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Visioneer Strobe XP 220 Scanner Users Guide
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Welcome What’s in the Box The Visioneer Strobe XP 220 Scanner
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
What You Need Documentation
Scanning with sPDF or nPDF and Searching for Text
Index
iv TABLE OF CONTENTS
WHAT’S IN THE BOX
Welcome
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THE VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER
Connection Port for USB and Power
Scanner button
A VGA or SVGA Monitor
WHAT YOU NEED
DOCUMENTATION
An IBM-compatible Pentium 4 PC, or AMD equivalent with
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Installing
To install the software
STEP 1 INSTALL THE SOFTWARE
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3. On the Main Menu, click Install Products
5. Click Install Now. The PaperPort software will load first
4. Select Nuance PaperPort, Scanner Driver, and OmniPage Pro
Select Remind me in 7 days and click OK
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14. The Welcome to the OneTouch 4.0 Setup Wizard opens 15. Click Next
17. Click Next
19. Click Next
21. STOP when you see the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window. Do NOT click on OK yet. Leave the window open and proceed to the next section, “Step 2 Connect the Power Supply and USB Cable” on page
Attach a Plug Adapter to the Power Supply
STEP 2 CONNECT THE POWER SUPPLY AND USB CABLE
USB Connector
Attach the USB Y-Cable to the Power Supply and Connect the Computer
Scanner Connector
Power Jack
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STEP 3 CALIBRATE THE SCANNER
5. The Calibration window opens
Do not remove the page until calibration is finished
8. Remove the page and replace it in its plastic bag
12. Now click Close on the Installation Complete window
3. Select Install OmniPage Pro
To install OmniPage Pro
To install the additional applications
ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS FOR YOUR SCANNER
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3. Click Install Now and follow the instructions on the screen
To view the user guides
VIEW THE USER GUIDES
Scanner Readme file has late-breaking news about your scanner
To register your scanner
REGISTER YOUR SCANNER
REGISTER YOUR SCANNER
Scanning
SCAN A DOCUMENT
SCANNING BASICS
To scan a document
SCANNING BASICS
PAPER RETURN OPTIONS
To scan a photo using the photo sleeve
SCAN A PHOTO
SCAN USING ONETOUCH
SCAN USING ONETOUCH
CHECK OR CHANGE SCAN SETTINGS BEFORE SCANNING
THE ONETOUCH PANEL
The Destination Application is PaperPort
THE ONETOUCH PROPERTIES WINDOW
The settings on the OneTouch Properties window are
The icon names indicate their file types. See “Selecting Format
To select options
PDF applications are for documents scanned to PDF format
Page
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The following example shows the folders when the selections are
Group items by type and Group items by month
5. Click OK to save the options and close the window
To select new settings for the scanner
SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS
2. From the Select Configuration list, select a scan configuration
SETTING DESTINATION APPLICATION PROPERTIES
2. Click OK 3. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window
TEXT DOCUMENTS PROPERTIES
The Add Text Based Link dialog box opens
The options will apply to all the applications in the group
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See the steps on page 43 to add an application to the list
3. Click OK 4. Click Refresh on the OneTouch Properties window
5. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window
1. Click the Storage Layout options you want
4. Click OK on the Link Properties window
EMAIL PROPERTIES
4. Select the options for color document handling
SELECTING FORMAT OPTIONS
To select a JPEG or PDF file size
To select a file type for the text format
3. Choose the file type that you want for the text format
Excel Spreadsheet-The .xls file format used by Microsoft Excel
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To scan with OCR
SCANNING WITH OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION OCR
To select OCR options available from OneTouch
SELECTING OCR OPTIONS
THE OCR TAB
Click the menu arrow and select a user dictionary from the list
is the default symbol for the missing character
To create a personal dictionary
MyDictionary is an example of a user dictionary 8. Click Add New
SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS
The Add New User Dictionary window opens
In the example above, the file is named USERDIC1
To edit a user dictionary
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The Export User Dictionary window opens
SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS
7. Select the dictionary file to export and click Save
THE FORMAT TAB
Input Format Options
Output Format Options
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To scan with sPDF or nPDF
SCANNING WITH SPDF OR NPDF AND SEARCHING FOR TEXT
The settings now show your page format selection
12. Enter the text you want to find, and click the Find button
To create a new configuration
CREATING A NEW SCAN CONFIGURATION
CREATING A NEW SCAN CONFIGURATION
The Scan Configuration Properties dialog box opens
3. Click the New button
SCAN SETTINGS
