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Xerox DocuMate 272 User Manual
Summary of DocuMate 272
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Documate 272 user’s guide scanner.
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide.
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Copyright © 2007 visioneer, inc. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allowed under the copyright laws. Xerox ® is a trademark of xerox corporation in the united states and/or other countries and is used under license. Documate is a trade...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide iii table of contents table of contents welcome what’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 the xerox documate 272 scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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Table of contents iv documate 272 scanner user’s guide scanning with the twain interface from paperport accessing the twain interface from paperport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 getting help with the paperport software . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 1 welcome your new xerox documate 272 scanner can quickly scan single- sided or double-sided stacks of 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...
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Welcome 2 documate 272 scanner user’s guide the xerox documate 272 scanner paper guide —holds documents in place. Adjusts to fit the document width. Led number —shows the current scan setting for the simplex and duplex scanning buttons. A scan setting includes resolution, file type, brightness, colo...
Page 8: What You Need
Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 3 welcome what you need ibm-compatible pentium 4 pc, or amd equivalent with: • a dvd-rom drive • an available universal serial bus (usb) port • microsoft windows operating system: 2000 (service pack 4), xp (service pack 1 and 2), or vista • windows 2000 and xp: mini...
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Installation 4 documate 272 scanner user’s guide installation installation is a quick, four-step process: 1. Assemble the scanner 2. Install the software 3. Connect the power supply 4. Connect the usb cable and turn on the power before you begin please make sure of the following before you begin ins...
Page 10: Step 1: Assemble The Scanner
Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 5 installation step 1: assemble the scanner to assemble the scanner: 1. Remove all shipping tape from the top and bottom of the scanner. 2. Carefully remove the protective foam from the adf cover release, then press the release and open the automatic document feeder...
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Installation 6 documate 272 scanner user’s guide 5. Insert the pins on each side of the output tray into the holes on the scanner. 6. Flip open the extension on the output tray so it is fully extended. 7. Proceed to “step 2: install the software.”.
Page 12: Step 2: Install The Software
Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 7 installation step 2: install the software to install the software: 1. Start microsoft windows and make sure no other applications are running. 2. Insert the installation dvd into your computer's dvd-rom drive. The dvd automatically starts. Note: if the dvd does no...
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Installation 8 documate 272 scanner user’s guide 3. On the installation menu, select install products . 4. Make sure the boxes for nuance paperport ® and scanner driver are checked. 5. Click install now . 6. The select language window opens. Click the drop-down menu arrow and select the language to ...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 9 installation the first paperport installation window opens. 1. On the paperport welcome window, click next . Installing paperport will uninstall any existing version of paperport and will install the newer version. Your existing paperport files will not be affecte...
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Installation 10 documate 272 scanner user’s guide the welcome to the one touch 4.0 setup wizard opens. 1. Click next . 2. On the xerox license agreement window, read the license agreement. If you accept the terms, select i agree then click next . If you choose not to accept the license agreement, th...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 11 installation • full install (onetouch, twain and isis) —this is the recommended installation. It installs the one touch 4.0 software which provides the necessary driver software for the scanner. It also installs scanning interfaces for the twain and isis drivers....
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Installation 12 documate 272 scanner user’s guide 4. Click next . During installation you will see this window asking you to select one of the images for your color space setting. The color space setting sets the gamma value for the scanner so scanned items look good on your monitor. Gamma controls ...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 13 installation step 3: connect the power supply connect the power supply and power cord, and plug the power supply into an electrical outlet. To connect your documate 272 scanner: 1. Plug the power supply into the power port on the scanner. 2. Plug the power cord i...
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Installation 14 documate 272 scanner user’s guide step 4: connect the usb cable and turn on the power the documate 272 scanner connects to any available usb port. Check your computer’s manual for usb port locations. 1. Remove any protective tape from the usb cable. 2. Plug the usb cable into the usb...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 15 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. If you are using windows xp and have plugged the usb cable into a usb...
