Visioneer Scanner 220 User Manual Page 1

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STEP 1: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 5STEP 1: INSTALL THE SOFTWARETo install the software:1. Start Microsoft Windows and make sure no other applications are r

USING THE TWAIN INTERFACE TO SCAN 95 Define page size—Click this option to activate the Define button. Then click the Define button to see the Define

96 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE9. When you’re ready to scan, align the document between the alignment arrows, and insert it into the p

USING THE TWAIN INTERFACE TO SCAN 97When scanning is complete, thumbnail images appear on the PaperPort DesktopGETTING HELP WITH THE PAPERPORT SOFTWAR

98 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESETTING UP YOUR SCANNER TO WORK WITH PAPERPORTOn the PaperPort Scan Pane, when you selected a scanner f

SETTING UP YOUR SCANNER TO WORK WITH PAPERPORT 99To set up your scanner to work with PaperPort:1. On the TWAIN Scan Pane, click the Select button.The

100 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE4. Click Yes then click Next.The next window offers you the option to run hardware diagnostics.5. Clic

SETTING UP YOUR SCANNER TO WORK WITH PAPERPORT 1016. Click Next.After the Setup Wizard checks the connections, the next window is displayed. It has a

102 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE8. Without inserting a page in the scanner, simply click Next on the window to proceed.The TWAIN inter

SETTING UP YOUR SCANNER TO WORK WITH PAPERPORT 1039. Choose one of your documents to use for the setup and select the the scan mode for it. For instan

104 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEIf the scanned image does not appear in the window, click Missing Image. A window will open for you to

6 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEWhen the CD starts, the Visioneer Installation window opens automatically.3. On the Main Menu, click Ins

SCANNING FROM THE WIA INTERFACE 105Scanning from the WIA InterfaceSCANNING FROM THE WIA INTERFACEMicrosoft Windows XP includes its own scanning interf

106 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETo scan using WIA from Microsoft Paint:1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Programs, poin

SCANNING FROM THE WIA INTERFACE 107The WIA scan window opens. Use this window to select scanning options and start the scan process.3. Click the butto

108 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEFINE TUNING YOUR SCANSYou can select new settings before you scan an item to fine tune exactly how you

FINE TUNING YOUR SCANS 1092. Select the options for scanning.Brightness and Contrast—Drag the sliders to the right or left to adjust the brightness an

110 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEMaintenanceThis chapter contains information on recalibrating, cleaning, troubleshooting, uninstalling

RECALIBRATING AND CLEANING YOUR SCANNER 1112. Use any one of the following methods to start the recalibration or cleaning: Right-click on the OneTouc

112 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE3. The Hardware Properties window opens. 4. Click the Properties button5. The Device Configuration Pro

RECALIBRATING AND CLEANING YOUR SCANNER 1136. To recalibrate, click the Calibrate button.The Calibration window opens.7. To clean the scanner, click t

114 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE8. Insert the calibration page or cleaning page into the page feed. Insert the calibration page in the

STEP 1: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 76. The Select Language window opens for the PaperPort software. Click the drop-down menu arrow and select the language y

TROUBLESHOOTING 115TROUBLESHOOTINGIn addition to the troubleshooting information contained in this section, please see the Readme file on the installa

116 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEProblem: The scanner icon disappeared from the Windows Notification Area.Check for one of these possib

TROUBLESHOOTING 117uninstalling OneTouch 4.0, uninstall the other scanner’s driver programs. After uninstalling the other scanner’s driver programs, u

118 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEHOW TO UNINSTALL YOUR SCANNERTo uninstall the Visioneer Strobe XP 220 scanner, remove the OneTouch 4.0

HOW TO INSTALL ANOTHER DRIVER 119HOW TO INSTALL ANOTHER DRIVERBefore you can install another driver for your scanner, you must remove the currently in

120 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEHOW TO REPLACE THE PLUG ADAPTERThe three plug adapters you received with your scanner means you can us

HOW TO TURN AUTOLAUNCH OFF/ON 121HOW TO TURN AUTOLAUNCH OFF/ONIn some instances, you may not want to use the scanner’s AutoLaunch technology. You can

