OR DELETING SCAN CONFIGURATIONS Note: Your scanner comes with a number of configurations pre-set at the factory. We recommend that you keep those configurations locked and do not edit or delete them. That way, you will always have the factory-settings available. If you do edit or delete them, and want to get the factory pre-sets back again, you will need to uninstall then reinstall your scanner. To edit or delete a scan configuration: 1.
72 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 4. To edit the configuration, click the Edit button. The Scan Configuration Properties dialog box opens for that configuration. You can make changes to a configuration, but for the changes to be saved, the configuration must first be unlocked. Click the lock icon to unlock the configuration. Clicking it toggles between locking and unlocking the configuration. The key icon indicates the configuration is unlocked.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 73 CONFIGURING BEFORE SCANNING Choosing Configure Before Scan simply opens a scanning interface when you press or click a button. You can then use the interface to change the Resolution, Scan Mode, and other settings. When you scan, the scanned image will still be sent as the file type and to the same Destination Application already selected in the OneTouch Properties window for that button. To configure before scanning: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2.
74 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 3. Right-click on Configure Before Scan and choose an interface to use for scanning. TWAIN—The TWAIN Interface opens for you to make changes prior to scanning. See “Scanning with the TWAIN Interface” on page 93. ISIS—The ISIS Interface opens for you to make changes prior to scanning. See “Scanning with the ISIS Interface” on page 127. WIA—The Windows Image Acquisition Interface (WIA) opens for you to make changes prior to scanning (available on Windows XP only).
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 75 SCAN AND BURN TO A CD If you have a CD burner attached to your computer, you can scan directly from your scanner onto a CD. This feature is available only on computers running Windows XP. To scan and burn to a CD: 1. Put a blank CD into your computer’s CD Drive. 2. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 3. Click the Copy button tab, or other button if you’ve set it up to scan and burn to a CD. 4. Select Burn to CD as the Destination Application.
76 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 7. Now start scanning using the button you selected to use to scan and burn to CD. When scanning is finished, a bubble message on the screen tells you that files are waiting to be burned to the CD. 8. Open the OneTouch window and make sure that the Burn to CD Destination Application is still selected and click the Properties button. The OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window opens. 9. Make sure a CD is in the CD burner. 10. Click the Burn to CD button.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 77 Note: When scanning items to burn to a CD, you should always use one of the factory-set default configurations, or a custom configuration specifically set up for CD burning. The default configurations are already set up to send the scanned images to the proper storage location where the Windows XP CD writing wizard can find the files to burn to the CD.
78 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE SCANNING WITH EVENT FORWARDING If you want to specify an application to use for scanning at the start of the process, you can use event forwarding. The scanner will feed in the first page, but will then stop until you select the application to use. After you select the application, its interface will open and you can use it to continue with the scanning. To scan with event forwarding: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 79 5. Click OK. The OneTouch Properties window closes. 6. Start scanning using the button you selected for event forwarding. A dialog box opens for you to select the application to use for scanning. 7. Select the application in the box and click OK. Now the application you selected opens and you can continue the scanning from that application’s TWAIN interface.
80 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE CREATING AN HTML WEB PAGE FROM YOUR SCANNED DOCUMENTS If you scan a document, whether a single page or multiple pages, you can have the pages converted directly to HTML formatted pages for posting directly to your web site. Those pages are then viewable by visitors to your web site without the need for any internet plug-ins or other special processing. This is, essentially, from your scanner to a webready format in one automatic step.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 81 5. Choose a Scan Configuration that has the settings for the image on the HTML page. For example, if you want the image to be in color on the HTML page, choose a color configuration. 6. Click OK. The OneTouch Properties window closes. 7. Now press the scanner button or click the OneTouch Button that you’ve set up for HTML. When scanning is finished, the document is first converted to editable text using the OCR process, then is converted into an HTML format.
82 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE TRANSFERRING SCANNED DOCUMENTS TO STORAGE With the Transfer to Storage scanning process, you can scan documents and save them in a folder in one step. The process is ideal for archiving documents without having to manually save or process them in any other way. If you choose a text format for the file format, the documents are also automatically converted by the OCR process into editable text and numbers before being stored.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 83 5. Choose a Scan Configuration for the documents you want to archive. For example, if you want the archived documents to be in color, choose a color configuration. Your scanned pages are stored in the location that you specified on the OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window. Your scanned documents will be stored at the location you specified on the OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window.