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Installation 16 documate 272 scanner user’s guide 4. When you’re certain that the software has completely loaded, return to the “complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window. 5. Click ok . You can also click more to see a quick overview about accessing and navigating the one touch b...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 17 installation additional applications available with your scanner your scanner includes free, additional applications on the installation dvd. 1. Reinsert the installation dvd into the dvd-rom drive. The installation menu opens. The free adobe acrobat reader softw...
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Installation 18 documate 272 scanner user’s guide 4. On the window shown above, click in the boxes of the other software you want to install, and click install now . Follow the instructions on the screen to install each of the additional products. Software about the software adobe ® acrobat reader ®...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 19 installation view the user guides 1. To get the documentation for each of the additional products, return to the main menu window and click user guides. 2. The user guides window opens. Use this window to view and save the user guides you want. 3. The user guides...
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Installation 20 documate 272 scanner user’s guide to view and save the user guides: 1. Click the name of a user guide you want to view and it will open in acrobat reader. Use the acrobat reader save command to save that user guide on your computer. 2. Return to the user guides window and repeat the ...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 21 installation register your scanner and check for updates registering your scanner is important as it provides you with access to free telephone support service. Registration also gives you free access to software updates for your scanner. To register your scanner...
Page 27: Scanning
Scanning 22 documate 272 scanner user’s guide scanning if you selected the recommended full install option (see page 11), then you have several different options to scan with your xerox documate 272 scanner. Each method scans equally well, so use the one with appropriate options for the item you are...
Page 28: Load and Scan Documents
Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 23 scanning load and scan documents when you press either the simplex or duplex button, documents are scanned using the scan settings indicated by the led number. The scanned images are then sent to a software application (known as the destination application) on yo...
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Scanning 24 documate 272 scanner user’s guide 3. Check the led number to make sure you’re using the scan setting you want. To choose a new scan setting, press the destination selector buttons. 4. To scan a one-sided document, press the simplex button. To scan a two-sided document, press the duplex b...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 25 scanning check the scan settings before scanning 1. To check the scan settings before scanning, press, hold down, and then release, either the simplex or duplex button. The one touch properties window opens for you to view and change the settings before scanning....
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Scanning 26 documate 272 scanner user’s guide scan from the one touch button panel you can scan from the one touch button panel on the screen. 1. Adjust the paper guide for the width of paper and load the documents with their tops into the automatic document feeder. For simplex (one-sided) scans, lo...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 27 scanning using the one touch button panel the one touch button panel is also your on-screen set of controls for the scanner. The one touch button panel shows information about the scanner and its settings. 1. To open the one touch button panel, click the one touc...
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Scanning 28 documate 272 scanner user’s guide from the hardware view and detail view, click the green arrow to return to the button view. You can also click on the hardware icon to return to the button view. 4. To cycle through the nine buttons, click the arrows on the right side of the panel. 5. To...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 29 scanning the default one touch settings on your scanner based on the recommended install of paperport and the scanner driver, your scanner is pre-configured to scan items for various basic tasks, such as email or fax, then send the scanned image to an appropriate...
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Scanning 30 documate 272 scanner user’s guide scanning identification cards and credit cards your xerox documate 272 scanner has a specially designed card feeder for scanning plastic identification cards, insurance cards and credit cards. The steps below explain how to scan using the one touch scann...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 31 scanning 3. When scanning is finished, the image of the card is automatically rotated so it is easily readable. In this example, the destination application is microsoft paint, so the card image appears in the paint window. Note: do not use the card reader to sca...
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Scanning 32 documate 272 scanner user’s guide configuring the one touch buttons each one touch button configuration consists of a destination application , a scan configuration , and a document format . The one touch properties window is where you select these three elements for a button. To open th...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 33 scanning the following example of the one touch window shows the settings for button 2. The button is set to scan with the scan configuration named color document then open paperport to display the scanned image. The format and page(s) option is set to scan in th...