122 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEThe Hardware Properties window opens.3. Click the Properties button.The Device Configuration Propertie

HOW TO TURN AUTOLAUNCH OFF/ON 1234. Click to uncheck the option, Enable the generation of events when paper is inserted into the scanner. This turns o

124 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE4. Select the Device Settings tab.The options are the same as shown on the Device Configuration Proper

8 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE14. The Welcome to the OneTouch 4.0 Setup Wizard opens.15. Click Next.16. On the Visioneer License Agree

HOW TO TURN AUTOLAUNCH OFF/ON 125To turn AutoLaunch Off/On for Windows 2000, you will use the TWAIN interface:The following steps use PaperPort to acc

126 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE6. If the Hardware Properties window opens, click the Properties button.The Device Configuration Prope

HOW TO TURN AUTOLAUNCH OFF/ON 1278. Click OK, then close the Scanners and Cameras Properties window.9. To turn the AutoLaunch and Excessive Skew featu

128 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEVISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER SPECIFICATIONSOptical resolution 600 dpiBit Depth 48-bit color (intern

VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER PARTS LIST 129VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER PARTS LISTPlease use the following part names and part numbers when orde

130 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE

INDEX 131INDEXAAdvanced Properties 108Apply button 34archive documents 43aspect ratio 63Autocrop to Length 94Autocrop to Original 60, 93AutoLaunch 25,

INDEX 132MMicrosoft Excel 39Microsoft Internet Explorer 75Microsoft Outlook 45Microsoft Paint 41Moire Patterns 60, 94monitor 3OOCR 49columns 52optical

INDEX 133TWAIN 68, 73TWAIN standard 88VVisioneer Web site 115Wwatermark, remove 61, 94Web site for help 115WIA 68, 105Windows Image Acquisition 105Xxl

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STEP 1: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 917. Click Next.The next window lists the choices of the drivers that you can install for your scanner. 18. Select the op

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10 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE19. Click Next.During installation you will see this window asking you to select one of the images for

STEP 1: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 1121. This window opens asking you to select which Visioneer scanner you are installing. 22. Click the Strobe XP 200/XP 2

12 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE24. STOP when you see the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window. Do NOT click

STEP 2: CONNECT THE POWER SUPPLY AND USB CABLE 13STEP 2: CONNECT THE POWER SUPPLY AND USB CABLEYou may now connect the scanner’s power supply and USB

14 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEAttach the USB Y-Cable to the Power Supply and Connect the ComputerThe cable provided with the scanner

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STEP 2: CONNECT THE POWER SUPPLY AND USB CABLE 15The USB symbol, as seen in the above diagram, identifies the location of the USB port on your compute

16 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESTEP 3: CALIBRATE THE SCANNER1. After the computer loads the appropriate software to run the scanner, t

STEP 3: CALIBRATE THE SCANNER 175. The Calibration window opens.6. Insert the calibration page into the page feed in the direction of the arrows on th

18 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE8. Remove the page and replace it in its plastic bag. Do not discard the calibration page. You may need

STEP 3: CALIBRATE THE SCANNER 1911. When you are certain that the software has completely loaded, return to the “Complete the installation by connecti

20 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS FOR YOUR SCANNERYour scanner includes free, additional applications on the inst

ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS FOR YOUR SCANNER 213. Click Install Now and follow the instructions on the screen.ArcSoft PhotoImpression is a set of software

22 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEVIEW THE USER GUIDESThe Installation CD also contains User Guides for your scanner and for all the soft

VIEW THE USER GUIDES 23The User Guides are in Adobe® Acrobat® PDF format. The CD also includes a free copy of Acrobat® Reader® in case your computer d

24 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEREGISTER YOUR SCANNERRegistering your scanner is important as it provides you with access to our free t

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REGISTER YOUR SCANNER 25ScanningYou have several different scanning options with your Visioneer Strobe XP 220 scanner. Each method scans equally well,

26 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESCANNING BASICSSCAN A DOCUMENTTo scan a document:1. Align the page with the alignment arrows. Misaligne

