Visioneer XP220 manual

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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 or t® and OmniP age® brand names and log os are registered trad[...]

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 Scanning with sPDF or nPDF and Searching for Text . . . . . . . . 71 Creating a New Scan Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Scan Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Page Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS iii Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Recalibrating and Cleaning Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 How to Uninstall Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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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 an d black-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 4 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® operating system: 2000 (S ervice P ack 4), XP (Service P ack 1 and 2), or Vista ■ Windo ws 2000 and XP: M inimum of 512 megabytes (MB) of interna[...]

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 ■ If your computer has AntiVirus or AntiSpywar e softwar e running, you may see messages d[...]

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 Disc 1 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 correc t drive[...]

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 P o r t ® , Scanner Driv er , and OmniP age Pr o . 5[...]

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 windo w opens. 7. On the P aperP ort W elcome windo w , click Nex t . Installing P aperP or t will uninstall any existing versi[...]

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 en d e d installation. I t 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. 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 12. Rem in de r: If your comput er is running AntiVirus or AntiSpywar e[...]

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

S TEP 2: C ONNECT THE P OWER S UPPLY AND USB C ABLE 13 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 cable[...]

14 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 scanne r to a USB hub. The USB [...]

S TEP 3: C ALIBRATE THE S CANNER 15 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 plastic storage bag. Remo[...]

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

S TEP 3: C ALIBRATE THE S CANNER 17 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 N ew Hardwar e Wizar d window .[...]

18 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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. N ow click Close on the I nstallation Complete window . Additional windows may briefly appear as the softwar e installation [...]

S TEP 3: C ALIBRATE THE S CANNER 19 that may be installed, please see the Scanner R eadme file on the CD. See the section “View the User G uides ” on page 22 to open the Readme file. 13. If you also selected the full OmniP age Pr o software for installation, a window then tells you to insert the second CD to install it. To i n s t a l l O m n i[...]

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 the additional applications y ou want to install.[...]

A DDITIONAL A PPLICATIONS FOR Y OUR S CA NNER 21 ■ ArcSoft P h otoI mpression is a set of software tools for enhancing your scanned photos. Y ou can use PhotoImpression to change a photo ’ s brightness an d contrast, sharpen t he image, change its color tones, remo ve r ed-eye from pictur es of faces, and crop and resize the image. PhotoI mpres[...]

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 M ain 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 P anel opens with the description of the current settings for th e scanner . The OneT ouch Pr operties window also opens so you can choose new settings before scanning. U se this w[...]

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 158. 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 F orm a 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 th at apply to M icrosoft O utlook. The icon names indicate their file types. See “Se lecting F ormat Options ” on pa[...]

T HE O NE T OUCH P ROPERTIES W INDOW 35 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 tab. 2.[...]

36 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 or t and other applications for processing and keep[...]

T HE O NE T OUCH P ROPERTIES W INDOW 37 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 email ap[...]

38 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 it e m s by 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 39 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 For mat . 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 Destinati[...]

40 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 2. F rom the Select Configuration list, select a scan configuration. T o scan in color , select one of the configurations indicated by the small color icon, such as the Color Document configuration. T o cre ate your o wn scan configuration s see “Cre ating a N ew Scan Configuration ” on p[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 41 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[...]

42 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 y ou 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 w[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 43 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[...]

44 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 45 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 [...]

46 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 43 to add an application to the list. 3. Click OK . 4. Click Refres h on the OneT ouch P ropert ies 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 47 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[...]

48 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 49 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[...]

50 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 51 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[...]

52 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 53 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[...]

54 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 55 Comma Delimited —The .csv file format; used for database or spreadsheet data with fie lds separated by commas. When the document is conver ted into edi tab le text by the OCR pr ocess, the fields are main tained so you can c opy and paste them to a database or spreadsheet application. Excel S preadsh[...]

56 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE U se MR C for documents with hard er-to-read text or low er-quality graphics to get th e best possible scan outp ut image. The Use MR C option is available for sPDF and PDF . 4. T o change the OCR settings, choose OCR Options. The OCR Options pro vide a series of selections for the OCR featur[...]

