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  • Page 1 Visioneer ® Strobe XP 450 Scanner User's Guide for Windows...
  • Page 2 Visioneer Strobe XP 450 Scanner User’s Guide F O R W I N D O W S...
  • Page 3 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.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    What’s in the Box ........1 The Visioneer Strobe XP 450 Scanner ......2 What You Need .
  • Page 5 Visioneer Strobe XP 450 Scanner Specifications ....121 Visioneer Strobe XP 450 Scanner Parts List ....122 Index .

  • Page 6: Welcome

    ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer Strobe XP 450 scanner. With your scanner you can quickly scan stacks of color or black-and- white documents and place their images on your computer. ’ S IN THE Before proceeding, check the contents of the box. If items are missing or damaged, contact the dealer where you purchased the scanner.

  • Page 7: The Visioneer Strobe Xp 450 Scanner

    ADF cover release—Opens the cover on the Automatic Document Feeder. Universal Serial Bus (USB) port—Connects the scanner to the computer. Power jack—Connects the power cord to the scanner. Power switch—Turns the scanner’s power on and off. XP 450 S CANNER Input tray Automatic Document Feeder (ADF)

  • Page 8: What You Need

    OCUMENTATION Your scanner is delivered with the following documentation: Quick Install Guide—Abbreviated installation instructions. ■ Visioneer Strobe XP 450 Scanner User’s Guide—On the Installation ■ CD; contains detailed installation, scanning, configuration, and maintenance information. PaperPort User’s Guide—On the Installation CD; contains detailed ■...

  • Page 9: Installation

    ■ to remove its driver programs first before beginning the installation of your Visioneer Strobe XP 450 scanner. Please see “How to Uninstall Your Scanner” on page 119 for basic instructions, or see the User’s Guide that you received with your other scanner for...

  • Page 10: Step 1: Assemble The Scanner

    1: A SSEMBLE THE To assemble the scanner: 1. Remove all shipping tape from the top and bottom of the scanner. 2. Carefully remove the protective foam from the ADF cover release, then press the release button to open the Automatic Document Feeder cover.
  • Page 11 XP 450 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 5. Insert the pins on each side of the output tray into the holes on the scanner. 6. Proceed to “Step 2: Install the Software.”...

  • Page 12: Step 2: Install The Software

    2: I NSTALL THE Note: Yo u must install the software before connecting the scanner to your computer. Otherwise, the correct driver software for your scanner will not be installed and it may not work properly. To install the software: 1.
  • Page 13 XP 450 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 3. On the Installation menu, select Install Products. 4. Make sure the boxes for Nuance PaperPort® and Scanner Driver are checked. Note: The software provided with your scanner may differ slightly from the list shown in the window.
  • Page 14 6. The Select Language window opens. Click the drop-down menu arrow and select the language you want to use. Click OK. The first PaperPort Installation window opens. 7. On the PaperPort Welcome window, click Next. Installing PaperPort will uninstall any existing version of PaperPort and will install the newer version while retaining all of your previous PaperPort files.
  • Page 15 The Welcome to the OneTouch 4.0 Setup Wizard opens. 14. Click Next. 15. On the Visioneer License Agreement window, read the license agreement. If you accept the terms, select I Agree. If you choose not to accept the license agreement, the installation will terminate and the scanner driver will not be installed.
  • Page 16 ■ The OneTouch 4.0 Monitor will not run and you cannot use the OneTouch features. You can use the Visioneer TWAIN driver to scan from TWAIN applications. You can also scan from applications that use the ISIS driver. You will not be able to use...
  • Page 17 ■ OneTouch 4.0 software or the ISIS driver. You can use the Visioneer TWAIN driver to scan from TWAIN applications. You will not be able to use the Scan button on the scanner. ISIS only—The ISIS driver is installed. You can use applications ■...
  • Page 18 19. Select the option that looks best to you and click Next. The driver installation will now begin. 20. STOP when you see the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window. Do NOT click on OK yet. Leave the window open and proceed to “Step 3: Connect the Power Supply”...

