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Xerox 6400 Scanner User’s Guide

Setting Destination Application Properties

The different types of Destination Applications have various 
properties that you can select.

1. On the One Touch Properties window, click a Destination 

Application.

2. Click the 

Properties

 button.

A One Touch 4.0 Link Properties dialog box appears for the 
type of Destination Application you selected, and the available 
options are for that type of application.

PaperPort Properties

These properties apply to PaperPort, and are for designating the 
folder to receive your scanned items.

Click a Destination 

Application.

Click the Properties 

button

Summary of Contents for X64005D-WU - 6400 - Flatbed Scanner

Page 1: ...Xerox 6400 user s guide scanner...

Page 2: ...Xerox 6400 scanner user s guide...

Page 3: ...mpanies Information is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Visioneer The software described is furnished under a licensing agreement The software may be...

Page 4: ...iguring the One Touch Buttons 40 About the One Touch Properties Window 40 Selecting New Settings for a Button 43 Setting Up a Button to Have OCR Capabilities 44 Setting Destination Application Propert...

Page 5: ...Step 1 Uninstalling the Scanner and One Touch Software 84 Step 2 Uninstalling the PaperPort Software 85 Xerox 6400 Scanner Specifications 87 Notices 89 It s Illegal in the USA 89 It s Illegal in Cana...

Page 6: ...or photos 35mm slides and negatives to place their electronic images on your computer What s in the Box Before proceeding check the contents of the box If items are missing or damaged contact the deal...

Page 7: ...anner Glass Reference marks Document cover Option port One Touch Button panel USB port Status lights One Touch Button panel Power jack E mail Copy Scan To PaperPort CD Custom Transparency light source...

Page 8: ...canner will not scan when locked Alignment corner Items are aligned at the upper right corner Glass Items are placed face down on the glass Reference marks Marks on the border of the glass show where...

Page 9: ...ws Control Panel double click Display and then click the Settings tab Documentation Your scanner is delivered with the following documentation Quick Install Guide abbreviated installation instructions...

Page 10: ...2 Insert the installation CD into your computer s CD ROM drive The CD automatically starts NOTE You must install the PaperPort software before connecting the scanner to the computer Otherwise the cor...

Page 11: ...ick their boxes as well 5 Click Install Now 6 On the PaperPort 9 0 Welcome window click Next Installing PaperPort 9 0 will uninstall any previous existing version of PaperPort and install PaperPort 9...

Page 12: ...your computer click Restart 12 At the Installshield Wizard Completed window click Finish 13 On the Welcome to the One Touch 4 0 Setup Wizard window click Next 14 On the Xerox License Agreement window...

Page 13: ...le is securely plugged into the Option port on the back of the scanner 3 Plug one end of the USB cable into an available USB 1 1 or USB 2 0 port on the computer NOTE You do not have to shut off the po...

Page 14: ...u are using Windows XP and have plugged the USB cable into a USB 1 1 port an information bubble opens explaining that A HI SPEED USB device is plugged into a non HI SPEED USB hub Plug the USB cable in...

Page 15: ...ng diagram shows the scanner connected to a computer 7 Turn on the power switch on the back of your scanner The green status light on the front of the scanner is illuminated indicating the scanner is...

Page 16: ...on looks like the one pictured below 9 Click Close on the Installation Complete window 10 When installation is finished restart your computer 11 If you selected additional software to install from the...

Page 17: ...software files Try restarting your computer Please see the Readme file in the PaperPort directory on your computer s hard drive The Readme file contains additional information that may help you diagno...

Page 18: ...ine Updates from the pop up menu 3 Follow the instructions on the screen and register your scanner by entering your scanner s serial number and your email address The serial number is located on the u...

Page 19: ...Scan Paper Documents 1 Place the item face down on the glass Align the edge of the item with the arrow at the upper right corner of the glass 2 Close the document cover and press one of the One Touch...

Page 20: ...a thumbnail of the scanned image appears in the Destination Application In this example the Destination Application is the PaperPort desktop You can now work with the image in its Destination Applica...

Page 21: ...nter copier s default resolution Settings Black White 300dpi 8 5 x 11 page Brightness 50 Scan Scans the item as a color page and displays it in PaperPort Settings Color 200dpi Autocrop Brightness 50 C...

Page 22: ...roperties window for that button also appears in case you want to change scan settings before scanning You use this window to reset the configuration destination applications file formats and so forth...

Page 23: ...item with the arrow marker at the upper right corner of the glass 2 Close the document cover and click on the One Touch icon in the Windows System Tray at the bottom right corner of the screen The One...

