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HAPTER
1: W
ELCOME
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To use the scanning keyboard and software, you need the following:
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IBM PC (or 100-percent compatible) 486 or higher for PaperPort 4.0;
an IBM 386 or higher for PaperPort 3.6.
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Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 3.1, or Windows 3.11.
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8 megabytes (MB) or more of internal memory (RAM), or 4 MB if you
have your own OCR software and decide not to install the OCR
software included with the PaperPort software.
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20 MB of free hard disk space if your computer is running Windows 95;
12 MB of free hard disk space if your computer is running
Windows 3.1.
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An available serial port (COM1, COM2, COM3, or COM4).
If your computer does not have an available COM port, please read the
section below.
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A VGA or SVGA monitor. Recommended settings for your monitor are
256 colors or more, and 640 by 480 resolution.
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A CD-ROM drive to install the software; however, if your computer
does not have a CD-ROM drive, you can get disks from Visioneer.
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OMPUTER
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COM P
ORT
You have several options if your computer does not have an available COM
port to connect the PaperPort ix scanning keyboard:
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Use Visioneer’s special parallel port adapter to connect the scanning
keyboard to one of your computer’s parallel ports. A card for ordering
the adapter is included with your scanning keyboard.
This is the
recommended option
.
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