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Xerox Travel Scanner 150 User Manual

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    Xerox ® travel scanner 150 one touch 4.6 august 2012 05-0840-100 user’s guide.

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    Design © 2012 xerox corporation. All rights reserved. Xerox®, xerox and design® and documate® are registered trademarks of xerox corporation in the united states and/or other countries. Br2702 content © 2012 visioneer, inc. All rights reserved. The visioneer brand name and onetouch® logo are registe...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 3 table of contents 1 safety safety introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 operational safety information . . . . . . ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 4 configure before scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 to scan using configure before scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    Table of contents xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 5 clear all regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 document source configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 6 energy star for the usa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 index.

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 7 1 safety this chapter includes: • safety introduction on page 8 • operational safety information on page 9 • emergency power off on page 10 • maintenance information on page 11 • product safety certification on page 12 • environmental health and safety contact...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 8 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 supplies have been designed and test...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 9 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 the continu...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 10 emergency power off if any of the following conditions occur, turn off the scanner (if applicable) and disconnect the usb cable from the scanner and the computer. Contact an authorized xerox service representative to correct the problem: • the equipment emits...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 11 maintenance information 1. Any operator product maintenance procedures will be described in the user documentation supplied with the product. 2. Do not carry out any maintenance on this product which is not described in the customer documentation. 3. Do not u...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 12 product safety certification this product is certified by the following agency using the safety standards listed: standard ul60950-1 (usa) csa 22.2 no. 60950-1 (canada) iec 60950-1.

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 13 environmental health and safety contacts contact information for more information on environment, health, and safety in relation to this xerox product and supplies, please contact the following customer help lines: usa & canada: 1-800-828-6571 europe: +44 170...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 15 2 welcome this chapter includes: • what’s in the box on page 16 • system requirements on page 17 • documentation on page 18 • the xerox travel scanner 150 on page 19 • unpack the scanner on page 20 congratulations on purchasing your xerox travel scanner 150. ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 16 what’s in the box before proceeding, check the contents of the box. If items are missing or damaged, contact the dealer where you purchased the scanner. Xerox travel scanner 150 quick install guide technical support card installation disc carrying bag calibra...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 17 system requirements pentium 4 pc or amd equivalent with: • a dvd-rom drive • an available universal serial bus (usb) port • microsoft ® windows ® operating system: 32-bit windows xp (service pack 1 and 2), 32-bit or 64-bit windows vista, or 32-bit or 64-bit w...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 18 documentation the following documentation is provided with your scanner: • quick install guide —abbreviated installation instructions. • scanner user’s guide —on the installation disc; contains detailed installation, scanning, configuration, and maintenance i...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 19 the xerox travel scanner 150 paper feed —place an item face down in scanner, the page feeds through as it is being scanned. Paper sensor —recognizes when an item is inserted in the scanner. Scanner button —if a scan is in progress, pressing the button cancels...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 20 unpack the scanner remove the placement card from the scanner. Pull the sheet out the front in the direction of the arrows on the card. Remove any shipping tape from the scanner body..

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 21 3 installation this chapter includes: • before you begin on page 22 • install the software and connect the scanner on page 23 • register your scanner on page 30 • installing additional applications on page 31 • view the user guides on page 33.

