Plustek OpticPro Scanner User Manual

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OpticPro Scanner User’s Guide V1.3

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Introduction

improve the professionalism of your documents by allowing you to input quality

rd. As a

registered customer, you will receive customer support, new product information and

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Welcome to the world of ultimate office imaging. Your new scanner will help

images as well as electronic text into your computer system.

Like all of our products, your new scanner has been thoroughly tested and is

backed by our reputation for unsurpassed dependability and customer satisfaction.

Please remember to fill out and return the provided registration ca

software upgrades.

Thank you for choosing us as your scanner supplier. We hope you will continue to

turn to us for additional quality products as your computing needs and interests grow.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

OW TO USE THIS GUIDE

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CHAPTE R I. HARDWARE INSTALLATIO N .................................................................................. 1

ARDWA RE REQUIREMENTS

H INSTALLING THE SCANNER’S HARDWA RE

CHAPTER II. SOFTWARE SETUP...................................................................................................4

OFTWARE INSTALLA TION

S SOFTWARE SETUP TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE INSTA LL ING ADDITIONAL SOFTW ARE

CHAPTER III. TWAIN........................................................................................................................ 6

CANN ING USING

S CHOOSING TWA IN

ONITOR GAMMA

M RESOLUTION

CAN MODE

S BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST SCANN ING HINTS

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CH APT E R IV. USAGE AND MAINTENANCE.............................................................................. 10

PERATING THE SCANNER

O TESTIN G THE SCANNER

AINTENA NCE

M CLEANING Y OUR SCANNER

APPENDIX A: TROUBLESHOOTING ........................................................................................... 13

APPENDIX B: CUSTOME R SERVI C E AND WARRANTY......................................................... 15

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How To Use This Guide

ustrations on how to install and

interface is through an enhanced parallel port. If your computer does not support EPP,

tall the

order in which you set up the

TWAIN interface. TWAIN is a scanning standard and one of the most widely used technologies in the scanner industry today. We recommend that you carefully read

hapter IV describes how to test,

information that can help you solve problems. Before calling Plustek for help, please read through the appendices. The information contained within them can help you

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This User’s Guide provides instructions and ill operate your scanner. We recommend that you read through the entire Hardware Installation chapter, Chapter I, before you begin installing the scanner.

Chapter I describes how to install the scanner to your computer. The scanner’s

you may need to purchase an additional parallel port (call Plustek for details).

Chapter II describes how to install the scanner’s software. Note: Do not ins software before installing the hardware because the scanner’s software is crucial if the scanner is to properly function.

After installing the scanner’s software, Chapter III describes how to use the

through Chapter III to learn all about TWAIN’s scanning features.

After learning about how to operate TWAIN, C maintain and clean your scanner. Appendices A & B have technical support

determine and solve possible problem areas.

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Conventions of this Guide

Caution

Attention

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1. Bold — First use of an important term in a chapter.

2. ALL CAPS — Represent commands.

3. Note — Special information about the current subject

A Note About Icons

This guide uses the following icons to point out information that deserves special attention.

Danger

Caution

product.

Pa y Special Attent ion

. Procedures that must be followed carefully to prevent injury or accidents.

. Information that, if not followed, may result in data loss or damage to the

. Instructions that will ease installation and prevent mistakes.

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Scanner’s Featu res

Fantastic color

TWAIN compliance

3.5 “ Floppy Disks Available (Call Plustek for Details) Included on CD ROM

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• Cold Cathode Lamp (for quality images and long-lasting operation)

• 300 by 600 dots per inch

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• 256 grayscale

• Halftone

Line art

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Pack age Cont ent s

1. Scanner engine

2. Power adapter

3. Scanner cable

CD ROM a) Scanner Setup disk & Action Manager software b) Optical character recognition (OCR) software c) Image editing software

Action Manager and this User’s Guide

OCR User’s Guide

Image editing User’s Guide

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Ch ap t er I. Hard w are Ins t all ati o n

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EPP, then it’s recommended that you purchase an EPP printer port. Note: For an

Inst al l i n g th e Scanner ’s Har dware

Please take a moment to study Figure 1.

