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  • Page 1 Visioneer Strobe XP 470 ® USB Scanner User's Guide for Windows...
  • Page 2 Visioneer Strobe XP 470 USB 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 470 Scanner ......2 What You Need .
  • Page 5 ABLE OF ONTENTS Creating a New Scan Configuration ..... 58 Editing or Deleting Scan Configurations ....67 Configuring Before Scanning .
  • Page 6 Visioneer Strobe XP 470 Scanner Specifications ....134 Visioneer Strobe XP 470 Scanner Parts List ....135 Index .
  • Page 7 ABLE OF ONTENTS...

  • Page 8: Welcome

    ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer Strobe XP 470 USB scanner. With your scanner you can quickly scan single-sided or double- sided stacks of color and 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 9: The Visioneer Strobe Xp 470 Scanner

    XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE XP 470 S ISIONEER TROBE CANNER Paper guide LED Number Destination Selector button Simplex button Duplex button Status light Output tray ADF cover release Power switch USB port Power jack...
  • Page 10 XP 470 S ISIONEER TROBE CANNER Paper guide—Holds documents in place. Adjusts to fit the document width. LED Number—Shows the current scan setting for the Simplex and Duplex scanning buttons. A scan setting includes resolution, file type, brightness, color or black and white, destination, and so on. Destination Selector button—Selects the scan setting for the Simplex and Duplex buttons.

  • Page 11: What You Need

    Panel, double-click Display, and then click the Settings tab. OCUMENTATION Your scanner is delivered with the following documentation: Quick Install Guide—Abbreviated installation instructions. ■ Visioneer Strobe XP 470 Scanner User’s Guide—Detailed ■ installation, scanning, configuration, and maintenance information. ScanSoft PaperPort User’s Guide—On the Installation CD; contains ■...

  • Page 12: Installation

    Your Scanner” on page 131 for basic instructions, or see the User’s Guide that you received with your other scanner for specific instructions. You had the option to purchase your Visioneer Strobe XP 470 ■ based on the software bundled with the scanner. The information in this guide may cover software not provided with the scanner you purchased.

  • Page 13: Step 1: Assemble The Scanner

    XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 1: A SSEMBLE THE CANNER 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 and open the automatic document feeder cover.
  • Page 14 1: A SSEMBLE THE CANNER 5. Insert the pins on each side of the output tray into the holes on the scanner. 6. Flip open the extension on the output tray so it is fully extended. 7. Proceed to “Step 2: Install the Software.”...

  • Page 15: Step 2: Install The Software

    XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 2: I NSTALL THE OFTWARE Note: The software is on the two CD’s you received with your scanner. Please be sure to install from Disc 1 first. Disc 2 contains the OmniPage 12 software that you install after the scanner software.
  • Page 16 2: I NSTALL THE OFTWARE 3. On the installation menu, select Install ScanSoft PaperPort. 4. At the PaperPort 9.0 Welcome window, click Next. Installing PaperPort 9.0 will uninstall any existing versions of PaperPort and install PaperPort 9.0 while retaining all of your PaperPort files.
  • Page 17 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 9. At the Product Registration window, do one of the following: Select Register online, then click OK and follow the registration ■ instructions. Select Print registration form, then click OK and follow the ■...
  • Page 18 The Welcome to the OneTouch 4.0 Setup Wizard opens. 12. Click Next. 13. On the Visioneer License Agreement window, read the license agreement. If you accept the terms, select I Agree then click Next. If you choose not to accept the license agreement, the installation...
  • Page 19 ■ The OneTouch 4.0 Monitor will not run and you cannot use the OneTouch features. You can use the Visioneer Strobe XP 470 TWAIN driver, and scan from other applications with a TWAIN interface. You can also scan from applications that use the ISIS...
  • Page 20 TWAIN only—The TWAIN driver is installed. The OneTouch ■ 4.0 Monitor will not run and you cannot use the OneTouch features. You can use the Visioneer Strobe XP 470 TWAIN driver, and scan from other applications with a TWAIN interface.
  • Page 21 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE The Color Space setting sets the gamma value for the scanner so scanned items look good on your monitor. Gamma controls the brightness of the midtones of colors. This setting can be changed later on as you are scanning.

