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T ABLE OF C ONTENTS i T ABLE OF CONTENTS 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 77 Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Checking the Hardware and S etting the Lamp Power Save Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Scanning with the TWAIN Interface from PaperPo[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 1 W ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing y our Visioneer S trobe XP 450 scanner . With your scanner you ca n quickly scan sta cks of color or blac k-and- white 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 a[...]

2 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T HE V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER Power switch USB port Power jack Scan button Input tray Output tray Output tray extension ADF cover relea se Status light Input tray —H olds documents in place. The P a per Guid es on the input tray adjusts to fit the document size. Automatic D ocument[...]

W HAT Y OU N EED 3 W HAT Y OU N EED An IBM-compatible P entium PC, or AMD equivalent with: ■ A CD-R OM drive ■ An available U niversal Serial Bus (USB) port ■ Mic ro sof t ® Wind ows ® operating system: 2000 (Service P ack 4) or XP (Service P ack 1 and 2) ■ A minimum of 512 MB (megaby tes) of internal memor y (RAM) ■ 200 MB minimum of f[...]

4 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Installation Installation is a quick, four-step process: 1. Assemble the scanner 2. Install the software 3. Connect and pow er on the scanner 4. Connect the USB cable to your computer B EFORE Y OU B EGIN Please make sur e of the following before you begin installation: ■ The information in t[...]

S TEP 1: A SSEMBLE THE S CANNER 5 S TEP 1: A SSEMBLE THE S CANNER T o assemble the scanner: 1. Remo ve all shipping tape from the top and bottom of the scanner . 2. Carefully re move the pr otective foam from the ADF co ver release, then press the r elease button to open the A u tomatic Document F eeder cover . 3. Carefully r emove any foam particl[...]

6 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 5. Insert the pins on each s ide of the output tray into the holes on the scanner . 6. P roceed to “S tep 2: Install the Softwar e.”[...]

S TEP 2: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 7 S TEP 2: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE T o install the softwar e: 1. S tart Microsoft Windo ws and make sure no other applications ar e running . 2. Insert the Instal lat ion CD into your computer ’ s CD-R OM drive. The Installation menu automatically opens. No t e : Yo u must install the software befor e connecting the[...]

8 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 3. On the Installation menu, select Insta l l Produ ct s . 4. Make sur e the boxes for Nua n c e Pa p e r Por t ® and Scanner Driver are checked. 5. Click Install N o w . No t e : The softwar e pro vided with y our scanner may differ slightly from the list shown in the window .[...]

S TEP 2: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 9 6. The Select Language windo w opens. Click the drop-do wn menu arrow and s elect the language you want to use. Click OK . The first P aperP or t Installation window opens. 7. On the P aperP ort W elcome windo w , click Nex t . Installing P aperP or t will uninstall any existing version of P aperP ort and will inst[...]

10 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE The W elcome to the OneT ouch 4.0 S etup Wizar d opens. 14. Click Nex t . 15. On the V isioneer License Agr eement windo w , read the license agreement. I f you accept the terms, select I Agree . If you choose not to accept the li cense agr eement, the installation will terminate and the scan[...]

S TEP 2: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 11 17. Select the option y ou want. ■ Full I nstall (OneT ouch, TW AIN, and ISIS) —This is the re co m m e n d e d installation. It installs the OneT ouch 4.0 software which pro vides the nece ssary driver software for the scanner . It al so installs scanning interfaces for TW AIN and the ISIS driver . Installing[...]

12 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE ■ TW A IN on ly —The TW AIN driver is installed without the OneT ouch 4.0 software or the ISIS driver . Y ou can use the Visioneer TW AIN driver to scan fr om TW AIN applications. Y ou will not be able to use the Scan button on the scanner . ■ ISIS only — T h e I S I S d r i ve r i s [...]

S TEP 2: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 13 19. Select the option that looks best to you and click Ne x t . The driver installation will now begin. 20. ST O P when you see the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware ” window . Do NO T click on OK yet. Leave the window open and proceed to “S tep 3: Connect the P ower S upply ” on page [...]

14 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S TEP 3: C ONNECT THE P OWER S UPPLY Connect the power supply and po wer cor d, and plug the power supply into an electrical outlet. To c o n n e c t y o u r V i s i o n e e r Stro be XP 450 scanner: 1. Plug the pow er supply into the power port on the scanner . 2. Plug the po wer cord into t[...]

