Getting Started

In order to properly set up your Spectrum scanner, please follow each and every step outlined in the “Production Scanners” section (pages 9-27) of the VRS 3.0 Installation Guide. If you follow the correct procedure, you should have your Spectrum unit fully installed within 15 minutes. If you have problems connecting your application software to the scanner once you have installed it, try reloading VRS again.

When you’re ready to connect your application software to Spectrum, you will need to choose the appropriate scanner driver based on what toolkit your software was written with. To choose correctly, please refer to the following:

1. ImageControls™ – select "Bell & Howell 8000 B/C with VRS with AIPE"
2. ISIS® – select "Kofax VRS Scanner"  Please note: this driver was developed and certified by Pixel Translations
3. TWAIN – select "Kofax Software VRS - TWAIN"

We recommend that you change the VRS default brightness setting if you are scanning white bond paper in color and would like all of your images to retain a bright uniform white, also known as “saturated white,” instead of what may appear to be an off-white or a light gray. To get saturated white, all you need to do is the following:

1. From your scanning application software, select Color for your Image Output Type
2. Open the VRS Interactive Properties dialog box and click on the Clarity tab
3. Enter a value of between 60 and 65 in the Brightness field – exact settings may vary, depending on the type of documents being scanned
4. Go back to the VRS Profile tab, click Save As, enter a name to reflect your new default color setting, and then click OK

When scanning in color, your PC display properties should ideally be set to "True Color (32 bit)" or "High Color (16 bit)" at a minimum for optimal image viewing quality. This can be set in the following way:

1. Open Control Panel from your Windows Start – Settings menu
2. Open Display and click on the Settings tab
3. Choose True Color (32 bit) from the Colors drop-down list