Visioneer OneTouch 8700 Installation Guide Page 1

Visioneer® OneTouch® 8700 Scanner FOR USB CONNECTIONInstallation Guide

STEP 2: CONNECTING THE SCANNER63. Follow the instructions on the screen to install the PaperPort software on your computer. During installation, a mes

7VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDETo connect the OneTouch 8700 scanner to a USB port:1. Plug one end of the USB cable into an availab

STEP 2: CONNECTING THE SCANNER83. Plug the other end of the USB cable into the scanner’s USB port.If the plug does not attach easily, make sure that y

9VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE6. Turn on power to the scanner. The amber light comes on indicating the scanner is receiving power

STEP 3: CHECKING OUT YOUR SCANNER10STEP 3: CHECKING OUT YOUR SCANNERThe OneTouch scanner software adds the scanner icon to the Windows taskbar (at the

11VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE4. Click OK to close the dialog box.That’s it. Your scanner is ready to scan.See “Scanning by Pres

STEP 3: CHECKING OUT YOUR SCANNER12Please see the Readme file in the PaperPort directory on your computer’s hard drive. The Readme file contains addit

13VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDEScanningTHREE WAYS TO SCANYou can scan items by pressing a OneTouch button, by clicking a button o

SCANNING BY PRESSING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS14SCANNING BY PRESSING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONSPressing a scanner button scans the item, and then sends the image

15VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDESCANNING FROM THE BUTTON PANEL ON THE SCREENScanning from the button panel on the screen is just l

COPYRIGHT INFORMATIONCopyright © 2001 Visioneer, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Primax Electronics LTD.Reproduction, adaptation, or translation wi

ABOUT THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS16ABOUT THE ONETOUCH BUTTONSThe OneTouch buttons are preconfigured to scan items at various settings, and then send the scan

17VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDECONFIGURING THE SCANNERTo configure the scanner, you display the Configuration dialog box and then

CONFIGURING THE SCANNER18ABOUT THE CONFIGURATION DIALOG BOXThe Configuration dialog box shows the current settings for each scanner button. The tabs a

19VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDESelect Configuration—the list of the button’s scan configurations. The configuration settings incl

CONFIGURING THE SCANNER20GETTING HELPYou can get help with the scanner’s features or any of the options on the Configuration dialog box using either o

21VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE3. Click a selection in the Select Configuration list to choose a new scan configuration for the s

CONFIGURING THE SCANNER22ADJUSTING SCAN SETTINGS AND PAGE SETTINGSWhen scanning using a configuration that you created yourself, you can adjust that c

23VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE3. Click the Edit button.The dialog box appears for adjusting the scanning settings of the selecte

CONFIGURING THE SCANNER245. Click the Page Settings tab to adjust the scan page settings.Page Size—Choose a page size from the drop-down list. The out

25VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDEGamma—Drag the slider to improve how the colors in a scanned image look on your monitor. Gamma cor

TABLE OF CONTENTSiTABLE OF CONTENTSWelcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1What’s in the

CONFIGURING THE SCANNER26The Preferences dialog box appears. The dialog box shows which button you selected for new preferences.If the Button tab on t

27VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE3. Click the General tab to set preferences for the scanner.Show Status Window—Select this option

CONFIGURING THE SCANNER28On System Standby/Shutdown—Select this option to turn off the lamp when you turn off your computer, or when the computer’s en

29VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDESCANNING FROM THE PAPERPORT SOFTWARE Instead of using a scanner button, you can scan directly from

SCANNING FROM THE PAPERPORT SOFTWARE30SCANNING AN ITEM WITH THE TWAIN BUTTONThe following steps explain how to scan an item using the Twain button in

31VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDEYou can now scan manually by previewing the image and adjusting the scan settings to your liking,

SCANNING FROM THE PAPERPORT SOFTWARE32To scan manually:1. On the Scan Manager, select a configuration for the scan.For example, select Color/Custom to

33VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDETo scan automatically:1. Click AutoScan.The scanner uses your preselected resolution setting for t

SCANNING FROM THE PAPERPORT SOFTWARE34The autoscanned image appears as a thumbnail on the PaperPort Desktop.2. Use the PaperPort software to work with

35VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDEADJUSTING THE SETTINGS ON THE SCAN MANAGERYou can adjust the scan settings on the Scan Manager to

iiTABLE OF CONTENTSAdjusting the Brightness and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Adjusting Gamma, Saturation, and Color Hue . . . .

ADJUSTING THE SETTINGS ON THE SCAN MANAGER36SAVING A NEW PROFILEIf you adjust the scan settings you can save them as a profile for later use.To save a

37VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE3. Click Save As.The Save Profile dialog box appears.4. Type a name for the new profile.5. Click O

ADJUSTING THE SETTINGS ON THE SCAN MANAGER38The following figure shows the resolution and sharpen options:To adjust the resolution and sharpness:1. To

39VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE3. To adjust the sharpness, drag the Fidelity slider to the left to decrease the sharpness or to t

ADJUSTING THE SETTINGS ON THE SCAN MANAGER40To adjust the brightness and contrast:1. Drag the Brightness slider to the left to make the item darker or

41VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDEADJUSTING GAMMA, SATURATION, AND COLOR HUEIf you’re using the Color Configuration to scan, you can

ADJUSTING THE SETTINGS ON THE SCAN MANAGER42To adjust the color settings:1. From the Channel drop-down menu, choose the individual color (Red, Green,

43VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDEADJUSTING OUTPUT SIZEThe item you’re scanning may not fill the scanner glass. In that case you can

ADJUSTING THE SETTINGS ON THE SCAN MANAGER44To Auto Trim an item:1. Click Auto Trim.2. Click Tr i m.The scanner senses the edges of the item on the gl

45VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE3. Put the pointer on the image and drag the mouse to enclose the section you want in the scanned

VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE1WELCOMECongratulations on purchasing your Visioneer OneTouch 8700 scanner. With your scanner, you c

ADJUSTING THE SETTINGS ON THE SCAN MANAGER464. If the dotted line is not exactly where you want it, put the pointer on the line and drag the mouse.To

47VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDESAVING A CUSTOM SIZEIf you have several items of the same size, such as a group of small photograp

ADJUSTING THE SETTINGS ON THE SCAN MANAGER48THE SCAN INFO BOXThe following figure shows the information on the Scan Info box:ZOOMING IN AND OUTYou enl

49VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDETo set the Scan Manager preferences:1. Click the Preferences button.The User Preferences dialog bo

ADJUSTING THE SETTINGS ON THE SCAN MANAGER50 Show standard US paper sizes—select this option to set the paper sizes for standard US paper. Units—selec

51VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDEThe Help window appears and displays information about that feature. You can manually scroll throu

INSTALLATION TROUBLESHOOTING52INSTALLATION TROUBLESHOOTINGAfter I installed PaperPort, I got a blue screen and a Profiling Display error message. Why

53VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDEVISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER SPECIFICATIONSBit Depth 48-Bit color (internal), 16-Bit gray (inte

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THE VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER2THE VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNERGlass Document padReference frame Document coverOn/Off switchPower jackOneTouch

3VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDEDocument cover. Close the document cover after placing items on the scanner glass.Document pad. Hel

WHAT YOU NEED4WHAT YOU NEED To use the OneTouch scanner and software, you need the following: IBM PC (or 100-percent compatible) Pentium or equivalent

5VISIONEER ONETOUCH 8700 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDEInstallingThis section of the guide contains instructions for connecting your OneTouch 8700 scanner