Visioneer Strobe XP 470 User's Guide

for Windows  Visioneer® Strobe XP 470  USB Scanner  User's Guide

THE VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER 3Paper guide—Holds documents in place. Adjusts to fit the document width.LED Number—Shows the current scan setting

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 932. Click the Properties button.Your scanner has a built-in power saving feature that is set to power down after 15

94 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE3. Click the arrows for the Lamp timeout setting and choose a time setting.To turn the lamp on and off

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 95Scanning from PaperPortInstead of using the scanner buttons or the OneTouch Button Panel to scan, you can scan from

96 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACEThe instructions in this section are for scannin

SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACE 97The Folders pane (which shows folders for organizing your scanned images) is replaced by the

98 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE5. If you haven’t put the document into the scanner’s paper guide, do it now.SELECTING SETTINGSClicking

SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACE 992. Click the Output tab.The Settings dialog box now has options for setting the name of scan

100 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEIf you select JPEG or PDF as the file type, you can also click the Options button to select image qual

SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACE 101SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACEThe Basic Interface can scan a preview of the image so you

102 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE4. Adjust the brightness, contrast, and resolution until the picture is what you want. You can also ch

4 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEWHAT YOU NEED An IBM-compatible PC with: A CD-ROM drive An available Universal Serial Bus (USB) port

SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACE 1038. On the PaperPort Scan message box, click Done.When scanning is complete, thumbnail image

104 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETHE SINGLE PAGE ITEMS CHECK BOXThe Single page items check box (on the PaperPort Desktop Scan Pane) pr

SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACE 105SCANNING FROM THE ADVANCED INTERFACEThe Advanced Interface has more options for scanning. 1

106 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE1. From the menu at the top left panel, select whether you want to scan a Simplex (one-sided) or Duple

SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACE 1078. When you’re finished scanning items, click Done to close the Advanced Interface.When sca

108 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEADJUSTING THE IMAGE WITH THE ADVANCED INTERFACEYou can adjust the scan settings on the Advanced Interf

SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACE 109The following figure shows an example of the Advanced Interface if you click the Resolution

110 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEADJUSTING THE RESOLUTIONResolution determines the amount of detail you can see in the scanned image. T

SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACE 111To adjust the resolution:1. To use one of the preset resolutions for typical scanned items,

112 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRASTSometimes an item is scanned with the brightness and contrast set

INSTALLATION 5INSTALLATIONInstallation is a quick, four-step process:1. Assemble the scanner2. Install the software3. Connect and power on the scanner

SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACE 113ADJUSTING GAMMA, SATURATION, AND COLOR HUEIf you’re using the Color Configuration to scan,

114 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEADJUSTING INPUT SIZEYou can scan documents up to 8.5" x 14", but you can select other scan s

SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACE 115You can now move or resize the outline to select the specific area you want to scan.2. To m

116 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETHE RULER UNITSThe ruler around the edges of the image help you precisely position a custom sized imag

SCANNING FROM THE BASIC INTERFACE OR ADVANCED INTERFACE 117CREATING A NEW ADVANCED INTERFACE PROFILEYou cannot change the settings of the preset profi

118 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEDISPLAY THE DEVICE CONFIGURATION1. Click the Device Configuration button.The Device configuration wind

SCANNING WITH THE WINDOWS IMAGE ACQUISITION 119SCANNING WITH THE WINDOWS IMAGE ACQUISITIONMicrosoft Windows includes its own set of options for acquir

120 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE2. In the “Scan what?” section, choose to scan a Document or Photograph.3. Click Settings to view and

SCANNING WITH THE WINDOWS IMAGE ACQUISITION 1219. Adjust settings of the previewed image as desired: Change the button selection for the type of imag

122 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEFINE TUNING YOUR SCANSYou can select new settings before you scan an item to fine tune exactly how you

6 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESTEP 1: ASSEMBLE THE SCANNERTo assemble the scanner:1. Remove all shipping tape from the top and bottom

SCANNING WITH THE WINDOWS IMAGE ACQUISITION 1232. Select the options for scanning.Brightness and Contrast—Drag the sliders to the right or left to adj

