Visioneer Strobe XP 450 Scanner User's Guide ® for Windows
Visioneer Strobe XP 450 Scanner User’s Guide FOR WINDOWS
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright © 2008 Visioneer, Inc. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allowed under the copyright laws. The Visioneer® brand name and logo are registered trademarks of Visioneer, Inc. The PaperPort® brand name and logo are registered trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. Kofax® and Virtual ReScan® are registered trademarks, and VRS™ is a trademark of Kofax Image Products, Inc.
TABLE OF CONTENTS i TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S Chapter 1: Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Visioneer Strobe XP 450 Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Creating an HTML Web Page from Your Scanned Documents . . . 60 Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Checking the Hardware and Lamp Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Chapter 4: Scanning from TWAIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Accessing the TWAIN Interface from OneTouch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Scanning with the TWAIN Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Welcome Your new Visioneer Strobe XP 450 scanner can quickly scan a stack of documents, and place their images on your computer. WHAT’S IN THE BOX Before proceeding, check the contents of the box. If items are missing or damaged, contact the dealer where you purchased the scanner.
2 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE THE VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER Input tray Paper guides Scan button Status light Output tray Power switch ADF cover release Power jack USB port Input tray—Holds documents in the scanner. Paper guides—Adjusts to fit the document width. Scan button—Press to start scanning. Status light—Shows the scanner’s status. Refer to “Status Light Troubleshooting Codes” on page 82 for additional details.
WHAT YOU NEED 3 WHAT YOU NEED IBM-compatible Pentium 4 PC, or AMD equivalent with: ■ A CD-ROM drive ■ An available Universal Serial Bus (USB) port ■ Microsoft® Windows® operating system: Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4), 32-bit Windows XP (Service Pack 2), 32-bit or 64-bit Windows Vista The scanner is compatible with Service Pack 3 for Windows XP and Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista.
4 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE DOCUMENTATION The following documentation is provided with your scanner: ■ Quick Install Guide—Abbreviated installation instructions. ■ Visioneer Strobe XP 450 Scanner User’s Guide—On the Installation Disc; contains detailed installation, scanning, configuration, and maintenance information. ■ Visioneer OneTouch MiniGuides—On the Installation Disc; contains detailed instructions on using the OneTouch VRS features and the SharePoint destination link.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN 5 Installation Installation is a quick, four-step process: 1. Assemble the scanner 2. Install the software 3. Connect the scanner 4. Register the scanner BEFORE YOU BEGIN Please make sure of the following before you begin installation: ■ The information in this guide may cover software not provided with the scanner you purchased. Disregard any information about the software not applicable to your scanner. Please visit our web site at www.visioneer.
6 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE STEP 1: ASSEMBLE THE SCANNER 1. Remove all shipping tape from the top and bottom of the scanner. 2. Carefully remove the protective foam from the ADF cover release, then press the release and open the Automatic Document Feeder cover. 3. Remove any foam particles that may have gotten inside the document feeder, and close the cover. 4. Align the slots on the input tray with the ridges on the scanner and slide it down until it snaps into place.
STEP 1: ASSEMBLE THE SCANNER 5. Insert the pins on each side of the output tray into the holes on the front of the scanner.
8 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE To install the software: 1. Start Microsoft Windows and make sure no other applications are running. 2. Insert the Installation Disc into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. The Installation menu automatically opens. Note: If the disc does not start, check the following: ■ Make sure the disc drive’s door is completely shut. ■ Make sure the disc was inserted in the drive in the proper direction (label side up).
STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 9 3. On the Main Menu, select Install Products. 4. Make sure the boxes for Nuance PaperPort® and Scanner Driver are checked. 5. Click Install Now.
10 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE THE PAPERPORT INSTALLATION BEGINS 1. On the PaperPort Welcome window, click Next. Installing PaperPort will uninstall any existing version of PaperPort and will install the newer version. Your existing PaperPort files will not be affected. 2. Read the PaperPort license agreement and select I accept the terms in this agreement, then click on Next.
STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 11 THE SCANNER DRIVER INSTALLATION WILL NOW BEGIN 1. The Welcome to the OneTouch 4.0 Setup Wizard opens. Click Next. 2. On the Visioneer License Agreement window, read the license agreement. If you accept the terms, select I Agree, and click Next. If you choose not to accept the license agreement, the installation will terminate and the scanner driver will not be installed. 3. The next window lists the choices of the drivers that you can install for your scanner. 4.
12 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Note: If your computer is running Windows XP or Windows Vista, Microsoft’s Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) interface for scanning is always available, regardless of your selection on this window. ■ Full Install (OneTouch, TWAIN and ISIS)—This is the recommended installation. It installs the OneTouch 4.0 software, which provides the necessary driver software for the scanner’s button to work.
STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 5. During installation you will see this window asking you to select one of the images for your Color Space setting. Select the option that looks best to you then click on Next. The selection in this window sets the default gamma value for OneTouch. You can change this setting later on. 6. 13 STOP when you see the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window. Do NOT click OK yet. Leave the window open and proceed to the next section.
14 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE STEP 3: CONNECT THE SCANNER To connect the power supply: 1. Plug the power supply into the power port on the scanner. Note: Only use the power supply (HEG42-240200-7L made by HiTron) included with your scanner. Connecting any other type of power supply may damage your scanner, and will void its warranty. 2. Plug the power cord into the power supply and into a wall outlet.
STEP 3: CONNECT THE SCANNER 15 To connect the USB cable: The Visioneer Strobe XP 450 scanner connects to any available USB port. Check your computer’s manual for USB port locations. 1. Remove any protective tape from the USB cable. 2. Plug the USB cable into the USB port on the scanner then into a USB port on the computer. If the plug does not attach easily, make sure that you are plugging it in correctly. Do not force the plug into the connection. 3.
16 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE If your computer is running Windows XP or Windows Vista, you will see a found new hardware message similar to the following. 4. When you’re certain that the software has completely loaded, return to the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window. 5. Click OK. You can also click More to see a quick overview about accessing and navigating OneTouch. When you’re finished reading the additional information, click OK. 6.
STEP 3: CONNECT THE SCANNER 17 ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE WITH YOUR SCANNER Your scanner includes free, additional applications. To install the additional applications: 1. Return to the disc’s main menu and click on Install Products. Software that is already installed will have Installed! next to them. 2. Select the additional applications you want to install, then click Install Now. Follow the instructions on the screen to install each of the additional products.
18 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Software Adobe® Reader® About the Software Adobe Reader is a stand-alone application that you use to open, view, search, and print Adobe PDF® files. The User Guides on your scanner’s Installation Disc are in PDF format and require Adobe® Acrobat® or Adobe® Reader® for you to view and save them. The Adobe Reader application is available in the User’s Guide section on the scanner’s Installation Disc. Click on Main Menu then select User Guides.
VIEW AND SAVE THE USER GUIDES 19 VIEW AND SAVE THE USER GUIDES 1. On the disc Main Menu click User Guides. 2. The Visioneer User Guides window opens. Use this window to view and save the User Guides. The User Guides are in the Adobe® PDF format. The Scanner Readme file is in HTML format and will open in any standard browser. If you need to, click Adobe Reader to install it now. Follow the instructions on the installation windows.
20 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 4. Return to the Visioneer User Guides window and repeat the process to open, view, and save all the other User Guides you want. The Scanner Readme file has late-breaking news about your scanner. The SharePoint Mini-Guide has information about a feature in the OneTouch 4.0 software to link to Microsoft's SharePoint application.
STEP 4: REGISTER THE SCANNER 21 STEP 4: REGISTER THE SCANNER Registering your scanner is important as it provides you with access to our free telephone support service. Registration also gives you free access to software updates for your scanner. To register your scanner: The OneTouch Icon 1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification Area (at the bottom right corner of the screen). 2. Choose Check for Online Updates from the pop-up menu. 3.