S TEP 4: C ONNECT THE USB C ABLE AND T URN ON THE P OWER 15 S TEP 4: C ONNECT THE USB C ABLE AND T URN ON THE P OWER The Visioneer S trobe XP 450 scanner connects to any available USB port. Check your computer’ s manu al for USB port locations. 1. Remo ve any protective tape from the USB cable. 2. Plug the USB cable into the USB port on the scann[...]

16 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 3. T urn on the power switch, locat ed on the back of the scanner to the left of the power port. The status light comes on and flashe s indicating that the scanner is receiving po wer . If you are using W indows XP S ervice P ack 2, and have plugged the USB cable into a USB 1.1 port, an infor[...]

S TEP 4: C ONNECT THE USB C ABLE AND T URN ON THE P OWER 17 4. When you ’ re certain that the software has completely loaded, r eturn to the “Complete the installation by connecting your har dware ” window . 5. Click OK . The scanner ’ s status light is gr een when the scanner and computer are communicating properly .[...]

18 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 6. Click Close on the Installation Complete windo w to close and exit the software installer . Y ou can now install free, additional softwar e that you r eceived with your scanner .[...]

S TEP 4: C ONNECT THE USB C ABLE AND T URN ON THE P OWER 19 A DDITIONAL A PPLICATIONS FOR Y OUR S CANNE R Y our scanner includes free, ad ditional applications on the installation CD. T o install the additional applications: 1. Return to the I nstallation wi ndow and select the additional application(s) you want to install on your computer . 2. Cli[...]

20 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 4. On the Ma in Menu, click U ser Guides . The Visioneer U ser Guides window opens. U se this window to view and save the U ser Guides you want.[...]

S TEP 4: C ONNECT THE USB C ABLE AND T URN ON THE P OWER 21 The U ser Guides are in A dobe ® Acrob at ® PDF format. The CD also includes a free copy of Acr obat ® Rea de r ® in case your computer does not have it alr eady installed. The Scanner R eadme file is in HTML format and will open in any standar d browser . If you need to, click Acr oba[...]

22 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE R EGISTER Y OUR S CANNER AND C HECK FOR U PDATES Registering your scanner is important as it pro vides you 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 [...]

R EGISTER Y OUR S CANNER AND C HECK FOR U PDATES 23 Scanning If you selected the r ecommended F ull Install choice for y our scanner’ s driver (see page 11), you can use several differ ent methods to scan with your scanner . Each method scans equally well, so use the on e with appropriate options for the item you are scanning. ■ Scan Button —[...]

24 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE L OAD AND S CAN D OCUMENTS When you press the Scan button, documents are scanned using the current scan settings. The scanned im ages ar e then sent to a softwar e application (known as the Destinat ion A pplication) or to a storage folder on your computer . 1. Adjust the paper guide for the [...]

L OAD AND S CAN D OCUMENTS 25 2. Load the documents face down with their tops into the automatic document feeder , then press the Scan button. A scan progress windo w opens and the image is sent to the selected application from the OneT ouch utility . In this example, the Destination Application is the P aperP ort desktop. T o Cancel scanning, clic[...]

26 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE C HECK THE S CAN S ETTINGS B EFORE S CANNING 1. T o check the scan settings befor e scanning, pr ess, hold down, and then release, the Scan button. The OneT o uch P roperties window opens for you to view and change the configuration settings of the Scan butt on. This sample shows that the Sca[...]

L OAD AND S CAN D OCUMENTS 27 The OneT ouch P anel also opens at the bottom right of your computer screen. N ote that the OneT ouch panel also shows the current configuration for the button. When you make changes in the OneT ouch P roperties window , then click the Apply button, the information in the OneT ouch panel will update to sho w the new co[...]

28 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S CAN FROM THE O NE T OUCH P ANEL Y ou can scan from the OneT ouch P anel on the screen. 1. Adjust the paper guide for the width of paper and load the documents with their tops into the A utomatic Document F eeder . 2. N ow click on the On eT ouch icon in the Windo ws N otification Area (at t[...]

T HE O NE T OUCH P ROPERTIES W INDOW 29 T HE O NE T OUCH P ROPERTIES W INDOW The OneT ouch P roperties window lists the available scan settings and is where you select new settings for the Scan button. The O neT ouch P roperties window also contains special scanning features such as scanning and burning to a CD, scan ning and converting text direct[...]

30 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE In the follo wing example, the Scan button is set to scan with the configuration named US Letter and to display the scanned image in the Destination Application, P aperP ort. The Select format option is set to scan in the PDF image format. The settings on the P roperties window are: Select De[...]