124 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEMaintenanceThis chapter contains information on recalibrating, troubleshooting, cleaning, uninstalling

CLEARING PAPER JAMS 125CLEARING PAPER JAMSIf your scanner stops scanning due to a paper jam in the Automatic Document Feeder, a warning dialog box ope

126 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEREPLACING THE ADF PAD ASSEMBLYThe ADF pad spring may wear out and is designed to be a user-replaceable

TROUBLESHOOTING 127TROUBLESHOOTINGIn addition to the troubleshooting information contained in this section, please see the Readme file on your install

128 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEProblem: During installation I got the error message: PaperPort Installation is not complete. What do

TROUBLESHOOTING 129STATUS LIGHT TROUBLESHOOTING CODESA green status light indicates the normal state of the scanner.NORMAL OPERATION Blinking green:

130 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEError CodeProblem Description Solution0 Scanner is not connected to the computer. (The LED does not fl

UNINSTALLING YOUR SCANNER 131UNINSTALLING YOUR SCANNERTo uninstall the Visioneer Strobe XP 470 scanner, remove the OneTouch software first, and then r

132 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE9. On the Maintenance Complete window, click Finish.The OneTouch software is removed from your compute

STEP 1: ASSEMBLE THE SCANNER 75. Insert the pins on each side of the output tray into the holes on the scanner.6. Flip open the extension on the outpu

UNINSTALLING YOUR SCANNER 1334. A message window opens, asking if you are sure you want to remove PaperPort 9.0 from your computer. Click Yes.The Pape

134 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEVISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER SPECIFICATIONSOptical resolution 600 x 1200 dpiBit depth 48-bit color

VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER PARTS LIST 135VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER PARTS LISTPlease use the following part names and numbers when ordering

136 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE

INDEX 137INDEXAADF cleaning 124ADF pad assembly replace 126Advanced Interface 96, 105adjust settings 108new profile 117profile 117Advanced Properties

INDEX 138HTML Document 53HTML page 88HTML Web Page 86hue 63Iimageblur 111preview 106Image Documents Properties 44Image Editors 56image file 49image fi

INDEX 139Resolution 60, 110, 123Rich Text Format 52rtf file format 52ruler units 116Ssaturation 63, 113scanfile name 103from PaperPort 95multiple page

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8 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESTEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARETo install the software:1. Start Microsoft Windows and make sure no other ap

STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 93. On the installation menu, select Install ScanSoft PaperPort.4. At the PaperPort 9.0 Welcome window, click Next.Instal

10 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE9. At the Product Registration window, do one of the following: Select Register online, then click OK

STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 11The Welcome to the OneTouch 4.0 Setup Wizard opens.12. Click Next.13. On the Visioneer License Agreement window, read t

12 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEThe next window lists the choices of the drivers that you can install for your scanner.14. Choose the o

Visioneer Strobe XP 470USB Scanner User’s GuideFOR WINDOWS

STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 13 TWAIN only—The TWAIN driver is installed. The OneTouch 4.0 Monitor will not run and you cannot use the OneTouch featu

14 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEThe Color Space setting sets the gamma value for the scanner so scanned items look good on your monitor

STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 15TO INSTALL ANOTHER DRIVERBefore you can install another driver for your scanner, you must remove the currently installe

16 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESTEP 3: CONNECT AND POWER ON THE SCANNERConnect the power supply and power cord, and then turn the powe

STEP 4: CONNECT THE USB CABLE 173. Turn on the power switch, located on the back of the scanner to the left of the power port.The status light comes o

18 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEIf you are using Windows XP, Service Pack 1, and have plugged the USB cable into a USB 1.1 port, an inf

STEP 4: CONNECT THE USB CABLE 192. When you’re certain that the software has completely loaded, return to the “Complete the installation by connecting

20 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE3. Click Close at the OneTouch 4.0 Installation Complete window.4. You can now remove the installation

INSTALL OMNIPAGE 12 AND ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE 21INSTALL OMNIPAGE 12 AND ADDITIONAL SOFTWAREBoth CDs that you received contain additional software for yo

