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1. If you finished making changes to the configuration click OK to save the settings and close the SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 48 The Advanced Settings tab 1 Click the Advanced Settings tab The options of the Advanced Settings tab are for the Color or Grayscale scanning mode Sean Settings Page Settings Advanced Settings Grayscale Color Settings Color Saturation iaj Color Hue B 8 2 Drag the sliders to the left and right to change the color settings As you do the image changes to show the effects of the new settings Saturation the strength or purity of a color This option is only available when the selected scan mode is Color Hue the color your eyes see as reflected from the image This option is only available when the selected scan mode is Color Gamma is the tone curve and the starting point for image enhancement As you raise or lower the Gamma value the values at which Color Saturation Color Hue Brightness and Contrast affect the image are changed It is recommended that you keep the default Gamma value or adjust this setting before adjusting the other options This option is available for both Color and Grayscale scanning 3 Click OK to save the new configuration It will now be in the list of Scan Configurations on the OneTouch Properties window for the appropriate Destination Applications 49 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE The Device
2. 19 Installing Visioneer OneTouch 0 eee cette hee 22 23 Register Your SANE 24 Applications Available with Your Scanner 28 View and Save the User Guides e 27 Loading Documents to 4 o ee ew a eas prs ea eee ewes 30 Scanning Using Auto Launch eee dod eons ees 30 eka down T dade i ae 30 Scamming Plasie C IBS uod ubi didi E eet e odd 32 to Laure OFON ue usar neni qmod omen rx ra a GEE di didi Jd dene 33 Scan from the OneTouch Buttons 2 0 0 0 00 35 Decanum THEEL sapores duda weg ua eu au apu x e uS pu Parr 37 Scanning From Onelouch sura aeter S 4D RHET 3 IRURE OPERARE CA 38 Default OneTouch Settings 2 3 a iiie orb Um RR ooo Rd 38 Scan from the OneTouch Button 39 Features of the OneTouch Button Panel iusserat s 40 Configuring the One Touch Buttons 22 5r wr EE RR RUP Rd ad d ded d iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Selecting New Sets ae ni a eH d s M ERREUR P t Doi eas 42 Creatine a New Scan Configuration RA Rd 44 Editing or Deleting Scan Configurations 0
3. hardware properties 41 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS When you installed the scanner the software configured each OneTouch button with appropriate settings consisting of a Destination Application a Scan Configuration and a File Format 1 Click on the OneTouch icon 2 Right click a button on the OneTouch Button Panel 3 The OneTouch Properties window opens OneTouch Icon Custom Options ae Select destination Select format I LS 5 04 PM Acrobat Reader 8 0 Yi T Pam i z Visioneer Strobe 400 E Prestol BizCard 5 EMP TIFF JPG FDF n a Tren Create single image files y Select configuration ScanSoft PaperPort fig Scan Custom 4 Autocrop Color Photograph Business Card Fax Quality Transfer to Storage HH Right click on a button for example the Scan button and the Properties window _ opens for that button po Pito LE HUU E 45 Autocrop Grayscale Photograph wd Business Card Wh Business Card Quality W Configure Before Scan Edit p ly The OneTouch Properties window will also open when you press hold down for 2 seconds and release the Scan or Custom button Note Some of the options on the OneTouch Properties Window are grayed out and are not available these options are not appropriate for your scanner model Changing a Button setting Click o
4. Select the destination folder for Scanned Documents E 8 Documents Mail Attachments 1 My OneTouch Archive g J My PaperPort Documents 1 My Scanned Documents a OneNote Notebooks Documents OneTouch Docs 1 Select the folder where you want the file to be located Click OK 2 Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 60 Text Documents Properties These properties apply to Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel and the other applications indicated by their icons in the list The properties apply to the Optical Character Recognition OCR settings for the applications Text Documents The Applications in this group can accept text based documents only x Microsoft Excel Microsoft Explorer fw Microsoft WORD E Microsoft WordPad E Notepad Delete Application Add Application a General OCR settings Always send a file even when no text was found Show message if text recognition failed 1 Click in the OCR settings boxes for the options you want The options will apply to all the applications in the group Always send a file even when no text was found The scanned file is sent to the application even if the image does not appear to contain text This could occur if you scanned a photograph with a scanner button set for text applications Show message if text recognition failed A message will open on the screen if the OCR reader does not detect t
5. Automatic Choose this option to let the OCR process determine the format of the pages Typically you select this option when the document has different or unknown types of layouts pages with multiple columns and a table or pages containing more than one table The OCR process will then determine if text is in columns an item is a graphic or text and tables are present Single Column no Table Choose this option if the document contains only one column of text and no tables Business letters are normally in this form You can also use this option for documents with words or numbers in columns if you do not want them placed in a table or decolumnized or treated as separate columns Multiple Columns no Table Choose this option if some document pages contain text in columns and you want it kept in separate columns similar to the original layout If table like data is encountered it is placed in columns not in a gridded table Single Column with Table Choose this option if your document contains only one column of text and a table The table will be placed in a grid in the Destination Application you have selected You can later specify whether to export it in a grid or as tab separated text columns SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 84 Spreadsheet Choose this option if the entire document consists of a table that you want to export to a spreadsheet program or have treated as a table No flowing text or graphics will be detected Output Fo
6. 3 If you want to store your archive documents in some other location click the Browse button to specify the new location 4 Click OK or Apply EDITING OR DELETING SCAN CONFIGURATIONS Editing and deleting is normally for the configurations you create not for your scanners pre set configurations Note Your scanner comes with a number of configurations pre set at the factory To ensure that your scanner will always have a set of correct scan configurations do not delete the pre set configurations We also recommend that you keep those configurations locked so they are not inadvertently deleted That way you will always have the factory settings available If you do delete or edit them and want to get the factory pre sets back again you will need to uninstall then re install your scanner To edit or delete a scan configuration 1 Open the OneTouch Properties window 51 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 2 Select the scan configuration you want to edit or delete Select destination Select format X Microsoft Office Document gt La gg Ins Wie V ED D ArcSoft Photolmpression BMP TIFF JPG E Create single image files Select configuration Microsoft Paint y wf Autocrop Color Photograph Business Card Fax Quality Microsoft Outlook 45 Autocrop Grayscale Photograph 4 Business Card SharePoint E Business Card Quality ry Still Image Client Wh Scan for Light
7. Visioneer Strobe 400 User s Guide Visioneer NY for Windows Visioneer Strobe 400 User s Guide FOR WINDOWS COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright 2010 Visioneer Inc Reproduction adaptation or translation without prior written permission is prohibited except as allowed under the copyright laws The Visioneer brand name and logo are registered trademarks of Visioneer Inc The PaperPort and OmniPage Pro brand name and logo are registered trademarks of Nuance Communications Inc The NewSoft Presto BizCard name and logo are registered trademarks of NewSoft Technology Corporation in the United States and or other countries VRS is a trademark of Kofax Image Products Inc Adobe Adobe Acrobat Adobe Reader and the Adobe PDF logo are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries The Adobe PDF logo will appear in this product s software and full access to Adobe software features is only available if any Adobe product is installed on your computer Mac and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the U S and other countries This product is covered by one or more of the following patents 6 480 304 5 818 976 5 499 108 5 517 332 Microsoft is a U S registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Windows is a trademark and SharePoint is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation ZyINDEX is a registered trademark of ZyLAB International
8. s Word Transfer to Storage um E DOF nPI _ Simple Text Simple Text Rich Text Format Rich Text Format Word Document Word Document SERE Comma Delimited Minimize Size Excel Spreadsheet Normal 5 HTML Document Maximize Quality Searchable PDF Use MRC v Normal PDF OCR options Minimize Size v Normal Maximize Quality Use MRC OCR options 3 Choose the file type that you want for the text format 4 Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window Detailed information about these text file formats and instructions for setting up the OCR options are in the section Scanning with Optical Character Recognition OCR on page 73 SELECTING OPTIONS FOR ONETOUCH The OneTouch Options determine the types of Destination Applications available for scanning as well as additional options for scanning 57 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE To select options 1 Open the OneTouch Properties window and click the Options tab Select Button Custom Show all destinations Select destinations Show progress window Create copies of scanned documents Folder copy options Location C Users Rholz VistaUlt Documents My Scanned Docume Browse Folders Group items by button Group items by type None SubFolders Group items by week Group items by month None 2 Select options as described below Show All Destinations This option selects al
9. RTE CSV or XLS formats Spreadsheet This output format produces results in a tabular form with each page becoming a separate worksheet The worksheets can then be opened in a spreadsheet application The Spreadsheet output option is only available for documents scanned with the XLS format Click OK or Apply These options will now apply to the OCR processing when you select any text format as the page format 85 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE ONETOUCH WITH KOFAX VRS TECHNOLOGY The OneTouch 4 0 software you received with your Visioneer scanner now includes the Kofax Virtual ReScan VRS technology This application has a set of features for improving and enhancing the quality of scanned documents especially documents that would usually produce poorer quality images For example the AutoBrightness option analyzes the document to determine if it s too light or dark to produce a clear legible image or if the background and highlighted areas of the image are indistinct AutoBrightness then automatically adjusts the brightness Scan configurations with VRS options work with OneTouch scan settings to produce the best quality images This section explains how to use the Kofax VRS features when choosing new scan settings for your scanner The VRS options appear on the Scan Configuration Properties window that you use to create a new scan configuration for your scanner Click the VRS Settings tab to see the new VR
10. decreasing the contrast de emphasizes that difference If you want to lock the configuration click the key icon to change it from a Key to a Lock Click OK if you are done making changes for this configuration SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 46 The Page Settings tab Click the Page Settings tab to select options applicable to how you want the image to appear after scanning Page Settings Advanced Settings Size Won eee Click the name to Custom Width 8 50 Height 11 00 inches toggle between inches and millimeters Improvements and Settings E AutoCrop to Original W Duplex Reduce Moire Patterns Skip Blank Originals Straighten Image E Color Filter Invert Image Standard Click the menu arrow and choose a page size from the list Custom Enter the horizontal and vertical page dimensions in the boxes Click the name of the units inches or millimeters to toggle between them Improvements and Settings Only the options that apply to the selected scanning mode on the Scan Settings tab are available AutoCrop to Original Select this option to let the scanner automatically determine the size of the item being scanned Always use the paper guides on the scanner so the page is not skewed Skewed pages may not crop properly e Reduce Moir Patterns Moir patterns are wavy rippled lines that sometimes appear on the scanned images of photographs or illustrations particularly newspaper a
11. 0 0 0 cece eens 50 Conteur Djs Rap 4 51 Pile Ponce 53 Selecting Opruons tor One Touch Em ene 56 Setting Destination Application Properties 59 Sanand DUO tO CD succeed eee sega eee ee TUE TUE ee SESE TUR UH Ld d err S 65 Scanning with Event Forwarding S ED RE d uaa ea aq eq ed ras 66 Creating an HTML Web Page from Your Scanned 67 Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage 1 2 ee ett nen ens 68 Scanning to Multiple Archive Folders 2 0 ce eect eee nes 69 Scanning with Optical Character Recognition OCR 0 0 eect eens 73 wa ai ba oo ee ee CO OT TOTO Tm 74 Selecting OneTouch OmniPage OCR Options 76 Whe OCR IAG aaa 77 Cheating Your AUAM A Sah oe 79 vaio eU URGERE a US OP E E E 81 Thel omae Wap 83 OneTouch with Kofax VRS Technology 85 Meola VR SNE she 9 552 05 86 Changing the Hardware Settings 90 verni Pr 92 Accessing the TWAIN JOE uie dish a Ve kkhk kike ma maaa a 93 Scanning with the TWAIN Interface 2 223 33 34 3 dde doi shave dtee esa
12. 24 REGISTER YOUR SCANNER Registering your scanner is important as it provides you with access to our free telephone support service Registration also gives you free access to software updates for your scanner You will need an active internet connection to register your scanner If you do not have internet access you can contact our Customer Service department to register the scanner Please refer to the Technical Support Card that your received with the scanner for our contact information 1 Open an Internet Explorer window or other internet browser that you have installed on your computer In the web address field type www visioneer com Press Enter on your computers keyboard or click the option on screen to go to the web address When the Visioneer web page loads click on the Support amp Drivers link at the top of the page Click on Register Your Product at the bottom of the Support amp Drivers page pu SY ue qe Fill in the registration form all required fields have an asterisk Note A valid e mail address is required for registration 7 You will be asked to enter the serial number for the scanner it is located on the back of the scanner The Serial Number ee On 8 After filling in the form click on Submit Your Registration to complete the registration 25 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE WITH YOUR SCANNER Your scanner includes free scanning applications To
13. Configurations on page 50 Note Use Configure Before Scan if you want to set the scanning mode manually before scanning See Configure Before Scan on page 51 Select Format A set of file formats for the scanned image for the selected button The formats are based on the type of Destination Application you select This example shows the formats that apply to Transfer V m E TIFF JPG TEXT to Storage he icon names indicate their file es See File Format Options on page 53 for more information pag about the available formats Options tab Displays a window for selecting options related to the selected Destination Application for the scanned image See Selecting Options for OneTouch on page 56 for instructions on configuring the list of available destinations Properties button Displays a window for selecting properties for each type of Destination Application See Setting Destination Application Properties on page 59 Refresh button Updates the links between all your computer s Destination Applications and OneTouch 4 0 If you install new software that can be used as a Destination Application click the Refresh button to link the new software to OneTouch 4 0 New Copy Edit Delete buttons Click New or Copy to add new scan configurations to the list Click Edit or Delete to change or remove them SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 44 OK Cancel Apply buttons OK accepts any changes and closes the window Appl
14. Enter the horizontal and vertical page dimensions in the boxes Click the name of the units inches or mm millimeters to toggle between them Click OK The currently selected page size appears in the middle of the TWAIN interface on the left hand side AutoScan on document insertion AutoLaunch technology senses when an item is inserted into the paper feed and starts scanning immediately Select this option to turn on the AutoLaunch feature for the TWAIN interface The item 1s scanned with the current settings on the TWAIN interface If this option is not selected the scanner waits for you to click the Scan button Scanning from WIA Microsoft Windows version XP and later include their own scanning interface known as Windows Image Acquisition WIA for acquiring images from scanners digital cameras and other digital devices This section shows how to use Microsoft Paint to scan using the WIA interface but you can use other Windows applications as well To scan using WIA from Microsoft Paint 1 the Windows taskbar click Start point to Programs point to Accessories and then click Paint 2 From the File menu choose From Scanner or Camera Set As Background Tiled Set As Background Centered Set As Background Stretched 1 OT Panel DetailBtl 2 OT Panel Btn5 9 Storage 3 C Users OT_Panel_Btn4 8 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 96 97 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 3 The scan
15. Finish installing the rest of the software then close all open windows and reboot the computer If your computer has AntiVirus or AntiSpyware software running you may see messages during installation asking you to allow the installation to proceed The messages will differ based on the software your computer is running but in each case allow the installation to proceed Alternatively you can turn off the AntiVirus or AntiSpyware software before installing your scanner But if you do make sure to turn it back on again when installation is finished If you already have a scanner connected to your computer you may need to remove its driver programs first before beginning the installation of your Visioneer Strobe 400 scanner Please see the User s Guide that you received with your other scanner for specific instructions If your computer is running Windows version Vista or later you may see the Windows User Account Control screen asking you to confirm system changes Click the Continue button to allow the installation to proceed VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 14 15 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE INSTALL THE SOFTWARE AND CONNECT THE SCANNER To install the software 1 Start Microsoft Windows and make sure no other applications are running 2 Insert the Installation Disc 1 into your computers CD ROM drive The Installation Disc main menu automatically opens Note If the disc does not automatically sta