  • Page 22: To Install Another Driver

    System icon. b. Select the Hardware tab then click on the Device Manager button. c. Find and select Imaging Devices then select the Visioneer Strobe XP 470. d. Choose Uninstall from the Action menu. 2. Unplug the scanner USB cable.

  • Page 23: Step 3: Connect And Power On The Scanner

    CANNER Connect the power supply and power cord, and then turn the power on. To connect your Visioneer Strobe XP 470 scanner: 1. Plug the power supply into the power port on the scanner. Note: Only use the power supply (SA60-24 made by Sino-American) included with your scanner.

  • Page 24: Step 4: Connect The Usb Cable

    USB C ONNECT THE ABLE The Visioneer Strobe XP 470 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 25 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 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.
  • Page 26 4: C USB C ONNECT THE ABLE 2. When you’re certain that the software has completely loaded, return to the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window and click OK to complete the installation process. You can also click More to see a quick overview about accessing and navigating the OneTouch Button Panel.
  • Page 27 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 3. Click Close at the OneTouch 4.0 Installation Complete window. 4. You can now remove the installation CD so you can install the OmniPage 12 software from the Disc 2 CD that you received with your scanner.

  • Page 28: Install Omnipage 12 And Additional Software

    NSTALL DDITIONAL OFTWARE NSTALL DDITIONAL OFTWARE Both CDs that you received contain additional software for your scanner: Disc 1 contains a new version of Adobe Acrobat Reader ■ Disc 2 contains the OmniPage 12 software ■ Note: OmniPage 12 is required for your scanner to have its full range of features.
  • Page 29 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 2. Select Additional Software and Guides. 3. At the next set of menu options, click on More Great Software.
  • Page 30 NSTALL DDITIONAL OFTWARE 4. Select the software application that you want to install and follow the installation wizard for that product. Adobe Acrobat Reader is included under More Great Software. If your computer already has a later version of Adobe Acrobat Reader installed, please do not install the version provided on the installation CD.

  • Page 31: Register Your Scanner

    XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE EGISTER CANNER Registering your scanner is very important because 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.

  • Page 32: Scanning

    OAD AND OCUMENTS Scanning When you press either the Simplex or Duplex button, documents are scanned using the scan settings indicated by the LED number. The scanned images are then sent to a software application (known as the Destination Application) on your computer. OAD AND OCUMENTS 1.
  • Page 33 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 2. Load the documents with their tops into the automatic document feeder. For Simplex (one-sided) scans, load the documents face down. For Duplex (two-sided) scans, the documents can be face up or down because both sides are scanned.
  • Page 34 OAD AND OCUMENTS 4. To scan a one-sided document, press the Simplex button. To scan a two-sided document, press the Duplex button. A scan progress window opens and then a thumbnail of the scanned image appears in the Destination Application. In this example of duplex (two-sided) scanning, the Destination Application is the PaperPort desktop and the two pages are stacked, one on top of the other.

  • Page 35: Check The Scan Settings Before Scanning

    XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE HECK THE ETTINGS EFORE CANNING 1. To check the scan settings before scanning, press, hold down, and then release, either the Simplex or Duplex button. Press, hold down, and then release either button to see the setting for the selected LED number.
  • Page 36 OAD AND OCUMENTS Use this window to reset the button settings for the destination applications, file formats, and so forth. See “Configuring the OneTouch Buttons” on page 35 to reset the settings. 2. Click the close boxes on the OneTouch Button Panel and the Properties window to close them.

  • Page 37: Scan From The Onetouch Button Panel

    XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE CAN FROM THE OUCH UTTON ANEL You can scan from the OneTouch Button 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. For Simplex (one-sided) scans, load the documents face down.

