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V isioneer Strobe 400 User’ s Guide FOR WINDOWS COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright © 2010 Visioneer, I nc. Reproduction, adaptation, or translatio n without prior written pe rmission is prohibited, except as allowed under the copyright laws. The Visioneer® brand name and logo are regist ered trademarks of Visioneer , Inc. The P aperP ort® and Omn[...]

Restricted Ri ghts Legend Use, duplication, or disclosur e is subjec t to restrictions as set forth in contract subdivision (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in T ec hnical Data and Computer Software Clause 52.227- F AR14. Material scanned by this product may be protecte d by go ve rnmental laws and other regulations, such as copyright laws. Th e customer i[...]

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS iii T ABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The Visioneer Strobe 400 Scanner . [...]

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS iv Selecting New Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Creating a New Scan Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Editing or Deleting Scan Configurations . . . . . . . . . . [...]

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 U SER ’ S G UIDE v Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Uninstalling or Reinstalling Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 [...]

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V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 6 W elcome Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer S trobe 400 scanner . With your scanner , you can quickly scan single-sided or double-sid ed items and place th eir electronic images on your computer . W HAT ’ S IN THE B OX Before proce eding, check the contents of the box. If items ar e m[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 7 T HE V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER Pa p e r G u i d e s — Adjusts to fit document widt h. Plast ic Card Leve r —P ress down on t he lever to separate the rollers so that plastic identification car ds, and embossed plastic cards, can be fe d through the scanner . OneT o uch Sc anne r Butto n[...]

W ELCOME 8 S YSTEM R EQUIREMENTS IBM-compatible P entium 4 PC, or AMD equivalent with: •A C D - R O M d r i v e • An available U niversal Serial Bus (USB) port •M i c r o s o f t ® Wind ows ® operating system: Windows XP (S ervice P ack 1 and 2), Windows V ista, or Wind ows 7 The scanner is compatible with Service P ack 3 for Windows XP and[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 9 D OCUMENTATION The following documentation is pro vided with your scanner: • Quick Install Guide—Abbr evia ted installation instructions. • Scanner U ser’ s Guide—On the Installation D isc 1; contains detailed installation, scanning, configuration, and maintenance information. • Scann[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 10 Assemble the Scanner A SSEMBLING THE P OWER S UPPLY 1. Select the A C plug adapter that matches the wall po wer outlet. 2. Align the tabs on the bottom of the plug ad apter with the slots in the power supply base. 3. Place the adapter in the base and press do wn to hold it in the base against th[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 11 4. Y ou can now attach the power supply to t he scanner and to a wall outlet. No t e : T o change adapter styles, pr ess an d hold the “P ush ” button on the adapter . T urn the adapter to the left to unlock and remo ve it from the base. C ONNECT THE S CANNER P OWER C ORD Y ou can power the [...]

A SSEMBLE THE S CANNER 12 T O C ONNECT THE S CANNER P OWER TO THE W ALL 1. Plug the po wer cord int o the power jack on the scanner and into a wall outlet. T O C ONNECT THE S CANNER P OWER TO THE C OMPUTE R 1. Plug the r ound end of the USB power co r d into the po wer jack on the scanner . 2. Plug the flat end of t he USB power cor d into an avail[...]

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V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 14 Installation B EFORE Y OU B EGIN Please make sure of the follo wing before you begin installation: • Do not plug in the USB cable until after you inst all the software. Complete th e installation steps in the order described in this guide. • If you ar e prompted to reboot the computer during[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 15 I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE AND C ONNECT THE S CANNER T o install t he software : 1. S tart Microsoft Windo ws and make sure no other applications ar e running. 2. Insert the Installation Disc 1 into your computer’ s CD-R OM drive. The Installat ion Disc main menu automatically opens. No t e : If t[...]