22 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE2. Select Additional Software and Guides.3. At the next set of menu options, click on More Great Softwa

COPYRIGHT INFORMATIONCopyright © 2005 Visioneer, Inc.Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except a

INSTALL OMNIPAGE 12 AND ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE 234. Select the software application that you want to install and follow the installation wizard for that

24 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEREGISTER YOUR SCANNERRegistering your scanner is very important because it provides you with access to

LOAD AND SCAN DOCUMENTS 25ScanningWhen you press either the Simplex or Duplex button, documents are scanned using the scan settings indicated by the L

26 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE2. Load the documents with their tops into the automatic document feeder. For Simplex (one-sided) scans

LOAD AND SCAN DOCUMENTS 274. To scan a one-sided document, press the Simplex button.To scan a two-sided document, press the Duplex button.A scan progr

28 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDECHECK THE SCAN SETTINGS BEFORE SCANNING1. To check the scan settings before scanning, press, hold down,

LOAD AND SCAN DOCUMENTS 29Use this window to reset the button settings for the destination applications, file formats, and so forth. See “Configuring

30 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANELYou can scan from the OneTouch Button Panel on the screen. 1. Adjust

SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL 313. On the screen—not on the scanner—click the button you want to use to scan.The scanner begins scanning. When t

32 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE2. To scan from the panel, click the icon you want to use to scan.3. To see the details for a button, r

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

SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL 33 The Hardware View shows the current scanners connected to your computer.If the Properties window is not open,

34 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETHE DEFAULT ONETOUCH SETTINGS ON YOUR SCANNERWhen you receive your scanner, its settings are preconfigu

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 35CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONSEach OneTouch button configuration consists of a Destination Application, a Scan Co

36 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEABOUT THE ONETOUCH PROPERTIES WINDOWThe OneTouch Properties window is where you can select new settings

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 37The settings on the Properties window are:Select Destination—The list of applications that can open to display the

38 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESelect Format and Page(s)—A set of file formats for the scanned image for the selected button. The form

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 39To select new settings for the Scanner Button:1. Click the button selection arrows to select the button you want to

40 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE5. Click OK, or if you want to keep the window open and work with other features, click Apply.Now when

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 41PAPERPORT PROPERTIESThese properties apply to PaperPort, and are for designating the folder to receive your scanned

42 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETEXT DOCUMENTS PROPERTIESThese properties apply to Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe Reader, and the other a

ii TABLE OF CONTENTSCreating a New Scan Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Editing or Deleting Scan Configurations . . . . .

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 432. To add another application to the list, click the Add Application button.The Add Text Based Link dialog box appe

44 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEIMAGE DOCUMENTS PROPERTIESThese properties apply to ScanSoft OmniPage Pro 12 that you received with you

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 452. To add another application to the list, click the Add Application button.See the steps on page 43 to add an appl

46 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEDocuments are put into folders by month, week, or type—Folders are created based on your selection (mon

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 47EMAIL PROPERTIESThese properties apply to eMail applications so you can specify the folder for documents that you w

48 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE3. If you are using America Online (AOL) on your computer, and the folder name for AOL is incorrect, cl

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 49SELECTING PAGE FORMAT OPTIONSThe Page Format options that you select determines the file format of the scanned docu

50 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEThe PDF format is often used to create images of text pages. You may want to select PDF as the page for

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 51TEXT FORMATSSelecting the text format option also selects OCR processing as an automatic step for scanning. Therefo

52 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETo select a file type for the text format:1. Select the Destination Application.2. Right-click on the t

TABLE OF CONTENTS iiiTroubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127Status Light Troubleshooting Cod

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 53Comma Delimited—The .csv file format; used for database or spreadsheet data with fields separated by commas. When t

54 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDERENAMING A ONETOUCH BUTTONThe OneTouch buttons have names that identify their pre-set functions, such a

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 55SELECTING OPTIONS FOR A BUTTONThe OneTouch Options determine the types of Destination Applications available for a

56 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESelect Destinations—Select this option to individually choose the types of applications to include in t

