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  • Page 1 Visioneer Strobe XP 200 USB Scanner Installation Guide F O R W I N D O W S...
  • Page 2 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.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    What’s in the Box ........1 The Visioneer Strobe XP 200 Scanner ......2 What You Need .
  • Page 4 Step 3: Uninstalling the PaperPort Software ....43 Visioneer Strobe XP 200 Scanner Specifications ....45 Index .

  • Page 5: Welcome

    ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer Strobe XP 200 USB scanner. With your scanner, you can quickly scan color and black and white documents to place their electronic images on your computer. ’ S IN THE Before starting the installation, check the contents of the box to make sure that all parts are included.

  • Page 6: The Visioneer Strobe Xp 200 Scanner

    XP 200 S ISIONEER TROBE CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE XP 200 S ISIONEER TROBE CANNER Scanner button Alignment arrow Alignment arrow Page feed Paper return Paper return icons USB port Scanner button—Opens a dialog box used to adjust scanner settings or cancel an in- process scan.

  • Page 7: What You Need

    OCUMENTATION Your scanner is delivered with the following documentation: Quick Install Card—abbreviated installation instructions. Visioneer Strobe XP 200 Scanner Installation Guide—detailed installation, scanning, configuration, and maintenance information. Getting Started Guide—simplified installation instructions. ScanSoft PaperPort User’s Guide—on the Installation CD; contains detailed feature and configuration information.

  • Page 8: Installing

    XP 200 S ISIONEER TROBE CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE Installing Installation is a quick, three-step process: Install the software Connect and calibrate the scanner Print guides and install other software from the CD 1: I NSTALL THE OFTWARE Note: You must install the software before connecting the scanner to your computer.
  • Page 9 Select Remind me in 7 days and click OK. 10. On the Visioneer License Agreement dialog box, read the license agreement. If you accept the terms, select I agree, and click Next.

  • Page 10: Step 2: Connect And Calibrate The Scanner

    ONNECT AND ALIBRATE THE CANNER The Visioneer Strobe XP 200 scanner connects to any available USB port. Check your computer’s manual for USB port locations. Note: You can connect the scanner to your computer while the computer is running. You do not have to shut down your computer.
  • Page 11 2: C ONNECT AND ALIBRATE THE CANNER The USB symbol identifies the location of the USB port on your computer. If the plug does not attach easily, make sure that you are plugging it in correctly. Do not force the plug into the connection. Note: You can also connect the scanner to a USB port on the computer’s keyboard, or to a USB hub.
  • Page 12 3. For Windows XP users only, click Finish on the Found New Hardware Wizard window. 4. Click Finish on the Connect Scanner window. 5. On the Visioneer Registration screen, complete the required information and click Register. The serial number is located on the underside of the scanner.

  • Page 13: The Scanner Icon

    2: C ONNECT AND ALIBRATE THE CANNER 7. Select Yes on the Setup Complete window and then click Finish to restart the computer. 8. Remove the installation CD. CANNER After your computer restarts you will see a Scanner icon added to the right side of the Windows taskbar.

  • Page 14: Step 3: Print Guides And Install Other Software

    XP 200 S ISIONEER TROBE CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE To view basic scanner information: 1. Right-click the Scanner icon, and then select About from the shortcut menu. The Scanner Information window opens. 2. Click OK to close the window. 3: P RINT UIDES AND NSTALL OTHER...

  • Page 15: Scanning

    NSTALL OTHER OFTWARE Scanning This section describes how to scan with your Strobe XP 200 scanner. There are two methods available for scanning documents; you can use the scanner’s AutoScan feature or scan from the PaperPort software. Both methods scan equally well, so use the one with appropriate options for the item you are scanning.

  • Page 16: Scanner Settings

    CANNER ETTINGS The Strobe XP 200 Properties window contains advanced settings that apply to the scanner itself, regardless of the Windows operating system, or whether you scan using the scanner button or the PaperPort software.
  • Page 17 14 inches. Page skew detection—When page skew detection is enabled, sensors in the scanner detect when a document is not correctly aligned and then ejects the document. 4. Click OK to save settings and close the Strobe XP 200 Properties window.

  • Page 18: Scanning Using The Autoscan Feature

    XP 200 S ISIONEER TROBE CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE CANNING USING THE EATURE When you insert an item into the scanner, it is automatically scanned and the image is sent to a software application on your computer. To scan using AutoScan: 1.

  • Page 19: Configuring The Autoscan Feature

    ONFIGURING THE EATURE ONFIGURING THE EATURE When you first connect your scanner to a computer, the scanner’s OneTouch software configures the AutoScan feature to scan in black and white and send the scanned image to the PaperPort desktop. You can change the AutoScan settings by selecting new options from the Configuration dialog box.