16. PaperPort software BizCard User s Guide On the Installation Disc 1 contains detailed feature and configuration information for the BizCard software OmniPage Users Guide On the Installation Disc 2 contains detailed feature and configuration information for the OmniPage software Online Help For the scanner configuration TWAIN and WIA interfaces Assemble the Scanner ASSEMBLING THE POWER SUPPLY 1 Select the AC plug adapter that matches the wall power outlet North American European United Kingdom Style Style Style 2 Align the tabs on the bottom of the plug adapter with the slots in the power supply base 3 Place the adapter in the base and press down to hold it in the base against the tension arm Twist the adapter to the right while pressing down on the adapter until you hear a click as it locks into place VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 10 11 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 4 You can now attach the power supply to the scanner and to a wall outlet Note To change adapter styles press and hold the Push button on the adapter Turn the adapter to the left to unlock and remove it from the base CONNECT THE SCANNER POWER CORD You can power the scanner through the standard power cord to a wall outlet or use the USB power cord to power the scanner through a USB port on the computer ASSEMBLE THE SCANNER 12 To CONNECT THE SCANNER POWER TO THE WALL 1 Plug the powe
17. Presto BizCard 5 TIFF JPG PD TEXT 1 Create single image files Select configuration ScanSoft PaperPort x 45 Autocrop Color Photograph Business Card Fax Quality qu Transfer to Storage JH 4 Autocrop Grayscale Photograph 7 Bum to CD ROM E aom m Business Card OCR Quality ms F efo e 5 c Refresh Properties 3 Choose a File Format and a Scan Configuration Click OK 5 Now start scanning using the scanning number you set to scan and burn to a CD The scanner will start scanning When finished the file will be saved to the Windows location for CD files An information bubble will appear in the Windows notification area telling you that there are files waiting to be burned to CD 6 Open the OneTouch Properties window select Burn to CD and click the Properties button 7 Make sure a blank CD is in the CD burner 8 Click the Burn to CD button The CD burner begins and your scanned documents are written to the CD If other files are also waiting in this location they will get written with the OneTouch files on the CD SCANNING WITH EVENT FORWARDING STI If you want to specify an application to use for scanning at the start of the process you can use event forwarding To scan with event forwarding 3 4 5 Open the OneTouch Properties window Select Still Image Client as the Destination Application You cannot choose a page format f
18. Pro 92 on off switch 20 One Touch icon 100 OneTouch Button panel 40 icon 39 41 New settings 42 Options tab 56 Panel features 40 properties 41 50 51 59 65 66 68 73 OneTouch Properties window options 44 Optical Character Recognition OCR 55 57 60 73 Options tab 43 56 P Page Settings tab 46 Paper pickup delay 34 Paper size 46 PaperPort 92 PDF Image quality and file size 55 PDF applications 57 PDF file format 54 57 Picture type 98 Properties button 43 R Recognition Quality 79 Reduce Moir Patterns 46 95 Refresh button 43 Reject Character 78 Resolution 45 51 94 98 Rich Text Format 75 RTF file format 42 73 rtf file format 75 Saturation 48 Scan configuration 41 48 49 50 69 Edit or Delete 50 Lock or unlock 45 New 44 Scan Settings Tab 45 Scan to Folder 68 Multiple folders 69 Scanner Device settings 91 101 parts 111 Troubleshooting 107 scanner components 7 connecting 11 Scanning mode 43 45 51 94 97 Screen Resolution 62 64 Searchable PDF 75 Select configuration 43 Properties 45 Select destination 42 57 Select format 43 setup 14 Show all destinations 57 Show Hardware 90 100 Show Progress Window 58 Simple Text 75 76 Size 46 Skip Blank Originals 47 sPDF 75 spreadsheet 84 Standard paper sizes 46 status light 20 Sti event forwarding 57 Still Image Client 66 Storage and CD R W 57 Storage Options tab 50 69
19. Settings Tab A Device Settings tab is on the Scan Configurations dialog box when your selected Destination Application sends the scanned image to a printer fax application or other device You use the options on the Device Settings tab to select settings for the device l Click on the Device Settings tab Scan Settings Page Settings Device Settings Page options Fit to page reduce image if necessary Actual size crop image if necessary W Center image on page AutoRotate image for best fit v Collate copies Copies 1 Advanced Fit to page reduce image if necessary If the scanned image is too big to be printed or faxed on a single page the image will automatically be reduced to fit the page Actual size crop image if necessary If the scanned image is too big to be printed or faxed on a single page the image will automatically be cropped around its edges to fit on the page Center image on page T he image will be printed in the center of the page instead of at the top left corner Maintain aspect ratio I he aspect ratio is the length to width relationship of the image s dimensions Select this option so the images relative proportions remain constant AutoRotate image for best fit If the image is a Landscape format and the device is printing in the Portrait mode or vice versa rotate the image to fit on the page Collate copies If you are printing m
20. Straighten Image 46 system requirements 8 T Text Editors 57 text file format 74 Text file formats 55 TIFF file format 54 Transfer to Storage 50 68 69 file formats 56 Troubleshooting 107 true page 84 TWAIN access from OneTouch 93 TWAIN interface 52 53 92 93 INDEX 114 TWAIN standard 92 TXT file format 42 73 U Uninstall 109 USB port 19 Use enhanced folder browser 58 Use languages and dictionaries to improve accuracy 78 Use MRC 76 user dictionary edit 81 new 79 V Vertical lines 100 W Watermark 47 95 WIA Advanced settings 98 WIA interface 52 96 Windows Image Acquisition 96 Word Document 75 X xls file format 75 115 INDEX visioneer VW Copyright 2010 Visioneer Inc 05 0802 000
21. and limitations in this warranty are made only to the extent permitted by applicable law and shall be of no effect to the extent in conflict with the express requirements of applicable law RoHS and WEEE Compliance This product is compliant with RoHS Regulations of the European Parliament and Council Directive on the Restrictions of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment 2002 95 EC and with the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE Directive 2002 96 EC FCC Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for the class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try and correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment int
22. are not affected so you can set the JPG or PDF file size image quality independently for each button 4 Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window Text Formats Selecting the text format option also selects OCR processing as an automatic step for scanning Therefore when you scan a document with the text format selected the text portions of the document are automatically converted to editable text Select a text format for documents with text or numbers such as a business letter report or spreadsheet The text format icon has several file formats available depending on the Destination Application you select The specific file format is the file name extension on the text format icon RIF The specific text format this example is for Microsoft WordPad As you select Destination Applications that are text applications the text format icon changes to match the file type of the application In some cases the Destination Application supports several file types and you can right click on the icon to choose the particular file type for that application SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 56 To select a file type for the text format 1 Select the Destination Application 2 Right click on the text format icon The menu options depend on the type of Destination Application you select Example menu for the Text format Example menu for the Text format when the selected application is when the selected application is Microsoft
23. background from obscuring them Advanced Clarity is only available for Black amp White scan configurations AutoOrientation Recognizes text on the page and rotates the image 90 180 or 270 degrees so the text is right side up The AutoDeskew option must also be selected with the AutoOrientation option Auto Color Detect Determines if a document contains color or not and produces the appropriate scanned image Typically Auto Color Detect is used when you have a stack of pages to scan some color and others not Instead of you having to change the scan settings from Color to Black amp White and back again the scanner can choose the correct settings automatically Blank Page Deletion Recognizes when a page is blank and removes its image For instance if you are scanning a stack of pages that includes a blank page its image will not be included with the other images from the stack Background Smoothing Sometimes a document with a background color on the page will produce a scanned image that has small imperfections in the color This option recognizes a documents background color and makes sure it is a smooth solid color Background Smoothing is not available for amp White scan configurations Click OK or Apply to add the VRS options to your scan configuration 89 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE When a scan configuration includes VRS options the OneTouch Panel and the OneTouch Properties window both show
24. correct AOL folder Please contact AOL for more information about the folder location in which AOL stores attachments 3 Ifyou need to change your email client or any other internet options click the Internet Options button The Windows Internet Options Control Panel opens Click the Programs tab and choose a new email client from the Email list These are the standard Windows Internet options Please see your Windows documentation for more information about Internet options If you are using AOL please see the AOL user manual for making changes to the Internet options applicable to AOL 4 Select the options for color document handling Convert Bitmaps using Screen Resolution Use this option to ensure that an image will fit on the computers screen Convert Bitmaps to JPEG JPEG files can be compressed to produce smaller files sizes and therefore shorter transmission times when you email the file or upload it to the internet 5 Click OK 65 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE SCAN AND BURN TO A CD If you have a CD burner attached to your computer you can scan directly from your scanner onto a CD This feature is available only on computers running Windows version XP or later To scan and burn to a CD 1 Open the OneTouch Properties window 2 Select Burn to CD as the Destination Application Scan Custom Options Select destination Select format Acrobat Reader 8 0 V aw A 7 F
25. enough to feed plastic cards through the scanner 2 Adjust the paper guides to the width of the item being scanned 3 Place an item face up in the paper feed slot 4 The scanner grabs the top edge of the card and automatically begins to scan and feed the paper through the scanner 33 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 5 progress window opens an the image is sent to the selected destination in the OneTouch Properties for the Scan button In this example the Destination Application is the PaperPort software TURN AUTOLAUNCH OFF ON If you want to scan from OneTouch button panel on screen or to be able to place a page in the scanner and wait until you are ready to initiate the scan you can turn the AutoLaunch feature off This option is in the Device Settings for your hardware properties To turn AutoLaunch off or on 1 Click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows notification area on the right side of the screen The OneTouch Icon W 5404 PM 1 Click on the scanner icon to the right of the green buttons in the title bar of the OneTouch button panel The Scanner Icon o e Visioneer Strobe 400 E bs Eh Scan Custom LOADING DOCUMENTS TO SCAN 34 2 Click on the Properties button in the hardware properties window Workgroup hardware status igi Local Host NI F Visioneer Strobe 400 Strobe 400 Properties Refresh Select
26. ol o E 8 Organize v Views New Folder e Favorite Links Name Date modified Program Files Users Windows InstallationInfo 1 My Dictionary Sg Recent Places WE Desktop jf Computer E Documents Pictures Music j Recently Changed Searches ji Public 4 Select the file that has the words you want to add to your user dictionary Importing will add the entire list of words in a file to the user dictionary 5 Click Import The files words will be added to your user dictionary list To export a user dictionary so it can be used by another program select the dictionary on the User Dictionary Files list and click Export User Word Words in dictionary E Browse Folders 83 7 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Select the dictionary file to export and click Save The file is exported as a formatted dictionary with the ud filename extension so it can be opened by other programs THE FORMAT TAB The options on the Format tab window are for setting the input and output formats for the scanned documents l Click the Format tab and choose the options you want for both the input and output formats Format Input Format Automatic Single column no table Multiple columns no table C Single column with table Spreadsheet Output Format Automatic Ma ormai ALUN Input Format Options
27. see the new settings SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 58 Global Options Show Progress Window Select this option to display the progress window of the document s during scanning Use enhanced folder browser Select this option if you want to save your scans to a network location that is not a mapped drive on your computer Instant Delivery Enables image transfer to the destination while scanning is in progress provided that Create Single Image Files is also selected If Create Single Image Files is not selected image transfer occurs after all pages have been scanned Create copies of scanned documents Sometimes the image of a scanned document is only saved as a temporary file until its Destination Application is finished using it In those cases you may want an additional permanent copy saved on your hard drive The copies will be saved in the folder specified in the Folder Copy Options section This option is not available if either Document Management or Storage and CD R W are selected because by default file copies for those types of Destination Applications are already automatically saved in the folder for copies Folder Copy Options This section of the dialog box sets the location for copies of your scanned documents and how you want to group them Click the Browse button and select the folder for saving the copies Select the grouping option for the documents The Group by button option groups the documents under the nam
28. the Destination Application SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 40 FEATURES OF THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL The OneTouch panel is your on screen set of controls for the scanner From the panel you can access the hardware settings for your scanner and configure the scanner buttons The Button View Visioneer Strobe 400 EJ E aan Scan Custom The Detail View The Hardware View gt isioneer Strobe 400 E 3 gt Visioneer Strobe 400 E US Letter Duplex PDF Mode Black amp White 200 dpi Duplex es Page 8 50 x 11 00 Scan Settings Br 50 36 Strobe400 The Tide Bar e Green arrows click to cycle through the panel s 3 views e Scanner icon click to open the scanners hardware properties e X dlick to close the OneTouch panel The Button View e Lefi click on a Destination Application icon to start scanning e Right click on a Destination Application icon to open the OneTouch Properties e Left click on the arrow buttons on the right side of the panel to view the rest of the OneTouch buttons The Detail View e Lefi click on a Destination Application icon to start scanning e Right click on a Destination Application icon to open the OneTouch Properties Single click on the detailed information to open the OneTouch Properties The Hardware View e Left click on the scanner icon to return to the Button view e Right click on the scanner icon to open the
29. the File menu select the Import option to select your scanner model then from the file menu select the Import function and choose TWAIN Acquire e Adobe Software Depending on the application you can Create a file then select the scanner as your creation source or Import a Picture and select the scanner as your import from source e Microsoft Software Depending on the application you can go to Insert Picture from Scanner or Camera File Scanner or Camera or Insert Picture to Clip Organizer from Scanner or Camera SCANNING FROM TWAIN 94 SCANNING WITH THE TWAIN INTERFACE The TWAIN interface lists the scanning options available with your Visioneer scanner DV qoo du Visioneer Strobe 400 Cj Mode Resolution 200 dpi Black amp White i Grayscale Brightness Color Contrast Letter 8 5 x 11 Options AutoCrop to original Reduce Moir patterns Define page size Define Duplex p m E Filter AutoScan on document insertion Dari Po MEU Ready for scan Done Place an item face up in the paper feed slot with the top pointing into the scanner Adjust the settings in the TWAIN interface for the item you are scanning Click on the Scan button in the TWAIN interface When scanning is complete click Done to close the TWAIN interface The scanned images are now in the TWAIN application THE OPTIONS IN THE TWAIN INTERFACE Mode Select a
30. the storage location that is set in the Storage Link Properties Setting up multiple folders for transfer to storage 1 Using Microsoft Windows create the folders that you want to use for storing scanned items 2 Open the OneTouch Properties window 3 Select Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 70 4 Click the New button Scan Custom Select destination Select format Acrobat Reader 8 0 Sr V 8 JPG PDF TIFF _ Create single image files Select configuration ScanSoft PaperPort 4 Autocrop Color Photograph Business Card Fax Quality l Transfer to Storage HH 4 Autocrop Grayscale Photograph to CD ROM E 9 3 Business Card Quality e Fax Wm Configure Before Scan TEXT The Scan Configuration Properties dialog box opens 5 To help you remember which folder it 1s give the new configuration a name that indicates the folder name such as Business Receipts 6 Click the Scan Settings Page Settings and Advanced Settings tabs and select the settings you want 7 Click the Storage Options tab De DK Select folder and transfer options EH Storage layout All documents are in the root Documents are put in folders by month Documents are put in folders by week Documents are put in folders by type Storage location C Users Public Documents 8 Click the B