  • Page 38: Using The Onetouch Button Panel

    CAN FROM THE OUCH UTTON ANEL 3. On the screen—not on the scanner—click the button you want to use to scan. For example, if you want to scan Or if you want to scan with button 4, with button 2, which converts the which attaches the scanned document document to PDF, click here.
  • Page 39 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 2. To scan from the panel, click the icon you want to use to scan. 3. To see the details for a button, right-click on it. The Properties window for that button also appears. Right-click on a button to see its details in the Detail View and Properties Window.

  • Page 40: Scanning From Other Software

    CAN FROM THE OUCH UTTON ANEL The Hardware View shows the current scanners connected to your ■ computer. If the Properties window is not open, right-click the icon on the Detail View or Button View to open it. From the Hardware View and Detail View, click the green arrow to return to the Button View.

  • Page 41: The Default Onetouch Settings On Your Scanner

    XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE EFAULT OUCH ETTINGS ON CANNER When you receive your scanner, its settings are preconfigured to scan items for various basic tasks, such as email or fax, and then send the scanned image to an appropriate, preselected Destination Application. The following table shows these factory-default settings.

  • Page 42: Configuring The Onetouch Buttons

    ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS Each OneTouch button configuration consists of a Destination Application, a Scan Configuration, and a Document Format. The OneTouch Properties window is where you select these three elements for a button. To open the OneTouch Properties window: 1.

  • Page 43: About The Onetouch Properties Window

    Visioneer Strobe XP 470 scanner. For example, on the figure below, the option “Use Document Feeder” is selected and “grayed out” because the Visioneer Strobe XP 470 is an ADF scanner and always uses the document feeder, so there’s no reason for you to select it. If you use the OneTouch application with other Visioneer scanners, grayed out options become active, if appropriate.
  • Page 44 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS The settings on the Properties window are: Select Destination—The list of applications that can open to display the scanned image for the selected button. To configure the list of available applications, click the Options tab at the top of the dialog box and select the desired options.

  • Page 45: Selecting New Settings For A Button

    XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE Select Format and Page(s)—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 the PaperPort Desktop.
  • Page 46 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS To select new settings for the Scanner Button: 1. Click the button selection arrows to select the button you want to change. Each button has its own settings. So, as you click the arrows to cycle through the buttons, the available settings on the window change to show them for each button.

  • Page 47: Setting Destination Application Properties

    XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 5. Click OK, or if you want to keep the window open and work with other features, click Apply. Now when you press or click a scanner button, the document is scanned using the newly configured settings for that button. ETTING ESTINATION PPLICATION...
  • Page 48 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS APER ROPERTIES 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.
  • Page 49 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE OCUMENTS ROPERTIES These properties apply to Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe Reader, and the other applications indicated by their icons in the list. The properties apply to the OCR settings for the applications. 1.
  • Page 50 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS 2. To add another application to the list, click the Add Application button. The Add Text Based Link dialog box appears. 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 51 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE MAGE OCUMENTS ROPERTIES These properties apply to ScanSoft OmniPage Pro 12 that you received with your scanner, plus Microsoft Paint and other image processing applications. 1. Click in the Color document handling settings boxes for the options you want.
  • Page 52 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS 2. To add another application to the list, click the Add Application button. See the steps on page 43 to add an application to the list. 3. Click OK. 4. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window. TORAGE ROPERTIES These properties apply to the Destination Application named Transfer...
  • Page 53 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 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.
  • Page 54 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS 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 and AOL Version 9 accept direct attachment of documents to a blank eMail message as soon as scanning is finished, but other eMail applications do not.
  • Page 55 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 3. If you are using America Online (AOL) on your computer, and the folder name for AOL is incorrect, click the Browse button and find the correct AOL folder. Normally the folder that AOL uses to store attachments will be listed in the box.

  • Page 56: Selecting Page Format Options

    ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS ELECTING ORMAT PTIONS The Page Format options that you select determines the file format of the scanned document. Appropriate page format options and file types are available for the type of Destination Application selected for the button.
  • Page 57 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE The PDF format is often used to create images of text pages. You may want to select PDF as the page 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.
  • Page 58 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS ORMATS 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.
  • Page 59 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE To select a file type for the text format: 1. Select the Destination Application. 2. Right-click on the text format icon. A menu appears. The following figure shows samples for different formats. Example menu for the Example menu for the DOC text format.
  • Page 60 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS Comma Delimited—The .csv file format; used for database or spreadsheet data with fields separated by commas. When the document is converted into editable text by the OCR software, the fields are maintained so you can copy and paste them to a database or spreadsheet application.

