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Vi s i o n e e r Strobe XP 450 Scanner User’ s Guide FOR WINDOWS[...]

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T ABLE OF C ONTENTS i T ABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Visioneer Strobe XP 450 Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What You Need . . . [...]

ii T ABLE OF C ONTENTS 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 T WAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Accessing the TWA[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 1 W elcome Y our new Visioneer S trobe XP 450 scanner can quickly scan a stack of documents, and place their images on your computer . W HAT ’ S IN THE B OX Before proceeding, check the contents of the box. If items are missing or damaged, contact the dealer where you purchased the scanner . S[...]

2 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T HE V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER Inpu t t ra y —Holds documents in the scanner . Pa p e r g u i d e s —Adjusts to fit the document width. Scan button —P ress to start scanning. St a t u s l i g h t —Sho ws the scanner ’ s status. Refer to “S tatus Light T roubleshooting Code[...]

W HAT Y OU N EED 3 W HAT Y OU N EED IBM-compatible P entium 4 PC, or AMD equ ivalent with: ■ A CD-R OM drive ■ An available U niversal Serial Bus (USB) port ■ Microsoft ® Window s ® operating system : Windows 2000 (S ervice P ack 4), 32-bit Windows XP (S ervice Pack 2), 32-bit or 64-bit W indows Vist a The scanner is compatible with Service[...]

4 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE D OCUMENTATION The following documentation is pro vided with your scanner: ■ Quick Install G uide—Abbreviated installation instructions. ■ Visioneer S trobe XP 450 Scanner User ’ s Guide—On the Installation Disc; contains detailed installation, scanning, configuration, and maintenanc[...]

B EFORE Y OU B EGIN 5 Installation Installation is a quick, four-step process: 1. Assemble the scanner 2. Install the software 3. Connect the scanner 4. Register the scanne r B EFORE Y OU B EGIN Please make sur e of the follo wing befor e you begin installation: ■ The information in this guide may cov er soft ware not pro vided with the scanner y[...]

6 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S TEP 1: A SSEMBLE THE S CANNER 1. Remo ve all shipping tape from the top and bottom of the scanner . 2. Ca refu lly remove th e p rote ctive foa m from the ADF cover release, then press the release and open the Automatic Document F eeder cover . 3. Remo ve any foam particles that may have got[...]

S TEP 1: A SSEMBLE THE S CANNER 7 5. Insert the pins on each side of the output tray into the holes on the front of the scanner .[...]

8 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S TEP 2: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE T o install the software: 1. S tart Microsoft Windo ws and make sure no other applications are running. 2. Insert the Installation D isc into your computer ’ s CD-R OM drive. The Installation menu automatically opens. No t e : If the disc does not start, chec [...]

S TEP 2: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 9 3. On the Main M enu, select Install P roducts . 4. Make sure the box es for Nu a nc e Pap e r Por t ® and Scanner D river ar e checked. 5. Click Install N o w .[...]

10 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T HE P APER P ORT I NSTAL LATION B EGINS 1. On the P aperP ort W elcome window , click Ne x t . Installing P aperP ort will uninstall any existing version of P aperP ort and will install the newer version. Y our existing P aperP ort files will not be affected. 2. Read the P aperP ort license [...]

S TEP 2: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 11 T HE S CANNER D RIVER I NSTALLATION W ILL N OW B EGIN 1. The W elcome to the OneT ouch 4.0 Setup Wizard opens. Click Ne x t . 2. On the Visioneer License Agreement window , read the license agreement. If you accept the terms, select I A gree , and click Nex t . If you choose not to accept the license agreement, th[...]

12 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE ■ Full I nstall (OneT ouch, TW AIN and ISIS) —This is the recommended installation. It installs the OneT ouch 4.0 software, which provides the necessary driv er softwar e for the scanner’ s button to work. It also installs scanning interfaces for the TW AIN and ISIS drivers. ■ TW AIN [...]

S TEP 2: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 13 5. During installation you will see this window asking you to select one of the images for your Color S pace setting. Select the option that looks best to you then click on Nex t . The selection in this window sets the default gamma value for OneT ouch. Y ou can change this setting later on. 6. ST OP when you see [...]

