Visioneer Strobe XP 470 USB Scanner User's Guide ® for Windows
Visioneer Strobe XP 470 USB Scanner User’s Guide FOR WINDOWS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS i TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Visioneer Strobe XP 470 Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Creating a New Scan Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Editing or Deleting Scan Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Configuring Before Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Scanning with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) . . . . . . . . 70 Using OmniPage OCR Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Scanning with sPDF or nPDF and Searching for Text . . . . . . . . 79 Scan and Burn to a CD . . . . .
TABLE OF CONTENTS iii Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Status Light Troubleshooting Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Uninstalling Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Step 1: Uninstalling the Scanner and OneTouch Software . . . 131 Step 2: Uninstalling the PaperPort Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Visioneer Strobe XP 470 Scanner Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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WELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer Strobe XP 470 USB scanner. With your scanner you can quickly scan single-sided or doublesided stacks of color and black-and-white 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 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE THE VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER Paper guide LED Number Destination Selector button Simplex button Duplex button Status light Output tray ADF cover release Power switch Power jack USB port
THE VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER 3 Paper guide—Holds documents in place. Adjusts to fit the document width. LED Number—Shows the current scan setting for the Simplex and Duplex scanning buttons. A scan setting includes resolution, file type, brightness, color or black and white, destination, and so on. Destination Selector button—Selects the scan setting for the Simplex and Duplex buttons. Press to cycle through the nine settings. Simplex button—Press to scan a one-sided document.
4 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE WHAT YOU NEED An IBM-compatible PC with: ■ A CD-ROM drive ■ An available Universal Serial Bus (USB) port ■ A Pentium II (or higher) processor or equivalent ■ Microsoft Windows operating system: 2000 (Service Pack 4), Me, or XP (Service Pack 1 and 2) ■ Available megabytes (MB) of internal memory (RAM): ■ ■ 128 MB for Windows 2000 or Me ■ 256 MB for Windows XP 200 MB minimum of free hard disk space A VGA Monitor Recommended settings for your monit
INSTALLATION 5 INSTALLATION Installation is a quick, four-step process: 1. Assemble the scanner 2. Install the software 3. Connect and power on the scanner 4. Connect the USB cable to your computer BEFORE YOU BEGIN Please make sure of the following before you begin installation: ■ If your computer has AntiVirus or AntiSpyware software running, you may see messages during installation asking you to allow the installation to proceed.
6 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE STEP 1: ASSEMBLE THE SCANNER To 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. ADF Cover Release 3. Carefully remove any foam particles that may have gotten inside the document feeder, and close the cover. 4.
STEP 1: ASSEMBLE THE SCANNER 7 5. Insert the pins on each side of the output tray into the holes on the scanner. 6. Flip open the extension on the output tray so it is fully extended. 7. Proceed to “Step 2: Install the Software.
8 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE Note: The software is on the two CD’s you received with your scanner. Please be sure to install from Disc 1 first. Disc 2 contains the OmniPage 12 software that you install after the scanner software. To install the software: 1. Start Microsoft Windows and make sure no other applications are running. 2. Insert Disc 1 into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. The Options Menu for the CD automatically opens.
STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 9 3. On the installation menu, select Install ScanSoft PaperPort. 4. At the PaperPort 9.0 Welcome window, click Next. Installing PaperPort 9.0 will uninstall any existing versions of PaperPort and install PaperPort 9.0 while retaining all of your PaperPort files. 5. Read the ScanSoft license agreement and select I accept the terms in this agreement then click on Next.
10 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 9. At the Product Registration window, do one of the following: ■ Select Register online, then click OK and follow the registration instructions. ■ Select Print registration form, then click OK and follow the instructions to complete and print the registration form. ■ Select Remind me in 7 days and click OK. 10. At the Installshield Wizard Completed window, click Finish. If a message window opens instructing you to restart your computer, click Restart.
STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 11 The Welcome to the OneTouch 4.0 Setup Wizard opens. 12. Click Next. 13. On the Visioneer License Agreement window, read the license agreement. If you accept the terms, select I Agree then click Next. If you choose not to accept the license agreement, the installation will terminate and the scanner driver will not be installed.
12 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE The next window lists the choices of the drivers that you can install for your scanner. 14. Choose the option you want. ■ 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. It also installs scanning interfaces for TWAIN, Microsoft’s Windows Image Acquisition (WIA), and the ISIS driver.
STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 13 ■ TWAIN only—The TWAIN driver is installed. The OneTouch 4.0 Monitor will not run and you cannot use the OneTouch features. You can use the Visioneer Strobe XP 470 TWAIN driver, and scan from other applications with a TWAIN interface. ■ ISIS only—The ISIS driver is installed. You can scan from applications that use the ISIS driver, such as Kofax VRS and QuickScan, and you can also use the Kofax TWAIN driver. But the OneTouch 4.0 Service will not run.
14 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE The Color Space setting sets the gamma value for the scanner so scanned items look good on your monitor. Gamma controls the brightness of the midtones of colors. This setting can be changed later on as you are scanning. 16. Select the option that looks best to you and click Next. The driver installation will now begin. 17. STOP when you see the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window. Do NOT click on OK yet.
STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 15 TO INSTALL ANOTHER DRIVER Before you can install another driver for your scanner, you must remove the currently installed driver first. Then the new driver can be installed. 1. Remove the scanner from the system. a. Open the Windows Control Panel then double-click on the System icon. b. Select the Hardware tab then click on the Device Manager button. c. Find and select Imaging Devices then select the Visioneer Strobe XP 470. d. Choose Uninstall from the Action menu. 2.