  • Page 61: Renaming A Onetouch Button

    XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE ENAMING A OUCH UTTON The OneTouch buttons have names that identify their pre-set functions, such as OCR and PDF, but you can edit the names. To change the button names: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2.

  • Page 62: Selecting Options For A Button

    ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS ELECTING PTIONS FOR A UTTON The OneTouch Options determine the types of Destination Applications available for a 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 2.
  • Page 63 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 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 ■...
  • Page 64 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS 4. After selecting a new category of Destination Applications, click the Multi Function tab to see which ones are added to the list. Show Progress Window—Select this option to display the progress window of the document(s) during scanning. Create copies of scanned documents—Select this option if you want a copy of your scanned documents to be saved in the folder specified in the Folder Copy Options section.

  • Page 65: Creating A New Scan Configuration

    XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 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. The Scan Configurations. The Lock Icon. Click New to create a new Scan Configuration.
  • Page 66 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS buttons set for 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.
  • Page 67 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE GrayScale to scan items such as documents containing drawings ■ or black and white photographs. The scanning produces an image of up to 256 shades of gray. Color to scan color photographs and other color items. Color ■...
  • Page 68 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS 7. Click the Page Settings tab to select page settings. Click to toggle between inches and centimeters. 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.
  • Page 69 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE at too great an angle, the image may not scan correctly. In that case, re-scan the page using the paper guides to feed the paper in straight. Reduce Moire Patterns—Moire patterns are wavy, rippled lines ■...
  • Page 70 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS Color Filter—Color 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 71 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 10. Click OK to save the new configuration. It will now appear in the list of Scan Configurations on the OneTouch Properties window for the appropriate Destination applications. EVICE ETTINGS A Device Settings tab appears on the Scan Configurations dialog box when your selected Destination Application sends the scanned image to a printer, fax application, or other device.
  • Page 72 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS Maintain aspect ratio—The aspect ratio is the length-to-width relationship of the image’s dimensions. Select this option so the image’s 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.
  • Page 73 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 1. Click on the Storage Options tab. 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—...

  • Page 74: Editing Or Deleting Scan Configurations

    ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS DITING OR ELETING ONFIGURATIONS To edit or delete a scan configuration: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2. Select the scan configuration you want to edit or delete. Select the scan configuration to edit or delete. It must be unlocked, as indicated by not having a lock displayed here.

  • Page 75: Configuring Before Scanning

    XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 4. To edit the configuration, click the Edit button. The Scan Configuration Properties dialog box opens for that configuration. To edit or delete a configuration, it must first be unlocked. Click the Lock icon to unlock the configuration. Clicking it toggles between locking and unlocking the configuration.
  • Page 76 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS 3. Select the scan configuration Configure Before Scan. Click the arrows to select the button. Select Configure Before Scan. Right-click on Configure Before Scan to get the menu, and choose the interface to use for configuring. 4.

  • Page 77: Scanning With Optical Character Recognition (Ocr)

    The OmniPage 12 software that you received with your Visioneer Strobe XP 470 scanner offers additional options for OCR. See the next section, “Using OmniPage OCR Options” on page 71 for details. Note: OneTouch Button 6 is preset as your OCR button. But you can also set up any other button to scan and OCR the text.