22 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE SCANNING INTERFACES You have several different scanning options with your Visioneer Strobe XP 450 scanner. Each method scans equally well, so use the one with appropriate options for the item you are scanning. ■ OneTouch Scanner Button—When you press the Scan button, documents are scanned using the scan settings specified in OneTouch. The scanned images are then sent to a software application or location on your computer.
LOADING DOCUMENTS 23 Scanning from OneTouch With powerful features such as scanning with VRS at the touch of a button, OneTouch is the main interface for using the scanner and accessing these features. LOADING DOCUMENTS Note: Always remove any staples or paper clips from documents before inserting them into the scanner’s Automatic Document Feeder. Staples and paper clips can jam the feed mechanism and scratch the internal components.
24 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 2. Load the documents into the scanner face down with the tops of the page inserted into the Automatic Document Feeder. SCAN WITH THE SCANNER BUTTON 1. Press the button on the scanner. 2. A scan progress window opens and the images are sent to the selected location in the OneTouch properties. In this example the Destination Application is the PaperPort desktop.
SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL 25 SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL 1. Adjust the paper guide for the paper width. Load the documents face down with their tops into the Automatic Document Feeder. 2. Now click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification Area (at the bottom right corner of the screen). 3. On the screen click the Scan button. 4. The scanner begins scanning.
26 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE FEATURES OF THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL From the panel, you can access the hardware settings for your scanner and configure the scanner button. The OneTouch Icon. Click on the OneTouch icon to open the panel. The Button View. The Hardware View. The Title Bar ■ Green arrows—click to cycle through the panel’s 2 views. ■ Scanner icon—click to open the scanner’s hardware properties. ■ Red “x”—click to close the OneTouch panel.
CONFIGURING ONETOUCH 27 CONFIGURING ONETOUCH When you installed OneTouch, the software was configured with the applications on your computer that you can scan to. The OneTouch button configuration consists of a Destination Application, a Scan Configuration, and a File Format. The OneTouch Properties window is where you select these three elements. To open the OneTouch Properties window: There are two methods that you can use to open the OneTouch Properties.
28 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Changing the button settings: 1. Click on an application name in the Select Destination list. 2. Select a file format in the Select Format panel. 3. Select a scanning configuration in the Select Configuration list. 4. Click on OK to save the changes and close the window. 5. Place a page in the scanner. 6. Press the scanner button, or click on the Destination Application icon on the OneTouch Panel. 7.
CONFIGURING ONETOUCH 29 The settings on the OneTouch Properties window are: Select Destination—The list of destinations that OneTouch can send a scanned image to. Select the destination you want OneTouch to send the scanned image to. Note: If you select a word processing program, such as Microsoft WordPad or Microsoft Word, that can be used for editing text, the text in the scanned image is automatically converted to word processing text.
30 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE These icons next to each Scan Configuration indicate the scanning mode. Color Black and White Grayscale Configure Before Scan Use Configure Before Scan to set the scanning mode manually before scanning. See “Configure Before Scan” on page 39. Select Format—A set of file formats for the scanned image. The formats are based on the type of destination you select. This example shows the formats that apply to Microsoft Outlook and Transfer to Storage.
CONFIGURING ONETOUCH 31 CREATING A NEW SCAN CONFIGURATION The Scan Configurations are where you select the scanning resolution, brightness, mode (color, black&white, or grayscale), and a number of other settings. The Scan Configurations list. Click New to create a new Scan Configuration. To create a new configuration: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2.
32 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE THE SCAN SETTINGS TAB Type a new name for the configuration. Click the lock icon to unlock the configuration. Click the key icon to lock the configuration. You cannot save changes to a configuration that is locked. Select the scan mode and drag the slider to set the resolution. Drag the sliders to set the Brightness and Contrast. On the Scan Configuration Properties dialog box, type a name for the new configuration.
CONFIGURING ONETOUCH 33 THE PAGE SETTINGS TAB Click the Page Settings tab to select options applicable to how you want the image to appear after scanning. Click to toggle between inches and millimeters. Size—Size is the page dimensions of the documents being scanned. ■ Standard—click the menu arrow and choose a page size from the list. ■ Custom—enter the horizontal and vertical page dimensions in the boxes. The maximum size is 8.5" x 14". The units of measurement can be inches or millimeters.