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 22 before you begin please make sure of the following before you begin installation: • if you are prompted to reboot during installation, please select "no". Finish installing the rest of the software, then close all open windows and reboot your computer. • the ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 23 install the software and connect the scanner the installation disc contains the necessary driver, and scanning software, to use your xerox scanner. To install the software: 1. Start microsoft windows and make sure that no other applications are running. 2. In...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 24 5. On the main menu, select install software . 6. Make sure the boxes for scanner driver and visioneer one touch are selected, as well as any other applications you want to install. 7. Click install now . Note: the software provided with your scanner may diff...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 25 installing the scanner driver the scanner driver installation will start first. 1. The welcome to the xerox setup wizard opens. 2. Click next . 3. On the xerox license agreement window, read the license agreement. If you accept the terms, select i agree then ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 26 connect the usb cable 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 scanner does not have an on/off...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 27 3. The calibration utility opens. Follow the instructions on screen for calibrating the scanner. 4. Place the calibration page in the scanner in the direction printed on the page. The black strip should be face down . 5. The scanner will pull the calibration ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 28 7. When you’re certain that the software has completely loaded, return to the “complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window. 8. Click ok to complete the installation process. 9. Click close on the installation complete window to close and exi...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 29 installing visioneer one touch the visioneer one touch software installation will start automatically after you click close on the driver installation complete window. One touch is the software needed for the buttons on the scanner to work. 1. Click next on t...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 30 register your scanner 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 scanner: you will need an active i...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 31 installing additional applications your scanner includes free, additional applications as described in the table below. 1. Return to the disc’s main menu and click install software . 2. Select the additional applications you want to install, then click instal...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 32 nuance pdf converter pdf converter professional 7 features 100% industry-standard pdf creation and editing plus the world’s most accurate pdf conversion to editable microsoft® office® formats available. It also offers one-click scanning to pdf, the most advan...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 33 view the user guides 1. Return to the disc’s main menu and click on view user guides . 2. Click on view scanner documentation to access the scanner user guide. Click on view software documentation to access the user guides for the software applications provid...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 35 4 scan using autolaunch this chapter includes: • scanning on page 36 • configuring one touch autolaunch on page 37 • turn autolaunch off/on on page 38 • scanning interfaces on page 40 when you insert an item into the scanner, it is automatically scanned and t...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 36 scanning 1. Align a document with the aliment arrow and insert it into the scanner, face down , into the paper feed slot. The scanner grabs the top edge of the paper and automatically begins to scan and feed the paper through the scanner. 2. A scan progress w...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 37 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 format. You can...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 38 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 can turn the autolaunch feature off. This option is in the application settin...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 39 4. In the application 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 aut...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 40 scanning interfaces if you selected the recommended installation options, then you have several different options to scan with your xerox travel scanner 150 scanner. • one touch autolaunch —to use the scanner’s autolaunch feature, simply insert a document in ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 41 5 scanning and configuring one touch this chapter includes: • default one touch settings on page 43 • scan from the one touch button panel on page 44 • changing the button settings on page 46 • selecting options for one touch on page 48 • scan configurations ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 42 the one touch button panel, that you see on the computer screen, shows the pre-set function for each button (such as email) and the icon of the destination (called the destination application) where the images will be sent when scanning is finished. The one t...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 43 default one touch settings when you installed the scanner, the software configured each one touch button with appropriate settings consisting of: a destination application, a scan configuration, and a file format. The button names, such as email or copy, indi...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 44 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 to turn of...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 45 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 the panel....