  • Page 78: Using Omnipage Ocr Options

    ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS To scan from the OneTouch Button Panel, click the OneTouch ■ icon in the Windows system Tray, click the arrows to see Button 6, then click Button 6. Click the arrows until Button 6 is on the panel, then click Button 6.
  • Page 79 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE To select OmniPage OCR options: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2. Using the arrows, choose a button that has Destination Applications that use the text format as their file type. 3. Select the Destination Application to get one of the text format file types as the page format.
  • Page 80 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS 6. Choose the options you want from the OCR window. Languages in Document—Select the language(s) in the documents to be scanned. 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 document.
  • Page 81 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE Professional Dictionaries—These are legal and medical dictionaries containing highly specialized words and phrases. The options are: Dutch Legal, Dutch Medical, English Legal, English Medical, French Legal, French Medical, German Legal, and German Medical.
  • Page 82 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS documents you plan to scan. To add new fonts to that list, select a font in the Fonts on System list and click Add. Note that when you select a font, a sample appears in the text box so you can compare it with the fonts in your document to see if that’s the right font.
  • Page 83 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE Retain text and background color—If your document contains colored text or backgrounds, select this option to have them detected and displayed in the text editing application you have selected. The colored text and backgrounds will also be available for export.
  • Page 84 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS Automatic—Choose this option to let the OCR process determine the layout of the pages. It is the fastest type of format processing. 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.
  • Page 85 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE Retain Fonts and Paragraphs (RFP)—This output format retains the font and paragraph styling, including graphics and tables without columnized text. This output format is available for nearly all file types. Flowing Page (FP)—This format keeps the original layout of the pages, including columns.

  • Page 86: Scanning With Spdf Or Npdf And Searching For Text

    ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS CANNING WITH S OR N EARCHING FOR Searchable PDF (sPDF) and Normal PDF (nPDF) are special forms of an Adobe PDF file. sPDF converts scanned text into the PDF format with text search and OCR capabilities. nPDF has those same features, plus you can edit the text in an nPDF image if you have a PDF editing program.The two PDF formats can also produce images with different image quality, so you may want to experiment with them to determine...
  • Page 87 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE Note: Not all Destination Applications have the sPDF and nPDF options. Microsoft Word, for example, does not have them as scanning options. The settings for the button (button 8 in this example) now show your page format selection.
  • Page 88 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS 11. From the Adobe Acrobat Edit menu choose Find. The Find dialog box appears. 12. Enter the text you want to find, and click the Find button. See the Adobe Acrobat user manual for more about finding text in a PDF file, or about editing PDF text.

  • Page 89: 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 470 scanner onto a CD. This feature is available only on computers running Windows XP. To scan and burn to a CD: 1.
  • Page 90 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS 7. Now start scanning using the button you selected to use to scan and burn to CD. When scanning is finished, a bubble message on the screen tells you that files are waiting to be burned to the CD. 8.

  • Page 91: Scanning With Event Forwarding

    XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 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.
  • Page 92 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS 6. Start scanning using the button you selected for event forwarding. A dialog box appears for you to select the application to use for scanning. 7. 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 93: Creating An Html Web Page From Your Scanned

    XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE HTML W REATING AN AGE FROM CANNED OCUMENTS 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.
  • Page 94 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS 7. Now on the OneTouch Button Panel, click Button 6 (or if you used another button, click it). When scanning is finished, the document is first converted to editable text using the OCR process, and then is converted into an HTML format.
  • Page 95 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE If you want to see what the page will look like on your web site, click on it. 9. You can now use Microsoft Internet Explorer or other application to post the document to your web page as you would any other HTML page.

  • Page 96: Transferring Scanned Documents To Storage

    ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS 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 97 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE Your scanned pages are stored in the location that you specified on the OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window. Your scanned documents will be stored at this location. To Use OCR Before Transferring to Storage If the documents you want to transfer to storage are text documents or spreadsheets, you can have them converted by the OCR process prior to being stored.
  • Page 98 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS 4. Right-click on the text format icon and choose the file format for the scanned documents. 5. Choose a Scan Configuration. 6. Click Apply or OK. 7. Now start scanning using Button 7 (or other button you set up for archiving).

  • Page 99: Power Save Mode

    You can also click the scanner icon at the top of the OneTouch Button Panel. The Hardware icon If the Hardware View of the panel is open you can also right-click on the XP 470 icon. The Hardware Properties dialog box appears and shows information about your Visioneer Strobe XP 470 scanner.
  • Page 100 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS 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 10 minutes to a maximum of 10 hours.
  • Page 101 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 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.

