Plustek 820 manual Chapter Usage and Maintenance, Operating the Scanner

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Chapter II.

Usage and Maintenance

Operating the Scanner

Your scanner accepts documents as small as business cards and as large as 4”x6” photographs. However, some software programs have limitations as to the information they can handle. The capacity of the computer’s memory and free space on your hard drive can also limit the physical size of the document that you scan.

There are two different ways to operate the scanner:

1.From within an image-editing program that can acquire images from the scanner.

2.By pressing either of the two action buttons on the scanner. You may configure the button settings individually to your personal needs within the Smart Touch program that is automatically installed as your scanner software.

Your scanner needs to be driven by some type of software program. Since all documents or images (whether text or pictures) that are acquired from the scanner are treated by your computer as images, most scanning will probably be done from an image-editing program where you can view, edit, save and output the scanned images. An image-editing program has been bundled with your scanner on the included Setup/Application CD-ROM. It will allow you to alter and correct any scanned images by using a variety of filters, tools and effects.

What about scanning business cards and managing them in a more convenient way? This is the role of BCR function which can scan various business cards to Cardiris software. Cardiris can index the scanned images into business cards album, recognize and convert respective personal information contained in the scanned images into an address database for your further management. If you wish to use the scanner in this way you should install the Cardiris software that is included in the Setup/Application CD-ROM.

Smart Touch is a program that allows you to conveniently scan images and text without the need to work directly within any image-editing application (i.e. Presto! ImageFolio). Smart Touch also includes BCR function which allows you to set scanning attributes for the business cards you are to scan to Cardiris software.

Please refer to the Smart Touch Setting on-line Help (accessible by clicking on the

Smart Touch icon, located near the clock icon on the Windows system tray, and choosing Help) for more information about these functions.

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Contents Installation Usage & Maintenance Troubleshooting Page Table of Contents How to Use This Guide IntroductionConventions of This Guide System Requirements1Box Contents2 Scanner’s FeaturesProduct Information Hardware Requirements Chapter I. Installing the ScannerSoftware Installation Requirements Installing the Software Installing and Setting up the ScannerConnecting the Scanner to Your Computer For Windows 98 For Windows XP & MeTesting the Scanner Scanner Setup After Windows XP Upgrade Software Setup TroubleshootingInstalling Additional Software Page Chapter Usage and Maintenance Operating the ScannerScan Button BCR Button Using the Scanner ButtonsScan Button Single scan by different settings BCR Button Continuous scans by the same settings Light Status Status IndicatorChanging Button Settings Scanner Connection Appearance StatusMaintenance Calibrating the ScannerUsage & Maintenance Tips Cleaning the ScannerPage Symptom Scanned image looks grainy on the screen Appendix a TroubleshootingScanning Problems Symptom Scanner scans very slowSymptom Unable to save to a floppy diskette Symptom Disk I/O error- message is displayed Symptom Error Scanner not Found that is displayedSymptom How do I save the scanned image in JPG format? Common -How-to- QuestionsHow to import images Appendix B Specifications5 Plustek OptiCardAppendix C Customer Service and Warranty Statement of Limited WarrantyFCC Radio Frequency Statement Page Contacting Plustek Europe
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