  • Page 19: Step 3: Connect The Power Supply

    Connect the power supply and power cord, and plug the power supply into an electrical outlet. To connect your Visioneer Strobe XP 450 scanner: 1. Plug the power supply into the power port on the scanner. Note: Only use the power supply (HEG42-240200-7L made by HiTron) included with your scanner.

  • Page 20: Step 4: Connect The Usb Cable And Turn On The Power

    4: C ONNECT THE OWER The Visioneer Strobe XP 450 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 21 Note: If you have not installed the scanner driver, unplug the USB cable from the computer and install the software now. When the driver installation is complete, a message tells you when to connect the scanner. 3. Turn on the power switch, located on the back of the scanner to the left of the power port.
  • Page 22 4. When you’re certain that the software has completely loaded, return to the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window. 5. Click OK. The scanner’s status light is green when the scanner and computer are communicating properly.
  • Page 23 XP 450 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 6. Click Close on the Installation Complete window to close and exit the software installer. You can now install free, additional software that you received with your scanner.

  • Page 24: Additional Applications For Your Scanner

    DDITIONAL PPLICATIONS FOR Your scanner includes free, additional applications on the installation CD. To install the additional applications: 1. Return to the Installation window and select the additional application(s) you want to install on your computer. 2. Click Install Now. 3.
  • Page 25 XP 450 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 4. On the Main Menu, click User Guides. The Visioneer User Guides window opens. Use this window to view and save the User Guides you want.
  • Page 26 3. When you’re finished, click Main Menu to return to the main Visioneer Installation window and click Exit. 4. Remove the CD and it in a safe place. That’s it! Installation is finished and your Visioneer scanner is ready to scan. ® ®...

  • Page 27: Register Your Scanner And Check For Updates

    EGISTER CANNER AND 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. To register your scanner: 1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification Area (at the bottom right corner of the screen).

  • Page 28: Scanning

    Scanning If you selected the recommended Full Install choice for your scanner’s driver (see page 11), you can use several different methods to scan with your scanner. Each method scans equally well, so use the one with appropriate options for the item you are scanning. Scan Button—When you press the Scan button, documents are ■...

  • Page 29: Load And Scan Documents

    OAD AND OCUMENTS When you press the Scan button, documents are scanned using the current scan settings. The scanned images are then sent to a software application (known as the Destination Application) or to a storage folder on your computer. Note: Always remove any staples or paper clips from documents before inserting them into the scanner.
  • Page 30 2. Load the documents face down with their tops into the automatic document feeder, then press the Scan button. A scan progress window opens and the image is sent to the selected application from the OneTouch utility. In this example, the Destination Application is the PaperPort desktop.

  • Page 31: Check The Scan Settings Before Scanning

    HECK THE 1. To check the scan settings before scanning, press, hold down, and then release, the Scan button. Press, hold down, and then release the Scan button to see the current scan settings. The OneTouch Properties window opens for you to view and change the configuration settings of the Scan button.
  • Page 32 The OneTouch Panel also opens at the bottom right of your computer screen. The icon indicates the Destination Application for this setting. Note that the OneTouch panel also shows the current configuration for the button. When you make changes in the OneTouch Properties window, then click the Apply button, the information in the OneTouch panel will update to show the new configuration as well.

  • Page 33: Scan From The Onetouch Panel

    CAN FROM THE You can scan from the OneTouch Panel on the screen. 1. Adjust the paper guide for the width of paper and load the documents with their tops into the Automatic Document Feeder. 2. Now click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification The OneTouch Icon Area (at the bottom right corner of the screen).

