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Visioneer OneTouch
5820 Scanner
Installation Guide
FOR WINDOWS
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COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright © 2001 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 ScanSoft, Inc. Microsoft is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. TextBridge is a registered tr
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TABLE OF CONTENTS i TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Visioneer OneTouch 5820 Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Getting the PaperPort Online Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Selecting the Area of the Item You Want to Scan . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 How to Uninstall your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 STEP 1: Uninstalling the Visioneer OneTouch Software . . . . . 45 STEP 2: Uninstalling the PaperPort Software . . . . . . . . .
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WELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer OneTouch 5820 USB scanner. With your scanner, you can quickly scan paper documents, color photos, 35mm slides, and negatives to place their electronic images on your computer. WHAT’S IN THE BOX Before starting the 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. Transparency mask
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2 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 5820 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE THE VISIONEER ONETOUCH 5820 SCANNER Document cover Transparency light source Document pad Reference frame Glass OneTouch buttons panel Status light Transparency Adapter cable Transparency Adapter port Power jack USB cable
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THE VISIONEER ONETOUCH 5820 SCANNER 3 Document cover. Close the document cover after placing items on the scanner glass. Transparency light source. Shines light down through the glass onto the scanning sensors in the body of the scanner. Document pad. Helps to secure the document in place on the scanner glass. Reference frame. Place items face down within this frame. Markings on the border of the frame show where to align various paper sizes. Glass. Place items face down on top of
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4 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 5820 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE WHAT YOU NEED To use the scanner and software, you need the following: n IBM PC (or 100-percent compatible) Pentium or equivalent n Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, or Windows XP n One available Universal Serial Bus (USB) port on your computer n Available internal memory (RAM): n Windows 98—32 megabytes (MB) or more n Windows 2000, Me, or XP—64 MB or more; 128 MB recom
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STEP 1: INSTALLING THE SCANNER SOFTWARE 5 STEP 1: INSTALLING THE SCANNER SOFTWARE Note: You must install the scanner software before connecting the scanner to your computer. Otherwise, the correct driver software for your scanner will not be installed and it may not work properly. To install the scanner software: 1. Start Microsoft Windows and make sure that no other applications are running. 2. Insert the CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. The CD automatically starts. Note:
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6 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 5820 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE 5. Follow the instructions on the screen to install the PaperPort software on your computer. During installation, a message instructs you to connect the scanner to the computer. 6. Follow the steps in “Step 2: Connecting the Scanner” to connect the scanner. When you’re finished, click Finish in the dialog box above. STEP 2: CONNECTING THE SCANNER The Visioneer OneTouch 5820 scanner connects to any available USB port. Check your computer’
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STEP 2: CONNECTING THE SCANNER 7 To connect your Visioneer OneTouch 5820 scanner: 1. Check that the TPA cable is plugged into the TPA port on the back of the scanner. Your 5820 scanner is shipped with the TPA cable already plugged into the TPA port, however, if the cable came loose during shipping, you must plug it into the port securely. 2. Plug the USB cable on the back of your scanner into any USB port on your computer. If the plug does not attach easily, make sure that you are plugging i
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8 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 5820 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE 3. Plug the power supply cable into the jack on the TPA cable and then plug the power supply into a wall outlet. Power supply Power jack The status light comes on indicating that the scanner is receiving power. Your computer recognizes that a scanner has been plugged into the USB port and automatically loads the appropriate software from the CD to run the scanner. When the software is finished loading, the Finish button on the dialog box o
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STEP 3: CHECKING OUT YOUR SCANNER 9 7. If you removed the CD from the CD drive and want to install other software, reinsert the CD into the drive. In addition to installing the other software from the CD, you can also view and print the User Guides. Remove the CD from the computer when you’re finished and store it in a safe place. STEP 3: CHECKING OUT YOUR SCANNER The Visioneer OneTouch 5820 scanner software comes with special software, called the OneTouch software, that you to use scan with
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10 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 5820 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE 2. Choose About from the shortcut menu. A dialog box confirms that the scanner is properly connected. 3. Click OK to close the dialog box. That’s it. Your scanner is ready to scan. See “Three Ways to Scan” on page 12. Note: The scanning lamp under the scanner’s glass needs to warm up before you can scan. A status message lets you know when the lamp is ready. The lamp then remains ready so you don’t have to wait for it to warm up each time
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STEP 3: CHECKING OUT YOUR SCANNER 11 • Is the scanner’s power light on? Turn on the scanner’s power. If the light still doesn’t come on, plug the power adapter into another electrical outlet. • Did you restart the computer after installing the software? If you didn’t restart the computer, it may not have loaded all of the software files. Try restarting your computer. Please see the Readme file in the PaperPort directory on your computer’s hard drive. The Readme file contains additional informa
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12 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 5820 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE THREE WAYS TO SCAN You can scan items by pressing a OneTouch button, by clicking a button on the screen, or from the PaperPort software (or other Twain software). • Scan with the scanner buttons. Press a button on the scanner’s front panel. See “Scanning by Pressing the OneTouch Buttons” on page 13 • Scan from the screen Click the scanner icon on the Windows taskbar. A panel representing the scanner buttons appears. Click a button on the
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SCANNING BY PRESSING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 13 SCANNING BY PRESSING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS Pressing a scanner button scans the item, and then sends the image either to the printer, or to a software application on your computer. To scan by pressing a button on the scanner: 1. Place an item to scan on the glass, face down, and align the edge of the item with the arrow marker at the lower left corner of the glass. 2. Close the document cover and press one of the OneTouch buttons. The scanner starts s
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14 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 5820 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE During scanning, the scan progress window shows a small copy of the image, as illustrated by this example: When the scan is complete, the scanned image appears in the destination software. In this example, the destination software is the PaperPort Desktop.
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SCANNING FROM THE BUTTON PANEL ON THE SCREEN 15 SCANNING FROM THE BUTTON PANEL ON THE SCREEN Scanning from the button panel on the screen is just like pressing a scanner button, except you click the button on the screen. The scanner scans the item, and then sends the image either to the printer, or to a destination application on your computer. This method of scanning is especially helpful if the scanner is not located close to your computer. To scan from the screen: 1. Place an item to scan
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16 VISIONEER ONETOUCH 5820 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE ABOUT THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS The OneTouch buttons are preconfigured to scan items at various settings, and then send the scanned image to a preselected destination software application. You can change the settings for each button. See “About the Configuration Dialog Box” on page 22. The following table lists the scanner’s preconfigured settings: Button Preconfigured Settings Email Scans the item as a color photo and attaches it to a new email m