34 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE ■ Straighten Image—Select this option to let the scanner automatically determine if a page is skewed, then straighten its image. The input tray paper guides should be flush to the edges of the paper to prevent paper feeding in at too great of an angle. ■ Invert Image—Only available for Black&White scanning, this option reverses the black and whites of an image. Original Image. ■ Inverted Image.
CONFIGURING ONETOUCH 35 THE ADVANCED SETTINGS TAB The options of the Advanced Settings tab are for the Color or Grayscale scanning mode. Drag the sliders to the left and right to change the color settings. As you do, the image changes to show the effects of the new settings. ■ Color Saturation—the strength or purity of a color. ■ Hue—the color your eyes see as reflected from the image. ■ Gamma—the brightness of the midtone colors.
36 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE THE DEVICE SETTINGS TAB A Device Settings tab is on the Scan Configurations dialog box when your selected Destination Application is a printer or fax application. Fit to page, reduce image if necessary—If the scanned image is too big to be printed or faxed on a single page, the image will automatically be reduced to fit the page.
CONFIGURING ONETOUCH 37 THE STORAGE OPTIONS TAB (ARCHIVE) A Storage Options tab is on the Scan Configurations dialog box when the selected Destination Application is Transfer to Storage. See “Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage” on page 61 for instructions on using the Transfer to Storage destination. 1. Click the Storage Options tab. 2. Click the Storage Layout options you want.
38 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE EDITING OR DELETING SCAN CONFIGURATIONS Note: Your scanner comes with a number of configurations pre-set at the factory. We recommend that you keep those configurations locked and do not edit or delete them. That way, you will always have the factorysettings available. If you do edit or delete them, and want to get the factory pre-sets back again, you will need to uninstall then re-install your scanner driver. To edit or delete a Scan Configuration: 1.
CONFIGURING ONETOUCH 39 CONFIGURE BEFORE SCAN Choosing Configure Before Scan simply opens either the TWAIN or WIA scanning interface when you press or click the button. You can then use the interface to change the color mode, resolution, and other settings. When you scan, the scanned image will still be sent as the File Format and to the same Destination Application already selected in the OneTouch Properties window for the button. TO SET CONFIGURE BEFORE SCAN 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2.
40 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 5. Click OK on the OneTouch Properties window. TO SCAN USING CONFIGURE BEFORE SCAN 1. Load the documents face down with their tops into the scanner. 2. Press the scanner button or click the Scan button on the OneTouch Panel. The TWAIN or WIA interface will open. This example shows the TWAIN Interface. 3. Choose the scan settings, such as Black & White, Grayscale, or Color, Resolution, Brightness and Contrast. 4.
CONFIGURING ONETOUCH 41 CANCELING A CONFIGURE BEFORE SCAN 1. Click Cancel in the scanning progress window. 2. The following window will open asking if you want to cancel the entire job. ■ Yes—Scanning stops and all pages scanned in this batch, up to this point, will be deleted. The TWAIN interface will close and you can restart your scan from the beginning. For instance, the scan Mode is Black & White but you want to scan your documents in color.
42 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE SELECTING FILE FORMAT OPTIONS The option that you select determines the File Format of the scanned document. Appropriate File Format options and file types are available for the type of Destination Application selected for the button. Image Formats Text Formats; TEXT is only one of several text formats available. The Text Formats are for text file types and are selectable by right-clicking on the text format icon.
CONFIGURING ONETOUCH 43 IMAGE FORMATS Select an image File Format for photos, artwork or other documents that you want to save as images. BMP and TIFF are standard image file formats generally used if you want to do additional image processing. Both of those file formats tend to be larger than the JPEG format file size. JPEG files are reduced in size by lowering their image quality, and you can select the degree of quality for your scanned images from the JPEG File Format icon.
