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ELCOME
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Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer PaperPort flatbed
scanner. With your scanner, you can quickly scan paper documents and
color photos to place their electronic images on your computer.
Please note that this guide covers installation steps for a family of
PaperPort flatbed scanners—the PaperPort 3100, 6000, and 6100 series
of scanners.
HAT S IN THE OX
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Before starting the install
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Flat219.fm Page 2 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM 2 APER ORT LATBED CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE P P F S I G HAT OU EED W Y N To use the scanner and software, you need the following: n IBM PC (or 100-percent compatible) 486 or higher n Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft NT 4.0 n 16 megabytes (MB) or more of available internal memory (RAM) n 35 MB of free hard disk space n A VGA or SVGA monitor. Recommended settings for your monitor are as ma
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Flat219.fm Page 3 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM HE CANNER 3 T S HE CANNER T S Document cover 1 Document pad 2 Glass 3 Reference frame 4 Button (Some 5 Models Only) Power jack 6 To PC parallel 7 8 To printer Document cover. Close the document cover after placing items on the scanner glass. 1 Document pad. Helps to secure the document in place on the scanner glass. 2 Glass. Place items face down on top of the glass, in the upper left corner. 3 Reference frame. Place items face
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Flat219.fm Page 4 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM 4 APER ORT LATBED CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE P P F S I G CANNER EATURES S F The following table lists some of the important features of the scanners: Feature PaperPort 3100 Series PaperPort 6000 Series PaperPort 6100 Series Optical 300 x 600 dpi 600 x 1200 dpi 600 x 1200 dpi Resolution Maximum 2400 x 2400 dpi 2400 x 2400 dpi 2400 x 2400 dpi Resolution Scanning 30 bit color (24-bit 30 bit color (24-bit 36
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Flat219.fm Page 5 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM ONNECTING THE CANNER TO OUR OMPUTER 5 C S Y C ONNECTING THE CANNER TO OUR OMPUTER C S Y C The PaperPort scanner connects to any available parallel (LPT) port on the back of your computer. t NOTE: Please follow the sequence of steps in this section. Do not connect the power cable until all other connections are complete. To connect the PaperPort scanner: 1. Save any open files then shut down Windows. 2.
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Flat219.fm Page 6 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM 6 PAPERPORT FLATBED SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE t NOTE: If you want to “daisy-chain” the scanner and a Zip drive so they share the port, first connect the Zip drive to the computer, then connect the scanner to the Zip drive. 7. Plug the power adapter cable into the jack on the PaperPort scanner. 8. Plug the power adapter into an AC (wall) outlet. The power-on light on the front of the scanner comes on indicating the scanner is receiving po
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Flat219.fm Page 7 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM INSTALLING THE PAPERPORT SOFTWARE 7 INSTALLING THE PAPERPORT SOFTWARE The PaperPort CD includes all the PaperPort software files. t NOTE: The CD also includes the PaperPort User’s Guide, the manual for the PaperPort software. You can read the guide while the CD is running, or print a copy directly from the CD to your printer. To install the PaperPort software: 1. Start Microsoft Windows and make sure that no other applications are running.
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Flat219.fm Page 8 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM 8 PAPERPORT FLATBED SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE SETTING UP THE SCANNER The steps to set up the scanner identify the type of scanner you have and prepares the PaperPort software to scan with it. To set up the scanner: 1. If the PaperPort software isn’t currently running, double-click the PaperPort icon on the Windows desktop to start it. The PaperPort Desktop appears. If your scanner has a button on its front panel you can also press the
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Flat219.fm Page 9 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM SCANNING AN ITEM 9 SCANNING AN ITEM The following procedure provides the basic steps for scanning an item. You can scan many types of items, from small business cards to A4-sized pages. The PaperPort software also has special settings for scanning color photos and fine print (like the fine print on a contract). For more information about scan settings, see “Adjusting Scan Settings” on page 11. To scan an item: 1. If the PaperPort software
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Flat219.fm Page 10 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM 10 PAPERPORT FLATBED SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE Select an option appropriate for how you want to use the Preview the item scanned item. here. View and adjust the scan Use predefined area settings. icons to select the area of an item to scan. Restore the default settings. Drag the borders of Adjust the brightness or the selection rectangle contrast of the scanned surrounding the item item. to adjust the area that the scanner s