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Scanning 34 documate 272 scanner user’s guide select configuration —the list of available scan configurations for the selected button. The configuration’s basic settings include: scanning mode, resolution (dpi), page size, brightness (br), and contrast (cr). To see a selected scan configuration’s se...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 35 scanning selecting new settings for a button for each of the nine one touch buttons, you can select a new destination application , scan configuration , and document format . To select new settings for the scanner button: 1. Click the button selection arrows to s...
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Scanning 36 documate 272 scanner user’s guide the scan configuration list is preset for the application you select in the select destination list. If you select a different application, the configurations are for that application. However, you can create your own scan configurations as well. 4. Sele...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 37 scanning setting destination application properties the different types of destination applications have various properties that you can select. 1. On the one touch properties window, click a destination application. 2. Click the properties button. A one touch 4....
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Scanning 38 documate 272 scanner user’s guide 1. Select the paperport folder where you want the file of the scanned image to be located. 2. Click ok . 3. Click ok or apply on the one touch properties window. When paperport opens after you finish scanning, the thumbnails of your scanned documents are...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 39 scanning 2. To add another application to the list, click the add application button. The add text based link dialog box opens. 3. Click browse to find the application you want to add to the list. When you select the application using the browse button, steps 1, ...
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Scanning 40 documate 272 scanner user’s guide image documents properties these properties apply to omnipage pro that you received with your scanner, plus microsoft paint and other image processing applications. 1. Click in the color document handling settings boxes for the options you want. The opti...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 41 scanning storage properties these properties apply to the destination application named transfer to storage. If a cd burner is attached to your computer, you also use this dialog box to start the burn to cd process.See the section “scan and burn to a cd” on page ...
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Scanning 42 documate 272 scanner user’s guide email properties these properties apply to email applications so you can specify the folder for documents that you will attach to an email message. Microsoft outlook ® will accept direct attachment of documents to a blank email message as soon as scannin...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 43 scanning 4. Select the options for color document handling. Convert bitmaps using screen resolution —use this option to ensure that an image will fit on the computer’s screen. When a computer screen is set to a lower resolution, bitmap images with a higher resolu...
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Scanning 44 documate 272 scanner user’s guide image formats select an image file format for photos, artwork or other documents that you want to save as images. Bmp and tiff are standard image file formats generally used if you want to do additional image processing, such as photo touch-up or color c...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 45 scanning 3. Choose the file size/image quality option for your scanned images. Minimize size —smallest file size, lowest image quality. Normal —medium file size, some loss of image quality. Maximum quality —largest file size, no loss of image quality. Your select...
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Scanning 46 documate 272 scanner user’s guide a menu opens. The following figure shows samples for different destination applications. 3. Choose the file type that you want for the text format. Your selection of a file type pertains only to the button currently selected on the one touch properties w...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 47 scanning searchable pdf —the .Spdf file format used by adobe acrobat and omnipage pro. This format converts scanned text into pdf with text search and ocr capabilities. It is only available if you have one touch omnipage or the omnipage pro software installed on ...
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Scanning 48 documate 272 scanner user’s guide selecting options for a button the one touch options determine the types of destination applications available for a button, as well as the location of the files of your scanned items. To select options: 1. Open the one touch properties window and click ...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 49 scanning • text editors include microsoft word and wordpad, microsoft excel, and other word processing and spreadsheet applications. Select this option if you want ocr processing to convert your scanned documents to text that you can edit. See “scanning with opti...
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Scanning 50 documate 272 scanner user’s guide the copies will be saved in the folder specified in the folder copy options section (see the figure on page 48 and the description below). This option is not available if either document management or storage and cd-r/w are selected because, by default, ...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 51 scanning creating a new scan configuration the scan configurations are where you select the scanning resolution, brightness, mode (color, black&white, or grayscale), and a number of other settings. Note the lock icon on the preset configurations. Although you can...