SCANNING BASICS 27PAPER RETURN OPTIONSThe position of the Paper Return determines the path of the scanned document. You can set the paper return to fe

28 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESCAN A PHOTOThe photo sleeve you received with your scanner is for scanning photographs.To scan a photo

SCAN USING ONETOUCH 29SCAN USING ONETOUCH1. Align the document between the alignment arrows and insert it, face up, into the page feed slot.2. The Aut

30 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDECHECK OR CHANGE SCAN SETTINGS BEFORE SCANNINGPress the button on the side of the scanner.The OneTouch P

THE ONETOUCH PANEL 31THE ONETOUCH PANELUse the OneTouch Panel when you want to change the scan settings or reset the scanner’s hardware properties. If

32 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETHE ONETOUCH PROPERTIES WINDOWThe OneTouch Properties window lists available scan settings and is where

THE ONETOUCH PROPERTIES WINDOW 33The settings on the OneTouch Properties window are:Select Destination—The list of Destination Applications that can o

34 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESelect Format—A set of file formats for the scanned image. The formats are based on the type of Destina

TABLE OF CONTENTS iTABLE OF CONTENTSWelcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1What’s in the

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 35SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGSThe OneTouch settings consist of a Destination Application, a Scan Configur

36 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETo scan in color, select one of the configurations indicated by the small color icon, such as the Color

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 37SETTING DESTINATION APPLICATION PROPERTIESThe different types of Destination Applications have various properti

38 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEPAPERPORT PROPERTIESThese properties apply to PaperPort, and are for designating the folder to receive

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 39TEXT DOCUMENTS PROPERTIESThese properties apply to Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel®, and the other applications

40 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEThe Add Text Based Link dialog box opens.3. Click Browse to find the application you want to add to the

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 41IMAGE DOCUMENTS PROPERTIESThese properties apply to Microsoft Paint and other image processing applications.1.

42 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE2. To add another application to the list, click the Add Application button.See the steps on page 39 to

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 43STORAGE PROPERTIESThese properties apply to the special Destination Application named Transfer to Storage, indi

44 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE2. Click the Browse button to specify the location to store the scanned documents, or type a location d

ii TABLE OF CONTENTSConfiguring Before Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68Scan and Burn to a CD . . . . . . . . . . . .

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 45EMAIL PROPERTIESThese properties apply to email applications so you can specify the folder for documents you wa

46 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE3. If you need to change your email client, or any other internet options, click the Internet Options b

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 47SELECTING FORMAT OPTIONSThe Format options that you select determines the file format of the scanned document.

48 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEused to put multi-page documents on web sites as PDF-readable files. As with the JPEG option, the PDF f

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 49TEXT FORMATSSelecting the text format option also selects OCR processing as an automatic step for scanning. The

50 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE3. Choose the file type that you want for the text format.Your selection of a file type pertains only t

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 51SCANNING WITH OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (OCR)Optical Character Recognition (OCR) converts text and numbers

52 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE3. Choose OCR options.A dialog box of OCR options opens.4. Select the option you want for the OCR conve

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 53SELECTING OPTIONS FOR THE ONETOUCH PROPERTIES WINDOWThe OneTouch Options determine the types of Destination App

54 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESelect Destinations—Select this option to individually choose the types of applications to include in t

VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 1WelcomeCongratulations for purchasing your Visioneer Strobe XP 220 scanner. With your scanner, you can q

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 55Create copies of scanned documents—Sometimes the image of a scanned document is only saved as a temporary file

56 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEThe following example shows the folders when the selections are Group items by type and Group items by

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 57CREATING A NEW SCAN CONFIGURATIONThe scan configurations are where you select the scanning resolution, brightne

58 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEtext editing applications. Thus, you can create specific sets of scan configurations for specific funct

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 595. Select scan settings for the new scan configuration.Mode—Select a scanning mode: Black&White to scan in

60 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE7. Click the Page Settings tab to select page settings. Size—Click Standard, click the menu arrow and c

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 61Selecting Reduce Moire Patterns will limit or eliminate moire patterns in the scanned image. This option is onl

62 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE8. Click the Advanced Settings tab.The options of the Advanced Settings tab are for the Color or GraySc