44 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE TEXT FORMATS Selecting the text format option also selects OCR processing as an automatic step for scanning. Therefore, when you scan a document with the text format selected, the text portions of the document are automatically converted to editable text. Text File Formats are only available if an OCR application is installed on your computer. See “Scanning with Optical Character Recognition (OCR)” on page 45. To select a file type for the text format: 1.
CONFIGURING ONETOUCH 45 Simple Text—The .txt file format. Text with no formatting; used by the standard Microsoft Notepad application. Rich Text Format—The .rtf file format. Text that retains formatting when converted. Available with Microsoft WordPad and Word. Excel Spreadsheet—The .xls file format used by Microsoft Excel. HTML Document—The .htm file format used to create web pages. 4. To change the OCR settings, choose OCR Options. 5. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window.
46 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 3. Click on OK to save the changes and close the OneTouch Properties window. 4. Place the documents face down with the tops pointing into the scanner. 5. Press the scanner button or click the Scan button on the OneTouch button panel. Your scanned pages appear in the Destination Application with the text ready for editing and other text processing.
CONFIGURING ONETOUCH 4. 47 Select the option you want for the OCR conversion of your documents. Auto orient page—Select this option to check the page orientation and automatically rotate an improperly oriented page image so the text is recognizable by the OCR process. Single column output—Select this option to produce a single column of text in the Destination Application, even if the original image had multiple columns of text. 5. Click OK.
48 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE PaperPort Properties These properties apply to designating the PaperPort folder to receive your scanned items. 1. Select the folder where you want the file to be located. 2. Click OK. Then click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window. When PaperPort opens after you finish scanning, the thumbnails of your scanned documents are on the PaperPort Desktop in that folder.
CONFIGURING ONETOUCH 49 Text Documents Properties These properties apply to text editing applications such as Microsoft Word. The properties apply to the Optical character Recognition (OCR) settings for these applications. 1. Click in the General OCR settings boxes for the options you want. The options will apply to all the applications in the group. Always send a file, even when no text was found—The scanned file is sent to the OCR reader even if the image does not appear to contain text.
50 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE The Add Text Based Link dialog box opens. 3. Click Browse to find the application you want to add to the list. When you select the application using the Browse button, steps 1 and 2 on the dialog box are automatically filled in, and the application icon appears in step 3. 4. Select the icon in Step 3 of the dialog box. That is the icon that will appear in the OneTouch Destination List. 5.
CONFIGURING ONETOUCH 51 Image Documents Properties These properties apply to image processing applications such as Microsoft Paint. 1. Click in the Color document handling settings boxes for the options you want. These options will apply to all the applications in the group. Convert Bitmaps using Screen Resolution—Use this option to ensure that an image will fit on the computer’s screen.
52 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Storage Properties These properties apply to the Destination Application named Transfer to Storage. If a CD burner is attached to your computer, you also use this dialog box to start the Burn to CD process. See the section “Scan and Burn to a CD” on page 58. 1. Click the Storage Layout options you want. All documents are in the root—The scanned documents are saved in the root of the folder specified in the Storage Location.
CONFIGURING ONETOUCH 53 message as soon as scanning is finished, but other email applications do not. If you’re using one of those applications, such as America Online® (AOL), you need to know which folder contains the scanned documents so you can manually attach them to your email messages. 1. Click the Browse button for Folder for storing attachments and choose a folder for your email attachments. 2.
54 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 4. Select the options for color document handling. Convert Bitmaps using Screen Resolution—Use this option to ensure that an image will fit on the computer’s screen. When a computer screen is set to a lower resolution, bitmap images with a higher resolution may be too big to fit on the screen. Converting the bitmap image to match the screen resolution ensures that the image fits on the screen.
CONFIGURING ONETOUCH 55 SELECTING ONETOUCH PROPERTIES OPTIONS The OneTouch Properties Options determine the types of Destination Applications showing in the destination list. There are also settings for saving copies of files as they are scanned. To select options: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window and click the Options tab. Options tab 2. Select the Options you want.
56 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Destination Categories: ■ Document Management includes PaperPort and other applications for processing and keeping track of your scanned documents. ■ Image Editors include Microsoft Paint and other drawing and graphics applications. ■ Text Editors include Microsoft Word and WordPad, Microsoft Excel, and other word processing and spreadsheet applications.
