Xerox Travel Scanner 100 User Manual

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    Travel scanner 100 user guide.

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide iii contents contents welcome the xerox travel scanner 100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 what’s in the box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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    Contents iv xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide scanning from the twain interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 twain interface options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6...

  • Page 6: The Xerox Travel Scanner 100

    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 1 welcome congratulations on purchasing your xerox travel scanner 100. With this scanner you can quickly scan paper items such as letters or receipts and place their electronic images on your computer. Powered through the usb port on your computer, this scanner ...

  • Page 7: What’S In The Box

    Welcome 2 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide what’s in the box before starting the software installation, please check the contents of the box to make sure that all parts are included. If any items are missing or damaged, contact the dealer where you purchased the scanner. Travel scanner 100 usb ...

  • Page 8: What You Need

    Xerox travel scanner 100 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: windows 2000 (service pack 4), 32-bit windows xp (service pack 2 or 3), 32-bit...

  • Page 9: Before You Begin

    Installation 4 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide installation installation is a quick, two-step process: 1. Install the software 2. Connect the scanner before you begin please make sure of the following before you begin installation: • the information in this guide may cover software not provide...

  • Page 10: Step 1: Install The Software

    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 5 installation step 1: install the software the installation disc contains the necessary driver, and additional scanning software, to use your xerox travel scanner 100. To install the software: 1. Start microsoft windows and make sure that no other applications ...

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    Installation 6 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 5. On the main menu, select install products . 6. Make sure the boxes for nuance paperport ® and scanner driver are checked. 7. Click install now . The paperport installation begins: 1. The select language window opens. Click the drop-down menu ar...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 7 installation 3. Read the paperport license agreement and select i accept the terms in this agreement , then click on next . If you choose not to accept the license agreement, the installation will terminate and the paperport software will not be installed. 4. ...

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    Installation 8 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 4. The next window lists the choices of the drivers that you can install for your scanner. 5. Select the option that you want then click on next . • full install (onetouch and twain) —this is the recommended installation. It installs the one touch...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 9 installation 8. Stop when you see the “complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window. Do not click ok yet. Leave the window open and proceed to the next section..

  • Page 15: Step 2: Connect The Scanner

    Installation 10 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide step 2: connect the scanner note: the scanner does not have an external power supply. It draws its power directly from the computer through the usb cable. If you use a usb hub with your computer, the hub must have its own power supply. The scanne...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 11 installation 4. The calibration utility opens. Follow the instructions on screen for calibrating the scanner. 5. Place the calibration page in the scanner in the direction printed on the page. The black strip should be face down . 6. The scanner will pull the...

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    Installation 12 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 8. When you’re certain that the software has completely loaded, return to the “complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window. To see a quick overview about accessing and navigating the one touch button panel, click more . When you...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 13 installation additional applications available with your scanner your scanner includes free, additional applications as described in the following table. 1. Return to the disc’s main menu and click install products . 2. Select the additional applications you ...

  • Page 19: View The User Guides

    Installation 14 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide view the user guides 1. On the main menu, click user guides . The user guides are in adobe® acrobat® pdf format. If you need to, click adobe acrobat reader to install it now. Follow the instructions on the installation windows. If your computer a...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 15 installation register your scanner and check for updates registering your scanner is important as it provides you with access to our free telephone support service. Registration also gives you free access to software updates for your scanner. To register your...

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    Scanning 16 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide scanning you have several different scanning options with your xerox scanner. Each method scans equally well, so use the one with appropriate options for the item you are scanning. • one touch autolaunch —to use the scanner’s autolaunch feature, simp...

  • Page 22: Scanning Using One Touch

    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 17 scanning scanning using one touch one touch is your main scanning interface for using the scanner. Placing a page in the scanner automatically starts the scanner and sends the image to the destination selected in the one touch properties. Scan using autolaunc...

  • Page 23: Turn Autolaunch Off/on

    Scanning 18 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 3. You can now work with the image in the destination application. Turn autolaunch off/on if you want to scan from one touch button panel on screen, or to be able to place a page in the scanner and wait until you are ready to initiate the scan, you c...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 19 scanning 4. In the device settings tab, click on enable the generation of events when paper is inserted into the scanner to deselect this option. 5. Click on ok to save the changes and close the window. Click on ok to close the hardware properties window. The...

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    Scanning 20 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide scan from the one touch button panel scanning from the button panel on your computer’s screen works like inserting a page in the scanner when autolaunch is turned on. To scan from the one touch button panel: follow the steps in the previous section t...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 21 scanning features of the one touch button panel the one touch panel is your on-screen set of controls for the scanner. From the panel you can access the hardware settings for your scanner and configure the paperin button. Click on the one touch icon to open t...

