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3.  If you plan to connect your scanner to a USB hub3, make sure that the hub is 
connected to the USB port in your computer.  Next, connect the scanner to the 
USB hub. 
Note:  If you do not have a USB port available, you might need to buy a USB port. 
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1.  If the USB components on your computer are functioning correctly, they will 
automatically detect the scanner causing...

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4.   For Windows Vista 
a.  Select “Locate and install driver software (recommended)” when the “Found  New Hardware” window is displayed. 
b.  Click on the [Continue] button when the “User Account Control” dialog pops up. 
c.  Insert the Setup/Application CD-ROM, included with your scanner, into your  CD-ROM drive when the system prompts you “Insert the disc that came with 
your USB Scanner”, and click on the [Next] button. 
d.  During the process of the installation, a message “Windows can’t verify...

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1.  Insert the document face down into the scanner. Align the document to the  arrow sign on the right of the scanner. 
 
2. Press the  SCAN button on the scanner.  The scanning starts immediately. 
3.  When the scan completes, click My Document folder on your desktop to find a  folder named as DigiScan. 
4.  If an image is saved in the DigiScan folder, your scanner is working properly. 
 
Attention  If the test failed in any way, please refer to “Appendix A: 
Troubleshooting” section of this manual...

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Chapter II. 
Usage and Maintenance 
Operating the Scanner 
Your scanner accepts documents as small as business cards and as large as 
Legal size documents.  However, some software programs have limitations as to the 
information they can handle.  The capacity of the computer’s memory and free space 
on your hard drive can also limit the physical size of the document that you scan. 
There are two different ways to operate the scanner: 
1.  From within an image-editing program that can acquire...

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ImageFolio).  DigiScan also includes features to allow you to use your scanner as a 
copy machine4 and to scan documents or photos for e-mail.  
DigiScan 
You may configure the scanning properties for each individual scanner button 
within the DigiScan window. 
There are two ways to access the DigiScan window: 
1.  Double-click the DigiScan
 icon in the Windows system tray. 
2.  Single-click or right-click the DigiScan
 icon in the Windows system tray, and 
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There are several functions available in the SCAN tab. You may configure them, 
as you like to shape the settings for later scanning. 
•  Save to File  
•   E-mail 
•   Copy  
•   Other Image Editing Functions  (e.g. Presto! PageManager) 
Select SCAN tab to from the opened DigiScan window to start the configuration 
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4. Adjust the Scanning Attributes (Size , Mode,  Resolution,  Brightness, 
Contrast  and Gamma). 
5.  Select a printer from the  Printer drop-down menu; drag the Scaling Slider Bar, 
check the  Fit-in box or check  Center on Page box, if appropriate. 
Note: The Printer menu is enabled only for the Copy function. If you select 
other functions, please skip to the step7. 
6. Click the  Default button if you desire to return to the default settings. 
7. Click the  Close button to save the final...

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There are various file formats for your choice, which could be supported by 
different BCR and OCR. The scanned image(s) may be transferred into the following 
file format.  
•  Acrobat PDF-image (*.pdf) 
•   Acrobat Searchable PDF (*.pdf) (Only for AS1300 Pro) 
•   Microsoft Word (*.doc) 
•   Microsoft Excel (*.xls) 
•   HTML (*.htm) 
•   Plain Text (*.txt) 
•   Rich Text Format (*.rtf)...

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Example: (Only available for Advanced Model)  „  Select Readiris From the Purpose drop-down menu: 
 
1. Select the  Acrobat PDF-image  (Acrobat Searchable PDF , Microsoft Word, 
Rich Text Format or HTML ) from the File format  drop-down menu. 
2. Select the  Save each page as a separate file  or Save all pages to one file 
according to your scanning needs. 
3.  Specify a destination file path by clicking the  Browse button at the right end of 
the  Save  option. 
4.  Enter the file name in  File...

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8. Click  Advanced  button to set more settings for Graphics in the coming out 
window. 
9. Click  Language Option  button to set detailed language properties in the 
coming out window. 
10. Click the  Default button if you desire to return to the default settings. 
11. Click the  Close button to save the final settings and exit the DigiScan window. 
Example: 
„  Select FineReader from the Purpose drop-down menu: 
 
1. Select the  Microsoft Excel ( Rich Text Format  or Plain Text ) from the File...