31. to filter out the red so the scanned letter just shows the text and not the red watermark Color filter applies to Black amp White or Grayscale scanning modes You can fine tune the Color Filter results by adjusting the Brightness level on the Scan Settings tab The original with a red watermark over black text nc ditate pale da produci CME bolo SI ele nf Jung TG ped aver 21 el ned 1 Te his an minggir To ea ch of ipe OEBIODOM Than accel naragers lar Py TENAS abs ihi ooi acram ee eee ee ah CT pdi peor Cur goal rp menyn campis cu pmar The scanned item with the red filtered out ABC bec dizribules and worbdwice iwagi Mh ind diinul As ol dune 1999 ABC eepioyad overs we tained salis To parma dig ceptor rs AS hap an Sheu nt moraqger ibe DIERUOLD IA puso rena These acteuntedesqa s are far ie me el ood dials Des sobbing risus is sa 505 ripcarfucturreg e r and dba cach sudtemeo prasud pri party Chu geali do mhi ind enl pen
32. user dictionary Professional Dictionaries These are legal and medical dictionaries containing highly specialized words and phrases The options are Dutch Legal Dutch Medical English Financial English Legal English Medical French Legal French Medical German Legal and German Medical Select the appropriate dictionary for the OCR engine to use to validate the scanned text Reject Character This is the character that the OCR process inserts for an unrecognizable text character For example if the OCR process cannot recognize the J in REJECT and is the reject character the word would appear as RE ECT in your document The is the default reject character Type the character you want to use in the Reject Character box Try to choose a character that will not appear in your documents Missing Character This is the character that the OCR process inserts for a missing text character A missing text character is one that the OCR process recognizes but cannot represent because that character is not available for the selected language For example if the document contains the text 79 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE symbol C but the OCR process cannot represent that character then every place C appears the OCR process substitutes the missing character symbol The caret is the default symbol for the missing character Type the character you want to use in the Missing Character box Try to choose a cha
33. 0 MB should also be selected so you will see a message when it s time to click the Burn to CD button 4 Click OK on the Link Properties window SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 64 eMail Properties These properties apply to email applications so you can specify the folder for documents that you will attach to an email message Microsoft Outlook will accept direct attachment of documents to a blank email message as soon as scanning is finished but other email applications may not If you re using one of those applications such as America Online AOL you need to know which folder contains the scanned documents so you can manually attach them to your email messages The Applications in this group allow you to send documents as attachments to an email recipient Some eMail clients like Hotmail America Online and MSN Explorer do not allow attachment of selected documents directly You can specify the folder for the attachments below Folder for storing attachments C Wsers Documents Mail Attachments Browse Folder for storing attachments for AOL Not installed Internet Options Color document handling Convert Bitmap using Screen Resolution Convert Bitmap to JPEG 1 Click the Browse button for Folder for storing attachments and choose a folder for your email attachments 2 Ifyou are using AOL on your computer and the folder name for AOL is incorrect click the Browse button and find the
34. 4 Click on the Calibrate button to start the calibration utility MAINTENANCE 102 5 Insert the Calibration page in the scanner in the direction of the arrow s on the page The calibration page can be inserted in either direction as long as one of the arrows is pointing in towards the scanner To maintain the scanner s quality it needs to be calibrated periodically Please insert the calibration target in the direction of the arrows Calibrating color greyscale E 6 When calibration is complete the scanner will eject the page out of the scanner Do not forcefully pull the page out the scanner will release the page when it has fully exited out of the scanner CALIBRATING FROM THE WINDOWS CONTROL PANEL If you did not install OneTouch during the initial installation of the scanner driver please follow these steps to open the scanner s hardware properties Note If you are using Windows Vista 64 bit or Windows 7 64 bit please see Calibrating from TWAIN on page 103 All other supported versions of Windows can use these instructions or the ones in the TWAIN section 1 Open the Windows Control Panel 2 Double click on Scanners and Cameras If you do not see Scanners and Cameras open Printers and Other Hardware then you should see this option 3 The Strobe 400 should be listed as one of the attached scanners Right click on the scanner and choose Properties to open the Device Settings for your scanner 4 Insert
35. ANNING FROM ONETOUCH 62 Image Documents Properties These properties apply to Microsoft Paint and other image processing applications Image Documents The Applications in this group are designed to work with image documents only Y Microsoft Paint Delete Application Add Application Color document handling Convert Bitmaps using Screen Resolution Convert Bitmaps to JPEG Apply 1 Click in the Color document handling settings boxes for the options you want These options will apply to all the applications in the group Convert Bitmaps using Screen Resolution Use this option to ensure that an image will fit on the computers screen When a computer screen is set to a lower resolution bitmap images with a higher resolution may be too big to fit on the screen Converting the bitmap image to match the screen resolution ensures that the image fits on the screen Convert Bitmaps to JPEG JPEG files can be compressed to produce smaller file sizes and therefore shorter transmission times Use this option to provide that compression capability to image files 2 add another application to the list click the Add Application button See the steps on page 61 to add an application to the list 3 Click OK 63 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Storage Properties These properties apply to the Destination Application named Transfer to Storage If a CD burner is attached to your computer and your computer is ru
36. ANSFERRING SCANNED DOCUMENTS TO STORAGE With Transfer to Storage scanning you can scan documents and save them in a folder in one step The SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 68 process is ideal for archiving documents without having to manually save or process them If you choose a text format for the file format the images are automatically converted by the OCR process into editable text and numbers before being saved To transfer documents to storage l Open the OneTouch properties window Select Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application Select destination Acrobat Reader 8 0 Presto BizCard 5 ScanSoft PaperPort Transfer to Storage Burn to CD ROM E C Fax 2 Select format V i dE BMP TIFF JPG PDF TEXT Create single image files Select configuration dl Autocrop Color Photograph Business Card Fax Quality 4 utocrop Grayscale Photograph u Business Card Business Card OCR Quality Wj Configure Before Scan New Edit ok cm Choose a scan configuration and file format for your document Click OK Now scan the documents using the button you set up with the Destination application as Transfer to Storage 69 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 6 Scanning begins and your scanned pages are stored in the location that you specified on the OneTouch 4 0 Link Properties window Storage im
37. Documents dropped on this link will be transferred to a storage devices i e file system or CD Burner 3 Storage layout All documents are in the root Documents are put in folders by month Documents are put in folders by week Documents are put in folders by type CD burner options Show message when ready to burn 5 CD 700 MB Storage location C users PubliciDocuments Your scanned documents will be stored at the location Documents transferred to the Burn to CD link are waiting to yOUSP ecified on the be written to CD OneTouch 4 0 Link oe Properties window When selecting the storage location for scanned documents you can select a local folder or a folder on a server or mapped drive SCANNING TO MULTIPLE ARCHIVE FOLDERS When archiving documents with Transfer to Storage option you can scan the documents to different folders For example one folder might be for Business Receipts a second folder might be for Personal Receipts and a third folder might be for Annual Receipts To scan to multiple folders you create multiple configurations each with a different storage location for the scanned documents Scan one set of documents using the scan configuration with the appropriate storage location for that set Then switch to another scan configuration and scan the next set of documents to store them in their folder Note The selections you make using the Storage Options tab override
38. ECTS IN THE MATERIALS OR THE WORKMANSHIP USED IN MAKING THE PRODUCT DESCRIBED IN THIS DOCUMENT VISIONEER WILL REPAIR OR AT ITS OPTION REPLACE THE PRODUCT AT NO CHARGE TO YOU PROVIDED YOU RETURN IT POSTAGE PREPAID WITH PROOF OF YOUR PURCHASE FROM THE ORIGINAL RESELLER DURING THE 90 DAY PERIOD AFTER THE DATE OF YOUR ORIGINAL PURCHASE OF THE PRODUCT UPON RECEIPT DURING THE INITIAL 90 PERIOD BY VISIONEER OF A VALID REGISTRATION OF THE PRODUCT THIS LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY PERIOD IS EXTENDED TO THE 12 MONTH PERIOD AFTER THE DATE OF YOUR ORIGINAL PURCHASE IF A VALID REGISTRATION IS NOT RECEIVED DURING THE INITIAL 90 DAY PERIOD THE 12 MONTH WARRANTY IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AND YOUR PRODUCT WARRANTY WILL TERMINATE AFTER THE 90 DAY INITIAL PERIOD EXPIRES THIS IS VISIONEER S ONLY WARRANTY AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY CONCERNING THE PRODUCT ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WRITTEN OR ORAL INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON INFRINGEMENT ARE EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED AS A RESULT EXCEPT AS SET OUT ABOVE THE PRODUCT IS SOLD AS IS AND YOU ARE ASSUMING THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE PRODUCT S SUITABILITY TO YOUR NEEDS ITS QUALITY AND ITS PERFORMANCE IN NO EVENT WILL VISIONEER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANY DEFECT IN THE PRODUCT OR FROM ITS USE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES All exclusions
39. FR technology Advanced security features quickly turn office documents and forms into over 30 different PC applications for editing searching and sharing Custom workflows handle large volumes of documents and you can use its tools to print to PDE The OmniPage User s Guide is located on the Installation Disc 2 with the OmniPage software BizCard quickly and easily converts the vital contact information on business cards into a convenient searchable digital database that can be easily synchro nized between PC s notebooks PDA s and INSTALLATION 26 3 Ifyou selected OmniPage Pro to install you will see a window telling you to insert Disc 2 YY Nuance OmniPage Pro is located on a separate CD Disc 2 Once you are done installing the applications on Disc 1 click on the link below to exit Insert Disc 2 and proceed with the OmniPage Pro installation EXIT DISC 1 If you wish to install additional applications or view the documentation click on the link below to return to the Main Menu RETURN TO MAIN MENU 4 Click Exit Disc 1 and then eject Disc 1 from the CD ROM drive 5 Insert Disc 2 into the CD ROM drive The OmniPage Pro Installation menu opens automatically If it does not open see the note on page 15 6 Select Install OmniPage Pro 7 Follow the instructions on the screen to install OmniPage Pro 8 When installation is finished return to the OmniPage Pro Installation menu and cli
40. IONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 3 Click the VRS Settings tab to see the new VRS settings Storage Options VRS Settings VRS Default settings Basic Features v AutoCrop Edge Cleanup W AutoDeskew Despeckle W AutoBrightness Get VRS Pro Professional Features Choose the Kofax VRS options for the scan configuration 5 Click the drop down arrow to choose the type of VRS settings to use for the new scan configuration The The options are Do not use VRS processing Scanning will not use the VRS processing Default settings Automatically selects the options your scanner can use with any scan mode Black amp White Grayscale and Color Basic Features are AutoCrop Determines the size of the item being scanned and produces an image of the same size For example if you scan a postcard sized document the resulting image will be the size of the postcard This option overrides the page size setting AutoDeskew Detects the edges of a document and determines if they are straight or skewed If the page is skewed the image will be adjusted so it is straightened However if the page is fed through the scanner at too great an angle the image may not straighten correctly In that case re scan the page using the paper guides to feed the paper in straight AutoBrightness Sets the brightness to achieve the best balance between the documents background foreground and highligh
41. Inc ZyINDEX toolkit portions Copyright 1990 1998 ZyLAB International Inc All Rights Reserved All other products mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies Information is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Visioneer The software described is furnished under a licensing agreement The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such an agreement It is against the law to copy the software on any medium except as specifically allowed in the licensing agreement No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or information storage and retrieval systems or translated to another language for any purpose other than the licensee s personal use and as specifically allowed in the licensing agreement without the express written permission of Visioneer Part Number 05 0802 000 YW visioneer Restricted Rights Legend Use duplication or disclosure is subject to restrictions as set forth in contract subdivision c 1 ii of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software Clause 52 227 FAR14 Material scanned by this product may be protected by governmental laws and other regulations such as copyright laws The customer is solely responsible for complying with all such laws and regulations Visioneer s Limited Product Warranty IF YOU FIND PHYSICAL DEF
42. Information Device name Visioneer Strobe 400 Driver version 0 0 2009 1112 Firmware version 0 1 Interface USB 2 0 Documents Scanned Pages Serial Number 1112 Last Calibrated Decii 2009 10 58 AM Control Turn an AutoLaunch for front feed scanning Paper pickup delay Moderate 500 ms E Exit paper through the back MAINTENANCE 104 4 Insert the Calibration page in the scanner in the direction of the arrow s on the page The calibration page can be inserted in either direction as long as one of the arrows is pointing in towards the scanner To maintain the scanner s quality it needs to be calibrated periodically Please insert the calibration target in the direction of the arrows Calibrating color greyscale E 5 When calibration is complete the scanner will eject the page out of the scanner Do not forcefully pull the page out the scanner will release the page when it has fully exited out of the scanner CLEANING YOUR SCANNER Cleaning the inside of the scanner helps to keep your scanner operating at optimum performance You should clean the inside of the scanner at least once a week or after 5 000 pages have been scanned If calibration does not resolve any image quality issues you are seeing you may need to clean the scanner You will need the scanner cleaning cloth provided with your scanner 1 Place your thumbs on either side of the paper feed slot underneath the t
43. N FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS Scanning using the buttons on the scanner works like inserting a page in the scanner when AutoLaunch is turned on 1 Make sure the card lever is in the correct position for the item you are scanning Make sure this lever is up Make sure this lever is down before scanning paper items before scanning plastic items 2 Adjust the paper guides to the width of the item being scanned 3 Place an item face up in the paper feed slot IMPORTANT Make sure you insert the item in the scanner as straight as possible If the page is inserted at an angle it may get caught under the paper guides and tear as it is pulled through the scanner LOADING DOCUMENTS TO SCAN 36 Press the Scan or Custom button on the scanner to start scanning 4 J J A scan progress window opens an the image is sent to the selected destination in the OneTouch 5 Properties for the Scan button In this example the Destination Application is the PaperPort software 37 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE SCANNING INTERFACES You have several different scanning options with your Visioneer Strobe 400 scanner Each method scans equally well so use the one with appropriate options for the item you are scanning e OneTouch Scanner Buttons When you press either the Scan or Custom button documents scanned using the scan settings assigned to the but
44. OCR 1 Open the OneTouch Properties window 2 Select a text editing program in the Select Destination list then select a text file format in the Select Format panel For example if you want to edit your document in Microsoft s Word select that application then choose a file format such as TEXT RTF or DOC Scan Custom Options Select destination Select format Xs Microsoft Excel Microsoft Explorer BMP TIFF JPG PDF Create single image files Select configuration 2 Autocrop Color Photograph W Business Card Fax Quality 2 Microsoft WORD Microsoft WordPad 4 utocrop Grayscale Photograph ve Notepad 4 Business Card Yotepar Business Card OCR Quality Acrobat Reader 8 0 Wi Configure Before Scan gt vr Refresh Properties New Copy Edit Cm 3 Click on OK to save the changes and close the OneTouch Properties window 4 Press or click the OneTouch button you set to scan with OCR Your scanned pages appear in the Destination Application with the text ready for editing and other text processing SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 74 TEXT FORMATS You select the text format option by clicking on the text icon on the OneTouch Properties window Select destination Select format wa Acrobat Reader 8 0 gt EMF JPG PDF This is the text format Presto BizCard 5 TIFF TEXT text format icon is nPDF perpe icon T