  • Page 34: The Onetouch Properties Window

    Note: Some of the options on the OneTouch Properties Window (and other OneTouch windows and dialog boxes) are “grayed out” and are not available. Grayed out options are not appropriate for your Visioneer Strobe XP 450 scanner. To open the OneTouch Properties window, use either of the following methods: Click the OneTouch icon.
  • Page 35 In the following example, the Scan button is set to scan with the configuration named US Letter and to display the scanned image in the Destination Application, PaperPort. The Select format option is set to scan in the PDF image format. The Destination Application.
  • Page 36 Select Configuration—The list of available scan configurations for the Scan button. The configuration’s basic settings include: scanning mode, resolution (dpi), page size, brightness (Br), and contrast (Cr). To see the configuration’s basic settings, click its icon. Click the icon again to close the detailed information.
  • Page 37 XP 450 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE Select Format—A set of file formats for the scanned image for the Scan button. The formats are based on the type of destination application you select. This example shows the formats that apply to the Microsoft Outlook application.

  • Page 38: Selecting New Scan Settings For The Scan Button

    ELECTING The scan settings for the Scan button consist of a Destination Application, a Scan Configuration, and a Document Format. The OneTouch Properties window is where you select these three elements for the Scan button. To select new settings: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. See “The OneTouch Properties Window”...
  • Page 39 Note: If you select a word processing program such as Microsoft WordPad or Microsoft Word and a page format that can be used for OCR (such as TEXT and RTF), the text in scanned images is automatically converted to word processing text. 3.

  • Page 40: Setting Destination Application Properties

    ETTING ESTINATION PPLICATION 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. Click a Destination Application. Click the Properties button. 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.
  • Page 41 PaperPort Properties These properties apply to PaperPort, and are for designating the folder to receive your scanned items. 1. Select the PaperPort folder where you want the file of the scanned image to be located. 2. Click OK. 3. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window. When PaperPort opens after you finish scanning, the thumbnails of your scanned documents are on the PaperPort Desktop in that folder.
  • Page 42 OCUMENTS ROPERTIES These properties apply to Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel other applications indicated by their icons in the list. The properties apply to the OCR settings for the applications. 1. Click in the OCR settings boxes for the options you want. The options will apply to all the applications in the group.
  • Page 43 2. To add another application to the list, click the Add Application button. The Add Text Based Link dialog box opens. 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.
  • Page 44 MAGE OCUMENTS ROPERTIES These properties apply to image processing applications such as Microsoft Paint. 1. Click in the Color document handling settings boxes for the options you want. The 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 computer’s screen.
  • Page 45 2. To add another application to the list, click the Add Application button. See the steps on page 38 to add an application to the list. 3. Click OK. 4. Click Refresh on the OneTouch Properties window. 5. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window. TORAGE ROPERTIES These properties apply to the Destination Application named Transfer...
  • Page 46 Note: If you do not have a CD burner attached to your computer, the CD options are not shown on the dialog box. 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.
  • Page 47 ROPERTIES 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.
  • Page 48 3. If you 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.

  • Page 49: Selecting Format Options

    ELECTING ORMAT PTIONS The Format options that 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 Scan button. The available options are for images and text. Image Formats.
  • Page 50 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. 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.
  • Page 51 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 shown by the file name extension on the text format icon.
  • Page 52 Simple Text—The .txt file format. Text with no formatting; used by the standard Microsoft Notepad application. Rich Text Format—The .rtf file format. Text that retains formatting when converted. Available with Microsoft Wordpad and Word. Excel Spreadsheet—The .xls file format used by Microsoft Excel. HTML Document—The .htm file format used to create web pages.

  • Page 53: Selecting Options For The Scan Button

    ELECTING PTIONS FOR THE The OneTouch Options determine the types of Destination Applications available for the Scan button, as well as the location of the files of your scanned items. To select options: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window and click the Options tab. Options tab.
  • Page 54 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 PaperPort and other ■ applications for processing and keeping track of your scanned documents.
  • Page 55 XP 450 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 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 or may not want an additional, permanent copy saved on your hard drive.
  • Page 56 ELECTING ETTINGS FOR THE UTTON Group by type arranges the scanned documents by the type of file, such as .doc or .jpg. If you also want to group them by date you can choose the week and month options. The following example shows the folders when the selections are Group items by type and Group items by month.