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    Scanning 22 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide configuring one touch autolaunch when you installed the scanner, the software configured one touch with all applications on your computer that you can scan to. The button consists of: a destination application , a scan configuration , and a file form...

  • Page 28: Selecting New Settings

    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 23 scanning selecting new settings the settings on the one touch properties window are: select destination —the list of destination applications that one touch can send a scanned image to so that this application opens immediately after scanning is complete. Not...

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    Scanning 24 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide these icons next to each scan configuration indicate the scanning mode. See the sections “creating a new scan configuration” on page 25 and “editing or deleting scan configurations” on page 31. Note: use configure before scan if you want to set the s...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 25 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. To create a new configuration: 1. Scroll through the applicat...

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    Scanning 26 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide the scan settings tab 1. On the scan configuration properties dialog box, type a name. 2. 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 ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 27 scanning the page settings tab click the page settings tab to select options applicable to how you want the image to appear after scanning. Size —click standard , click the menu arrow and choose a page size from the list, or click custom and enter the horizon...

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    Scanning 28 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide • color filter —color filter is the ability of your scanner to automatically remove a color from a scanned image. 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 th...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 29 scanning the device settings tab a device settings tab is 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 t...

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    Scanning 30 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide the storage options tab (archive) a storage options tab is on the scan configurations dialog box when the destination application is transfer to storage. You use the options on this tab to select where to save your scanned items for storage when scan...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 31 scanning editing or deleting scan configurations editing and deleting is normally for the configurations you create, not for your scanner’s pre-set configurations. Note: your scanner comes with a number of configurations pre-set at the factory. To ensure that...

  • Page 37: Configure Before Scan

    Scanning 32 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide configure before scan you can set up the scanner so that, when you put a page in, a different scanning interface opens before the scanning starts. To set up the scanner for this capability, you select configure before scan from the scan configuration...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 33 scanning to scan using configure before scan 1. Put a document in the paper feed slot on the scanner. 2. The twain interface opens. 3. Choose the scan settings applicable to the document. 4. Click the scan button on the twain interface. 5. The item is scanned...

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    Scanning 34 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide canceling a configure before scan 1. Click cancel in the scanning progress window. 2. The following window will open asking if you want to cancel the entire job. • yes —scanning stops and all pages scanned in this batch, up to this point, will be del...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 35 scanning selecting document and file format options the format option you select determines the file format of the scanned document. Appropriate format options and file types are available for the type of destination application selected for the button. The a...

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    Scanning 36 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide the pdf format is often used to create images of text pages. You may want to select pdf as the format when scanning text pages that do not require ocr processing or other processing. The pdf format is also used to put multi-page documents on web site...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 37 scanning as you select destination applications that are text applications, the text format icon changes to match the file type of the application. In some cases, the destination application supports several file types, and you can right-click on the icon to ...

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    Scanning 38 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 3. Choose the file type that you want for the text format. Simple text —the .Txt file format. Text with no formatting; used by the standard microsoft notepad application. Rich text forma t —the .Rtf file format. Text that retains formatting when conv...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 39 scanning selecting options for one touch the one touch options determine the types of destination applications available for scanning, as well as additional options for scanning. To select options: 1. Open the one touch properties window and click the options...

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    Scanning 40 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 3. Click apply , then click on the button tab you changed these options for to see the new settings. Global options • show progress window —select this option to display the progress window of the document(s) during scanning. • use enhanced folder br...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 41 scanning paperport properties these properties apply to paperport, and are for designating the folder to receive your scanned items. 1. Select the paperport folder where you want the file of the scanned image to be located. 2. Click ok . Text documents proper...

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    Scanning 42 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 1. Click in the ocr settings boxes for the options you want. The options will apply to all the applications in the group. Always send a file, even when no text was found —the scanned file is sent to the ocr reader even if the image does not appear to...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 43 scanning image documents properties these properties apply to microsoft paint and other image processing applications. 1. Click in the color document handling settings boxes for the options you want. These options will apply to all the applications in the gro...

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    Scanning 44 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide storage properties these properties apply to the destination application named transfer to storage. If a cd burner is attached to your computer, and your computer is running windows xp or windows vista, you also use this dialog box to start the burn ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 45 scanning 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 sca...

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    Scanning 46 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide scanning with optical character recognition (ocr) optical character recognition (ocr) converts text and numbers on a scanned page into editable text and numbers. You can then work with the text and numbers to edit, spell check, change font or type si...

  • Page 52: Scan and Burn to A Cd

    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 47 scanning scan and burn to a cd if you have a cd burner attached to your computer, you can scan directly from your 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. Open the one tou...

