Visioneer 220 manuel d'utilisation

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V isioneer ® Strobe XP 220 Scanner User’ s Guide FOR WINDOWS[...]

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright © 2007 Visioneer, I nc. Reproduction, adaptati on, or translation without prior written pe rmission is prohibited, ex cept as allowed under the copyright laws. The Visioneer brand name and logo are registered trademarks of Visioneer , Inc. The P aperP ort brand name and logo are registered trademarks of Nuance Commu[...]

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS i T ABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Visioneer Strobe XP 220 Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What You Need . . . .[...]

ii T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Configuring Before Sc anning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Scan and Burn to a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Scanning with Event Forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Creating an HTML Web Page from Your Scanned Documents 74 Transferring Scan[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 1 W elcome Congratulations for purchasing your Visioneer S trobe XP 220 scanner . With your scanner , you can qu ickl y scan color and b lack-and-white documents and place their electron ic images on your computer . W HAT ’ S IN THE B OX Please check the contents of the bo x to make sure that [...]

2 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T HE V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER Alignment arrow Page feed Paper return Connection Port (for USB and Power) Scanner button Paper retur n icons Alignment arrow Scanner Button —If a O neT ouch scan is in progre ss, pressing the button cancels the scan and the paper comes out of the sc a[...]

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; 1.1 or 2.0 ■ Micr osoft Windo ws XP (Service P ack 1 or 2) or Windo ws 2000 (Service P ack 4) ■ A minimum of 128 megabytes (MB) of i nternal memor y (RAM); 256 MB for Windo ws XP ■ 2[...]

4 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Installing Installation is a quick, thr ee-step process: ■ Install the P aperP ort software and scanner driver ■ Connect the power supply and USB cable ■ Calibrate the scanner B EFORE Y OU B EGIN Please make sur e of the following before you begin installation: ■ If your computer has A[...]

S TEP 1: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 5 S TEP 1: 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 I nstallation CD into your computer ’ s CD-R OM drive. No t e : Y ou must install the software befor e connecting the scanner to your computer . Other wise, the [...]

6 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE When the CD starts, the Vision eer Installation window opens automatically . 3. On the Ma in Menu, click I nstall P roducts . The next window lis ts the software that is available to install on your computer . 4. Select Nua n c e ® Pap e r Por t ® and Scanner Driv er . 5. Click Install N o w[...]

S TEP 1: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 7 6. The Select Language windo w ope ns for the P a perP ort software. Click the drop-down menu arr ow and select 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 versio[...]

8 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 14. The W elcome to the OneT ouch 4.0 Setup Wizar d opens. 15. Click Nex t . 16. On the V isioneer License Agr eement windo w , read the license agreement. I f you accept the terms, select I Agree then click Ne x t . If you choose not to accept the li cense agr eement, the installation will te[...]

S TEP 1: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 9 17. Click Nex t . The next window lists the choices of the drivers that you can install for your scanner . 18. Select the option y ou want. ■ OneT ouch 4.0 Scan Environment + TW AIN Driv er— 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 drive[...]

10 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 19. Click Nex t . During installation you will see this window asking you to select one of the images for your Color S pace setting. The Color S pace setting sets the gamma value for the scanner so scanned items look good on your monitor . Gamma controls the brightness of the midtones of co l[...]

S TEP 1: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 11 21. T his windo w opens asking you to select which V isioneer scanner you are installing. 22. Click the S trobe XP 200/XP 2 20 image (the middle one). If you want to see mor e about the scanner before installing it, click its Learn M ore button. 23. Click OK . Y ou will then see a window that explains how to conne[...]

12 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 24. ST OP when you see the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware ” window . Do NO T click on OK yet. Leav e the window ope n and proceed to the next section, “S tep 2: Connect the P ower S upply and USB Cable ” on page 13. Rem in de r : If your computer is running Ant[...]

