--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ScanSnap Manager V4.0L19 README File PFU LIMITED --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Contents - 1. System requirements 2. Cautions Regarding USB and Your Computer 3. Cautions during Installation 4. Cautions during usage 5. Selecting CardMinder(TM) as the application to link 6. Cautions during Uninstallation 7. Other Cautions 8. Updated features Use in High Safety Applications This Product is designed, developed and manufactured for general use, and is suitable without limitation for use in - general office environments, - for personal use and - for household use. It is NOT designed, developed and manufactured for use in environments bearing extremely high risk potentials like fatal risks or dangers which require extremely high safety measures, and which could otherwise lead to death, personal injury, severe physical damage or other similar losses (hereinafter called. Use in High Safety Environments. Such environments include without limitations, use in: - nuclear power facility control, - airplane control, - air traffic control, - mass transport operation control, - life support, and - weapon launching control. You should NEVER use this product without making sure that all necessary safety measures have been sufficiently taken, to comply with the necessary requirements for its Use in High Safety Environments. If you wish to use this product in High Safety Environments, please consult our sales person in charge before such use. PFU LIMITED and related companies accept no claims from customers or third parties in relation to, and accepts no responsibility for losses incurred as a result of the use of this product in enhanced safety applications. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. System requirements --------------------------------------------------------------------- - Operating System Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 98 Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Me Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000 Professional Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Professional Edition (Service Pack 1 or later) Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition (Service Pack 1 or later) - CPU (Processor) Intel(R) Pentium(R) III 600MHz or higher (recommended: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 1.8GHzor higher) - Memory 128MB or more (recommended: 256MB or more) (To scan the document in Excellent mode, 512MB or more is recommended.) - Hard-disk space 30MB of available hard-disk space - Adobe(R)Acrobat(R) 7.0 Standard system requirements Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000 Professional (Service Pack 2 or later) Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Professional Edition Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Cautions Regarding USB and Your Computer --------------------------------------------------------------------- o Be sure to use the USB cable packaged with ScanSnap S500 for connecting it to your computer. o Be sure to wait at least five seconds before re-inserting or re-connecting the USB interface cable. If the USB cable is re-inserted immediately after it is disconnected, ScanSnap may not function properly. o Use the display at High Color or higher setting. The display may sometimes be corrupted at 256 or less colors. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Cautions during Installation --------------------------------------------------------------------- ScanSnap Manager user interface language changes to English if the Windows language is not Japanese, Chinese, English, German, French, Italian or Spanish. Be sure to connect ScanSnap only after installing ScanSnap Manager. ScanSnap cannot be registered to the system correctly if ScanSnap Manager is not installed. Do not install ScanSnap Manager in the root directory. ScanSnap Manager may not function properly. Install ScanSnap Manager on the appropriate directory. o The path name for the installation directory must not exceed 121 characters. When installing ScanSnap Manager, limit the path name for the installation directory to 121 characters. o When installing ScanSnap Manager on Windows 2000 or Windows XP, first log on as Administrator (or as a user with administrator privileges on Windows XP Home Edition). o Do not use the following characters in the name of the installation directory. ScanSnap Manager may not function properly if these characters are used. \ / ; : , . * ? " < > | o Be sure to restart your computer after installing ScanSnap Manager. The re-boot registers ScanSnap to the system. o Uninstall ScanSnap Manager before re-installing ScanSnap Manager. ScanSnap Manager is not installed properly if it has not been uninstalled completely. o Before updating ScanSnap Manager, be sure to uninstall the old version, restart you computer, and then install the new version of ScanSnap Manager. If you do not restart your computer, ScanSnap Manager will not be installed properly. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Cautions during usage --------------------------------------------------------------------- Document sizes that can be automatically selected are: A4 (portrait), B6 (portrait) A5 (portrait), Business card (portrait/landscape) B5 (portrait), Letter (portrait) Post card (portrait), Legal (portrait) When you scan A6 size document, the size is recognized as Post card size. However, document other than the above standard sizes may be recognized as a larger sized document. When automatic image rotation is enabled, scanning speed decreases. When Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) or Adobe(R) Reader(R) or Acrobat(R) Reader is the selected application, please be aware of the following. Even though you select Acrobat(R) Reader or Adobe(R) Reader(R) as the application to view the generated image, when Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) has been activated, the image will be viewed by Adobe(R) Acrobat(R). Likewise, when Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) is start Acrobat(R) Reader or Adobe(R) Reader(R) already running, the scanned data is