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

58 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S ELECTING OCR O PTIONS The software you installe d for your scanner includes a set of advanced OCR options integrated with OneT ouch 4.0. T o select OCR options av ailable from OneT ouch 4.0: 1. Open the OneT ouch P roperties windo w . 2. Select a Destination A pplication th at has one of th[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 59 T HE OCR T AB The options shown on the OCR tab windo w are for spellchecking scanned text, replacing mi ssing or unrecogniz ed characters, and setting the speed and quality levels of the OCR processing. 1. Choose the options you want from the OCR window . Languages in Document —Click on the l anguage[...]

60 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE guess ”, and so on. This option tells the OCR engine to look through the dictionary to validate its best guess for the letters in that word ; if its best guess is not in the dict ionary , it checks for the second-best guess, and so on. F or exampl e, if the word “house ” appears in the [...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 61 English Legal, English Me dical, F rench Legal, F rench M edical, German Legal, and German M edical. Select the appropriate dictionary for the OCR engine to use to validate the scanned text. Rej ec t C ha ra ct er —This is the character that the OCR process inserts for an unrecognizable tex t charact[...]

62 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE C REATING Y OUR O WN D ICTIONARIES Y ou can create multiple dictionaries for your personal use. F or example, you might have different dictionari es for separate work projects, especially if each project uses differ ent acronyms and terminology . T o cr eate a personal dictionary: 1. Open any[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 63 7. The U ser Dictionary F iles window opens and shows the available dictionaries. M yDictionary is an example of a user dictionary . 8. Click Add N ew . The Add N ew User D ictionary window opens. 9. Click the drop-down arr ow for F iles of type and choose Te x t F i l e s (.txt).[...]

64 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 10. Select the file you just cr eated for your user dictionary and click Open . In the example abo ve, the file is named USERDIC1. 11. The text file no w appears on the list of user dict ionaries that you can use for spellchecking. 12. Select a dictionary and click Set A s Curre nt to set it [...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 65 E DITING U SER D ICTIONARIES Once a dictionary has been added to the list of user dictionaries, its list of words can be edited. T o edit a user dict ionary: 1. On the Add N ew window , select the dictionar y to edit and click Edit . The Edit U ser Dictionar y window opens. I t lists the words currentl[...]

66 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 3. T o import a list of words from another text file, click Impo rt . The Import Contents of U ser Dictionary window opens. 4. Select the file that has the words you want to add to y our user dictionar y . Importing will add the entir e list of words in a file to the user dictionar y . 5. Cli[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 67 6. T o export a user dictionary so it can be used by another program, select the dictionary on the User D ictionary F iles list an d click Expo rt . The Export U ser Dictionary window opens. 7. Select the dictionary file to export and click Save . The file is exported as a formatted dictionary with the[...]

68 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T HE F ORMAT T AB The options on the F ormat tab window are for setting the input and output formats for the scanned documents. 1. Click the Fo r m a t tab and choose the options you want for both the input and output formats. Input F orma t Options ■ Automatic —Choose this option to let [...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 69 documents with words or numbers in columns if you do not want them placed in a table or decolumnized or treated as separate columns. ■ M ultiple Column s, no T able —Choose this option if some document pages contain text in co lumns and y ou want it kept in separate columns, similar to the orig ina[...]

70 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE ■ Flo wing P age (FP) —This format preserves the original layout of the pages, includin g columns. Th is is done wherever possible with column and indent settings, but not with text box es or frames. T ext will then flo w from one column to the other , which does not happen when text box [...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 71 S CANNING WITH S PDF OR N PDF AND S EARCHING FOR T EXT Searchable PDF (sPDF) and N orma l PDF (nPDF) are special forms of an Adobe PDF file. sPDF converts scanned text into the PDF format with text search and OCR capabilities. nP DF has those same features, plus you can edit the text in an nP DF image [...]

