Visioneer XP 450 manual

V isioneer Strobe XP 450 USB Scanner Installation Guide FOR WINDOWS[...]

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright © 2003 Visioneer , Inc. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allo wed under the copyright laws. The Visioneer brand name and logo are r egistered trademarks of V isioneer , Inc. The PaperP ort brand name and logo are registered trademarks of ScanSoft, Inc[...]

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

ii Reversing the Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Adjusting Color and Gray Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Adjusting Color Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Adjusting the Scanner’s Power Saving Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Scanning f[...]

W ELCOME 1 W ELCOME Y our Visioneer S trobe XP 450 USB scanner can quickly scan color and black and white documents and place their images on y our computer . W HAT ’ S IN THE B OX Before proceeding, check the contents of the bo x. If items are missing or damaged, contact the dealer wher e you purchased the scanner . W arning : Do not plug in the[...]

2 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T HE V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER Scanner button Paper guide Output tray Output tray extension ADF cover release Power switch USB port Power jack Status light P aper guide —Holds documents in place. A djusts to fit the document siz e. Scanner button —Starts scanning using the scan[...]

W HAT Y OU N EED 3 W HAT Y OU N EED An IBM-compatible PC with: ■ A CD-R OM drive ■ An available U niversal Serial Bus (USB) port ■ Microsoft W indows operating system: 98, 2000, Me, or XP ■ A vailable internal memor y (RAM) as follows: ■ 64 megabytes (MB) ■ Windows XP—128 MB ■ 200 MB of free hard disk space A V GA Monitor Recommende[...]

4 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE D OCUMENTATION Y our scanner is delivered with the follo wing documentation: ■ Quick Install Card—abbreviated installation instr uctions. ■ Visioneer Strobe XP 450 Scanner Installation Guide—on the Installation CD; contains detailed installation, scanning, configuration, and mainten[...]

S TEP 1: A SSEMBLE THE S CANNER 5 Installation Installation is a quick, four-step process: 1. Assemble the scanner 2. Connect and power on the scanner 3. Install the software 4. Connect the USB cable to y our computer S TEP 1: A SSEMBLE THE S CANNER T o assemble the scanner: 1. Remove all shipping tape from the top and bottom of the scanner . 2. Al[...]

6 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Insert the pins on each side of the output tray into the holes on the scanner . 4. P roceed to “Step 2: Connect and P ower On the Scanner”. S TEP 2: C ONNECT AND P OWER O N THE S CANNER Before installing the software, connect the power supply and po wer cord, and then turn the power o[...]

S TEP 3: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 7 2. Plug the power cord into the power supply and into a wall outlet. 3. T urn on the power switch, located on the back of the scanner to the left of the power port. The status light comes on and fl ashes indicating that the scanner is receiving power . S TEP 3: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE T o install the software: 1. S[...]

8 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. On the installation menu, select I nstall ScanSoft P aperP ort and Scanner Driv er . If a message window opens instr ucting you to restart your computer , click Restart . 4. On the P aperP or t 9.0 W elcome window , click N ext . 5. On the License Agreement window , read the ScanSoft lice[...]

S TEP 4: C ONNECT THE USB C ABLE 9 13. When you see the Connect Scanner windo w , do NOT click F inish. Leave the window open and proceed to the next section, “Step 4: Connect the USB Cable”. S TEP 4: C ONNECT THE USB C ABLE The Visioneer S trobe XP 450 scanner connects to any av ailable USB port. Check your computer’ s manual for USB por t l[...]

10 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Y our computer recognizes that a scanner has been plugged into the USB port and automatically loads the appr opriate software from the CD to run the scanner . 2. When the software is finished loading, r eturn to the Connect Scanner window and click Finish . The scanner’ s status light is[...]

L OAD AND S CAN D OCUMENTS 11 Scanning with the Scanner Button When you press the scanner button, your document is scanned using predefined scan settings and then the image is sent to a softwar e application on your computer . T o change scan settings, see “Configuring the Scanner Button ” on page 13. L OAD AND S CAN D OCUMENTS 1. If you are [...]

12 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. Load the documents face down, with their tops into the automatic document feeder . 4. P ress the button on the scanner . A scan progress window opens and then a thumbnail of the scanned image appears in the destination softwar e. In the following example, the destination softwar e is the[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER B UTTON 13 C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER B UTTON When you first connect your scanner to a computer, the scanner ’ s OneT ouch software is confi gured to scan in black and white and send the scanned image to the PaperP ort desktop. Y ou can change the settings by selecting new options fr om the Configuration dialog bo x. T[...]