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Scanning 52 documate 272 scanner user’s guide 5. Select scan settings for the new scan configuration. Mode —select a scanning mode: • black&white to scan in black and white. For example, letters and memos are usually scanned in black and white. This scan mode produces the smallest file size. • grays...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 53 scanning 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 black&white mode. 6. If you want to lock the configuration, click the key icon to change it from a key to a lock....
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Scanning 54 documate 272 scanner user’s guide • straighten image —select this option to let the scanner automatically determine if a page is skewed, then straighten its image. The scanner detects page edges and can sense when the page is fed through at an angle. However, if the page is fed through a...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 55 scanning • color filter —color filter is the ability of your scanner to automatically remove a color from a scanned item. For example, if you are scanning a letter with a red watermark, you can choose to filter out the red so the scanned letter just shows the tex...
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Scanning 56 documate 272 scanner user’s guide the device settings tab a device settings tab appears on the scan configurations dialog box when your selected destination application sends the scanned image to a printer, fax application, or other device. You use the options on the device settings tab ...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 57 scanning the storage options tab (archive) a storage options tab is on the scan configurations dialog box when the selected destination application is set as transfer to storage. You use the options on this tab to select where you want to save your scanned items ...
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Scanning 58 documate 272 scanner user’s guide folders by type , the default location of scanned archive documents is at c:\documents and settings\ name>\my documents\my onetouch archive\tiff documents . 3. Click the browse button to specify the location to store the scanned documents, or type a loca...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 59 scanning 6. Click the scan settings , page settings , and advanced settings tabs, and select the settings you want. 7. Click the storage options tab. 8. Click the browse button. 9. Select the folder you created for storing the scanned documents. If you haven’t cr...
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Scanning 60 documate 272 scanner user’s guide 10. Click ok . The selected folder will now be set as the storage location, such as “business receipts.” 11. Click apply . The new configuration is now listed as a transfer to storage configuration. 12. Repeat the process to create additional new configu...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 61 scanning 14. Now click the arrow buttons to select a scanner button for each new configuration. Click apply to set that button for that configuration. The following examples show that buttons 7 and 8 have been set to scan to each of the new configurations. Note t...
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Scanning 62 documate 272 scanner user’s guide to edit or delete a scan configuration: 1. Open the one touch properties window. 2. Select the scan configuration you want to edit or delete. 3. To delete the configuration, click the delete button. 4. To edit the configuration, click the edit button. Th...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 63 scanning configure before scan choosing configure before scan simply opens a scanning interface when you press or click a scan button. You can then use the interface to change the resolution, scan mode, and other settings. When you scan, the scanned image will st...
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Scanning 64 documate 272 scanner user’s guide to scan using configure before scan 1. Put the documents in the scanner’s adf tray or on the flatbed glass. 2. Click on the button you set to use the configure before scan option. In the example shown on the previous page, the scanning option 9 has been ...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 65 scanning canceling a configure before scan to cancel a scan after scanning has begun: 1. Click on the cancel button in the scanning progress window. 2. The following window will open asking you if you want to cancel the entire job. • yes —scanning stops and all p...
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Scanning 66 documate 272 scanner user’s guide scanning with optical character recognition (ocr) optical character recognition (ocr) is like a printer in reverse. Instead of printing what’s on the screen onto paper, ocr converts text and numbers on a scanned page into editable text and numbers. You c...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 67 scanning to scan with ocr: 1. To scan using the buttons on the scanner, press the destination selector until the led is at 6, then press the simplex or duplex button. 2. To scan from the one touch button panel, click the one touch icon in the windows notification...
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Scanning 68 documate 272 scanner user’s guide scanning with spdf or npdf and searching for text searchable pdf (spdf) and normal pdf (npdf) are special forms of an adobe pdf file. Spdf converts scanned text into the pdf format with text search and ocr capabilities. Npdf has those same features, plus...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 69 scanning the settings for the button (button 8 in this example) now show your page format selection. 6. Choose a scan configuration. 7. Click ok . The one touch properties window closes. 8. Now scan with that button and the scanned document will be in the spdf or...