T HE O NE T OUCH P ROPERTIES W INDOW 31 Select Configuration —The list of available scan configurations for the Scan button. The configuration ’ s basi c settings include: scanning mode, resolution (dpi), page size, brightness (Br), and contrast (Cr). T o see the configuration ’ s basic settings, click it s icon. Click the icon again to close[...]

32 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Sel e ct Forma t —A set of file formats for the scanned image for the Scan button. The for mats are based on th e type of destination application you select. This exam ple shows the formats that apply to the Microsoft Outlook application. The names indicate their file types. See “S electi[...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 33 S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON The scan settings for the Scan button consist of a Destination Application , a Scan Configuration , and a Docum ent Format . The OneT ouch P roperties window is where you select these three elements for the Scan button. T o select new sett[...]

34 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 3. F rom the Sel e ct Co n fi gu ra ti on list, select a scan configuration. T o scan in color , select one of the configurations indicated by the small color icon, such as the Color Document configuration. 4. Select a For m a t option. The available options apply to the Destination A pplicat[...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 35 S ETTING D ESTINATION A PPLICATION P ROPERTIES The different types of Dest ination A pplications have various properties that you can select. 1. On the OneT ouch P roperties window , click a Destination Applic ation. 2. Click the Pr o p e r t i e s button. A OneT ouch 4.0 Link P roperties dia[...]

36 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE P aperP or t P roperties These properties apply to P aperP ort, and are for designating the folder to receiv e your scanned items. 1. Select the P aperP or t folder where you want the file of the scanned image to be located. 2. Click OK . 3. Click OK or A pply on the OneT ouch P roperties win[...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 37 T EXT D OCUMENTS P ROPERTIES These properties apply to Microsoft W ord , Microsoft E xcel ® , and the other applications indicated by thei r icons in the list. The properties apply to the OCR settings for the applicat ions. 1. Click in the OCR settings bo xes for the options y ou want. The o[...]

38 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 2. T o add another application to the list, click the Add Application button. The Add T ext Based Link dialog box opens. 3. Click Browse to find the application y ou want to add to the list. When you select the application using the B ro wse button, steps 1 and 2 on the dialog box are automat[...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 39 I MAGE D OCUMENTS P ROPERTIES These properties apply to image pr ocessing applications such as Micr osoft P aint. 1. Click in the Color document handling settings boxes for the options you want. The options will apply to all the applications in the group. Conv ert Bitmaps using Scr een Resolu[...]

40 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 2. T o add another application to the list, click the Add Application button. See the steps on page 38 to add an application to the list. 3. Click OK . 4. Click Refres h on the OneT ouch P roperties window . 5. Click OK or A pply on the OneT ouch P roperties window . S TORAGE P ROPERTIES Thes[...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 41 1. Click the S torage Layout opt ions you want. All documents are in the root —The scanned documents ar e saved in the root of the folder spec ified in the St orage Location. Documents ar e put into folders by month, week, or typ e — F olders are created based on your selection (month, we[...]

42 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE E M AIL P ROPERTIES These properties apply to email applications so you can specify the folder for documents that you will attach to an email mes sage. Micr osoft Outlook ® will accept dir ect attachment of documents to a blank email message as soon as scan ning is finished, but other email [...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 43 3. If you need to change your email client, or any other internet options, click the Internet Options butt on. The Window s Internet Options Control P anel opens. Click the P rograms tab and choose a new email client from the Email list. These are the standar d Windows Interne t options. Plea[...]

44 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S ELECTING F ORMAT O PTIONS The F ormat options that you select determines the file format of the scanned document. Appropriate format options and file types are available for the type of Destinatio n Application s elected for the Scan button. The available options are for images and text. I [...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 45 T o select a JP EG or PDF file size: 1. Select JPG or PDF as the page format. 2. Right-click on the JPG or PDF icon. A menu opens. 3. Choose the file size/image quality option for your scanned images. Minimize Size —S mallest file size, lowest image quality . No r m a l —Medium file size,[...]

46 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Select a t ext format for documents with text or numbers, such as a business letter , report, or spreadsheet. The text format icon has several file formats available, depending on the Destination Application you select. The specific file format is shown by the file name extension on the text [...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 47 Sim p le T e x t —The .txt file format. T ext with no formatting; used by the standar d Microsoft N otepad application. Rich T ext F ormat —The .rtf file format. T ext that retains formatting when converted. A vai lable with Microsoft W ordpad and Wo r d . Excel S preadsheet —The .xls f[...]