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 46 changing the button settings 1. Click on the one touch icon. 2. Right-click a button on the one touch button panel. 3. The one touch properties window opens. Some of the options on the one touch properties window are “grayed out” and are not available, these ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 47 the scanner scans and sends the image to the selected destination, with the file format and scan configuration you specified. Properties button—displays a window for selecting properties for a destination. This button is disabled if the selected destination a...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 48 selecting options for one touch use the options tab to configure how one touch works with the selected button, such as which destinations are available, or what the file name should be. Show all destinations —this option selects all of the destination applica...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 49 instant delivery —enables image transfer to the destination while scanning is in progress, provided that create single image files is also selected. If create single image files is not selected, image transfer occurs after all pages have been scanned. Show pr...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 50 • click the down arrow and selected a token value from the list, then click the arrow button to add that value to the file name field. The token values are: {fn}—inserts the scanner name. {#b}—inserts the image number without adding zero (1). {#03b}—inserts a...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 51 scan configurations the scan configurations are where you select the scanning resolution, brightness, mode (color, black & white, or grayscale), and a number of other settings. To see a selected scan configuration’s settings, click its icon. Click the icon ag...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 52 based on the selected destination, additional settings tabs may also be available. If you see one of these additional settings tabs please refer to the appropriate section, as listed below, for instructions on configuring these destination specific options. •...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 53 page settings tab the options on the page settings tab will be available based on either the selected color mode (black & white, grayscale, or color), or based on whether or not the scanner hardware supports the feature. Standard —click the menu arrow and cho...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 54 • invert image —only available for black&white mode, this option reverses the black and whites of an image. • skip blank originals —select this option to have the scanner detect if a blank page has been fed through the scanner, and remove it from the final fi...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 55 advanced settings tab use the advanced settings tab to set color correction options for color or grayscale scanning. Drag the sliders to the left and right to change the color settings. As you do, the image changes to show the effects of the new settings. • c...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 56 enable redaction —select this option to enable redaction when scanning. You might use this option if you want to remove a logo or image that appears on each page that you are scanning. You can choose what color to fill in the redacted area in the scanned imag...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 57 preview —this color field shows the actual color that will fill the redaction area in the final scanned image. When scanning in color, the preview field will match the color field. When scanning in grayscale, the preview field will show the gray version of th...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 58 file formats the available file formats, in the select format panel, are based on the selected destination for scanning. For example, if scanning to the destination transfer to storage , all file formats are available as the files are saved directly to a fold...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 59 right-click on the bmp icon to access the gif and png image formats. When you select either of these formats, the format panel will change the bmp icon to the selected image format icon. Right-click on the jpg icon to access the jp2 image format. When you sel...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 60 to select a jpeg file size: 1. Select jpg as the page format. 2. Right-click on the jpg icon. A menu opens. 3. Choose the file size/image quality option for your scanned images. Minimize size —smallest file size, lowest image quality. Normal —medium file size...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 61 2. Right-click on the pdf icon. A menu opens. 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. Maximize quality —largest file s...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 62 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. You can then use the interface to change the resolution, scan mode, and other settings. When you scan, the scann...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 63 note: using the configure before scan option to scan multiple pages does not apply for page formats bmp and jpg. Please make sure the page format on the one touch properties window is set to tiff, pdf, or one of the text formats. Make sure the option create s...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 64 open scanned document(s) select the destination open scanned document(s) to have the scanned document open automatically when scanning is complete. Supported file types —all file formats are available when scanning to the open scanned document(s) destination....