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Scanning 70 documate 272 scanner user’s guide scan and burn to a cd if you have a cd burner attached to your computer, you can scan directly from your xerox documate 272 scanner onto a cd. This feature is available only on computers running windows xp or windows vista. To scan and burn to a cd: 1. P...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 71 scanning 9. Make sure a blank cd is in the cd burner. 10. Click the burn to cd button. The cd burner begins and your scanned documents are written to the cd. Note: until you click burn to cd these files are stored in your computer at c:\documents and settings\ na...
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Scanning 72 documate 272 scanner user’s guide scanning with event forwarding if you want to specify an application to use for scanning at the start of the process, you can use event forwarding. The scanner will feed in the first page, but will then stop until you select the application to use. After...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 73 scanning 6. Start scanning using the button you selected for event forwarding. A dialog box opens for you to select the application to use for scanning. 7. Select the application in the box and click ok . Now the application you selected opens and you can continu...
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Scanning 74 documate 272 scanner user’s guide creating an html web page from your scanned documents if you scan a document, whether a single page or multiple pages, you can have the pages converted directly to html formatted pages for posting directly to your web site. Those pages are then viewable ...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 75 scanning 8. Choose save as from the internet explorer file menu, give the page a name, and save it in the location you use for your web page files. You may also want to write down the address shown in the address bar to make sure you’ll know where to find your ne...
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Scanning 76 documate 272 scanner user’s guide transferring scanned documents to storage with the transfer to storage scanning process, you can scan documents and save them in a folder in one step. The process is ideal for archiving documents without having to manually save or process them in any oth...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 77 scanning to transfer documents to a server or mapped drive when selecting the storage location for scanned documents, you can select a local folder, or a folder on a server or mapped drive.You select a mapped drive using the browse button. See “the storage option...
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Scanning 78 documate 272 scanner user’s guide 3. Click ok . Now when you scan using transfer to storage as the destination application, the documents are stored on the server or mapped drive. To use ocr before transferring to storage if the documents you want to transfer to storage are text document...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 79 scanning checking the hardware and setting the lamp power saving 1. Right-click on the one touch icon and choose show hardware from the pop-up menu. You can also click the scanner icon at the top of the one touch button panel. If the hardware view of the panel is...
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Scanning 80 documate 272 scanner user’s guide 2. Click the properties button. Your scanner has a built-in power saving feature that is set to power down after 15 minutes of idle time. You can change the time before the scanner powers down, from 1 minute to a maximum of 10 hours. 3. Click the arrows ...
Page 86: Scanning With The Twain
Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 81 scanning with the twain interface from paperport scanning with the twain interface from paperport instead of using the scanner buttons or the one touch button panel to scan, you can also scan from the twain interface. The paperport application that you received w...
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Scanning with the twain interface from paperport 82 documate 272 scanner user’s guide accessing the twain interface from paperport the instructions in this section are for accessing the twain interface from the paperport application. To access the twain interface from paperport: 1. On the windows ta...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 83 scanning with the twain interface from paperport the folders pane (which shows folders for organizing your scanned images) is replaced by the scan pane. 3. Click the scanner drop-down arrow, and select twain: xerox documate 272 from the drop-down list. 4. In the ...
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Scanning with the twain interface from paperport 84 documate 272 scanner user’s guide 5. When scanning documents, use the create single page items check box as follows: • when the check box is selected, all pages in the automatic document feeder are scanned, the twain interface closes, and each page...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 85 scanning with the twain interface from paperport scanning with the twain interface the twain interface lists the scanning options available with your xerox documate 272 scanner. The options on the twain interface are: • mode —select a scanning mode: black&white t...
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Scanning with the twain interface from paperport 86 documate 272 scanner user’s guide • brightness and contrast —sometimes an image is scanned with the brightness and contrast set too light or too dark. For example, a note written with a light pencil may need to be scanned darker to improve legibili...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 87 scanning with the twain interface from paperport • define page size —click this option to activate the define button. Then click the define button to see the define page size dialog box for selecting a specific page size. Click standard , click the menu arrow and...