16 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE STEP 3: CONNECT AND POWER ON THE SCANNER Connect the power supply and power cord, and then turn the power on. To connect your Visioneer Strobe XP 470 scanner: 1. Plug the power supply into the power port on the scanner. Note: Only use the power supply (SA60-24 made by Sino-American) included with your scanner. Connecting any other type of power supply may damage your scanner, and will void its warranty. 2.
STEP 4: CONNECT THE USB CABLE 17 3. Turn on the power switch, located on the back of the scanner to the left of the power port. The status light comes on and flashes indicating that the scanner is receiving power. Now proceed to the next section, “Step 4: Connect the USB Cable.” STEP 4: CONNECT THE USB CABLE The Visioneer Strobe XP 470 scanner connects to any available USB port. Check your computer’s manual for USB port locations.
18 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Note: If you have not installed the scanner driver, unplug the USB cable from the computer and install the software now. When the driver installation is complete, a message tells you when to connect the scanner. If you are using Windows XP, Service Pack 1, and have plugged the USB cable into a USB 1.1 port, an information bubble may open explaining that “A HI-SPEED USB device is plugged into a nonHI-SPEED USB hub”. Plug the USB cable into a USB 2.
STEP 4: CONNECT THE USB CABLE 19 2. When you’re certain that the software has completely loaded, return to the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window and click OK to complete the installation process. You can also click More to see a quick overview about accessing and navigating the OneTouch Button Panel. When you’re finished reading the additional information, click OK. The scanner’s status light is green when the scanner and computer are communicating properly.
20 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 3. Click Close at the OneTouch 4.0 Installation Complete window. 4. You can now remove the installation CD so you can install the OmniPage 12 software from the Disc 2 CD that you received with your scanner.
INSTALL OMNIPAGE 12 AND ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE 21 INSTALL OMNIPAGE 12 AND ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE Both CDs that you received contain additional software for your scanner: ■ Disc 1 contains a new version of Adobe Acrobat Reader ■ Disc 2 contains the OmniPage 12 software Note: OmniPage 12 is required for your scanner to have its full range of features. Please make sure to install OmniPage 12 before scanning. To install OmniPage 12: 1.
22 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 2. Select Additional Software and Guides. 3. At the next set of menu options, click on More Great Software.
INSTALL OMNIPAGE 12 AND ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE 23 4. Select the software application that you want to install and follow the installation wizard for that product. Adobe Acrobat Reader is included under More Great Software. If your computer already has a later version of Adobe Acrobat Reader installed, please do not install the version provided on the installation CD. 5. To view, print, or save the user guides, click User Guides in the Additional Software and Guides menu.
24 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE REGISTER YOUR SCANNER Registering your scanner is very important because 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: 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. The OneTouch Icon 3.
LOAD AND SCAN DOCUMENTS 25 Scanning When you press either the Simplex or Duplex button, documents are scanned using the scan settings indicated by the LED number. The scanned images are then sent to a software application (known as the Destination Application) on your computer. LOAD AND SCAN DOCUMENTS 1. Make sure the output tray is fully extended, and adjust the paper guide for the width of paper.
26 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 2. Load the documents with their tops into the automatic document feeder. For Simplex (one-sided) scans, load the documents face down. For Duplex (two-sided) scans, the documents can be face up or down because both sides are scanned. 3. Check the LED number to make sure you’re using the scan setting you want. To choose a new scan setting, press the Destination Selector button. The current scan setting.
LOAD AND SCAN DOCUMENTS 27 4. To scan a one-sided document, press the Simplex button. To scan a two-sided document, press the Duplex button. A scan progress window opens and then a thumbnail of the scanned image appears in the Destination Application. In this example of duplex (two-sided) scanning, the Destination Application is the PaperPort desktop and the two pages are stacked, one on top of the other. Cancel button Pause button To Cancel scanning, click the Cancel button.
28 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE CHECK THE SCAN SETTINGS BEFORE SCANNING 1. To check the scan settings before scanning, press, hold down, and then release, either the Simplex or Duplex button. Press, hold down, and then release either button to see the setting for the selected LED number. The OneTouch Button Panel appears with the description of the selected settings. This sample shows the current description of setting 6. This number corresponds to the LED on the scanner.
LOAD AND SCAN DOCUMENTS Use this window to reset the button settings for the destination applications, file formats, and so forth. See “Configuring the OneTouch Buttons” on page 35 to reset the settings. 2. Click the close boxes on the OneTouch Button Panel and the Properties window to close them.
30 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL You can scan from the OneTouch Button Panel on the screen. 1. Adjust the paper guide for the width of paper and load the documents with their tops into the automatic document feeder. For Simplex (one-sided) scans, load the documents face down. For Duplex (two-sided) scans, the documents can be face up or down because both sides are scanned. The OneTouch Icon 2.
SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL 31 3. On the screen—not on the scanner—click the button you want to use to scan. For example, if you want to scan with button 2, which converts the document to PDF, click here. Or if you want to scan with button 4, which attaches the scanned document to a blank eMail message, click here. Note: Your scanner comes with 9 factory-preset OneTouch button settings. You can reconfigure and rename the buttons for your specific scanning requirements.
32 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 2. To scan from the panel, click the icon you want to use to scan. 3. To see the details for a button, right-click on it. The Properties window for that button also appears. Right-click on a button to see its details in the Detail View and Properties Window. The Detail View Clicking the icon in either view starts the scanner scanning using the button’s settings. 4. To cycle through the nine buttons, click the arrows on the right side of the panel.
SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL ■ 33 The Hardware View shows the current scanners connected to your computer. If the Properties window is not open, right-click the icon on the Detail View or Button View to open it. From the Hardware View and Detail View, click the green arrow to return to the Button View. You can also click on the hardware icon to return to the Button View. 6. To close the OneTouch Button Panel, click the close button on the panel.
34 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE THE DEFAULT ONETOUCH SETTINGS ON YOUR SCANNER When you receive your scanner, its settings are preconfigured to scan items for various basic tasks, such as email or fax, and then send the scanned image to an appropriate, preselected Destination Application. The following table shows these factory-default settings. You can change any of these settings. Button Name Destination Application 1 Scan PaperPort Black&White @ 200dpi Duplex 8.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 35 CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS Each OneTouch button configuration consists of a Destination Application, a Scan Configuration, and a Document Format. The OneTouch Properties window is where you select these three elements for a button. To open the OneTouch Properties window: 1. Click the OneTouch icon. It is located in the Windows System Tray at the bottom right corner of the screen. 2. Right-click a button on the OneTouch Button Panel.
36 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE ABOUT THE ONETOUCH PROPERTIES WINDOW The OneTouch Properties window is where you can select new settings for the buttons. The OneTouch Properties window also has special scanning features such as scanning to a CD, scanning and converting text directly into an HTML web page, and scanning with optical character recognition (OCR) that turns a scanned image into text that you can edit.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 37 The settings on the Properties window are: Select Destination—The list of applications that can open to display the scanned image for the selected button. To configure the list of available applications, click the Options tab at the top of the dialog box and select the desired options. See “Selecting Options for a Button” on page 55 for more information. Select Configuration—The list of available scan configurations for the selected button.
38 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Select Format and Page(s)—A set of file formats for the scanned image for the selected button. The formats are based on the type of destination application you select. This example shows the formats that apply to the PaperPort Desktop. The button names indicate their file types. See “Selecting Page Format Options” on page 49 for more about the formats.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 39 To select new settings for the Scanner Button: 1. Click the button selection arrows to select the button you want to change. Each button has its own settings. So, as you click the arrows to cycle through the buttons, the available settings on the window change to show them for each button. 2. From the Select Destination list, select the application where you want documents sent when scanning is finished.
40 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 5. Click OK, or if you want to keep the window open and work with other features, click Apply. Now when you press or click a scanner button, the document is scanned using the newly configured settings for that button. SETTING DESTINATION APPLICATION PROPERTIES The different types of Destination Applications have various properties that you can select. 1. On the OneTouch Properties window, click a Destination Application. 2. Click the Properties button.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 41 PAPERPORT PROPERTIES These properties apply to PaperPort, and are for designating the folder to receive your scanned items. 1. Select the PaperPort folder where you want the file of the scanned image to be located. 2. Click OK. 3. 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 Desktop in that folder.
42 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE TEXT DOCUMENTS PROPERTIES These properties apply to Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe Reader, and the other applications indicated by their icons in the list. The properties apply to the OCR settings for the applications. 1. Click in the OCR settings boxes for the options you want. The options will apply to all the applications in the group.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 43 2. To add another application to the list, click the Add Application button. The Add Text Based Link dialog box appears. 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.
44 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE IMAGE DOCUMENTS PROPERTIES These properties apply to ScanSoft OmniPage Pro 12 that you received with your scanner, plus Microsoft Paint and other image processing applications. 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. Convert Bitmaps using Screen Resolution—Use this option to ensure that an image will fit on the computer’s screen.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 45 2. To add another application to the list, click the Add Application button. See the steps on page 43 to add an application to the list. 3. Click OK. 4. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window. 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.
46 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Documents are put into folders by month, week, or type— Folders are created based on your selection (month, week, or type) and the scanned documents are saved in those folders. New folders are created for each month and week so you can keep track of when you scanned the documents. 2. Click the Browse button to specify the location to store the scanned documents, or type a location directly into the box.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 47 EMAIL PROPERTIES These properties apply to eMail applications so you can specify the folder for documents that you will attach to an eMail message. Microsoft Outlook and AOL Version 9 accept direct attachment of documents to a blank eMail message as soon as scanning is finished, but other eMail applications do not.
48 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 3. If you are using America Online (AOL) on your computer, and the folder name for AOL is incorrect, click the Browse button and find the correct AOL folder. Normally the folder that AOL uses to store attachments will be listed in the box. For AOL versions prior to version 9.0, the folder has to be the specific folder AOL uses to find attachments. AOL 9.0, however, can attach documents automatically after scanning is finished. 4.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 49 SELECTING PAGE FORMAT OPTIONS The Page Format options that you select determines the file format of the scanned document. Appropriate page format options and file types are available for the type of Destination Application selected for the button. The available options are for images and text. Image Formats Text Formats; sPDF is only one of several text formats available. The Text Formats are for text file types. The names of the formats indicate their file types.
50 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE The PDF format is often used to create images of text pages. You may want to select PDF as the page format when scanning text pages that do not require OCR processing or other processing. The PDF format is also used to put multi-page documents on web sites as pdf-readable files. As with the JPEG option, the PDF format can be reduced in size or quality.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 51 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. See “Scanning with Optical Character Recognition (OCR)” on page 70. Select a text format for documents with text or numbers, such as a business letter, report, or spreadsheet.