14 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE The options on the Confi guration dialog box are: Select Destination —the list of applications that can open to display the scanned image. T o confi gure the list of available applications, click the P references tab at the top of the dialog bo x and select the desired option. See “Se[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER B UTTON 15 S ELECTING N EW S ETTINGS FOR THE S CANNER B UTTON Y ou can select a ne w destination application, scanning confi guration, and image format to use when y ou press the scanner button. T o select new settings for the Scanner B utton: 1. F rom the Select Destination list, select the application wher e you want sc[...]

16 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE C REATING A N EW B UTTON C ONFIGURATION Y ou cannot change settings of the pr eset (default) configurations. T o use settings other than those offer ed by the preset configurations, you must create a new configuration. Y ou can do this either b y copying a preset configuration and makin[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER B UTTON 17 4. Select scan settings for the ne w configuration. Mode —S elect a scanning mode as follo ws: ■ Black/White to scan in black and white. For example, letters and memos are usually scanned in black and white. ■ G rayscale to scan items such as documents containing drawings or black and white photographs. T[...]

18 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE select the Custom option from the drop-down list, boxes appear in place of the picture. Enter the horizontal and v ertical page dimensions in the boxes. AutoCrop —This option lets the scanner automatically determine the size of the item being scanned. For example, if you scan an unusual p[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER B UTTON 19 7. T o set the ne w configuration for use b y the scanner button, select the configuration and then click OK . E DITING B UTTON C ONFIGURATIONS Y ou cannot edit the preset button confi gurations; you can only edit those configurations that y ou created yourself. T o edit a confi guration: 1. Open the Confi[...]

20 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S ETTING P REFERENCES Y ou can set general preferences for button and scanner functions. T o set preferences: 1. Open the Configuration dialog bo x and click the P references tab . 2. Select button preferences as described below . Sho w All Destinations —This option selects all the desti[...]

C ONFIGURING THE S CANNER B UTTON 21 3. Click the General tab to set a temporar y folder . F older for T emporar y Images —Click the Folder button and then select a folder for the scanner’ s temporar y images. During scanning, a temporar y file contains scan information about the image. Because temporar y image files can sometimes be large, s[...]

22 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Scanning from PaperPort Instead of using the scanner button, y ou can scan from the P aperP ort software application. Use this method if you want to preview an image and adjust scanning settings prior to scanning. Y OUR S CANNER AND THE TWAIN S TANDARD Y our scanner uses the TW AIN standard[...]

L OAD D OCUMENTS INTO THE D OCUMENT F EEDER 23 L OAD D OCUMENTS INTO THE D OCUMENT F EEDER 1. If you are scanning legal-sized documents, unfold the output tray extension. 2. Adjust the paper guide for the size of paper . 3. Load the documents face down, with their tops into the automatic document feeder . N ote : Remove any staples or paper clips f[...]

24 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S CANNING FROM W INDOWS 98, M E , 2000, OR XP The instructions in this section are for scanning with the TW AIN software on computers r unning Windows 98, M e, 2000, or XP . If your computer is r unning Windo ws Me or XP and you want to use the WIA software, see “Scanning from Windows M e[...]

S CANNING FROM W INDOWS 98, M E , 2000, OR XP 25 3. F rom the Scanner dr op-down list, select Strobe XP 450 . 4. In the “Scan what?” section, choose to scan a Document or Photograph . 5. Click Settings to vie w and change the format for the scanned item’ s file name and the file type. The default file type for documents is .pdf and the def[...]

26 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 8. If you want to see what the scanned image will look like befor e scanning its final image, click the Pr eview button. The scanner scans a previe w of the item and displays it in the Scan Manager . Y ou can now use the options on the Scan M anager to fine-tune the image. For details on [...]

S CANNING FROM W INDOWS 98, M E , 2000, OR XP 27 O N THE P APER P ORT DESKTOP ■ By default, the name of the scanned image is the day , date, and number of scanned items that day . F or example, the second item scanned on a day is followed by a (2), the third by a (3) and so on. T o change a name, click it to select its text and type a ne w name. [...]

28 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE ■ Click Scan Mor e P ages to scan additional pages and add them to the stack of items placed on the PaperP ort desktop. ■ Click Scan Other Side to reload and scan the other side of previously scanned pages. This option is only available once. ■ Click Done if you are finished scanning[...]

S CANNING FROM W INDOWS 98, M E , 2000, OR XP 29 I MAGE T YPE F rom the Image T ype drop-down list, select the appropriate image type for the item(s) you ’ re scanning: ■ Black and White —scans in black and white. The scanning pixels are all the same size and are either black or white. Use this setting for letters, memos, pen and ink drawings[...]

30 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE ■ 8-Bit G ray —scans the image using up to 256 tr ue shades of gray . U se this setting to scan black and white photographs and other higher quality black and white images. Y ou can also scan a color photo with this setting to turn its colors into gray shades. The fi le size is about o[...]