I NSTALLATION 16 1. On the Ma in Menu, select Install Produc ts . 2. Make sur e the boxes for Scanner D river , Visioneer OneT ouch , and Nu a n c e Pap e r Po r t ® are checked. 3. Click Install N ow . I NSTALLING THE S CANNER D RIVER The scanner driver insta llation will start first. 1. The W elcome to the Scanner Driver S etup Wizar d opens. 2.[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 17 3. On the Vi sioneer License Agreement window , read the licens e agreement. If y ou accept the terms, select I Agr ee , and click Ne x t . If you choose not to accept the license agr eemen t, the installation will terminate and the scanner driver will not be installed. 4. The next window lis ts[...]

I NSTALLATION 18 6. A window opens with image quality samples asking you to select an image for your Color Space setting. Select the option that looks best to you and click Nex t . This sets a default gamma value for scans and can be changed later on. 7. ST OP when you see the “Complete the inst allation by connecting your hardware ” window . D[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 19 C ONNECT THE USB C ABLE AND T URN ON THE P OWER The Visioneer S trobe 400 scanner connects to any avai lable USB port. Check your computer ’ s manual for USB port locations. 1. Remo ve any protective t ape from the USB cable. 2. Plug the USB cable into the USB port on the scanner the n into a [...]

I NSTALLATION 20 3. T urn on the scanner power . The status ligh t comes on and flashes indicating that the scanner is receiving power . If you are using Windows version XP or later , 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 non- HI-SPEED USB hub ?[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 21 4. A Calibration window opens on-scr een after W ind ows finishes detecting the s canner . Insert the calibration page into the scanner in the dire ction shown on the calibration page itself. Depending on the version of Windo ws you ar e using, y ou may be prompted to click Ne x t to proceed wit[...]

I NSTALLATION 22 I NSTALLING V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH The Visioneer OneT ouch softwar e installatio n will automatically sta rt after you click Close on the Driver Installation Complete window . 1. Click Nex t on the W elcome to the OneT ouch S etup Wizard window . 2. On the Vi sioneer License Agreement window , read the licens e agreement. If y ou a[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 23 I NSTALLING P APER P ORT If you left the default selection to install P aperP or t from the installation disc, the P aperP ort software installation will star t automatically after you click Close on the OneT ouch Installation Complete window . 1. The Select Language windo w opens for the P aper[...]

I NSTALLATION 24 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 fr ee access to software updates for your scanner . Y ou will need an active in ternet connection to registe r your scanne r . If you do not have internet access, you can [...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 25 A PPLICATIONS A VAILABLE WITH Y OUR S CANNER Y our scanner includes fr ee scanning applications. T o install the additional applications: 1. Return to the I nstallation D isc main menu and click on Ins tal l Produc ts . 2. Select the applications you want to install, and click Insta ll Now . F o[...]

I NSTALLATION 26 3. If you selected OmniP a ge P ro to install you will see a window telling you to inser t Dis c 2 . 4. Click Exit Disc 1 and then eject Dis c 1 fr om the CD-R OM drive. 5. Insert Disc 2 into the CD-R OM drive. The OmniP age Pro I nstallation menu opens automa tically . If it does not open, see the note on page 15. 6. Select I nsta[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 27 V IEW AND S AVE THE U SER G UIDES 1. Return to the I nstallation D i sc 1 Main M enu and click on U ser Guides . The U ser Guides are in A dobe ® PDF format. If you need to, click Ado be Rea der to install it now . F ollow the instructions on the installation windows. If your computer alr eady [...]

I NSTALLATION 28 3. Click the name of the U ser G uide you want t o view and it will open in Adobe Reader . Use t he Adobe Save command to save that U ser Guide to your computer . 4. When you ’ re finished, click Mai n Men u to return to the main Vi si oneer Installation window and click Exit . 5. Remo ve the I nstallation Disc and store both dis[...]

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V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 30 Loading Documents to Scan This section illustrates scanning using OneT ouch AutoLaunch™ and scanning with the buttons on the scanner . After turning off AutoLaunch, as described below , you can also scan using the OneT ouch Button P anel on screen, or using a scanning application. S CANNING U [...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 31 2. Adjust the paper guides to the width of the item being scanned. 3. Place an item face up in the paper feed slot. 4. The scanner grabs the top edge of the paper and automatically begins to scan and feed the paper through the scanner . 5. A scan progress window opens an the image is sent to the[...]