84 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE SCANNING TO MULTIPLE FOLDERS When archiving documents with the Transfer to Storage option, you can scan them to multiple folders. For example, one folder might be for “Business Receipts,” a second folder might be for “Personal Receipts,” and a third folder might be for “Annual Receipts.” To scan to multiple folders, you create multiple configurations, each with a different storage location for the scanned documents.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 85 6. To help you remember which folder it is, give the new configuration a name that indicates the folder name, such as “Storage for Business Receipts.” 7. Click the Scan Settings, Page Settings, and Advanced Settings tabs, and select the settings you want. 8. Click the Storage Options tab. 9. Click the Browse button. 10. Select the folder you created for storing the scanned documents.
86 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 11. Click OK. The selected folder will now be set as the Storage Location, such as “Business Receipts.” 12. Click Apply. The new configuration is now listed as a Transfer to Storage configuration. 13. Repeat the process to create additional new configurations, such as one named “Storage for Personal Receipts.” 14. Make sure to designate separate folders as the Storage Locations for the new configurations.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 87 The new configurations apply to the Transfer to Storage Destination Application. Scan to multiple storage folders: 1. Load the documents into the scanner that you want to scan to multiple storage folders. 2. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 3. Click the button you’ve set up for archiving documents. In the example above it’s the Copy button. 4. Select one of the configurations you created for storage. 5. Click OK. The OneTouch Properties window closes. 6.
88 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE TO TRANSFER DOCUMENTS TO A SERVER OR MAPPED DRIVE When selecting the storage location for scanned documents, you can select a local folder, or a folder on a server or mapped drive.You select a mapped drive using the Browse button. 1. See “Scanning to Multiple Folders” on page 84 or “Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage” on page 82 for the steps to select the Transfer to Storage options. 2. On either the OneTouch 4.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 89 3. Select a storage location on the mapped drive or server for the scanned documents. Servers and mapped drives are represented by an icon that indicates its network connection. Select a mapped drive or server as indicated by the icon. 4. Click OK. Now when you scan using Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application, the documents are stored on the server or mapped drive.
90 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE CHECKING THE HARDWARE AND SETTING THE LAMP POWER SAVING 1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon and choose Show Hardware from the pop-up menu. You can also click the scanner icon at the top of the OneTouch Button Panel. The Hardware icon. If the Hardware View of the panel is open you can also right-click on the 9750 icon.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 91 The Hardware Properties dialog box opens and shows information about your Visioneer 9750 scanner. 2. Click the Properties button.
92 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Your scanner has a built-in power saving feature that is set to power down after 15 minutes of idle time. You can change the time before the scanner powers down, from 1 minute to a maximum of 10 hours. 3. Click the arrows for the Lamp timeout setting and choose a time. To turn the lamp on and off manually without turning off power to the scanner, click the Lamp On or Lamp Off buttons. To return the scanner to its factory settings, click Reset Device. 4.
SCANNING WITH THE TWAIN INTERFACE 93 Scanning with the TWAIN Interface SCANNING WITH THE TWAIN INTERFACE Instead of using the scanner buttons or the OneTouch Button Panel to scan, you can scan from the TWAIN interface. The PaperPort application you received with your scanner uses the TWAIN interface for scanning. This scanning method is particularly helpful when you’re already using PaperPort to file and save scanned items, or if you want to adjust scanning settings prior to scanning.
94 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE ACCESSING THE TWAIN INTERFACE FROM PAPERPORT The instructions in this section are for accessing the TWAIN interface from the PaperPort application. To access the TWAIN interface from PaperPort: 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Programs, point to ScanSoft PaperPort, then click PaperPort. The PaperPort desktop opens. Scan icon. Folders pane. 2. Click the Scan icon on the PaperPort command bar.
ACCESSING THE TWAIN INTERFACE FROM PAPERPORT 95 The Folders pane (which shows folders for organizing your scanned images) is replaced by the Scan pane. Scan pane. Click the arrow to see the list of scanners. If this Scan button is not active, see the section on page 116 to setup PaperPort to work with your scanner. 3. Click the Scanner drop-down arrow, and select TWAIN: Visioneer 9750 from the drop-down list. Note: Please wait a few moments for your selection from the dropdown list to become active.