S TEP 2: C ONNECT THE P OWER S UPPLY AND USB C ABLE 13 S TEP 2: C ONNECT THE P OWER S UPPLY AND USB C ABLE Y ou may now connect the scanner’ s power supply and USB cable. The USB cable plugs into any availabl e USB port on the computer . Check your computer ’ s manual for USB port locations. Attach a Plug Adapt er to the P ow er Supply 1. Y ou [...]

14 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Attach the USB Y -Cable to th e P ow er Su pply and Connect the Computer The cable pro vided with the scanner is called a USB “Y -cable,” and you will need to connect it to the scanner , computer , and power supply . 1. U sing the on-screen window as y our guide, plug the power supply cab[...]

S TEP 2: C ONNECT THE P OWER S UPPLY AND USB C ABLE 15 The USB symbol, as seen in the abo ve diagram, identifies the location of the USB port on your computer . If the plug does not attach easily , make sure that you are plugging it in correctly . Do not force the plug into the connection. Y ou can also connect the scanner to a USB port on the comp[...]

16 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S TEP 3: C ALIBRATE THE S CANNER 1. After the computer loads the appropriate software to run the scanner , the F ound New Har dware W izard windo w opens. 2. Y ou will need the calibration pa ge that you received with your scanner for the calibration process. The calibration page is in a plas[...]

S TEP 3: C ALIBRATE THE S CANNER 17 5. The Calibration window opens. 6. Insert the calibration page into the page feed in the direction of the arrows on the page. The scanner grabs the page and feeds it through the scanner . The scanner will pass the page back and forth several times. Do not remo ve the page until calibr ation is finished. 7. When [...]

18 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 8. Remo ve the page and re place it in its plastic bag. Do not discar d the calibration page. Y ou may need it periodically to calibrate the scanner to keep it operating at peak performance. 9. Click Nex t on the Calibration window . 10. Click Fin i s h on the Completing the F ound New Har dw[...]

S TEP 3: C ALIBRATE THE S CANNER 19 11. When you ar e certain that the software has completely loaded, return to the “Complete the in stallation by connecting your hardware ” window and click OK . 12. Click Close on the I nstallation Complete window . 13. Y ou may now remove the installation CD unless you want to install the additional software[...]

20 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE A DDITIONAL A PPLICATIONS FOR Y OUR S CANNER Y our scanner includes free, addition al applications on the installation CD. T o install the additional applications: 1. Return to the M ain M enu and click Install P roducts again. 2. Select Ar cSoft® P hotoImpr ession® .[...]

A DDITIONAL A PPLICATIONS FOR Y OUR S CA NNER 21 3. Click Install N o w and follow the inst ructions on the screen. ArcSoft PhotoI mpression is a set of software tools for enhancing your scanned photos. Y ou can use PhotoImpression to change a photo ’ s brightness and contrast, sharpen the image, change its color tones, remo ve red-eye from pictu[...]

22 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE V IEW THE U SER G UIDES The Installation CD also contains Us er G uides for your scanner and for all the software you r eceived with it. T o view the user guides: 1. On the Ma in Menu, click U ser Guides . 2. The Visioneer U ser Guides window opens. U se this window to view and save the U ser[...]

V IEW THE U SER G UIDES 23 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 obat Reader to install it no w . F o[...]

24 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE R EGISTER Y OUR S CANNER 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 ouch icon in the W indow[...]

R EGISTER Y OUR S CANNER 25 Scanning Y ou have several different scanning options with your V isioneer S trobe XP 220 scanner . Each method sc ans equally well, so us e the one appropriate for the item you are scanning. ■ OneT ouch —Y our scanner uses Visioneer ’ s AutoLaunch technology that senses when a document is inserted into the page fe[...]

26 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S CANNING B ASICS S CAN A D OCUMENT T o scan a document: 1. Align the page with the alignment arr ows. Misaligned pages will not feed into the scanner pr operly . 2. Insert the page face up and feed it straight into the page feed. No t e : Always remo ve any staples or paper clips from docume[...]

S CANNING B ASICS 27 P APER R ETURN O PTIONS The position of the P aper Return d etermines the path of the scanned document. Y ou can set the paper return to feed the document back towar ds you, or straight through the scanner . ■ T o have the scanned document r eturned back towards y ou, move the P aper Return to the Down position. ■ T o feed [...]

