Visioneer 220 User Manual

Visioneer®
Strobe XP 220 Scanner
User's Guide

for Windows

Visioneer

®

Strobe XP 220 Scanner

User’s Guide

FOR WINDOWS

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This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference,
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TABLE OF CONTENTS i

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

The Visioneer Strobe XP 220 Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

What You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Step 1: Install the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Step 2: Connect the Power Supply and USB Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Step 3: Calibrate the Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Additional Applications for Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

View the User Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Register Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Scanning Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Scan a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Paper Return Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Scan a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Scan Using OneTouch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Check or Change Scan Settings Before Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

The OneTouch Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

The OneTouch Properties Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Selecting New OneTouch Scan Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Setting Destination Application Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Scanning with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) . . . . . . . . 51

Selecting Options for the OneTouch Properties Window . . . . . 53

Creating a New Scan Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Editing or Deleting Scan Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

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Configuring Before Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Scan and Burn to a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Scanning with Event Forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Creating an HTML Web Page from Your Scanned Documents 74

Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Scanning to Multiple Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

To Transfer Documents to a Server or Mapped Drive . . . . . . . . 83

Checking the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Scanning from the TWAIN Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Accessing the TWAIN Interface from PaperPort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Using the TWAIN Interface to Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Getting Help with the PaperPort Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Setting Up Your Scanner to Work with PaperPort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Scanning from the WIA Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Fine Tuning Your Scans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Recalibrating and Cleaning Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

How to Uninstall Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Step 1: Uninstall the OneTouch 4.0 Scanner Software . . . . . . 118

Step 2: Uninstall the PaperPort Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

How to Install Another Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

How to Replace the Plug Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

How to Turn AutoLaunch Off/On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Visioneer Strobe XP 220 Scanner Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Visioneer Strobe XP 220 Scanner Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Welcome

Congratulations for purchasing your Visioneer Strobe XP 220 scanner.
With your scanner, you can quickly scan color and black-and-white
documents and place their electronic images on your computer.

WHAT’S IN THE BOX

Please check the contents of the box to make sure that all parts are
included. If any items are missing or damaged, contact the dealer where
you purchased the scanner.

USB/Power Connector Cable
(called a USB “Y-Cable”)

Visioneer Strobe XP 220 Scanner

scanning photos

Calibration Page Cleaning Page

Software CD

VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 1

Power Supply

Quick Install Guide Technical Support CardPhoto Sleeve for

Plug Adapters

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THE VISIONEER STROBE XP 220 SCANNER

Scanner button

Paper return

Alignment arrow

Page feed

Paper return icons

Alignment arrow

Connection Port
(for USB and Power)

Scanner Button—If a OneTouch scan is in progress, pressing the button cancels the scan
and the paper comes out of the scanner. If a OneTouch scan is not in progress, pressing the
button opens the OneTouch 4.0 window so you can adjust the scanner settings.

Alignment arrows—Indicates where to align the edges of the document when inserted into
the scanner.

Page feed—Automatically feeds the document through the scanner when the sensor inside
the scanner detects the presence of a document.

Paper return—Can be positioned to feed a document either straight through the scanner or
returned back towards you.

Paper return icons—Indicates how to position the paper return: up to feed the document
straight through the scanner, and down to return the document back towards you.

Connection port—Connects the scanner to the USB y-cable provided for connection to
the computer and the power supply.

Note: The scanner does not have an on/off switch. Just insert a document into the
page feed and the scanner will start scanning.

WHAT YOU NEED 3

WHAT YOU NEED

An IBM-compatible Pentium PC, or AMD equivalent with:

■ A CD-ROM drive

■ An available Universal Serial Bus (USB) port; 1.1 or 2.0

■ Microsoft Windows XP (Service Pack 1 or 2) or

Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4)

■ A minimum of 128 megabytes (MB) of internal memory (RAM);

256 MB for Windows XP

■ 200 MB minimum of free hard disk space

A VGA or SVGA Monitor

The recommended settings for your monitor are:

■ High Color (16-bit) or True Color (24-bit or 32-bit)

■ Resolution set to at least 800 x 600 pixels

To set your monitor’s colors and resolution:

■ Open the Windows Control Panel

■ Double-click on Display then select the Settings tab.

DOCUMENTATION

The following documentation is provided with the scanner:

■ Quick Install Poster—Abbreviated installation instructions.