48 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S ELECTING O PTIONS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON The OneT ouch Options determine the types of Destination Applic ations availa ble for the Scan bu tton, as well as the location of the files of your scanned items. T o select options: 1. Open the OneT ouch Pr operties window and click the Options tab [...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 49 Select Destinations —Select this option to individually choose the types of applications to include in the list of Destination Applications. Check the bo xes for the type of application to include. ■ Document M anagement includes P aperP ort and other applications for processing and keepi[...]

50 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Cr eate copies of scanned documents —S ometimes the image of a scanned document is only saved as a temporar y file until its Destination Application is finished using it. In those cases you may or may not want an additional, pe rmanent copy saved on your har d drive. F or exampl e, if you s[...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 51 G roup by type arranges the scanned docu ments by the type of file, such as .doc or .jpg. If you also want to gr oup them by date you can choose the week and month options. The following example sho ws the folders when the selections are G roup items by type and Gro u p i t e m s b y m o n t [...]

52 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE C REATING A N EW S CAN C ONFIGURATION The scan configurations are where you select the scanning r esolution, brightness, mode (color , black&white, or grayscale), and a number of other settings. N ote the lock icon on the preset configurations. Although you can unlock and edit the preset [...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 53 text editing applications. Thus, you ca n create specific sets of scan configurations for specific functi ons and they appear only when appropriate. 3. Click the Ne w button. If you want to start from the set tings of another configuration, select the configuration, then click the Copy button[...]

54 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 5. Select scan settings for the new scan configuration. M ode —Select a s canning mode: Black&White to scan in black and whit e. F or example, letters and memos are usually scanned in black and white. This scan mode produces the smallest file size. G rayScale to scan items such as docu [...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 55 7. Click the P age Settings tab to select page settings. Siz e —Click Sta n d a rd , click the menu arrow and choose a page size from the list, or click Cu s t o m and enter the horizontal and vertical page dimensions in the boxes. The maximum siz e is 8.5" x 14". The units of mea[...]

56 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S traighten Image —Select this option to let the s canner automatically determine if a page is skewed, and then straighten its image. The scanner detects page edges and can sense when the page is fed through at an angle. H ow ever , if the page is fed through at too great an angle, the imag[...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 57 8. Click the Advanced S ettings tab. The options of the Advanced S ettings tab are for the Color or G rayscale scanning mode. 9. Drag the sliders to the left and ri ght to change the color settings. As you do, the image changes to sho w the effects of the new settings. Saturation is the str e[...]

58 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T HE D EVICE S ETTINGS T AB A Device Set tings tab is on the Scan Configurations dialog box when your selected Destination Applicat ion sends the scanned image to a printer , fax application, or other device. Y ou use the options on the Device Settings tab t o select settings for the device. [...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 59 Collate copies —If you are printing more than one page, collate the copies. Enter the number of copies in the Copi es box. Advan ced —Click to see additional settings for the device. The dialog that opens is specific to the device. F or example, if the device is your printer , the dialog [...]

60 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 set as T ransfer to S torage. Y ou use the options on this tab to select whe re you want to sav e your scanned items for storage when scan ning [...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 61 are cr eated for each month and week so you can keep track of when you scanned the documents. T ype refers to the file type selected as the P age F ormat on the OneT ouch P roperties window . By default, the location of the archived docu ments is at C:Documents and Settings<y our user na[...]

62 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 4. Click the Ne w button. The Scan Configuration P roperties dialog box opens. 5. T o help you r emember which folder it is, give the new configuration a name that indicates the folder name, such as “S torage for Business Receipts.” 6. Click the Scan Settings , P age Settings , and Advanc[...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 63 8. Click the Browse button. 9. Select the folder y ou created for storing the scanned documents. If you haven ’ t created the folder y et, you can click the Make New Fo l d e r button and type the name for the new folder . 10. Click OK . The selected folde r will now be set as the St orage [...]

64 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 13. Make sur e to designate separate folders as the S torage Locations for the new configurations. Y ou will now have multiple configurations set up for the T ransfer to S torage destination, and each configuration stores scanned documents in separate folders. Scan to multiple storage folders[...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 65 6. P ress the Scan button on the scanner or click the Scan icon on the panel. The documents ar e scanned to the folder specified for the configuration. 7. When scanning is finished, open the OneT ouch Properties windo w again and select the other configuration you created for storage. 8. Clic[...]