L OADING D OCUMENTS TO S CAN 32 S CANNING P LASTIC C ARDS 1. P ress do wn the car d lever on the front of the scanner . This separates the rollers enough to feed plastic cards through the scanner . 2. Adjust the paper guides to the width of the item being scanned. 3. Place an item face up in the paper feed slot. 4. The scanner grabs the top edge of[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 33 5. A scan progress window opens an the image is sent to the selected destination in the OneT ouch P roperties for the Scan button. In this example, the D estination Application is the P a perP ort software. T URN A UTO L AUNCH O FF /O N If you want to scan from OneT ouch button panel on sc reen,[...]

L OADING D OCUMENTS TO S CAN 34 2. Click on the P roperties button in the hardware pr operties window . 3. In the Device S ettings tab, click on T ur n on AutoLaunch for F ront F eed Scanning to deselect this option. 4. Click on OK to save the changes and close the windo w . Click on OK to close the Hardwar e P roperties window . The AutoLaunch fea[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 35 S CAN FROM THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS Scanning using the buttons on the sc anner works like i nserting a page in the scanner when A utoLaunch is turned on. 1. Make sure the car d lever is in the corr ect position for the item you ar e scanning. 2. Adjust the paper guides to the width of the item b[...]

L OADING D OCUMENTS TO S CAN 36 4. P ress the Scan or Cust om button, on the scanner , to start scanning. 5. A scan progress window opens an the image is sent to the selected destination in the OneT ouch P roperties for the Scan button. In this example, the D estination Application is the P a perP ort software.[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 37 S CANNING I NTERFACES Y ou ha ve several differ ent scanning opti ons with your Visioneer S trobe 400 scan ner . Each method scans equally well, so use the one with appropriate options for the it em you are scanning. • OneT ouch Sca nner Buttons —Whe n you press either the Scan or C ustom bu[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 38 Scanning From OneT ouch Based on the r ecommended full installation of the scanner driver and the Visioneer OneT ouch software, OneT ouch is your main scanning interface for using the scanner . The OneT ouch Button P anel, that you see on the comp uter screen, sho ws the pre-s et function for ea[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 39 S CAN FROM THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON P ANEL Scanning from the button panel on your computer’ s screen works like insertin g a page in the scanner when AutoLaunch is turned on. T o scan fr om the OneT ouch Button panel: F ollow the steps in the previous sect ion to turn of f the AutoLaunch featur[...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 40 F EATURES OF THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON P ANEL The OneT ouch panel is your on-screen set of controls for the scanner . F rom the panel y ou can access the hardwar e settings for your scanner and configur e the scanner buttons. The T itle Bar • G reen arro ws—click to cycle thr ough the panel’ s 3 view s. • Scanne[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 41 C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS When you installed the scanner , the software config ured each OneT ouch butto n with appropriate settings consisting of: a Destination Application , a Scan Configurat ion , and a Fi le For ma t . 1. Click on the OneT ouch icon. 2. Right-click a button on th[...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 42 S ELECTING N EW S ETTINGS The settings on the OneT ouch Pr operties window are: Sele ct De sti nati on — The list of Destination A pplications that OneT ouch can send a scanned image to so that this application opens immedi ately after scanning is complete. No t e : If you select a word processing program such as Mi[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 43 Select Configuration —The list of available scan configurations for the selected button. The configuration ’ s basic settings include: scanning mode, resolution (dpi), page size, brightness (B r), and contrast (Cr). T o see a selected scan configuration ’ s settings, click its icon. Click [...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 44 OK/Cancel/A p ply buttons — OK accepts any ch anges and closes the windo w . App ly accepts any changes but leaves the window open so you can continue making additi onal changes. Can cel closes the windo w without accepting any changes. C REATING A N EW S CAN C ONFIGURATION The scan configurations are where you sele[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 45 The Scan Settings T ab 1. On the Scan Configuration P roperties dialog box, type a name. 2. Select scan settings for the new scan configuration. Mo de —Select a scanning mode: • Bla ck &W hi te to scan in black and white. For exampl e, letters and memos ar e usually scanned in black and [...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 46 The Page Settings tab Click the P age Settings tab to select options applicable to how you want the image to appear after scanning. Sta n da rd —Click the menu arro w and choos e a page size fr om the list. Cu st om —Enter the horizontal and vertical page dimensions in the boxes. Click the name of t he units, inch[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 47 • Inv er t Im ag e —Only available for B lack&White M ode, this opt ion reverses the black and whites of an image. • Dupl ex —Scan both sides of the page. If this option is not selected, the scanner will scan the face-up side of the page only . • S kip Blank Originals —Skips page[...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 48 The Advanced Settings tab 1. Click the Adv anc ed Sett in gs tab. The options of the Advanced S ettings tab ar e for the Color or G rayscale scanning mode. 2. Drag the sliders to the left and right to change the color settings . As you do, the image changes to show the effects of the new settings. Satur ation —the s[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 49 The Device Settings T ab A Device Se ttings tab is on the Scan Configuratio ns dialog box when your selected Destination Application sends the scanned image to a printer , fax application, or ot her device. Y ou use the optio ns on the Device Se ttings tab to se lect settings for the device. 1. [...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 50 The Storage Options T ab (Archive) A S torage Options tab is on the Scan Configurations dialog box when the Destination Application is T ransfer to Storage. Y ou use the options on this tab to select where to save your s canned items for storage when scanning with that part icular Scan Configuration. 1. Click on the S[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 51 2. Select the s can configuration you want to edit or delete. • T o delete the configurat ion, click the Delete button. • T o edit the configuration, click the Edit button. Edit the settings and click OK . 