  • Page 57: Creating A New Scan Configuration

    REATING A ONFIGURATION The scan configurations are where you select the scanning resolution, brightness, mode (color, black&white, or grayscale), and a number of other settings. Note the lock icon on the preset configurations. Although you can unlock and edit the preset configurations, we recommend that you leave them locked, and only add new configurations.
  • Page 58 text editing applications. Thus, you can create specific sets of scan configurations for specific functions and they appear only when appropriate. 3. Click the New button. If you want to start from the settings of another configuration, select the configuration, then click the Copy button. If the Scan Settings tab is not selected, click it.
  • Page 59 5. Select scan settings for the new scan configuration. Mode—Select a scanning mode: Black&White to scan in black and white. For example, letters and memos are usually scanned in black and white. This scan mode produces the smallest file size. GrayScale to scan items such as documents containing drawings or black and white photographs.
  • Page 60 7. Click the Page Settings tab to select page settings. Size—Click Standard, click the menu arrow and choose a page size from the list, or click Custom and enter the horizontal and vertical page dimensions in the boxes. The maximum size is 8.5" x 14". The units of measurement can be inches or millimeters.
  • Page 61 Straighten Image—Select this option to let the scanner automatically determine if a page is skewed, and then straighten its image. The scanner detects page edges and can sense when the page is fed through at an angle. However, if the page is fed through at too great an angle, the image may not straighten correctly.
  • Page 62 8. Click the Advanced Settings tab. The options of the Advanced Settings tab are for the Color or Grayscale scanning mode. 9. 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 is the strength or purity of a color, hue is the color your eyes see as reflected from the image, and gamma controls the brightness of the midtones of the color.
  • Page 63 EVICE ETTINGS 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. 1.
  • Page 64 ELECTING ETTINGS FOR THE UTTON Collate copies—If you are printing more 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 that opens is specific to the device. For example, if the device is your printer, the dialog box is your printer’s setup settings.
  • Page 65 TORAGE PTIONS RCHIVE A Storage Options tab is on the Scan Configurations dialog box when the selected Destination Application is set as Transfer to Storage. You use the options on this tab to select where you want to save your scanned items for storage when scanning with that particular Scan Configuration.
  • Page 66 are created for each month and week so you can keep track of when you scanned the documents. Type refers to the file type selected as the Page Format on the OneTouch Properties window. By default, the location of the archived documents is at C:\Documents and Settings\<your user name>\My Documents\My OneTouch Archive and then in a folder based on your selection for the Storage Layout.
  • Page 67 4. Click the New button. The Scan Configuration Properties dialog box opens. 5. To help you remember which folder it is, give the new configuration a name that indicates the folder name, such as “Storage for Business Receipts.” 6. Click the Scan Settings, Page Settings, and Advanced Settings tabs, and select the settings you want.
  • Page 68 8. Click the Browse button. 9. Select the folder you created for storing the scanned documents. If you haven’t created the folder yet, you can click the Make New Folder button and type the name for the new folder. 10. Click OK. The selected folder will now be set as the Storage Location, such as “Business Receipts.”...
  • Page 69 13. Make sure to designate separate folders as the Storage Locations for the new configurations. You will now have multiple configurations set up for the Transfer to Storage destination, and each configuration stores scanned documents in separate folders. Scan to multiple storage folders: 1.
  • Page 70 6. Press the Scan button on the scanner or click the Scan icon on the panel. The documents are scanned to the folder specified for the configuration. 7. When scanning is finished, open the OneTouch Properties window again and select the other configuration you created for storage. 8.

  • Page 71: Editing Or Deleting Scan Configurations

    DITING OR ELETING Note: Your scanner comes with a number of configurations pre-set at the factory. We recommend that you keep those configurations locked and do not edit or delete them. That way, you will always have the factory-settings available. If you do edit or delete them, and want to get the factory pre-sets back again, you will need to uninstall then re- install your scanner driver.
  • Page 72 4. To edit the configuration, click the Edit button. The Scan Configuration Properties dialog box opens for that configuration. You can make changes to a configuration, but for the changes to be saved, the configuration must first be unlocked. Click the Lock icon to unlock the configuration.