Page 24: ...ge is sent to Microsoft Paint as its Destination Application On the One Touch Properties window one of the format options is initially labelled n a This format is for adding the Optical Character Reco...

Page 25: ...gn the edge of the item with the arrow at the upper right corner of the glass and then close the cover 2 Start ScanSoft PaperPort 9 0 The PaperPort Desktop opens 3 Click the Scan icon on the PaperPort...

Page 26: ...g from the Basic Interface The Basic Interface can scan a preview of the image so you can adjust its appearance before scanning the final image After adjusting the appearance you click the Scan button...

Page 27: ...see the section Scanning Part of an Image on page 23 6 To preview the item with the new settings click the Preview button again on the Basic Interface 7 When you are satisfied with the preview image c...

Page 28: ...around the section of the image that you want to scan A dotted outline shows the selected area in the image Note that the selected area in the example has the number 1 in its upper left corner indicat...

Page 29: ...vanced Interface button on the Basic Interface The Advanced Interface appears Choose the type of scanning from this menu Click an icon to select a configuration Color Grey Scale or Black White Clickin...

Page 30: ...an Color scans the image in full color Use this setting to scan color photographs and other color images The file size is the largest of the image type options 5 Click the Preview button to view the i...

Page 31: ...ide When scanning is finished a thumbnail of the scanned image s appears on the PaperPort desktop To Cancel scanning while it s in progress click the Cancel button on the progress window 12 Use the Pa...

Page 32: ...s image onto the sensors That is why your scanner has a light in its document cover When you scan a 35mm slide or negative the light in the bottom of the scanner turns off and the light in the cover s...

Page 33: ...You do not use it for 35mm slides 2 Insert up to three 35mm slides into the slide holder with the border text on their cardboard frames facing up so you can read the text 3 Close the cover You then us...

Page 34: ...older from the slide holder 2 Insert the filmstrip into the filmstrip holder The filmstrip holder can hold up to four frames of 35mm film 3 Replace the filmstrip holder in the slide holder 4 Close the...

Page 35: ...00 4 In the Scan what section choose Photograph 5 Click the Scan button on the Scan pane The Basic Interface or Advanced Interface opens depending on which one you used last That is if you used the Ad...

Page 36: ...arency you re scanning 8 Click Preview to preview the image and adjust the settings 9 Click Scan when you are satisfied with the image 10 Click Done to close the Advanced Interface Choose a transparen...

Page 37: ...he Advanced Interface make sure to choose Scan Reflective Using to reset PaperPort for scanning paper items If you adjusted the resolution and other settings for the slides or negatives reset those se...

Page 38: ...ettings on the Scan Pane before clicking the Scan button The Settings dialog box appears When the Scan tab is selected as shown above the dialog box shows information about the scan 2 Click the Output...

Page 39: ...r bmp Your scanned items are then converted to that file type and placed on the PaperPort Desktop The small icon on the bottom right corner of the PaperPort thumbnails indicates the file type you sele...

Page 40: ...nal items to a scanning job If the check box is selected scanned items immediately appear on the PaperPort desktop If the check box is not selected this is the default the following message box appear...

Page 41: ...the Scan pane 3 From the Scanner list select WIA XEROX 6400 4 In the Scan what section choose to scan a Document or Photograph 5 Click Settings to view and change the format for the scanned item s fil...

Page 42: ...ngs refer to the next section Fine Tuning Your Scans Change the size of the scanned image To do this click and hold the mouse pointer over one of the four sizing boxes on the corners of the previewed...

Page 43: ...ou can select new settings before you scan an item to fine tune exactly how you want to scan a particular item To select the scanner settings before you scan 1 On the scan window click Adjust the qual...

Page 44: ...er inch dpi of the resolution The maximum resolution is 600 dpi the minimum is 50 dpi for Windows XP and 75 dpi for Windows ME The higher the dpi setting the sharper and clearer the scanned image Howe...

Page 45: ...scanning Right clicking opens the One Touch Properties window The One Touch Properties window opens for that button The One Touch Properties window also opens when you press hold down and release a b...

Page 46: ...configuration settings include scanning mode resolution dpi page size brightness color saturation hue and gamma To see a selected scan configuration s settings click its icon Click the icon again to...

Page 47: ...application you select The n a format is for setting your scanner s automatic OCR capability See Setting Up a Button to Have OCR Capabilities on page 44 The button names indicate their file types See...

Page 48: ...you can use with the scanner From the Select Configuration list select a scan configuration To scan in color select one of the configurations indicated by the small color icon such as the Color Docum...