3. Click OK to close the OneT ouch P roperties window . C ONFIGURE B EFORE S CAN Y ou [...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 52 2. Select the scan configuration Configur e Before Scan . 3. Right-click on Configur e Before Scan and choose an interface to use for configuring befor e scanning. TW AIN —The TW AIN Interface opens f or you to make changes prior to scanning. Refer to the chapter Scanni ng from TW AIN. WIA —The Windows I mage Acqu[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 53 5. The item is scanned. When finished, click the Done button and the image will be sent to the Destination Application specified in the OneT ouch 4.0 P roperties window . In the example sho wn on the previous page , the Destination Application is P aint. Canceling a Configure Before Scan 1. Clic[...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 54 The available options ar e for images and text. The T ext F ormats are for text file types. The names of the formats indicate their file types. S ee "T ext F ormats" on page 74 for details. Create Single Image Files The TIFF and PDF formats support multiple page docume nts. If you are scanning as a TIFF or P[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 55 T o select a JP EG or PDF file size: 1. Select JPG or PDF as the page format. 2. Right-click on the JPG or PDF icon. A menu opens. 3. Choose the file size/image quality option for y our scanned images. Minimize Size —S mallest file size, lowest image quality . N ormal —M edium file size, som[...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 56 T o select a file type for the text for mat: 1. Select the D estination Application. 2. Right-click on the text format icon. The menu options depend on the type of Destination Application you select. 3. Choose the file type that you want for the text format. 4. Click OK or App ly on the OneT ouch P roperties window . [...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 57 T o select options: 1. Open the OneT ouch Pr operties window and click the Options tab. 2. Select options as described below . Sho w All Destinations —This option selects all the Destination Application categories. The list of Destination A pplications av ailable for the selected button will i[...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 58 Global Options • Show Progres s Wi ndow —Select this option to display the progr ess window of the document(s) during scanning. • U se enhanced folder browser —Select this option if you want to save y our scans to a network location that is not a mapped drive on your computer . • Ins ta nt Del iv er y —Ena[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 59 S ETTING D ESTINATION A PPLICATION P RO PERTIES The different types of Dest ination Applications have various properti es that you can select. 1. On the OneT ouch Pr operties wind ow , click a Destination Application. 2. Click the P roperties button. A OneT ouch 4.0 Link P roperties dialog box o[...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 60 T ext Documents Properties These properties apply to Micr osoft W ord, Micr osoft Excel ® , and the other applications indicated by t heir icons in the list. The properties apply to the Op tical Character Recognitio n (OCR) settings for the applications. 1. Click in the OCR settings bo xes for the options y ou want. [...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 61 2. T o add another application to the list, click the Add A pplication button. The Add T ext B ased Link dialog box opens. 3. Click Browse to find the application you want to add to the list. When you select the applicat ion using the Bro w se button, steps 1 and 2 on the dialog bo x are automat[...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 62 Image Documents Properties These properties apply to Microsoft P aint and other image processing applications. 1. Click in th e Color document ha ndling settings box es for the options you want. These options will apply to all the applications in the group . Convert Bitmaps using Scr een Resolution —U se this option[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 63 Storage Properties These properties apply to the Destination Application named T ransfer to S torage. If a CD burner is attached to your computer , and your computer is running Windows XP or W indows V ista, you also use this dialog box to start the Burn to CD pr ocess. See the section "Sca[...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 64 eMail Properties These properties apply to email applications so you can specify the folder for documents that you will attach to an email message. Micr osoft Outlook ® will accept dir ect attachment of documents to a blank email message as soon as scanning is finished, but othe r email applications may not. If you ?[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 65 S CAN AND B URN TO A CD If you have a CD burner attached to your computer , you can scan directly from your scanner onto a CD. This feature is available only on computers running Windows vers ion XP or later . T o scan and bur n to a CD: 1. Open the OneT ouch Pr operties window . 2. Select Burn [...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 66 S CANNING WITH E VENT F OR WARDING (STI) If you want to specify an application to use for scan ning at the start of the process, y ou can use event forw arding. T o scan with ev ent for warding: 1. Open the OneT ouch Pr operties window . 2. Select S till Image Client as the Destination Application. Y ou cannot choose [...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 67 C REATING AN HTML W EB P AGE FROM Y OUR S CANNED D OCUMENTS Y ou ca n convert scanned pages to HTML format for posting directly to your web site. T o scan and cr eate an HTML web page: 1. Open the OneT ouch Pr operties window . 2. Select M icrosoft Explorer as the D estination A pplication. 3. C[...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 68 T RANSFERRING S CANNED D OCUMENTS TO S TORAGE With T ransfer to St orage scanning, you can scan documents and save them in a folde r in one step. The process is ideal for archiving documents without having to ma nu al ly s av e o r p r ocess them. If you choose a text format for the file format, the images are auto ma[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 69 6. Scanning begins and your s canned pages are stor ed in the location that you specified on the OneT ouch 4.0 Link P roperties window . When selecting the storage location for scanned documents, you can select a local folder , or a folder on a ser ver or mapped driv e. S CANNING TO M ULTIPLE A [...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 70 4. Click the Ne w button. The Scan Configuration P roperties dialog box opens. 5. T o help you remember which folder it is , give th e new configuration a name that indicates the folder name, such as “Business R eceipts.” 