14 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S TEP 3: C ONNECT THE S CANNER T o connect the po wer supply: 1. Plug the power supply into the power port on the scanner . 2. Plug the power cor d into the power supply and into a wall outlet. No t e : Only use the power supply ( HEG42-240200-7L made b y HiT ron) included with your scanner .[...]

S TEP 3: C ONNECT THE S CANNER 15 T o connect the USB cable: The Visioneer Str obe XP 450 scanner connects to any av ailable 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 por t on the scanner then i nto a USB port on the computer . If the pl ug [...]

16 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE If y our computer is running Windo ws XP or Windo ws Vista, you will see a found new hardwar e 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 [...]

S TEP 3: C ONNECT THE S CANNER 17 A DDITIONAL A PPLICATIONS A VAILABLE WITH Y OUR S CANNER Y our scanner includes free, a dditional applications. T o install the additional applications: 1. Return to the disc ’ s main menu and click on Install P roducts . Softwar e that is already installed will have I nstalled! next to them. 2. Select the additi[...]

18 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Softwar e About the Softwar e Adob e ® Re a der ® Adobe Reader is a stand-alone application that you use to open, view , search, and print Adobe PDF ® files. The U ser Guides on your scanner ’ s Installation D isc are in PDF format and require A dobe ® Acrob at ® or Adob e ® Re ad er [...]

V IEW AND S AVE THE U SER G UIDES 19 V IEW AND S AVE THE U SER G UIDES 1. On the disc Main M enu click U ser Guides . 2. The Visione er U ser Guides windo w opens. U se this windo w to view and save the U ser Guides. The U ser Guides ar e in the Adobe ® PDF format. The Scanner Readme file is in HTML format and will open in any standard browser . I[...]

20 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 4. Retu rn to the Visioneer U ser Guides window and r epeat the process to open, view , and save all the other U ser Guides yo u want. The Scanner Readme file has late-br eaking news about y our scanner . The Shar eP oint Mini-Guide has information about a feature in the OneT ouch 4.0 softwar[...]

S TEP 4: R EGISTER THE S CANNER 21 S TEP 4: R EGISTER THE S CANNER Registering y our scanner is important as it provides y ou with access to our free telephone support service. Registration also gives you free access to software updates for your scanner . T o r egister y our scanner: 1. Right-click on the OneT ouch icon in the Window s N otificatio[...]

22 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S CANNING I NTERFACES Y ou have several different scanning options with your Visioneer S trobe XP 450 scanner . Each method scans equally well, so use the one with appropriate options for the item you ar e scanning. ■ OneT ouch Scanner Button —When you press the Scan button, documents are[...]

L OADING D OCUMENTS 23 Scanning from OneT ouch With powerful featur es such as scanning with VRS at the touch of a button, OneT ouch is the main interfac e for using the scanner and accessing these features. L OADING D OCUMENTS 1. Adjust the paper guide for the width of the paper , and make sure the output tray is fully exte nded. No t e : Always r[...]

24 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 2. Load the documents into the scanner face down with the tops of the page inserted into the Automatic D ocument F eeder . S CAN WITH THE S CANNER B UTTON 1. P ress the button on the scanner . 2. A scan progress window opens and the images ar e sent to the selected location in the OneT ouch p[...]

S CAN FROM THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON P ANEL 25 S CAN FROM THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON P ANEL 1. Adjust the paper guide for the paper width. Load the documents face down with their tops into the A utomatic Document F eeder . 2. N ow click on the OneT ouch icon in the Windo ws N otification Area (at the bottom right corner of the screen). 3. On the screen [...]

26 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE F EATURES OF THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON P ANEL F rom the panel, you can access the ha rdware settings for y our scanner and configure the scanner button. Click on the OneT ouch icon to open the panel. The T itle Bar ■ G reen arrows—click to cycle through the panel’ s 2 vie ws. ■ Scanner [...]

C ONFIGURING O NE T OU CH 27 C ONFIGURING O NE T OUCH When you installed OneT ouch, the software was configured with the applications on your computer that you can scan to. The OneT ouch button configuration consists of a Destination A pplication , a Scan Configuration , and a Fi l e Form a t . The OneT ouch P roperties window is where you select t[...]