■ Visioneer Strobe XP 220 Scanner User’s Guide—On the Installation

CD; contains detailed information about installation, scanning,
configuration, and maintenance.

■ PaperPort User’s Guide—On the Installation CD; contains detailed

feature and configuration information for the PaperPort software.

■ Online Help—For the scanner configuration, TWAIN and WIA

interfaces, and PaperPort software.

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Installing

Installation is a quick, three-step process:

■ Install the PaperPort software and scanner driver

■ Connect the power supply and USB cable

■ Calibrate the scanner

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Please make sure of the following before you begin installation:

■ If your computer has AntiVirus or AntiSpyware software running,

you may see messages during installation asking you to allow the
installation to proceed. Although the messages will differ based on
the software your computer is running, in each case you should
allow the installation to proceed. Alternatively, you can turn off the
AntiVirus or AntiSpyware software before installing your scanner,
but if you do, make sure to turn it back on again when installation
is finished.

■ If you already have a scanner connected to your computer, it is

recommended that you remove that scanner’s driver program prior
to installing your Visioneer Strobe XP 220 scanner. While in some
cases you can configure your computer to have another
manufacturer’s scanner operational on your computer in
conjunction with the Visioneer scanner, we do not recommend this
configuration as you may lose some of the driver functionality on
one, or both of the units. You can remove these programs from the
Windows Add/Remove Programs list. Please refer to the user
manual provided with your other scanner for instructions about
removing the driver and software for that unit.

■ The information in this guide may cover software not provided

with the scanner you purchased. Please disregard any information
about the software not applicable to your scanner.

STEP 1: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 5

STEP 1: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE

Note: You 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. Start Microsoft Windows and make sure no other applications are

running.

2. Insert the Installation CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.

Note:

If the CD does not start automatically, check the following:

■ Make sure the CD drive’s door is completely shut.

■ Make sure the CD was inserted in the drive in the proper

direction (label side up).

To launch the CD manually:

■ Open the Windows option for My Computer. You can do this by

double-clicking on the

■ Double-click the icon for your CD-ROM drive.

■ The Installation menu for the CD should now open.

My Computer icon on your desktop.

If the menu does not open:

■ From the list of files on the CD, double-click the file named

START32.EXE.

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When the CD starts, the Visioneer Installation window opens
automatically.

3. On the Main Menu, click Install Products.

The next window lists the software that is available to install on
your computer.

4. Select Nuance® PaperPort® and Scanner Driver.

5. Click Install Now. The PaperPort software will load first.

STEP 1: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 7

6. The Select Language window opens for the PaperPort software.

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.

8. Read the PaperPort license agreement and select I accept the terms

in this agreement, then click on Next. If you choose not to accept
the license agreement, the installation will terminate and the
PaperPort software will not be installed.

9. On the Customer Information window, accept the current values or

enter new information, then click Next.

10. On the Setup Type window, keep the default Setup Type and click

Next.

11. Click Install to begin the installation.

Reminder: If your computer is running an AntiVirus or
AntiSpyware application, you may see messages asking you to allow
installation. Select the option to allow installation to proceed.

12. On the Product Registration window, do one of the following:

■ Select Register online, click OK, then follow the registration

instructions.

■ Select Print registration form, click OK, then follow the

instructions to complete and print the registration form.

■ Select Remind me in 7 days and click OK.

13. At the InstallShield Wizard Completed window, click Finish.

If a message window opens instructing you to restart your
computer, click Restart.

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14. The Welcome to the OneTouch 4.0 Setup Wizard opens.

15. Click Next.

16. 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

will terminate and the scanner driver will not be installed.

STEP 1: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 9

17. Click Next.

The next window lists the choices of the drivers that you can install
for your scanner.

18. Select the option you want.

Note: If your computer is running Windows XP, Microsoft’s
Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) interface for scanning is always
available, regardless of your selection on this window. WIA is only
available on computers running Windows XP.

■ OneTouch 4.0 Scan Environment + TWAIN Driver—This is

the recommended installation. It installs the OneTouch 4.0
software which provides the necessary driver software for your
scanner. It also installs the scanning interface for TWAIN.
Selecting this installation option means you can use either the
OneTouch software, or the TWAIN interface to scan. This User
Guide explains how to use both methods to scan.