6. Click the Scan Settings , P age Settings , and Ad van ce d Se tti ng s tabs, and select th[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 71 9. Select the folder y ou created for storing the scanned documents. 10. Click OK . The selected folder will no w be set as the S torage Location, such as “B usiness Receipts.” 11. Click OK . The new configuration is now listed as a T ransfer to Storage configuration. 12. Repeat the process [...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 72 13. Y ou will now have multiple configurations set up for the T ransfer to Storage destinat ion, and each configuration scans documents to separate folders. 14. N ow click the arro w buttons to select a sc anner button for each new configuration. Click Appl y to set that button for that configuration. Scan to multiple[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 73 S CANNING WITH O PTICAL C HARACTER R ECOGNITION (OCR) Optical Character Recognition (OCR) converts text an d numbers on a scanned page into editable text and numbers. Y ou can then work with the text and number s to edit, spell check, change font or type size, sort, c alcula te, and s o forth. T[...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 74 T EXT F ORMATS Y ou select the text format option by clicking on the text icon on the On eT ouch P roperties window . Selecting the text format option also selects OCR proce ssing as an automatic step for scanning. Therefore, when you scan a document with the text format selected, the text portions of the document are[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 75 2. Right-click on the text format icon. 3. Choose the file type that you want for the text format. Y our selection of a file typ e pertains only to th e Destination Application curr ently selected on the OneT ouch P roperties window . Other Destination Applic ations that hav e a text option sele[...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 76 Additional options ar e available on the menu for th e sPDF and nPDF text formats. The three image quality settings are: Mini mize Size —Smallest file size, lowest image quality . No r m a l —Medium file size, some loss of image quality . Maxi mize Qual ity — Largest file size, no loss of image quality . The Us [...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 77 4. Choose OCR Options from the menu. The OCR P roperties windo w opens with the OCR tab selected. T HE OCR T AB The options shown on t he OCR tab window ar e for spellchecking scanned text, replacing missing or unrecognized characters, and s etting the spe ed and quality levels of the OCR proces[...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 78 1. Choose the options you want from the OCR windo w . Languages in Document —Click on the language(s) in list th at corr espond to the languages in the documents to be scanned. Y ou can click on multiple languages. These ar e the languages that will be recognized during the OCR process. F or faster and mo re reliabl[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 79 symbol “Ç” but the OCR process cannot r epresent that character , then every place “Ç” appears, the OCR process substitutes the missing character symbol. Th e car et (^) is the default symbol for the missing character . T ype the character you want to us e in the M issing Character box[...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 80 7. The U ser Dict ionary Files windo w opens and show s the available dictionaries. M yDictionary is an example of a user dictionary . 8. Click Add New . The Add N ew User Di ctionar y window opens. 9. Click the drop-down arro w for F iles of type and choose Te x t F i l e s ( . t x t ) . 10. Select the file y ou just[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 81 11. The text file now appears on the list of user dictionaries that you can use for spellchecking. 12. Select a dictionary and click Set As Curren t to set it as the current dictionary for spellchecking. The label [curr ent] is added to the name. If you don ’ t want to use any user dictionarie[...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 82 3. T o import a list of words fr om another text file, click Impo rt . The Import Contents of U ser Dictionary window opens. 4. Select the file that has the words y ou want to add to your user dictionary . Importing will add the entire list of wo rds in a file to the user dictionary . 5. Click Impor t . The file’ s [...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 83 7. Select the dictionary file to export and click Save . The file is exported as a formatted dictionary with the .ud filename e xtension so it can be opened by other programs. T HE F ORMAT T AB The options on the F ormat tab window are for setti ng the input and output formats for the scanned do[...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 84 • S preadsheet —Choose this option if the entire document consists of a table that you want to export to a spreadsheet pr ogram, or have treated as a table. N o flowing text or graphics will be detected. Output F ormat Options • Automat ic —The document will be formatted as close to its original as possible. T[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 85 O NE T OUCH WITH K OFAX VRS T ECHNOLOGY The OneT ouch 4.0 software you received with your Vi sioneer scanner now includes the Kofax® V irtual ReScan® (VRS™) technology . This application has a set of features for impro ving and enhancing the quality of scanned documents, especially documents[...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 86 T HE K OFAX VRS S ETTINGS Y ou select the Kofax VRS settings when creating or ed iting a scan con figurat ion on the OneT ouch 4.0 P roperties window . T o select the Kofax VRS settings: 1. Open the OneT ouch 4.0 Pr operties window . 2. Click the Ne w button to cr eate a new configuration, or se lect one of your custo[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 87 3. Click the VRS Settings t ab to see the new VRS settings. 4. Choose the K ofax VRS options for the scan configuration. 5. Click the drop-down arr ow to choose the type of VR S settings to use for the new scan configuration. The options are: • Do not use VRS processing —Scanning will not us[...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 88 • Desp eckl e —S peckles are small spots on an image that the scanner interpr eted as a valid part of the document. F or example, an irregularity in the paper , or a small wrinkle, or the holes where a staple was remo ved may sho w up as speckles on the scanned image. The Despeckle option identifies these spots an[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 89 When a scan configuration includes VRS options, the OneT ouch P anel and the OneT ouch P roperties window both sho w the VRS icon as a reminder . The VRS icon on the top of the OneTouch Panel and on the scan configuration remind yo u that the scan will use the VRS settings. The summary of the sc[...]