  • Page 102: Scanning From Paperport

    ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS Scanning from PaperPort Instead of using the scanner buttons or the OneTouch Button Panel to scan, you can scan from PaperPort. You scan from PaperPort using the Basic Interface, Advanced Interface, or the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA). See “Scanning with the Windows Image Acquisition”...

  • Page 103: Scanning From The Basic Interface Or Advanced Interface

    XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE CANNING FROM THE ASIC NTERFACE OR DVANCED NTERFACE The instructions in this section are for scanning from the PaperPort Desktop using the Basic Interface or Advanced Interface. To scan an item from PaperPort: 1.
  • Page 104 Scan pane. Scan pane Choose Visioneer Strobe XP 470 from here 1. From the Scanner list, choose Visioneer Strobe XP 470. 2. 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.
  • Page 105 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 5. If you haven’t put the document into the scanner’s paper guide, do it now. Note: If you used the Advanced Interface the last time you scanned from PaperPort, it will open instead. Note: You can also open the Basic Interface or Advanced Interface from the PaperPort ScanDirect application.
  • Page 106 CANNING FROM THE ASIC NTERFACE OR DVANCED NTERFACE 2. Click the Output tab. The Settings dialog box now has options for setting the name of scanned items, and their file type. Enter name or select date format—You have two basic options ■...
  • Page 107 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE This icon indicates the PDF format. If you select JPEG or PDF as the file type, you can also click the Options button to select image quality options. These options offer choices for the balance between image quality and file size.

  • Page 108: Scanning From The Basic Interface

    CANNING FROM THE ASIC NTERFACE OR DVANCED NTERFACE CANNING FROM THE ASIC NTERFACE The Basic Interface can scan a preview of the image so you can adjust its appearance before scanning the final image. After adjusting the appearance, you click the Scan button on the Basic Interface (not on the scanner) to scan the item.
  • Page 109 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE Note: If you want to preview for a stack of pages, use one of the pages as a test page and load it into the scanner. Click the Preview button and adjust the scanner settings. Then replace the page on the stack at its original position and load the stack into the scanner.
  • Page 110 CANNING FROM THE ASIC NTERFACE OR DVANCED NTERFACE 8. On the PaperPort Scan message box, click Done. When scanning is complete, thumbnail images appear on the PaperPort Desktop A thumbnail image of the The small icon represents scanned item appears on the file format, in this case the PaperPort desktop the PaperPort format...
  • Page 111 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE INGLE TEMS HECK The Single page items check box (on the PaperPort Desktop Scan Pane) provides the option to add additional items to a scanning job. If the check box is selected, scanned items immediately appear on the PaperPort desktop.

  • Page 112: Scanning From The Advanced Interface

    CANNING FROM THE ASIC NTERFACE OR DVANCED NTERFACE CANNING FROM THE DVANCED NTERFACE The Advanced Interface has more options for scanning. 1. Open the Basic Interface as described in the section “To scan an item from PaperPort:” on page 96. 2.
  • Page 113 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 1. From the menu at the top left panel, select whether you want to scan a Simplex (one-sided) or Duplex (two-sided) document. 2. Click one of the icons to select a configuration. For example, select Color Configurations and then select Custom to scan a color item with the preset Custom scan settings.
  • Page 114 CANNING FROM THE ASIC NTERFACE OR DVANCED NTERFACE 8. When you’re finished scanning items, click Done to close the Advanced Interface. When scanning is finished, a thumbnail of the scanned image appears on the PaperPort desktop. If you’re scanning multiple pages, they appear as PaperPort stacks.