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 574. After selecting a new category of Destination Applications, click the Multi Function tab to see which ones are a

58 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDECREATING A NEW SCAN CONFIGURATIONThe scan configurations are where you select the scanning resolution,

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 59buttons set for text editing applications. Thus, you can create specific sets of scan configurations for specific f

60 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE GrayScale to scan items such as documents containing drawings or black and white photographs. The sca

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 617. Click the Page Settings tab to select page settings. Size—Click Standard, click the menu arrow and choose a page

62 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEat too great an angle, the image may not scan correctly. In that case, re-scan the page using the paper

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CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 63 Color Filter—Color filter is the ability of your scanner to automatically remove a color from a scanned item. For

64 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE10. Click OK to save the new configuration.It will now appear in the list of Scan Configurations on the

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 65Maintain aspect ratio—The aspect ratio is the length-to-width relationship of the image’s dimensions. Select this o

66 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE1. Click on the Storage Options tab.2. Click the Storage Layout options you want.All documents are in t

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 67EDITING OR DELETING SCAN CONFIGURATIONSTo edit or delete a scan configuration:1. Open the OneTouch Properties windo

68 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE4. To edit the configuration, click the Edit button.The Scan Configuration Properties dialog box opens

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 693. Select the scan configuration Configure Before Scan. 4. Right-click on Configure Before Scan and choose an inter

70 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESCANNING WITH OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (OCR)Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is like a printer

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 71 To scan from the OneTouch Button Panel, click the OneTouch icon in the Windows system Tray, click the arrows to s

72 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETo select OmniPage OCR options:1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.2. Using the arrows, choose a but

VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 1WELCOMECongratulations on purchasing your Visioneer Strobe XP 470 USB scanner. With your scanner you can

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 736. Choose the options you want from the OCR window.Languages in Document—Select the language(s) in the documents to

74 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEProfessional Dictionaries—These are legal and medical dictionaries containing highly specialized words

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 75documents you plan to scan. To add new fonts to that list, select a font in the Fonts on System list and click Add.

76 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDERetain text and background color—If your document contains colored text or backgrounds, select this opt

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 77Automatic—Choose this option to let the OCR process determine the layout of the pages. It is the fastest type of fo

78 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDERetain Fonts and Paragraphs (RFP)—This output format retains the font and paragraph styling, including

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 79SCANNING WITH SPDF OR NPDF AND SEARCHING FOR TEXTSearchable PDF (sPDF) and Normal PDF (nPDF) are special forms of a

80 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEThe settings for the button (button 8 in this example) now show your page format selection.6. Choose a

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 8111. From the Adobe Acrobat Edit menu choose Find.The Find dialog box appears.12. Enter the text you want to find, a

82 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESCAN AND BURN TO A CDIf you have a CD burner attached to your computer, you can scan directly from your

2 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETHE VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNERPaper guideOutput trayADF cover releasePower switchUSB portPower jack

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 837. Now start scanning using the button you selected to use to scan and burn to CD.When scanning is finished, a bubb

84 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESCANNING WITH EVENT FORWARDINGIf you want to specify an application to use for scanning at the start of

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 856. Start scanning using the button you selected for event forwarding.A dialog box appears for you to select the app

86 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDECREATING AN HTML WEB PAGE FROM YOUR SCANNED DOCUMENTSIf you scan a document, whether a single page or m

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 877. Now on the OneTouch Button Panel, click Button 6 (or if you used another button, click it).When scanning is fini

88 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEIf you want to see what the page will look like on your web site, click on it.9. You can now use Micros

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 89TRANSFERRING SCANNED DOCUMENTS TO STORAGEWith the Transfer to Storage scanning process, you can scan documents and

90 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEYour scanned pages are stored in the location that you specified on the OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties wi

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 914. Right-click on the text format icon and choose the file format for the scanned documents.5. Choose a Scan Config

92 VISIONEER STROBE XP 470 SCANNER USER’S GUIDECHECKING THE HARDWARE AND SETTING THE LAMP POWER SAVE MODE1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon and choos