72 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE The settings now sho w your page format selection. 5. Right- click on the tex t icon ag ain and choose one of the image quality settings, Minim ize Si ze, Normal , or Ma xim ize Qu al ity . 6. Choose a Scan Configuration. 7. Click Apply or OK . 8. N ow when you scan with that Destination A pp[...]

S ELECTING N EW O NE T OUCH S CAN S ETTINGS 73 10. F rom the Adobe Acrobat Fil e menu choose Open , and open the file you just scanne d. 11. F rom th e Adobe Acrobat Edit menu choose Fi n d . The F ind dialog box opens. 12. Enter the text you want to find, and click the Fi n d button. See the Adobe A crobat user manual for more about finding text i[...]

74 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE C REATING A N EW S CAN C ONFIGURATION The scan configurations are where you select the scanning r esolution, brightness, mode (color , black&white, or grayscale), and a number of other settings. N ote the lock icon on the preset configurations. Although you can unlock and edit the preset [...]

C REATING A N EW S CAN C ONFIGURATION 75 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. The Scan Confi[...]

76 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S CAN S ETTINGS 1. On the Scan Configuration P roperties dialog box, type a name. Ti p : If you ’ re going t o set up the new configuration for special types of scans, in clude that in th e name, such as “Scan for Dark Print” as a reminder that y ou designed it for items with dark print[...]

C REATING A N EW S CAN C ONFIGURATION 77 Reso lu tio n —Drag the slider to the right or left to adjust the dots per inch (dpi) of the resolution . The maximum resolution is 600 dpi; the minimum is 50 dpi. The higher the dpi setting, the sharper and clearer the scanned image. H o wever , higher dpi settings take longer to scan and produce larg er [...]

78 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE P AGE S ETTINGS 1. Click the P age Settings tab to select page settings. Siz e —Click St a nd a rd , click the menu arrow and choose a page siz e from the list, or click Cu s t om and enter the horizontal and vertical page dimensions in the box es. The maximum size is 8.5" by 14 "[...]

C REATING A N EW S CAN C ONFIGURATION 79 ■ Reduce M oire P atterns —M oire patterns are wavy , rippled lines that sometimes appear on the sc anned images of photographs or illustrations, particularly newspa per and magazine illustrations. Sel ec ti ng Reduce M oire P atterns will limit or eliminate moir e patterns in the scanned image. This opt[...]

80 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE ■ Color F ilter —Color filter is the ability of yo ur scanner to automatically remo ve a color from a scanned item. F or example, if you ar e scanning a letter with a red watermark, y ou can choose to filter out the r ed so the scanned letter just sho ws the text and not the red watermark[...]

C REATING A N EW S CAN C ONFIGURATION 81 VRS S ETTINGS 1. Click the VRS Settings tab . A N ote About VRS ™ : The scanner softwar e you installed includes a version of the K ofax® VirtualR eS can® (VRS) appl ication kno wn as Visioneer OneT ouch with Kofax VRS T echnology . This applic ation has a set of featur es for improving an d enhancing th[...]

82 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 2. Click the dr op-down a rrow to ch oo se the type of VRS settings you want to use for the new scan configuration. The options ar e: ■ Do not use VRS pr ocessing —Scanning will not use the VRS processing. ■ Default settings —Automatically select s the A utoCrop and AutoD eskew option[...]

C REATING A N EW S CAN C ONFIGURATION 83 image. The DeS peckle option identifies these spots and remov es them. DeS peckle is only available for Black&White scan configurations. ■ Get V RS Pro —Click this button to link to the VRS W eb Site. Y ou can then upgrade your scanner ’ s VRS software to include the VRS P rofessional F eatures sho[...]

84 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE VRS S CAN C ONFIGURATIONS When you select VRS options for a sc an configuration, the OneT ouch P anel and the OneT ouch P roperties wi ndow both show the VRS icon as a reminder . The VRS icon on the top of the OneTouch Panel and on the scan co nfiguration remind you that the scan will use the[...]