Resolution-Drag the slider to the right or left to adjust the dots per inch dpi of the resolution. The maximum resolution is 600 dpi the minimum is 50 dpi. The higher the dpi setting, the sharper and clearer the scanned image. However, higher dpi settings take longer to scan and produce larger files for the scanned images
PAGE SETTINGS
Inverted Image
Original Image
The original with a red watermark over black text
The scanned item with the red filtered out
VRS SETTINGS
Do not use VRS processing-Scanning will not use the VRS processing
The Professional Features are
The summary of the scan settings also indicates VRS settings
VRS SCAN CONFIGURATIONS
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1. Click the Advanced Settings tab
ADVANCED SETTINGS
DEVICE SETTINGS
2. Click OK or Apply
SHAREPOINT SETTINGS
The file name formats are
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STORAGE OPTIONS ARCHIVE
By default, the location of the archived documents is at
To edit or delete a scan configuration
EDITING OR DELETING SCAN CONFIGURATIONS
4. To edit the configuration, click the Edit button
To set Configure Before Scan
CONFIGURE BEFORE SCAN
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Select Configure Before Scan
TO SCAN USING CONFIGURE BEFORE SCAN
To scan using Configure Before Scan
To scan multiple pages
1. Click Cancel in the scanning progress window
To scan and burn to a CD
SCAN AND BURN TO A CD
6. Start scanning a page
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To scan with event forwarding
SCANNING WITH EVENT FORWARDING
6. Select the application in the box and click OK
5. Start scanning a page
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To scan and create an HTML web page
CREATING AN HTML WEB PAGE FROM YOUR SCANNED DOCUMENTS
5. Click Apply or OK 6. Scan your document
To scan and transfer to storage
TRANSFERRING SCANNED DOCUMENTS TO STORAGE
4. Choose a Scan Configuration for the documents you want to archive
TO USE OCR BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO STORAGE
Setting up multiple folders for transfer to storage
SCANNING TO MULTIPLE FOLDERS
7. Click the Storage Options tab
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Scan to multiple storage folders
TRANSFER DOCUMENTS TO A SERVER OR MAPPED DRIVE
3. Click OK
CHECKING THE HARDWARE
CHECKING THE HARDWARE
2. Click the Properties button
4. Click OK to enable the new settings
SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN INTERFACE
Scanning from the TWAIN Interface
To access the TWAIN interface from PaperPort
ACCESSING THE TWAIN INTERFACE FROM PAPERPORT
The Folders Pane is replaced by the Scan Pane
4. Select TWAIN Visioneer Strobe XP
USING THE TWAIN INTERFACE TO SCAN
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Note Also make sure to set the page size larger than the item that you’re scanning so the Autocrop to Original process will have sufficient room on the page to crop the image properly
Length or AutoCrop to Original options
To scan additional pages, click Scan More Pages
PaperPort User’s Guide on the CD
GETTING HELP WITH THE PAPERPORT SOFTWARE
SETTING UP YOUR SCANNER TO WORK WITH PAPERPORT
SETTING UP YOUR SCANNER TO WORK WITH PAPERPORT
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To set up your scanner to work with PaperPort
3. Click the Advanced setup button
A window opens to begin the setup process
5. Click Yes recommended then click Next
The next window offers you the option to run hardware diagnostics
SETTING UP YOUR SCANNER TO WORK WITH PAPERPORT
4. Click Yes then click Next
6. Click Next
The TWAIN interface opens
11. Click the Scan button on the TWAIN interface
12. Click Next on the “Basic scan test passed” window
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Scanning from the WIA Interface
2. From the File menu choose From Scanner or Camera
To scan using WIA from Microsoft Paint
SCANNING FROM THE WIA INTERFACE
3. Click the button most appropriate for the item you’re scanning
To select the scanner settings before you scan
FINE TUNING YOUR SCANS
FINE TUNING YOUR SCANS
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RECALIBRATING AND CLEANING YOUR SCANNER
Maintenance
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3. The Hardware Properties window opens
RECALIBRATING AND CLEANING YOUR SCANNER
4. Click the Properties button
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Do not remove the page until calibration is finished
Inserting the cleaning page
Inserting the calibration page
TROUBLESHOOTING
TROUBLESHOOTING
Problem How do I uninstall PaperPort?
5. Unplug the scanner USB cable
HOW TO UNINSTALL YOUR SCANNER
STEP 1 UNINSTALL THE ONETOUCH 4.0 SCANNER SOFTWARE
STEP 2 UNINSTALL THE PAPERPORT SOFTWARE
10. Unplug the scanner USB cable
HOW TO INSTALL ANOTHER DRIVER
To remove and replace an adapter
HOW TO REPLACE THE PLUG ADAPTER
To turn AutoLaunch Off/On from the OneTouch icon
HOW TO TURN AUTOLAUNCH OFF/ON
The Hardware Properties window opens 3. Click the Properties button
HOW TO TURN AUTOLAUNCH OFF/ON
Windows XP or Vista
To turn AutoLaunch Off/On from the Windows Control Panel for
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4. Select the Device Settings tab
TWAIN interface
To turn AutoLaunch Off/On for Windows 2000, you will use the
The Device Configuration Properties window opens
8. Click OK, then close the Scanners and Cameras Properties window
VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER SPECIFICATIONS
Part Number
VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER PARTS LIST
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