45. S options available for your scanner Storage Options VRS Default settings Basic Features v AutoCrop E Edge Cleanup AutoDeskew Despeckle v AutoBrightness Professional Features Auta Color Datert AUTO tun LAC CELL When you first install the software the Basic Features will be available and a button Get VRS Pro will also be on the window If you would like to purchase VRS Professional to be able to use the Professional Features of VRS click the Get VRS Pro button SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 86 THE KOFAX VRS SETTINGS You select the Kofax VRS settings when creating or editing a scan configuration on the OneTouch 4 0 Properties window Select format a E Is as mq V a E 4 A BMP TIFF JPG POF TEXT Create single image files Select configuration E Autocrop Color Photograph Business Card Fax Quality ag Autocrop Grayscale Photograph a Business Card Wh Business Card Quality Wi Configure Before Scan To select the Kofax VRS settings 1 Open the OneTouch 4 0 Properties window Click the New button to create a new configuration or select one of your custom configurations you created earlier and click the Edit button The Scan Configuration Properties window opens Scan Setti Click the VRS Settings VRS for Graph Paper o tab Mode Resolution E Black amp White 100 4 Grayscale Color Brightness Contrast 87 VIS
46. TROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE INSTALLING PAPERPORT If you left the default selection to install PaperPort from the installation disc the PaperPort software installation will start automatically after you click Close on the OneTouch Installation Complete window 1 The Select Language window opens for the PaperPort software Select the language you want to use then click OK 2 On the PaperPort Welcome window click Next 5 Read the PaperPort license agreement and select I accept the terms in this agreement then click on Next If you choose not to accept the license agreement the installation will terminate and the PaperPort software will not be installed Fill in the Customer Information window then click Next On the Setup Type window keep the default Setup Type and click Next Click Install to begin the installation At the InstallShield Wizard Completed window click Finish On the Product Registration window do one of the following a at Oe Ss e Select Register online click OK then follow the registration instructions Select Print registration form click OK then follow the instructions to complete and print the registration form e Select Remind me in 7 days and click OK If a message window opens instructing you to reboot the computer please select the option to restart the computer later Finish installing the rest of the software then close all open windows and reboot the computer INSTALLATION
47. Text Refresh Properties Select the scan configuration to edit or delete It must be unlocked as indicated by not having a lock displayed here 2 e delete the configuration click the Delete button e To edit the configuration click the Edit button Edit the settings and click OK 3 Click OK to close the OneTouch Properties window CONFIGURE BEFORE SCAN You can set up the scanner so that when you press a button or click it on the Button Panel a different scanning interface opens before the scanning starts set up the scanner for this capability you select Configure Before Scan from the scan configuration list Choosing Configure Before Scan simply opens either the TWAIN or WIA scanning interface when you press a button You can then use the interface to change the Resolution Scan Mode and other settings When you scan the scanned image will still be sent as the file type and to the same Destination Application already selected in the OneTouch Properties window for that button To set Configure Before Scan 1 Open the OneTouch Properties window 2 Select the scan configuration Configure Before Scan Select destination cd Acrobat Reader 5 0 Select format Je tj IA EMF IFES _ E Create single image files Select configuration 2 Autocrop Color Photograph Business Card Fax Quality Autocrop Grayscale Photograph wd Business Ca
48. as photo touch up or color correction Both of those file formats tend to be larger than the JPG format Because JPG image files can be reduced in size the JPG format is often used for images on web pages or if file size might be a problem when electronically sending the files JPG files are reduced in size by lowering their image quality and you can select the degree of quality for your scanned images from the JPG file format icon The PDF format is often used to create images of text pages You may want to select PDF as the format when scanning text pages that do not require OCR processing or other processing The PDF format is also used to put multi page documents on web sites as pdf readable files As with the JPG option the PDF format can be reduced in size or quality 55 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE To select a JPEG or PDF file size 1 Select JPG or PDF as the page format 2 Right click on the JPG or PDF icon A menu opens M TIFF JPG Minimize Size Normal Maximize Quality 3 Choose the file size image quality option for your scanned images Minimize Size Smallest file size lowest image quality Normal Medium file size some loss of image quality Maximize Quality Largest file size no loss of image quality Your selection pertains only to the button currently selected on the OneTouch Properties window Other buttons that have JPG or PDF selected as the Page Format
49. available for sPDF and PDF SELECTING ONETOUCH OMNIPAGE OCR OPTIONS The software you installed for your scanner includes a set of advanced OCR options integrated with OneTouch 4 0 Note The OCR options apply globally to all the OneTouch Destination Applications that perform OCR For example if you select the OCR options for Adobe Acrobat they also apply to WordPad Note The OmniPage application that you received with your scanner also have OCR capabilities See their user s guides for more information about their OCR features To select OCR options available from OneTouch 4 0 Open the OneTouch Properties window 2 Select a Destination Application that has one of the text format file types as the page format such as Microsoft Word or WordPad 3 Right click on the page format icon to see the menu 77 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 4 Choose OCR Options from the menu Ez a DO Simple Text Rich Text Format Word Document Minimize Size Normal Maximize Quality Use MRC OCR options The OCR Properties window opens with the OCR tab selected THE OCR TAB The options shown on the OCR tab window are for spellchecking scanned text replacing missing or unrecognized characters and setting the speed and quality levels of the OCR processing Use languages and dictionaries to improve accuracy var dona Professional Dictionaries Dutch Legal Dictionary Dutch Medical Dictionary Eng
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51. cans and can be changed later on STOP when you see the Complete the installation by connecting your hardware window Do NOT click OK yet Leave the window open and proceed to the next section 7s Connect the AC Adaptor to the scanner 1 and an outlet 2 Connect the USB cable to the scanner 3 and your computer 4 Finally turn the scanner 5 Plug and Play will finish installing the scanner Please consult your Quick Install Guide or User s Guide for more details Note If you do not see this on screen diagram for connecting the scanner stop and follow the instructions below 19 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE CONNECT THE USB CABLE AND TURN ON THE POWER The Visioneer Strobe 400 scanner connects to any available USB port Check your computer s manual for USB port locations 1 Remove any protective tape from the USB cable 2 Plug the USB cable into the USB port on the scanner then into a USB port on the 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 00 ee 2 INSTALLATION 20 3 Turn on the scanner power The status light comes on and flashes indicating that the scanner is receiving power If you are using Windows version XP or later and have plugged the USB cable into a USB 1 1 port an information bubble may open explaining that A HI SPEED USB devic
52. ck User Guide The OmniPage Pro User Guide opens for you to view and save to your computer 9 When you are finished saving the OmniPage Pro User Guide return to the Installation Disc menu and click Exit 27 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE VIEW AND SAVE THE USER GUIDES 1 Return to the Installation Disc 1 Main Menu and click on User Guides Click a link below to view the appropriate user guide Adobe Reader must be installed in order to view the user guides INSTALL ADOBE READER VIEW SCANNER DOCUMENTATION VIEW SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION MAIN MENU The User Guides are in Adobe PDF format If you need to click Adobe Reader to install it now Follow the instructions on the installation windows If your computer already has Adobe Reader installed please do not select it unless the version provided on the installation disc is a newer version than the one currently installed on your computer 2 Click on View scanner documentation to access the scanner user guide and scanner readme The Scanner Readme file has late breaking news about your scanner The Scanner Readme file is in HTML format and will open in any standard browser Click on View software documentation to access the user guides for the software applications provided with the scanner For instance the Nuance paper user guide is in this section Please note that the user guide for the Nuance OmniPage software is on the Installati
53. consumption helps combat smog acid rain and long term changes to the climate by decreasing the emissions that result from generating electricity Visual Display Warning This device is not intended for use in the direct field of view at visual display workplaces To avoid incommoding reflections at visual display workplaces this device must not be placed in the direct field of view W visioneer TABLE OF CONTENTS i TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome reisan 3 3 94030380008 99009809 Be Se 2 RUE i e d 6 Dox 21225994 74 92 zxc SEG NERIS 6 The Visioneer Strobe 400 Scanner 0 eR RR Rs 7 Systemi oos dra a qoo piedi sed dea nae aX E CIE e 8 OSA 64446400 e hoe ooo 9 Assemble the Scanner 10 Assembling the Power Supply 222222244 ded d deber RE 10 Connect the Scanner Power Cord 2 0 0 ccc ee ee eee nnn haies 11 To Connect the Scanner Power to the Wall 12 To Connect the Scanner Power to the Computer 12 ListallattOl Aono boos 911093 RODEO COEUR 14 Before Yo Dopin 14 Install the Software and Connect the Scanner 15 Installinethe Scanner d acoso hopes EEERAERERTEPRPIEEREEDRRSdd0 dE gd 16 Connect the USB Cable and Turn on the Power
54. d click Set As Current to set it as the current dictionary for spellchecking The label current is added to the name If you dont want to use any user dictionaries for spellchecking click none at the top of the list To remove a dictionary from the list select it and click Remove This only removes the dictionary from the list It does not affect the original text file you created with the list of words EDITING USER DICTIONARIES Once a dictionary has been added to the list of user dictionaries its list of words can be edited To edit a user dictionary l On the Add New window select the dictionary to edit and click Edit The Edit User Dictionary window opens It lists the words currently in the dictionary The following example shows the words OmniPage and OneTouch are in the user dictionary named MyDictionary User Word OmniPage Words in dictionary To add a new word to the list type it in the box for User Word and click Add If the word includes any spaces before or after it those spaces are removed and the word is added to the list To delete a word from the list select it and click Delete If a word in the list is misspelled delete it then re type the word correctly in the User Word box and click Add SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 82 3 To importa list of words from another text file click Import The Import Contents of User Dictionary window opens r Dictionary x CTE gt Computer ty seach
55. dy for editing in a PDF editing program Additional options are available on the menu for the sPDF and nPDF text formats The three image quality settings are Minimize Size Smallest file size lowest image quality Normal Medium file size some loss of image quality Maximize Quality Largest file size no loss of image quality Note Documents scanned with nPDF and sPDF automatically include OCR processing If the processing does not recognize a large number of the text characters in the document change the image quality setting and re scan the document For example change from Minimize Size to Normal to see if the text recognition improves The Use MRC option is a special processing procedure for documents scanned with the PDF format Use MRC MEC stands for Mixed Raster Content MRC is an advanced technique for optimizing the image quality of scanned documents Without MRC the scanned image is produced using a single process to capture and display the image on the computer screen even if the document contains both text and graphics With MRC the image is produced using separate processes for text graphics and other elements on the document page The result is clearer graphics and sharper text characters Scans with Use MRC selected may take slightly longer to complete the processing Select Use MRC for documents with harder to read text or lower quality graphics to get the best possible scan output image The Use MRC option is
56. e Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer Strobe 400 scanner With your scanner you can quickly scan single sided or double sided items and place their electronic images on your computer WHAT S IN THE BOX Before proceeding check the contents of the box If items are missing or damaged contact the dealer where you purchased the scanner Visioneer Strobe 400 Scanner USB Cable USB Power Cord Power Supply AC Plug Adapters Calibration Page American European United Kingdom Installation Disc m Cleaning Cloth Windows Quick Install Guide Technical Support Installation Discs 2 Card VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 7 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE THE VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER Paper Guides Plastic Card Lever OneTouch Scanner Buttons Paper Feed Slot Power jack Power Switch Paper Guides Adjusts to fit document width Plastic Card Lever Press down on the lever to separate the rollers so that plastic identification cards and embossed plastic cards can be fed through the scanner One Touch Scanner Buttons When AutoLaunch is not enabled you can scan by pressing the Scan or Custom button Paper Feed Slot Insert the item you want to scan into the paper feed face up The scanner grabs the page and pulls it through while scanning Universal Serial Bus USB port Connects the scanner to the computer Power jack C
57. e is plugged into a non HI SPEED USB hub Plug the USB cable into a USB 2 0 port if available or just disregard the message If you leave it plugged into the USB 1 1 port your scanner may scan a bit slower Your computer then recognizes that a scanner has been plugged into the USB port and automatically loads the appropriate software to run the scanner If your computer is running Windows version XP or later you will see a message similar to the following 6 Visioneer Strobe 400 x Device driver software installed successfully 21 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 4 Calibration window opens on screen after Windows finishes detecting the scanner Insert the calibration page into the scanner in the direction shown on the calibration page itself Depending on the version of Windows you are using you may be prompted to click Next to proceed with calibration and click Finish when calibration is complete Follow the instructions if you see these on screen prompts 5 When youre certain that the software has completely loaded return to the Complete the installation by connecting your hardware window Connect the AC Adaptor to the scanner 1 and an outlet 2 Connect the USB cable to the scanner 3 and your computer 4 Finally turn the scanner on 5 Plug and Play will finish installing the scanner Please consult your Quick Install Guide or User s Guide for more details 6 Click OK You can also click M
58. e of the OneTouch button Group by type arranges the scanned documents by the type of file such as rtf or jpg If you also want to group them by date you can choose the week and month options 59 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE SETTING DESTINATION APPLICATION PROPERTIES The different types of Destination Applications have various properties that you can select 1 On the OneTouch Properties window click a Destination Application 2 Click the Properties button Scan Custom Options Select destination Select format Acrobat Reader 8 0 l ZA p i Presto BizCard 5 BMP TIFF JPG SEDES ma I F Create single image files Select configuration Click a Destination ScanSoft PaperPort Application utocrop Color Photograph Business Card Fax Quality Transfer to Storage Autocrop Grayscale Photograph 4 Burn to CD ROM hala W Business Quality gm Fax W Configure Before Scan So b the Properties Refresh Properties New Copy l Edit utton A OneTouch 4 0 Link Properties dialog box opens for the type of Destination Application you selected and the available options are for that type of application PaperPort Properties These properties apply to designating the PaperPort folder to receive your scanned items PaperPort w Please select your preferences for ScanSoft s PaperPort from the options below
59. ed Duplex Capable Optical Resolution 600 x 600 dpi 48 bpp internal color Max Document Size 8 50 x 14 00 L amp OneTouch Button Count 2 91 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 3 Click the Properties button Device Settings Information Device name Visioneer Strobe 400 Driver version 0 0 2009 1112 Firmware version 0 1 Interface USB 2 0 Documents Scanned Pages Serial Number 1112 Last Calibrated Decii 2009 10 58 AM Control V Turn on AutoLaunch for front feed scanning Paper pickup delay Moderate 500 ms Current Event SCAN E Exit paper through the back Calibrate Reset Device Turn on AutoLaunch for front feed scanning Select this option to have the scanner start scanning automatically when an item is inserted into the front of the scanner This option is selected by default on installation of OneTouch If you want to scan from the OneTouch Button Panel or from a different scanning application deselect this option e Paper pickup delay This option sets the time delay for the scanner to wait before feeding the page through the scanner Using a paper pickup delay allows you to make sure the page is straight in the scanner before the scanner feeds it through If the Paper pickup delay is at 0 ms milliseconds the scanner starts as soon as the paper sensor detects an item in the paper feed slot This option is enabled only when Turn on A