96 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 4. In the “Scan what?” section, choose to scan a Document or Photograph. If you want to change the format of the scanned item’s file name or file type before you start scanning, click Settings. The default file type for documents is .pdf and the default for photographs is .jpg. The default name of the scanned image is the day, date, and number of scanned items that day. For example, the second item scanned on a day is followed by a (2), the third by a (3) and so on.
ACCESSING THE TWAIN INTERFACE FROM PAPERPORT 97 7. Make sure the option Display scanner dialog box is selected. If this option is not selected, the TWAIN interface will not open when you click the Scan button. Instead, the items are scanned with the basic PaperPort settings. Documents are scanned in Black and White in the PDF file format, and Photographs are scanned in Color in the JPG file format. 8. Click the Scan button on the Scan pane. The TWAIN Interface opens. You’re ready to start scanning.
98 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE THE TWO TWAIN INTERFACE OPTIONS When scanning with TWAIN, you have two interface options: ■ Basic Interface—Use the Basic Interface if you don’t need to make many adjustments to the image before scanning. You can adjust brightness, contrast, resolution, page size, and picture type. You can also choose to scan from the ADF or Flatbed. See “Scanning from the TWAIN Basic Interface” on page 99.
SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN BASIC INTERFACE 99 SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN BASIC INTERFACE The Basic Interface can scan a preview of the image so you can adjust its appearance before scanning the final image. After adjusting the appearance, you click the Scan button on the Basic Interface to scan the item. Click the Advanced Interface button if you would rather scan with the Advanced Interface. To scan from the Basic Interface: 1.
100 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Note: To preview a stack of pages, use one page as a test page and load it into the scanner. Click the Preview button then adjust the scanner settings. Then replace the page on the stack at its original position and load the stack into the scanner. Then just click the Scan button. 6. Adjust the Brightness, Contrast, and Resolution until the picture is what you want. You can also change the picture type again, for example, from color to grayscale. 7.
SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN BASIC INTERFACE 101 SCANNING PART OF AN IMAGE To scan part of an image, you draw a box around the part you want. The scanner then only scans that portion of the image and displays it in the scanning application. 1. Put the pointer on the image and drag a box around the section of the image that you want to scan. A dotted outline shows the selected area in the image. This is the image that appears on the PaperPort desktop when scanning is finished. The selected scan area.
102 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN ADVANCED INTERFACE You can adjust the scan settings on the Advanced Interface to produce the best possible image for the documents you’re scanning. 1. Open the TWAIN Interface as described in the section “Accessing the TWAIN Interface from PaperPort” on page 94. 2. If the Basic Interface opens, click the Advanced Interface button. The Advanced Interface opens. Choose a scanning option.
SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN ADVANCED INTERFACE 103 3. From the Scan Type menu, choose the option to scan: ■ Auto Document Feeder-Simplex—Scans documents from the Automatic Document Feeder. ■ Scan Reflective Using—Scans the document on the Flatbed. 4. Click one of the icons to select a configuration. For example, select Color Configurations and then select Custom to scan a color item with the preset Custom scan settings. The configuration settings appear as a list.
104 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 9. When you’re satisfied with the image, load all the documents into the ADF Input Tray and click the Scan button. A scan progress window opens. To Cancel scanning while it is in progress, click the Cancel button on the progress window. 10. When you’re finished scanning items, click Done to close the Advanced Interface. 11. If you’re using PaperPort, the PaperPort Scan message box opens. Click Done.
SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN ADVANCED INTERFACE 105 ADJUSTING THE IMAGE ON THE ADVANCED INTERFACE You can adjust the scan settings on the Advanced Interface to produce the best possible image for the documents you’re scanning. To adjust a setting: 1. On the left side of the Advanced Interface, select a configuration, for example, Color Configurations. 2. Click a setting in the list of settings, or click its corresponding button on the right side of the Advanced Interface. Resolution. Brightness/Contrast.
106 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE The following figure shows an example of the Advanced Interface if you click the Scan Size setting in the list, or click the Scan Size button. Click to close the settings panel Note: The information in the scan settings list and the options you select on the various settings panels are interactive. As you change the settings on the panel, the numbers in the list on the left also change.
SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN ADVANCED INTERFACE 107 ADJUSTING THE RESOLUTION Resolution determines the amount of detail you can see in the scanned image. The resolution setting for a scan is in dots-per-inch (dpi). The higher the resolution, the finer the details. However, higher dpi settings also take longer to scan and produce larger files sizes. Usually the higher resolution settings are used for precision work, such as photographs or fine artwork. The following figure shows the resolution options.