CONFIGURING ONETOUCH 57 For instance, when you scan directly to an eMail application, the file is automatically attached a blank email message, but the file is not permanently saved to your computer. This would also occur if you scan to a printer or fax application. However, by selecting this Create copies of scanned documents option, you can choose to save permanent copies of the scanned items on your hard drive.
58 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE UNIQUE SCANNING FEATURES AND DESTINATIONS The OneTouch software has unique scanning options available. You can scan directly to your computer’s CD burner, HTML files and so on. SCAN AND BURN TO A CD If you have a CD burner attached to your computer, you can scan directly from your scanner onto a CD. This feature is available only on computers running Windows XP or Windows Vista 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2.
UNIQUE SCANNING FEATURES AND DESTINATIONS 8. 59 Click the Burn to CD button. The CD burner begins and your scanned documents are written to the CD. If other files are also waiting in this location, they will get written with the OneTouch files on the CD. SCANNING WITH EVENT FORWARDING If you want to specify an application to use for scanning at the start of the process, you can use event forwarding. 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2. Select Still Image Client as the Destination Application.
60 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 5. Now the application you selected opens and you can continue scanning using the application’s TWAIN interface. CREATING AN HTML WEB PAGE FROM YOUR SCANNED DOCUMENTS You can convert scanned pages to HTML format for posting directly to your web site. Those pages are then viewable by visitors to your web site without the need for any internet plug-ins or other special processing. 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2.
UNIQUE SCANNING FEATURES AND DESTINATIONS 61 4. Choose a Scan Configuration that has the settings for the image on the HTML page. 5. Click OK. 6. Now press or click the scan button to start scanning. 7. When scanning is finished, the document is first converted to editable text using the OCR process, then is converted into an HTML format. Microsoft Internet Explorer then opens showing your converted page. 8.
62 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 4. Click on OK to save the changes and close the window. 5. Now press or click the scan button to start scanning. 6. The documents are scanned and stored in the location specified on the OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window. Your scanned documents will be stored at the location you specified on the OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window.
UNIQUE SCANNING FEATURES AND DESTINATIONS 63 Setting up multiple folders for transfer to storage: 1. Using Microsoft Windows, create the folders that you want to use for storing scanned items. 2. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 3. Select Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application. 4. Click the New button Select Transfer to Storage. Click the New button. 5.
64 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 7. Click the Storage Options tab. 8. Click the Browse button. 9. Select the folder you created for storing the scanned documents. If you haven’t created the folder yet, you can click the Make New Folder button and type the name for the new folder.
UNIQUE SCANNING FEATURES AND DESTINATIONS 65 10. Click OK. The selected folder will now be set as the Storage Location, such as “Business Receipts.” 11. Click OK. The new configuration is now listed as a Transfer to Storage configuration. 12. Repeat the process to create additional new configurations, such as one named “Personal Receipts.” 13. You will now have multiple configurations set up for the Transfer to Storage destination, and each configuration scans documents to separate folders.
66 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Scan to multiple storage folders: 1. Place the first set of documents face down, with their tops pointed into the scanner. 2. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 3. Select a configuration you created for storage and click OK. 4. Now press or click the scan button to start scanning. 5. When scanning is finished, insert the next set of documents in the scanner. 6. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 7.
CHECKING THE HARDWARE AND LAMP SETTINGS 67 CHECKING THE HARDWARE AND LAMP SETTINGS 1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon and choose Show Hardware from the pop-up menu. You can also click the Hardware icon at the top of the OneTouch Button Panel, or right-click on the Strobe XP 450 icon when the OneTouch button panel is in the Hardware View. The Hardware icon The Hardware Properties dialog box opens and shows information about your Visioneer Strobe XP 450 scanner.
68 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 2. Click the Properties button. Your scanner has a built-in power saving feature that is set to power down after 15 minutes of idle time. You can change the time before the scanner powers down, from 1 minute to a maximum of 3 hours. 3. Click the arrows for the Lamp time-out setting and choose a time setting. To turn the lamp on and off manually without turning off power to the scanner, click the Lamp On or Lamp Off buttons.