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 65 transfer to storage with transfer to storage , you can scan documents and save them in a folder in one step. Supported file types —since the files are saved directly to a folder on the computer or server, all file formats in one touch are available. Note that...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 66 • click the new , copy , or edit button to open the scan configuration properties window. Click on the storage options tab and use this window to set a configuration to scan to a different folder than the one selected in the link properties window. Changing t...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 67 2. Hover the mouse cursor over the set as scan destination option and the sub-menu will open to the right. Click on the setting you want the storage location to be updated with. – for all configurations —select this option to have the storage location, in all...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 68 4. Click the new button. The scan configuration properties dialog box opens. 5. To help you remember which folder it is, give the new configuration a name that indicates the folder name, such as “business receipts.” 6. Click the scan settings , page settings ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 69 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 . The new configuration is now listed as a transfer to storage configurat...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 70 13. You will now have multiple configurations set up for the transfer to storage destination, and each configuration scans documents to separate folders. 14. Now select a scanner button for each new configuration. Click apply to set that button for that confi...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 71 burn to cd-rom 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 version xp or later. Supported file types —since the files are going to be burned ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 72 6. When you are ready to burn the files to a cd, open the one touch properties window, select burn to cd and then click the properties button. 7. Make sure a blank cd is in the cd burner. 8. Click the burn to cd button. The cd burner begins and your scanned d...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 73 printer or fax the availability of printers and/or faxes in the one touch destination list depends on whether or not you have printers or faxes configured in windows. Please refer to the windows documentation, or your printer or fax documentation, for setting...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 74 • fit to page, reduce image if necessary —if the scanned image is too big to be printed or faxed on a single page, the image will automatically be reduced to fit the page. • actual size, crop image if necessary —if the scanned image is too big to be printed o...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 75 paperport in the one touch properties window, select paperport as the destination application for scanning. Supported file types —all image file formats are available when scanning to paperport. The spdf and npdf text file formats are only available when the ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 76 select the destination folder for scanned documents • select a folder to send the scanned document(s) to when scanning to the paperport destination. The list of folders in this window are from the paperport folder manager. Use the paperport folder manager to ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 77 sharepoint the sharepoint destination link allows scans to be sent directly to a sharepoint site from one touch. Please contact your sharepoint site administrator for the server information you need to configure this link. Alternatively, have your site admini...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 78 • user account —input the user account name that has privileges to save files to the specified sharepoint site and destination folder. • password —input the password for the user account name you specified. • use windows integrated authentication —select this...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 79 click on the properties button to open the log viewer from the sharepoint one touch link properties window. There are no global configuration properties for the sharepoint destination application, all configuration is done using the scan configuration propert...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 80 ftp transfer the ftp transfer destination link allows scans to be sent directly to an ftp server from one touch. Please contact your server administrator for the server information you need to configure this link. Alternatively, have your site administrator o...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 81 • destination folder —input the folder path, on the remote ftp server, where you want the scanned documents sent. This path would appear in your web browser after the host name. For example, marketing/shared documents/data sheets. Because the destination conf...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 82 smtp the smtp destination link allows scans to be sent directly to an email address, through an smtp server, from one touch. Please contact your server administrator for the server information you need to configure this link. Alternatively, have your site adm...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 83 • email to —input a valid recipient email address to receive the scanned document. If it is not a valid address the transfer will fail. • email from —input the email address you want to appear in the email message “from” field. • limit (mb) —input the maximum...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 84 click on the properties button to open the log viewer from the smtp one touch link properties window. There are no global configuration properties for the smtp destination application, all configuration is done using the scan configuration properties window a...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 85 email applications scanning to an email application, such as outlook or windows mail, attaches the scanned image to a blank email message. You then fill in the recipient email address(es) and send the message. You need to have configured an email application ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 86 email properties use the email link properties window to select a folder for storing a permanent copy of the scanned image, setting the color document options, and changing the email application that is in the one touch destination list. • folder for storing ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 87 text editors scanning to a text editing application, such as microsoft’s notepad or wordpad, automatically converts the text in the scanned image into editable text using optical character recognition (ocr). Supported file types —the text file formats and des...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 88 text documents properties these properties apply to microsoft word, microsoft excel ® , and any other text editing applications indicated by their icons in the list. • add application —click this button to open the add text based link dialogue so you can add ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 89 adding text editor applications to one touch 1. To add another application to the list, click the add application button. The add text based link dialog box opens. 2. Click browse to find the application you want to add to the list. When you select the applic...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 90 creating an html web page from your scanned documents 1. Open the one touch properties window. 2. Select your web browser as the destination application and choose html as the format. 3. Choose a scan configuration that has the settings for how you want any i...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 91 image editors image editors include microsoft paint and other drawing and graphics applications. Supported file formats —the available file formats are based on the selected destination application. For example, you can scan to microsoft’s paint application a...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 92 image documents properties these properties apply to microsoft paint and other image processing applications. • add application —click this button to open the add simple image link dialogue so you can add other image editing applications to one touch. • delet...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 93 adding image editor applications to one touch 1. To add another application to the list, click the add application button. The add simple image link dialog box opens. 2. Click browse to find the application you want to add to the list. When you select the app...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 94 pdf applications pdf destinations are applications that can open and/or edit the adobe pdf file format. Supported file types —applications in the pdf destination group support the *.Pdf file format. When the omnipage module or software is installed, one touch...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 95 3. Click on one of the default text editors such as wordpad. 4. Click on the properties button. 5. To add another application to the list, click the add application button. The add text based link dialog box opens. 6. Click browse to find the application you ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 96 8. In step 4 of the dialog box, select adobe pdf format and adobe searchable pdf. Adobe pdf format —select this option if you are adding a pdf viewing or editing application to the list. This pdf format is an image format only, it will not recognize the docum...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 97 send to application the send to application link allows you to select any application on your computer as the scan destination. Supported file types —all file formats in one touch are available when scanning to this destination. After you configure the link, ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 98 to configure a destination application for the send to application link: 1. Click browse to open the windows file browser and navigate to the location of the application’s executable (*.Exe) file. In most cases, the application’s directory is located in the p...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 99 configure advanced features —select this option to change the default settings for this link. Only advanced users and application developers should modify these settings. • launch application for every image —when this option is selected, the application will...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 100 scanning to multiple destinations scanning to multiple destinations works the same as when scanning to a single destination, one touch simply distributes the final scan to several destinations. This option is enabled separately for each one touch button. 1. ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 101 4. If any of the destinations you select have global configuration properties, the properties button at the bottom of the selected destinations list will be enabled for you to configure the destination options. Click on the properties button to open the one ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 102 6. Select the scan configuration you want to use for scanning in the select configuration list. Click on the edit button to open the scan configuration properties window to configure any destination specific scanning options. Each destination that has per-sc...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 103 scanning with job separation use job separation to have one touch create a new file each time a separator is detected when scanning a multiple page batch. For example, if you want to scan financial statements from several different banks, you can place a sta...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 104 6. Select one of the two job separation options: when a blank page is detected —a new file will be created after a blank page is fed through the scanner. The blank page is discarded from the scanned image and the new file starts with the next page in the doc...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 105 • if you select when the number of images reaches , and input a number in the control box, any blank pages will be discarded first, and then the number of images scanned will be counted. For example, if you scan 12 pages and 3 are blank, the total number of ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 106 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 size, sort...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 107 text formats you select the text format option by clicking on the text icon on the one touch properties window. Selecting the text format option also selects ocr processing as an automatic step for scanning. Therefore, when you scan a document with the text ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 108 2. Right-click on the text format icon. 3. Choose the file type that you want for the text format. Your selection of a file type pertains only to the destination application currently selected on the one touch properties window. Other destination application...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 109 additional options are available on the menu for the spdf and npdf text formats. The three image quality settings are: • minimize size —smallest file size, lowest image quality. • normal —medium file size, some loss of image quality. • maximize quality —larg...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 110 selecting one touch omnipage ocr options the software you installed for your scanner includes a set of advanced ocr options integrated with one touch. To select ocr options available from one touch: 1. Open the one touch properties window. 2. Select a destin...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 111 the ocr tab the options shown on the ocr tab window are for spellchecking scanned text, replacing missing or unrecognized characters, and setting the speed and quality levels of the ocr processing. 1. Choose the options you want from the ocr window. – langua...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 112 – user dictionary —a user dictionary is your personal dictionary with words that you want the ocr engine to reference for better accuracy when converting the document into editable text. For example, if you scan documents with highly technical terms or acron...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 113 – here is an example of what the text file might look like: xerox one touch omnipage wysiwyg jpeg bmp spdf npdf – the file does not have to include every word you want in the dictionary. You will be able to edit the list later. In fact, the file does not hav...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 114 10. Select the file you just created for your user dictionary and click open. In the example above, the file is named userdic1. 11. The text file now appears on the list of user dictionaries that you can use for spellchecking. 12. Select a dictionary and cli...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 115 3. To import a list of words from another text file, click import . The import contents of user dictionary window opens. 4. Select the file that has the words you want to add to your user dictionary. Importing will add the entire list of words in a file to t...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 116 1. Click the format tab and choose the options you want for both the input and output formats. Input format options – automatic —choose this option to let the ocr process determine the format of the pages. Typically you select this option when the document h...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 117 – true page —this output format uses absolute positioning on the page to keep the original layout of the pages, including columns. This is done with text, picture and table boxes and frames. True page is the only choice for documents scanned with the pdf for...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 118 one touch with visioneer acuity technology the one touch software you received with your xerox scanner now includes the visioneer acuity technology. This application has a set of features for improving and enhancing the quality of scanned documents, especial...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 119 the acuity settings you select the visioneer acuity settings when creating or editing a scan configuration on the one touch properties window. 1. Open the one touch properties window. 2. Click the new button to create a new configuration, or select one of yo...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 120 – autocrop to original —select this option to let the software automatically determine the size of the item being scanned. – straighten image —select this option to have the software automatically determine if a page is skewed, then straighten its image. If ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 121 when a scan configuration includes acuity options, the onetouch panel and the onetouch properties window both show the acuity icon as a reminder. The acuity icon on the top of the one touch panel and on the scan configuration remind you that the scan will us...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 122 hardware properties and interface behavior you can use the scanner’s properties page to keep track of scanner maintenance, change some of the hardware options, configure the scanner interface behavior, and adjust application options that may be available for...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 123 device settings please refer to device settings on page 167 driver settings please refer to driver settings on page 168.