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Scanning with the twain interface from paperport 88 documate 272 scanner user’s guide 2. If the autoscan feature is turned on, scanning begins. If the autoscan feature is not turned on, click the scan button. The scanner starts scanning and a progress box shows the image. If you’re using paperport t...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 89 scanning with the twain interface from paperport 3. If you are scanning multiple pages, click the done button on the twain interface, and if you are using paperport click done on the paperport-scan window. If you are scanning a single page, the twain interface cl...
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Scanning with the twain interface from paperport 90 documate 272 scanner user’s guide 1. Open the scanning software that you use for accessing the twain interface. 2. Set the resolution to 200 or 300 dpi to ensure good image quality. 3. Choose autocrop to original to scan the proper size for the car...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 91 scanning with the twain interface from paperport 8. The image of the card is automatically rotated 90 o so it is easily readable when it appears. 9. The rotated card image appears in the twain application, in this case the paperport desktop shows a thumbnail of t...
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Scanning with the twain interface from paperport 92 documate 272 scanner user’s guide display the device configuration 1. Click the xerox documate 272 icon in the top right corner of the twain interface. The device configuration window opens and shows the information about your scanner. See the sect...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 93 scanning with the twain interface from paperport setting up paperport to work with your scanner when you select a scanning option from paperport’s scanner drop-down list, either twain: xerox documate 272 or wia: xerox documate 272 (windows xp only), the scan butt...
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Scanning with the twain interface from paperport 94 documate 272 scanner user’s guide to set up your scanner: 1. From the scanner drop-down list, select one of the options, such as twain: xerox documate 272 . 2. Click the setup button. A window opens to begin the setup process. 3. Click yes then cli...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 95 scanning with the twain interface from paperport the next window is for checking the connection between your scanner and the computer. 5. Click next . After the setup wizard checks the connections, the next window is displayed. It has a series of setup options, b...
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Scanning with the twain interface from paperport 96 documate 272 scanner user’s guide the twain interface opens. 7. Insert a single page into the scanner, face-down, and the scan button on the twain interface will become active. 8. Click the scan button on the twain interface. The setup wizard runs ...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 97 scanning with the twain interface from paperport the final setup window opens to let you know the setup process is finished. 10. Click finish . Paperport is now setup for the scanning option you selected (in the example above, it’s the twain option) and the scan ...
Page 103: Scanning With The Wia
Scanning with the wia interface 98 documate 272 scanner user’s guide scanning with the wia interface microsoft windows xp and windows vista include their own scanning interface—known as windows image acquisition (wia)—for acquiring images from scanners, digital cameras, and other digital devices. Th...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 99 scanning with the wia interface the scan using xerox documate 272 window opens. Use this window to select scanning options and start the scan process. 3. Click the button most appropriate for the item you’re scanning. 4. Select a paper size from the page size lis...
Page 105: Fine Tuning Your Scans
Scanning with the wia interface 100 documate 272 scanner user’s guide 8. The scanned images will appear in microsoft paint (or other wia application you’re using). Fine tuning your scans you can select new settings before you scan an item to fine tune exactly how you want to scan it. To select the s...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 101 scanning with the wia interface the advanced properties dialog box opens. 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...
Page 107: Scanning With The Isis
Scanning with the isis interface 102 documate 272 scanner user’s guide scanning with the isis interface you can use the isis interface from quickscan or any other application that will access the isis driver. Note that the isis interface for each application varies depending on the application. Plea...
Page 108: Maintenance
Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 103 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 feed ea...
Page 109: Clearing Paper Jams
Maintenance 104 documate 272 scanner user’s 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 open t...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 105 maintenance replacing the adf pad assembly the adf pad 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 is wearing thin. See the “xerox documate 272 scanner parts list” on pag...
