Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 3100 Visioneer
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P APER P ORT F LATBED S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 1 W ELCOME Congratulations on pur chasing your Visioneer P aperP ort f latbed scanner . W ith your scanner , you can quickly scan paper documents and color photos to place their electr onic images on y our computer .
2 P APER P ORT F LATBED S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE W HAT Y OU N EED T o use the scanner and softwar e, y ou need the follo wing: ■ IBM PC (or 100-per cent compatible) 486 or higher ■ Micr osoft Windo ws 95 or M icrosoft NT 4.
T HE S CANNER 3 T HE S CANNER 7 Glass Document pad 8 5 4 3 2 1 Reference frame Document cover To printer Power jack To PC parallel Button (Some Models Only) 6 1 Document co ver . Close the document cover after placing items on the scanner glass. Document pad.
4 P APER P ORT F LATBED S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S CANNER F EATURES The follo wing table lists some of the impor tant features of the scanners: * U se with Windo ws NT 4.0 depends on your hardware configuration. See the README file on the P aperP ort CD for more information.
C ONNECTING THE S CANNER TO Y OUR C OMPUTER 5 C ONNECTING THE S CANNER TO Y OUR C OMPUTER The P aperP ort scanner connects to any av ailable parallel (LPT ) port on the back of y our computer . ▼ NO TE: Please follo w the sequence of steps in this section.
6 P APER P ORT F LATBED S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE ▼ NO TE: If you want to “ daisy-chain ” the scanner and a Z ip drive so they share the port, first connect the Z ip drive to the computer , then connect the scanner to the Zip driv e. 7. Plug the po wer adapter cable into the jack on the P aperP ort scanner .
I NSTALLING THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 7 I NSTALLING THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE The P aperP ort CD includes all the P aperP ort software files. ▼ NO TE: The CD also includes the P aperP ort U ser ’ s Guide , the manual for the P aperP ort softwar e.
8 P APER P ORT F LATBED S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S ETTING U P THE S CANNER The steps to set up the scanner identify the type of scanner y ou hav e and prepar es the P aperP ort software to scan with it.
S CANNING AN I TEM 9 S CANNING AN I TEM The follo wing procedur e provides the basic steps for scanning an item. Y ou can scan many types of items, fr om small business car ds to A4-sized pages. The P aperP ort software also has special settings for scanning color photos and fine print (like the fi ne print on a contract).
10 P APER P ORT F LATBED S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 4. Click one of the options to “Scan P age F or .” For example, to make sure the softwar e is installed corr ectly use the current default setting of Color Photo —F aster . T o scan other items, select scan settings appropriate for the item s.
A DJUSTING S CAN S ETTINGS 11 A DJUSTING S CAN S ETTINGS With the P aperP ort scanner , you can adjust the scan settings to fi ne-tune the scanned item. This section tells y ou how to: ■ Select a pr edefined scan setting . ■ Customiz e a scan setting.
12 P APER P ORT F LATBED S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T o select a scan setting: 1. Click the T wain icon on the Command B ar , or choose Acquir e from the F ile menu. The P aperP ort Scan M anager dialog box appears. 2. In the Scan P age F or options, select the scan setting appr opriate for the item you want to scan.
A DJUSTING S CAN S ETTINGS 13 3. T o see the details of the scan setting, such as the bit depth and resolution, click the Advanced S ettings button. The Adv anced Settings dialog bo x appears. 4. Click OK to r eturn to the P aperP ort Scan M anager dialog box.
14 P APER P ORT F LATBED S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T o scan in color: 1. Click the T wain icon on the Command B ar , or choose Acquir e from the F ile menu. The P aperP ort Scan M anager dialog box appears. 2. Click Color P hoto — F aster or Color P hoto — Better Q uality .
A DJUSTING S CAN S ETTINGS 15 S ELECTING THE A REA OF THE I TEM Y OU W ANT TO S CAN ▼ NO TE: The steps for selecting the ar ea to scan are slightly differ ent for the P aperP ort 6000B scanner . If you have a P aperP ort 6000B scanner please skip this section and see page 17.
16 P APER P ORT F LATBED S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T o select the ar ea y ou want to scan: 1. Click the T wain icon on the Command B ar , or choose Acquir e from the F ile menu. The P aperP ort Scan M anager dialog box appears. 2. Click the P r eview button.
A DJUSTING S CAN S ETTINGS 17 S ELECTING THE A REA OF THE I TEM Y OU W ANT TO S CAN (6000B) This section only applies to the P aperP ort 6000B scanner . When you pr eview an item to scan, the selection r ectangle ar ound the image indicates the scan ar ea.
18 P APER P ORT F LATBED S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 6. T o change the dimensions of the r ectangle, click the r ectangle, and then drag the bor ders of the r ectangle to resiz e it. This effectiv ely allows y ou to crop the item. The dimensions of the selected ar ea appear in the Scan Confi guration settings.
P APER P ORT S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS 19 P APER P ORT S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS Bit D epth 3000/3100/6000 S eries: 30-Bit color (internal), 10-B it gray (internal), 1-B it line art/text 6100: 36-Bit co.
Declaration of Conformity The following equipment: is herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council D irective on the Approximation of the Laws of the M ember of S tates relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility (89/336/EEC; 912/31/EEC; 93/68/EEC).
Declaration of Conformity The following equipment: is herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council D irective on the Approximation of the Laws of the M ember of S tates relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility (89/336/EEC; 93/68/EEC).
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