28 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Changing the button settings: 1. Click on an application name in the Select Destination list. 2. Select a file format in the Select F orm at panel. 3. Select a scanning configuration in the S elect Configuration list. 4. Click on OK to save the changes and close the win dow . 5. Place a page [...]

C ONFIGURING O NE T OU CH 29 The settings on the OneT ouch P roperties window are: Select Destination —The list of destinations that O neT ouch can send a scanned image to. Select Config uration —The list of available Scan Configurations for the selected button. The configuration ’ s basic sett ings include: scanning mode, resolution (dpi), p[...]

30 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE These icons next to each Scan Co nfiguration indicate the scanning mode. U se Configure Befor e Scan to set the scanning mode manually before scanning. See “Configure Befor e Scan ” on page 39. Sel e ct Forma t —A set of file formats for the scanned image. The formats are based on the t[...]

C ONFIGURING O NE T OU CH 31 C REATING A N EW S CAN C ONFIGURATION The Scan Configurations are where yo u select the scanning resolution, brightness, mode (color , black&white, or grayscale), and a number of other settings. T o create a new configuration: 1. Open the O neT ouch P roperties window . 2. Scroll through the applications in the Sele[...]

32 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T HE S CAN S ETTINGS T AB On the Scan Configuration P roperties dialog box, type a name for the new configuration. Mod e —Select a scanning mode: ■ Bla ck &W hi te to scan in black and whit e. For example, letters and memos are usually scanned in black and white. ■ G rayscale to sca[...]

C ONFIGURING O NE T OU CH 33 T HE P AGE S ETTINGS T AB Click the P age Settings tab to select options applicable t o how you want the image to appear after scanning. Siz e —Size is the page dimensions of the documents being scanned. ■ St a n d a rd —click the menu arrow and choose a page size from the list. ■ Cu st o m —enter the horizont[...]

34 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE ■ S traighten 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 Ima ge —Only availabl[...]

C ONFIGURING O NE T OU CH 35 T HE A DVANCE D S ETTINGS T AB The options of the Advanced S ettings tab are for the Color or G rayscale 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 . ?[...]

36 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T HE D EVICE S ETTINGS T AB A Device Settings tab is on the Scan Configurations dialog box when your selected Destination Application is a printer or fax application. Fi t to page, r educe image if necessar y —If the scanned image is too big to be printed or faxed on a single page, the imag[...]

C ONFIGURING O NE T OU CH 37 T HE S TORAGE O PTIONS T AB (A RCHIVE ) A S torage Options tab is on the Scan Configurations dialog box when the selected Destination Application is T rans fer to Storage. S ee “T ransferring Scanned Documents to S torage ” on page 61 for instr uctions on using the T ransfer to S torage destination. 1. Click the Sto[...]

38 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE E DITING OR D ELETING S CAN C ONFIGURATIONS T o edit or delete a Scan Configuration: 1. Open the O neT ouch P roperties window . 2. Select the Scan Configuration you want to edit or delete. 3. T o delete the configuration, click the Delet e button. 4. T o edit the configuration, click the Edi[...]

C ONFIGURING O NE T OU CH 39 C ONFIGURE B EFORE S CA N Choosing Configure Before Scan simp ly opens either the TW AIN or WIA scanning interfac e when you press or click the button. Y ou 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 F ile F ormat and to[...]

40 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 5. Click OK on the OneT ouch P roperties windo w . T O SCAN USING C ONFIGURE B EFORE S CAN 1. Load the documents face down with their tops into the scanner . 2. P ress the scanner button or click the Scan button on th e OneT ouch Pa n e l . The TW AIN or WIA interface will open. This example [...]

C ONFIGURING O NE T OU CH 41 C ANCELING A C ONFIGURE B EFORE S CAN 1. Click Can c el in the scanning progress windo w . 2. The following windo w will open asking if you want to cancel the entire job. ■ Ye s —Scanning stops and all pages scanned in this batch, up to this point, will be deleted. The TW AIN int erface will close and you can restar[...]

42 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S ELECTING F ILE F ORMAT O PT IONS The option that you select determines the F ile F orm at of the scanned d o cu m e n t . Ap p r o p r i a t e Fi l e Fo r m a t o p t i ons and file types are available for the type of Destination Applic ation selected for the button. The T ext F ormats are [...]