  • Page 73: Configuring Before Scanning

    ONFIGURING EFORE CANNING Choosing Configure Before Scan simply opens a scanning interface when you press or click a scan 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.
  • Page 74 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. See “Scanning with the TWAIN Interface from PaperPort” on page 87. ISIS—The ISIS Scan interface opens for you to make changes prior to scanning.

  • Page 75: Scanning With Optical Character Recognition (Ocr)

    CANNING WITH PTICAL HARACTER 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, spellcheck, change font or type size, sort, calculate, and so forth. To scan with OCR: 1.
  • Page 76 4. Select the option you want for the OCR conversion of your documents. Auto orient page—Select this option to check the page orientation and automatically rotate an improperly oriented page image so the text is recognizable by the OCR process. Single column output—...

  • Page 77: Scan And Burn To Acd

    URN TO A If you have a CD burner attached to your computer, you can scan directly from your Visioneer Strobe XP 450 scanner onto a CD. Note: This feature is available only on computers running Windows To scan and burn to a CD: 1.
  • Page 78 6. Now click the Scan button to start scanning. When scanning is finished, a bubble message on the screen tells you that files are waiting to be burned to the CD. 7. On the OneTouch window, make sure that the Burn to CD Destination Application is still selected and click the Properties button.
  • Page 79 XP 450 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE Note: When scanning items to burn to a CD, you should always use one of the factory-set default configurations, or a custom configuration specifically set up for CD burning. The default configurations are already set up to send the scanned images to the proper storage location where the Windows XP CD writing wizard can find the files to burn to the CD.

  • Page 80: Scanning With Event Forwarding

    CANNING WITH VENT ORWARDING If you want to specify an application to use for scanning at the start of the process, you can use event forwarding. The scanner will feed in the first page, but will then stop until you select the application to use. After you select the application, its interface will open and you can use it to continue with the scanning.
  • Page 81 5. Press the Scan button to start scanning. A dialog box opens for you to select the application to use for scanning. 6. Select the application in the box and click OK. Now the application you selected opens and you can continue the scanning from that application’s TWAIN interface.
  • Page 82 HTML W REATING AN AGE FROM If you scan a document, whether a single page or multiple pages, you can have the pages converted directly to HTML formatted pages for posting directly to your web site. Those pages are then viewable by visitors to your web site without the need for any internet plug-ins or other special processing.
  • Page 83 6. Insert the document into the Automatic Document Feeder. 7. Press the Scan button. When scanning is finished, the document is first converted to editable text using the OCR process, and then is converted into an HTML format. Microsoft Internet Explorer then opens showing your converted page.

  • Page 84: Transferring Scanned Documents To Storage

    ELECTING ETTINGS FOR THE UTTON RANSFERRING CANNED OCUMENTS TO TORAGE With the Transfer to Storage scanning process, you can scan documents and save them in a folder in one step. The process is ideal for archiving documents without having to manually save or process them in any other way.
  • Page 85 4. If you want to have text documents or spreadsheets converted by the OCR process prior to being stored, choose a text format. Right-click on the text format icon and from the drop-down menu choose a text format for the scanned images. 5.
  • Page 86 7. Press the Scan button. When scanning is finished, the documents are stored in the location that you specified on the OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window. If you selected a text format, the documents are first converted to editable text using the OCR process, and then stored. Your scanned documents will be stored at this location.
  • Page 87 RANSFER OCUMENTS TO A ERVER OR When selecting the storage location for scanned documents, you can select a local folder, or a folder on a server or mapped drive.You select a mapped drive using the Browse button. See “The Storage Options Tab (Archive)”...
  • Page 88 2. Select a storage location on the mapped drive or server for the scanned documents. Servers and mapped drives are represented by an icon that indicates its network connection. 3. Click OK. Now when you scan using Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application, the documents are stored on the server or mapped drive.