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Flat219.fm Page 11 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM ADJUSTING SCAN SETTINGS 11 Thumbnail item ADJUSTING SCAN SETTINGS With the PaperPort scanner, you can adjust the scan settings to fine-tune the scanned item. This section tells you how to: n Select a predefined scan setting. n Customize a scan setting. n Scan in color. n Adjust the brightness and contrast. n Select the area of the item you want to scan. SELECTING A PREDEFINED SCAN SETTING Selecting the proper scan setting before scanning pro
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Flat219.fm Page 12 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM 12 PAPERPORT FLATBED SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE Scan Page For Default Setting To Scan Description Faxing, Filing, Black-and-white Newspaper and Provides the fastest scan time or Copying 200 dpi magazine articles, and smallest file size. receipts, forms, and other text items Editing Text Black-and-white Business letters, Enhances the use of OCR (OCR) 300 dpi contracts, memos, and software for converting item other documents that text to e
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Flat219.fm Page 13 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM ADJUSTING SCAN SETTINGS 13 3. To see the details of the scan setting, such as the bit depth and resolution, click the Advanced Settings button. The Advanced Settings dialog box appears. 4. Click OK to return to the PaperPort Scan Manager dialog box. CUSTOMIZING A SCAN SETTING You can customize a predefined scan setting or create a new custom scan setting. t TIP: At any time, click the Restore Defaults button to restore the original pred
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Flat219.fm Page 14 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM 14 PAPERPORT FLATBED SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE To scan in color: 1. Click the Twain icon on the Command Bar, or choose Acquire from the File menu. The PaperPort Scan Manager dialog box appears. 2. Click Color Photo—Faster or Color Photo—Better Quality. You can also use these settings for any other color items such as color pages from articles. 3. Scan the item in the normal manner. ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST Sometimes an ite
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Flat219.fm Page 15 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM ADJUSTING SCAN SETTINGS 15 SELECTING THE AREA OF THE ITEM YOU WANT TO SCAN t NOTE: The steps for selecting the area to scan are slightly different for the PaperPort 6000B scanner. If you have a PaperPort 6000B scanner please skip this section and see page 17. By default, the PaperPort software automatically scans an entire item placed on the scanner. However, you may want to select only a certain area of an item to scan. Selecting an ap
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Flat219.fm Page 16 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM 16 PAPERPORT FLATBED SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE To select the area you want to scan: 1. Click the Twain icon on the Command Bar, or choose Acquire from the File menu. The PaperPort Scan Manager dialog box appears. 2. Click the Preview button. An image of the scanned item appears in the Preview area. By default, the Auto icon is selected and a selection rectangle surrounds the entire item. 3. (optional) In the Scan Area settings, select
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Flat219.fm Page 17 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM ADJUSTING SCAN SETTINGS 17 SELECTING THE AREA OF THE ITEM YOU WANT TO SCAN (6000B) This section only applies to the PaperPort 6000B scanner. When you preview an item to scan, the selection rectangle around the image indicates the scan area. However, you may want to select only a certain area of an item to scan. Selecting an appropriate scan area can result in a faster scan and a smaller file size. To select the area you want to scan, you
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Flat219.fm Page 18 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM 18 PAPERPORT FLATBED SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE 6. To change the dimensions of the rectangle, click the rectangle, and then drag the borders of the rectangle to resize it. This effectively allows you to crop the item. The dimensions of the selected area appear in the Scan Configuration settings. 7. Scan the item as you usually do. CLEANING THE SCANNER GLASS Scanning items that have excessive amounts of dirt or dust may dirty the glass. T
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Flat219.fm Page 19 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM PAPERPORT SCANNER SPECIFICATIONS 19 PAPERPORT SCANNER SPECIFICATIONS Bit Depth 3000/3100/6000 Series: 30-Bit color (internal), 10-Bit gray (internal), 1-Bit line art/text 6100: 36-Bit color (internal), 12-Bit gray (internal), 1-Bit line art/text Scanning resolution Optical resolution: 3000/3100 Series: 300 x 600 dpi 6000 Series: 600 x 1200 dpi 6100 Series: 600 x 1200 dpi Maximum resolution (interpolated): 2400 x 2400 Maximum Item sizes 8
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Flat219.fm Page 20 Sunday, February 22, 1998 3:43 PM Declaration of Conformity The following equipment: Type of Product: Image Scanner Model Numbers: PaperPort 3000; PaperPort 3100; PaperPort 6000 Distributed by: Visioneer, Inc. Telephone: (510) 608-0300 Located at: 34800 Campus Drive Facsimile: (510) 608-0352 Fremont, CA 94555 is herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member of States relating to Electromag