C ONFIGURING O NE T OU CH 43 I MAGE F ORMATS Select an image F ile F ormat for phot os, artwork or other documents that you want to save as images. BMP and TIFF a re standar d 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 ar e[...]

44 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T EXT F ORMATS Selecting the text format option al so selects OCR processing as an automatic step for scanning. Therefor e, when you scan a document with the text format s elected, the text portions of the document are automatically converted to editable text. T ext File F ormats are only ava[...]

C ONFIGURING O NE T OU CH 45 Sim p le T e x t —The .txt file format. T ext with no formatting; used by the standard M icrosoft N otepad application. Rich T ext F ormat —The .rtf file format. T ext that retains formatting when converted. A vailable with Microsoft W ordP ad and W ord. Excel Spreadshee t —The .xls file format used by Microsoft E[...]

46 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 3. Click on OK to save the changes and close the OneT ouch Pr operties window . 4. Place the documents face down with the tops pointing into the scanner . 5. P ress the scanner button or click the Scan button on th e OneT ouch button panel. Y our scanned pages appear in the D estination Appli[...]

C ONFIGURING O NE T OU CH 47 4. Select the option you want for the OCR conv ersion of your documents. Au to orient page—Select this option to check the page orientat ion and automatically rotate an improperly or iented page image so the text is recognizable by the OCR process. Single column output—Select this op tion to produce a single column [...]

48 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE P aperP or t Properties These properties apply to designat ing the P aperP ort folder to receive your scanned items. 1. Select the folder where y ou want the file to be located. 2. Click OK . Then click OK or Ap pl y on the OneT ouch P roperties window . When P aperP ort opens after you finis[...]

C ONFIGURING O NE T OU CH 49 T ext Documents P roperties These properties apply to text editing applications such as Microsoft W ord. 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 [...]

50 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE The Add T e xt Based Link dialog box opens. 3. Click Browse to fin d the application you want to add to the list. When you select the application using the B rowse button, steps 1 and 2 on the dialog box are automatically filled in, and the application icon appears in step 3. 4. Select the ic[...]

C ONFIGURING O NE T OU CH 51 Image D ocuments P roperties These properties apply to image pr oce ssing applications such as M icrosoft Pa i n t . 1. Click in the Color document handling settings boxes for the options you wan t. These options will apply to all the applications in the group . Conv ert Bitmaps usin g Screen R esolution —U se this op[...]

52 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S torage P roperties These properties apply to the D estination Application named T ransfer to S torage. If a CD burner is a ttached 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 S torage L[...]

C ONFIGURING O NE T OU CH 53 message as soon as scanning is fini shed, 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 F older for st[...]

54 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 4. Select the options for color document handling. Conv ert Bitmaps usin g Screen R esolution —U se this option to ensure that an image will fit on the computer ’ s screen. When a computer screen is set to a lower r esolution, bitmap images with a higher resolution may be too big to fit o[...]

C ONFIGURING O NE T OU CH 55 S ELECTING O NE T OU CH P ROPERTIES O PTIO NS The OneT ouch Pr operties Options determine the types of Destination Applications show ing in the destination list. There are also settings for saving copies of files as they are scanned. To s e l e c t o p t i o n s : 1. Open the O neT ouch P roperties window and click the [...]

56 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Destination Categories: ■ Document M anagement includes P aperP or t and other applications for processing and keeping track of your scanned documents. ■ Imag e Edi to rs include Microsoft P ain t and other drawing and graphics applications. ■ Te x t E d i t o r s include Micr osoft W o[...]

C ONFIGURING O NE T OU CH 57 F or instance, when you scan dir ectly 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. Ho wever , by selecting this Create copies of scanned documents option, you[...]

58 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE U NIQUE S CANNING F EATURES AND D ESTINATIONS The OneT ouch software has unique scanning options available. Y ou can scan directly to your computer ’ s CD burner , HTML files and so on. S CAN AND B URN TO A CD If you hav e a CD burner attached to your computer , you can scan directly from y[...]