52 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE To select a file type for the text format: 1. Select the Destination Application. 2. Right-click on the text format icon. A menu appears. The following figure shows samples for different formats. Example menu for the DOC text format. Example menu for the nPDF text format. 3. Choose the file type that you want for the text format. Your selection of a file type pertains only to the button currently selected on the OneTouch Properties window.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 53 Comma Delimited—The .csv file format; used for database or spreadsheet data with fields separated by commas. When the document is converted into editable text by the OCR software, the fields are maintained so you can copy and paste them to a database or spreadsheet application. Excel Spreadsheet—The .xls file format used by Microsoft Excel. HTML Document—The .htm file format used to create web pages. Searchable PDF—The .
54 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE RENAMING A ONETOUCH BUTTON The OneTouch buttons have names that identify their pre-set functions, such as OCR and PDF, but you can edit the names. To change the button names: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2. Using the arrows, choose the button that you want to rename. 3. Select the name’s text and type a new name. Click the arrows to get to the button to rename, then select the name text. Type a new name for the button. 4. Click OK or Apply.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 55 SELECTING OPTIONS FOR A BUTTON The OneTouch Options determine the types of Destination Applications available for a button, as well as the location of the files of your scanned items. To select options: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window and click the Options tab. Options tab 2. Click the menu arrow and choose the button for new options. 3. Select button options as described below.
56 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Select Destinations—Select this option to individually choose the types of applications to include in the list of Destination Applications. Check the boxes for the type of application to include. ■ 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.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 57 4. After selecting a new category of Destination Applications, click the Multi Function tab to see which ones are added to the list. Show Progress Window—Select this option to display the progress window of the document(s) during scanning. Create copies of scanned documents—Select this option if you want a copy of your scanned documents to be saved in the folder specified in the Folder Copy Options section.
58 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 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. The Lock Icon. Click New to create a new Scan Configuration. Note the lock icon on the preset configurations. Although you can unlock and edit the preset configurations, we recommend that you leave them locked, and only add new configurations.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 59 buttons set for text editing applications. Thus, you can create specific sets of scan configurations for specific functions and they appear only when appropriate. 3. Click the New button. If you want to start from the settings of another configuration, select the configuration, then click the Copy button. If the Scan Settings tab is not selected, click it. 4. On the Scan Configuration Properties dialog box, type a name.
60 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE ■ 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. ■ Color to scan color photographs and other color items. Color scans have the largest file size. Resolution—Drag the slider to the right or left to adjust the dots per inch (dpi) of the resolution. The maximum resolution is 600 dpi; the minimum is 50 dpi.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 61 7. Click the Page Settings tab to select page settings. Click to toggle between inches and centimeters. Size—Click Standard, click the menu arrow and choose a page size from the list, or click Custom and 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 centimeters. Click the name of the units, inches or centimeters, to toggle between them.
62 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE at too great an angle, the image may not scan correctly. In that case, re-scan the page using the paper guides to feed the paper in straight. ■ Reduce Moire Patterns—Moire patterns are wavy, rippled lines that sometimes appear on the scanned images of photographs or illustrations, particularly newspaper and magazine illustrations. Selecting Reduce Moire Patterns will limit or eliminate moire patterns in the scanned image.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS ■ 63 Color Filter—Color filter is the ability of your scanner to automatically remove a color from a scanned item. For example, if you are scanning a letter with a red watermark, you can choose to filter out the red so the scanned letter just shows the text and not the red watermark. Color filter applies to Black&White or Grayscale Mode. The original with a red watermark over black text. The scanned item with the red filtered out. 8. Click the Advanced Settings tab.
64 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 10. Click OK to save the new configuration. It will now appear in the list of Scan Configurations on the OneTouch Properties window for the appropriate Destination applications. THE DEVICE SETTINGS TAB A Device Settings tab appears on the Scan Configurations dialog box when your selected Destination Application sends the scanned image to a printer, fax application, or other device.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 65 Maintain aspect ratio—The aspect ratio is the length-to-width relationship of the image’s dimensions. Select this option so the image’s relative proportions remain constant. AutoRotate image for best fit—If the image is a Landscape format and the device is printing in the Portrait mode, or vice versa, rotate the image to fit on the page. Collate copies—If you’re printing more than one page, collate the copies. Enter the number of copies in the Copies box.
66 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 1. Click on the Storage Options tab. 2. 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. Documents are put into folders by month, week, or type— Folders are created based on your selection (month, week, or type) and the scanned documents are saved in those folders.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 67 EDITING OR DELETING SCAN CONFIGURATIONS To edit or delete a scan configuration: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2. Select the scan configuration you want to edit or delete. Select the scan configuration to edit or delete. It must be unlocked, as indicated by not having a lock displayed here. 3. To delete the configuration, click the Delete button.
68 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 4. To edit the configuration, click the Edit button. The Scan Configuration Properties dialog box opens for that configuration. To edit or delete a configuration, it must first be unlocked. Click the Lock icon to unlock the configuration. Clicking it toggles between locking and unlocking the configuration. Click the Lock icon to toggle between locked and unlocked. 5. Edit the settings and click OK. 6. Click OK to close the dialog box.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 69 3. Select the scan configuration Configure Before Scan. Click the arrows to select the button. Select Configure Before Scan. Right-click on Configure Before Scan to get the menu, and choose the interface to use for configuring. 4. Right-click on Configure Before Scan and choose an interface to use for configuring before scanning. TWAIN—The Basic Interface or Advanced Interface appears for you to configure the scanning.
70 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE SCANNING WITH OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (OCR) Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is like a printer in reverse. Instead of printing what’s on the screen onto paper, OCR converts text and numbers on a scanned page into editable text and numbers. You can then work with the text and numbers to edit, spellcheck, change font or type size, sort, calculate, and so forth.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS ■ 71 To scan from the OneTouch Button Panel, click the OneTouch icon in the Windows system Tray, click the arrows to see Button 6, then click Button 6. Click the arrows until Button 6 is on the panel, then click Button 6. ■ To scan from the OneTouch Properties window, select a Destination Application that has one of the Text formats. 2. Now scan the document.