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efore installing your scanner, verify that you have all of the proper components. A list of the

package contents are provided on page v at the beginning of this guide.

Hard war e Requir ement s

Your scanner uses an interface called an enhanced parallel port (EPP). The scanner’s EPP interface allows you to enter information into your computer as quickly as scanners costing hundreds of dollars more using interface cards. If your computer’s printer port does not support

EPP to properly function, you must fully disable the computer’s standard printer port (SPP) and set the computer’s BIOS to EPP. The Flatbed Scanner is designed to function with an SPP, but the architecture of an SPP differs from computer to computer. Plustek does not guarantee that the scanner will properly operate with an SPP machine.

If you have a lready installed your scanner, please skip this section

describes how to connect the scanner to your computer and printer. Please carefully follow along

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to ensure proper installation.

Turn OF F your computer, its related per iph er a ls and disconnect all r elated power cables

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. The following section

wher e the prin t er port is, see your compu ter’s informa t ion book and locate the section

Figure 1 and

Plug the power adapter into a standard AC outlet, see Figure 1 and number 4. Note: When the

Attention

Power

Rear of Computer

Rear of Scanner

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Adapter

Figur e 1. Connecting the Scan n er

3. If you have a printer connected to your computer, please disconnect its cable from the rear of

the computer. If you have more than one printer port connected to you computer, then locate the printer port that’s an enhanced parallel port (EPP).

4. Plug the SCANNER CABLE into the scanner (see Figure 1 and number 1).

5. Connect the other end of the SCANNER CABLE into the PC’s printer port (see Figure 1, and

number 1).

Attention: If you do not have a print er connected to your comp u ter an d are not sure

Rear of Printer

about the printer por t connector .

6. Next, plug the disconnected printer cable into the rear of the scanner: see

number 2. If you do not have a printer, skip to step 7.

7. After plugging the scanner and printer cables into their respective locations, plug the power

adapter into its power receptor, see Figure 1 and number 3.

scanner is not in use, please leave the power adapter connected to the AC outlet.

On ly use the power ad ap ter th a t is included with your scanner . Th e use of a different

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power ada pt er may damage the unit an d void your war ranty!

9. Plug in all power cords and turn on your computer.

10. Install the scanner’s software (see Chapter II. Software Setup

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Ch apt er II. Sof twar e Setu p

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Microsoft Windows

Flopp y disks only

From the Windows Program Manager

If Windows 95, choose

Floppy disk installat ion only: When Setup has

Software Setup Trou bl esho oti n g Guide

BBS, or World Wide Web page (

compliant and functions with virtually all available TWAIN

compatible scanning software. When purchasin

Attention

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efore installing the scanner’s software onto your computer, make sure that the scanner is

properly connected as described in Chapter I. Hardware Installation page 1.

Software Installati on

The installation program, called Scanner Setup for OpticPro, must be run from within

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. Once Windows is running on your system, please follow the below steps

to properly install the software:

1. Launch Microsoft Windows and insert the installation disk into the appropriate disk drive (A:\

or B:\). If you received the CD ROM version of the scanner set up, please enter the CD ROM into its disk drive.

Attention: outlined in th e Software Setup will result in failure to properly oper a t e your scann er !.

START and RUN.

3. In the Command Line field, enter the letter of your disk drive followed by SETUP.EXE

(A:\SETUP.EXE), then press ENTER. You should now be at the Setup program.

4. Follow the on-screen instructions carefully to properly install the scanner’s software to your

computer.

Recognita and ImageIn.

During Setup you encounter damaged disks: Call our support line located on the back cover of

this user’s guide and request replacement disks. You can also download the Setup disk from our

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Installing Addi ti onal Softw are

Your scanner is

that the software conforms to the T

TWAIN

-- failure to insta ll the bund led software in the ord er

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g new software for your scanner, please make sure

standard.

WAIN

and

FILE

finished, reset the computer and install

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If you intend to use different programs, choose the scanning source as TWAIN within the

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scanner setup, and the TWAIN diver as FLATBED SCANNER.