U NIQUE S CANNING F EATURES AND D ESTINATIONS 59 8. Click the Burn t o C D button. The CD burner be gins and your sc anned documents are written to the CD. If other files are also waiting in this location, they will get written with the OneT ouch files on the CD. S CANNING WITH E VENT F ORWARDING If you want to specify an application to use for sca[...]

60 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 5. N ow the application you selected opens and y ou can continue scanning using the application ’ s TW AIN interface. C REATING AN HTML W EB P AGE FROM Y OUR S CANNED D OCUMEN TS Y ou can conv ert scanned pages to HTML format for posting directly to your web site. Those pages are then view [...]

U NIQUE S CANNING F EATURES AND D ESTINATIONS 61 4. Choose a Scan Configuration that has the sett ings for the image on the HTML page. 5. Click OK . 6. N ow 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. Mi[...]

62 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 4. Click on OK to save the changes and close the window . 5. N ow press or click the scan button to start scanning. 6. The documents are scanned and stor ed in the location specified on the OneT ouch 4.0 Link P roperties window . S CANNING TO M ULTIPLE F OLDERS When archiving documents with t[...]

U NIQUE S CANNING F EATURES AND D ESTINATIONS 63 Setting up multiple folder s for transfer to storage: 1. U sing Microsoft Windo ws, create the folders that you want to use for storing scanned items. 2. Open the O neT ouch P roperties window . 3. Select T ransfer to Storage as the Destination Application. 4. Click the Ne w button 5. T o help you re[...]

64 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 7. Click the Storag e Options tab . 8. Click the Browse button. 9. Select the folder you cr eated for storing the scanned documents. If you haven ’ t created the folder yet, you can click the Mak e New Fo l d e r button and type th e name for the new folder .[...]

U NIQUE S CANNING F EATURES AND D ESTINATIONS 65 10. Click OK . The selected folder will now be set as the S t orage Location, such as “Business Receipts.” 11. Click OK . The new configuration is now listed as a T ransfer to S torage configuration. 12. Repeat the proce ss to create additi onal new configurations, such as one named “P ersonal [...]

66 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Scan to multiple storage folders: 1. Place the first set of documents face d own , with their tops pointed into the scanner . 2. Open the O neT ouch P roperties window . 3. Select a configuration you created for storage and click OK . 4. N ow press or click the scan button to start scanning. [...]

C HECKING THE H ARDWA RE AND L AMP S ETTINGS 67 C HECKING THE H ARDWARE AND L AMP S ETTINGS 1. Right-click on the OneT ouch icon and choose Sho w H a rd w are from the pop-up menu. Y ou can also click the Hardwar e icon at the top of the OneT ouch Button P anel, or right-click on the Strobe XP 450 icon when the OneT ouch button panel is in the H ar[...]

68 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 2. Click the P roperties button. Y our scanner has a built-in power sa ving fe ature that is set to po wer down after 15 minutes of idle time. Y ou 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 [...]

C HECKING THE H ARDWA RE AND L AMP S ETTINGS 69 Scanning from TW AIN Y ou can scan fr om any TW AIN scanning application instead of scanning from the OneT ouch button on your scanner or the OneT ouch button panel. Please refer to the software user ’ s guide, for the application that you are using, for steps to open the TW AIN interface. Y ou can [...]

70 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE A CCESSING THE TW AIN I NTERFACE FROM O NE T OUCH 1. Open the OneT ouch Pr operties window . 2. Select a Destination A pplication, such as ScanSoft P aperP ort. 3. Select Configure Before Scan , then right-click on Configur e Before Scan and select TW AIN from the menu. 4. Click on OK . 5. Cl[...]

S CANNING WITH THE TWAIN I NTERFACE 71 S CANNING WITH THE TW AIN I NTERFACE The TW AIN Interface is available from many applications, such as Microsoft W ord and P aint, as well as from the P aperP or t. 1. Select the options you want from the TW AIN inter face, then load the documents face down with their tops into the A utomatic Document F eeder [...]

72 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T HE TW AIN I NTERFACE O PTIONS Mod e —Select a scanning mode: Bla ck &W hi te to scan in black and white. Us e this setting for letters, memos, and other black and white ma terial. This scan mode produces the smallest file size. G rayscale to scan items such as document s containing dr[...]