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 125 6 scanning from twain and wia this chapter includes: • accessing the scanner interface on page 126 • scanning on page 127 • using the preview window on page 128 • document source configuration on page 136 • summary on page 138 • presets on page 139 • documen...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 126 accessing the scanner interface every scanning application will access the scanner using a different method. Below is a brief list of common applications and how to initiate a scan from within that application, including some of the applications which may ha...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 127 scanning some options in the interface may be grayed out and cannot be selected. Grayed out options are either not appropriate for the current scanner, the software needed to enable the feature is not installed, or the feature is dependent on another setting...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 128 using the preview window clicking the preview button will display the preview window for the scanner interface. Use the preview option if you want to scan and display a sample image that reflects the current settings in the main interface. After the preview ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 129 5. The scanner scans and displays a sample image in the preview area. You can now adjust the settings in the main interface as needed. 6. Click show main ui to bring the main scanner interface in front of the preview window for you to adjust the scan setting...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 130 8. When you are happy with the sample image, click close to close the preview window and return to the main interface window. The sample image is not saved on your computer. Click the scan button in the main interface to scan and save an image with the curre...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 131 5. Move or resize region 1 until the sample image area you want is within the scan region. Resize the region by clicking on one edge of the region outline and dragging the mouse. Move the region by clicking in the region then dragging the mouse. Please refer...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 132 8. In the main scanner interface click save to save the regions to the current preset, or save them to a new preset using the save as dialogue. The summary area in the main interface will indicate when custom regions have been defined in the preview window. ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 133 move, resize, or delete regions moving regions – to move a region, place your mouse cursor over the region you want to move. The region will highlight indicating that it is the active region under the mouse cursor. Click on the region and drag the mouse to m...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 134 deleting regions – to delete a region, place your mouse cursor over the region you want to delete. The region will highlight indicating it is the active region under the mouse cursor. Right-click on the region and select the delete option from the menu. Move...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 135 make this the first region – select this option to set the region number to 1. This option is not available if the region you right-clicked on is already at position 1. After selecting this option, all other regions will have their number update automaticall...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 136 document source configuration some options in the interface may be grayed out and cannot be selected. Grayed out options are either not appropriate for the current scanner, the software needed to enable the feature is not installed, or the feature is depende...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 137 click the drop down menu to select the scanning options you want to use. The available color modes are: • automatic determines the color of the document as it is being scanned. • color scans the document in color, creating a full color copy of an original do...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 138 summary the summary area displays some of the basic scan options selected in the interface. Clicking on one of the links will open the area of the interface where the setting is located..

