User manual PLUSTEK OPTICSLIM 1200

[. . . ] ZyINDEX toolkit portions, Copyright © 1990-1998, ZyLAB International, Inc. All other products mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. Information is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Visioneer. The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such an agreement. [. . . ] DeScreen--Select this option when scanning a picture from a newspaper or magazine article, or other items that contain images with patterns or dots. Scans of patterns or dots sometimes have a distorted or wavy appearance. The scanner scans the item to compensate for the patterns and dots, and produces a clearer image. Gamma--Drag the slider to improve how the colors in a scanned image look on your monitor. Because the computer cannot always transmit the exact color information to the hardware, you may have to make some color adjustments using the Gamma feature. The default Gamma setting works fine in most cases and normally does not need to be adjusted. The new configuration and its adjusted settings now apply to the button whose tab is selected at the top of the Configuration dialog box. Note: If you select the Copy/Print button, the dialog box for editing and adjusting the settings will have a Device tab for selecting options for a printer or copier. See the Help for more information. CONFIGURING THE SCANNER 31 SETTING PREFERENCES The preferences apply to each button and to the scanner. On the Configuration dialog box, select the tab for a button to set its preferences. Click the Preferences tab on the Configuration dialog box. Preferences tab The Preferences dialog box appears. The Select Source dialog box appears, and lists the Visioneer application (as well as all other Twain devices installed on your computer). 3. Note: You don't need to set up the scanner again unless you change the source to some other Twain device, such as a digital camera. SCANNING FROM THE PAPERPORT SOFTWARE 35 SCANNING AN ITEM WITH THE TWAIN BUTTON The following steps explain how to scan an item using the Twain button in the PaperPort software. You can scan many types of paper items, from small business cards to A4-sized pages. Note: Your Visioneer OneTouch scanner is initially set to scan from the PaperPort software for color items. To scan a black-and-white or greyscale item, select one of the other configurations from the Scan Manager Pro's list of configurations. To scan at a higher resolution for a color image, select Color--Better Quality. However, scanning at a higher resolution creates a larger file size and takes longer to scan. To minimize the file size and the time required to get a better quality scan, select just the area of the item that you want to scan. Open the scanner cover, place the item face down onto the lower left edge of the scanner glass, and close the cover. If PaperPort isn't running, double-click the PaperPort icon on the Windows Desktop to start it. Click the Twain icon on the Command Bar, or choose Acquire from the File menu. [. . . ] Unplug the power to the scanner and remove its USB cable from your computer. Close the Add/Remove Program Properties window and the Control Panel window. The window that appears is named Add/Remove Programs (Windows 2000) or Add and Remove Programs (Windows XP). In the left column of the window, make sure the Change or Remove Programs option is selected. [. . . ]