66 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 confi guration: 1. Open the OneT ouch Pr operties window . 2. Select the s can configuration you want to edit or delete. The following example sho ws a new scan configuration that was created named “Scan for Light T ext.?[...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 67 4. T o edit the configuration, click the Edit button. The Scan Configuration P roperties dialog box opens for that configuration. Y ou can make changes to a configuration, but for the changes to be saved, the configuration must fi rst be unlocked. Click the Lock icon to unlock the configurati[...]

68 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE C ONFIGURING B EFORE S CANNING Choosing Configure Before Scan simply opens a scanning interface when you press or click a scan button. Y ou can then use the interface to change the Resolution, Scan M ode, and other settings. When you scan, the scanned image will still be sent as the file type[...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 69 3. Right-click on Configure Befor e Scan and choose an interface to use for configuring before scanning. TW A IN —The TW AI N interf ace opens for you to make changes prior to scanning. See “Scanning with the TW AIN Interface from P aperP or t ” on page 87. ISIS —The ISI S Scan inte r[...]

70 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S CANNING WITH O PTICAL C HARACTER R ECOGNITION (OCR) Optical Character Recognition (OCR) converts text and numbe rs on a scanned page into editab le text and numbers. Y ou can then work with the text and numbers to edit, spellcheck , change font or type size , sort, calculate, and so forth. [...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 71 4. Select the option y ou want fo r the OCR conversion of your documents. Aut o ori e nt p ag e —Select this option to check the page orientation and automa tically rota te an imprope rly oriented page image so the text is recognizable b y the OCR process. Sin gl e c ol u mn ou tp ut — Se[...]

72 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S CAN AND B URN TO A CD If you have a CD burner attached to your computer , you can scan directly fr om your Visioneer S trobe XP 450 scanner onto a CD. T o scan and bur n to a CD: 1. P ut a blank CD into your computer ’ s CD Drive. 2. Open the OneT ouch Pr operties window . 3. Select Burn [...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 73 6. N ow click the Scan button to start scanning. When scanning is finished, a bubb le message on the screen tells y ou that files are waiting t o be burned to the CD. 7. On the OneT ouch window , make sure that the Burn t o C D Destination Application is st ill selected and click the P ropert[...]

74 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE No t e : When scanning items to burn to a CD, you should always use one of the factory-set default configur ations, or a custom configuration specifically set up for CD burning. The default configurations are alr eady set up to send the scanned images to the proper storage location where the [...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 75 S CANNING WITH E VENT F ORWARDING If you want to specify an application to use for scanning at the start of the process, you can use event forwar ding. The scanner will feed in t he first page, but will then stop until you select the application to use. After you select the application, its i[...]

76 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 5. P ress the Scan button to start scanning. A dialog box opens for you to select the application to use for scanning. 6. Select the applicatio n in the box and click OK . N ow the application y ou selected opens and you can continue the scanning from that appl ication ’ s T W AIN interface[...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 77 C REATING AN HTML W EB P AGE FROM Y OUR S CANNED D OCUMENTS If you scan a document, whether a si ngle page or multiple pages, you can have the pages converted direct ly to HTML formatted pages for posting directly to y our web site. Those pages are then viewable by visitors to your web site w[...]

78 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 6. Insert the document into the Automatic D ocument F eeder . 7. P ress the Scan button. When scanning is finished, the document is first conv erted to editable text using the OCR process, and the n is converted into an HTML format. Micr osoft Internet Explor er then opens sho wing your conve[...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 79 T RANSFERRING S CANNED D OCUMENTS TO S TORAGE With the T ransfer to Storage scanni ng process, y ou can scan documents and save them in a folder in one st ep. The process is ideal for archiving documents without having to manuall y save or process them in any other way . If you choose a text [...]

80 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 4. If you want to have text docume nts or spr eadsheets converted by the OCR process prior to being stored, choose a text format. Right-click on the text format ic on and from the dr op-down menu choose a text format for the scanned images. 5. Click OK . The OneT ouch Properties window closes[...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 81 7. P ress the Scan button. When scanning is finished, the docu ments are stor ed in the location that you specified on the OneT ouch 4.0 Link P roperties window . If you sele cted a text format, the documents ar e first converted to editable text using the OCR process, and the n stored. Your [...]

82 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T O T RANSFER D OCUMENTS TO A S ERVER OR M APPED D RIVE When selecting the storage location for scanne d documents, you can select a local folder , or a folder on a ser ver or mapped drive.Y ou select a mapped drive using the Browse button. See “The S torage Options T ab (Archive)” on pag[...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 83 2. Select a storage location on th e mapped drive or s erver for the scanned documents. Servers and mapped drives ar e repr es ented by an icon that indicates its network connection. 3. Click OK . N ow when you scan using T ransfer to Storage as the D estination Application, the documents ar [...]