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 139 presets a preset contains all features in the scanner interface, including color mode, resolution, paper size, and so on. You can create, import, export, and delete presets. After presets have been added to the interface, click the drop down menu and select ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 140 5. Click on yes when you are prompted to verify that you want to overwrite the current profile. To rename a preset: 1. Select the preset you want to rename in the preset list. 2. Click the right pointing arrow button and select rename... . 3. Type an new nam...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 141 2. Click on the browse button next to the destination folder field to open a file browsing window. 3. Browse to a location and select the folder where you want the preset file to be saved. Click on choose . Make sure to choose a location where you will be ab...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 142 4. Select the preset you want to export in the dialogue for exporting a preset. If you want to export multiple presets, click on each preset name. You may need to hold down the ctrl (control) key on your keyboard, while clicking on each preset name, to selec...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 143 1. Click on the right pointing arrow next to the presets list and select import... . A file browsing dialogue will open. 2. Browse to the location where the preset file is saved. If you want to import multiple presets, click on each preset name. You may need...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 144 document settings • main panel —this panel contains the most commonly used scan settings. When the basic source configuration mode is selected, this is the only panel available. Change to the advanced source configuration mode to enable the other panels whic...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 145 main panel options some of the options in this panel may have advanced adjustment options on a different panel in this section. When the advanced configuration mode is selected, a gear icon will appear next to those features which have adjustment options. Cl...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 146 • color page with graphics or color photographs - 150 dpi • color photographs of poor quality for image enhancement - 300 dpi • color photographs for printing - 200 dpi • color photographs for email - 100 to 150 dpi • magazine page with graphics, line art, o...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 147 rotate image select an option in this list to have the final image rotated when scanning is complete. Advanced panel options the options in this panel may also appear in the main panel, but with additional settings for you to fine-tune the feature you've sel...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 148 • autocrop to original —select this option to let the scanner automatically determine the size of the item being scanned. This option is only available if the scanner supports this feature. This option may occasionally be grayed out as not all scanning appli...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 149 image enhancements click on the image enhancements icon to select options applicable to what type of image processing you want applied for the items being scanned. • main panel —this panel contains the most commonly used scan settings. Some of the options in...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 150 main panel options some of the options in this panel may have advanced adjustment options on a different panel in this section. When the advanced configuration mode is selected, a gear icon will appear next to those features which have adjustment options. Cl...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 151 color image brightness examples the examples below show the original image at the default setting of 50% brightness level, 25% brightness and 75% brightness. Adjusting the brightness level does not make the image completely black nor completely white. Techni...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 152 • pencil written letters, forms, or drawings - 55% to 65% • faded pictures or old documents with faded text - 60% to 70% • light colored carbon copy paper, such as yellow or pale pink or pale green, with light text - 45% to 55% • newspaper or magazine pages ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 153 as the gamma value is adjusted higher, the tone curve bends and the highlights of the image are expanded, lightening the highlights without overall lightening the image with white as seen with raising the brightness level. This way, the highlights and shadow...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 154 the following example shows the original grayscale image and the inverted image. The following example shows the original color image and the inverted image. Mirror image the mirror image option flips the image left-to-right. Bit depth reduction the bit dept...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 155 threshold and dynamic threshold threshold enables you to set what level of light or dark to look for on a page. When scanning in black and white, everything on the page is set to either white pixels or black pixels in the final image. If the text on the page...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 156 bayer dither scan - close up advanced panel options the options in this panel may also appear in the main panel, but with additional settings for you to fine-tune the feature you've selected. Despeckle this option removes speckles from the background. Speckl...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 157 for example, if the radius is 3 and the number is 5, then the document is evaluated in sections of 3x3 pixels and if there are more than 5 stray dots within a 3x3 area, they are not considered a speckle. Filter use the filter option to increase or decrease t...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 158 to input a custom color using its rgb value, select custom in this list and then input the values for r, g, and b in their appropriate boxes, where r, g, and b are numbers from 0 to 255. Tolerance —use the slider to adjust the precision of the color dropout....

