Chapter I. Installing the Scanner

Chapter I. Installing the Scanner

Before installing your scanner, please verify that you have all of the proper components. A list of the package contents is provided in the Box Contents section of this guide.

Software Installation Requirements

Your scanner comes with the OCR software (ABBYY FineReader 6.0 Sprint Plus), the scanner’s driver and the DocAction software. All of these software applications use approximately 400 megabytes of hard disk space after they are installed into your computer. To ensure ample room for the installation, as well as for scanning and saving images, a minimum of 500 megabytes of hard disk space is recommended.

The USB scanner can only operate under the Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, XP operating system or Windows Vista.

Hardware Requirements

This scanner connects to your computer through the Universal Serial Bus (USB), which supports hot swap. To determine whether your computer is USB-capable, you must check the rear of your PC to locate a USB jack that looks the same as the one pictured below. Note that on some computers, the USB port at the rear of the computer may be occupied and additional ports may be found on the monitor or keyboard. If you are having trouble in locating the USB port on your computer, please refer to the hardware manual that came with your computer.

Upon examination, you should find one or two rectangular USB ports, which usually appear as shown below.

USB Connector(s)

If you don’t find such USB ports on your computer, then you need to purchase a certified USB interface card to add USB capabilities to your computer.