84 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE C HECKING THE H ARDWARE AND S ETTING THE L AMP P OWER S AVE M ODE 1. Right-click on the On eT ouch icon and choose Show Hard w are from the pop-up menu. Y ou can also click the scanner icon at the top of the OneT ouch Button P anel. If the Har dware V iew of the pane l is open you can also ri[...]

S ELECTING N EW S CAN S ETTINGS FOR THE S CAN B UTTON 85 2. Click the Pr o p e r t i e s button. Y our scanner has a built-in power saving featur e that is set to pow er down after 15 minutes of idle time. Y ou can change the time befor e the scanner powers down, from 1 minute to a maximum of 10 hours.[...]

86 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 3. Click the arro ws for the Lamp timeout setting and choose a time setting. T o turn the lamp on and off manually without turning off po wer to the scanner , click the Lamp O n or Lamp Off buttons. T o return t he scanner to its factory settings, click Res e t De vi c e . 4. Click OK to save[...]

S CANNING WITH TH E TWAIN I NTERFA CE FROM P APER P ORT 87 Scanning with the TW AIN Interface from PaperPort S CANNING WITH THE TW AIN I NTERFACE FROM P APER P ORT In addition to us ing the Scan butto n or the OneT ouch P anel to scan, you can scan from the TW AIN interface. The P a perP ort application that you received wit h your scanner uses the[...]

88 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE A CCESSING THE TW AIN I NTERFACE FR OM P APER P ORT The instructions in this section are for accessing the TW AIN inter face from the P aperP ort application. T o access the TW AIN interface from P aperP or t: 1. On the W indows taskbar , click St a r t , point to Pr o g r a m s , point to Sc[...]

S CANNING WITH TH E TWAIN I NTERFA CE FROM P APER P ORT 89 The F olders pane (which shows fold ers for organiz ing your scanned images) is replaced by the Scan pane. 3. Click the Scanner drop-down arrow , and select T W AIN: Visioneer S trobe XP 450 from the dr op-down list. No t e : Please wait a few moments for your selection from the drop- down [...]

90 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 4. In the “Scan what?” section, choose to scan a Document or Photograph . If you want t o change the format of the scanned item ’ s file name or file type before you start scanning, click Settings. The default file type for documents is .pdf and th e default for photographs is .jpg. 5. [...]

S CANNING WITH THE TWAIN I NTERFACE 91 S CANNING WITH THE TW AIN I NTERFACE This TW AIN interface is lists the scanning options available with your scanner .G reyed out options ar e not available for your scanner . The options on the TW AIN interface are: M ode —Select a s canning mode: Black&White to scan in black and wh it e. The scanning p[...]

92 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Reso lu ti on —Drag the slider to the right or left to adjust t he dots per inch (dpi) of the resolution . The maximum resolution is 600 dpi; the minimum is 50 dpi. This option determines the amount of detail you can see in the scanned image. The higher the dpi setting, the sharper and clea[...]

S CANNING WITH THE TWAIN I NTERFACE 93 Fil t e r —The Fi lter is the ability of your scanner to automatically remo ve a color from a scanned item. F or example, if you are scanning a letter with a red wat erm ark, you can choose to filter out the red so the scanned letter just sho ws the text and not the red watermark. The F ilter option applies [...]

94 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 2. Click OK . The currently selected page siz e appears in the middle of the TW AIN interface on the lefthand side. The Define page size option ca nnot be used with AutoCr op to Length or A utoCrop to original options. AutoScan on document insertion —Y our Visioneer S trobe XP 450 scanner i[...]

S CANNING WITH THE TWAIN I NTERFACE 95 If the Cr eate single page items check box is selected, all pages in the Automatic D ocument F eeder are scanned, the TW AIN interface closes, and each page is placed on the P aperP or t Desktop as an individual file. If P aperP ort’ s Cr eate single page items check bo x is not selected, the scanned pages a[...]

96 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE D ISPLAY THE D EVICE C ONFIGURATION 1. Click the Visioneer S trobe XP 450 icon in the top right corner of the TW AIN interface. The Device configuration window opens and sho ws the information about yo ur scanner . See the section “Checking the Ha rdware and S etting the Lamp P ower S ave M[...]

S ETTING U P P APER P ORT TO W ORK W ITH Y OUR S CA NNER 97 S ETTING U P P APER P ORT TO W ORK W ITH Y OUR S CANNER When you selected a scanning optio n from the Scanner drop-do wn list, either TW AIN: Visioneer S trobe XP 450 or WIA: Visioneer S trobe XP 450 (Windows XP only), the Scan button at the bott om of the panel should become active. If it[...]