S CANNING F ROM O NE T OUCH 90 C HANGING THE H ARDWARE S ETTINGS 1. Right-click on the OneT ouch icon and choose Show H ard wa re from the pop-up menu. 2. The Hardware Properties dial og box opens and shows information about your V isioneer scanner .[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 91 3. Click the P roperties button. T ur n on AutoLaunch for fr ont-feed scanning —Select this option to have the scanner start scanning automatically when an item is inserted into the front of the scanner . This option is selected by default on installation of OneT ouch. If you want to sc an fro[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 92 Scanning from TW AIN Y ou can scan from any TW AIN scanning application in stead of scanning from the OneT ouch buttons on your scanner or the OneT ouch button panel. A N ote About Y our Scanner and the TW AIN standard: TW AIN is a widely recognized standard that computers use to receiv e images[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 93 A CCESSING THE TW AIN I NTERFACE E very TW AIN scanning application will access the scan ner using a different method. Belo w is a brief list of common applications and how to initiate a scan fr om within that applicatio n, includin g some of the applications which may have been provided with y [...]

S CANNING FROM TWAIN 94 S CANNING WITH THE TW AIN I NTERFACE The TW AIN interface lists the scanning optio ns available with your Visioneer scanner . 1. Place an item face up in the paper feed slot, with th e top pointing into the scanner . 2. Adjust the settings in the TW AIN inter face for the item you are scanning. 3. Click on the Scan button in[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 95 • Deskew —Select this option to le t the scanner automatically determine if a page is skewed, then straighten its image. I f the page is fed through at too great of an angle, the image may not straighten correctly . In that case, re-scan the page using the paper guides to feed the paper in s[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 96 Scanning from WIA Micr osoft Windows v ersion XP and later include their o wn scanning interface—known as W indows Image A cquisition (WIA)—for acquirin g images from scanners, digital ca meras, and other digital devices. This section shows ho w to use Microsoft P aint to scan using the WIA [...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 97 3. The scan window opens. U se this window to sele ct scanning options and start the scan process. 4. Click on the color mode appropriate for the item you are scanning. 5. Place a document in the scanner . 6. Click on the Scan button in the WIA interface. The scanner starts scanning. 7. The scan[...]