Page 49: ...settings for that button Setting Up a Button to Have OCR Capabilities Your scanner includes Optical Character Recognition OCR capabilities to automatically convert text on scanned images into text th...

Page 50: ...Select one of the text editing applications from the list of Destination Applications The format is set to the appropriate format for the Destination Application in this case rtf for Microsoft WordPad...

Page 51: ...ndow click a Destination Application 2 Click the Properties button A One Touch 4 0 Link Properties dialog box appears for the type of Destination Application you selected and the available options are...

Page 52: ...and the other applications indicated by their icons in the list The properties apply to the OCR settings for the applications 1 Click in the OCR settings boxes for the options you want The options wil...

Page 53: ...and 2 on the dialog box are automatically filled in and the application icon appears in step 3 4 Select the icon in Step 3 To select the options in step 4 on the dialog box refer to the documentation...

Page 54: ...Screen resolution Use this option to ensure that an image will fit on the computer s screen When a computer screen is set to a lower resolution bitmap images with a higher resolution may be too big to...

Page 55: ...s 1 and 2 on the dialog box are automatically filled in and the application icon appears in step 3 4 Select the icon in Step 3 To select the options in step 4 on the dialog box refer to the documentat...

Page 56: ...ers are created based on your selection month week or type and the scanned documents are saved in those folders New folders are created for each month and week so you can keep track of when you scanne...

Page 57: ...ments 2 Click the Browse button to specify the location to store them or type a location directly into the box See the steps on page 50 to add an application 3 If you are using America Online AOL on y...

Page 58: ...on the One Touch Properties window Selecting Page Format Options The Page Format options that you select determines the file format of the scanned document Appropriate page format options and file typ...

Page 59: ...with the JPG option the PDF format can be reduced in size or quality To select a JPG or PDF file size 1 Select JPG or PDF as the page format 2 Right click on the JPG or PDF icon A menu appears 3 Choo...

Page 60: ...e 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 choose the particular...

Page 61: ...s The OCR Options are only available for text formats To select OCR options 1 Open the One Touch Properties window 2 Click the tab of the button that has Destination Applications that use the text for...

Page 62: ...ption to produce a single column of text in the Destination Application even if the original image had multiple columns of text Selecting Options for a Button The One Touch Options determine the types...

Page 63: ...Microsoft Excel and other word processing and spreadsheet applications Select this option if you want OCR processing to convert your scanned documents to text that you can edit PDF applications are f...

Page 64: ...ies are saved one in the Word folder and the other in the copy location folder This option is not available if you have Document Management or Storage and CD R W selected as the Destination Applicatio...

Page 65: ...lect Destination list and click the type of application for which you want to create a new scan configuration When you create a new scan configuration it will appear for the buttons that are set for t...

Page 66: ...ave the largest file size AutoDetect to have the scanner automatically detect the mode of the image and then scan it in color grayscale or black and white To select AutoDetect hold down the Ctrl key a...

Page 67: ...ge Drag the sliders to the right or left to adjust the brightness and contrast of the scanned image The Contrast setting does not apply to the Black White mode 6 If you want to lock the configuration...

Page 68: ...ate moire patterns in the scanned image This option is only available for the Grayscale or Color Mode at 200 dpi or less Invert Image Only available for Black White Mode this option reverses the black...

Page 69: ...ssary If the scanned image is to big to be printed or faxed on a single page the image will automatically be cropped around its edges to fit on the page Center image on page The image will be printed...

Page 70: ...nfiguration Properties dialog box opens for that configuration 5 Edit the settings and click OK 6 Click OK to close the dialog box Configuring Before Scanning Sometimes you may want to manually config...

Page 71: ...nother application to use for scanning before you start A typical example is if you want to use another application s TWAIN interface to select scanning options before you start scanning When you pres...

Page 72: ...hat application s TWAIN interface Scan and Burn to a CD If you have a CD burner attached to your computer you can scan directly from your Xerox 6400 scanner onto a CD This feature is available only on...

Page 73: ...ocument whether a single page or multiple pages you can have the pages converted directly to html formatted pages for posting directly to your web site Those pages are then viewable by visitors to you...

Page 74: ...th Microsoft Explorer as the Destination Application it s the Custom button in the example above scan the pages that you want on your web site When scanning is finished the document is first converted...

Page 75: ...now use Internet Explorer or another application to post the document to your web page as you would any other HTML page Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage With the Transfer to Storage scanning...

Page 76: ...have them converted by the OCR process prior to being stored 1 Open the One Touch Properties window 2 Choose a text format as the file format 3 Right click on the text format icon and choose the file...