28 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S CAN A P HOTO The photo sleeve you received wit h your scanner is for sc anning photographs. T o scan a photo using the photo sleev e: 1. Separate the clear plastic sleev e fr om the pape r backing and slide the photo into the sleeve so it fit s snugly at the corners. 2. N ow insert the phot[...]

S CAN U SING O NE T OUCH 29 S CAN U SING O NE T OUCH 1. Align the document between the alignment arrows and insert it, face up, into the page feed slot. 2. The A utoLaunch technology senses that a document is inserted into the page feed and starts the scanning. The scanner rollers will grab the top edge of the paper and begin to scan and feed the d[...]

30 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE C HECK OR C HANGE S CAN S ETTINGS B EFORE S CANNING P ress the button on the side of the scanner . The OneT ouch Pa nel opens with the description of the current settings for the scanner . The OneT o uch P roperties window also opens so you can choose new settings before s canning. U se this [...]

T HE O NE T OUCH P ANEL 31 T HE O NE T OUCH P ANEL U se the OneT ouch P anel when you want to change the scan settings or reset the scanner ’ s hardwar e propertie s. If AutoLaunch is off , you can also scan from the O neT ouch P anel. See the sect ion, “Scan from OneT ouch when AutoLaunch is Off ” on page 127. 1. T o open the On eT ouch P an[...]

32 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T HE O NE T OUCH P ROPERTIES W INDOW The OneT ouch Propertie s window list s available scan settin gs and is where you select new settings. I t also contains special scanning features such as scanning and burning to a CD, scanning and conver ting text directly into an HTML web page , and scan[...]

T HE O NE T OUCH P ROPERTIES W INDOW 33 The settings on the OneT ouch Pr operties window are: Select Destination —The list of Destination A pplications that can open to display the scanned image. T o configure the list of available applications, click the Options tab at the top of the dialog box and select the desired options. S ee “Sel ecting [...]

34 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Sel e ct Forma t —A set of file formats for the scanned image. The formats are based on the type of Destination A pplication you select. This example shows the formats that apply to the Micr osoft Outlook. The icon names indicate their file types. See “Se lecting F ormat Options ” on pa[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 35 S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS The OneT ouch settings consist of a Destination Application , a Scan Configuration , and a Docume nt Format . The OneT ouch P roperties window is wher e you select these thr ee elements. T o select new settings for the sc anner: 1. F rom the Select Destinatio[...]

36 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T o scan in color , select one of the configurations indicated by the small color icon, such as the Color Document configuration. T o cre ate your o wn scan configuration s see “Cre ating a N ew Scan Configuration ” on page 57. 3. Select a Fo rm a t option. The available options apply to [...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 37 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 windo w , 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 dialog box o[...]

38 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE P APER P ORT P ROPERTIE S 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 wi[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 39 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 Optical Character R ecognition (OCR) settings for the applications. 1. Click in the OCR settings bo xes for the op[...]

40 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 automatically filled in, and the application icon appears in step 3. 4. Select the ic[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 41 I MAGE D OCUMENTS P ROPERTIES These properties apply to Microsoft P aint 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. Conv ert Bitmaps using Scr een Resolution —U [...]

42 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 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 39 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 ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 43 S TORAGE P ROPERTIES These properties apply to the special Destination Application named T ran sfer to Storage, indicated by the folder icon. This Destination Applicat ion is designed f or archiv ing docume nts with your scanne r . When you scan with T ransfer to Stor age as the Destination A pplicatio[...]

44 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 2. Click the Browse button to specify the location to stor e the scanned documents, or type a location directly into the bo x. If you are scanning to a shared networ k drive, it must be a mapped drive. F o r more information about mapped drives, see your network administrator . 3. If you hav [...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 45 E M AIL P ROPERTIES These properties apply to email applications so you can specify the folder for documents you want to a ttach to an email message. Microsoft Outlook ® will accept direct attachment of documents to a blank email message as soon as scanning is fi nished, but other email applications m[...]