98 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE To s e t u p P a p e r P o r t : 1. F rom the Scanner drop-down list, select one of the options, such as T wain: Visioneer S trobe XP 450 . 2. Click the Set u p button. A window opens to begin the s etup process. 3. Click Ye s then click Ne x t . The next window offers you the option to run h[...]

S ETTING U P P APER P ORT TO W ORK W ITH Y OUR S CA NNER 99 The next window is for checking the connection between your scanner and the computer . 5. Click Nex t . After the Setup W izard checks the connections, the next window is displayed. I t has a series of setup options, but only the B asic scan test is necessary because your scanner was alrea[...]

100 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE The TW AIN Interface opens. 7. Insert a page into the scanner , face-down, and the Scan button on the TW AIN Interface will become active. No t e : If you are setting up P aperP ort for WIA, the WIA interface opens instead.[...]

S ETTING U P P APER P ORT TO W ORK W ITH Y OUR S CA NNER 101 8. Click the Scan button on the TW AIN interface. The Setup W izard runs the scan test. A message window ope ns that says “Basic scan test passed.” 9. Click Nex t on the message windo w . The final Setup window opens to let you kno w the setup process is finished. 10. Click Fin i s h [...]

102 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Scanning with the WIA Interface S CANNING WITH THE WIA I NTERFACE Micr osoft Windows includes its own set of options—kno wn as Windo ws I mage Acquis ition (WIA)—for acquir ing images fr om scanners, digita l cameras, and other digital devices. Many Windo ws XP applications have commands[...]

S CANNING WITH THE WIA I NTERFACE 103 2. F rom the Fi le menu choose F rom Scanner or Ca mera . The scan window opens. U s e this window to select scanning options and start the scan process. 3. Click the button most appropriate for the item you ’ re scanning. 4. Select a paper siz e from the P age Size list.[...]

104 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 5. Click Prev i e w to preview the image before scanning. The image is displayed on the right side of the windo w . 6. If necessary , adjust settings of the pre viewed image as desired: ■ Change the button selection for the type of image. ■ Adjust the custom settings; refer to t he next [...]

F INE T UNING Y OUR S CANS 105 F INE T UNING Y OUR S CANS Y ou can select new settings before you scan an item to fine tune exactly how you want to scan it. T o select the scanner settings before y ou scan: 1. On the scan windo w , click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture . The Advanced P roperties dialog box opens.[...]

106 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 2. Select the options for scanning. Brightness an d Contrast —Drag the sliders to the right or left to adjust the brightness and contrast of the s canned image. The Contrast setting does not apply to the setting Black and Whi te picture or text . Reso lu ti on (D PI) —Click the menu arro[...]

S CANNING WITH THE ISIS I NTERFACE 107 Scanning with the ISIS Interface S CANNING WITH THE ISIS I NTERFACE The ISIS interface for scanning is available using the Scan button when the OneT ouch softwar e is set to Configur e Befor e Scan and the ISIS driver has been selected. The interface is also avai lable from ISI S scanning applications, such as[...]

108 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE When you press the button to scan, the ISIS Scan windo w opens. U se this window to select scanning options and star t scanning. 1. Click the button most appropriate for the item you ’ re scanning. 2. Click P r eview One to preview the image before s canning. The image is displayed on th e[...]

A DJUSTING THE ISIS S CAN S ETTINGS 109 4. When you ’ re ready to scan, r eplac e the preview page in its original position in your document then press Scan All . The document is scanned with the new scan settings. A DJUSTING THE ISIS S CAN S ETTINGS Y ou can adjust the scan settings for the selected type of scan. T o adjust t he Colo r Document [...]

110 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Contrast —Contrast is set automatically for Color D ocument or G rayScale Document. Because the T ext Document option scans in Black and White, the contrast option does not apply . Reso lu ti on —Click the menu arrow and choose a r esolution (dpi). Y our scanner can scan at up to 600 dpi[...]

A DJUSTING THE ISIS S CAN S ETTINGS 111 ■ 24-Bit Color —Scans the image in full color . Use this setting to scan color photographs and other color images. The file size is the largest of the scan mode options. Dit he r —Only available if the Mod e is Black and White . Click the menu arrow and choose a Halft on e option or Diffu sio n from the[...]