Page 77: ...icon and choose Show Hardware from the pop up menu You can also click the scanner icon at the top of the One Touch Button Panel If the Hardware View of the panel is open you can also right click on th...

Page 78: ...the arrows for the Lamp timeout setting to choose a time setting To turn the lamp on and off manually without turning off power to the scanner click the Lamp On or Lamp Off buttons To manually turn on...

Page 79: ...the Advanced Interface select a configuration for example Color Configurations 2 Click a setting in the list of settings or click its corresponding button on the right side of the Advanced Interface...

Page 80: ...ou change the settings on the panel the numbers in the list on the left also change Adjusting the Resolution Resolution determines the amount of detail you can see in the scanned image The resolution...

Page 81: ...To set the resolution manually drag the Resolution slider to the left to decrease the resolution or to the right to increase it You can also type a number directly into the resolution setting box or...

Page 82: ...trast is only available for Color and Gray Scale configurations To adjust the brightness and contrast 1 Drag the Brightness slider to the left to make the item darker or to the right to make the item...

Page 83: ...or to the right to increase the settings You can also type a number directly into the setting boxes or click the up and down arrows next to the boxes 2 Click Reset to return the settings to their orig...

Page 84: ...n the Advanced Interface just click the Trim button to see the dotted line around the edges of the trim area 2 Check to make sure the dotted line encloses the area you want to scan A new Scan Info box...

Page 85: ...dotted outline put the pointer in the selected area and drag the mouse 3 To resize the selected area put the pointer on a dotted line and drag it Note that as you drag a dotted line the menu selectio...

Page 86: ...eview Image on the Advanced Interface 2 As you click the icon the ruler units cycle among inches centimeters and pixels The Scan Info Box The following figure shows the information on the Scan Info bo...

Page 87: ...ofiles for example Black White Configurations Custom 2 Adjust the settings as required and then click the Save As button The Save Profile dialog box opens 3 Type a name for the new profile and click O...

Page 88: ...for one of these possible problems Are the cables loose or not plugged in securely Inspect the cable connections Make sure the cables are plugged in securely Is the scanner s status light on Turn on t...

Page 89: ...le menu Problem How do I uninstall PaperPort See the section Uninstalling Your Scanner on page 84 Uninstalling does not delete your scanned items and they remain in the PaperPort Data folder Cleaning...

Page 90: ...Remove and then click Next 8 On the Confirm Uninstall window click OK 9 On the Maintenance Complete window click Finish The One Touch software is removed from your computer 10 Close all open windows...

Page 91: ...ings and then click Control Panel 2 Click the Add or Remove Programs icon The Add or Remove Programs window opens 3 Select PaperPort 9 0 and click Remove 4 A message window opens asking if you are sur...

Page 92: ...p Interface USB 2 0 High Speed Scanner dimensions Height 3 75 inches 9 5 cm Width 11 25 inches 28 6 cm Length 20 25 inches 51 4 cm Weight 9 0 pounds 4 09 kg Operating temperature 50 104 F 5 35 C witho...

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Page 94: ...duction of the document is performed for lawful purposes Postage Stamps canceled or uncanceled For philatelic purposes Postage Stamps may be photographed provided the reproduction is in black and whit...

Page 95: ...ry personnel or by members of the various Federal Departments such as FBI Treasury etc unless photograph is ordered by the head of such department or bureau Reproducing the following is also prohibite...

Page 96: ...ur convenience and assistance but it is not all inclusive and no liability is assumed for its completeness or accuracy In case of doubt consult your solicitor Federal Communications Commission FCC for...

Page 97: ...Y STAR program is a team effort between the Environmental Protection Agency and the office equipment industry to promote energy efficient personal computers monitors printers digital presses fax machi...

Page 98: ...ectrical devices This permissive loss of performance is specified by the manufacturer and will not damage the scanner or monitor Known solutions to this type of problem are as follows 1 Rotate the sca...

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Page 100: ...ptions 57 button settings 43 C calibration slot 27 CD other software 11 CD ROM drive 4 Color 25 61 color hue 78 options 78 Color Document 43 components 2 computer specifications 4 configuration new 60...

Page 101: ...Touch icon 18 40 44 One Touch Properties window 17 40 44 46 options 57 60 P Page Format HTML 69 PaperPort desktop 20 help topics 35 install 5 scan from 19 Scan pane 20 30 PaperPort desktop thumbnail...

Page 102: ...single page items check box 35 37 slide scan 27 status light 83 Sti Event Forwarding 58 Storage and CD R W 58 Storage Properties 51 system requirements 4 T Text Documents Properties 47 Text Editors 58...

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