46 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 3. If you need to change your email client, or any other internet options, click the Internet Options button. 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. Pleas[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 47 S ELECTING F ORMAT O PTIONS The F ormat options that you select determines the file format of the scanned documen t. Appropr iate format options ar e file types available for the type of Destination Application s elected. The available options are for images and text. The T ext F ormats are for text fi[...]

48 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE used to put multi-page documents on w eb sites as PDF-readable files. As with the JPEG option, the PDF fo rmat can be reduced in size or quality . T o select a JP EG or PDF file size: 1. Select JPG or PDF as the format. 2. Right-click on the JPG or PDF icon. A menu opens. 3. Choose the file s[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 49 T EXT F ORMATS Selecting the text format option also selects OCR processing as an automatic step for scanning. Therefor e, when you scan a document with the text format selected, the text portions of the document are automatically converted to editable text. See “S canning wi th O ptical Character Re[...]

50 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 3. Choose the file type that you want for the text format. Y our selection of a file type pe rtains only to the Destination Application curr ently selected on the OneT ouch Properties window . Other Destination Applic ations that have a text option selected as the P age F ormat are not affect[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 51 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. T o scan w[...]

52 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 3. Choose OCR options . A dialog box of OCR options opens. 4. Select the option y ou want fo r the OCR conversion of your documents. Aut o o ri e n t p a g e —Select this option to check the page orientation and automa tically rota te an imprope rly oriented page image so the text is recogn[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 53 S ELECTING O PTIONS FOR THE O NE T OUCH P ROPERTIES W INDOW The OneT ouch Options determine the types of Destination Applic ations avai lable on the windo w , as well as the location of the files of your scanned items. T o select options: 1. Open the OneT ouch P roperties window and click t he Options [...]

54 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 55 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 want an additional, permanent c opy saved on your hard drive. F or exampl e, if you scan a pictur e to an e[...]

56 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 h . 4. Click Apply and t hen click the Pa p e r I n tab to see the new settings on the OneT ouch Pr operties window . 5. Click OK to save the options and close the window .[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 57 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 configurat[...]

58 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 59 5. Select scan settings for the new scan configuration. M ode —Select a s canning mode: ■ Black&White to scan in black and wh ite. 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 documen[...]

60 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 box es. The maximum size is 8.5" by 14 ". The units of m[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 61 Sel ec t in g Reduce M oire P atterns will limit or eliminate moire patterns in the scanned image. This option is only available for the G rayscale or Color Mode at 300 dpi or less. ■ S traighten Image —Select this option to let the s canner automatically determine if a page is skewed, and then str[...]

62 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 8. Click the Advanced S ettings tab. The options of the Advanced S ettings tab are for the Color or G rayScale scannin g mode. Saturation is the str ength or purity of a color , hue is the color your eyes see as r eflected from the image, and gamma controls the brightness of the midt ones of [...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 63 T HE D EVICE S ETTINGS T AB A Device Settings tab appears on the Scan Configurations dialog box when your selected Destination Appl ication sends the scanned image to a printer , fax application, or othe r device. Y ou use the opti ons on the Device Settings tab t o select settings for the device. 1. C[...]

64 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Collate copies —If y ou ’ re printing mor e 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 di[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 65 2. 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, week, or typ[...]

66 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 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 P roperties windo w . 2. Select the s can configuration you want to edit or delete. 3. T o delete the configurat ion, click the Delete button. No t e : Y our scanner comes with a number[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 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 first be unlocked. Click the lock icon to unlock the configuration. Clickin[...]

68 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE C ONFIGURING B EFORE S CANNING Configure Before Scan simply opens a scanning interface when you start to scan. Y ou can then use the interfa ce to change the Resolution, Scan M ode, and other settings. When sc anning is finished, the scanned image will still be sent as the file type and to th[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 69 S CAN AND B URN TO A CD If you have a CD burner attached to your computer , you can scan directly f rom your scanner onto a CD . This featur e is available only on computers runn ing Windows XP . 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 [...]

