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DocuPen™
Operating Manual
04/02/10
DOCUPORT
THE PORTABLE IMAGING COMPANY
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Legal and Other Notices All contents of this publication are subject to change without notice. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form Or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the Express prior written permission of Docuport Incorporated. Docuport makes no representations or warranties regarding any damages, or benefit expected by using this unit lawfully, or any request from a third person, which are caused by the inappr
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Contents INTRODUCTION................................................................................... 5 Check the Content………………………………………….......... 5 DocuPen™ Overview…………………………………………..... 6 Pen Scanner Power Button…………………………………....... 6 LED Indicator Panel…………………………………………....... 7 GETTING STARTED ............................................................................ 8 Inserting the Batteries……………………………………………. 8 Changing the Batteries…………………………………………… 9 About the Batt
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS................................................ 31 What is the Capacity of the Pen’s Memory Bank?.............. 31 LED Lights Do Not Turn on?................................................ 31 Images are Not Readable?.................................................. 31 All LED Lights Are Flashing?............................................... 31 Do I need a Computer to Scan?.......................................... 31 How are the Scanned Images hand
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Introduction Thank you for purchasing the DocuPen™ Portable Scanner. This portable scanner functions as a quick and simple tool that can be taken anywhere to swipe over a smooth flat clean surface to capture black and white images. This manual provides instructions for scanning documents with the DocuPen™ and downloading the scanned images to your PC. Please read these instructions carefully to obtain optimum performance and longer service life from the unit. Retain this manua
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DocuPen™ Overview LED Indicators Power Button Battery Cover Rollers Connector Pen Scanner Power Button • Press one time to turn the DocuPen™ on in Standard scan mode (200x100 dpi). • Press two times to turn the DocuPen™ on and put the pen in Hi Resolution scan mode (200x200 dpi). • Press to respond to prompts when downloading or erasing the pen’s memory bank. DocuPe
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LED Indicators The 4 LED indicators at the top of the DocuPen™ from left to right indicate the following: LED LIGHTS Condition LED #1 Processor On/Off and Scan Speed Too Fast When you press the DocuPen™ power button, this red light turns on, & also the #2, & #3 LED indicating that the DocuPen™ is ready for use. This light also flashes if your scan speed is too fast. LED's #2 & #3 Available Memory Capacity The state of the second and third lights indicate
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Getting Started Inserting the Batteries The factory has left the cover in position but not locked in place, to allow easier battery loading. Therefore simply push forward & lift up at the narrow end. The DocuPen™ uses 4 (four) 1.55v silver oxide high drain coin cell batteries included in the package. The recommended battery is Energizer 389VP (SR1130W). 1. To remove the battery compartment cover and insert the batteries: Looking at the top of the DocuPen™, push down firmly on
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3. Lower the Cover over the Battery compartment, and align the four legs on the bottom of the cover, with the openings in the casing. 4. Slide the battery cover into the closed position, till it clicks, and is fully closed. Firmly push while grasping with thumb. Changing the Batteries Note that you can change the batteries any time the unit is turned off. Changing the batteries does not affect the images stored in the DocuPen™ ’s memory bank. All four battery cells must b
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About the Battery Life Typical battery life depends on several factors including scan duration, scan resolution, and type of service. The battery life under normal service is typically 200 document pages at 100 dpi or 100 document pages at 200 dpi (both scanning 8.5”x11” pages. (Based on intermittent use over several weeks). The battery life under continuous use service involves two full drain cycles of 60 pages at 100 dpi or 30 pages at 200 dpi per cycle. In this case, the b
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Points to Remember Before You Scan To obtain the best scan results, note the following: The document you scan must be well supported on a smooth flat, clean, & stable surface. It is recommended that you hold the top of the document with one hand while you scan with the other. Hold document Hold the Scanner flat, Do Not tilt Typically scanning from top of document down 1. Place your document on a smooth, flat, clean surface. 2. Place the DocuPen™ just above the area you w
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Scanning 4. Slowly roll the DocuPen™ down across the area you want to scan. The LEDs activate, and the unit begins scanning as soon as you start moving the pen. When you stop moving the pen, the LEDs shut off and scanning stops. Apply even pressure, in the center of the scanner to allow the rollers to rotate smoothly down the document. When you stop scanning the image is saved to the pen’s internal flash memory and the DocuPen™ power turns off. You must wait momentarily till the d
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Additional Scanning Tips What you scan is what you get. The DocuPen™ is sensitive to changes in direction and scan speed and records every movement you make. The more uniform your scan swipe, the better your scanned image results. This may take a little practice at first. Your entire scan swipe motion must be sooth and uniform. Scanning too quickly or abruptly changing acceleration causes the RED LED to flash, reminding you to reduce your scanning speed. Scanning Too Fast It
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Additional Scanning Tips Continued For better control over the DocuPen™ ’s movement, it is recommended that you detach the cable before you scan. During Scanning better control without cable… When scanning books or bound pages, it may be easier to scan in landscape mode across the page. This will follow the natural curve better. Images can be turned with the Imaging Software, within Windows, or Paperport. Beware of and avoid staples, and paper clips. These can
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Installing the DocuPen™ Software The DocuPen™ includes a proprietary TWAIN scan driver on the included CD. TWAIN is an industry standard for software that controls optical input devices such as scanners and video capture interface cards. TWAIN support allows the DocuPen™ to be controlled from your PC scanner or imaging software. After installation, the DocuPen™ driver is made available to your Windows TWAIN-compatible applications. Such as Windows Imaging, or PaperPort ® . This gives
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8. After reading and agreeing to the terms of the DocuPen™ Software License Agreement, click the YES button to continue. 9. You will be prompted to enter registration information. 10. Then click the FINISH button to complete the Pen Twain installation. 11. The Prolific USB Driver will load next. 12. Simply follow on screen instructions. 13. Remember to remove USB Cable if plugged in. 14. The Prolific 2303 installation is complete, click Finish
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Installing the Paperport® SE 8.0 Software 1. The final software to load is the Paperport® SE 8.0, simply follow on screen instructions to proceed. This is required under Windows XP 2. Opening pop-up window. 3.Welcome ready to install window. 4. License Agreement. 5. User information required. 6. Installation Set-up. 7. Set-up Ready to Install. DocuPen™ Operation Manual17
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8. Registration window. 9. Installation complete. 10. Restart required. Once your computer is restarted, if you have a USB port you can safely plug in the USB cable. The Serial cable can be plugged in at any time. You should have a brief pop-up message from the Hardware Wizard. WINDOWS SHOULD SELF INSTALL THE DRIVERS, IF NOT REFER TO THE TROUBLESHOOTING SECTION PAGE 37 You can now start the Imaging program by Kodak®, or the PaperPort ® SE 8.0 by ScanSoft®
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Downloading All images of the documents you scan are maintained in the DocuPen™ ’s flash memory bank. After downloading the memory bank to your computer, you can view and manage the individual images using any TWAIN-compatible imaging application. When you download the DocuPen™ ’s memory bank to your computer, you overwrite the existing image file created from the previous download. Before you download your most recent scanned images, make sure you have viewed and saved all image files fr
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To download using Windows 98/2000/ME/ with Kodak Imaging: 1. Open the Imaging for Windows application, which is included with all versions of Windows 95 and later. 2. For Windows XP, please use the PaperPort ® SE 8.0 OCR software. Generally, the Imaging command can be found under the Windows. Desktop Start, Programs Accessories menu. Choose the Imaging command to open the Imaging application Window that applies to your operating system. Windows 2000 SELECT DEVICE Windows 98 SELE