60. ed hardware capabilities Visioneer Strobe 400 E Scanner Type SheetFed Duplex Capable 0 Optical Resolution 600 x 600 dpi 48 bpp internal color E Max Document Size 8 50 x 14 00 2 OneTouch Button Count 2 3 In the Device Settings tab click on Turn on AutoLaunch for Front Feed Scanning to deselect this option Device Settings Information Device name Visioneer Strobe 400 G Driver version 0 0 2009 1112 Firmware versian 0 1 Interface USB 2 0 Documents Scanned Pages Serial Number 1112 Last Calibrated 11 2009 10 58 AM Control Turn on AutoLaunch for front feed scanning Paper pickup delay Moderate 500 ms hd E Exit paper through the back 4 Click on OK to save the changes and close the window Click on OK to close the Hardware Properties window The AutoLaunch feature is now turned off Your scanner will not start scanning until you click on the scan button on the OneTouch button panel or on the scanning interface from the application you are using e To turn AutoLaunch back on follow the instructions in this section and click on the option in step 4 to select to enable the feature Paper pickup delay If the AutoLaunch option is enabled the Paper pickup delay option also becomes available The Paper pickup delay is the amount of time you want the scanner to wait until it feeds the item into the scanner to start scanning 35 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE SCA
61. en shows the pre set function for each button such as Scan and the icon of the destination called the Destination Application where the images will be sent when scanning is finished In the example below the Scan button will scan and send the pages to PaperPort gt Visioneer Strobe 400 EJ US Letter Duplex PDF Made Black amp White 200 dpi Duplex Page 8 50 x 11 00 Settings Br 50 5 The OneTouch button panel shows which scan setting will be used for scanning in this case scan to PaperPort DEFAULT ONETOUCH SETTINGS You can change any of these settings Please see Configuring the OneTouch Buttons on page 41 for instructions A folder icon for a button means that the button is set up to archive the scanned item The scanner sends the scanned image directly to a folder without opening the image first in a Destination Application A question mark for a button means your computer does not have the appropriate software or hardware for the initial factory settings In that case you would probably want to change the oa name and Destination Application to something else If OmniPage or OneTouch OmniPage Module is not installed then the options for sending 2 word processing applications such as Microsoft Word will not be available Note The default page size in each configuration is based on your computer s Windows setup of United States or Metric Units e United States is the se
62. ent Comma Delimited Minimize Size Excel Spreadsheet Normal HTML Document Searchable PDF Use MRC v Normal PDF Maximize Quality OCR options Minimize Size v Normal Maximize Quality Use MRC OCR options 3 Choose the file type that you want for the text format Your selection of a file type pertains only to the Destination Application currently selected on the OneTouch Properties window Other Destination Applications that have a text option selected as the Page Format are not affected E Simple Text The txt file format Text with no formatting used by the standard Microsoft text Notepad application E Rich Text Format The rtf file format Text that retains formatting when converted Available arr With Microsoft WordPad and Word LA Word Document The doc file format used by Microsoft Word E Comma Delimited The csv file format used for database or spreadsheet data with fields cv when the document is converted into editable text the fields are maintained Excel Spreadsheet The xls file format used by Microsoft Excel ALS LA HTML Document The htm file format used to create web pages E Searchable PDF The pdf file format used by Adobe Acrobat This format converts scanned pr text into PDF with an invisible text layer for searching SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 76 E Normal PDF The pdf file format used by Adobe Acrobat This format converts scanned text oF into a PDF with the text rea
63. ext in the image 61 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 2 To add another application to the list click the Add Application button The Add Text Based Link dialog box opens Here you can define a custom application that can accept a text document Step 1 Select the path to the application Browse Step 2 Name the application Step 3 Select an icon for this application Step 4 Select the text formats supported by this application HTML Formatted file HTML Rich Text Format RTF 7 Standard ASCII text file TXT i Arnha PRE farmat f PDE 3 Click Browse to find the application you want to add to the list When you select the application using the Browse button steps 1 and 2 on the dialog box are automatically filled in and the application icon appears in step 3 4 Select the icon in Step 3 of the dialog box That is the icon that will appear in the OneTouch Destination List 5 In step 4 of the dialog box select the file formats that the application will accept Refer to the documentation you received with the application to see which text formats the application accepts The options you select at step 4 determine the page format icons in the OneTouch Properties window for that group of applications 6 Click the Add button Click OK on the Link Properties window 8 Click Refresh on the OneTouch Properties window and the new application should now be available SC
64. figuration I the Mode Resolution is locked click the Select the scan mode Blackawhite 100 lock to unlock it and drag the slider to set db Grayscale 200 doi The icon becomes a the resolution a Color Drag the sliders to set Brightness the Brightness and Contrast Contrast mcam Select scan settings for the new scan configuration Mode Select a scanning mode e Black amp White to scan in black and white For example letters and memos are usually scanned in black and white e Grayscale to scan items such as documents containing drawings or black and white photographs e Color to scan color photographs and other color items Color scans have the largest file size Resolution Drag the slider to the right or left to adjust the dots per inch dpi of the resolution 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 Brightness Sometimes an image is scanned with the brightness and contrast set too light or too dark For example a note written with a light pencil may need to be scanned darker to improve legibility Increasing or decreasing the brightness makes the scanned image lighter or darker Contrast The difference between the lighter and darker portions of the image Increasing the contrast emphasizes the difference between the lighter and darker portions
65. his example of the ScanSoft PaperPort Select configuration ie E a Autocrop Color Photograph Business Card Fax Quality Transfer to Storage HH utocrop Grayscale Photograph 4 Bum to CD ROM E i d baia Wh Business Card Quality EE S WA Configure Before Scan Selecting the text format option also selects OCR processing as an automatic step for scanning Therefore when you scan a document with the text format selected the text portions of the document are automatically converted to editable text The specific file format is the file name extension on the text format icon The specific text format this example is AIF for Rich Text Format rtf As you select Destination Applications that are text applications the text format icon changes to match the file type of the application In some cases the Destination Application supports several file types and you can right click on the icon to choose the particular file type for that application To select a file type for the text format 1 Select the Destination Application 75 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 2 Right click on the text format icon Example menu for the TEXT format when the Example menu for the TEXT format when the Destination Application is Microsoft Word Destination Application is a Storage location re a EN DDF E _ Simple Text Simple Text Rich Text Format Rich Text Format v Word Document Word Docum
66. install the additional applications 1 Return to the Installation Disc main menu and click on Install Products 2 Select the applications you want to install and click Install Now Follow the instructions on screen to install each of the applications Software Adobe Reader Nuance Pa erPort Nuance OmniPage NewSoft Presto BizCard About the Software Adobe Reader is a stand alone application that you use to open view search and print PDF files The User Guides on your scanners installation CD s are in PDF format and require Adobe Reader for you to view and save them The Adobe Reader installer is located in the User Guide section on the Installation Disc 1 PaperPort is a document management software application The PaperPort scan ning features allows you to insert new pages into an existing file and name your file immediately after scanning From within the PaperPort desktop you can sort your documents and move them between folders as you would through the Windows My Documents folder You can reorder the pages in a PDF file unstack a document so all the pages are resaved as individual files PaperPort also has some basic image editing options in the PaperPort PageView such as adding notes to image files modifying image colors and touch up the image using the erase and or auto correct options OmniPage Pro provides precision OCR analysis advanced layout detection and Logical Form Recognition L
67. ions can use the TWAIN interface for scanning The TWAIN interface described in this section is the one provided with your scanner and you will see it when scanning from PaperPort or OmniPage Other TWAIN compliant scanning applications may also access this interface However there are some applications that have their own TWAIN interface If you are scanning from a software application and see the interface shown in this section you can use these instructions to scan with the TWAIN interface If you do not see this TWAIN interface please refer to your scanning application s user guide for instructions Note You can access the TWAIN interface when you re scanning from the OneTouch software If the OneTouch configuration you are using is set to Configure Before Scan and the selected option is TWAIN the TWAIN interface opens right away when pressing the button on your scanner without opening any other TWAIN compliant software first The PaperPort software includes a complete set of help topics that answer questions about each feature of the software To open the Help Topics window press the F1 key on your keyboard or choose PaperPort help from the Help menu VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 92 93 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE ACCESSING THE TWAIN INTERFACE Every TWAIN scanning application will access the scanner using a different method Below is a brief list of common applications and how to initiate a sca
68. kg 50 104 10 40 C without condensation 1096 8596 35 C without condensation Power Cord Powertron 5Vdc 1 5A Power Cord ENG 5Vdc 1 2A USB Power Cord 5Vdc 0 5A 100 240Vac 50 60Hz 0 3A DC Jack 5Vdc 1 5A 7 5W L 1600 PA1008 1I made by Powertron ENERGY STAR and RoHS 100 240Vac 50 60Hz 0 3A DC Jack 5Vdc 1 2A 6W L 1600 3A 066WP05 made by ENG ENERGY STAR and RoHS A Type DC Jack 4P 5Vdc 0 5A 24AWG L 2 1600mm RoHS 5 Watts during operation 1 Watts on standby Mini USB connector 28AWG with core L2 1600 mm RoHS UL C UL FCC Class B CE RoHS ENERGY STAR Microsoft Windows 32 bit XP Service Pack 2 or 3 32 bit or 64 bit Vista with or without Service Pack 1 or 2 32 bit or 64 bit 7 TWAIN WIA Visioneer OneTouch Nuance PaperPort Nuance OmniPage Adobe Reader NewSoft Presto BizCard Kofax Virtual ReScan VRS Module 111 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE STROBE 400 SPARE PART LIST Please use the following part name and number when ordering a replacement USB cable for your scanner Part Name Part Number Calibration page 05 0803 000 Cleaning cloth 05 0804 000 High Speed USB 2 0 Certified Cable USB Power Cable 35 0230 000 37 0089 000 Power Supply or 37 0089 001 37 0090 000 U S AC Plug Adapter 37 0091 000 EUR 37 0092 000 U K Index A Actual size 49 Add Application 61 62 Advanced Clarity 88 Advanced device setting
69. l the Destination Application categories The list of Destination Applications available for the selected button will include all the applications on your computer that fall into these categories Select Destinations Select this option to individually choose the types of applications to include in the list of Destination Applications Check the boxes for the type of application to include Document Management includes Nuance PaperPort and other applications for processing and keeping track of your scanned documents Image Editors include Microsoft Paint and other drawing and graphics applications Text Editors include Microsoft Word and WordPad Microsoft Excel and other word processing and spreadsheet applications Select this option if you want OCR processing to convert your scanned documents to text that you can edit PDF applications are for documents scanned to PDF format Email includes Microsoft Outlook and other email applications Storage and CD R W is for either storing scanned documents in a folder or sending them to a CD burner to create a CD containing the scanned documents Fax and Print is for sending your scanned documents directly to your printer or fax software for faxing Sti event forwarding is for using another applications interface for scanning The OneTouch Event Forwarding dialog box opens so you can select which application to use to continue scanning 3 Click Apply then click on the Multi Function tab to
70. lected measurement the default page size in each profile will be based on the Imperial standard paper sizes such as 8 5 x 11 e Metric is the selected measurement the default page size in each profile is based on the ISO 216 standard and the majority of the profiles will default to A4 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 38 39 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL Scanning from the button panel on your computers screen works like inserting a page in the scanner when AutoLaunch is turned on To scan from the OneTouch Button panel Follow the steps in the previous section to turn off the AutoLaunch feature before scanning with the OneTouch panel If AutoLaunch is turned on the scanner will automatically scan when a page is inserted in the scanner 1 Adjust the guides on the front of the scanner for the width of the item you are scanning Press down on the card lever if you are scanning plastic cards 2 Place an item face up in the paper feed slot Click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows notification area at the lower right corner of the screen OneTouch Icon DW 504 PM _ 4 OneTouch Button Panel opens Visioneer Strobe 400 EJ au 5 Scan Custom 5 Click the button you want to use to scan A scan progress window opens and the image is sent to the selected application for the OneTouch button 7 You can now work with the image in
71. lish Financial Dictionary Missing Character Recognition Quality SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 78 Choose the options you want from the OCR window Languages in Document Click on the language s in list that correspond to the languages in the documents to be scanned You can click on multiple languages These are the languages that will be recognized during the OCR process For faster and more reliable language recognition select only the languages in the documents The languages are in alphabetical order Type the first letter of a language s name to jump to its section in the list Use languages and dictionaries to improve accuracy Select this option to automatically check the validity of the recognized words An OCR engine looks at each letter or symbol on the page individually then guesses what the letter or symbol is based on the shape Therefore the OCR engine may have more than one guess for a particular letter or symbol a best guess a second best 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 dictionary it checks for the second best guess and so on For example if the word house appears in the original document but the OCR engine is 75 sure that the o is actually an a the finished document would have the word hause Turning this option on tells the OCR engi
72. n an application name in the Select Destination list Select a file format in the Select Format panel Select a scanning configuration in the Select Configuration list Click on OK to save the changes Place a page in the scanner Click on the button that you made the changes for EN SD E E Se The scanner starts scanning and sends the image to the application with the file format and scanning configuration you specified Note The next section contains detailed information on making changes to the OneTouch Properties window SELECTING NEW SETTINGS Click the Options tab to select options Select the Destination Application that will open when you are finished scanning You use the destination application to view and work with your scanned images Select destination gs Acrobat Reader 8 0 Presto BizCard 5 i ScanSoft PaperPort Transfer to Storage 22 Fax e 2 Burn ta CD ROM Select format TEES AFG a Create single image files Select configuration 4 Autocrop Color Photograph Business Card Fax Quality P Autocrop Grayscale Photograph 4 Business Card Wh Business Card Quality W Configure Before Scan The settings on the OneTouch Properties window are Select Destination The list of Destination Applications that OneTouch that this application opens immediately after scanning is complete Select the application you want OneTouch to se
73. n from within that application including some of the applications which may have been provided with your scanner e OneTouch Open the OneTouch Properties window and under the Configuration List select Configure Before Scan Click on OK to save the changes the next time you scan using that button the TWAIN interface will open immediately Scan Custom Options Select destination Select format Acrobat Reader 8 0 V H Presto BizCard 5 BMP TIFF JPG PDF n a fran Create single image files Select configuration ScanSoft PaperPort 4 Autocrop Color Photograph Business Card Fax Quality Transfer to Storage HH d Autocrop Grayscale Photograph 4 Bun to CD ROM E NEUES gt Business Card OCR Quality Wj Configure Before Scan v TWAIN Refresh Properties On the Toolbar click on the Scanner icon to open the Scan Pane on the left side of the PaperPort desktop Select your scanner in the Scan Pane then click on the Scan button in the Scan Pane If you get a message that the scanner is not in the PaperPort database follow the instruction so screen to run the Scanner Setup Wizard e OmniPage Go to File then Get Page then click on Scan If you get a message that the scanner is not in the OmniPage database follow the instruction so screen to run the Scanner Setup Wizard e ArcSoft Click on the Scanner icon from the main menu e Corel Paint Shop Pro From