72 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE To select OmniPage OCR options: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2. Using the arrows, choose a button that has Destination Applications that use the text format as their file type. 3. Select the Destination Application to get one of the text format file types as the page format. 4. Right-click on the page format icon to see the menu. 5. Choose OCR Options from the menu. The OmniPage OCR Options window opens with the OCR tab selected.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 73 6. Choose the options you want from the OCR window. Languages in Document—Select the language(s) in the documents to be scanned. These are the languages that will be recognized during the OCR process. For faster and more reliable language recognition, select only the languages in the document. The languages at the top of the list are your recent choices. Below that the languages are in alphabetical order. Type a letter to jump to one of the languages in the list.
74 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Professional Dictionaries—These are legal and medical dictionaries containing highly specialized words and phrases. The options are: Dutch Legal, Dutch Medical, English Legal, English Medical, French Legal, French Medical, German Legal, and German Medical. Click the checkbox next to a dictionary name to select it. Reject Character—This is the character that the OCR process inserts for an unrecognizable text character.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 75 documents you plan to scan. To add new fonts to that list, select a font in the Fonts on System list and click Add. Note that when you select a font, a sample appears in the text box so you can compare it with the fonts in your document to see if that’s the right font. To remove a font, select it and click Remove. To return the lists to their defaults, click Use Defaults. Click OK when you’re finished. 7.
76 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Retain text and background color—If your document contains colored text or backgrounds, select this option to have them detected and displayed in the text editing application you have selected. The colored text and backgrounds will also be available for export. Deselect this option if you want color pictures in the document but do not want colored text and backgrounds. You can change the color of texts and backgrounds in the OmniPage Pro 12 Text Editor.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 77 Automatic—Choose this option to let the OCR process determine the layout of the pages. It is the fastest type of format processing. Typically you select this option when the document has different or unknown types of layouts, pages with multiple columns and a table, or pages containing more than one table. The OCR process will then determine if text is in columns, an item is a graphic or text, and tables are present.
78 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Retain Fonts and Paragraphs (RFP)—This output format retains the font and paragraph styling, including graphics and tables without columnized text. This output format is available for nearly all file types. Flowing Page (FP)—This format keeps the original layout of the pages, including columns. This is done wherever possible with column and indent settings, but not with text boxes or frames.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 79 SCANNING WITH SPDF OR NPDF AND SEARCHING FOR TEXT Searchable PDF (sPDF) and Normal PDF (nPDF) are special forms of an Adobe PDF file. sPDF converts scanned text into the PDF format with text search and OCR capabilities. nPDF has those same features, plus you can edit the text in an nPDF image if you have a PDF editing program.
80 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Note: Not all Destination Applications have the sPDF and nPDF options. Microsoft Word, for example, does not have them as scanning options. The settings for the button (button 8 in this example) now show your page format selection. The page format icon is now set to the selection from the menu. 6. Choose a Scan Configuration. 7. Click Apply or OK. 8.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 81 11. From the Adobe Acrobat Edit menu choose Find. The Find dialog box appears. 12. Enter the text you want to find, and click the Find button. See the Adobe Acrobat user manual for more about finding text in a PDF file, or about editing PDF text.
82 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE SCAN AND BURN TO A CD If you have a CD burner attached to your computer, you can scan directly from your Visioneer Strobe XP 470 scanner onto a CD. This feature is available only on computers running Windows XP. To scan and burn to a CD: 1. Put a blank CD into your computer’s CD Drive. 2. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 3. Using the arrows, choose a button to use for scanning and burning to a CD. 4. Select Burn to CD as the Destination Application.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 83 7. Now start scanning using the button you selected to use to scan and burn to CD. When scanning is finished, a bubble message on the screen tells you that files are waiting to be burned to the CD. 8. On the OneTouch window, make sure that the Burn to CD Destination Application is still selected and click the Properties button. The OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window appears, 9. Make sure a CD is in the CD burner. 10. Click the Burn to CD button.
84 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 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. The scanner will feed in the first page, but will then stop until you select the application to use. After you select the application, its interface will open and you can use it to continue with the scanning. To scan with event forwarding: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 85 6. Start scanning using the button you selected for event forwarding. A dialog box appears for you to select the application to use for scanning. 7. Select the application in the box and click OK. Now the application you selected opens and you can continue the scanning from that application’s TWAIN interface.
86 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE CREATING AN HTML WEB PAGE FROM YOUR SCANNED DOCUMENTS If you scan a document, whether a single page or multiple pages, you can have the pages converted directly to html formatted pages 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. This is, essentially, from your scanner to a webready format in one automatic step.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 87 7. Now on the OneTouch Button Panel, click Button 6 (or if you used another button, click it). When scanning is finished, the document is first converted to editable text using the OCR process, and then is converted into an HTML format. Microsoft Internet Explorer then opens showing your converted page. 8. Choose Save As from the Internet Explorer File menu, give the page a name, and save it in the location you use for your web page files.
88 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE If you want to see what the page will look like on your web site, click on it. 9. You can now use Microsoft Internet Explorer or other application to post the document to your web page as you would any other HTML page.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 89 TRANSFERRING SCANNED DOCUMENTS TO STORAGE With the Transfer to Storage scanning process, you can scan documents and save them in a folder in one step. The process is ideal for archiving documents without having to manually save or process them in any other way. If you choose a text format for the file format, the documents are also automatically converted by the OCR process into editable text and numbers before being stored.