  • Page 115: Adjusting The Image With The Advanced Interface

    XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE DJUSTING THE MAGE WITH THE DVANCED NTERFACE You can adjust the scan settings on the Advanced Interface to produce the best possible image for the documents you’re scanning. To adjust a setting: 1.
  • Page 116 CANNING FROM THE ASIC NTERFACE OR DVANCED NTERFACE The following figure shows an example of the Advanced Interface if you click the Resolution setting in the list, or click the Resolution button. Click to close the settings panel Note: The information in the scan settings list and the options you select on the various settings panels are interactive.
  • Page 117 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE DJUSTING THE ESOLUTION Resolution determines the amount of detail you can see in the scanned image. The resolution setting for a scan is in dots-per-inch (dpi). The higher the resolution, the finer the details. However, higher dpi settings also take longer to scan and produce larger files sizes.
  • Page 118 You can also type a number directly into the resolution setting box, or click the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the setting. The resolution settings on your Visioneer Strobe XP 470 scanner range from 50 dpi to 600 dpi.

  • Page 119: Adjusting The Brightness And Contrast

    XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE DJUSTING THE RIGHTNESS AND ONTRAST Sometimes an item is scanned with the brightness and contrast set to be too light or too dark. For example, a note written with a light pencil may need to be scanned darker to improve legibility.

  • Page 120: Adjusting Gamma, Saturation, And Color Hue

    CANNING FROM THE ASIC NTERFACE OR DVANCED NTERFACE DJUSTING AMMA ATURATION OLOR If you’re using the Color Configuration to scan, you can adjust a group of color settings. Gamma controls the brightness of the color midtones. Saturation is the strength or purity of a color and hue is the color your eyes see as reflected from the image.

  • Page 121: Adjusting Input Size

    XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE DJUSTING NPUT You can scan documents up to 8.5" x 14", but you can select other scan sizes, or adjust the input size to scan only specific sections of an image. For example, if you’re scanning a photograph and want to focus on one section, adjusting the input size removes the rest of the photograph from the final scanned image.
  • Page 122 CANNING FROM THE ASIC NTERFACE OR DVANCED NTERFACE This is the image that appears on the PaperPort desktop when scanning is finished. The Scan Info box shows the The selected scan area. size and position of the area. You can now move or resize the outline to select the specific area you want to scan.

  • Page 123: The Ruler Units

    XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE Note: Clicking Remove causes the entire 8.5" x 14" area to be selected. ULER NITS The ruler around the edges of the image help you precisely position a custom sized image. You can change the ruler units to suit the type of measurements you want.

  • Page 124: Creating A New Advanced Interface Profile

    CANNING FROM THE ASIC NTERFACE OR DVANCED NTERFACE REATING A DVANCED NTERFACE ROFILE You cannot change the settings of the preset profiles in the Advanced Interface. However you can create new profiles and save them for future use. To create a new profile: 1.

  • Page 125: Display The Device Configuration

    XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE ISPLAY THE EVICE ONFIGURATION 1. Click the Device Configuration button. The Device configuration window shows the information about your scanner. See the section “Checking the Hardware and Setting the Lamp Power Save Mode” on page 92 for more information about the device settings.

  • Page 126: Scanning With The Windows Image Acquisition

    ScanSoft PaperPort 9.0, and then click PaperPort. The PaperPort desktop opens. 2. Click the Scan icon on the PaperPort command bar. The Folders pane is replaced by the Scan pane. Scan pane 1. From the Scanner list, select WIA-Visioneer Strobe XP 470.
  • Page 127 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 2. In the “Scan what?” section, choose to scan a Document or Photograph. 3. Click Settings to view and change the format for the scanned item’s file name and the file type. The default file type for documents is .pdf and for photographs is .jpg.
  • Page 128 CANNING WITH THE INDOWS MAGE CQUISITION 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 129 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE UNING CANS 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.
  • Page 130 CANNING WITH THE INDOWS MAGE CQUISITION 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 131: Maintenance

    XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE Maintenance This chapter contains information on recalibrating, troubleshooting, cleaning, uninstalling, and scanner specifications. This section contains information on maintenance, troubleshooting, uninstalling, scanner specifications, and spare parts. LEANING THE UTOMATIC OCUMENT EEDER 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.

  • Page 132: Clearing Paper Jams

    LEARING APER 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. To clear a paper jam: 1. Press the ADF cover release on the top-left of the scanner body to open the automatic document feeder cover.