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 159 driver configuration use the driver configuration section to configure the add-on modules, select interface options, and view the scanner hardware properties. When the advanced configuration mode is selected, a scanner panel option will be available for you ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 160 there are some features in the scanner interface that are disabled until a module is installed that contains those options. When the module is installed, the features will enable in the scanner interface for you to use them. Reordering the modules select a m...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 161 calibrating and cleaning the scanner needs to be calibrated as part of your monthly maintenance of the scanner. You calibrated the scanner on installation of the software, but the scanner requires calibration to maintain image quality. If the scanner is used...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 162 hardware properties and interface behavior you can use the scanner’s properties page to keep track of scanner maintenance, change some of the hardware options, configure the scanner interface behavior, and adjust application options that may be available for...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 163 paper pickup options the paper pickup options allow you to choose how the scanner responds when a page is inserted into the scanner. • delay —this is the amount of time between when the paper sensor is engaged and the rollers start to feed the page into the ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 164 driver settings the options in this panel are for configuring how the scanner interface will behave in some scenarios. Only advanced users should modify any of the options in this section. Options that are not available for your scanner will be grayed out an...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 165 • profile overrides capabilities —some scanning applications have the option to adjust the scan settings and scan without opening this scanner interface. The next time this interface opens, the last used settings will match the application settings that were...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 167 7 maintenance this chapter includes: • calibrating your scanner on page 168 • cleaning your scanner on page 171 • troubleshooting on page 175 • uninstalling your scanner on page 177 • xerox travel scanner 150 specifications on page 178 • xerox travel scanner...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 168 calibrating your scanner the scanner needs to be calibrated as part of your monthly maintenance of the scanner. You calibrated the scanner on installation of the software, but the scanner requires calibration to maintain image quality. If the scanner is used...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 169 3. Click the properties button. 4. Click on the device settings tab. 5. Click on the calibrate button to start the calibration utility. 6. Place the calibration page, with the black bar face down , with the arrows pointing into the scanner..