90 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Your scanned pages are stored in the location that you specified on the OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window. Your scanned documents will be stored at this location. To Use OCR Before Transferring to Storage If the documents you want to transfer to storage are text documents or spreadsheets, you can have them converted by the OCR process prior to being stored. 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 91 4. Right-click on the text format icon and choose the file format for the scanned documents. 5. Choose a Scan Configuration. 6. Click Apply or OK. 7. Now start scanning using Button 7 (or other button you set up for archiving). When scanning is finished, the documents are saved in the text file format and in the location you specified.
92 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE CHECKING THE HARDWARE AND SETTING THE LAMP POWER SAVE MODE 1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon and choose Show Hardware from the pop-up menu. You can also click the scanner icon at the top of the OneTouch Button Panel. The Hardware icon If the Hardware View of the panel is open you can also right-click on the XP 470 icon. The Hardware Properties dialog box appears and shows information about your Visioneer Strobe XP 470 scanner.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 93 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 10 minutes to a maximum of 10 hours.
94 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 3. Click the arrows for the Lamp timeout 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. To return the scanner to its factory settings, click Reset Device. 4. Click OK to save the changes and close the dialog box.
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 95 Scanning from PaperPort Instead of using the scanner buttons or the OneTouch Button Panel to scan, you can scan from PaperPort. You scan from PaperPort using the Basic Interface, Advanced Interface, or the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA). See “Scanning with the Windows Image Acquisition” on page 119 to scan using the Windows Image Acquisition. The Basic Interface and Advanced Interface use the TWAIN standard for scanning.
96 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACE The instructions in this section are for scanning from the PaperPort Desktop using the Basic Interface or Advanced Interface. To scan an item from PaperPort: 1. Start ScanSoft PaperPort 9.0. The PaperPort Desktop opens. Scan icon Folders Pane 2. Click the Scan icon on the PaperPort command bar.
SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACE 97 The Folders pane (which shows folders for organizing your scanned images) is replaced by the Scan pane. Scan pane Choose Visioneer Strobe XP 470 from here 1. From the Scanner list, choose Visioneer Strobe XP 470. 2. In the “Scan what?” section, choose to scan a Document or Photograph. If you want to 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 .
98 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 5. If you haven’t put the document into the scanner’s paper guide, do it now. Note: If you used the Advanced Interface the last time you scanned from PaperPort, it will open instead. Note: You can also open the Basic Interface or Advanced Interface from the PaperPort ScanDirect application.
SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACE 99 2. Click the Output tab. The Settings dialog box now has options for setting the name of scanned items, and their file type. ■ Enter name or select date format—You have two basic options for the naming of scanned items: a text name, or a date. To give scanned items a text name, type the name in the box. For example, to name your scanned items Photograph, type the word Photograph in the box.
100 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE This icon indicates the PDF format. If you select JPEG or PDF as the file type, you can also click the Options button to select image quality options. These options offer choices for the balance between image quality and file size. The higher the quality of the image, the larger the file size, and the lower the quality the smaller the size.
SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACE 101 SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE The Basic Interface can scan a preview of the image so you can adjust its appearance before scanning the final image. After adjusting the appearance, you click the Scan button on the Basic Interface (not on the scanner) to scan the item. Click the Advanced Interface button if you would rather scan with the Advanced Interface. 1.
102 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Note: If you want to preview for a stack of pages, use one of the pages as a test page and load it into the scanner. Click the Preview button and adjust the scanner settings. Then replace the page on the stack at its original position and load the stack into the scanner. Then just click the Scan button. 4. Adjust the brightness, contrast, and resolution until the picture is what you want.
SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACE 103 8. On the PaperPort Scan message box, click Done. When scanning is complete, thumbnail images appear on the PaperPort Desktop A thumbnail image of the scanned item appears on the PaperPort desktop The small icon represents the file format, in this case the PaperPort format ON THE PAPERPORT DESKTOP ■ Unless you changed it with the Settings option, the name of the scanned image is the day, date, and number of scanned items that day.
104 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE THE SINGLE PAGE ITEMS CHECK BOX The Single page items check box (on the PaperPort Desktop Scan Pane) provides the option to add additional items to a scanning job. If the check box is selected, scanned items immediately appear on the PaperPort desktop. If the check box is not selected (this is the default), the following message box appears when you close the Basic Interface.
SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACE 105 SCANNING FROM THE ADVANCED INTERFACE The Advanced Interface has more options for scanning. 1. Open the Basic Interface as described in the section “To scan an item from PaperPort:” on page 96. 2. Click the Advanced Interface button on the Basic Interface. The Advanced Interface appears. Choose Simplex (one-sided) or Duplex (two-sided) from this menu. Click an icon to select a configuration—Color, Grey Scale, or Black&White.
106 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 1. From the menu at the top left panel, select whether you want to scan a Simplex (one-sided) or Duplex (two-sided) document. 2. Click one of the icons to select a configuration. For example, select Color Configurations and then select Custom to scan a color item with the preset Custom scan settings. The configuration settings appear as a list. Click the + (plus) sign to see the full list. Click the - (minus) sign to collapse the list.
SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACE 107 8. When you’re finished scanning items, click Done to close the Advanced Interface. When scanning is finished, a thumbnail of the scanned image appears on the PaperPort desktop. If you’re scanning multiple pages, they appear as PaperPort stacks. The default setting is to scan multiple items and save them as stacks. That setting is controlled by the Single Page Items check box.