70 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 6. S tart scanning a page. 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. Open the OneT ouch P roperties windo w and make sure that the Burn t o CD Destination Application is still selected and click the P roperties but[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 71 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 Windo ws X[...]

72 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 73 5. S tart scanning a page. 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.[...]

74 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 dire ctly to HTML-formatted pages for posting directly to y our web site. Those pages are then viewable by visitors to your web site w[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 75 5. Click Apply or OK . 6. Scan your document. 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 converted page. 7. Choose the Internet Explor er Save A s [...]

76 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 [...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 77 5. Click Apply or OK . 6. N ow scan the documents . Y our scanned pages are stored in the location that y ou specified on the OneT ouch 4.0 Link P roperties window . No t e : The Storage Location s hown in the example abo ve is the default place where y our scanned documents are stored if y ou haven ?[...]

78 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T O U SE OCR B EFORE T RANSFERRING TO S TORAGE If the documents you want to trans fer to storage are text documents or spreadsheets, you can have them converted by the OCR process prior to being stored. 1. Open the OneT ouch Pr operties window . 2. Select T ransfer to Storage as the D estinat[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 79 S CANNING TO M ULTIPLE F OLDERS When archiving documents with the T r ansfer to S torage option, you can scan them to multiple folders. F or example, one folder might be for “Business R eceipts,” a second folder might be f or “P ersonal Receipts,” and a third folder might be for “ Annual Rece[...]

80 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 Advanced S ettings tabs, and select the settings y ou want. 7. Click the S torage Opt[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 81 10. Click OK . The selected folde r will now be set as the St orage Location, such as “Business Receipts.” 11. Click OK . The new configuration is no w listed as a T ransfer to S torage configuration. 12. Repeat the process to cr eate addi tional new configurations, such as one named “S torage fo[...]

82 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Y ou wil l now have multiple configur ations set up for the T ransfer to S torage destination, and each configuration scans documents to a separate folder . Scan to multiple storage folders: 1. Open the OneT ouch P roperties windo w . 2. Select one of the configurat ions you created for stora[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 83 T O T RANSFER D OC UMENTS TO A S ER VER 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. 1. See “Scanning to M ultiple F older s ” on page 79 or[...]

84 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 [...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 85 C HECKING THE H ARDWARE 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 Hardware icon at the top of the On eT ouch Pa n e l . If the Har dware V iew of the pane l is open you can also right- click on the Visioneer S trobe XP 220 icon. The H[...]

86 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 2. Click the Pr o p e r t i e s button.[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 87 The Interface information refers to the USB port where your scanner is connected. The scanner automatically detects the type of USB port and displays the information here. Th e example abo ve shows a scanner connected a USB 2.0 High S peed port . Y our scanner can also connect to a USB 1.1 F ull S peed[...]

88 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Scanning from the TW AIN Interface S CANNING FROM THE TW AIN I NTERFACE In addition to scanning from th e OneT ouch software, you can scan from TW AIN software. The P aperP ort software that you r eceived with your scanner uses the TW AIN interf ace for scann ing. This scanning method is part[...]

A CCESSING THE TW AIN I NTER FACE FROM P APER P ORT 89 A CCESSING THE TW AIN I NTERFACE FROM P APER P ORT The instructions in this section are for using P aperP or t to access the TW AIN interface to scan. T o access the TW AIN inter face from P aperP ort: 1. On the W indows taskbar , click St a r t , point to Pr o g r a m s , point to ScanSoft P a[...]

90 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE The F olders P ane is replaced by the Scan P ane. 3. If no scanner is show n on the Scan P a ne, the A vailable Scanners window opens. If a scanner already listed in the Scan P ane, but you want to choose another one, click Selec t to open the window . Scan pane. If this Scan button is not ac[...]

A CCESSING THE TW AIN I NTER FACE FROM P APER P ORT 91 4. Select TW AIN: Visioneer S trobe XP 220 . The WIA: Visioneer Str obe XP 220 option is for using the WIA interface. 5. Click OK . A Confirm Selection message box appears. 6. Click OK on the message box. 7. Make sur e the option Display scanner dialog bo x is selected. If this option is not se[...]