Page 111: Troubleshooting
Maintenance 106 documate 272 scanner user’s 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. If you...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 107 maintenance problem: the installation will not complete successfully. If installation finishes, the scanner’s one touch 4.0 options do not seem to work properly. What do i do? A likely cause is that some driver programs are already installed on your computer for...
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Maintenance 108 documate 272 scanner user’s guide status light troubleshooting codes the status light indicates the current state of the scanner. A green status light indicates the normal state of the scanner. A red status light indicates that there is a hardware issue. Descriptions of the most comm...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 109 maintenance error code problem description solution 0 scanner is not connected to the computer. (the led does not flash “e” and the status light remains green.) a cable may be loose. Check that the scanner’s cables are correctly attached to the computer. If the ...
Page 115: Uninstalling Your Scanner
Maintenance 110 documate 272 scanner user’s guide uninstalling your scanner to uninstall the xerox documate 272 scanner, remove the scanner software, paperport, or any other scanning software provided with the scanner. Uninstalling the scanner and one touch software 1. On the windows taskbar, click ...
Page 116: To Install Another Driver
Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 111 maintenance to install another driver before you can install another driver for your scanner, you must remove the currently installed driver first. Then the new driver can be installed. 1. Uninstall the one touch 4.0 driver. A. Open the windows control panel. B....
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Maintenance 112 documate 272 scanner user’s guide xerox documate 272 scanner specifications optical resolution 600 x 1200 dpi bit depth 48-bit color (internal) maximum item size 8.5” x 14” minimum item size 3.5” x 2” (automatic document feeder) scan method automatic document feeder (adf) adf specifi...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 113 maintenance xerox documate 272 scanner parts list please use the following part names and numbers when ordering replacements for your scanner. Part name part number paper guide 57-0104-000 output tray 57-0105-000 adf pad 57-0103-000 usb cable 35-0107-000 ac powe...
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Page 120: Appendix A Notices
Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 115 appendix a notices it’s illegal in the usa congress, by statute, has forbidden the reproduction of the following subjects under certain circumstances. Penalties of fine or imprisonment may be imposed on those guilty of making such reproductions. 1. Obligations o...
Page 121: It’S Illegal In Canada
116 documate 272 scanner user’s guide 4. Copyrighted material, unless permission of the copyright owner has been obtained or the reproduction falls within the “fair use” or library reproduction rights provisions of the copyright law. Further information of these provisions may be obtained from the c...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 117 5. Proclamations, orders, regulations or appointments, or notices thereof (with intent to falsely cause same to purport to have been printed by the queen’s printer for canada, or the equivalent printer for a province). 6. Marks, brands, seals, wrappers or design...
Page 123: Energy Star For The Usa
118 documate 272 scanner user’s guide be used with this equipment. Operation with non-approved equipment or unshielded cables is likely to result in interference to radio and tv reception. The user is cautioned that changes and modifications made to the equipment without the approval of manufacturer...
Page 124: Index
Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 119 index a adf cleaning 103 adf pad assembly replace 105 advanced properties 101 archive button 76 aspect ratio 56 autocrop to original 53, 86 autorotate image 56 b bit depth 112 black&white 52, 85 bmp 44 brightness 52, 86, 101 burn to cd 41, 70 destination applica...
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Index 120 documate 272 scanner user’s guide jpg file size 44 k kofax vrs 18 l lamp malfunction 109 lamp timeout setting 80 led number 22, 23 link properties 37 m microsoft internet explorer 74 microsoft outlook 42 moire patterns 53, 86 monitor 3 n normal pdf 47, 68 npdf 35, 44, 47, 68 o ocr 45 optic...
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Documate 272 scanner user’s guide 121 index text formats 45 tiff 44 transfer to storage 76 troubleshooting 106 twain 63, 73 twain standard 81 u uninstall 110 usb port 14 w watermark, remove 55, 86 wia 63, 98 windows image acquisition 98 word document 46 x xls file format 46.
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