108 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE ADJUSTING THE IMAGE WITH THE ADVANCED INTERFACE You can adjust the scan settings on the Advanced Interface to produce the best possible image for the documents you’re scanning. To adjust a setting: 1. On the left side of the Advanced Interface, select a configuration, for example, Color Configurations. 2. Click a setting in the list of settings, or click its corresponding button on the right side of the Advanced Interface.
SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACE 109 The following figure shows an example of the Advanced Interface if you click the Resolution setting in the list, or click the Resolution button. Click to close the settings panel Note: The information in the scan settings list and the options you select on the various settings panels are interactive. As you change the settings on the panel, the numbers in the list on the left also change.
110 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE ADJUSTING THE RESOLUTION Resolution determines the amount of detail you can see in the scanned image. The resolution setting for a scan is in dots-per-inch (dpi). The higher the resolution, the finer the details. However, higher dpi settings also take longer to scan and produce larger files sizes. Usually the higher resolution settings are used for precision work, such as photographs or fine artwork. The following figure shows the resolution options.
SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACE 111 To adjust the resolution: 1. To use one of the preset resolutions for typical scanned items, click one of the options in the list. For example, to set the resolution for scanning a business card, select Business Card. That setting is preset to read small print on a typical business card. 2. To set the resolution manually, drag the Resolution slider to the left to decrease the resolution or to the right to increase it.
112 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST Sometimes an item is scanned with the brightness and contrast set to be too light or too dark. For example, a note written with a light pencil may need to be scanned darker to improve legibility. The following figure shows the brightness and contrast options. Contrast is only available for Color and Gray Scale configurations. To adjust the brightness and contrast: 1.
SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACE 113 ADJUSTING GAMMA, SATURATION, AND COLOR HUE If you’re using the Color Configuration to scan, you can adjust a group of color settings. Gamma controls the brightness of the color midtones. Saturation is the strength or purity of a color and hue is the color your eyes see as reflected from the image. The following figure shows the color options. To adjust the color settings: 1.
114 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE ADJUSTING INPUT SIZE You can scan documents up to 8.5" x 14", but you can select other scan sizes, or adjust the input size to scan only specific sections of an image. For example, if you’re scanning a photograph and want to focus on one section, adjusting the input size removes the rest of the photograph from the final scanned image. The following figure shows the input size options. To set the image size: 1. Select the image size from the menu.
SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACE 115 This is the image that appears on the PaperPort desktop when scanning is finished. The Scan Info box shows the size and position of the area. The selected scan area. You can now move or resize the outline to select the specific area you want to scan. 2. To move the dotted outline, put the pointer in the selected area and drag the mouse. 3. To resize the selected area, put the pointer on a dotted line and drag it.
116 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Note: Clicking Remove causes the entire 8.5" x 14" area to be selected. THE RULER UNITS The ruler around the edges of the image help you precisely position a custom sized image. You can change the ruler units to suit the type of measurements you want. To set the ruler units: 1. Click the Ruler Units button. The ruler units across the top and down the side of the window cycle through centimeters, inches, and pixels.
SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACE 117 CREATING A NEW ADVANCED INTERFACE PROFILE You cannot change the settings of the preset profiles in the Advanced Interface. However you can create new profiles and save them for future use. To create a new profile: 1. On the Advanced Interface, select one of the preset profiles, for example, Black&White Configurations/Custom. 2. Adjust the settings as required and then click the Save As button. The Save Profile dialog box opens. 3.
118 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE DISPLAY THE DEVICE CONFIGURATION 1. Click the Device Configuration button. The Device configuration window shows the information about your scanner. See the section “Checking the Hardware and Setting the Lamp Power Save Mode” on page 92 for more information about the device settings.
SCANNING WITH THE WINDOWS IMAGE ACQUISITION 119 SCANNING WITH THE WINDOWS IMAGE ACQUISITION Microsoft Windows includes its own set of options for acquiring images from scanners, digital cameras, and other digital devices. Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) options as described below. Note: Scanning with the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) is only available if your computer is running Windows XP or Me. To scan an item: 1.
120 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 2. In the “Scan what?” section, choose to scan a Document or Photograph. 3. Click Settings to view and change the format for the scanned item’s file name and the file type. The default file type for documents is .pdf and for photographs is .jpg. 4. Use the Single page items check box as follows: ■ When the check box is selected, all pages in the document feeder are scanned and placed as single pages on the PaperPort desktop.
SCANNING WITH THE WINDOWS IMAGE ACQUISITION 121 Note: If you preview when scanning a stack of documents, the first page of the stack feeds through the ADF for the preview. After adjusting the scanner settings, replace that page on the stack so it is scanned with the rest of the pages. 9. Adjust settings of the previewed image as desired: ■ Change the button selection for the type of image. ■ Adjust the custom settings; refer to the next section, “Fine Tuning Your Scans”.
122 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE FINE TUNING YOUR SCANS You can select new settings before you scan an item to fine tune exactly how you want to scan a particular item. To select the scanner settings before you scan: 1. On the scan window, click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture. The Advanced Properties dialog box opens.
SCANNING WITH THE WINDOWS IMAGE ACQUISITION 123 2. Select the options for scanning. Brightness and Contrast—Drag the sliders to the right or left to adjust the brightness and contrast of the scanned image. The Contrast setting does not apply to the setting Black and White picture or text. Resolution (DPI)—Click the menu arrow and choose the dots per inch (dpi) of the resolution. The maximum resolution is 600 dpi; the minimum is 50 dpi. The higher the dpi setting, the sharper and clearer the scanned image.