S CANNING FROM WIA 98 F INE T UNING Y OUR S CANS Y ou can select ne w settings before y ou scan an item to fine tune exactly how you want to scan it. 1. On the scan windo w , click Adjust the quality of the scanned pictur e . 2. Select the opt ions for scanning. Bri gh tne ss and Contrast —Drag the sliders to the right or left to adjust the brigh[...]

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V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 100 Maintenance This section contains infor mation about calibrating, cleaning, troubl eshooting, uninstalling, scanner specifications and spare parts. C ALIBRATING Y OUR S CANNER The scanner needs to be calibrated as part of your monthly maintenance of the scanner . Y ou calibrated the scanner on [...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 101 2. The Hardware Properties for your sc anner opens. 3. Click on the Pr operties button to open the Device Settings tab for y our scanner . 4. Click on the Cali bra te button to start the calibration utility .[...]

M AINTENANCE 102 5. Insert the Calibration page in the scanner , in the direction of the arro w(s) on the page. The calibration page can be inserted in either direction, as long as one of the arrows is pointing in towar ds the scanner . 6. When calibration is complete the sc anner will eje ct the page out of the scanner . Do not forcefully pull the[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 103 C ALIBRATING FROM TW AIN Y ou can access the calibration utility from the TW A IN interface. If you are using Wi ndows Vista 64-bit, or Windows 7 64-bit, and did not install OneT ouch with your scanner , use these instructions for calibrating the scanner . 1. Open the TW AIN interface. 2. Click[...]