92 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE U SING THE TW AIN I NTERFACE TO S CAN The following figure s hows the TW AIN interface for scanning from P aperP or t and other applications th at use the TW AIN standard. N ote that some of the options on the wind o w may not be available, and will be grey ed out if they are no t appropriate[...]

U SING THE TWAIN I NTERFACE TO S CAN 93 ■ Reso lu ti on —Drag the slider t o the right or le ft to adjust the dots per inch (dpi) of the resolution. The maximum r esolution 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 an d clearer the sca[...]

94 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE ■ AutoCr op to Length —Select this option to let the scanner automatically crop the scanned do cument from the top to the bottom edge of the page, affe cting only the length of the document. The width of the scan ar ea is not affected. The scan width is determined by the chosen page size.[...]

U SING THE TWAIN I NTERFACE TO S CAN 95 ■ Define page size —Click this option to activate the Define button. Then c lick the Define button to see the Define page size dialog box for selecting a specific page size. Click Sta n d ard , click the m enu arrow and choose a page size from the list, or click Cus to m and enter the horizontal and verti[...]

96 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 9. When you ’ re ready to scan, align the docume nt between the alignment arrows, and insert it into the page feed face up . 10. Click the Scan button (if the AutoScan feature is not turned on). The scanner starts scanning and a progress bo x shows the image. 11. Click the Don e button on t[...]

U SING THE TWAIN I NTERFACE TO S CAN 97 When scanning is complete, thumbnail images appear on the P aperP or t Desktop G ETTING H ELP WITH THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE The P aperP or t software includes a complete set of help topics that answer questions about each featur e of the software. T o open the Help T opics windo w , press the F1 key or choo[...]

98 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S ETTING U P Y OUR S CANNER TO W ORK WITH P APER P ORT On the P aperP ort Scan P ane, when you selected a scanner from the A vailable Scanners window , the Scan button at the bottom of the panel should become active after appro ximately 5 to 10 seconds. If it doesn ’ t, you need to set up y[...]

S ETTING U P Y OUR S CANNER TO W ORK WITH P APER P ORT 99 T o set up y our scanner to work with P aperP or t: 1. On the TW AIN Scan P ane, click the Sel ec t button. The A vailable Scanners window opens . 2. Select one of the scanner options, such as TW AIN: Visioneer St r o b e X P 2 2 0 . 3. Click the Advanc ed setup button. A window opens to beg[...]

100 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 4. Click Ye s then click Ne x t . The next window offers you the option to run hardware diagnostics. 5. Click Y e s (recommended) then click Ne x t . The next window is for checking the connection between your scanner and the computer .[...]

S ETTING U P Y OUR S CANNER TO W ORK WITH P APER P ORT 101 6. 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 already tested when you installed the OneT ouch 4.0 software. If other tests are checked, cli[...]

102 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 8. Without inserting a page in the scanner , simply click Ne x t on the window to proceed. The TW AIN interface opens. No t e : If you ar e setting up your scanner for the WIA scanning option, the WIA interface opens instead.[...]

S ETTING U P Y OUR S CANNER TO W ORK WITH P APER P ORT 103 9. Choose one of your documents to use for the setup and se lect the the scan mode for it. F o r instance, if you want to use a color photo for the setup, select the Color scan mode. N ote that the Scan button is not active yet and a message at the bottom of the window tells yo u that no do[...]

104 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE If the scanned image does not appear in the window , click Mi s si ng Imag e . A window will open for you to retry the scan. Click Ne x t , then insert the page and click the Scan button on the TW AIN interface again. 12. Click Nex t on the “Basic scan test passed” windo w . The final Se[...]

S CANNING FROM THE WIA I NTERFACE 105 Scanning from the WIA Interface S CANNING FROM THE WIA I NTERFACE Micr osoft Windo ws XP includes its own scanning interface—known as Windo ws I mage Acquis ition (WIA)—for acquir ing images fr om scanners, digita l cameras, and other digital devices. This section shows ho w to use M icrosoft P aint to scan[...]