108 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE To adjust the resolution: 1. To use one of the preset resolutions for typical scanned items, click one of the options in the list. For example, to set the resolution for scanning a business card, select Business Card. That setting is preset to read small print on a typical business card. 2. To set the resolution manually, drag the Resolution slider to the left to decrease the resolution or to the right to increase it.
SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN ADVANCED INTERFACE 109 ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST Sometimes an item is scanned with the brightness and contrast set to be too light or too dark. For example, a note written with a light pencil may need to be scanned darker to improve legibility. The following figure shows the brightness and contrast options. Contrast is only available for Color and Grayscale configurations. To adjust the brightness and contrast: 1.
110 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE ADJUSTING GAMMA, SATURATION, AND COLOR HUE If you’re using the Color Configuration to scan, you can adjust a group of color settings. Gamma controls the brightness of the color midtones. Saturation is the strength or purity of a color and hue is the color your eyes see as reflected from the image. The following figure shows the color options. To adjust the color settings: 1.
SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN ADVANCED INTERFACE 111 ADJUSTING INPUT SIZE You can scan documents up to 8.5" x 14" in the Automatic Document Feeder, or up to 8.5" x 11.69" on the Flatbed glass, but you can select other scan sizes, or adjust the input size to scan only specific sections of an image. For example, if you’re scanning a photograph and want to focus on one section, adjusting the input size removes the rest of the photograph from the final scanned image.
112 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE This is the image that appears on the PaperPort desktop when scanning is finished. The Scan Info box shows the size and position of the area. The selected scan area. Note that the selected area in the example has the number “1” in its upper left corner indicating it is your first selected area.When using the Flatbed you can select up to six separate areas on an image. You can now move or resize the outline to select the specific area you want to scan. 2.
SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN ADVANCED INTERFACE 113 4. If you want to remove the selected area and start over, click Remove on the Scan Info box. Note: Clicking Remove re-selects the entire 8.5" x 14" area. 5. When the settings are what you want, click Scan. THE RULER UNITS The ruler around the edges of the image help you precisely position a custom sized image. You can change the ruler units to suit the type of measurements you want. To set the ruler units: 1. Click the Ruler Units button. 2.
114 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE CREATING A NEW ADVANCED INTERFACE PROFILE You cannot change the settings of the preset profiles in the Advanced Interface. However, you can create new profiles and save them for future use. To create a new profile: 1. On the Advanced Interface, select one of the preset profiles, for example, Black&White Configurations/Custom. 2. Adjust the settings as required and then click the Save As button. The Save Profile dialog box opens. 3.
SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN ADVANCED INTERFACE 115 DISPLAY THE DEVICE CONFIGURATION 1. Click the Device Configuration button. The Device configuration window opens and shows the information about your scanner. See the section “Checking the Hardware and Setting the Lamp Power Saving” on page 90 for more information about the device settings.
116 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE SETTING UP YOUR SCANNER TO WORK WITH PAPERPORT On the PaperPort window, when you selected a scanning option from the Scanner drop-down list, such as TWAIN: Visioneer 9750, WIA: Visioneer 9750, or ISIS: Visioneer 9750, the Scan button at the bottom of the panel should become active after approximately 5 to 10 seconds. If it doesn’t, you need to set up your scanner to work with PaperPort.
SETTING UP YOUR SCANNER TO WORK WITH PAPERPORT 117 To set up your scanner to work with PaperPort: 1. From the Scanner drop-down list, select one of the options, such as TWAIN: Visioneer 9750. 2. Click the Setup button. A window opens to begin the setup process. 3. Click Yes then click Next. The next window offers you the option to run hardware diagnostics.
118 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 4. Click Yes (recommended) then click Next. The next window is for checking the connection between your scanner and the computer. 5. Click Next. After the Setup Wizard checks the connections, the next window is displayed. It has a series of setup options, but only the Basic scan test is necessary because your scanner was already tested when you installed the OneTouch 4.0 software.
SETTING UP YOUR SCANNER TO WORK WITH PAPERPORT 119 6. Click Next. The TWAIN Basic Interface opens. Note: If you are setting up your scanner for the WIA or ISIS scanning options, the WIA or ISIS interface opens instead. 7. Insert a page into the scanner, face up, and the Scan button on the Basic Interface will become active.