74. nd the scanned image to 2 Microsoft WORD a Microsoft WordPad Notepad ScanSoft PaperPort Transfer to Storage Eir n Bum ta CO AOM SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 42 Delete Select a file format for your scanned images Select a configuration for scanning the item can send a scanned image to so 111 Note If you select a word processing program such as Microsoft WordPad Microsoft Word that can be used for OCR such as TXT or RTF the text in scanned images is automatically converted to word processing text 43 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Select Configuration The list of available scan configurations for the selected button The configurations basic settings include scanning mode resolution dpi page size brightness Br and contrast Cr To see a selected scan configurations settings click its icon Click the icon again to close the detailed information Scan US Letter Document Wi Configure Before Scan Click the icon ofa selected Scan Photograph I configuration to view its sede pu LS 7 00 4 set ngs Settings Brightness 50 Co Scan 6x4 Vivid Photograph u Copy Photograph _ These icons next to each scan configuration indicate the scanning mode 4 4 Color Black and White Grayscale Configure Before Scan See the sections Creating a New Scan Configuration on page 44 and Editing or Deleting Scan
75. nd magazine illustrations Selecting Reduce Moir Patterns will limit or eliminate moir patterns in the scanned image This option is only available at lower resolutions e Straighten Image Select this option to let the scanner automatically determine if a page is skewed then straighten its image If the page is fed through at too great of an angle the image may not straighten correctly In that case re scan the page using the paper guides to feed the paper in straight 47 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE e Invert Image Only available for Black amp White Mode this option reverses the black and whites of an image Inverted Image Original Image Duplex Scan both sides of the page If this option is not selected the scanner will scan the face up side of the page only e Skip Blank Originals Skips pages that are completely blank This option is only available for Duplex scanning If you are scanning light weight paper such as 16lb or 18lb printer paper the scanner may be picking up faint images through the paper and the driver will not drop those pages out of the final file The Skip Blank Originals result will vary based on the DPI range and paper weight Generally 100 dpi or 150 dpi produces the best results e Color Filter Color filter is the ability of your scanner to automatically remove a color from a scanned image For example if you are scanning a letter with a red watermark you can choose
76. ne to look at the other letters in the word check to see which version of the word is in the dictionary and output the correct word house in the final document The OCR engine does not automatically correct misspelled words that were present in the original document When dictionaries are selected the terms in those dictionaries are used to check the spelling If this is option is not selected User Dictionaries and Professional Dictionaries cannot be selected User Dictionary A user dictionary is your personal dictionary with words that you want the OCR engine to reference for better accuracy when converting the document into editable text For example if you scan documents with highly technical terms or acronyms not found in typical dictionaries you can add them to your personal dictionary You can also add names that you expect to be in the documents too This way as the OCR process recognizes each letter or symbol there is a higher chance that the technical term or name will be correctly spelled in the final document You can create multiple user dictionaries See the section Creating Your Own Dictionaries on page 79 Click the menu arrow and select a user dictionary from the list If you select none as the user dictionary the text will be validated using the terms in the dictionaries for the selected languages as well as any professional dictionaries if they are selected The label current is next to the currently select
77. nge the picture type from Black amp White to Color then restart the scanning without losing the pages already scanned FILE FORMAT OPTIONS The format option you select determines the file format of the scanned document Appropriate format options and file types are available for the type of Destination Application selected for the button SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 54 The available options are for images and text lt lt Image Formats text formats TEXT available Text Formats Ec TEXT is only one of several POF JPG The Text Formats are for text file types The names of the formats indicate their file types See Text Formats on page 74 for details za SA 24 CSV DOC HTML nFDF POF RTF TEXT ALS Create Single Image Files The TIFF and PDF formats support multiple page documents If you are scanning as a TIFF or PDF file and want one file created for each image scanned select Create single image files Note that this option is automatically selected and disabled if you have selected a format that only supports single pages such as BMP or JPG Select format TIFF JPG PDF POF Create single image files Image Formats Select an image file format for photos artwork or other documents that you want to save as images BMP and TIFF are standard image file formats generally used if you want to do additional image processing such
78. nning Windows XP or Windows Vista you also use this dialog box to start the Burn to CD process See the section Scan and Burn to a CD on page 65 You can also set up multiple configurations to store scanned items in separate locations See Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage on page 68 Storage 712 Documents dropped on this link will be transferred to Es storage devices i e file system or CD Burner EH Storage layout All documents are in the root Documents are put in folders by month Documents are put in folders by week Documents are put in folders by type CD burner options Show message when ready to burn 5 CD 700 MB Storage location C Users Public Documents Documents transferred to the Burn to link are waiting to be written to CD Burn to 1 Click the Storage Layout options you want All documents are in the root The scanned documents are saved in the root of the folder specified in the Storage Location Documents are put into folders by month week or type Folders are created based on your selection month week or type and the scanned documents are saved in those folders New folders are created for each month and week so you can keep track of when you scanned the documents Click the Browse button to specify the location to store the scanned documents 3 Ifyou have a CD burner attached to your computer the option Show message when ready to burn 5 CD 70
79. o an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help This equipment has been certified to comply with the limits for a class B computing device pursuant to FCC Rules In order to maintain compliance with FCC regulations shielded cables must be used with this equipment Operation with non approved equipment or unshielded cables is likely to result in interference to radio and TV reception The user is cautioned that changes and modifications made to the equipment without the approval of manufacturer could void the user s authority to operate this equipment This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Energy Star for the USA Energy Program compliance As an ENERGY STARQ partner Visioneer Inc has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency The ENERGY STAR and ENERGY STAR MARK are registered United States trademarks The ENERGY STAR Imaging Equipment Program is a team effort between the U S European Union and Japanese governments and the office equipment industry to promote energy efficient copiers printers fax multifunction machine personal computers and monitors Reducing product energy
80. o type them in the word processing program Note also that the words do not need to be alphabetized 4 Save the document in the txt format and give the file the name that you want for the dictionary For example give it the name USERDICI 5 Now open the OCR Options window 6 Onthe OCR Options window click the button next to the menu arrow SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 7 The User Dictionary Files window opens and shows the available dictionaries none current Set As Current Remove MyDictionary is an example of a user dictionary 8 Click Add New The Add New User Dictionary window opens Je gt Computer Local Disk C My Organize 7 Views ly New Folder Favorite Links Date modified Program Files Users Windows __ InstallationInfo E My Dictionary 3E Recent Places BE Desktop 188 Computer Documents Pictures i Music 5j Recently Changed E Searches Ji Public Folders File name My Dictionary lists txt dic v Open F 9 Click the drop down arrow for Files of type and choose Text Files txt 10 Select the file you just created for your user dictionary and click Open In the example above the file is named USERDICI 80 81 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 11 The text file now appears on the list of user dictionaries that you can use for spellchecking File name E 12 Select a dictionary an
81. on Disc 2 with the OmniPage software From either of these user guide windows click on the User guide menu link to return to the main user guide window then select the other documentation section to view the user guides Scanner documentation window Software documentation window YW visioneer W7 visioneer Click on a link below to view the appropriate user guide Click on a link below to view the appropriate user guide Adobe Reader must be installed in order to view the user Adobe Reader must be installed in order to view the user guides guides SCANNER README NUANCE PAPERPORT SCANNER NEWSOFT PRESTO BIZCARD CSER GUIDE MENU CSER GUIDE MENU INSTALLATION 28 3 Click the name of the User Guide you want to view and it will open in Adobe Reader Use the Adobe Save command to save that User Guide to your computer 4 When youre finished click Main Menu to return to the main Visioneer Installation window and click Exit 5 Remove the Installation Disc and store both discs in a safe place Thats it Installation is finished and your Visioneer scanner is ready to scan 29 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Loading Documents to Scan This section illustrates scanning using OneTouch AutoLaunch and scanning with the buttons on the scanner After turning off AutoLaunch as described below you can also scan using the OneTouch Button Panel on screen or using a scanning application Note Always remove any staples o
82. onal Receipts a X X Scan to multiple storage folders Insert the document you want to scan to storage Start scanning with the button you set to scan to the first storage location When scanning is finished insert the next document pM E 13 Start scanning with the button you set to scan to the second storage location When scanning 1s finished the documents are stored in the two separate folders 73 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE SCANNING WITH OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION OCR Optical Character Recognition OCR converts text and numbers on a scanned page into editable text and numbers You can then work with the text and numbers to edit spell check change font or type size sort calculate and so forth Note Visioneer recommends that all OCR processing use the original factory settings for OCR scanning that came with your scanner When scanning with other settings use at least 300 dpi for the resolution If the original documents are of poor quality or have a small type font 400 dpi can be used as the maximum resolution The OneTouch OmniPage Module or the OmniPage Pro software must be installed on your computer in order to use the OCR options with the OneTouch software and your Visioneer scanner The OneTouch OmniPage Module was automatically installed when you installed your driver from the installation disc To scan with
83. onnects the power cord to the scanner Power Switch Turns the scanner power on off WELCOME 8 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS IBM compatible Pentium 4 PC or AMD equivalent with A CD ROM drive An available Universal Serial Bus USB port Microsoft Windows operating system Windows XP Service Pack 1 and 2 Windows Vista or Windows 7 The scanner is compatible with Service Pack 3 for Windows XP and Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista Windows XP Minimum of 512 megabytes MB of internal memory RAM Windows Vista and 7 Minimum of 1 gigabyte GB of internal memory RAM 350 MB minimum of free hard disk space A VGA or SVGA Monitor The recommended settings for your monitor are Color quality of 16 bit or 32 bit Resolution set to at least 800 x 600 pixels Refer to your Windows documentation for instructions on setting the color quality and resolution for the monitor 9 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE DOCUMENTATION The following documentation is provided with your scanner Quick Install Guide Abbreviated installation instructions Scanner User s Guide On the Installation Disc 1 contains detailed installation scanning configuration and maintenance information Scanner Readme On the Installation Disc 1 contains the latest information about your scanner and software installation PaperPort User s Guide On the Installation Disc 1 contains detailed feature and configuration information for the
84. op panel of the scanner 105 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 2 Hold the scanner sides firmly and pull the scanner top up to release it from the body of the scanner Use both hands to open the scanner the top is held down with locking arms on both sides of the paper feed slot If you open only one side you may warp the scanner top 3 Using the cleaning cloth wipe down all surfaces in the scanner There are rollers and scanner glass in both the scanner body and the underside of the scanner lid If you are seeing lines in the scanned image and calibration did not resolve the issue make sure there is nothing stuck on the glass plates in the scanner 4 Gently close the scanner lid Press down on it until you hear a click as the arms lock the scanner lid in place Do not press down on the card lever on the front of the scanner when closing the lid MAINTENANCE 106 ADDITIONAL CLEANING METHOD The standard cleaning method for your scanner is to use the dry cleaning cloth in the scanner If lines smudges or blurry areas are still in the scanned image you can try cleaning the scanner with Isopropyl rubbing alcohol Please use caution when cleaning the scanner and take appropriate care to prevent injury skin irritation or damage to the scanner e Scanner cleaning cloth e bottle of 70 solution Isopropyl rubbing alcohol e Protective rubber or latex gloves e Protective eye glasses Follow the inst
85. or this option because the actual Destination Application is not selected until after you press the scanner button Scan Custom Options Select destination X Microsoft Office Document Image Writer e ArcSoft Photolmpression BMP TIFF J PDF n a Select configuration 4 Autocrop Color Photograph Business Card Fax Quality Yv y Microsoft Paint ko Microsoft Outlook SharePoint 39 Still Image Client Properties Edit 4 Autocrop Grayscale Photograph Business Card Business Card Quality W Configure Before Scan Choose a Scan Configuration and click OK Start scanning using the button you selected for event forwarding SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH A dialog box opens for you to select the application to use for scanning OneTouch Event Forwarding Select the program to launch for this action Microsoft Office Document Imaging Microsoft Office Document Imaging wg Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard Download pictures rom a camera or scanne C Always use this program for this action Select the application you want in the box and click OK Now the application you selected opens and you can continue scanning using the applications interface 66 67 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE CREATING AN HTML WEB PAGE FROM YOUR SCANNED DOCUMENTS You can convert scanned pages to HTML format for posting di
86. ore than one page collate the copies Enter the number of copies in the Copies box Advanced Click to see additional settings for the device The dialog box that opens is specific to the device For example if the device is your printer the dialog box is your printers setup settings Click OK or Apply SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 50 The Storage Options Tab Archive A Storage Options tab is on the Scan Configurations dialog box when the Destination Application is Transfer to Storage You use the options on this tab to select where to save your scanned items for storage when scanning with that particular Scan Configuration 1 Click on the Storage Options tab Scan Settings Page Settings Storage Options Select folder and transfer options EH Storage layout All documents are in the root Documents are put in folders by month Documents are put in folders by week Documents are put in folders by type Storage location C Users Public Documents 2 Click the Storage Layout options you want All documents are in the root The scanned documents are saved in the root of the folder specified in the Storage Location Documents are put into folders by month week or type Folders are created based on your selection month week or file type and the scanned documents are saved in those folders New folders are created for each month and week so you can keep track of when you scanned the documents
87. ore to see a quick overview about accessing and navigating the OneTouch Button Panel When youre finished reading the additional information click OK 7 Click Close on the Driver Installation Complete window to close and exit the driver installer INSTALLATION 22 INSTALLING VISIONEER ONETOUCH The Visioneer OneTouch software installation will automatically start after you click Close on the Driver Installation Complete window 1 Click Next on the Welcome to the OneTouch Setup Wizard window Welcome to the OneTouch 4 0 Setup Wizard Gr 4 0 The installer will quide you through the steps required to install OneTouch 4 0 on your computer WARNING This computer program Is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized duplication or distribution of this program any portion of it may result in severe civil criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law Cancel lt Back 2 On the Visioneer License Agreement window read the license agreement If you accept the terms select I Agree and click Next If you choose not to accept the license agreement the installation will terminate and the OneTouch software will not be installed 3 The Visioneer OneTouch software will install when you click Next on the Visioneer License Agreement window 4 Click Close on the Visioneer OneTouch Installation Complete window to close and exit the installer 23 VISIONEER S