■ TWAIN Driver—Only the TWAIN driver is installed. You will only

be able to scan using the TWAIN interface. You will not be able to
use the OneTouch software.

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Note: If you decide to change the scanner’s installed drivers later on,
you must first uninstall the drivers the scanner is currently using. See
the section “How to Install Another Driver” on page 119.

19. Click Next.

During installation you will see this window asking you to select
one of the images for your Color Space setting.

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. That setting can be changed
later on as you’re scanning.

20. Select the option that looks best to you and click Next.

The driver installation will now begin.

STEP 1: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 11

21. This window opens asking you to select which Visioneer scanner

you are installing.

22. Click the Strobe XP 200/XP 220 image (the middle one).

If you want to see more about the scanner before installing it, click
its Learn More button.

23. Click OK.

You will then see a window that explains how to connect the
scanner to your computer.

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24. 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 the next section, “Step 2: Connect the
Power Supply and USB Cable” on page 13.

Reminder: If your computer is running AntiVirus or AntiSpyware
software, you may see messages asking you to allow installation.
Select the option to allow installation to proceed.

Note: If you want to see more information about your scanner and a
quick explanation of how to use the OneTouch features, click on the
More button on the window. When you’re finished, return to the
window above to continue with the installation process.

STEP 2: CONNECT THE POWER SUPPLY AND USB CABLE 13

STEP 2: CONNECT THE POWER SUPPLY AND USB CABLE

You may now connect the scanner’s power supply and USB cable. The
USB cable plugs into any available USB port on the computer. 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.

Attach a Plug Adapter to the Power Supply

1. You received three plug adapters with your scanner. Use the correct

adapter for the electrical wall outlet at your location.

Note: Remember to take the plug adapters with you when travelling
to countries with different electrical outlets. To remove an adapter, see
the section, “How to Replace the Plug Adapter” on page 120.

The three plug adapters are for:

United States

United Kingdom

Europe

2. Position the adapter so it aligns with the edges of the power supply

and will slide onto the post in the middle of the two contacts.
Gently slide the adapter forward until it snaps into place.

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Attach the USB Y-Cable to the Power Supply and Connect the
Computer

The cable provided with the scanner is called a USB “Y-cable,” and you
will need to connect it to the scanner, computer, and power supply.

USB Y-Cable.

Power Jack.

Plugs into the power supply.

USB Connector.

Plugs into the computer.

Scanner Connector.

Plugs into the port on
the back of the scanner.

1. Using the on-screen window as your guide, plug the power supply

cable into the power jack on the USB Y-cable. Then plug the power
supply into an electrical outlet.

2. Plug the scanner connector on the Y-cable into the connection port

on the back of the scanner.
Please be sure the arrows on the scanner connector line up with the

arrows on the back of the scanner to avoid pins getting bent while
inserting the connection.

3. Plug the USB connector on the Y-cable into a USB port on your

computer. Connection to a USB 2.0 High Speed port provides
optimum performance, but you can also connect to a USB 1.1 port.

USB

STEP 2: CONNECT THE POWER SUPPLY AND USB CABLE 15

The USB symbol, as seen in the above diagram, 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.

You can also connect the scanner to a USB port on the computer’s
keyboard if it has one, or to a USB hub. To use a USB hub, it must
have its own power supply already plugged into an electrical outlet.

If you are using Windows XP Service Pack 2, and have plugged the
USB cable into a USB 1.1 port, an information bubble may open
explaining that “A HI-SPEED USB device is plugged into a non­HI-SPEED USB hub”. Plug the USB cable into a USB 2.0 port (if
available) or just disregard the message. If you leave it plugged into
the USB 1.1 port, your scanner may scan a bit slower.

4. Your computer recognizes that a scanner has been plugged into the

USB port and loads the appropriate software to run the scanner.

5. The window for calibrating the scanner will open. Proceed to

“Step 3: Calibrate the Scanner” on page 16.

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STEP 3: CALIBRATE THE SCANNER

1. After the computer loads the appropriate software to run the

scanner, the Found New Hardware Wizard window opens.

2. You will need the calibration page that you received with your

scanner for the calibration process. The calibration page is in a
plastic storage bag. Remove the calibration page from its plastic
storage bag.