106 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T o scan using WIA from M icrosoft P aint: 1. On the W indows taskbar , click St a r t , point to Pr o g r a m s , point to Accessories , then click Pa i n t . 2. F rom the Fi le menu choose F rom Scanner or Ca mera .[...]

S CANNING FROM THE WIA I NTERFACE 107 The WIA scan window opens. U se this window to select scanning options and start the scan process. 3. Click the button most appropriate for the item you ’ re scanning. T o scan with the C ustom Settings option see the ne xt section, “F ine T uning Y our Scans ”. 4. Align the document between the alignment[...]

108 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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[...]

F INE T UNING Y OUR S CANS 109 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 arrow and choose the dots per i[...]

110 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Maintenance This chapter contains informatio n on recalibrating, cleaning, troubleshooting, uninstalling , and scanner specifications. R ECALIBRA TING AND C LEANING Y OUR S CANNER Y ou calibrated your scanner during in stallation, but after many hours of use you may find that scanned images [...]

R ECALIBRATING AND C LEANING Y OU R S CANNER 111 2. U se any one of the following meth ods to start the r ecalibration or cleaning: ■ Right-click on the OneT ouch icon in the Wi ndows N otification Area (at the bottom right corn er of the screen) and choose Show Ha rd w a re from the pop-up menu. ■ Click the small scanner icon on a OneT ouch P [...]

112 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 3. The Har dware P roperties window opens. 4. Click the Pr o p e r t i e s button 5. The Device Configuration P roperties window opens and shows the Device Set tings. N ote that the “Last calibrated ” date is red , indicating that calibration is now due.[...]

R ECALIBRATING AND C LEANING Y OU R S CANNER 113 6. T o recalibrate, click the Calibrate button. The Calibration window opens. 7. T o clean the sc anner , click the Clean button. The Cleaning window opens. No t e : The Device Configuration Propert ies window is also available from the Windo ws Control P anel under Scanners and Cameras . Fo r W i n [...]

114 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 8. Insert the calibration page or cl eaning page into the page feed. Insert the calibration page in the direction of the arrows on the page. Insert the long side of the cleaning page. The scanner grabs the page and feeds it through the scanner . The scanner will automatically pass the calibr[...]

T ROUBLESHOOTING 115 T ROUBLESHOOTING In addition to the tr oubleshootin g information contained in this section, please see the R eadme file on the installation CD. The Readme file contains additional information that may help you diagnose problems with the scanner . If you try all the troubleshooting pr ocedures described in this section and in t[...]

116 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE P roblem: The scanner icon disappear ed from the Windows No t i f i c a t i o n A re a . Check for one of thes e possible problems: • Are the cables loose or not plugged in se cure ly? Inspect the cable connections. Make sur e all cables are plugged in secur ely . • Is the P ower S upply[...]

T ROUBLESHOOTING 117 uninstalling OneT ouch 4.0, unin stall the other scanner’ s driver programs. After uninstalling the other scanner ’ s driver programs, uninstall OneT ouch 4.0 using the step s on page 118, then reinstall it. P roblem: The scanned images ar e of poor quality even after I recalibrated and cleaned the scanner . What do I do? T[...]

118 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE H OW TO U NINSTALL Y OUR S CANNER T o uninstall the V isioneer S trobe XP 220 scanner , remov e the OneT ouch 4.0 scanner softwar e first, then remove the P aperP ort software. S TEP 1: U NINSTALL THE O NE T OUCH 4.0 S CANNER S OFTWARE 1. On the W indows taskbar , click St a r t , point to S[...]

H OW TO I NSTALL A NOTHER D RIVER 119 H OW TO 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 R emov e Pr ograms ic[...]

120 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE H OW TO R EPLACE THE P LUG A DAPTER The three plug adapters you r eceived with your scanner means you can use the power supply with elect rical outlets in different countries. T o r emov e and replace an adapter: 1. U nplug the pow er supply from the wall outlet. 2. P ress do wn on the latch[...]

