2. Connecting ScanSnap

This chapter describes how to connect the ScanSnap scanner to your computer.

2.1. Installing the Supplied Software

Install the following software on your computer before
connecting the scanner to the computer.
cAdobe Acrobat 7.0 (Application) *1 d ScanSnap Manager (Driver)

The table below shows the relationship between the respective Operating Systems and software described above.

 

Mac OS X v10.2 *2

Mac OS X v10.3

Mac OS X v10.4

c

 

9

9

9 *3

d

 

9

9

9

(9: Supported

-: Not-supported)

 

*1 If you are using Macintosh based on Intel Processor, Adobe Acrobat will operate through Rosetta. (Rosetta is software to run the existing Power-PC-based applications on the Intel-based Macintosh. It is part of Mac OS X.)

*2 For Mac OS X v10.2.8 or later.

*3 There are some restrictions on the use of Adobe Acrobat 7.0.

ATTENTION

● When using Mac OS X, log on as a user with

 

Administrator privileges.

●Requirements for ScanSnap S500M are as follows:

CPU: - Power PC® G4 Processor 800MHz or higher (Power PC® G5 Processor 1.6GHz or higher is recommended)*

-Intel® CoreTM Solo or Core Duo Processor (Intel® CoreTM Duo Processor 1.83GHz or higher is recommended)

Memory: 128MB or more

(512MB or more is recommended)*

*If the CPU and memory do not meet the recommended requirements or the USB version 1.1 is used, the scanning speed will slow down.

2.1.1.Installing Adobe Acrobat 7.0

Please prepare the Adobe Acrobat 7.0 CD-ROM.

1.Insert the “Adobe Acrobat 7.0 CD-ROM” into the CD-ROM drive.

ÖThe “Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Standard” window appears.

HINT

● To open the CD tray or to eject the CD,

 

press the

button on the keyboard. If the

keyboard does not have the button, press and hold down the [F12] key instead.

●If the “Acrobat 7.0 Standard” window doses not appear automatically, copy the [Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Standard] folder into the [Applications] folder with Finder.

2.Click the Finder icon in the Dock menu.
3. Select the [Applications] folder in Finder.

4.Select the [Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Standard] folder icon and drag to the [Applications] folder in which the software is to be installed.

5.After finishing copying, eject CD-ROM, open the [Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Standard] folder in the [Applications] folder, double-click the Acrobat Standard icon, and follow the instructions onscreen.

Click the [How to install] button on the “Adobe

HINT

 

Acrobat 7.0 Standard” window to learn more

 

 

 

 

about the Adobe Acrobat 7.0 installation.

 

 

 

 

Refer to “Adobe Acrobat Help” for information

 

 

about how to use Adobe Acrobat 7.0.

 

 

 

2.1.2. Installing ScanSnap Manager

Please prepare the ScanSnap Setup CD-ROM.

1.Insert the “ScanSnap Setup CD-ROM” into the CD-ROM drive.

ÖThe “ScanSnap” window appears.

To open the CD tray or to eject the CD, press

HINT

 

the

button on the keyboard. If the

keyboard does not have the button, press and hold down the [F12] key instead.

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