  • Page 133: Replacing The Adf Pad Assembly

    Problems with documents feeding into the ADF is an indication that the pad spring may be wearing out. See the “Visioneer Strobe XP 470 Scanner Parts List” on page 135 for ordering information. To replace the ADF Pad assembly: 1.

  • Page 134: Troubleshooting

    ■ 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 Visioneer Strobe XP 470 is selected as the scanner.
  • Page 135 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 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: With AutoCrop to Original selected, sometimes I get blank pages, or pages with lines.

  • Page 136: Status Light Troubleshooting Codes

    ROUBLESHOOTING TATUS IGHT ROUBLESHOOTING ODES A green status light indicates the normal state of the scanner. ORMAL PERATION Blinking green: indicates the scanner is waking up from power ■ saving and preparing to scan. Steady green: indicates the scanner is ready to scan. ■...
  • Page 137 Make sure that the lamp has not been turned off manually. has malfunctioned. See the steps on page 92 to turn the lamp on and off. Re-boot your computer. If the problem persists, contact Visioneer Technical Support. The lamp in the ADF portion of Make sure that the lamp has not been turned off manually.

  • Page 138: Uninstalling Your Scanner

    2. Double-click the Scanner/Cameras icon. For Windows 2000, click the Devices tab, select the Visioneer ■ Strobe XP 470 scanner, and click the Remove button to remove the scanner from the list. Click OK. For Windows Me or XP, right-click the Visioneer Strobe XP ■...

  • Page 139: Step 2: Uninstalling The Paperport Software

    XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE 9. On the Maintenance Complete window, click Finish. The OneTouch software is removed from your computer. 10. Close all open windows and restart your computer. 2: U NINSTALLING THE APER OFTWARE To uninstall PaperPort 9.0 from Windows Me: 1.
  • Page 140 NINSTALLING CANNER 4. A message window opens, asking if you are sure you want to remove PaperPort 9.0 from your computer. Click Yes. The PaperPort software is removed. 5. Close all open windows and restart your computer.

  • Page 141: Visioneer Strobe Xp 470 Scanner Specifications

    XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE XP 470 S ISIONEER TROBE CANNER PECIFICATIONS Optical resolution 600 x 1200 dpi Bit depth 48-bit color (internal) Maximum item size 8.5” x 14” Minimum item size 3.5” x 2” (automatic document feeder) Scan method Automatic document feeder (ADF) ADF specifications...

  • Page 142: Visioneer Strobe Xp 470 Scanner Parts List

    XP 470 S ISIONEER TROBE CANNER ARTS XP 470 S ISIONEER TROBE CANNER ARTS Please use the following part names and numbers when ordering replacements for your scanner. Part Name Part Number Paper Guide 57-0104-000 Output Tray 57-0105-000 ADF Pad 57-0103-000 AC Power Cord 35-0071-000...
  • Page 143 XP 470 S ’ ISIONEER TROBE CANNER UIDE...

  • Page 144: Index

    NDEX I N D E X Contrast 60, 112, 123 csv file format 53 ADF cleaning 124 date format 99 ADF pad assembly replace 126 Destination Application 25, 35 Advanced Interface 96, 105 OCR 71 adjust settings 108 text file format 51 new profile 117 Destination Selector 27 profile 117...
  • Page 145 NDEX HTML Document 53 columns 77 HTML page 88 optical character recognition 70 HTML Web Page 86 storage 90 hue 63 tables 77 OCR button 70 OCR Dictionary 73 image OCR Options 71, 72 blur 111 OmniPage Pro 12 44, 53 preview 106 on/off switch 17 Image Documents Properties 44...
  • Page 146 NDEX Resolution 60, 110, 123 status light 17, 19, 127 Rich Text Format 52 troubleshooting codes 129 rtf file format 52 Sti event forwarding 56 ruler units 116 Storage and CD-R/W 56 Storage Properties 45 Straighten Image 61 saturation 63, 113 system requirements 4 scan file name 103...
  • Page 147 NDEX...
  • Page 148 Copyright © 2005 Visioneer, Inc. 05-0687-000...

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