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Visioneer OneTouch 7600 USB Scanner Review
A few months ago, on our way back from vacationing in the California's Wine Country, my wife, my children and I decided to stop at Best Buy in Modesto, CA. We had been on the road for quite some time and the kids had started to show their crankiness and restlessness. What do traveling parents have to do? It was the perfect time for a bathroom stop and have dinner.
We then decided to enter the electronics store to shop for some gadgets. We knew we needed a scanner. So we headed to the display area. Between the time it took us to locate and establish conversation with clerk, our young son had already been all over the floor checking various items that are at his reach. He was unshelving them. So I had to ask my wife to conclude the transactions once we agreed on the unit to purchase.
Fabulous desktop scanners
Even we were tired, as soon as we got home, we unpacked the scanner to set it up. While my wife was going over the manual and the quick install card, I was figuring how to install it. Then, I realized I'd better follow the instructions in the manual. I did not want to have to make mistakes and have to start the whole process all over. After making sure that the scanner was connected to the computer, I inserted the PaperPort CD for the software installation. All the while, the scanning lamp was on. The explanation is that you won't have to wait for it to warm up each time you want to scan something. The One Touch 7600 scanner's installation was a breeze.
Get started: Getting it up
In case you have some problems with the installation process, the manual gives you great information to complete the process. (Also, make sure that you check the lock button on the bottom of the hardware!) If everything goes well, once you start Microsoft Windows, (don't run any other applications) and put the CD into the CD-Rom drive, it should start automatically. No big deal! In my case, to make sure that everything went well, I went ahead and removed the program and re-installed it afterwards. Great practice if you have time!
Use the buttons to scan: Be ready to toy around with each process
What you can do with this scanner
Now, you can finally scan all of your family's, kids' pictures lying around the house. You can scan important newspaper and magazine articles to fax to friends. Scan your receipts, forms and any other texts you may have. Just remember that, on some occasions, you have to do some manual adjustments to get the desired output. This may be the downside of this scanner in comparison with others. If this is a minus for you, consider the speed at which your work is done. This scanner has a tremendous speed. You can also scan business letters, contracts, memos and homeworks for your kids. Just a few days ago, my daughter forgot her homework at school. So, my wife went to her friend's house to make copies. Our daughter's class mate had already started to work on the homework. So we had to use liquid paper on all the pages she had worked on before we could copy them for our daughter. The great thing is that we used our Visioneer OneTouch scanner to copy all these pages. The next day, our daughter turned in her homework to her teacher.
What else can you do with this useful scanner?
You can scan, copy, fax and e-mail documents. Take advantage of its features to configurate, customize it. Only the Stop/Cancel button can't be customized. The rest can. It can be confusing at the beginning, but once you get the hang of it, you will be able to do it in a heartbeat. The PaperPort document management software is a nice interface. You will be able to see all of your scanned images. At this stage, you may decide to make changes to your text and photograph if needs be.
Without incurring too many debts, small business owners, families, teachers, school districts, and students may want to invest in such a hardware. You can't go wrong here.