passed to Acrobat(R) Reader or Adobe(R) Reader(R). When the selected application is Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) or or Adobe(R) Reader(R) or Acrobat(R) Reader, always set the file type to "PDF". When the selected application is Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) or Adobe(R) Reader(R) or Acrobat(R) Reader, and no pages have been saved (i.e, all blank pages, an error occurs at the first page, etc.), Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) or Adobe(R) Reader(R) or Acrobat(R) Reader will start but no images will be displayed. If you install Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) after installing ScanSnap Manager, the password function of ScanSnap Manager remains disabled. Restart ScanSnap Manager to use the function. When using the password function, the "Failed to initialize password module" message may appear. In this case, restart the ScanSnap Manager and perform the operation again. When scanning the document with "Excellent" selected in the "Image quality" drop-down list on the ScanSnap Manager dialog box, scanning speed may extremely slow down or memory may get exhausted. If ScanSnap Manager becomes irresponsive as described above, select "Better" or "Best" instead and retry scanning. If power cable or interface cable of scanner is detached during scanning, this software may be terminated illeagally. So, please do not remove them during the scanner is scanning. Operations using Terminal Service Client and Remote Desktop Connection Client services are not guaranteed. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Selecting CardMinder as the application to link (Application) --------------------------------------------------------------------- o When CardMinder is started, the "Application" setting automatically becomes CardMinder. This setting is restored when you exit CardMinder. o While the ScanSnap Manager "Scan and Save Settings" screen is displayed, scanning cannot be performed with CardMinder. Close the "Scan and Save Settings" screen, and try again. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Cautions during Uninstallation --------------------------------------------------------------------- o Perform uninstallation from "Add/Remove Programs" in the control panel. o When uninstalling ScanSnap Manager from Windows 2000 or Windows XP, first log on as Administrator (or as a user with administrator privileges on Windows XP Home Edition). o Be sure to restart your computer after uninstalling ScanSnap Manager. o The Windows "Add New Hardware Wizard" will be started if ScanSnap is connected when restarting your computer after uninstallation. At uninstallation, either turn ScanSnap off, or disconnect the USB cable. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Other Cautions --------------------------------------------------------------------- o Two or more ScanSnap scanners cannot be connected at the same time. o Avoid the following during scanning or while waiting for the scanner initialize (the scan lamp is calibrating). The system may become unstable. - Inserting or disconnecting the USB cable connected to ScanSnap - Turning ScanSnap on or off - Uninstalling ScanSnap Manager o Scanning may not perform properly if the system is started after your computer enters the power save mode or suspend mode during scanning or while the lamp is calibrating. In that case, turn your scanner off then back on again, and then try scanning again. o Documents longer than the Paper size setting cannot be scanned. You will be notified of a multi-feed in this case. If a multi-feed frequently occurs, check the Paper size setting. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Updated features --------------------------------------------------------------------- Items changed due to the update of V4.0L11 to V4.0L19 o Due to this update, it became possible to change the application by clicking on the icon of the minimized application on the taskbar, while the "Scan and Save Settings" dialogue is displayed. This dialogue is shown when double-clicking the ScanSnap icon displayed on the taskbar. o There were cases, in which the right-click menu remained displayed after double-clicking the ScanSnap icon on the taskbar in order to show the "Scan and Save Settings" dialogue. This error has been corrected. o There were cases, in which the file name was not renamed although [Rename file after scanning] has been activated. This error has been corrected. o The recognition of horizontal lines has been enhanced by this update. Therefore, when "Setting for text only document" is activated, the resulting image of those lines is much crisper and sharper. o A problem that caused misrecognition when "Allow automatic image rotation" is activated under the English, French, German, Italian, or Spanish operating system is fixed in this update. The cause of the problem was the function to correct the Japanese text orientation. o When the "Language for conversion to searchable files" was set to English, French, German, Italian or Spanish, there were cases in which letters inside tables were not converted during the converting in searchable PDF-files process. This error has been corrected. o When the functions [Allow automatic blank page removal] and [Allow automatic image rotation] had been deactivated while [Setting for text only document] was activated, there where cases in which image rotation was not performed properly. This error has been corrected. o When PDF files were the ones made searchable with ScanSnap Manager, some search engines could not search for information in those PDF files. This error has been corrected. ================================================================================ Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. Intel Pentium and MMX are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Adobe and Acrobat are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems, Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Other company names and product names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of respective companies. All Rights Reserved, Copyright(C) PFU LIMITED 2001-2006