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Xerox DocuMate 250 Installation Manual

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Summary of DocuMate 250

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    Documate 250 scanner installation guide.

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    Copyright © 2003 visioneer, inc. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allowed under the copyright laws. Xerox ®, the digital x ® are registered trademarks of xerox corporation in the united states and/or other countries and are used under...

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    Fcc radio frequency interference statement this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for the class b digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the fcc rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against interference in a residential installation. This equi...

  • Page 5: Table of Contents

    Documate 250 scanner installation guide v table of contents welcome what’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 the xerox documate 250 scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

  • Page 6: Index

    Documate 250 scanner installation guide vi uninstalling your scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 step 1: uninstalling the documate software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

  • Page 7: Welcome

    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 1 welcome your new xerox documate 250 usb scanner can quickly scan color and black and white documents and place their images on your computer. What’s in the box before proceeding, check the contents of the box. If items are missing or damaged, contact the dea...

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    Welcome 2 documate 250 scanner installation guide the xerox documate 250 scanner paper guide —holds documents in place. Adjusts to fit the document size. Scanner button —starts scanning using the scan settings button. Status light —shows the scanner’s status. A flashing green light indicates the sca...

  • Page 9: What You Need

    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 3 welcome what you need an ibm-compatible pc with: • a cd-rom drive • an available universal serial bus (usb) port • microsoft windows operating system: 98se, 2000, me, or xp • available internal memory (ram) as follows: • 64 megabytes (mb) • windows xp—128 mb...

  • Page 10: Installation

    Installation 4 documate 250 scanner installation guide installation installation is a quick, four-step process: 1. Assemble the scanner 2. Install the software 3. Connect and power on the scanner 4. Connect the usb cable to your computer step 1: assemble the scanner to assemble the scanner: 1. Remov...

  • Page 11: Step 2: Install The Software

    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 5 installation 3. Insert the pins on each side of the output tray into the holes on the scanner. 4. Proceed to “step 2: install the software”. Step 2: install the software to install the software: 1. Start microsoft windows and make sure no other applications ...

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    Installation 6 documate 250 scanner installation guide 3. On the installation menu, select install products . The next installation screen appears. 4. Click in the boxes for scansoft paperport and scanner driver . If you want to also install the other software, click their boxes as well. 5. Click in...

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    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 7 installation 6. On the paperport 9.0 welcome window, click next . Installing paperport 9.0 will uninstall any previous, existing version of paperport and install paperport 9.0 while retaining all of your paperport files. 7. On the license agreement window, r...

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    Installation 8 documate 250 scanner installation guide 16. When you see the connect scanner window, stop . Do not click finish. Leave the window open and proceed to the next section, “step 3: connect and power on the scanner”. Step 3: connect and power on the scanner connect the power supply and pow...

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    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 9 installation 3. Turn on the power switch, located on the back of the scanner to the left of the power port. The status light comes on and flashes indicating that the scanner is receiving power. Step 4: connect the usb cable the documate 250 scanner connects ...

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    Installation 10 documate 250 scanner installation guide your computer recognizes that a scanner has been plugged into the usb port and automatically loads the appropriate software from the cd to run the scanner. 2. When the software is finished loading, return to the connect scanner window and click...

  • Page 17: Scanning With The

    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 11 scanning with the scanner button scanning with the scanner button when you press the scanner button, your document is scanned using predefined scan settings and then the image is sent to a software application on your computer. To change scan settings, see ...

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    Scanning with the scanner button 12 documate 250 scanner installation guide 4. Press the button on the scanner. A scan progress window opens and then a thumbnail of the scanned image appears in the destination software. In the following example, the destination software is the paperport desktop. Con...

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    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 13 scanning with the scanner button about the configuration dialog box the configuration dialog box manages settings for the scanner button. In the following figure, the button is set to scan with the configuration named scan document (fax quality) and then op...

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    Scanning with the scanner button 14 documate 250 scanner installation guide you can also click the view button to see more detailed information about the selected configuration. Select format and page(s) —a set of format for the scanned image. The formats are bitmap and paperport. Bitmaps are usuall...

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    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 15 scanning with the scanner button creating a new button configuration you cannot change settings of the preset (default) configurations. To use settings other than those offered by the preset configurations, you must create a new configuration. You can do th...

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    Scanning with the scanner button 16 documate 250 scanner installation guide • color to scan color photographs and other color items. Resolution —drag the slider to the right or left to adjust the dots per inch (dpi) of the resolution. The maximum resolution is 600 dpi; the minimum is 100 dpi. The hi...

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    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 17 scanning with the scanner button the following example shows the effect of descreening a scanned image from a magazine article. The scanning may slow down a bit when descreen is selected. The descreen setting does not apply to the black/white mode. Gamma —d...