3. Before you start the calibration, please move the scanner’s Paper

Return into the Up position so the calibration page will feed
straight through the scanner.

The Calibration Page.

Move the Paper Return
to the Up position.

4. Now click Next on the Found new Hardware Wizard window.

STEP 3: CALIBRATE THE SCANNER 17

5. The Calibration window opens.

6. Insert the calibration page into the page feed in the direction of the

arrows on the page.

The scanner grabs the page and feeds it through the scanner.
The scanner will pass the page back and forth several times.

Do not remove the page until calibration is finished.

7. When calibration is complete, the calibration page will back out of

the scanner.

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Note: If the page does not back out of the scanner, the calibration
may not have finished properly. Remove the page and complete the
installation of your scanner, then see the section, “Recalibrating and
Cleaning Your Scanner” on page 110 to run the calibration again.

8. Remove the page and replace it in its plastic bag.

Do not discard the calibration page. You may need it periodically to
calibrate the scanner to keep it operating at peak performance.

9. Click Next on the Calibration window.

10. Click Finish on the Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard

window.

Do not proceed until you receive a message that your computer has
found the new hardware, or updated the driver database. If your
computer is running Windows XP, you will see the following message.

STEP 3: CALIBRATE THE SCANNER 19

11. When you are certain that the software has completely loaded,

return to the “Complete the installation by connecting your
hardware” window and click OK.

12. Click Close on the Installation Complete window.

13. You may now remove the installation CD unless you want to install

the additional software you received with your scanner.

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ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS FOR YOUR SCANNER

Your scanner includes free, additional applications on the installation
CD.

To install the additional applications:

1. Return to the Main Menu and click Install Products again.

2. Select ArcSoft® PhotoImpression®.

ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS FOR YOUR SCANNER 21

3. Click Install Now and follow the instructions on the screen.

ArcSoft PhotoImpression is a set of software tools for enhancing
your scanned photos. You can use PhotoImpression to change a
photo’s brightness and contrast, sharpen the image, change its color
tones, remove red-eye from pictures of faces, and crop and resize the
image. PhotoImpreession works with digital photos directly from a
camera, as well as photos scanned with your Visioneer Strobe XP
220 scanner.

4. When installation is complete, return to the Main Menu.

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VIEW THE USER GUIDES

The Installation CD also contains User Guides for your scanner and for
all the software you received with it.

To view the user guides:

1. On the Main Menu, click User Guides.

2. The Visioneer User Guides window opens. Use this window to view

and save the User Guides you want.

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The User Guides are in Adobe® Acrobat® PDF format. The CD
also includes a free copy of Acrobat

®

Reader® in case your
computer does not have it already installed. The Scanner Readme
file is in HTML format and will open in any standard browser.

If you need to, click Acrobat Reader to install it now. Follow the
instructions on the installation windows.

If your computer already has Adobe Acrobat Reader installed, please do
not select it unless the version provided on the installation CD is a
newer version than the one currently installed on your computer.

3. Click the name of a User Guide you want to view and it will open
in Acrobat Reader. Use the Acrobat Reader Save command to save
that User Guide on your computer.

4. Return to the Visioneer User Guides window and repeat the process
to open, view, and save the other User Guides you want. The

Scanner Readme file has late-breaking news about your scanner.

5. When you’re finished, click Main Menu to return to the main
Visioneer Installation window and click Exit.

6. Remove the Installation CD from the computer and store it in a
safe place.

That’s it! Installation is finished and your Visioneer Strobe XP 220 scanner
is ready to scan.

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REGISTER YOUR SCANNER

Registering your scanner is important as it provides you with access to
our free telephone support service. Registration also gives you free access
to software updates for your scanner.

To register your scanner:

1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification
Area (at the bottom right corner of the screen).

2. Choose Check for Online Updates from the pop-up menu.

The OneTouch Icon.

3. Follow the instructions on the screen and register your scanner by
entering your scanner’s serial number and your email address.

Note: A valid email address is required.

The serial number is located on the underside of the scanner.

Serial Number.

S/N: 57422C049735

After registration is complete you will receive an email message with
your RegID. Your RegID is important as you will need it when
accessing free telephone support, or checking for online updates.

4. After receiving your RegID, write it down on a piece of paper and
keep it with your scanner so you will be able to find it easily.

