Iris IRISPen Express 6 for Windows Bedienungsanleitung

IRISPen Express 6 - User's guide 6 The pen scanner The IRISPen is a pen scanner that has the size and shape of a highlighter. It connects to you

CHAPTER 1- INTRODUCING THE IRISPEN 7 HOW DOES IT WORK? The IRISPen functions as a camera that sends an image to the computer. The image is recognized

IRISPen Express 6 - User's guide 8 • Press the pen onto the paper and roll it over the text line at a steady rate. Once pressed, the

CHAPTER 1- INTRODUCING THE IRISPEN 9 improve your scanning skills. Tip: Train yourself with the testsheets We recommend you use the testsheets prov

IRISPen Express 6 - User's guide 10 3. Take the original document and scan the data to be picked up Get back to the document, magazine, etc. cont

11 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Here is the minimal system configuration required to use the IRISPen: • A Pentium-based Intel PC or c

IRISPen Express 6 - User's guide 12 To install the software: • First start your computer and log onto Windows. Caution: You must log on as adm

CHAPTER 2 - INSTALLATION 13 Caution: Users of Windows XP must ignore the following message and click on Continue Anyway to continue the installation

IRISPen Express 6 - User's guide 14 INSTALLING THE PEN SCANNER Once the IRISPen software installation is complete, you can install the pen scann

CHAPTER 2 - INSTALLATION 15 • Select Install the software automatically (recommended). Caution: Users of Windows XP must ignore the following messag

IRISPen Express 6 - User's guide 16 • From the Windows Start menu, select Control Panel and click Add/Remove/Uninstall programs. • Select the

CHAPTER 2 - INSTALLATION 17 - be entitled to free product support - be entitled to special offers on I.R.I.S. products How to register? Registration w

19 CHAPTER 3 STARTING UP RUNNING THE IRISPEN To start the IRISPen: • From the Windows Start menu, select All Programs, I.R.I.S. Applications, then

IRISPen Express 6 - User's guide 20 automatically appears on top of the others, prompting the user to calibrate the pen scanner. • If you are r

CHAPTER 3 - STARTING UP 21 The Application window The Application window is the IRISPen's main window. It contains a menu bar that gives access

IRISPen Express 6 - User's guide 22 The Image Quality Check window appears by default as a semi-transparent window, below the Application window.

CHAPTER 3 - STARTING UP 23 CALIBRATING THE PEN SCANNER Before you start using the IRISPen, you must calibrate the pen scanner. If you don't cali

IRISPen Express 6 - User's guide 24 To re-execute the calibration: • Select Calibrate from the Options menu in the Application window or, from

CHAPTER 3 - STARTING UP 25 THE SCAN TEST WINDOW The Scan Test window displays the black-and-white version of the image you generate with the pen sca

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IRISPen Express 6 - User's guide 26 Bad quality images As you will notice, the IRISPen is able to recognize data on bad quality images, e.g. on l

CHAPTER 3 - STARTING UP 27 Recognize The Recognize option is activated by default. All images you scan or open are thus automatically recognized. N

IRISPen Express 6 - User's guide 28 (modified) templates can be further assigned to a preset button directly accessible from the Application wind

CHAPTER 3 - STARTING UP 29 Alternatively, select an already existing preset from the Presets tab. It will serve as basis for your custom preset. Selec

31 CHAPTER 4 BASIC SETTINGS READING OPTIONS Scan type The Scan type determines the nature of the data to be scanned and read with your pen. Select th

IRISPen Express 6 - User's guide 32 Also refer to: Learn how to... Read numeric data. Black-and-white image to clipboard: To scan small black-a

CHAPTER 4 - BASIC SETTINGS 33 Asian languages (optional) When choosing an Asian language, also indicate the text flow which is vertical rather than

IRISPen Express 6 - User's guide 34 TARGET You may choose the way the read data is being inserted in the target application: either via the clipb

CHAPTER 4 - BASIC SETTINGS 35 You should not normally use this option. However, if you notice that the characters inserted in the target application d

IRISPen Express 6 - User's guide iv Reading options ...

37 CHAPTER 5 FREQUENT COMMANDS PEN BUTTONS Your pen scanner is equipped with two buttons. The simple click of each pen button can be programmed so as

IRISPen Express 6 - User's guide 38 • Modify the default programming by selecting the required radio buttons on the left- and on the right-hand

CHAPTER 5 - FREQUENT COMMANDS 39 If the Sound option is enabled, you will also hear a beep sound whenever an error occurs or if you try to operate wro

41 CHAPTER 6 LEARN HOW TO... CUSTOMIZE/SAVE/REOPEN SETTINGS Customize the default settings When you launch the IRISPen, options are selected by defau

IRISPen Express 6 - User's guide 42 Save Settings You can save your settings in a file with the Save Settings option from the File menu. You wil

CHAPTER 6 - LEARN HOW TO... 43 READ SMALL PRINT The IRISPen scanning band is 0.41" (10.5mm.) high. It can thus read characters having point size

IRISPen Express 6 - User's guide 44 Warning: Do not use the Small print option to read text above 10 points. This would decrease the recognition

CHAPTER 6 - LEARN HOW TO... 45 SCAN FROM RIGHT TO LEFT By default, the pen scanner is set to operate from left to right, but you can adapt the scannin

1 Copyrights Copyrights ©1993-2007 I.R.I.S. All Rights Reserved. The IRISPen Mini, the IRISPen Express, the IRISPen Executive, the IRISPen Translator

IRISPen Express 6 - User's guide 46 SCAN VERTICAL TEXT (OPTIONAL) If you intend to read some Asian vertical text, you must tell the software that

CHAPTER 6 - LEARN HOW TO... 47 DEFINE THE SYMBOL FOR UNKNOWN CHARACTERS If characters are not properly recognized by the IRISPen, they are by default

IRISPen Express 6 - User's guide 48 REPLACE VERTICAL LINES The IRISPen is able to detect and replace vertical lines separating data as e.g. table

CHAPTER 6 - LEARN HOW TO... 49 Select Custom to introduce your own set of conversion, then click OK to confirm. You can execute any keyboard comman

IRISPen Express 6 - User's guide 50 Basic settings, Reading options, Scan type) This will make your work quicker and easier. To program hotkeys f

51 INDEX A active application...34 application window...21 asian languages...46 B barc

IRISPen Express 6 - User's guide 52 invisible color ...7 IRISPen ...3 IRISPen Wi

INDEX 53 T tables...48 target...34 target application ...

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3 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCING THE IRISPEN WHAT IS THE IRISPEN? The IRISPen is a hand-held pen scanner and software that allows you to scan data and instant

IRISPen Express 6 - User's guide 4 barcodes, handprinting, dot matrix text, scan multiple lines at a time, or even read out or translate the scan

CHAPTER 1- INTRODUCING THE IRISPEN 5 Replace vertical lines Replace vertical lines Replace vertical lines Delimiters Delimiters Multiline scannin