C REATING A N EW S CAN C ONFIGURATION 85 A DVANCED S ETTINGS 1. Click the Advanced S ettings tab. The options of the Advanced S ettings tab are for the Color or G rayscale scanning 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 [...]

86 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE D EVICE S ETTINGS 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[...]

C REATING A N EW S CAN C ONFIGURATION 87 Collate copies —If you are printing more than one page, collate the copies. Enter the number of copies in the Copi es box. Advan ced —Click to see additional settings for the device. The dialog that opens is specific to the device. F or example, if the device is your printer , the dialog box is your prin[...]

88 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S HARE P OINT S ETTINGS Y our scanner’ s software includes a link to M icrosoft ’ s ShareP oint application so you can automatically store scanned documents on a server set up to run ShareP oint. When you select Shar eP oint as the Destination Application, the Scan Configurations dialog b[...]

C REATING A N EW S CAN C ONFIGURATION 89 The file name formats are: {USER}, {seq}.{ext} —F ile names begin with your user name (that you use to sign on to the S hareP oint server), followed by the sequential number of the scanned document, and then the extension for the type of file. Examples: J ohnDoe0001.pdf , J ohnDoe0002 .pdf, J ohnDoe0003.pd[...]

90 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE reset the count, click in the coun t box and type a 1. Y ou can also start the count at a different number . F or example, to start the count at 100, click in the box and type 1 00. 2. Click OK or A pply . No t e : The sequence numbers include zeros at their beginning—such as 0001, 0002, 00[...]

C REATING A N EW S CAN C ONFIGURATION 91 S TORAGE O PTIONS (A RCHIVE ) A S torage Options tab is on the Scan Configurations dialog box when the selected Destination Application is set as T ransfer to S torage. Y ou use the options on this tab to select whe re you want to sav e your scanned items for storage when scan ning with that particular Scan [...]

92 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE are cr eated for each month and week so you can keep track of when you scanned the documents. T ype refers to the file type selected as the F ormat on the OneT ouch Pr operties window . By default, the location of the archived docum ents is at C:Documents and Settings<y our user name>[...]

C REATING A N EW S CAN C ONFIGURATION 93 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 of configuratio[...]

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

C REATING A N EW S CAN C ONFIGURATION 95 C ONFIGURE B EFORE S CAN Y ou can set up the scanner so that, when you insert a page or click the icon on the Button P anel, a differ en t scanning interface open s before the scanning starts. Y ou can then use the inter face to select new settings or scanning options. T o set up the sc anner for this capabi[...]

96 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 3. Right-click on Configure Befor e Scan and choose an interface to use for configuring before scanning. TW AIN —The TW AIN Interface opens for you to make changes prior to scanning. See “Scanning from the TW AIN Interface ” on page 119. WIA —The Window s Image Acquisition Interface ([...]

C REATING A N EW S CAN C ONFIGURATION 97 T O S CAN U SING C ONFIGURE B EFORE S CA N The following example sho ws how to us e Configur e Befor e Scan to scan from the TW AIN Interface. The steps to scan fr om the WIA Interface are similar . T o scan using Configur e Before Scan: 1. Align the document between the alignment arrows and insert it, face [...]

98 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 3. Select the s ettings you want such as Color M ode to scan in color , resolution in dpi, and brightness. S ee the section, “U sing the TW AIN Interface to Scan ” on page 123 for a description of all the TW AIN scanning options. 4. Click the Scan button when you ’ re ready to scan. The[...]

C REATING A N EW S CAN C ONFIGURATION 99 C ANCELING A C ONFIGURE B EFORE S CAN 1. Click Canc el in the scanning progress window . 2. The following window will open asking if you want to cancel the entire job. Ye s —Scanning stops and all pages scanne d in this batch, up to this point, will be deleted. The TW AIN inter face will close and you can [...]