  • Page 20: About The Configuration Dialog Box

    XP 200 S ISIONEER TROBE CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE BOUT THE ONFIGURATION IALOG The Configuration dialog box shows the current settings for AutoScan. For example, the following figure shows the settings pre-selected when you first receive your scanner. AutoScan is set to scan the item with the configuration named Scan Document (OCR Quality) and then open the PaperPort desktop to display the scanned image.
  • Page 21 ONFIGURING THE EATURE Select Configuration—This is the list of available AutoScan configurations. The configuration settings include: color, black and white, or grayscale, resolution in dots per inch (dpi), page size, contrast, and brightness. To see a selected configuration’s settings, click its icon. Click the icon again to close the detailed information.

  • Page 22: Selecting New Settings For Autoscan

    XP 200 S ISIONEER TROBE CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE The stack option is only for the PaperPort format. Multiple scanned pages appear as a stack of documents on the PaperPort desktop. Options—The Options button opens a dialog box for selecting options related to the selected destination application for the scanned image.

  • Page 23: Creating A New Autoscan Configuration

    ONFIGURING THE EATURE REATING A ONFIGURATION You cannot change settings of the preset (default) configurations. To use AutoScan with settings other than those offered by the preset configurations, you must create a new configuration. You can do this either by copying a preset configuration and making the desired changes or by creating a new configuration from scratch.
  • Page 24 XP 200 S ISIONEER TROBE CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE 4. Select scan settings for the new configuration. Mode—Select Black/White to scan in black and white. For example, letters and memos are usually scanned in black and white. Select Grayscale to scan items such as documents containing drawings or black and white photographs.

  • Page 25: Editing Autoscan Configurations

    ONFIGURING THE EATURE DeScreen—Select this option when scanning a picture from a newspaper or magazine article, or other items that contain images with patterns or dots. These patterns and dots sometimes cause a wavy appearance for which the Descreen option can compensate. The following example shows the effect of descreening a scanned image from a magazine article.

  • Page 26: Setting Preferences

    XP 200 S ISIONEER TROBE CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE 4. Edit the settings as required and click OK. 5. Click OK to close the Configuration dialog box. ETTING REFERENCES You can set preferences for the Select Destination list and whether or not to display a Scan Progress window.
  • Page 27 ONFIGURING THE EATURE 2. On the OneTouch Preferences dialog box, select desired preferences as described below. Show All Destinations—Select this option to automatically select all the destination application categories. The list of destination applications on the Configuration dialog box will include all the applications on your computer that fall into these categories.

  • Page 28: Scanning From The Paperport Software

    If your computer is running Windows XP—you can scan using either the Visioneer Scan Manager or the Microsoft Windows Image Acquisition (known as WIA). If your computer is running Windows 98SE, 2000, or ME—using WIA is not available.

  • Page 29: Scanning Using The Visioneer Scan Manager

    SING THE ISIONEER ANAGER The instructions in this section are for scanning with the Visioneer Scan Manager (the PaperPort TWAIN application). If your computer is running Windows XP, you can also scan with the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA). See “Scanning Using the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)”...
  • Page 30 Scan pane Click the Scan button to open the Visioneer Scan Manager 3. From the Scanner drop-down list, select Visioneer Scan Manager. 4. In the “Scan what?” section, choose to scan a Document or Photograph. 5. Click Settings to view and change the format for the scanned item’s file name and the file type.
  • Page 31 8. On the left side of the Visioneer Scan Manager, select a profile from the Scan Setup panel. For example, select Color Configurations and then select Custom to scan with the preset Custom scan settings.
  • Page 32 NSTALLATION UIDE 9. Adjust settings by checking options and setting new values on the right-hand side of the Visioneer Scan Manager. The changes appear in the Scan Setup pane on the left. Auto Trim—This option automatically eliminates areas outside the edges of a document.
  • Page 33 CANNING FROM THE APER OFTWARE The scanner starts scanning and a progress box shows the image. If the Single page items check box is selected on the PaperPort desktop, the item appears as a thumbnail on the desktop. 12. If the Single page items check box is not selected, a thumbnail does not appear until you indicate the scanning job is finished.
  • Page 34 Visioneer Scan Manager. However you can create new profiles and save them in the Scan Setup list for future use. To create a new profile: 1. On the Visioneer Scan Manager, select one of the three Custom profiles from the Scan Setup list (for example, Black&White Configurations>Custom).
  • Page 35 CANNING FROM THE APER OFTWARE 4. Click OK to save the profile and add it to the Scan Setup list. To change a profile you created: 1. Select your profile from the Scan Setup list. 2. Make changes to the profile as needed, and then click Save. To delete a profile you created: Select your profile from the Scan Setup list, and then click Delete.