CHECKING THE HARDWARE AND LAMP SETTINGS 69 Scanning from TWAIN You can scan from any TWAIN scanning application instead of scanning from the OneTouch button on your scanner or the OneTouch button panel. Please refer to the software user’s guide, for the application that you are using, for steps to open the TWAIN interface. You can also access the TWAIN interface when you’re scanning from the OneTouch software, as described in this section.
70 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE ACCESSING THE TWAIN INTERFACE FROM ONETOUCH 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2. Select a Destination Application, such as ScanSoft PaperPort. 3. Select Configure Before Scan, then right-click on Configure Before Scan and select TWAIN from the menu. 4. Click on OK. 5. Click on the Scan button. 6. The TWAIN interface will now open.
SCANNING WITH THE TWAIN INTERFACE 71 SCANNING WITH THE TWAIN INTERFACE The TWAIN Interface is available from many applications, such as Microsoft Word and Paint, as well as from the PaperPort. 1. Select the options you want from the TWAIN interface, then load the documents face down with their tops into the Automatic Document Feeder. 2. Click the Scan button (if the AutoScan feature is not turned on). The scanner starts scanning and a progress box opens. 3.
72 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE THE TWAIN INTERFACE OPTIONS Mode—Select a scanning mode: Black&White to scan in black and white. Use this setting for letters, memos, and other black and white material. This scan mode produces the smallest file size. Grayscale to scan items such as documents containing drawings or black and white photographs. The scanning produces an image of up to 256 shades of gray. You can also scan a color document to turn its colors into gray shades.
SCANNING WITH THE TWAIN INTERFACE 73 Filter—The Filter is the ability of your scanner to automatically remove a color from a scanned item. The Filter option applies to Black&White or Grayscale Mode. The original with a red watermark over black text. The scanned item with the red filtered out. Reduce Moiré Patterns—Moiré patterns are wavy, rippled lines that sometimes appear on the scanned images of photographs or illustrations, particularly newspaper and magazine illustrations.
74 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE AutoScan on document insertion—Your Visioneer Strobe XP 450 scanner includes AutoLaunch technology that senses when an item is inserted into the paper feed and starts scanning immediately. The item is scanned with the current settings on the TWAIN interface. If this option is not selected, the scanner waits for you to click the Scan button. DISPLAY THE DEVICE SETTINGS 1. Click the Visioneer Strobe XP 450 icon in the top right corner of the TWAIN interface.
SCANNING WITH THE TWAIN INTERFACE 75 Scanning from WIA Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista include their own scanning interface—known as Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)—for acquiring images from scanners, digital cameras, and other digital devices. This section shows how to use Microsoft Paint to scan using the WIA interface. Please refer to your Windows documentation for full instructions on using the WIA interface. To scan using WIA from Microsoft Paint: 1.
76 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 3. The WIA scanning window opens. Use this window to select scanning options and start the scanner. 4. Click the button most appropriate for the item you’re scanning. 5. Select a paper size from the Page Size list. 6. Adjust the image settings as desired: ■ Change the button selection for the type of image. ■ Change the size of the scanned image. 7. Click on the Scan button in the WIA interface. 8.
SCANNING WITH THE TWAIN INTERFACE 77 Scanning from ISIS You can use the ISIS interface from QuickScan™ or any other application that will access the ISIS driver. The QuickScan Demo software was provided with your scanner. Note that the ISIS interface for each application varies depending on the application. Please refer to that software application’s User Guide for instructions on scanning the ISIS interface.
78 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Maintenance This section contains information on maintenance, troubleshooting, uninstalling, scanner specifications, and spare parts. CLEARING PAPER JAMS To clear a paper jam: 1. Press the ADF cover release on the top left of the scanner body to open the Automatic Document Feeder cover. 2. Remove the jammed paper and close the cover.