  • Page 89: Checking The Hardware And Setting The Lamp Power Save Mode

    The Hardware icon If the Hardware View of the panel is open you can also right-click on the Strobe XP 450 icon. The Hardware Properties dialog box opens and shows information about your Visioneer Strobe XP 450 scanner. ETTING THE OWER...
  • Page 90 ELECTING ETTINGS FOR THE UTTON 2. Click the Properties button. Your scanner has a built-in power saving feature that is set to power down after 15 minutes of idle time. You can change the time before the scanner powers down, from 1 minute to a maximum of 10 hours.
  • Page 91 3. Click the arrows for the Lamp timeout setting and choose a time setting. To turn the lamp on and off manually without turning off power to the scanner, click the Lamp On or Lamp Off buttons. To return the scanner to its factory settings, click Reset Device. 4.

  • Page 92: Scanning With The Twain Interface From Paperport

    TWAIN I CANNING WITH THE NTERFACE FROM APER Scanning with the TWAIN Interface from PaperPort TWAIN I CANNING WITH THE NTERFACE FROM APER In addition to using the Scan button or the OneTouch Panel to scan, you can scan from the TWAIN interface. The PaperPort application that you received with your scanner uses the TWAIN interface for scanning.

  • Page 93: Accessing The Twain Interface From Paperport

    TWAIN I CCESSING THE NTERFACE FROM The instructions in this section are for accessing the TWAIN interface from the PaperPort application. To access the TWAIN interface from PaperPort: 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Programs, point to ScanSoft PaperPort, then click PaperPort.
  • Page 94 If this Scan button is not active, see the section on page 97 to set up your scanner to work with PaperPort. 3. Click the Scanner drop-down arrow, and select TWAIN: Visioneer Strobe XP 450 from the drop-down list. Note: Please wait a few moments for your selection from the drop- down list to become active.
  • Page 95 4. In the “Scan what?” section, choose to scan a Document or Photograph. If you want to change the format of the scanned item’s file name or file type before you start scanning, click Settings. The default file type for documents is .pdf and the default for photographs is .jpg. 5.

  • Page 96: Scanning With The Twain Interface

    TWAIN I CANNING WITH THE This TWAIN interface is lists the scanning options available with your scanner.Greyed out options are not available for your scanner. The options on the TWAIN interface are: Mode—Select a scanning mode: Black&White to scan in black and white. The scanning pixels are all the same size and are either black or white.
  • Page 97 XP 450 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE Resolution—Drag the slider to the right or left to adjust the dots per inch (dpi) of the resolution. The maximum resolution is 600 dpi; the minimum is 50 dpi. This option determines the amount of detail you can see in the scanned image.
  • Page 98 Filter—The Filter is the ability of your scanner to automatically remove a color from a scanned item. 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.
  • Page 99 The Define page size option cannot be used with AutoCrop to Length or AutoCrop to original options. AutoScan on document insertion—Your Visioneer Strobe XP 450 scanner includes AutoLaunch technology that senses when an item is inserted into the automatic document feeder and starts scanning immediately.
  • Page 100 If the Create single page items check box is selected, all pages in the Automatic Document Feeder are scanned, the TWAIN interface closes, and each page is placed on the PaperPort Desktop as an individual file. If PaperPort’s Create single page items check box is not selected, the scanned pages are not placed on the PaperPort desktop until you indicate the scanning job is finished by clicking Done on the TWAIN interface then clicking Done on the PaperPort-Scan...

  • Page 101: Display The Device Configuration

    ISPLAY THE EVICE ONFIGURATION 1. Click the Visioneer Strobe XP 450 icon in the top right corner of the TWAIN interface. The Device configuration window opens and shows the information about your scanner. See the section “Checking the Hardware and Setting the Lamp Power Save Mode”...