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 63THE DEVICE SETTINGS TABA Device Settings tab appears on the Scan Configurations dialog box when your selected D

64 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDECollate copies—If you’re printing more than one page, collate the copies. Enter the number of copies in

2 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETHE VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNERAlignment arrowPage feedPaper returnConnection Port (for USB and Powe

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 652. Click the Storage Layout options you want.All documents are in the root—The scanned documents are saved in t

66 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEEDITING OR DELETING SCAN CONFIGURATIONSTo edit or delete a scan configuration:1. Open the OneTouch Prop

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 674. To edit the configuration, click the Edit button.The Scan Configuration Properties dialog box opens for that

68 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDECONFIGURING BEFORE SCANNINGConfigure Before Scan simply opens a scanning interface when you start to sc

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 69SCAN AND BURN TO A CDIf you have a CD burner attached to your computer, you can scan directly from your scanner

70 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE6. Start scanning a page.When scanning is finished, a bubble message on the screen tells you that files

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 71Note: When scanning items to burn to a CD, you should always use one of the factory-set default configurations,

72 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESCANNING WITH EVENT FORWARDINGIf you want to specify an application to use for scanning at the start of

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 735. Start scanning a page.A dialog box opens for you to select the application to use for scanning.6. Select the

74 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDECREATING AN HTML WEB PAGE FROM YOUR SCANNED DOCUMENTSIf you scan a document, whether a single page or m

WHAT YOU NEED 3WHAT YOU NEED An IBM-compatible Pentium PC, or AMD equivalent with: A CD-ROM drive An available Universal Serial Bus (USB) port; 1.1

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 755. Click Apply or OK.6. Scan your document.When scanning is finished, the document is first converted to editab

76 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETRANSFERRING SCANNED DOCUMENTS TO STORAGEWith the Transfer to Storage scanning process, you can scan do

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 775. Click Apply or OK.6. Now scan the documents.Your scanned pages are stored in the location that you specified

78 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETO USE OCR BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO STORAGEIf the documents you want to transfer to storage are text docu

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 79SCANNING TO MULTIPLE FOLDERSWhen archiving documents with the Transfer to Storage option, you can scan them to

80 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE5. To help you remember which folder it is, give the new configuration a name that indicates the folder

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 8110. Click OK. The selected folder will now be set as the Storage Location, such as “Business Receipts.”11. Clic

82 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEYou will now have multiple configurations set up for the Transfer to Storage destination, and each conf

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 83TO TRANSFER DOCUMENTS TO A SERVER OR MAPPED DRIVEWhen selecting the storage location for scanned documents, you

84 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE2. Select a storage location on the mapped drive or server for the scanned documents.Servers and mapped

4 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEInstallingInstallation is a quick, three-step process: Install the PaperPort software and scanner drive

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 85CHECKING THE HARDWARE1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon and choose Show Hardware from the pop-up menu.You can

86 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE2. Click the Properties button.

SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS 87The Interface information refers to the USB port where your scanner is connected. The scanner automatically det

88 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEScanning from the TWAIN InterfaceSCANNING FROM THE TWAIN INTERFACEIn addition to scanning from the OneT

ACCESSING THE TWAIN INTERFACE FROM PAPERPORT 89ACCESSING THE TWAIN INTERFACE FROM PAPERPORTThe instructions in this section are for using PaperPort to

90 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEThe Folders Pane is replaced by the Scan Pane. 3. If no scanner is shown on the Scan Pane, the Availabl

ACCESSING THE TWAIN INTERFACE FROM PAPERPORT 914. Select TWAIN: Visioneer Strobe XP 220.The WIA: Visioneer Strobe XP 220 option is for using the WIA i

92 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEUSING THE TWAIN INTERFACE TO SCANThe following figure shows the TWAIN interface for scanning from Paper

USING THE TWAIN INTERFACE TO SCAN 93 Resolution—Drag the slider to the right or left to adjust the dots per inch (dpi) of the resolution. The maximum

94 VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE AutoCrop to Length—Select this option to let the scanner automatically crop the scanned document from