120 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 8. Click the Scan button on the Basic interface. The Setup Wizard runs the scan test. A message window opens that says “Basic scan test passed.” 9. Click Next on the message window. The final Setup window opens to let you know the setup process is finished. 10. Click Finish. Your scanner is now set up for the scanning option you selected (in the example above, it’s the TWAIN option) and the Scan button on the PaperPort window will now become active.
SCANNING WITH THE WIA INTERFACE 121 Scanning with the WIA Interface SCANNING WITH THE WIA INTERFACE Microsoft Windows XP includes its own scanning interface—known as Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)—for acquiring images from scanners, digital cameras, and other digital devices. This section shows how to use Microsoft Paint to scan using the WIA interface, but you can use PaperPort and other Windows applications as well.
122 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE To scan using WIA from Microsoft Paint: 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, then click Paint. 2. From the File menu choose From Scanner or Camera.
SCANNING WITH THE WIA INTERFACE 123 The WIA scan window opens. Use this window to select scanning options and start the scan process. 3. From the Paper Source drop-down list, choose Document Feeder to scan from the Automatic Document Feeder, or Flatbed to scan a from the Flatbed glass. 4. If you’re scanning from the Automatic Document Feeder, select a paper size from the Page Size list. If you’re scanning from the Flatbed glass, you can change the size of the scanned image after seeing a preview. 5.
124 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 6. If necessary, adjust the settings of the previewed image: ■ Change the button selection for the type of image. ■ Adjust the custom settings; refer to the next section, “Fine Tuning Your Scans”. ■ If you’re scanning from the Flatbed, change the size of the scanned image. To do this, click and hold the mouse pointer over one of the four sizing-boxes on the corners of the previewed image. Then drag the box to increase or decrease the size of the image. 7.
FINE TUNING YOUR SCANS 125 FINE TUNING YOUR SCANS Select new settings before you scan an item to fine tune exactly how you want to scan it. To select the scanner settings before you scan: 1. On the scan window, click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture. The Advanced Properties dialog box opens.
126 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 2. Select the options for scanning. Brightness and Contrast—Drag the sliders to the right or left to adjust the brightness and contrast of the scanned image. The Contrast setting does not apply to the setting Black and White picture or text. Resolution (DPI)—Click the menu arrow and choose the dots per inch (dpi) of the resolution. The maximum resolution is 600 dpi; the minimum is 50 dpi. The higher the dpi setting, the sharper and clearer the scanned image.
SCANNING WITH THE ISIS INTERFACE 127 Scanning with the ISIS Interface SCANNING WITH THE ISIS INTERFACE The ISIS interface for scanning is available from any OneTouch button that has Configure Before Scan set as the Configuration, and ISIS selected as the interface to use. The interface is also available from ISIS scanning applications. If you are using an ISIS application to scan, please see its User’s Guide for the steps to open the interface.
128 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE When you press the button to scan (the Scan button in this example), the OneTouch ISIS Scan window opens. Use this window to scan from either the ADF or the Flatbed, and to select scanning options then start scanning. To scan with the Automatic Document Feeder: 1. Click the Auto Feed tab at the top of the window. Click the Auto Feed tab. Click a button to choose the type of scan. Click Define to change the scan settings for the selected button.
SCANNING WITH THE ISIS INTERFACE 129 4. Click the Define button and adjust the scan settings, if necessary. You can also click one of the other scan type buttons if you would rather scan with it. For example, if Color Document is selected you can click GrayScale in case you decide to scan with it instead. 5. When you’re ready to scan, replace the preview page in its original position in your document then click Scan All.
130 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 4. Click the Define button and adjust the scan settings, if necessary. You can also click one of the other scan type buttons if you would rather scan with it. For example, if Color Document is selected you can click GrayScale in case you decide to scan with it instead. 5. When you’re ready to scan, click Scan. The document is scanned with the new scan settings. ADJUSTING THE ISIS SCAN SETTINGS You can adjust the scan settings for the selected type of scan.
ADJUSTING THE ISIS SCAN SETTINGS 131 Brightness—Drag the sliders or click the arrows to the right or left to adjust the brightness one unit at a time. Click the buttons Darken, Normal, or Lighten to move the slide in larger steps. Contrast—Contrast is set automatically for Color Document or GrayScale Document. Because the Text Document option scans in Black and White, the contrast option does not apply. Resolution—Click the menu arrow and choose a resolution (dpi). Your scanner can scan up to 600 dpi.