S CANNING FROM W INDOWS 98, M E , 2000, OR XP 31 Brightness refers to the lightness or darkness of the image. Contrast is the range between the darkest and lightest por tions of the image. The greater the contrast, the more the difference between the lighter and darker shades in the image. ■ Dark/Light slider —adjusts the brightness of the scan[...]

32 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE ■ Click the Pr eview Auto-Area button to let the Scan Manager automatically determine the siz e of the item being previe wed. F or example, if y ou preview the scan of a small photo, the Scan Manager automatically determines that the scan ar ea is only the edges of the photo. Y ou can man[...]

S CANNING FROM W INDOWS 98, M E , 2000, OR XP 33 S ETTING THE S CAN A REA Y ou can manually adjust the output ar ea to scan specific sections of an image. F or example, if you ’ re scanning a photograph and want to focus on one section, manually setting the output siz e removes the rest of the photograph from the final scanned image. T o manual[...]

34 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Her e ’ s a sample of a manually selected output ar ea: M ANUALLY S ETTING THE W IDTH AND L ENGTH The output dimensions at the bottom of the Scan Manager show the Width and Length of the scan area. Y ou can set the area by typing numbers into those boxes. T o manually set the width and le[...]

S CANNING FROM W INDOWS 98, M E , 2000, OR XP 35 R EVERSING THE I MAGE The Scan Manager has an Invert button and a M irror button for reversing the scanned image. Invert reverses the black and whites or the colors of an image. Mirroring flips the image 180 degrees. ■ Click the Inver t or Mirror button to see the image you want. Invert Mirror Ori[...]

36 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE A DJUSTING C OLOR AND G RAY I MAGES The Scan Manager has three buttons—Descreen, Sharpen, and Auto Level—for adjusting color and gray images. These buttons are available when the 24-Bit Color or 8-bit Gray Image T ypes are selected. D ESCREEN I MAGE Select this option when scanning a pi[...]

S CANNING FROM W INDOWS 98, M E , 2000, OR XP 37 T o descreen an image: 1. Click the Descreen button. 2. Choose the appropriate option fr om the list. W atch the preview image as y ou select various options to see which one is best for your final scanned image. S HARPEN I MAGE Sharpness determines the amount of blur in an image. Y our scanner can [...]

38 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE A UTO L EVEL Y our scanner can analyze a color image to automatically determine the best settings to match the colors of the original image. Click this button to let the scanner automatically adjust the color settings. A DJUSTING C OLOR S ETTINGS The buttons for manually adjusting a pr evie[...]

S CANNING FROM W INDOWS 98, M E , 2000, OR XP 39 H IGHLIGHT /S HADOW L EVELS Images have light and dark areas. The highlight is the lightest spot on an image; shadow is the darkest spot. The range of colors betw een the highlight and shadow determines the range of colors of the image. U se the Highlight/Shadow Levels to extend the original range of[...]

40 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 4. Click P review to see the effect of the changes on the pr eview image. 5. Click Reset to reset the levels to their original values. 6. Click OK when the levels are what you want. C URVES Like the Highlight/Shadow levels, the Curves feature also adjusts the range of midtone colors on an i[...]

S CANNING FROM W INDOWS 98, M E , 2000, OR XP 41 3. Drag the line up or down to set a ne w gamma. The input and output values represent values on the horiz ontal and vertical axes for the ne w gamma setting. Click the Cu r ve or Line button to see the display as a smooth cur ve or a line. Y ou can drag the line at multiple points. 4. Click P review[...]

42 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 4. Click Reset to reset the levels to their original values. 5. Click OK when the levels are what you want. H UE /S ATURATION /L IGHTNESS H ue is the color your eyes see as reflected from the image, saturation is the strength or purity of a color and determines whether a color is pale or r[...]

S CANNING FROM W INDOWS 98, M E , 2000, OR XP 43 C OLOR D ROP - OUT Color drop-out is the ability of your scanner to automatically r emove one color from a scanned item. For example, if you are scanning a letter with a red watermark, you can choose to drop-out the color r ed (the R Channel) so the scanned letter just sho ws the text and not the r e[...]

44 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE T o drop the color out of a black and white, or grayscale image: 1. F rom the Image T ype list, choose Black and White , Halftone , 8-Bit G ray , or 16-Bit Grayscale . 2. Click the Color Drop-out icon. 3. On the Color Drop-out dialog box, choose a color to dr op out. 4. Click OK . N ow when[...]

S CANNING FROM W INDOWS M E OR XP 45 S CANNING FROM W INDOWS M E OR XP If your computer is r unning the Windows Me or XP operating system, you have a choice of scanning using the TW AIN-compliant Visioneer Scan Manager software as just described (see “Scanning from Windows 98, Me, 2000, or XP” on page 24) or scanning using the M icrosoft Window[...]