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    Scanning 48 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide scanning with event forwarding (sti) if you want to specify an application to use for scanning at the start of the process, you can use event forwarding. To scan with event forwarding: 1. Open the one touch properties window. 2. Select still image cl...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 49 scanning creating an html web page from your scanned documents you can convert scanned pages to html format for posting directly to your web site. To scan and create an html web page: 1. Open the one touch properties window. 2. Select microsoft explorer as th...

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    Scanning 50 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide transferring scanned documents to storage with transfer to storage scanning, 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. If you choose a t...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 51 scanning when selecting the storage location for scanned documents, you can select a local folder, or a folder on a server or mapped drive. Scanning to multiple archive folders when archiving documents with transfer to storage option, you can scan the documen...

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    Scanning 52 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 7. Click the storage options tab. 8. Click the browse button. 9. Select the folder you created for storing the scanned documents. 10. Click ok . The selected folder will now be set as the storage location, such as “business receipts.” 11. Click ok . ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 53 scanning 13. Make sure to designate separate folders as the storage locations for the new configurations. You will now have multiple configurations set up for the transfer to storage destination, and each configuration scans documents to separate folders. Sca...

  • Page 59: Hardware Settings

    Scanning 54 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide hardware settings use the device properties to change your scanner’s hardware settings, monitor the calibration status and initiate cleaning or calibrating as part of your monthly maintenance. Grayed out options on this window are not appropriate for...

  • Page 60: Calibration and Cleaning

    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 55 scanning 3. Click the properties button. 4. You can now make changes to the hardware settings for your scanner. Calibration and cleaning the software keeps track of the last time you calibrated your scanner. The text in the last calibrated field will be red i...

  • Page 61: Setting Paperin Options

    Scanning 56 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide setting paperin options you can set how you want the scanner to respond when you put a page in the scanner. The options are for turning this feature on or off, and changing the amount of time it takes for the scanner to recognize when a page has been...

  • Page 62: Skew Detection

    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 57 scanning skew detection by default, the scanner is set to detect when the item being scanned is at an angle, also called skewed. It will stop scanning and back the item out of the scanner. You can turn this feature off or on from the hardware properties devic...

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    Scanning from the twain interface 58 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide scanning from the twain interface you can scan from any twain scanning application instead of scanning from the one touch buttons on your scanner or the one touch button panel. A note about your scanner and the twain standard...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 59 scanning from the twain interface accessing the twain interface open the twain interface from one touch if the one touch configuration you’re using to scan is set to configure before scan , and the selected option is twain , the twain interface opens right aw...

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    Scanning from the twain interface 60 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide scanning from the twain interface the twain interface lists the scanning options available with your xerox travel scanner 100. 1. Place a document face down in the scanner’s paper feed slot. 2. Adjust the settings in the twai...

  • Page 66: Twain Interface Options

    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 61 scanning from the twain interface twain interface options • mode —select a scanning mode: black&white to scan in black and white. Use this setting for letters, memos, and other black and white material. Grayscale to scan items such as documents containing dra...

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    Scanning from the twain interface 62 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide • 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. Standard— click the menu arrow and choose a page siz...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 63 scanning from the twain interface calibrating or cleaning the scanner from twain you can access the calibration and cleaning utilities from the twain interface. If you are using windows 2000 or windows vista 64-bit, and did not install one touch with your sca...

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    Scanning from the twain interface 64 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 4. Place the calibration page, with the text face up in the scanner. The scanner grabs the page and feeds it slowly through the scanner during calibration. If you are cleaning the scanner, place the cleaning sheet in the scan...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 65 scanning from the windows image acquisition interface scanning from the windows image acquisition interface microsoft windows xp and windows vista include their own scanning interface—known as windows image acquisition (wia)—for acquiring images from scanners...

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    Scanning from the windows image acquisition interface 66 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 6. Click on the scan button in the wia interface. The scanner starts scanning. 7. The scanned image will appear in microsoft paint (or other wia application you’re using). Note: windows vista has advanced ...

  • Page 72: Fine Tuning Your Scans

    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 67 scanning from the windows image acquisition interface fine tuning your scans you can select new settings before you scan an item to fine tune exactly how you want to scan it. 1. On the scan window, click adjust the quality of the scanned picture . 2. Select t...

  • Page 73: Calibrating Your Scanner

    Maintenance 68 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide maintenance this section contains information about calibrating, cleaning, troubleshooting, uninstalling, scanner specifications and spare parts. Calibrating your scanner the scanner needs to be calibrated as part of your monthly maintenance of th...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 69 maintenance 3. Click on the properties button to open the device settings for your scanner. 4. Click on the calibrate button to start the calibration utility. 5. Place the calibration page, with the black bar face down , with the arrows pointing into the scan...

