Insert the CD and this menu should appear. Click on Run setup.exe to load the Control Panel. This will give the installation options for the programs you plan to use.

Note the Doc folder where the user manuals can be found.                    

Manuals are also located on the Start menu

Think of this scanner as a USB storage device, like a flash drive as pictured below. It is not a twain based scanner so you cannot use any program to scan from it. When you scan it stores the images in memory until you connect it to the computer where is shows up as another drive letter in My Computer as pictured below.

The scanner is designed to be used disconnected from the computer until it is time to upload the images stored in memory. That could be the 512 MB internal memory, a USB flash drive or a SD card. With these last two when you can leave those plugged into the scanner and connect the scanner to the computer you will see two devices connected.

When you turn on the scanner the light will flash as it powers up. Wait for it to turn a steady green before attempting to scan. If you press the button again it will turn yellow indicating that it is now scanning at 600 DPI rather than 300 DPI. When it is inactive it powers down and shows a pale yellow light.

You can access these in the Readiris/Cardiris software by going to Open in Readiris or File > Load Card images in Cardiris and navigating to this location and selecting all or selected images.

Readiris

Open Readiris and click on the open button on the left side of the program. It will ask you if you want to open new images on the scanner  and take  you to this window  where  you can select  the desired images.

To select all the images, single click on the first image and then hold  down  the  shift  key  and  select  the  last.    To  select  specific images  single  click  on  the  first  and  hold  the  CTRL  key  while selecting the ones you want and then click on open

The program can be used with any scanner not just the IRIScan Anywhere. You will not be able to access the Anywhere by clicking on Scan because there is no twain driver.

Note  the  Delete  scans  after  recognition  check  box.  This  will  delete  the  images  from  the  hardware  after processing.

Readiris is a tool to convert pictures of documents into actual documents. The first thing it does is analyze the page and puts color coded boxes called zones over various sections of the document to tell you what it intends to do with the various sections if converting to a text based format such as Microsoft Word. These boxes can be manipulated if necessary.

The first thing to decide when scanning a document is whether you actually want to edit and change it or simply store it on your computer. If the latter then go to Settings > Text format and change the output to Abode Reader image or image-text.

Orange = Text Blue = Picture Purple = Table

If you need to adjust these zones you can do the following.

1.   Right click on the zone and choose Window > Type and select the correct format.

2.   To delete all the zones click on the document first and go to Edit > Select all and tap the delete key on your keyboard. Use the tools on the upper right hand side draw in your own zones. Note that zones drawn that overlap will merge which is handy for including irregular shapes.

To apply the zoning over a range of pages use these steps.

1.   Go to File > Save Layout, give it a name and put it in a known location

2.   Go to File > Load Layout, choose the file saved above and check the “apply to all pages” box then click on open.

These are the basic steps of using the software.

- Open the image file

- Select output format and options in Settings > Text Format

- Click on Recognize + Save to process

For more information download the Readiris Getting Started Guide from this link.