46 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 4. In the “Scan what?” section, choose to scan a Document or Photograph . 5. Click Settings to vie w 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. 6. U se the Single page items che[...]

S CANNING FROM W INDOWS M E OR XP 47 12. Adjust settings of the previewed image as desir ed: ■ Change the button selection for the type of image. ■ Adjust the custom settings; refer to the next section, “Fine T uning Y our Scans ”. ■ Change the size of the scanned image. T o do this, click and hold the mouse pointer over one of the four s[...]

48 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE F INE T UNING Y OUR S CANS Y ou can select new settings befor e you scan an item to fi ne tune exactly how you want to scan a par ticular item. T o select the scanner settings befor e y ou scan: 1. On the Scan using Strobe XP 450 window , click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture . T[...]

S CANNING FROM W INDOWS M E OR XP 49 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 drop-down list and choose the dots per inch (dpi) of the resolution. The [...]

50 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Maintenance This chapter contains information on maintenance, tr oubleshooting, uninstalling, scanner specifi cations, and spare par ts. C LEANING THE A UTOMATIC D OCUMENT F EEDER Y ou may need to clean the ADF feed mechanism if y our documents do not feed easily into the ADF , or several [...]

C LEARING P APER J AMS 51 C LEARING P APER J AMS If your scanner stops scanning due to a paper jam in the A utomatic Document F eeder , a warning dialog bo x opens after a fe w moments. T o clear a paper jam: 1. P ress the ADF cover release on the top-left of the scanner body to open the automatic document feeder co ver . 2. Remove the jammed paper[...]

52 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE R EPLACING THE ADF P AD A SSEMBLY The ADF pad spring may begin to w ear out after 150,000 scanned pages. Pr oblems with documents feeding into the ADF is an indication that the pad spring may be w earing out. See the “Visioneer Strobe XP 450 Scanner P arts List” on page 58 for ordering [...]

T ROUBLESHOOTING 53 T ROUBLESHOOTING In addition to the troubleshooting information contained in this section, please see the Readme fi le on your installation CD. The Readme file contains additional information that may help y ou diagnose problems with the scanner . If you tr y the troubleshooting procedures described in this section and in the [...]

54 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE P roblem: During installation I got the err or message: P aperP or t Installation is not complete. What do I do? The installation procedure was not successful. Y ou need to reinstall the P aperP or t software. P roblem: I got the error message: PaperP or t cannot allocate enough memor y to [...]

U NINSTALLING Y OUR S CANNER 55 U NINSTALLING Y OUR S CANNER T o uninstall the Visioneer Strobe XP 450 scanner , remove the scanner software first, and then remove P aperP ort, or other scanner softwar e. S TEP 1: U NINSTALLING THE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH S OFTWARE 1. On the Windo ws taskbar , click Start , point to Settings , and then click Contro[...]

56 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S TEP 2: U NINSTALLING THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE T o uninstall P aperP ort 9.0 from W indows 98SE or ME: 1. On the Windo ws taskbar , click Start , point to Settings , and then click Control P anel . 2. Double-click the Add/Remov e Programs icon. 3. On the Add/Remove P rograms Properties w[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS 57 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS Optical resolution 600 x 1200 dpi Bit depth 48-bit color Maximum item size 8.5” x 14” Minimum item sizes 3.5” x 2” (automatic document feeder) 2.5” x 2” (front feed) Scan method Automatic document feeder (ADF) ADF specifications Sca[...]

58 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 450 S CANNER P ARTS L IST Please use the following par t names and numbers when ordering replacements for your scanner . P art Name P art Number P aper Guide 57-0101-000 Output T ray 57-0102-000 ADF P ad 57-0100-000 AC P ower Cor d 35-0071-000 P ower S upply 37-0064-00[...]

I NDEX 59 INDEX Numerics 24-bit color 29, 43 8-bit gray 29, 43 A adjust image 28 AutoCrop cropping images 18 automatic color adjustment 38 AutoScan 11 configuring 13 B bit depth 57 black and white 29 brightness 30 brightness slider 30 C CD other software 10 CD-ROM drive 3 color adjustment 36 automatic 38 manual setting 38 color balance 41 color dro[...]

I NDEX 60 N newspaper article 36 O on/off switch 7 output size 31, 33 P paper guide 5 paper size 32 PaperPort 22 desktop 24 Scan pane 24 scanning with Windows Me or XP 45 PaperPort desktop thumbnail 27 patterns on picture 36 preferences setting for AutoScan 20 tab 20 preview auto-area 31 R resolution 30 reverse image 35 RGB 39, 40 ruler units 32 S [...]