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User’s Guide121 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 use the Acuity settings.
The summary of the scan settings 
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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 your 
scanner.
1. Right-click on the One Touch icon and choose Show Hardware from the pop-up menu.
2. The Hardware Properties dialog box opens and shows information about your Xerox scanner.
3. Click the Properties button.  
						

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Device Settings
Please refer to Device Settings on page 167
Driver Settings
Please refer to Driver Settings on page 168 
						

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6Scanning 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
•Document Settings on page 144
•Image Enhancements on page 149
•Driver Configuration on page 159
•Hardware Properties and Interface Behavior on page 162 
						

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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 
have been provided with your scanner. Please refer to the application’s user guide for instructions on using the 
application and accessing the scanner.
•Visioneer OneTouch: Open the Visioneer OneTouch properties window and under the configuration list select 
Configure Before Scan. Click on OK to save the changes and close Visioneer OneTouch. The next time you 
scan using that button, the scanner interface will open for you to set the scan options and start scanning.
•Nuance PaperPort: On the toolbar click on the scanner icon to open the scan pane on the left side of the 
PaperPort desktop. Click on the Select... button to open the scanner selection window. Select either the TWAIN 
or WIA driver for your scanner model and then click OK. If you get a message that the scanner is not in the 
PaperPort database, follow the instruction on-screen to run the Scanner Setup Wizard.
•Nuance OmniPage: Go to To o l s, then select Options.... Click on the Scanner tab, then click on Setup. Follow 
the instructions on-screen to setup OmniPage to work with the scanner. 
Choosing TWAIN or WIA
A note about your scanner and the TWAIN standard:
TWAIN is a widely recognized standard that computers use to receive images from scanners and digital cameras. 
The TWAIN scanning interface can be accessed from any TWAIN scanning application you have installed on the 
computer. The driver interface described herein is the TWAIN driver that has been developed for your scanner. 
The interface described in this section is the one provided with your scanner and you will see it when scanning from 
PaperPort or OmniPage. Other TWAIN compliant scanning applications may also access this interface. However, 
there are some applications that have their own TWAIN interface. If you are scanning from a software application, 
and see the interface shown in this section, you can use these instructions to scan with the TWAIN interface. If you 
do not see this TWAIN interface, please refer to your scanning application’s user guide for instructions.
A note about your scanner and Microsoft WIA (Windows Image Acquisition):
The WIA platform has been developed to enable image transfer from devices using standard Windows applications, 
such as Paint or Windows Fax and Scan, without the need to install additional scanning software. Microsoft has 
developed its own interface for using the scanner with the Windows applications, as well as any other WIA 
compatible applications you may have installed. However, when using a WIA 2.0 compatible application, the default 
behavior will display the TWAIN interface as described in this document. You can change the driver behavior to 
show the Windows interface instead of the custom interface described herein. Please refer to Driver Settings fo r  t h e  
Hardware Properties and Interface Behavior on page 162 for more information. 
Please refer to your Windows documentation for WIA scanning instructions if you do not see the interface described 
below, or if you have any questions regarding Windows scanning applications.  
						

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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 in the scanner's interface. Hover the mouse cursor over a grayed out feature to see 
information about why the feature is unavailable.
1. Load the document(s) in the scanner.
2. Adjust the settings in the interface for the item you are scanning.
3. Click on the Scan button.
4. When scanning is complete, click Done to close the interface.
5. The scanned images are now in the scanning application.
Note: If you see this locked version of the scanner’s interface you will be able to select a predefined scanning profile 
from the Presets list, and then click the Scan button to start scanning.
You can also click on the Preview button to open the preview dialogue for you to scan a preview image and set 
custom scan regions.
You can lock or unlock the scanner’s interface from the driver configuration options for your scanner. The instructions 
for changing this setting are in the Driver Settings section of this guide. If you are unable to change this setting the 
option may have been set by your system administrator. Please contact your system administrator for more 
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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 is 
displayed, you can then adjust the settings in the main interface until you are happy with how the sample image 
looks. The preview window is also where you can define custom scan regions. Please refer to Scan Regions fo r  
instructions on creating and scanning custom regions.
To use the preview window:
1. Select the initial scan settings you want to use for the preview image and scanning.
If you want to modify the settings for a particular preset, make sure you select that preset before continuing. 
2. Click the Preview button to open the preview window.
The preview window displays the scan area and the current scan region. This scan region reflects the paper size 
currently selected in the main interface. When you pass the mouse cursor over the scan region it will highlight 
for you to move or resize it. If you move, resize, or add scan regions the main interface will display User 
defined for the page size. Please refer to Scan Regions for instructions on creating, resizing and deleting 
regions.
3. Place an item in the scanner.
4. Click the Get preview button. 
						

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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 settings. 
There are some settings in the main interface, such as brightness and contrast, which will immediately update 
the preview image after you adjust the setting. Other settings, such as changing from color scanning to black 
and white scanning, will not automatically update the sample image.
If you select any of the document image adjustment options, such as an option to automatically crop, 
straighten or rotate an image, it will not show in the sample image preview. The preview window displays an 
unaltered view of the item size and position in the scanner. Any document image adjustment options will be 
used while scanning and saving images.
7. After you adjust the scan settings, click Refresh preview to get a new sample image that reflects the most 
current settings in the main interface.
If you are using a single sheet feed scanner, put the item back in the paper feed slot and then click on the 
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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 current scan settings.
Note that the settings you modified for the sample image are not retained until you click Save in the main interface 
to save the settings to the current preset, or save them to a new preset using the Save as dialogue. If you select a 
different preset from the Presets list before saving the current settings, the changes you made will be discarded.
Scan Regions
You can use the preview window to create custom scan regions for the scanner to use for scanning. For example, if 
you want to scan only a specific area of the image, you can move and resize a scan region to focus only on the area 
you want to scan. The final image will be only the size of the region you set.
Important: do not change the page size for the scanned image after you create custom regions. When you have set 
a custom region in the preview window, the page size field will display “user defined” indicating you have specified 
one or more custom regions for scanning. Changing the page size after you create a custom region discards the 
custom regions and sets a single scan region to the size you selected in the page size list.
Creating custom scan regions:
1. Select the preset you want to use for scanning.
2. In the main interface click Preview to open the preview window.
If no previous custom scan regions have been created for the preset you selected, the preview window will 
have a single scan region that is the page size for the current preset. This region will be labeled number 1 and 
be displayed as an outline in the preview area.
3. Place an item in the scanner and then click Get preview.
4. The scanner scans and displays a sample image.