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 170 7. The scanner pulls in the calibration page. The scanner will move the calibration page back and forth during calibration. 8. When calibration is complete the scanner will clear the calibration page out of the scanner. Remove the calibration page when the u...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 171 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 and choose ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 172 4. Click on the device settings tab. 5. Click on the clean button to start the cleaning utility. 6. Place the cleaning sheet in the scanner..

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 173 7. The scanner pulls in the cleaning sheet. The scanner will move the cleaning sheet back and forth during cleaning. 8. When cleaning is complete the scanner will clear the cleaning sheet out of the scanner. Remove the cleaning sheet when the utility prompts...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 174 2. Click on the clean button to start the cleaning utility. 3. Place the cleaning sheet in the scanner. Place the damp side face down . 4. The scanner pulls in the cleaning sheet. The scanner will move the cleaning sheet back and forth during cleaning. 5. Wh...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 175 troubleshooting problem : the scanner won’t scan. What’s wrong? Check for one of these possible problems: • is a cable loose or not plugged in securely? Inspect all cable connections. Make sure all the cables are plugged in securely. • did you restart the co...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 176 there are a limited number of times that an application can open. When “create single image files” is selected and you are scanning to a destination application, each side of the page scanned will open a new instance of that application. If you want to have ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 177 uninstalling your scanner to uninstall the xerox travel scanner 150 scanner, remove the scanner software, paperport, or any other scanning software provided with the scanner. When uninstalling the scanner driver or one touch, please leave the scanner's usb c...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 178 xerox travel scanner 150 specifications scanning resolution 600 dpi bit depth 24-bit color, 8-bit grayscale, 1-bit line art/text scan method fast sheetfed light source 3-color rgb led lamp image sensor contact image sensor maximum item size 8.5 x 14.0 inches...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 179 xerox travel scanner 150 parts list please use the following part names and numbers when ordering replacements for your xerox travel scanner 150 part name part number usb cable 35-0065-000 calibration page and cleaning sheet 05-0875-000 photo sleeves 05-0527...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 181 a regulatory information this chapter includes: • basic regulations on page 182 • copy regulations on page 184.

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 182 basic regulations united states (fcc regulations) this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class b digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the fcc rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmfu...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 183 a full declaration of conformity, defining the relevant directives and referenced standards, can be obtained from your xerox limited representative or by contacting: environment, heath and safety the document company xerox bessemer road welwyn garden city he...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 184 copy regulations united states 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 securi...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 185 9. Selective service induction papers that bear any of the following registrant’s information: exception: u. S. Army and navy discharge certificates may be photographed. 10. Badges, identification cards, passes, or insignia carried by military personnel, or ...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 186 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. Note: this list is not inclusive and no liability is assumed for either its complet...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 187 b compliance information this chapter includes: • product recycling & disposal on page 188 • energy star for the usa on page 189.

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 188 product recycling & disposal usa & canada if you are managing the disposal of your xerox product, please note that the product may contain lead, mercury, perchlorate, and other materials whose disposal may be regulated due to environmental considerations. Th...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 189 energy star for the usa energy program compliance the xerox travel scanner 150 is e nergy s tar qualified under the e nergy s tar program requirements for imaging equipment. The e nergy s tar and e nergy s tar m ark are registered united states trademarks. T...

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    Xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 191 index a actual size, 74 add application, 89, 93, 95 advanced device settings, 74 advanced settings tab, 55 apply button, 47 aspect ratio, 74 autocrop, 145, 147 autocrop to original, 53 autolaunch, 35, 37, 39, 40, 44 turn off or on, 38 automatic color detecti...

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    Index xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 192 h halftone pattern, 155 hardware properties, 38, 45 htm file format, 90 htm file format, 108 html document, 108 html page, 90 hue, 55 i image documents properties, 92 image editors, 48 image enhancements, 149 image file formats, 58 improvements and set...

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    Index xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 193 perform edge cleanup, 147 pixel, 150, 153, 155, 156 post-it™ notes and labels, 35 presets, 139 properties button, 47 r recognition quality, 112 redaction tab, 55 reduce moiré patterns, 53 refresh button, 47 register, 30 reject character, 112 resolution...

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    Index xerox travel scanner 150 user’s guide 194.