124 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Maintenance This chapter contains information on recalibrating, troubleshooting, cleaning, uninstalling, and scanner specifications. This section contains information on maintenance, troubleshooting, uninstalling, scanner specifications, and spare parts. CLEANING THE AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER You may need to clean the ADF feed mechanism if your documents do not feed easily into the ADF, or several feed in at the same time. To clean the ADF: 1.
CLEARING PAPER JAMS 125 CLEARING PAPER JAMS If your scanner stops scanning due to a paper jam in the Automatic Document Feeder, a warning dialog box opens after a few moments. 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. To reduce the number of paper jams, smooth and straighten the paper before scanning and adjust the guides to the paper size.
126 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE REPLACING THE ADF PAD ASSEMBLY The ADF pad spring may wear out and is designed to be a userreplaceable part. Problems with documents feeding into the ADF is an indication that the pad spring may be wearing out. See the “Visioneer Strobe XP 470 Scanner Parts List” on page 135 for ordering information. To replace the ADF Pad assembly: 1. Press the ADF cover release on the top left of the scanner body to open the automatic document feeder cover. 2.
TROUBLESHOOTING 127 TROUBLESHOOTING In addition to the troubleshooting information contained in this section, please see the Readme file on your installation CD. 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, you may have a malfunctioning scanner. Refer to the technical support card that you received with your scanner.
128 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Problem: During installation I got the error message: PaperPort Installation is not complete. What do I do? The installation procedure was not successful. You need to reinstall the PaperPort software. Problem: With AutoCrop to Original selected, sometimes I get blank pages, or pages with lines. What’s wrong? The pages were probably scanned in crookedly, or skewed. To use AutoCrop to Original, the pages must be scanned in straight.
TROUBLESHOOTING STATUS LIGHT TROUBLESHOOTING CODES A green status light indicates the normal state of the scanner. NORMAL OPERATION ■ Blinking green: indicates the scanner is waking up from power saving and preparing to scan. ■ Steady green: indicates the scanner is ready to scan. ERROR CODES If your scanner experiences hardware problems, the status light will blink red, and the LED flashes an “E” and the error code number.
130 Error Code VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE Problem Description Solution 0 Scanner is not connected to the computer. (The LED does not flash “E” and the status light remains green.) A cable may be loose. Check that the scanner’s cables are correctly attached to the computer. If the scanner still does not connect, re-boot the computer. 1 The scanning hardware in the body of the scanner has malfunctioned. Re-boot your computer.
UNINSTALLING YOUR SCANNER 131 UNINSTALLING YOUR SCANNER To uninstall the Visioneer Strobe XP 470 scanner, remove the OneTouch software first, and then remove PaperPort, or other scanner software. STEP 1: UNINSTALLING THE SCANNER AND ONETOUCH SOFTWARE 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click the Scanner/Cameras icon.
132 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 9. On the Maintenance Complete window, click Finish. The OneTouch software is removed from your computer. 10. Close all open windows and restart your computer. STEP 2: UNINSTALLING THE PAPERPORT SOFTWARE To uninstall PaperPort 9.0 from Windows Me: 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. 3.
UNINSTALLING YOUR SCANNER 133 4. A message window opens, asking if you are sure you want to remove PaperPort 9.0 from your computer. Click Yes. The PaperPort software is removed. 5. Close all open windows and restart your computer.
134 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER SPECIFICATIONS Optical resolution Bit depth Maximum item size Minimum item size Scan method ADF specifications Scanning Speed Capacity Paper Thickness Light source Interface Scanner dimensions Height Width Length Weight Operating temperature Relative humidity Power adaptor Power consumption Safety and agency certifications 600 x 1200 dpi 48-bit color (internal) 8.5” x 14” 3.
VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER PARTS LIST VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER PARTS LIST Please use the following part names and numbers when ordering replacements for your scanner.
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INDEX INDEX Contrast 60, 112, 123 csv file format 53 A D ADF cleaning 124 ADF pad assembly replace 126 Advanced Interface 96, 105 adjust settings 108 new profile 117 profile 117 Advanced Properties 122 advanced settings 63 AOL Version 9 47 Archive button 89 aspect ratio 65 Autocrop to Original 61 AutoRotate image 65 date format 99 Destination Application 25, 35 OCR 71 text file format 51 Destination Selector 27 Device Settings 59, 64 Disc 1 8 Document Format 35 Document Management 56 documentation 4 d
INDEX 138 HTML Document 53 HTML page 88 HTML Web Page 86 hue 63 I image blur 111 preview 106 Image Documents Properties 44 Image Editors 56 image file 49 image file format 49 image size 114 improvements and settings 61 input size 114 installation 5 invert image 62 inverted text 76 ISIS 69 J JPG 49 JPG file size 50 L lamp malfunction 130 Lamp timeout setting 94 Languages in Document 73 LED number 25, 62 Link Properties 40 M Microsoft Internet Explorer 87 Microsoft Outlook 47 Moire Patterns 62, 111 moni
INDEX Resolution 60, 110, 123 Rich Text Format 52 rtf file format 52 ruler units 116 S saturation 63, 113 scan file name 103 from PaperPort 95 multiple pages 103 PaperPort desktop 103 Scan Configuration 35 scan file name 99 Scan Info box 116 scan with event forwarding 84 scanner components 2 connecting 16 troubleshooting 127 uninstall 131 Searchable PDF 53, 79 Select Configuration 37, 39 Select Destination 37, 39, 56 Select Format and Page(s) 38 Settings on the Scan Pane 98 setup 5 Show All Destinations 5
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