100 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S CAN AND B URN TO A CD If you have a CD burner attached to your computer , you can scan directly f rom your scanner onto a CD . This featur e is available only on computers runn ing Windows XP or Vista. T o scan and bur n to a CD: 1. P ut a blank CD into your computer ’ s CD Drive. 2. Ope[...]

S CAN AND B URN TO A CD 101 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 to C D Destinatio n Application is still selected and click the P roperties button. The OneT o uch 4.0 Link[...]

102 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE No t e : When scanning items to burn to a CD, you should always use one of the factory-set default configur ations, or a custom configuration specifically set up for CD burning. Th e default configurations are alr eady set up to send the scanned images to the proper storage location where th[...]

S CANNING WITH E VENT F ORWARDING 103 S CANNING WITH E VENT F OR WARDING 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 interf ace will ope[...]

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

C REATING AN HTML W EB P AGE FROM Y OUR S CANNED D OCUMENTS 105 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[...]

106 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 4. Choose a Scan Configuration that has the settings for the image on the HTML page. F or example, if you want the imag e to be in color on the HTML page, choose a color configuration. 5. Click Apply or OK . 6. Scan your document. When scanning is finished, the document is first conv erted t[...]

T RANSFERRING S CANNED D OCUMENTS TO S TORAGE 107 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 format [...]

108 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 4. Choose a Scan Configuration for the documents you want to archive. 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 [...]

T RANSFERRING S CANNED D OCUMENTS TO S TORAGE 109 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 P roperties windo w . 2. Select T ransfer to Storage as the D estination A [...]

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

S CANNING TO M ULTIPLE F OLDERS 111 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 Options tab . 8. Click t[...]

112 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 CANNING TO M ULTIPLE F OLDERS 113 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 storage. 3. Click Apply or[...]

114 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T RANSFER D OCUMENTS TO A S ERVER OR M APPED D RIVE When selecting the storage location for scanne d documents, you can select a local folder , or a folder on a server or mapped drive. Y ou select a mapped drive using the Browse button. 1. See “Scanning to M ultiple F older s ” on page 1[...]

T RANSFER D OCUMENTS TO A S ERVER OR M APPED D RIVE 115 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 e[...]

116 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE C HECKING THE H ARDWARE 1. Right-click on the On eT ouch icon and choose Show Hardw 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 i[...]

C HECKING THE H ARDWARE 11 7 2. Click the Pr o p e r t i e s button.[...]

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

S CANNING FROM THE TWAIN I NTERFACE 11 9 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 particularly helpful[...]

120 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 ms , point to ScanSoft P[...]

A CCESSING THE TW AIN I NTER FACE FROM P APER P ORT 121 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 act[...]

122 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 opens. 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 s[...]

U SING THE TWAIN I NTERFACE TO S CAN 123 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 for y our scann[...]

124 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE ■ Reso lu tio n —Drag the slid er to the righ t or left 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[...]

U SING THE TWAIN I NTERFACE TO S CAN 12 5 ■ 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. ■ Fil t e r [...]

126 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE ■ 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 da rd , clic k the menu arrow and choose a page size from the list, or click Cus to m and enter the ho[...]

U SING THE TWAIN I NTERFACE TO S CAN 127 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 the T W AIN inter[...]

128 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 softwar e 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[...]

S ETTING U P Y OUR S CANNER TO W ORK WITH P APER P ORT 129 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[...]

130 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 ect button. The A vailable Scanners window opens . 2. Select one of the scanner options, such as TW AIN: Visioneer St ro b e X P 2 2 0 . 3. Click the Advanc ed setup button. A window opens to begin[...]

S ETTING U P Y OUR S CANNER TO W ORK WITH P APER P ORT 131 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 (r ecommended) then click Ne x t . The next window is for checking the connection between your scanner and the computer .[...]

132 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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, clic[...]

S ETTING U P Y OUR S CANNER TO W ORK WITH P APER P ORT 133 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.[...]

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

S ETTING U P Y OUR S CANNER TO W ORK WITH P APER P ORT 135 If the scanned image does not appear in the window , click Mi ss in g 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 ” window . The final S[...]