M AINTENANCE 104 4. Insert the Calibration page in the scanner , in the direction of the arro w(s) on the page. The calibration page can be inserted in either direction, as long as one of the arrows is pointing in towar ds the scanner . 5. When calibration is complete the sc anner will eje ct the page out of the scanner . Do not forcefully pull the[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 105 2. Hold the scanner sides fi rmly and pull the scanner top up to re lease it from the body of the scanner . U se both hands to open the scanner , the top is held down with locking arms on both sides of the paper feed slot. If you open only on e side, you may warp the scanner top. 3. U sing the [...]

M AINTENANCE 106 A DDITIONAL C LEANING M ETHOD The standard cleaning me thod for your scanner is to use the dry cleaning cloth in the scanner . If lines, smudges or blurry areas are still in the scanned im age you can try cleaning the scanner with I sopropyl rubbing alcoho l. Please use caution when clea ning the scanner and take a ppropriate car e[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 107 T ROUBLESHOOTING In addition to the tr oubleshooting information containe d in this section, please see the Readme file on your installation CD. The Readme file contains ad ditional information that may help you diagnose problems with the scanner . If you try the troubleshooting procedures des [...]

M AINTENANCE 108 P roblem: The installation will not complete su cc essfully . If installation finishes, the scanner’ s OneT o uch 4.0 options do not seem to work properly . A likely cause is that some driver programs are al ready installed on your computer for another scanner . They are interfering with the inst allation and OneT ouch optio ns, [...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 109 U NINSTALLING OR R EINSTALLING Y OUR S CANNER T o uninstall your scanner , remove the scanner driver , OneT ouch 4.0 softwar e, P aperP or t, and any other software pro vided with your scanner . U NINSTALLING THE S CANNER AND O NE T OUCH S OFTWARE 1. Open the Windo ws Contr ol P anel . 2. Win d[...]

M AINTENANCE 110 S TROBE 400 S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS Optical r esolution 600 dpi Bit de pth 24-bit color , 8-bit grayscale, 1-bit bitonal (black & white) Maxi mum i tem size 8.5" x 37" Minimum item size 2.2" x 2.2" Scan method Duplex Single S heet F ed Scanning specifications Scanning Speed Simplex: 5 seconds per page @ 200[...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE 400 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 111 S TROBE 400 S PARE P ART L IST Please use the follo wing part name and number when ordering a replacement USB cable for yo ur scanner . Pa r t N a m e Pa r t N u m b e r Calibration page 05-0803-000 Cleaning cloth 05-0804-000 High S peed USB 2.0 Certified Cable 35-0231-000 USB P ower Cable 35-0[...]

I NDEX 112 Index A Actual size, 49 Add Applic ation, 61, 62 Advanced Clarity, 88 Advanced device settings, 49 Advanced Settings tab, 48 America Online® (AOL), 64 Apply button, 44 Aspect ratio, 49 Auto Color Detect, 88 AutoBrightness, 87 AutoCrop, 87 AutoCrop to Original, 46 AutoCrop to original, 95 AutoDeskew, 87 AutoOrientation, 88 AutoRotate ima[...]

I NDEX 113 Grayscale mode, 45, 47, 94 , 95 H Hardware properties, 40, 101 help, 9 HTM file format, 67 htm file format, 75 HTML Document, 75 HTML page, 67 Hue, 48 I Image Documents Properties, 62 Image Editors, 57 Image file forma ts, 54 Improvements and Settings, 46 installation, 14 Instant Delivery, 58 Internet Options, 64 Invert Image, 47 J JPG I[...]

I NDEX 114 S Saturation, 48 Scan configuration, 41, 48, 49 , 50, 69 Edit or Delete, 50 Lock or unlock, 45 New, 44 Scan Settings Tab, 45 Scan to Folder, 68 Multiple folders, 69 Scanner Device settings, 91, 101 parts, 111 Troubleshooting, 107 scanner components, 7 connecting, 11 Scanning mode, 43, 4 5, 51, 94, 97 Screen Resolut ion, 62, 64 Searchable[...]

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