Plustek SMARTOFFICE PS282, User Manual

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C
HAPTER
I. I
NSTALLING THE
S
CANNER
Before installing your scanner, please verify that you have all of the proper
components. A list of the package contents is provided in the “Box Contents” section
of this guide.
S
OFTWARE
I
NSTALLATION
R
EQUIREMENTS
Your scanner comes with the image-editing software (NewSoft Presto! ImageFolio),
OCR software (ABBYY FineReader 6.0 Sprint Plus), Business card Recognition
Software (HotCard BizCard Finder), document management software (NewSoft Presto!
PageManager), Adobe Acrobat Reader, the scanner’s driver, DocAction, and the image
capture software (Plustek DI Capture). All of these software applications use
approximately 400 megabytes of hard disk space after they are installed into your
computer. To ensure ample room for the installation, as well as for scanning and
saving images, a minimum of 1 GB of hard disk space is recommended.
This USB scanner can only operate under the Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional/ XP/ Vista operating system.
Attention
Please do not use multiple USB scanners in
Windows XP simultaneously! For more
information, please refer to the following URL:
http://www.microsoft.com
H
ARDWARE
R
EQUIREMENTS
This scanner connects to your computer through the Universal Serial Bus (USB)
which supports HOT PLUG AND PLAY. To determine whether your computer is USB-
capable, you must check the rear of your PC to locate a USB jack that looks like the
picture below. If you are having trouble in locating the USB port on your computer,
please refer to the hardware manual that came with your computer.
Upon examination, you should find one or two rectangular USB ports, which usually
appear as shown below.
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