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Scanning

You have several different scanning options with your Visioneer Strobe
XP 220 scanner. Each method scans equally well, so use the one
appropriate for the item you are scanning.

■ OneTouch—Your scanner uses Visioneer’s AutoLaunch technology

that senses when a document is inserted into the page feed and starts
the scanning. You simply insert a document into the scanner and it is
automatically scanned using predefined settings from the OneTouch
software. To change the scanner’s settings you open the OneTouch
panel on the computer screen before scanning and make the changes.
Then insert the document into the scanner and it will be scanned
with the new settings. See “Scan Using OneTouch” on page 29.

■ TWAIN Interface—Use this option to scan from the PaperPort

application you received with your scanner. Many other programs
also use the TWAIN interface, so you can scan from them too. See
“Scanning from the TWAIN Interface” on page 88.

■ WIA Interface—This option is the Microsoft Windows Image

Acquisition (WIA) interface. You can access the WIA interface from
the PaperPort software, or from other applications on your computer.
See “Scanning from the WIA Interface” on page 105. The WIA
interface is only available if your computer is running Windows XP.

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SCANNING BASICS

SCAN A DOCUMENT

Note: Always remove any staples or paper clips from documents
before inserting them into the scanner. Staples and paper clips can jam
the feed mechanism and scratch the internal components. Also remove
any labels, stickers, or Post-It™ notes that may come off during the
scanning process and get stuck in the scanner. Misuse as described here
will void your scanner’s warranty.

To scan a document:

1. Align the page with the alignment arrows.

Alignment arrow Alignment arrow

Misaligned pages will not feed into the scanner properly.

2. Insert the page face up and feed it straight into the page feed.

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PAPER RETURN OPTIONS

The position of the Paper Return determines the path of the scanned
document. You can set the paper return to feed the document back
towards you, or straight through the scanner.

■ To have the scanned document returned back towards you, move the

Paper Return to the Down position.

■ To feed a document straight through the scanner, move the Paper

Return to the Up position as shown below.

The Paper Return icons on the back of the scanner indicate the
positioning of the Paper Return for each option.

Note: When scanning heavier paper that does not bend easily,
position the Paper Return in the Up position so the document will
feed straight through the scanner.

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SCAN A PHOTO

The photo sleeve you received with your scanner is for scanning
photographs.

To scan a photo using the photo sleeve:

1. Separate the clear plastic sleeve from the paper backing and slide the
photo into the sleeve so it fits snugly at the corners.

2. Now insert the photo and sleeve into the scanner’s page feed with
the clear plastic and image facing up.

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SCAN USING ONETOUCH

1. Align the document between the alignment arrows and insert it,
face up, into the page feed slot.

2. The AutoLaunch technology senses that a document is inserted
into the page feed and starts the scanning. The scanner rollers will
grab the top edge of the paper and begin to scan and feed the
document through the scanner.

Note: You can turn the AutoLaunch feature off. See the section,
“How to Turn AutoLaunch Off/On” on page 121.

3. The item is scanned using predefined settings from the OneTouch
software. To change OneTouch settings, see “Selecting New
OneTouch Scan Settings” on page 35.

4. A window shows the image as scanning is in progress. Then, when
scanning is finished, the image is sent to the Destination
Application selected in the OneTouch settings. In the following
example, the Destination Application is the PaperPort desktop.

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CHECK OR CHANGE SCAN SETTINGS BEFORE SCANNING

Press the button on the side of the scanner.

The OneTouch Panel opens with the description of the current settings
for the scanner.

The icon indicates the Destination
Application, in this case PaperPort.
The text shows the current settings
for scanning.

The OneTouch Properties window also opens so you can choose new
settings before scanning. Use this window to select a new Destination
Application, file format, and so forth. See “Selecting New OneTouch
Scan Settings” on page 35 to modify the settings.

Note: You can also check the scan settings from the OneTouch Panel,
if it’s open. See the next section, “The OneTouch Panel” for more
information.

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THE ONETOUCH PANEL

Use the OneTouch Panel when you want to change the scan settings or
reset the scanner’s hardware properties. If AutoLaunch is off, you can
also scan from the OneTouch Panel. See the section, “Scan from
OneTouch when AutoLaunch is Off” on page 127.