88. ot plugged in securely Inspect the cable connection Make sure the USB cable is plugged in securely e 5 the OneTouch icon in the Windows notification area OneTouch must be installed for the scanner s AutoLaunch function to work You can also try scanning from a TWAIN scanning application such as PaperPort e Did you restart the computer after installing the software If you didnt restart the computer it may not have loaded all of the software files Try restarting your computer e Do you plug the scanner into a USB hub Try plugging the scanner directly into a USB port on the computer e Did you select another TWAIN source for acquiring images If you use multiple TWAIN devices such as a digital camera with your computer you may have selected another source for images Problem Pages keep jamming in the scanner or get pulled through at an angle Flatten the edges of the page before placing it in the paper feed slot If the edge of the paper has been folded it may get stuck in the scanner as it 1s pulled through Also make sure you are inserting the paper straight into the scanner If the page is inserted at an angle it will pull through the scanner at that angle and the page may tear Make sure scanner cables are not blocking the paper exit path in the back of the scanner Problem During installation I got the error message PaperPort Installation is not complete The installation procedure was not successful You need to reboot yo
89. oth sides of the page If this option is not selected the scanner will scan the face down side of the page only Color Filter Color filter is the ability of your scanner to automatically remove a color from a scanned image For example if you are scanning a letter with a red watermark you can choose to filter out the red so the scanned letter just shows the text and not the red watermark Color filter applies to Black amp White or Grayscale scanning modes You can fine tune the Color Filter results by adjusting the Brightness level AutoCrop to original Select this option to let the scanner automatically determine the size of the item being scanned Always use the paper guides on the scanner so the page is not skewed Skewed pages may not crop properly Reduce Moir Patterns Moir patterns wavy rippled lines that sometimes appear on the scanned images of photographs or illustrations particularly newspaper and magazine illustrations Selecting Reduce Moir Patterns will limit or eliminate moir patterns in the scanned image This option is only available at lower resolutions Define page size Click this option to activate the Define button Then click the Define button to see the Define page size dialog box for selecting a specific page size Standard Letter 812 11 in gt Custom width 8 50 Height 11 00 Inches Cancel Standard Click the menu arrow and choose a page size from the list Custom
90. ple shown on the previous page the Destination Application is Paint Canceling a Configure Before Scan 1 Click Cancel in the scanning progress window Scanning page 1 Cancel Visioneer Inc All rights reserved 2 The following window will open asking if you want to cancel the entire job Do you want to cancel the entire job e 9 stops and all pages scanned in this batch up to this point will be deleted The TWAIN interface will close and you can restart your scan from the beginning Choose Yes if the TWAIN scan settings are incorrect for your current scanning batch For instance the Picture Type is Black amp White but you want to scan your documents in color Choose Yes to delete any scanned pages then start over but select the correct picture type before scanning e No Scanning stops but all pages scanned in this batch up to this point are not deleted and the TWAIN interface remains open You can place a new page in the scanner adjust the TWAIN settings for it then click the Scan button in the TWAIN interface to continue scanning At the end of the scanning batch all pages from the first portion of the scan and second will be sent to the Destination Application Choose this option if for instance you have been scanning a Black amp White document but you want to insert a color page into it Instead of having to re scan the entire batch you can stop the current scan cha
91. r cord into the power jack on the scanner and into a wall outlet Note Only use the power supply included with your scanner Model PA1008 11 made by Powertron Electronics Corp or 3A 066WP05 made by ENG Connecting any other type of power supply may damage your scanner and will void its warranty TO CONNECT THE SCANNER POWER TO THE COMPUTER Plug the round end of the USB power cord into the power jack on the scanner 2 Plug the flat end of the USB power cord into an available USB port on the back of the computer We do not recommend using a USB hub to power the scanner Note Only use the USB power cable included with your scanner Connecting any other type of USB power cable may damage your scanner and will void its warranty If you do not have your USB power cable you can order a new one by contacting our Customer Service department Please refer to the Technical Support Card included with your scanner for our company contact information or visit the Parts amp Accessories page for your scanner at www visioneer com 13 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Installation BEFORE YOU BEGIN Please make sure of the following before you begin installation Do not plug in the USB cable until after you install the software Complete the installation steps in the order described in this guide If you are prompted to reboot the computer during installation please select the option to restart the computer later
92. r paper clips from documents before inserting them into the Q scanner Staples and paper clips can jam the feed mechanism and scratch the internal components Also remove any labels stickers or Post It notes that may come off during the scanning process N and get stuck in the scanner Misuse as described here will void your scanner s warranty SCANNING UsiNG AUTOLAUNCH When OneTouch is installed AutoLaunch is enabled and the scanner starts scanning when an item is inserted in the front of the scanner The item is scanned using the settings in the OneTouch Properties window for the Scan button on the scanner SCANNING PAPER ITEMS 1 Make sure the card lever on the front of the scanner is up Make sure this lever is up before scanning paper items VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 30 31 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 2 Adjust the paper guides to the width of the item being scanned 3 Place an item face up in the paper feed slot 4 The scanner grabs the top edge of the paper and automatically begins to scan and feed the paper through the scanner 5 A scan progress window opens an the image is sent to the selected destination in the OneTouch Properties for the Scan button In this example the Destination Application is the PaperPort software LOADING DOCUMENTS TO SCAN 32 SCANNING PLASTIC CARDS 1 Press down the card lever on the front of the scanner This separates the rollers
93. racter that will not appear in your documents Recognition Quality Drag the slider to the left or right to set the degree of accuracy for the OCR process The higher the accuracy the longer the OCR process requires to complete For clean highly legible documents you can set the recognition quality to a lower level to produce results more quickly 2 Click OK or Apply These options will now apply to the OCR processing when you select any text format as the page format CREATING YoUR OWN DICTIONARIES You can create multiple dictionaries for your personal use For example you might have different dictionaries for separate work projects especially if each project uses different acronyms and terminology To create a personal dictionary Open any word processing program such as Microsoft Word WordPad or Notepad Create a new document in the word processing program Type each word you want in your new dictionary followed by a carriage return Make sure to spell the words correctly as they will be used for spellchecking Here is an example of what the text file might look like Visioneer OneTouch OmniPage wysiwyg jpeg bmp sPDF nPDF Note The file does not have to include every word you want in the dictionary You will be able to edit the list later In fact the file does not have to contain any text at all and you could add the words using the editing options However if the list of words is long it s usually faster t
94. rd WM Business Card OCA Quality Configure Before Scan SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 52 Select then right click on Configure Before Scan to get the menu and choose the interface to use for scanning 3 Right click on Configure Before Scan and choose an interface to use for configuring before scanning TWAIN The TWAIN Interface opens for you to make changes prior to scanning Refer to the chapter Scanning from TWAIN WIA The Windows Image Acquisition WIA Interface opens for you to make changes prior to scanning Refer to the chapter Scanning from WIA 4 Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window To Scan Using Configure Before Scan 1 Click the button you set up to use Configure Before Scan The TWAIN Interface opens 3 Choose your scan settings such as the Picture Type of Color Grayscale or Black amp White Resolution in DPI and Page Size Click the Scan button on the TWAIN Interface Visioneer Strobe 400 Mode Resolution i Black amp White 4 Grayscale Brightness amp Color Letter 8 5 x 11in Options E E e F AutoCrop to original F Reduce Moir patterns V Define page size AutoScan on document insertion 53 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 5 The item is scanned When finished click the Done button and the image will be sent to the Destination Application specified in the OneTouch 4 0 Properties window In the exam
95. re to be able to save the scanned images Problem My computer keeps giving me out of memory error messages Make sure that your system meets the minimum requirements for using the scanner as shown on page 8 Problem The scanned images are of poor quality even after I recalibrated and cleaned the scanner Try reinstalling the scanner driver The driver software may have been corrupted 109 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE UNINSTALLING OR REINSTALLING YOUR SCANNER To uninstall your scanner remove the scanner driver OneTouch 4 0 software PaperPort and any other software provided with your scanner UNINSTALLING THE SCANNER AND ONETOUCH SOFTWARE Open the Windows Control Panel 2 Windows XP Double click the Add or Remove Programs icon Windows Vista and Windows 7 Double click the Programs and Features icon 3 From the list of programs select Visioneer Strobe 400 Click the Change Remove or Uninstall button Click Yes when asked to confirm that you want to remove these software programs 5 Follow the same steps to select and remove OneTouch 4 0 the Kofax VirtualReScan and OneTouch ScanSoft OmniPage OCR modules from the installed programs list 6 The scanner driver OneTouch 4 0 software and modules are removed from your computer 7 Unplug the USB cable from the scanner 8 Close all open windows and restart your computer UNINSTALLING THE PAPERPORT AND OMNIPAGE SOFTWARE On the Windows taskbar click Star
96. rectly to your web site To scan and create an HTML web page 1 Open the OneTouch Properties window 2 Select Microsoft Explorer as the Destination Application 3 Choose HTML as the Format Scan Custom Options Select destination w Microsoft Excel Ix e Microsoft Explorer m2 Microsoft WORD We crosort a ES 4 Microsoft WordPad pe Notepad 24 Acrobat Reader 8 0 Select format V M BMP TIFF JPG PDF HTML Create single image files Select configuration 4 Autocrop Color Photograph Business Card Fax Quality 4 utocrop Grayscale Photograph Business Card Business Card OCR Quality Scan for Light Text New Copy Edit Delete Refresh Properties Cancel Choose HTML Choose a Scan Configuration that has the settings for the image on the HTML page 5 Click OK Start scanning using the button you selected for scanning with the HTML format When scanning is finished the document is first converted to editable text using the OCR process then is converted into an HTML format Microsoft Internet Explorer then opens showing your converted page location you use for your web page files page as you would any other HTML page Choose Save As from the Internet Explorer File menu give the page a name and save it in the You can now use Microsoft Internet Explorer or other application to post the document to your web TR
97. rmat 73 Document Management 57 documentation 9 Dots per inch dpi 45 51 94 98 Duplex 47 95 E Edge Cleanup 87 Edit button 43 eMail 57 Event Forward STI 57 66 Excel Spreadsheet 75 Exit paper through the back 91 F Fax and Print 57 File format 41 43 51 53 file format 75 file storage location 69 Fit to page 49 flowing page 84 Folder Copy Options 58 Format tab 83 full feature install 17 G Gamma 48 113 INDEX Grayscale mode 45 47 94 95 H Hardware properties 40 101 help 9 HTM file format 67 htm file format 75 HTML Document 75 HTML page 67 Hue 48 Image Documents Properties 62 Image Editors 57 Image file formats 54 Improvements and Settings 46 installation 14 Instant Delivery 58 Internet Options 64 Invert Image 47 J JPG Image quality and file size 55 JPG file format 54 Key icon 45 51 L Languages in Document 78 Link Properties 59 Lock icon 45 51 M Maintain aspect ratio 49 Maximize Quality 55 Microsoft Internet Explorer 67 Microsoft Outlook 57 64 Microsoft Paint 57 62 96 Microsoft Word 42 55 57 60 73 Minimize Size 55 Missing Character 78 Moir Patterns 46 95 monitor 8 MRC 76 N New button 3 Normal PDF 76 Normal Quality 55 nPDF 76 0 OCR 74 columns 83 tables 83 OCR Dictionary 78 OCR input format 83 OCR Options 77 OCR output format 84 OCR tab 77 OmniPage 9
98. rmat Options Automatic The document will be formatted as close to its original as possible The OneTouch software will adjust its settings to the most appropriate for the document being scanned in order to match your selected output format The output quality will be maximized and the processing time minimized No Formatting NF The document will be plain text one column left aligned in a single font and font size You can then export the plain text to nearly all file types and target applications Retain Fonts and Paragraphs RFP This output format retains the font and paragraph styling including graphics and tables without columnized text but does not retain layout formatting If the document is being scanned as an Excel spreadsheet each detected table or spreadsheet becomes a separate worksheet while other content is placed on the last worksheet Flowing Page FP This format preserves the original layout of the pages including columns This is done wherever possible with column and indent settings but not with text boxes or frames Text will then flow from one column to the other which does not happen when text boxes are present True Page TP This output format uses absolute positioning on the page to keep the original layout of the pages including columns This is done with text picture and table boxes and frames True Page is the only choice for documents scanned with the PDF format It is not available for the TXT
99. rowse button 71 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 9 Select the folder you created for storing the scanned documents Select location for storing documents BE Desktop b BE Rholz VistaUlt gt Public 4 jE Computer gt eld Floppy Disk Drive amp Local Disk C I Business Receipts p Program Files Users Windows Folder Business Receipts ek ew ot 10 Click OK The selected folder will now be set as the Storage Location such as Business Receipts Select folder and transfer options es Storage layout All documents are in the root Documents are put in folders by month Documents are put in folders by week Documents are put in folders by type Storage location C Business Receipts 11 Click OK The new configuration is now listed as a Transfer to Storage configuration 12 Repeat the process to create additional new configurations such as one named Personal Receipts Make sure to designate separate folders as the Storage Locations for the new configurations SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 72 13 You will now have multiple configurations set up for the Transfer to Storage destination and each configuration scans documents to separate folders Select destination Select format gs Acrobat Reader 8 0 v zl M Presto BizCard 5 TIFF Create single image Select configuration Autocrop Color Photograph B
100. rt check the following e sure the disc drives door is completely shut e Make sure the disc was inserted in the drive in the proper direction label side up To launch the Installation Disc manually e Open the Windows option for your computers disk drives e Double click the icon for your CD ROM drive e The Installation menu for the disc should now open If the menu does not open e From the list of files on the disc double click the file named frontend exe INSTALLATION 16 1 On Main Menu select Install Products VY visioneer Please click on a link below VIEW README INSTALL PRODUCTS USER GUIDES BROWSE CD CONTENTS VIEW OUR WEBSITE 2 Make sure the boxes for Scanner Driver Visioneer OneTouch and Nuance PaperPort are checked WY visioneer Please choose applications to install 2 SCANNER DRIVER E VISIONEER ONETOUCH NUANCE PAPERPORT NEWSOFT PRESTO BIZCARD NUANCE OMNIPAGE PRO INSTALL NOW MAIN MENU 3 Click Install Now INSTALLING THE SCANNER DRIVER The scanner driver installation will start first 1 The Welcome to the Scanner Driver Setup Wizard opens 2 Click Next 17 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 3 On the Visioneer License Agreement window read the license agreement If you accept the terms select I Agree and click Next If you choose not to accept the license agreement the installation will terminate and the scanner driver
101. ructions in the previous section to clean the scanner However dampen the cleaning cloth with the Isopropyl rubbing alcohol before cleaning the inside surfaces of the scanner 107 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE TROUBLESHOOTING In addition to the troubleshooting information contained in this section please see the Readme file on your installation CD The Readme file contains additional information that may help you diagnose problems with the scanner If you try the troubleshooting procedures described in this section and in the Readme file and the scanner still has problems visit our web site at www visioneer com for additional technical information Problem The OneTouch icon is not in the Windows notification area Check for one of these possible problems e 1 the USB cable plugged into a USB hub If you are using a USB hub to connect your devices to your computer you need to use one with external power plugged into the wall If that does not resolve the issue try plugging the scanner directly to the back of the computer e Did you select a full install of the driver The OneTouch icon only shows in the Windows notification area if the OneTouch software was installed if you selected a TWAIN Only install the OneTouch icon will not be available Please refer to the Installation chapter for driver installation options Problem The scanner wont scan Check for one of these possible problems e 5 the cable loose or n
102. s 49 Advanced Settings tab 48 America Online AOL 64 Apply button 44 Aspect ratio 49 Auto Color Detect 88 AutoBrightness 87 AutoCrop 87 AutoCrop to Original 46 AutoCrop to original 95 AutoDeskew 87 AutoOrientation 88 AutoRotate image 49 AutoScan on document insertion 95 Background Smoothing 88 bit depth 110 Black amp White mode 45 47 94 Blank Page Deletion 88 BMP file format 54 Brightness 45 94 98 Burn to CD 63 65 Destination application 65 Calibrate 91 Calibrate button 101 Calibration 100 CD burner 63 65 CD ROM drive 8 Center image 49 Cleaning 104 Collate copies 49 Color Filter 47 95 Color mode 45 51 94 97 Comma Delimited 75 components 7 computer specifications 8 Configure Before Scan 43 51 92 cancel 53 Contrast 45 94 98 Copy button 43 Create copies of scanned documents 58 INDEX 112 Create single image files 54 csv file format 75 Custom paper size 46 D Define page size 95 Delete button 43 Deskew 95 Despeckle 88 Destination Application text file format 74 Destination application 41 49 50 53 56 68 Burn to CD 65 Email application properties 64 Event Forward STI 66 Image application properties 62 Microsoft Explorer HTML 67 OCR 42 73 Text application properties 60 Text file format 55 Transfer to Storage properties 63 65 69 Device settings 91 Device Settings tab 49 Disc 1 15 DOC file fo