Attention: The Action Manager software th a t comes with your scan ner only functions with th e OCR software th a t is pr ovided with your scanner. Thou gh you ar e ab le to use any TW AIN complian t OC R software with th e scann er, the OC R softwar e tha t comes with your scann er is specially designed to operate exclusively with Action Ma n a ger!

Chapter III. TWAIN

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Scannin g us i n g TWAIN

The TWAIN interface allows you to make important adjustments before scanning. For

Gamma and Margin Handle

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There are a few terms that you must become familiar with to maximize the quality of the images that you scan. The following describes the TWAIN dialog box that pops-up whenever using a TWAIN compliant program (see Figure 4).

Scan Mode Resolution

Brightness Contrast

Scanning Statistics

Monitor

Scan Area

Prescan Window

Figure 4. TWAIN Dialog Box

example, you can change to a different scan mode: color, B/W or grayscale. Increase or decrease the resolution (dots per inch of an image), and adjust the brightness and/or contrast. The Prescan option gives you the ability to adjust the margins of a document by increasing or decreasing the Margin Handles (located inside the Prescan window). The TWAIN dialog box also provides you with statistics: such as how big an image will be after you scan it (kilobytes) and the scanning area.

Choos in g TWA IN

To scan using the TWAIN interface, inside your TWAIN compatible program, choose SCANNER SETUP and the scanning source as FLATBED SCANNER.

Monito r Gamma

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The Monitor Gamma button, which is located just above the Prescan, Scan and Cancel buttons allows you to adjust your monitor so you can properly and accurately view images. To correctly adjust the monitor gamma, you must have your computer interface stable and working environment normalized: including lighting, and your monitor’s brightness, contrast and colors properly adjusted.

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Resoluti on

document will be approximately 2.6 MB. For maximum results, set resolution to 1.5 times your

the B/W scanning resolution to 300.

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Resolu tion

scan a Grayscale image at a resolution of 150, the hard disk space needed to scan a letter size

printer's line-screen.

Scan Mode

There are 4 modes that you can select for scanning documents: Color, Grayscale, Halftone or Line-art (black & white).

Line-art

scanning text documents created with a laserjet, inkjet or bubblejet printer (no photographs or other images).

Grayscale

levels of gray, and it’s the best choice when inputting documents that contain photographs or other detailed pictures.

Ha lftone

consist of large black dots, while lighter areas comprise of smaller black dots. Halftone is a good choice if you want to scan documents that contain pictures and other detailed images without

describes how many dots per inch (dpi) or pixels are scanned. For example, if you

comprises of documents that have only two values (black and white). Use line-art for

captures more than two gray values during scanning. Your scanner supports 256

is a method of emulating a grayscale by varying the sizes of pixels. Black areas

using much hard disk space.

captures more than 16.7 million colors during scanning (24 bits) and a over a billion

Color

colors (30-bits) and is the best choice for scanning pictures and documents that contain color.

Bri ghtn ess and Contrast

Brightness

scanned. Adjust the brightness by sliding the button located between the arrows either left or right. Turn the brightness down if characters are thick and dark, and up if characters are thin.

Contrast

values for high and low tones. For example, use contrast to eliminate noise or shading on Black & White and Grayscale scans, or to “clean-up” color scans.

Scanni ng Hints

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If scanning B/W images, match the DPI of the scanner to the resolution. For example, if you have a 300 dpi scanner, then set the resolution to 300. The Flatbed Scanner is 300 by 600, so set

When not scanning using B/W, but rather Grayscale, we find that a resolution of 150 works extremely well. Note: Sometimes increasing the brightness and contrast can help improve image quality.

is the amount of light that is concentrated onto a document while it is being

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adjusts the tonal range of an image by lowering mid-tone values and increasing

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When scanning in color, remember that 24 to 30 bits of information can take up a lot of disk

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space. If you’re going to scan a color image and then print it out, scan at 200 dpi. If you are going to scan a color image just to experiment, scan at about 100 dpi to conserve hard disk space.