1. To open the OneTouch Panel, press the button on the side of the
scanner, or click the OneTouch icon.

The OneTouch Icon.

2. The OneTouch Panel opens with the details of the current settings.

3. Click the green arrows at the top left of the Panel to switch between
the panel’s Detail View and Hardware View.

The Detail View. The Hardware View.

■ The Detail View shows the icon of the Destination Application,

plus the current scan settings. Right-click on the icon to open the
OneTouch Properties window.

■ The Hardware View shows the scanner connected to your

computer. Right-click on the scanner icon to open the Hardware
Properties window. Clicking (not right-clicking) the scanner icon
also toggles back to the Detail view.

4. To close the Panel, click the close button at the top right.

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THE ONETOUCH PROPERTIES WINDOW

The OneTouch Properties window lists available scan settings and is
where you select new settings. It also contains special scanning features
such as scanning and burning to a CD, scanning and converting text
directly into an HTML web page, and scanning with Optical Character
Recognition (OCR) which turns a scanned image into text you can edit.

To open the OneTouch Properties window using either of the following
methods:

■ Press the button on the side of the scanner.

■ Click the OneTouch icon at the bottom right of the screen, then

right-click the PaperIn icon.

The OneTouch Properties window opens and shows the current options
selected for your scanner.

The description on the OneTouch Panel shows
which options are selected on the window.

In this example:
The Destination Application is PaperPort.

The Configuration being used for scanning is
US Letter Document (Fax Quality).

The Format for the scanned item will be PDF.

Note: Some of the options on the OneTouch Properties Window (and
other OneTouch windows and dialog boxes) may be “grayed out” and
are not available. Grayed out options are not appropriate for your
Visioneer Strobe XP 220 scanner.

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The settings on the OneTouch Properties window are:

Select Destination—The list of Destination Applications that can open
to display the scanned image. To configure the list of available
applications, click the Options tab at the top of the dialog box and
select the desired options. See “Selecting Options for the OneTouch
Properties Window” on page 53 for more information.

To make sure all your computer’s Destination Applications are linked to
OneTouch 4.0, click the Refresh button.

Select Configuration—The list of available scan configurations. A
configuration’s basic settings include: scanning mode, resolution (dpi),
page size, brightness (Br), and contrast (Cr). To see a selected scan
configuration’s settings, click its icon. Click the icon again to close the
detailed information.

Click the icon of a selected
configuration to view its
settings.

These icons next to the scan configurations indicate the scanning mode.

Color GreyscaleBlack and White

Configure Before Scan

Note: Use Configure Before Scan if you want to set the scanning
mode manually before scanning. See “Configuring Before Scanning”
on page 68.

You can also click the Edit button or double-click a configuration to see
more detailed information about it.

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Select Format—A set of file formats for the scanned image. The
formats are based on the type of Destination Application you select.
This example shows the formats that apply to the Microsoft Outlook.

The icon names indicate their file types. See “Selecting Format
Options” on page 47 for more about the formats.

Options tab—Switches to the view for choosing options related to the
selected Destination Application. Click the PaperIn tab to return to the
previous view without closing the window.

Refresh button—Updates the links between OneTouch 4.0 and
compatible Destination Applications on your computer.

Important: If you install new software that can be used as a
Destination Application, click the Refresh button to link the new
software to OneTouch 4.0. Note that some software installed on your
computer may be incompatible with OneTouch 4.0. Incompatible
software will not be listed as a Destination Application.

Properties button—Displays a window for selecting properties for each
type of Destination Application. See “Setting Destination Application
Properties” on page 37

New/Copy/Edit/Delete buttons—Click New or Copy to add new
scan configurations to the list. Click Edit or Delete to change or remove
them. See the sections “Creating a New Scan Configuration” on page 57
and “Editing or Deleting Scan Configurations” on page 66.

OK/Cancel/Apply buttons—OK accepts any changes and closes the
window. Apply accepts any changes but leaves the window open so you
can continue making additional changes. Cancel closes the window
without accepting any changes.

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SELECTING NEW ONETOUCH SCAN SETTINGS

The OneTouch settings consist of a Destination Application, a Scan
Configuration, and a Document Format. The OneTouch Properties

window is where you select these three elements.