  • Page 75: Cleaning Your Scanner

    Maintenance 70 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide cleaning your scanner if calibration does not resolve any image quality issues you are seeing, you may need to clean the scanner. You will need to have the scanner’s cleaning sheet ready. To clean the scanner: 1. Right-click on the one touch icon ...

  • Page 76: Additional Cleaning Method

    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 71 maintenance 5. Place the cleaning sheet in the scanner. The scanner pulls in the cleaning sheet. The scanner will move the cleaning sheet back and forth during cleaning. 6. When cleaning is complete the scanner will clear the cleaning sheet out of the scanner...

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    Maintenance 72 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide cleaning the scanner using rubbing alcohol: 1. Right-click on the one touch icon in the windows notification area (at the lower right corner of the screen) and choose show hardware from the pop-up menu. 2. The hardware properties for your scanner ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 73 maintenance 6. Place the cleaning sheet in the scanner. Place the damp side face down . The scanner pulls in the cleaning sheet. The scanner will move the cleaning sheet back and forth during cleaning. 7. When cleaning is complete the scanner will clear the c...

  • Page 79: Troubleshooting

    Maintenance 74 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide troubleshooting in addition to the troubleshooting information contained in this section, please see the readme file on your installation dv d. The readme file contains additional information that may help you diagnose problems with the scanner. I...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 75 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. A likely cause is that some driver programs are already installed on your computer for another sc...

  • Page 81: To Install Another Driver

    Maintenance 76 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide uninstalling or reinstalling your scanner to uninstall your xerox scanner, remove the one touch 4.0 software, paperport, and any other software provided with your scanner. Uninstalling the scanner and one touch software 1. On the windows taskbar, ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 77 maintenance xerox travel scanner 100 specifications optical resolution 600 dpi output bit depth 24-bit color, 8-bit grayscale, 1-bit bitonal (black & white) scan method fast sheetfed maximum item size 8.5 x 14 inches (21.6 x 35.56 cm) light source three-color...

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    Maintenance 78 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide xerox travel scanner 100 spare part list please use the following part name and number when ordering a replacement usb cable for your scanner. Part name part number calibration page and cleaning sheet 05-0679-000 high speed usb 2.0 certified cable...

  • Page 84: Section 2: Emc

    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 79 appendix a notices section 1: safety introduction notices and safety please read the following instructions carefully before operating the machine and refer to them as needed to ensure the continued safe operation of your machine. Your xerox product and suppl...

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    80 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide section 3: operational safety information your xerox equipment and supplies have been designed and tested to meet strict safety requirements. These include safety agency examination, approval, and compliance with established environmental standards. To ensure...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 81 section 5: product safety certification this product is certified by the following agency using the safety standards listed: section 6: regulatory information certifications in europe the ce mark applied to this product, symbolizes xerox’s declaration of conf...

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    82 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide if you are managing the disposal of your xerox product, please note that the product contains lamp(s) with mercury, and may contain lead, perchlorate and other materials whose disposal may be regulated due to environmental considerations. The presence of thes...

  • Page 88: Section 8: Illegal Copies

    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 83 section 8: illegal copies 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 or securiti...

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    84 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 8. Selective service induction papers that bear any of the following registrant’s information: exception: u. S. Army and navy discharge certificates may be photographed. 1. Badges, identification cards, passes, or insignia carried by military personnel, or by...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 85 other countries copying certain documents may be illegal in your country. Penalties of fine or imprisonment may be imposed on those found guilty of making such reproductions. Currency notes bank notes and cheques bank and government bonds and securities passp...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 87 index a actual size 29 add application 42, 43 adobe® acrobat® reader® 13 advanced device settings 29 advanced settings tab 28 america online® (aol) 45 apply button 24 aspect ratio 29 autocrop to length 61 autocrop to original 27, 61 autolaunch 16, 17, 19, 20,...

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    Index 88 xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide h hardware properties 18, 21, 54, 68, 70, 72 help 3, 58 htm file format 38, 49 html document 38 html page 49 hue 28 i image documents properties 43 image editors 39 image file formats 35 improvements and settings 27 installation 4 internet options 45 in...

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    Xerox travel scanner 100 user’s guide 89 index register 15 reset device 56 resolution 26, 32, 61, 67 rich text format 38 rtf file format 23, 38, 46 s saturation 28 scan configuration 22, 28, 29, 30, 47, 48, 49, 51 edit or delete 31 lock or unlock 26 new 25 scan multiple pages 33 scan settings tab 26...

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