  • Page 102: Setting Up Paperport To Work With Your Scanner

    When you selected a scanning option from the Scanner drop-down list, either TWAIN: Visioneer Strobe XP 450 or WIA: Visioneer Strobe XP 450 (Windows XP only), the Scan button at the bottom of the panel should become active. If it doesn’t, you need to set up PaperPort to work with your scanner.
  • Page 103 To setupPaperPort: 1. From the Scanner drop-down list, select one of the options, such as Twain: Visioneer Strobe XP 450. 2. Click the Setup button. A window opens to begin the setup process. 3. Click Yes then click Next. The next window offers you the option to run hardware diagnostics.
  • Page 104 The next window is for checking the connection between your scanner and the computer. 5. Click Next. After the Setup Wizard checks the connections, the next window is displayed. It has a series of setup options, but only the Basic scan test is necessary because your scanner was already tested and calibrated when you installed the OneTouch 4.0 software 6.
  • Page 105 The TWAIN Interface opens. Note: If you are setting up PaperPort for WIA, the WIA interface opens instead. 7. Insert a page into the scanner, face-down, and the Scan button on the TWAIN Interface will become active.
  • Page 106 8. Click the Scan button on the TWAIN interface. The Setup Wizard runs the scan test. A message window opens that says “Basic scan test passed.” 9. Click Next on the message window. The final Setup window opens to let you know the setup process is finished.

  • Page 107: Scanning With The Wia Interface

    Many Windows XP applications have commands to access WIA, including PaperPort. To access WIA from PaperPort choose WIA: Visioneer Strobe XP 450 from the scanner drop-down list. See page This section shows how to use Microsoft Paint to scan using the WIA interface.
  • Page 108 2. From the File menu choose From Scanner or Camera. The scan window opens. Use this window to select scanning options and start the scan process. 3. Click the button most appropriate for the item you’re scanning. 4. Select a paper size from the Page Size list.
  • Page 109 5. Click Preview to preview the image before scanning. The image is displayed on the right side of the window. Note: If you preview when scanning a stack of documents, the first page of the stack feeds through the ADF for the preview. After adjusting the scanner settings, replace that page on the stack so it is scanned with the rest of the pages.

  • Page 110: Fine Tuning Your Scans

    UNING CANS You can select new settings before you scan an item to fine tune exactly how you want to scan it. To select the scanner settings before you scan: 1. On the scan window, click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture.
  • Page 111 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. Resolution (DPI)—Click the menu arrow and choose the dots per inch (dpi) of the resolution.

  • Page 112: Scanning With The Isis Interface

    Scanning with the ISIS Interface ISIS I CANNING WITH THE NTERFACE The ISIS interface for scanning is available using the Scan button when the OneTouch software is set to Configure Before Scan and the ISIS driver has been selected. The interface is also available from ISIS scanning applications, such as the QuickScan application that you may have received with your scanner.
  • Page 113 When you press the button to scan, the ISIS Scan window opens. Use this window to select scanning options and start scanning. Click a button to choose the type of scan. Click Define to change the scan settings for the selected button.

  • Page 114: Adjusting The Isis Scan Settings

    Note: Some of the options for the ISIS scan settings are “grayed out” and are not available. Grayed out options are not appropriate for your Visioneer Strobe XP 450 scanner. To adjust the Color Document, GrayScale, or Text Document settings: 1.
  • Page 115 Contrast—Contrast is set automatically for Color Document or GrayScale Document. Because the Text Document option scans in Black and White, the contrast option does not apply. Resolution—Click the menu arrow and choose a resolution (dpi). Your scanner can scan at up to 600 dpi. Page—Click the menu arrow and choose a page size.
  • Page 116 24-Bit Color—Scans the image in full color. Use this setting to ■ scan color photographs and other color images. The file size is the largest of the scan mode options. Dither—Only available if the Mode is Black and White. Click the menu arrow and choose a Halftone option or Diffusion from the list.
  • Page 117 2. To scan only a specific area of the image, click the Area button. The Set Scanning Area dialog box opens. 3. Click in the image and drag a rectangle around the area you want to scan. The boxes to the left show the relative position and size of the selected area.