H OW TO T URN A UTO L AUNCH O FF /O N 121 H OW TO T UR N A UTO L AUNCH O FF /O N In some instances, you may not want to use t he scanner’ s AutoLaunch technology . Y ou can turn off Aut oLaunch so the scanner will not automatically scan when you insert a document. T ypica lly , you turn off AutoLaunch when y ou want to use the scanner with some o[...]

122 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE The Har dware P roperties window opens. 3. Click the Pr o p e r t i e s button. The Device Configuration P roperties window for the Visioneer S trobe XP 220 opens.[...]

H OW TO T URN A UTO L AUNCH O FF /O N 123 4. Click to uncheck the option, Enable the generation of events when paper is inserted into the scanner . This turns off the AutoLaunch featur e. 5. Click OK , then click OK at the Hardware P roperti es window . 6. T o turn the A utoLaunch back on later , follow the same pr ocess, but click Res et Dev ice o[...]

124 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 4. Select the Device S ettings tab. The options are the same as shown on the Device Configuration P roperties abov e. 5. Click to uncheck the option, Enable the generation of events when paper is inserted into the scanner , to turn off the AutoLaunch featur e. 6. Click OK , then close the Sc[...]

H OW TO T URN A UTO L AUNCH O FF /O N 125 T o tur n AutoLaunch O ff/On for W indows 2000, y ou will use the TW AIN in terf ace : The following steps use P aperP or t to access the TW AIN interface, but you can also use other applications which access it. If you use another application, please see its user ’ s guide for the steps to acces s the TW[...]

126 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 6. If the Har dware P roperties window opens, click the Pro p e r t i e s button. The Device Configuration P roperties window opens. The options are the same as shown on the Windows Device Configuration P roperties window on page 124. 7. Click to uncheck the option, Enable the generation of [...]

H OW TO T URN A UTO L AUNCH O FF /O N 127 8. Click OK , then close the Scanners and C ameras P roperties window . 9. T o turn the Aut oLaunch and Excessive Skew features back on later , follow the same process, but click Res et De vi ce or re-select the options you unchecked, and click OK . S CAN FROM O NE T OUCH WHEN A UTO L AUNCH IS O FF If A uto[...]

128 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS Optical re solution 600 dpi Bit Dep th 48-bit color (internal, 16-bit a/d converter recognition, o ver 68 billion colors) 16-bit gray (internal, 4 096 shades of gray) Output Bit Depth 24-bit color , 8-bit grayscale, 1-bit black and white Sca[...]

V ISIONEER S TROB E XP 220 S CANNER P ARTS L IST 129 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER P ARTS L IST Please use the follo wing part names and part numbers when ordering replacements for yo ur scanner . Visi t our web site at www .visioneer .com to order replacement parts. Pa r t Pa r t Na m e Pa r t Nu m b e r Calibration P age and Cleaning P age 0[...]

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I NDEX 131 INDEX A Advanced Properties 108 Apply button 34 archive documents 43 aspect ratio 63 Autocrop to Length 94 Autocrop to Original 60, 93 AutoLaunch 25, 29 turn off/on 127 AutoRotate image 6 3 B Black&White 59, 92 BMP 47 Brightness 93, 109 brightness 59 brightness slider 59 Burn to CD 44, 69 Destination Application 70 button options 53 [...]

I NDEX 132 M Microsoft Excel 39 Microsoft Internet Explorer 75 Microsoft Outlook 45 Microsoft Paint 41 Moire Patterns 60, 94 monitor 3 O OCR 49 columns 52 optical character recognition 51 storage 78 OCR options 51 OneTouch Panel 30, 31 Detail View 31 Hardware View 31 OneTouch Properties window 30, 32, 37 options 53, 57 Options tab 34 P page format [...]

I NDEX 133 TWAIN 68, 73 TWAIN standard 88 V Visioneer Web site 115 W watermark, remove 61, 94 Web site for help 115 WIA 68, 10 5 Windows Image Acquisition 1 05 X xls file format 50[...]

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