112 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 2. T o scan only a specific ar ea of the image, click the Are a button. The Set Scanning Ar ea dialog box opens. 3. Click in the image and drag a rect angle around the area you want to scan. The boxes to the left show the relative position and siz e of the selected area. Y ou can now move an[...]

C LEANING THE A UTOMATIC D OCUMENT F EEDER 113 Maintenance This section contains infor mation on maintenance, troubleshooting, uninstalling, scanner specifications, and spare parts. C LEANING THE A UTOMATIC D OCUMENT F EEDER Y ou may need to clean the ADF feed mechanism if your documents do not feed easily into the ADF , or several feed in at the s[...]

114 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 4. Wipe the pad from top to bottom. Be careful not to snag the cloth on the springs on eith er side of the pad. 5. Close the co ver when you ’ re finished. C LEARING P APER J AMS If your scanner stops scanning du e to a paper jam in the A utomatic Document F eeder , a warning dialog box op[...]

R EPLACING THE ADF P AD A SSEMBLY 115 R EPLACING THE ADF P AD A SSEMBLY The ADF pad will wear out and is de signed to be a user-replaceable part. P roblems with documents feeding into the ADF is an indication that the pad is wearing thin. See the “Visioneer S trobe XP 450 Scanner P art s List” on page 122 for ordering information. T o r eplace [...]

116 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T ROUBLESHOOTING In addition to the tr oubleshootin g information contained in this section, please see the Readme file on your installation CD. The Readme file contains additional information that m ay help you diagnose problems with the scanner . If you try the troubleshooting proced ures [...]

T ROUBLESHOOTING 117 P roblem: D uring installation I got the error message: P aperP ort Installation is no t complete. What do I do? The installation procedure was not successful. Y ou need to reinstall the P aperP or t software. P roblem: With A utoCrop to Orig inal selected, sometimes I get blank pages, or pages with lines. What ’ s wrong? The[...]

118 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S TATUS L IGHT T ROUBLESHOOTING C ODES A green status light indicates th e normal state of the scanner . N ORMAL O PER ATION ■ Blinking gr een: indicates the scanner is waking up from po wer saving and preparing to scan. ■ S teady green: indicates the scanner is r eady to scan. E RROR C [...]

H OW TO U NINSTALL Y OUR S CANNER 119 H OW TO U NINSTALL Y OUR S CANNER T o uninstall the V isioneer S trobe XP 450 scanner , remov e the OneT ouch 4.0 scanner softwar e first, and then remo ve P aperP ort, or other scanner softwar e. S TEP 1: U NINSTALLING THE O NE T OU CH 4.0 S CANNER S OFTWARE 1. On the W indows taskbar , click St a r t , point [...]

120 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T O I NSTALL A NOTHER D RIVER Before y ou can install another driver for your scanner , you must remov e the currently installed driver first. Th en the new driver can be installed. 1. U ninstall the OneT ouch 4.0 driver . a. Open the Windo ws Control P anel. b. Double-click the Add or Re mo[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER S PECIFICAT IONS 121 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS Optical resolution 600 x 1200 dpi Bit d ep th 48-bit color (internal) Maximum item size 8.5” x 14” Mini mu m ite m s iz e 3.5” x 2” (automatic document feeder) Scan method Automatic document feeder (ADF) ADF specifications Scanning Spe[...]

122 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 follow ing part names and numbers when ordering replacements for yo ur 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 Cord 35-0103[...]

I NDEX 123 INDEX Numerics 24-Bit Color 111 256-Level Gray 11 0 A ADF cleaning 11 3 ADF pad assembly replace 115 Advanced Properties 105 advanced settings 57 aspect ratio 58 Autocrop to Original 55, 92 AutoRotate image 5 8 B bit depth 121 Black&White 54, 91, 110 BMP 44 Brightness 54, 92 , 106, 109 Burn to CD 40, 72 Destination Application 73 but[...]

I NDEX 124 invert image 56 ISIS 69 J JPG 44 JPG file size 45 L Lamp timeout setting 86 Link Properties 35 M Microsoft Internet Explorer 78 Microsoft Outlook 42 Moire Patterns 55, 93 monitor 3 O OCR 45 columns 71 optical character recognition 70 storage 80 OCR options 70 on/off switch 16 OneTouch icon 28, 29 OneTouch Properties window 27, 28, 29, 35[...]

I NDEX 125 troubleshooting 116 TWAIN 69, 76 TWAIN standard 87 U uninstall 119 USB port 15 W watermark, remove 56, 93 WIA 69, 10 2 Windows Image Acquisition 1 02 X xls file format 47[...]

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