S CANNING WITH THE TWAIN I NTERFACE 73 Fi lt er —The Filter is the ability of your scanner to automatically remo ve a color from a scanned item. The F ilter option applies to Black&White or G rayscale Mode. Reduce M oiré P atter ns —Moiré patterns are wavy , rippled lines that sometimes appear on the scanned images of photographs or illus[...]

74 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE AutoScan on document insertion —Y our 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 TW AIN interface. If this option is not select[...]

S CANNING WITH THE TWAIN I NTERFACE 75 Scanning from WIA Microsoft Windo ws XP and Windows V ista include their own scanning interface—known as Windows I mage Acquisition (WIA)—for acquiring images from scanners, digital cameras, and other digital devices. This section shows how to use M icrosoft P aint to scan using the WIA interface. Please r[...]

76 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 3. The WIA scanning wi ndow opens. U s e 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 siz e from the P age Size list. 6. Adjust the image settings as desired: ■ Change the button selec[...]

S CANNING WITH THE TWAIN I NTERFACE 77 Scanning from ISIS Y ou can use the ISIS interface from Q uickScan™ or any other application that will access the ISIS driver . The QuickS can Demo software was pr ovided with your scanner . N ote that the ISIS interface for each applicat ion varies depending on the application. Please r efer to that softwar[...]

78 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Maintenance This section contains information on maintenance, troubleshooting, uninstalling, scanner specifications, and spare parts. C LEARING P APER J AMS T o clear a paper jam: 1. P ress the ADF cover r elease on the top left of the scanne r body to open the Automatic D ocument F eeder cov[...]

R EPLACE THE ADF P AD A SSEMBLY 79 4. Wipe the ADF pad from top to bottom. Be careful not to snag the cloth on the springs on either side of the pad. 5. Close the co ver when you ’ re finished. R EPLACE THE ADF P AD A SSEMBLY The ADF pad will w ear out and is desi gned to be a user-replaceable part. P roblems with documents feeding into the ADF i[...]

80 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T ROUBLESHOOTING In addition to the troubleshooting information contained in this section, please see the Readme file on your Installation D isc. The Readme file contains additional information that may hel p you diagno se proble ms with the scanner . If you try the troubleshooting procedur e[...]

T ROUBLESHOOTING 81 P roblem: The installation will not co mplete successfully . If installation finishes, the scanner ’ s OneT ouch 4. 0 options do not seem to work properly . What do I do? A likely cause is that some driver pr ograms are alr eady installed on your computer for another scanner . Or you pr eviously had another Visioneer scanner a[...]

82 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Assembly ” on page 79 for the steps to replace the pad. See “Visioneer S trobe XP 450 Scanner P art s List” on page 86 for the ordering additional ADF pads. P roblem: If the USB cable is disc onnected during a scan, the scanner does not reconnect when the US B cable is plugged back in. [...]

T ROUBLESHOOTING 83 The table below describes the error codes. In all cases you should c heck 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 powe r supply directly to a wall outlet. Error Code P roblem Description Solution S teady[...]

84 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE U NINSTALL Y OUR S CANNER T o uninstall the Visioneer S trobe XP 450 scanner , remo ve the OneT ouch 4.0 software, P aperP ort, and any other software pro vided with your scanner . F ollow the steps in the section “Step 2: I nstall the Softwar e ” on page 8 to reinstall the scanner driver[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER S PECIFICAT IONS 85 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS Optical r esolution 600 dpi Bit d ep t h 24-bit color , 8-bit grayscale, 1-bit bitonal (black & white) Scan method Automatic document feeder (ADF) ADF specifications Scanning Speed U p to 20 pages per minute @ 200 dpi black & white Capa[...]

86 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER P ARTS L IST Please use the following part names and numbers when ordering replacements for your scanner . Pa r t N a m e Pa r t N u m b e r Input T ray 57-0101-000 Output T ray 57-0102-000 ADF P ad 57-0103-000 USB Cable 35-0107-000 AC P ower Cor d 35-0103-0[...]

I NDEX 87 INDEX A 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 configurati[...]

I NDEX 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 4 8 PDF 43, 56 PDF file size 43 powe[...]

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