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Chapter IV. Usag e and Mai nten an ce

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Operati n g th e Scanner

Testi ng th e Scanner

Once your computer is running, enter Windows.

the Action Manager program to your computer screen. Once Windows is running, PRESS the

Testing the Scanner

Document Cover

Scanning Window

Button

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our scanner accepts documents as small as business cards and as wide as letter-sized

documents. However, some software programs can have limitations as to the of information they can handle. The capacity of the computer’s memory, or free hard disk space can also limit the size of the document that you can scan.

Before testing your scanner, double-check and make sure that all connections are securely fastened. The following test procedure checks to see if the scanner is properly functioning with your computer and the scanning software.

To properly test your new scanner, please perform the following steps:

1. Exit all open applications and “Shutdown” your computer.

2. After the computer has shutdown, turn it off and wait approximately 1 minute before turning

it back on.

4. The button located on top of the scanner (see Figure 5) turns on the scanning lens and pops-up

button to enable Action Manager. If Action Manager does not pop-up, enter the Plustek

Scanner program group and click Action Manager to open it to your task bar. Click on it to

maximize, or again press the Action Manager button.

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Document

Action Manager

5. Open the document cover and place a picture onto the scanning window head first and face

Accessories tab. Under th e head ing Lam p Cont rol click “Tu rn off lamp after 5 minu t es.” You can also test th e scan ning lamp b y clicking the Turn off now Turn on

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down.

6. Slowly close the document cover.

begin sca nning to give the scanning lamp ample time to warm up after closing th e document

cover

7. If the Action Manager is not maximized, locate its icon and maximize it now. Within the

Action Manager program, double-click the action called Scan & Save.

8. The scanner should start up and scan the document to Windows Paint, or your image editing

program. Check and make sure that the LED (light emitting diode) is blinking during

scanning. If it is, then the scanner is properly functioning.

9. If this test fails, please see Appendix A, Troubleshooting.

Attention: T o set the amount of time the scanner’s light source stays on, enter the

Scanner Utility located inside the Plustek Scan n er p rogr a m grou p an d choose the

now buttons.

Main t enance

We recommend waiting approximately 1 minute before you

To keep your scanner working smoothly, take a moment to review the following maintenance tips.

• Avoid using the scanner in a dusty environment. When it’s not in use, keep the scanner

covered. Dust particles and other foreign objects may damage the unit.

• Do not attempt to disassemble the scanner. There is danger of an electrical shock. If a problem

occurs, have the scanner serviced by an authorized dealer.

• Do not subject the scanner to excessive vibration. It may damage the internal components.

Your scanner operates best in temperatures between 10° C to 40° C (50

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Cleaning you r Scanner

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Clean the scanner by lightly spraying a nonabrasive glass cleaner on the scanning window. Be sure to wipe up all excess liquid before scanning. To clean the scanner’s exterior, also use a nonabrasive cleaner to remove any dust or grease from the machine.

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F).

App endi x A: Tr oubl eshoo ti ng

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Cannot print to printer

Check that printer cable is properly secured to printer and scanner. Make sure printer is turned on. Turn off the computer and the printer. Make sure that the scanner is plugged into a constant power source (leave scanner on at all times). Turn the computer on and enter Windows. Once inside Windows turn on

e printer and try printing a document.

Reset the computer (turn it off and on).

emit any light.

Unplug the power cable from the rear of the scanner and open the scanner’s lid. Looking at the front of the scanner while the lid is open plug the power cable back into the scanner. If the light turns on and off quickly, the scanner is properly working.

Check your computer’s printer to see if it’s an EPP. Enter the computer’s

hip Set. If the parallel port mode is set at ECP or

the time.

The scanner’s light source is designed to stay on all the time. To turn off the scanner’s light, enter the Scanner Utility and choose Accessories.

During printing only

Shorten the printer’s cable. Sometimes when information has to travel a

The computer’s mouse, keyboard, or

Upgrade printer port, or controller card to an EPP interface.

stop working after

statement to the SYSTEM.INI file below the heading "[386Enh]:"

required to properly run the scanner, the scanner’s light source will blink intermittently causing poor scans. Try turning off any unnecessary appliances and try scanning again.

Cannot scan to

oftware

Check all connections and make sure they’re secure and correct.

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ost problems are easily solved, and some of the most common questions and their

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