136 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Scanning from the WIA Interface S CANNING FROM THE WIA I NTERFACE Micr osoft Window s XP and Vista include their o wn scanning interface—known as Windows I mage Acquisition (WIA)—for acquiring images from scanners, digital cameras, and other digital devices. This section shows ho w to us[...]

S CANNING FROM THE WIA I NTERFACE 137 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 ms , point to Accessories , then click Pa i n t . 2. F rom the Fi le menu choose F rom Scanner or C amera .[...]

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

F INE T UNING Y OUR S CANS 139 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.[...]

140 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 2. Select the options for scanning. Brightness an d Contrast —Drag the sliders to the right or left to adjust the brightness and contrast of the s canned image. The Contrast setting does not apply to the setting Black and Whi te picture or text . Reso lu tio n ( DPI ) —Click the menu arr[...]

R ECALIBRATING AND C LEANING Y OU R S CANNER 141 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 may not b[...]

142 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 wa re from the pop-up menu. ■ Click the small scanner icon on a OneT[...]

R ECALIBRATING AND C LEANING Y OU R S CANNER 143 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.[...]

144 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 ECALIBRATING AND C LEANING Y OU R S CANNER 145 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 calibration pa [...]

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

T ROUBLESHOOTING 147 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 plugged in? Make sure the P ower S u[...]

148 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 149, then reinstall it. P roblem: The scanned images ar e of poor quality even after I recalibrated and [...]

H OW TO U NINSTALL Y OUR S CANNER 149 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 Settings , then click[...]

150 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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. Open the Windo ws Control P anel. 2. Windo ws 2000 and Wind ows XP : Double-click the Add or R emo v e [...]

H OW TO R EPLACE THE P LUG A DAPTER 151 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 that holds the ad[...]

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

H OW TO T URN A UTO L AUNCH O FF /O N 153 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.[...]

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

H OW TO T URN A UTO L AUNCH O FF /O N 155 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 Scanners and C ame[...]

156 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 t[...]

H OW TO T URN A UTO L AUNCH O FF /O N 157 6. If the Har dware P roperties window opens, click the Pro p e r ti 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 155. 7. Click to uncheck the option, Enable the generation of events when paper[...]

158 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 vic e or re-select the options you unchecked, and click OK . S CAN FROM O NE T OUCH WHEN A UTO L AUNCH [...]

V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER S PECIFICAT IONS 159 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS Optical re solution 600 dpi Bit Dept h 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 Scan [...]

160 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 220 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 N a m e Pa r t N u m b e r Calibration P age and Cleaning [...]

I NDEX 161 INDEX A Advanced Clarity 83 Advanced Properties 139 Advanced Settings 85 Apply button 34 archive documents 47 aspect ratio 86 Auto Color Detect 83 AutoBrightness 82 AutoCrop 82 Autocrop to Length 125 Autocrop to Original 78, 124 AutoDeskew 82 AutoLaunch 25, 29 turn off/on 158 AutoOrientation 83 AutoRotate image 8 6 B Background Smoothing[...]

I NDEX 162 Image Editors 36 image file 51 image file format 51 improvements and settings 78 installation 4 invert image 79 J JPG 51 JPG file size 52 L Languages in Document 59 Link Properties 41 M Microsoft Excel 43 Microsoft Internet Explorer 106 Microsoft Outlook 49 Microsoft Paint 45 Missing Character 61 Moire Patterns 79, 125 monitor 3 N Normal[...]

I NDEX 163 recalibration 141 specif ications 15 9 uninstall 149 scanner button 2, 30 Searchable PDF 55 , 71 Select Configuration 33, 40 Select Destination 33, 36, 39 Select Format 3 4 setup 4 SharePoint 88 SharePoint file formats 89 SharePoint Password 88 SharePoint URL 88 Show All Destinations 35 Show Hardware 116 Simple Text 54 size 78, 126 skewe[...]

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