103. scanning mode Black amp White to scan in black and white For example letters and memos are usually scanned in black and white Grayscale to scan items such as documents containing drawings or black and white photographs Color to scan color photographs and other color items Color scans have the largest file size Resolution Drag the slider to the right or left to adjust the dots per inch dpi of the resolution 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 Brightness Sometimes an image is scanned with the brightness and contrast set too light or too dark For example a note written with a light pencil may need to be scanned darker to improve legibility Increasing or decreasing the brightness makes the scanned image lighter or darker Contrast The difference between the lighter and darker portions of the image Increasing the contrast emphasizes the difference between the lighter and darker portions decreasing the contrast de emphasizes that difference 95 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Deskew Select this option to let the scanner automatically determine if a page is skewed then straighten its image If the page is fed through at too great of an angle the image may not straighten correctly In that case re scan the page using the paper guides to feed the paper in straight Duplex Scan b
104. t point to Settings then click Control Panel 2 Windows XP Double click the Add or Remove Programs icon Windows Vista and Windows 7 Double click the Programs and Features icon 3 Select PaperPort or OmniPage and click Remove 4 A message window opens asking if you are sure you want to remove PaperPort from your computer Click Yes 5 Close all open windows and restart your computer Optical resolution Bit depth Maximum item size Minimum item size Scan method Scanning specifications Scanning Speed Paper Thickness Image Sensor Light source Interface Scanner body dimensions Width Depth Height Weight Operating temperature Relative humidity Scanner Rating Power supply Powertron Electronics Corporation Power supply ENG USB Power Cord Power consumption USB cable Safety and agency certifications Supported Operating Systems Scanner Drivers Bundled Software MAINTENANCE 110 STROBE 400 SCANNER SPECIFICATIONS 600 dpi 24 bit color 8 bit grayscale 1 bit bitonal black amp white 8 5 x 37 22 3224 Duplex Single Sheet Fed Simplex 5 seconds per page 200 dpi in all color modes Duplex 5 5 seconds per page 200 dpi in Black amp White and Grayscale 12 seconds per page 200 dpi in Color 16 28 lbs 0 002 0 006 60 105 Dual Contact Image Sensor 3 color RGB LED Hi Speed USB 2 0 11 7 inches 297 mm 2 7 inches 68 6 mm 2 inches 51 mm 3 3 pounds 1 5
105. ted areas For grayscale images lighter areas become whiter and darker areas become blacker AutoBrightness is not available for Color scan configurations Edge Cleanup Sometimes a scan image will have a thin black outline around its edges This VRS option replaces those black outlines with white Edge Cleanup only applies if AutoCrop and AutoDeskew are selected so the software can determine where the edges are located Therefore selecting Edge Cleanup will also select AutoCrop and AutoDeskew Edge Cleanup is only available for Black amp White scan configurations SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 88 Despeckle Speckles are small spots on an image that the scanner interpreted as a valid part of the document For example an irregularity in the paper or a small wrinkle or the holes where a staple was removed may show up as speckles on the scanned image The Despeckle option identifies these spots and removes them Despeckle is only available for Black amp White scan configurations If you upgrade your VRS software to the VRS Professional version the Professional Features shown at the bottom of the window become active The Professional Features are Advanced Clarity Produces a clear legible image even for documents that have complex or textured backgrounds such as graph paper blueprints and security paper The Advanced Clarity option identifies the text and drawings in the foreground and produces a scan image that keeps the
106. the Calibration page in the scanner in the direction of the arrow s on the page The calibration page can be inserted in either direction as long as one of the arrows is pointing in towards the scanner To maintain the scanner s quality it needs to be calibrated periodically Please insert the calibration target in the direction of the arrows Calibrating color grevyscale 5 When calibration is complete the scanner will eject the page out of the scanner Do not forcefully pull the page out the scanner will release the page when it has fully exited out of the scanner 103 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE CALIBRATING FROM TWAIN You can access the calibration utility from the TWAIN interface If you are using Windows Vista 64 bit or Windows 7 64 bit and did not install OneTouch with your scanner use these instructions for calibrating the scanner 1 Open the TWAIN interface 2 Click on the scanner icon on the upper right corner of the TWAIN interface Visioneer Strobe 400 Mode Resolution Black amp White 46 Grayscale Brightness Color Contrast Letter 8 5 x 11in Options AutoCrop to length E AutoCrop to original E Deskew Reduce Moir patterns El Duplex Define page size E Filter AutoScan on document insertion Red Blue Rendy for sean 3 The Device Settings options opens Click on the Calibrate button Device Settings
107. the VRS icon as a reminder Select destination Acrobat Reader 5 0 Presto BizCard 5 t ScanSoft PaperPort Transfer to Storage C Bum ta CD ROM Select format J m Lac AE A e BMP JPG POF TIFF TEST E Create single image files Select configuration E Z Quality 4 Document W Configure Before Scan Wh 22 Quality US Letter Duplex 0 Quality US Legal vits uo My YAS for Graph Paper Made Blacks amp white amp 200 dpi Page 8 50 x 11 00 Using VAS image processing 28 The VRS icon the top of the OneTouch Panel and on the scan configuration remind you that the scan will use the VRS settings My VRS for Graph Paper PDF HH Mode Black amp White 200 dpi Page 8 50 x 11 00 Custom Using VRS image processing The summary of the scan settings also indicates VRS settings SCANNING FROM ONETOUCH 90 CHANGING THE HARDWARE SETTINGS 1 Right click on the OneTouch icon and choose Show Hardware from the pop up menu Show Hardware Check for Online Updates Show Quick Reference About 2 The Hardware Properties dialog box opens and shows information about your Visioneer scanner Workgroup hardware status 98 Local Host eee Visioneer Strobe 400 i Strobe 400 Praperties Refresh Selected hardware capabilities gt Visioneer Strobe 400 amp Scanner Type SheetF
108. ton The scanned images are then sent to a destination on your computer or network drive OneTouch Button Panel Use this scan option when you want to scan from the computer screen Scanning from the on screen OneTouch Button Panel is the same as selecting a scanning option on the scanner except you click an icon that represents the button e Visioneer Strobe 400 Scan Custom TWAIN Interface This option uses your scanners TWAIN interface to scan Select scanning options before scanning put the document in the scanner then click the Scan button on the TWAIN interface window Visioneer Strobe 400 Made XX d hi Back Pe ab orsus Coe dut rio Ta Reduce Mons paiera J Dee pape Eos Deirg on GUT Sart kan Done Windows Image Acquisition WIA If your computer is running Windows version XP or later you can use this option to scan with the Microsoft Windows WIA interface What do you want ip scan Ceca Fam um dan opr nion Mon Pom orem a tor era om amp lack ari tie poles a Dauid Vides ail Ahi fm roo Pear lage Ea dccem zia Scanning From OneTouch Based on the recommended full installation of the scanner driver and the Visioneer OneTouch software OneTouch is your main scanning interface for using the scanner The OneTouch Button Panel that you see on the computer scre
109. ur computer and then restart the PaperPort software installation MAINTENANCE 108 Problem The installation will not complete successfully If installation finishes the scanner s OneTouch 4 0 options do not seem to work properly A likely cause is that some driver programs are already installed on your computer for another scanner They are interfering with the installation and OneTouch options and you need to remove those other drivers and re install your Visioneer scanner Please see the documentation that you received with the other scanner for the steps to remove its driver programs After uninstalling the other scanner s driver programs uninstall OneTouch 4 0 using the steps on page 109 then reinstall it using the steps in the Installation chapter Problem If the USB cable is disconnected during a scan the scanner does not reconnect when the USB cable is plugged back in Unplug the USB cable from the scanner and then plug it back in If the scanner does not reconnect 1 Unplug the USB cable from the scanner 2 Restart your computer 3 After the restart is complete plug the USB cable back in Problem My computer keeps giving me out of hard drive space error messages The minimum requirement of 350MB free hard drive space is for the installation of the software and basic low resolution scanning High resolution scans result in files that can be over 1 gigabyte in size Free up some space on your hard drive for the softwa
110. ure Grayscale picture Black and white picture or text Custom Settings You can also Adjust the quality of the scanned picture Page size Legal 8 5x 14inches 216x 356 1 On the scan window click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture Advanced Properties Appearance Brightness Contrast Resolution DPI Picture type 2m 2 Select the options for scanning Brightness and Contrast Drag the sliders to the right or left to adjust the brightness and contrast of the scanned image Resolution DPI Click the up or down arrow to scroll through the dots per inch dpi of the resolution Higher dpi settings take longer to scan and produce larger files for the scanned images Picture type Click the menu arrow and choose the most appropriate type for the item you re scanning 3 Click OK The Custom Settings button is now set to scan with the options you selected 99 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Maintenance This section contains information about calibrating cleaning troubleshooting uninstalling scanner specifications and spare parts CALIBRATING YOUR SCANNER The scanner needs to be calibrated as part of your monthly maintenance of the scanner You calibrated the scanner on installation of the software but the scanner requires calibration to maintain image quality If the scanner is used daily you may need to calibrate the scanner more often If
111. usiness Card Fax Quality ScanSoft PaperPort Transfer to Storage aj Autocrop Grayscale Photograph m Business Receipts ae The new configurations Business Card apply to the Transfer to Wh Business Card Quality a m Storage Destination WA Configure Before Scan Application mme rrr 14 Now click the arrow buttons to select a scanner button for each new configuration Click Apply to set that button for that configuration Scan Custom Options Scan Custom Options Select destination Select format Select destination Select format Acrobat Reader 8 0 j Acrobat Reader 8 0 V E V amb Be Ae Prestol BizCard 5 TIFF JPG PDF TEXT eere TIFF JPG Pome TEXT freni E Create single image files freni E Create single image files Select configuration Select configuration i gt ScanSoft PaperPort 1 ScanSoft PaperPort 4 Autocrop Color Photograph 8 n Business Card Fax Quality a 4 utocrop Grayscale Photograph L Transfer to Storage Business Receipts Wy Business Card Fax Quality Transfer to Storage HH d utocrop Grayscale Photograph 9 Bun to CD ROM E aa Sues 4 Bunto CD ROM M eso Vae Business Card E Business Card OCR Quality Business Card Quality 2 Configure Before Scan om Fax Lua Configure Before Scan 2 Pers
112. utoLaunch for front feed scanning is selected e Current Event This option tells the scanner which OneTouch configuration Scan or Custom to use when scanning using AutoLaunch For example if you select Scan the scanner will scan the item using the OneTouch Properties configuration settings of the Scan button on the scanner This option is enabled only when Turn on AutoLaunch for front feed scanning is selected Exit paper through the back When selected pages will exit from the back of the scanner When unselected paper will exit from the front of the scanner Calibrate Click the Calibrate button to start the scanner calibration wizard The scanner self calibrates when you click the Calibrate button The calibration window on screen will close automatically when calibration is finished If it doesn t close automatically click the Finish button 4 Click OK to save the changes and close the dialog box Scanning from TWAIN You can scan from any TWAIN scanning application instead of scanning from the OneTouch buttons on your scanner or the OneTouch button panel A Note About Your Scanner and the TWAIN standard TWAIN is a widely recognized standard that computers use to receive images from scanners digital cameras and other digital devices The TWAIN scanning interface can be accessed from any TWAIN scanning application you have installed on the computer Applications such as Nuance PaperPort and OmniPage and many other applicat
113. will not be installed 4 The next window lists the choices of the drivers that you can install for your scanner Scanner Software Options G Recommend Full Install which includes the TWAIN and Windows Driver Full Install and Windows Driver 2 TWAIN only 2 Windows Driver only 5 Select the option you want Click Next e Full Install TWAIN and Windows Driver This is the recommended installation It installs all of the scanner drivers e TWAIN only The TWAIN driver is installed and you can scan from TWAIN scanning applications and from OneTouch when the application is installed e Windows Driver only The Windows Driver is installed and you can scan from OneTouch only when the application is installed Note If you are using Windows version XP or later the Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition WIA driver is always installed regardless of your selection in this window and you can scan using the WIA interface from scanning applications that access this driver INSTALLATION 18 window opens with image quality samples asking you to select an image for your Color Space setting Select the option that looks best to you and click Next Select Color Space and Confirm Installation Please select the image that you like best after that click Nest to continue with the install 5 Hike this best i amp like this best 5 Hike this best This sets a default gamma value for s
114. window opens Use this window to select scanning options and start the scan process What do you want to scan Paper source Document Feeder x Select an option below for the type of picture you want to scan Color picture Black and white picture or text Custom Settings You can also Adjust the quality of the scanned picture Page size Legal 8 5x 14 inches 216x 356 v 4 Click on the color mode appropriate for the item you are scanning 5 Place a document in the scanner Click on the Scan button in the WIA interface The scanner starts scanning 7 The scanned image will appear in Microsoft Paint or other WIA application you re using File Edit View Image Colors Help NE EB For Help click Help Topics on the Help Menu Note Windows Vista and Windows 7 have advanced options available for scanning with the WIA interface Scanning from Microsoft s Paint application uses the interface described in this section Other applications may access the advanced WIA interface available with Windows Vista and 7 Please refer to the Windows help for instructions on using WIA SCANNING FROM WIA 98 FiNE TUNING YOUR SCANS You can select new settings before you scan an item to fine tune exactly how you want to scan it What do you wantto scan Paper source Document Feeder Select an option below for the type of picture you want to scan Color pict
115. y accepts any changes but leaves the window open so you can continue making additional changes Cancel closes the window without accepting any changes CREATING A NEW SCAN CONFIGURATION The scan configurations are where you select the scanning resolution brightness mode color black amp white or grayscale and a number of other settings Select destination Acrobat Reader 8 0 Prestol BizCard 5 ScanSoft PaperPort Le Transfer ta Storage lt P oo Fax fe Burn ta CD ROM Select format m wa Ef DAD v n TEES Create single image files Select configuration Autocrop Color Photograph Business Card Fax Quality P Autocrop Grayscale Photograph wd Business Card Wh Business Card Quality Wi Configure Before Scan To create a new configuration 1 Scroll through the applications in the Select Destination list and click the application you want for the new scan configuration 2 Click the New button If you want to start from the settings of another configuration select the configuration then click the Copy button The Scan Configuration Properties dialog box opens VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE The Scan Settings Tab On the Scan Configuration Properties dialog box type a name Scan Settings Page Setings Storage Onions Advanced Senas lype a new name for New configuration Ie 6 the con
116. your scanned images have black or colored vertical lines this may be a sign that you need to perform a calibration If calibrating the scanner does not resolve the problem please go to the next section and follow the steps for cleaning the scanner You will need to have one of the calibration pages ready CALIBRATING FROM ONETOUCH 1 Right click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows notification area at the lower right corner of the screen and choose Show Hardware from the pop up menu Show Hardware Check for Online Updates Show Quick Reference About VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 100 101 VISIONEER STROBE 400 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 2 The Hardware Properties for your scanner opens Strobe 400 Selected hardware capabilities gt Visioneer Strobe 400 L M Scanner Type SheetFed Duplex Capable Optical Resolution 600 x 600 dpi 48 bpp internal color Ei Max Document Size 8 50 x 14 00 Ei OneTouch Button Count 2 3 Click on the Properties button to open the Device Settings tab for your scanner Device Settings Information Device name Visioneer Strobe 400 Driver version 0 0 2009 1112 Firmware version 1 Interface USB 2 0 Documents Scanned Pages Serial Number 1119 Last Calibrated Decii 2009 10 58 AM Control Turn an AutoLaunch for front feed scanning Paper pup day curent vent E Exit paper through the back Reset Device
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