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    Scanning with the scanner button 18 documate 250 scanner installation guide 3. Click the edit button. The edit scan configuration dialog box opens. 4. Edit the settings as required and click ok . 5. Click ok to close the configuration dialog box. Setting preferences you can set general preferences f...

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    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 19 scanning with the scanner button 2. Select button preferences as described below. Show all destinations —this option selects all the destination application categories. The list of destination applications on the configuration dialog box will include all th...

  • Page 26: Scanning From Paperport

    Scanning from paperport 20 documate 250 scanner installation guide scanning from paperport instead of using the scanner button, you can scan from the paperport software application. Use this method if you want to preview an image and adjust scanning settings prior to scanning. Your scanner and the t...

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    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 21 scanning from paperport 2. Adjust the paper guide for the size of paper. 3. Load the documents face down , with their tops into the automatic document feeder. Scanning from windows 98se, me, 2000, or xp the instructions in this section are for scanning with...

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    Scanning from paperport 22 documate 250 scanner installation guide to scan an item from paperport: 1. On the windows taskbar, click start , point to programs , point to scansoft paperport 9.0, and then click paperport . The paperport desktop opens. 2. Click the scan icon on the paperport command bar...

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    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 23 scanning from paperport 5. Click settings to view and change the format for the scanned item’s file name and the file type. The default file type for documents is .Pdf and the default for photographs is .Jpg. 6. Use the single page items check box as follow...

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    Scanning from paperport 24 documate 250 scanner installation guide 11. If the single page items check box is not selected, thumbnails do not appear until you indicate the scanning job is finished. • close to exit the scan manager. • on the paperport - scan message box, click done. On the paperport d...

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    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 25 scanning from paperport the single page items check box the single page items check box provides the option to add additional items to a scanning job and scan double-sided items. If the check box is selected, scanned items immediately appear on the paperpor...

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    Scanning from paperport 26 documate 250 scanner installation guide adjusting the image type, resolution, brightness and contrast the scan manager’s drop-down lists and sliders are used to adjust the image type, resolution, brightness, and contrast. Image type from the image type drop-down list, sele...

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    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 27 scanning from paperport • 24-bit color —scans the image in full color. Use this setting to scan color photographs and other color images. The file size is the largest of the image type options. • enhanced bit-depths —if you are using an imaging application ...

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    Scanning from paperport 28 documate 250 scanner installation guide adjusting the output size the output size is the width and height of the image after it is scanned. For example, if you plan to print the image on a piece of paper you can select the output size of 8.5 by 11.0 inches. Preview auto-ar...

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    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 29 scanning from paperport paper size if you know the size of the item(s) you’re scanning, set the paper size. This automatically sets the scan size to the paper size. • click the paper size button and select the image’s paper size from the list. Units the rul...

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    Scanning from paperport 30 documate 250 scanner installation guide to manually set an output area: 1. Put the mouse pointer on an edge of the scan area box so it becomes a resize pointer (two-headed arrow) and then drag to set a new size for the box. 2. To move the box, put the mouse pointer inside ...

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    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 31 scanning from paperport 2. To maintain the same width to length ratio, click the lock scaling icon next to the dimension. With the lock scaling locked, when you type a new width or length, the other setting changes so the relative size of the scan area rema...

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    Scanning from paperport 32 documate 250 scanner installation guide adjusting color and gray images the scan manager has three buttons—descreen, sharpen, and auto level—for adjusting color and gray images. These buttons are available when the 24-bit color or 8-bit gray image types are selected. Descr...

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    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 33 scanning from paperport to descreen an image: 1. Click the descreen button. 2. Choose the appropriate option from the list. Watch the preview image as you select various options to see which one is best for your final scanned image. Sharpen image sharpness ...

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    Scanning from paperport 34 documate 250 scanner installation guide auto level your scanner can analyze a color image to automatically determine the best settings to match the colors of the original image. Click this button to let the scanner automatically adjust the color settings. Adjusting color s...

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    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 35 scanning from paperport highlight/shadow levels images have light and dark areas. The highlight is the lightest spot on an image; shadow is the darkest spot. The range of colors between the highlight and shadow determines the range of colors of the image. U...

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    Scanning from paperport 36 documate 250 scanner installation guide curves like the highlight/shadow levels, the curves feature also adjusts the range of midtone colors on an image. However, with the curves feature you can set the gamma individually to adjust midtone levels without losing details fro...

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    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 37 scanning from paperport color balance the color balance refers to the relative amounts of the three primary colors in an image. By adjusting the color balance you can sometimes compensate for an image with too much or too little of a color. To adjust the co...