  • Page 118: Maintenance

    Maintenance This section contains information on maintenance, troubleshooting, uninstalling, scanner specifications, and spare parts. LEANING THE UTOMATIC You may need to clean the ADF feed mechanism if your documents do not feed easily into the ADF, or several feed in at the same time. To clean the ADF: 1.

  • Page 119: Clearing Paper Jams

    4. Wipe the pad from top to bottom. Be careful not to snag the cloth on the springs on either side of the pad. 5. Close the cover when you’re finished. LEARING APER If your scanner stops scanning due to a paper jam in the Automatic Document Feeder, a warning dialog box opens after a few moments.

  • Page 120: Replacing The Adf Pad Assembly

    The ADF pad will wear out and is designed to be a user-replaceable part. Problems with documents feeding into the ADF is an indication that the pad is wearing thin. See the “Visioneer Strobe XP 450 Scanner Parts List” on page 122 for ordering information. To replace the ADF Pad assembly: 1.

  • Page 121: 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, then make sure Visioneer Strobe XP 450 is selected as the scanner.
  • Page 122 They are interfering with the installation and OneTouch options, and you need to remove those other drivers and re-install your Visioneer Strobe XP 450 scanner. Please see the documentation that you received with the other scanner for the steps to remove its driver programs.

  • Page 123: Status Light Troubleshooting Codes

    An internal part in the scanner Codes may have malfunctioned. IGHT ROUBLESHOOTING PERATION ODES Close the scanner cover and make sure it attaches completely. See “Clearing Paper Jams” on page 114. Re-boot your computer. If the problem persists, contact Visioneer Technical Support. ODES Solution...

  • Page 124: How To Uninstall Your Scanner

    OW TO NINSTALL To uninstall the Visioneer Strobe XP 450 scanner, remove the OneTouch 4.0 scanner software first, and then remove PaperPort, or other scanner software. 1: U NINSTALLING THE 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Settings, then click Control Panel.

  • Page 125: To Install Another Driver

    NSTALL NOTHER Before you can install another driver for your scanner, you must remove the currently installed driver first. Then the new driver can be installed. 1. Uninstall the OneTouch 4.0 driver. a. Open the Windows Control Panel. b. Double-click the Add or Remove Programs icon. c.

  • Page 126: Visioneer Strobe Xp 450 Scanner Specifications

    Operating temperature Relative humidity Power adaptor Power consumption Power cord USB cable Safety and agency certifications XP 450 S TROBE CANNER 600 x 1200 dpi 48-bit color (internal) 8.5” x 14” 3.5” x 2” (automatic document feeder) Automatic document feeder (ADF) 20 pages per minute @ 200 dpi B&W...

  • Page 127: Visioneer Strobe Xp 450 Scanner Parts List

    XP 450 S ISIONEER TROBE Please use the following part names and numbers when ordering replacements for your scanner. Part Name Input Tray Output Tray ADF Pad USB Cable AC Power Cord Power Supply CANNER ARTS Part Number 57-0101-000 57-0102-000...

  • Page 128: Index

    I N D E X Numerics 24-Bit Color 111 256-Level Gray 110 ADF cleaning 113 ADF pad assembly replace 115 Advanced Properties 105 advanced settings 57 aspect ratio 58 Autocrop to Original 55, 92 AutoRotate image 58 bit depth 121 Black&White 54, 91, 110 BMP 44 Brightness 54, 92, 106, 109...
  • Page 129 NDEX invert image 56 ISIS 69 JPG 44 JPG file size 45 Lamp timeout setting 86 Link Properties 35 Microsoft Internet Explorer 78 Microsoft Outlook 42 Moire Patterns 55, 93 monitor 3 OCR 45 columns 71 optical character recognition 70 storage 80 OCR options 70 on/off switch 16...
  • Page 130 troubleshooting 116 TWAIN 69, 76 TWAIN standard 87 uninstall 119 USB port 15 watermark, remove 56, 93 WIA 69, 102 Windows Image Acquisition 102 xls file format 47 NDEX...
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  • Page 132 Copyright © 2006 Visioneer, Inc. 05-0567-600...

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