  • Page 36: Scanning Using The Windows Image Acquisition (Wia)

    Windows XP. If your computer is running an earlier version of Windows, it cannot use WIA to scan. See “Scanning Using the Visioneer Scan Manager” on page 25. To scan an item: 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to All Programs, point to ScanSoft PaperPort 9.0, and then click PaperPort.
  • Page 37 PaperPort desktop until you indicate the scanning job is finished. 7. Click the Scan button in the Scan pane. The Scan using Strobe XP 200 window opens. Use this window to select scanning options and start the scanner.
  • Page 38 XP 200 S ISIONEER TROBE CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE 8. Click the button most appropriate for the item you’re scanning. To scan with the Custom Settings option see the next section, “Fine Tuning Your Scans”. 9. Align the document between the alignment arrows and insert it, face up, into the paper feed.
  • Page 39 You can select new settings before you scan an item to fine tune exactly how you want to scan a particular item. To select the scanner settings before you scan: 1. On the Scan using Strobe XP 200 window, click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture. The Advanced Properties dialog box opens.
  • Page 40 XP 200 S ISIONEER TROBE CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE 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. The Contrast setting does not apply to the setting Black and White picture or text.

  • Page 41: Maintenance

    ECALIBRATING CANNER Maintenance This chapter contains information on recalibrating, troubleshooting, cleaning, uninstalling, and scanner specifications. ECALIBRATING CANNER You calibrated your scanner during installation, but after many hours of use you may find that scanned images may not be a sharp and clear as when you began using the scanner.
  • Page 42 3. On the Scanners and Cameras Properties window, make sure the Strobe XP 200 scanner is selected, and then click Properties. 4. On the Strobe XP 200 Properties window, select the Advanced tab. 5. Click Calibrate on the Strobe XP 200 Properties window.
  • Page 43 ECALIBRATING CANNER 3. On the Scanners and Cameras window, right-click the Strobe XP 200 icon and select Calibrate from the menu. 4. Insert the calibration paper face up into the scanner, and then click OK to start the calibration. 5. When finished, click OK to acknowledge and close the message.

  • Page 44: Troubleshooting

    Did you select another scanning source in the PaperPort Scan Pane? If you use multiple devices with your computer, you may have selected another source for images. Start the PaperPort software and click the Scan icon and then make sure Strobe XP 200 is selected as the scanner.
  • Page 45 ROUBLESHOOTING Problem: During installation I got the error message: PaperPort Installation is not complete. What do I do? The installation procedure was not successful. You need to reinstall the PaperPort software. Problem: I got the error message: PaperPort cannot allocate enough memory to perform internal critical operations.

  • Page 46: Uninstalling Your Scanner

    ISIONEER TROBE CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE NINSTALLING CANNER To uninstall the Visioneer Strobe XP 200 scanner, remove the scanner software first, and then remove PaperPort, or other scanner software. 1: U NINSTALLING THE ISIONEER OUCH OFTWARE 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

  • Page 47: Step 2: Uninstalling The Isis Driver

    NINSTALLING CANNER 2: U ISIS D NINSTALLING THE RIVER 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. Windows 98SE or ME: The Add/Remove Programs Properties window opens. Select the Install/Uninstall tab. Windows 2000 or XP: The Add or Remove Programs window opens.
  • Page 48 XP 200 S ISIONEER TROBE CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE 7. On the Remove the Program window, select the Remove files option, and then click Remove. The PaperPort software is removed. 8. On the Uninstall Completed window, click Finish. 9. Close all open windows and restart your computer. To uninstall PaperPort 9.0 from Windows 2000 or XP: 1.

  • Page 49: Visioneer Strobe Xp 200 Scanner Specifications

    XP 200 S ISIONEER TROBE CANNER PECIFICATIONS XP 200 S ISIONEER TROBE CANNER PECIFICATIONS Optical resolution 600 dpi Bit Depth 48-bit color (internal, 16-bit a/d converter recognition, over 68 billion colors) 16-bit gray (internal, 4096 shades of gray) Output Bit Depth 24-bit color, 8-bit grayscale, 1-bit black and white Scan Method...
  • Page 50 XP 200 S ISIONEER TROBE CANNER NSTALLATION UIDE...

  • Page 51: Index

    NDEX I N D E X installation 4 ISIS 8 Auto Trim 28 moire pattern 28 AutoCrop monitor 3 cropping images 20 AutoScan 11, 14 page skew 13 configuring 15 paper insert delay 13 paper return 8 black and white configuration 27 icons 2, 12 brightness 20, 28, 36 options 11...
  • Page 52 WIA 24, 32 monitor 3 adjust picture quality 35 straighten image 20, 28 Windows 2000 24, 37 Strobe XP 200 Properties 12 Windows 98SE 24, 37 system requirements 3 Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) 24 Windows ME 24, 37 Windows XP 24, 32, 38...

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