132 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 256-Level Gray—Scans the image using up to 256 true shades of gray. Use this setting to scan black and white photographs and other higher quality black and white images. You can also scan a color photo with this setting to turn its colors into gray shades. The file size is about one third the size of a color scan. 24-Bit Color—Scans the image in full color. Use this setting to scan color photographs and other color images.
ADJUSTING THE ISIS SCAN SETTINGS 133 2. To scan only a specific area of the image, click the Area button. The Set Scanning Area dialog box opens. 3. Click in the image and drag a rectangle around the area you want to scan. The boxes to the left show the relative position and size of the selected area. You can now move and resize the rectangle to adjust the specific area to scan. 4. To move the rectangle, put the crosshairs cursor in it, hold down the Ctrl key and drag the mouse.
134 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE SCANNING WITH ISIS IN OTHER APPLICATIONS You can also use the ISIS interface from the QuickScan software that you received with your scanner, or from other ISIS applications. Note that the ISIS interface for the other applications may vary from the descriptions provided in this User’s Guide. If you open the QuickScan software to scan directly from it, you may see the following warning message: 1. Please disregard this message and click Continue.
CLEANING THE SCANNER GLASS 135 Maintenance This section contains information about maintenance activities, troubleshooting, uninstalling, technical support, and spare parts. CLEANING THE SCANNER GLASS Scanning items that have excessive amounts of dirt or dust may dirty the glass. To ensure the best quality scanned item, wipe the scanner glass with a soft clean cloth to rid the glass of dust or other debris.
136 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE CARE AND MAINTENANCE Regular maintenance of your scanner can help to ensure continual optimal performance. CLEANING THE AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER You may need to clean the ADF feed mechanism if your scanned documents do not feed easily into the ADF, or several feed in at the same time. To clean the ADF: 1. Wet a soft cloth with some Isopropyl rubbing alcohol (95%). 2. Open the ADF cover. 3. Wipe the feed roller from side to side.
CARE AND MAINTENANCE 137 REPLACING THE ADF PAD ASSEMBLY The ADF pad will wear out and is designed to be a user-replaceable part. Problems with documents feeding into the ADF is an indication that the pad is wearing thin. You received a replacement pad in the original scanner box, and you can also order a new one. See the “Visioneer 9750 Scanner Parts List” on page 148 for ordering information. To replace the ADF Pad assembly: 1. Open the ADF cover. The pad assembly is located inside the ADF. 2.
138 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE REPLACING THE ROLLER ASSEMBLY After extended use, the roller may wear out and may need to be replaced. It is a user-replaceable part and can be ordered. See the section, “Visioneer 9750 Scanner Parts List” on page 148 for the part number. Frequent paper jams are a symptom of a worn roller assembly. A worn roller can cause documents to feed in skewed at an angle, or multiple pages to feed at the same time. In both cases, paper jams may occur.
CARE AND MAINTENANCE 139 3. Squeeze the plastic clamp that holds the roller in place, and then rotate the clamp forward until the locking tabs are free from the ADF cover. 4. Gently slide the roller to the right until the left side is free from its mounting hole. 5. You can now angle the roller assembly out and away from its housing. 6. Reverse the procedure to replace the new roller. Make sure both sides of the roller assembly are seated properly into their housings.
140 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE TROUBLESHOOTING In addition to the troubleshooting information contained in this section, please see the Readme file on the installation CD. The Readme file contains additional information that may help you diagnose problems with the scanner. If you try all the troubleshooting procedures described in this section and in the Readme file, and the scanner still has problems, you may have a malfunctioning scanner.
TROUBLESHOOTING 141 Problem: During installation I got the error message: PaperPort Installation is not complete. What do I do? The installation procedure was not successful. You need to reinstall the PaperPort software. Problem: I got the error message: PaperPort cannot allocate enough memory to perform internal critical operations. What do I do? Close any other active applications so that additional memory is available.
142 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE can make it appear worn and will cause issues feeding paper. See “Cleaning the Automatic Document Feeder” on page 136 for cleaning instructions. Problem: The ADF won’t feed pages properly. How can I fix it? A dirty or worn ADF pad assembly or dirt on the roller can cause documents to feed in skewed at an angle, or multiple pages to feed at the same time. Try cleaning the roller first. See “Cleaning the Automatic Document Feeder” on page 136.