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    Scanning from paperport 38 documate 250 scanner installation guide hue/saturation/lightness hue is the color your eyes see as reflected from the image, saturation is the strength or purity of a color and determines whether a color is pale or rich, and lightness is the intensity of the color. To adju...

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    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 39 scanning from paperport here are some examples of color drop-out: to drop the color out of a black and white, or grayscale image: 1. From the image type list, choose black and white , halftone , 8-bit gray , or 16-bit grayscale . 2. Click the color drop-out...

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    Scanning from paperport 40 documate 250 scanner installation guide adjusting the scanner’s power saving time your scanner has a built-in power saving feature that is set to power down after 45 minutes of idle time. You can change the time before the scanner powers down, from 15 to a maximum of 180 m...

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    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 41 scanning from paperport 2. Click the scan icon on the paperport command bar. The folders pane is replaced by the scan pane. 3. From the scanner drop-down list, select wia-xerox documate 250 . 4. In the “scan what?” section, choose to scan a document or phot...

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    Scanning from paperport 42 documate 250 scanner installation guide 7. Click the scan button in the scan pane. The scan window opens. Use this window to select scanning options and start the scanner. 8. Make sure the paper source value is set to document feeder . 9. Click the button most appropriate ...

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    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 43 scanning from paperport fine tuning your scans you can select new settings before you scan an item to fine tune exactly how you want to scan a particular item. To select the scanner settings before you scan: 1. On the scan window, click adjust the quality o...

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    Scanning from paperport 44 documate 250 scanner installation guide 2. Select the options for scanning. Brightness and contrast —drag the sliders to the right or left to adjust the brightness and contrast of the scanned image. The contrast setting does not apply to the setting black and white picture...

  • Page 51: Maintenance

    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 45 maintenance maintenance this section contains information on maintenance, troubleshooting, uninstalling, scanner specifications, and spare parts. Cleaning the automatic document feeder you may need to clean the adf feed mechanism if your documents do not fe...

  • Page 52: Clearing Paper Jams

    Maintenance 46 documate 250 scanner installation guide clearing paper jams if your scanner stops scanning due to a paper jam in the automatic document feeder, a warning dialog box opens after a few moments. To clear a paper jam: 1. Press the adf cover release on the top-left of the scanner body to o...

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    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 47 maintenance replacing the adf pad assembly the adf pad spring may wear out and is designed to be a user- replaceable part. Problems with documents feeding into the adf is an indication that the pad spring may be wearing out. See the “xerox documate 250 scan...

  • Page 54: Troubleshooting

    Maintenance 48 documate 250 scanner installation guide troubleshooting in addition to the troubleshooting information contained in this section, please see the readme file on your installation cd. The readme file contains additional information that may help you diagnose problems with the scanner. I...

  • Page 55: Uninstalling Your Scanner

    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 49 maintenance problem: i got the error message: paperport cannot allocate enough memory to perform internal critical operations. What do i do? Close any other active applications so that additional memory is available. If you click continue, paperport moves t...

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    Maintenance 50 documate 250 scanner installation guide • for windows me or xp, right-click the xerox documate 250 icon, and select delete to delete the scanner from the list. 3. Unplug the usb cable from the scanner. 4. Click the back button in the toolbar to go back to the control panel. 5. Double-...

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    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 51 maintenance 9. Close all open windows and restart your computer. To uninstall paperport 9.0 from windows 2000 or xp: 1. On the windows taskbar, click start , point to settings , and then click control panel . 2. Click the add or remove programs icon. The ad...

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    Maintenance 52 documate 250 scanner installation guide xerox documate 250 scanner specifications optical resolution 600 x 1200 dpi bit depth 48-bit color maximum item size 8.5” x 14” minimum item size 3.5” x 2” (automatic document feeder) scan method automatic document feeder (adf) adf specification...

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    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 53 maintenance xerox documate 250 scanner parts list please use the following part names and numbers when ordering replacements for your scanner. Part name part number paper guide 57-0101-000 output tray 57-0102-000 adf pad 57-0100-000 ac power cord 35-0071-00...

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    Maintenance 54 documate 250 scanner installation guide.

  • Page 61: Index

    Documate 250 scanner installation guide 55 index numerics 24-bit color 26, 38 8-bit gray 26, 38 a adf pad assembly replace 47 adjust image 25 autocrop cropping images 16 automatic color adjustment 34 autoscan 11 configuring 12 b bit depth 52 black and white 26 brightness 27 brightness slider 27 c cd...

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    Index 56 documate 250 scanner installation guide n newspaper article 32 o on/off switch 9 output size 28, 30 p paper guide 4 paper size 29 paperport 20 desktop 22 scan pane 22 scanning with windows me or xp 40 paperport desktop thumbnail 24 patterns on picture 32 preferences setting for autoscan 18 ...