Important notes for KeyScan Version 8.

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Installation Notes
Remove previous software version
Install the new software version
Calibration
Using the KeyScan scanner
KeyScan Imaging application
NoTouch-AutoScan application
Scanner buttons
TWAIN interface

Installation notes
Remove previous KeyScan software version
If you have earlier version of KeyScan software installed on your system remove it before installing the new
version-
Please make sure to:
• Verify that AutoScan is not running
• Disconnect the power adaptor
• Uninstall previous version via control panel (please remove “KS_V070…” and “windows driver package -
KeyScan Image”)
After earlier version of the software is removed you can install or reinstall the new software.

Installation of version 8.00.01

• Make sure the power adapter is not connected to the KS810, only the USB cable should be connected at this
point. Use only the KeyScan original USB2 cable and connect it directly to the USB port on the BACK of your
computer, do not connect to front USB port, do not use USB hub or USB cable extension.
• Run the installation program from the installation CD or downloaded package.
• Make sure you perform the installation as Administrator, follow the instructions displayed during the
installation.
• You will be prompted for installation code. The code is printed on a label inside the White box of the product.
• Software installation is finished.
• Connect the scanner power adapter, widows will detect the scanner and install the driver automatically.
• If during installation windows produce a popup dialog with warning that the software is not tested by Microsoft,
ignore it and allow to continue installation.
• The software will locate automatically any installed printer or fax.
• When finished installation you should have two icons on your desktop

• KeyScan Imaging icon and NoToch-AutoScan icon

Calibration
• KeyScan product must be calibrated before proceeding with scanning-
• Activate KeyScan Imaging software by clicking on its desktop icon.
• From file menu click on <Calibrate>
• Place a White printer page (standard size- 8.5” x 11”) and finish the calibration.

Using your KeyScan KS810 scanner

Following is a brief description of the KeyScan modes of operations and general guideline on how to use them, it is
not intended to be a detailed tutorial.
KeyScan software is an interface between the KeyScan KS810 scanner and its user.

KeyScan software has several such built-in interfaces-

• “KeyScan Imaging” scanning application:
Let you scan using interactive desktop scanning application.
 • KeyScan NoTouch-AutoScan interface:
Let you scan automatically by insertion of a document into the scanner feeding tray.
• KeyScan scanner buttons:
Use scanner buttons to scan and perform predefined functions.
• KeyScan TWAIN interface:
Enable using KeyScan scanner by 3rd party applications such as Adobe Acrobat or Adobe
Photoshop, any TWAIN compliant application should be able to use the KeyScan TWAIN interface
in order to scan documents into the application.
• KeyScan command-line interface:
Can define dedicated icons or Windows scripts to use the scanner.
• KeyScan COM object interface:
Advanced control of the scanner from other applications.

On this short introduction we will cover the first 4 interfaces that are commonly used by most users.

“KeyScan Imaging” application

Activate “KeyScan Imaging” by double click on its desktop icon.

Scan dialog
Scan Green
Icon

Document window Functions bar

In order to scan a document click on the green icon on its top left functions icon bar.
A scanning control dialog pops up and let the user define the scanning parameters such as color mode, resolution
etc.

Scan button

Select color, gray or

B&W

Status window

Click on the dialog’s <Scan> button to start new scan, status window will change from Green to Red indicating the
status of the scanning process, then returned back to Green the current page scan is finished
If required place a new page and click <Scan> again, a new scan process will start scanning a second page into the
same document (also to the same window), you can repeat the process as many time as needed (limited by your
hard-drive space), you can press page down to browse the pages of the document.
When finished all pages press <Done>, the scanning dialog will be removed.
You can scan more documents as explained before, each new document will have its own window.
The scanned documents are saved on KeyScan’s temporary folder only for the duration of the current activation of
KeyScan Imaging, the temporary folder is “cleaned” on each activation of KeyScan Imaging.
In order to save or perform other functions on the scanned documents:
Select a document by clicking on its window.
Click on one of the function-icons listed on the bottom functions bar in order to perform the required function.
For example click on a scanned document window to select it and then click on the Save_To_File icon on the
bottom applications bar to save it in a required file format on a required folder, or on the DfltEmail to send it as an
email attachment.

KeyScan NoTouch-AutoScan and KeyScan scanner buttons

KeyScan NoTouch-AutoScan can be activated automatically when your system starts or you can double click on its
desktop icon to activate it.
Once activated its icon is displayed on the Icon tray on the bottom right Windows applications bar.
When you click on the Icon it expands to a menu which lets you control the operations of NoTouch-AutoScan and
Scanner buttons-
• Enable or disable NoTouch-AutoScan
• Enable or disable Scanner buttons
• Override some of the scanning settings for example override all scanner settings into Gray mode scanning
(instead of Color mode).

NoTouch-AutoScan
NoTouch-AutoScan has preset of 15 functions, the user can redefine each of these functions and select one of them
as its default function. A “preset function” in this context can be for example-
• Scan multipage document
• Process through OCR software
• Produce searchable PDF file of the scanned document
• Open a new email message
• Attach the new searchable PDF file to the new email message

When enabled, the scanner is activated automatically by the insertion of a document into the scanner feeding tray.
This can be done in two modes, NoTouch mode and AutoScan mode as explained below.
NoTouch-AutoScan will start the scanner upon insertion of a document only when KeyScan Imaging is not running
and also when KeyScan TWAIN interface is not activated by other application.
When KeyScan NoTouch-AutoScan is enabled the scanner functions buttons (4 buttons on top of the scanner cover)
are disabled and converted into multimedia functions.
When a document is placed on the scanner feeding tray, it is sensed by NoTouch-Autoscan.
A timeout dialog pops-up, if during the timeout process the user does not move its mouse cursor over the dialog
NoTouch-AutoScan will proceed with NoTouch function.
If during the timeout the user move the mouse cursor over the timeout dialog, KeyScan will proceed with
AutoScan.
NoTouch function

After the timeout elapses KeyScan NoTouch will activate the Default pre-setting, it will let the user feed multiple
pages to scan, between each page KeyScan display a timeout dialog to let the user time to feed another page.
When no more pages are being fed, the NoTouch activates the OCR engine to translate the image into text and
generate searchable PDF file Open a new email message and attach the searchable PDF to the mail message.
All the above has been done only by feeding the pages, no button clicking or menu selection.

AutoScan function

When during the timeout dialog the user moves the mouse cursor over the timeout dialog.
The dialog is converted into Function-Selection dialog where the user can select up to 15 preset functions. For
example the first function is “Paste into current application” the scanned data will be pasted to the current opened
document where the cursor is located (and also saved on the clipboard for even further use).

Scanner Buttons

Scanner buttons

When scanner buttons are enabled (using the menu of the NoTouch-AutoScan Icon on the applications tray) it
automatically disable the NoTouch-AutoScan function.
When the user press one of the scanner buttons it activates the related function- Scan to file, Scan to printer
(Copy), Scan to Email, Scan to FAX. The computer must be connected to printer, email or fax card for the relevant
function to work.

TWAIN interface- Using KeyScan with 3rd party applications

Any 3rd party application which is TWAIN compliant application should be able to work with KeyScan TWAIN data-
source.
From the application <File> menu click on <Select source> to select the scanner to be used
From the application <File> menu click on <Import> to start the scanning functions.