TROUBLESHOOTING 143 Problem: If the USB cable is disconnected during a scan, the scanner does not reconnect when the USB cable is plugged back in. Unplug the power cable from the scanner, and then plug it back in. If the scanner does not reconnect: 1. Unplug the power cable from the scanner. 2. Restart your computer. 3. After the restart is complete, plug the power cable back in. Problem: How do I uninstall PaperPort? See the section, “How to Uninstall Your Scanner” on page 145.
144 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE STATUS LIGHT TROUBLESHOOTING CODES The status light indicates the current state of the scanner. Descriptions of the most common patterns are listed below. Contact Visioneer Technical Support if you experience a different blinking pattern. NORMAL OPERATION ■ Blinking green: indicates the scanner is waking up from power saving and preparing to scan. ■ Steady green: indicates the scanner is ready to scan.
HOW TO UNINSTALL YOUR SCANNER 145 HOW TO UNINSTALL YOUR SCANNER To uninstall the Visioneer 9750 scanner, remove the OneTouch 4.0 scanner software first, and then remove PaperPort, or other scanner software. STEP 1: UNINSTALL THE ONETOUCH 4.0 SCANNER SOFTWARE 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Settings, then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click the Add or Remove Programs icon. The Add or Remove Programs window opens. 3. Select OneTouch 4.0 then click the Remove button. 4.
146 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE TO INSTALL ANOTHER DRIVER Before you can install another driver for your scanner, you must remove the currently installed driver first. Then the new driver can be installed. 1. Uninstall the OneTouch 4.0 driver. a. Open the Windows Control Panel. b. Double-click the Add or Remove Programs icon. c. Select OneTouch 4.0 then click on the Remove button. d. An “Add or Remove” message box opens and asks if you are sure you want to remove OneTouch 4.0 from your computer.
VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER SPECIFICATIONS VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER SPECIFICATIONS Bit depth True 48-Bit color (internal), 16-Bit gray (internal), 1-Bit line art/text Scanning resolution Maximum item sizes Optical resolution: 600 x 1200 dpi ADF Mode 8.5 x 14 inches (21.6 x 35.6 cm) Flatbed Mode 8.5 x 11.69 inches (21.6 x 29.7 cm) Up to 20 pages per minute @ 200 dpi B&W 50 pages Cold cathode fluorescent lamp USB 2.0 High Speed; compatible with USB 1.
148 VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE VISIONEER 9750 SCANNER PARTS LIST Please use the following part names and numbers when ordering replacements for your Visioneer 9750 scanner.
INDEX INDEX 24-Bit Color 132 256-Level Gray 132 Color Document button 130 color filter 66 computer restart 140 Configure Before Scan 73, 127 Contrast 64, 109, 126, 131 create single page items check box 96 A D Numerics ADF 3 ADF cable 3 ADF pad assembly replace 137 ADF port 3 ADF, cleaning 136 Advanced Interface adjust settings 102, 105 new profile 114 profile 114 Advanced Properties 125 advanced settings 67 aspect ratio 68 Automatic Document Feeder 3 AutoRotate image 68 B Basic Interface 97, 99 bit
INDEX 150 HTML Document 55 HTML format 80 HTML page 81 HTML Web Page 80 hue 67 I image blur 108 preview 103 Image Documents Properties 47 Image Editors 59 image file 52 image file format 52 image size 111 improvements and settings 65 input size 111 invert image 66 ISIS 74 ISIS interface 127 J JPG 52 JPG file size 53 L Lamp timeout setting 92 Link Properties 43 locking tab 3, 7, 140 M Microsoft Internet Explorer 81 Microsoft Outlook 50 Microsoft Paint 47 Moire Patterns 65, 108 monitor 4 O OCR 54 colum
INDEX buttons 30 locking tab 7 uninstall 145 scanning with the scanner buttons 29 Select Configuration 39, 42 Select Destination 38, 41, 59 Select Format 40 Show All Destinations 58 Show Hardware 90 Simple Text 55 size 65 spreadsheet 56 status light 3, 19, 20, 140 Sti event forwarding 59 Storage and CD-R/W 59 Storage Properties 48 Straighten Image 65 system requirements 4 T technical support 140 Text Document button 130 Text Documents Properties 45 Text Editors 59 text file format 54 Text Formats 54 TIFF
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