REPLACE THE ADF PAD ASSEMBLY 79 Note: Please be careful when cleaning the roller. The roller is designed to rotate in one direction only. As you’re cleaning the roller, make sure it rotates easily, and continue rotating it in that direction while wiping it clean. Do NOT force the roller to rotate in the opposite direction. Forcing the roller to rotate will damage it, and may cause the scanner to feed pages incorrectly. 4. Wipe the ADF pad from top to bottom.
80 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE TROUBLESHOOTING In addition to the troubleshooting information contained in this section, please see the Readme file on your Installation Disc. The Readme file contains additional information that may help you diagnose problems with the scanner. If you try the troubleshooting procedures described in this section and in the Readme file, and the scanner still has problems, visit our web site at www.visioneer.com for additional technical information.
TROUBLESHOOTING 81 Problem: The installation will not complete successfully. If installation finishes, the scanner’s OneTouch 4.0 options do not seem to work properly. What do I do? A likely cause is that some driver programs are already installed on your computer for another scanner. Or you previously had another Visioneer scanner and that driver program is still on your computer.
82 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Assembly” on page 79 for the steps to replace the pad. See “Visioneer Strobe XP 450 Scanner Parts List” on page 86 for the ordering additional ADF pads. Problem: If the USB cable is disconnected during a scan, the scanner does not reconnect when the USB cable is plugged back in. Turn off the scanner power then turn it back on again. If the scanner does not reconnect: 1. Turn off the scanner power. 2. Restart your computer. 3.
TROUBLESHOOTING 83 The table below describes the error codes. In all cases you should check the cable connections. If you are using a USB hub, try plugging the USB cable directly to the back of the computer. If you are using a power strip, try plugging the power supply directly to a wall outlet. Error Code Problem Description Steady red The scanner is not light communicating with the computer. Solution Make sure the USB cable is plugged in.
84 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE UNINSTALL YOUR SCANNER To uninstall the Visioneer Strobe XP 450 scanner, remove the OneTouch 4.0 software, PaperPort, and any other software provided with your scanner. Follow the steps in the section “Step 2: Install the Software” on page 8 to reinstall the scanner driver and software. UNINSTALLING THE SCANNER AND ONETOUCH SOFTWARE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Settings, then click Control Panel.
VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER SPECIFICATIONS 85 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER SPECIFICATIONS Optical resolution Bit depth Scan method ADF specifications Scanning Speed Capacity Paper Thickness Maximum page size Minimum page size Light source Interface Drivers Bundled Software Supported Microsoft Operating Systems Scanner dimensions Width Depth Height Weight Operating temperature Relative humidity Power adaptor Scanner Rating Power consumption Power cord USB cable Safety and agency certifications 600
86 VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE VISIONEER STROBE XP 450 SCANNER PARTS LIST Please use the following part names and numbers when ordering replacements for your scanner.
INDEX INDEX E A eMail 56 Properties 52 error codes 82 Excel Spreadsheet 45 ADF cleaning 78 ADF pad assembly replace 79 Adobe® Reader® 18 Install 19 Advanced Settings Tab 35 aspect ratio 36 AutoCrop to Original 33, 72 AutoRotate image 36 B bit depth 85 Black&White 32, 72 BMP 43 Brightness 32, 72 Burn to CD 52, 58 button configuring 27 button options 55 C CD-ROM drive 3 Color 32, 72 color configuration 72 color filter 34, 73 components 2 computer specifications 3 Configure Before Scan 39 cancel 41 Cont
INDEX 88 M Microsoft Internet Explorer 61 Microsoft Outlook 52 Moiré Patterns 33, 73 monitor 3 O OCR 44 optical character recognition 45 on/off switch 15 One Touch icon 25, 26 OneTouch icon 27 OneTouch Properties window 27, 47 options 31, 55 P Page Settings Tab 33 page size 73 paper jam 78 PaperPort Properties 48 PDF 43, 56 PDF file size 43 power saving 68 Properties button 30 Q QuickScan™ 18, 77 R Resolution 32, 72 Rich Text Format (rtf) 45 S saturation 35 Scan Configuration 27, 32 Scan Settings Tab
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