Select a format
for the scanned
image.

Select a software application
as the destination to send
scanned documents.

Select a configuration
for scanning the item.

To select new settings for the scanner:

1. From the Select Destination list, select the application where you
want documents sent when scanning is finished.

See “Selecting Options for the OneTouch Properties Window” on
page 53 to display a full list of the Destination Applications that
you can use with the scanner.

Note: If you select a word processing program such as Microsoft
WordPad or Microsoft Word and a format that can be used for OCR
(such as TEXT or RTF), the text in scanned images is automatically
converted to word processing text. See “Scanning with Optical
Character Recognition (OCR)” on page 51 for details.

2. From the Select Configuration list, select a scan configuration.

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To scan in color, select one of the configurations indicated by the
small color icon, such as the Color Document configuration.

To create your own scan configurations see “Creating a New Scan
Configuration” on page 57.

3. Select a Format option.
The available options apply to the Destination Application you

select. For example, if you select Microsoft Word as the Destination
Application, the available formats are for text, such as .txt and .rtf.
However, if you select Microsoft Paint as the Destination
Application, then the available formats are for graphics, such as
.bmp, and .jpg.

Note: If a format is listed as n/a, that means the text format is not
available for that Destination Application.

4. Click OK to accept the changes and close the window.
To accept the changes but keep the window open to work with

other features, click Apply.

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SETTING DESTINATION APPLICATION PROPERTIES

The different types of Destination Applications have various properties
that you can select.

1. On the OneTouch Properties window, click a Destination
Application.

2. Click the Properties button.

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.

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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 Desktop in that folder.

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TEXT DOCUMENTS PROPERTIES

These properties apply to Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel®, and the
other applications indicated by their icons in the list. The properties
apply to the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) settings for the
applications.

1. Click in the OCR settings boxes for the options you want.
The options will apply to all the applications in the group.
Always send a file, even when no text was found—The scanned

file is sent to the OCR reader even if the image does not appear to
contain text. This could occur if you scanned a photograph with
the file format set to a text format.

Show message if text recognition failed—A message will open on
the screen if the OCR reader does not detect text in the image.

2. To add another application to the list, click the Add Application
button.

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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.

4. Select the icon in Step 3 of the dialog box. That is the icon that will
appear in the OneTouch Destination List.

5. In step 4 of the dialog box, select the file formats that the
application will accept.

Refer to the documentation you received with the application to see
which text formats the application accepts.

The options you select at step 4 determine the format icons in the
OneTouch Properties window for that group of applications.

6. Click the Add button.

7. Click OK or Apply on the Link Properties window.

8. Click Refresh on the OneTouch Properties window.

9. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window.

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IMAGE DOCUMENTS PROPERTIES

These properties apply to Microsoft Paint and other image processing
applications.

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. When a
computer screen is set to a lower resolution, bitmap images with a
higher resolution may be too big to fit on the screen. Converting
the bitmap image to match the screen resolution ensures that the
image fits on the screen.

Convert Bitmaps to JPEG—JPEG files can be compressed to
produce smaller file sizes and, therefore, shorter transmission times.
Use this option to provide that compression capability to image
files.

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2. To add another application to the list, click the Add Application
button.

See the steps on page 39 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.

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STORAGE PROPERTIES

These properties apply to the special Destination Application named
Transfer to Storage, indicated by the folder icon. This Destination
Application is designed for archiving documents with your scanner.

When you scan with Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application,
the scanner sends the scanned image directly to the default folder at

C:\Documents and Settings\<your user name>\My Documents\My
OneTouch Archive\PDF Documents without first opening it in an

application. The file will be named with the current date. The Storage
Properties dialog box is where you can change the storage location on
your computer’s hard drive, and can also change the names of the
folders used to store the files.

1. Click the Storage Layout options you want.
All documents are in the root—The scanned documents are saved

in the root of the folder specified in the Storage Location.
Documents are put into folders by month, week, or type—

Folders are created based on your selection (month, week, or type)
and the scanned documents are saved in those folders. New folders
are created for each month and week so you can keep track of when
you scanned the documents.

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2. Click the Browse button to specify the location to store the
scanned documents, or type a location directly into the box.

If you are scanning to a shared network drive, it must be a mapped
drive. For more information about mapped drives, see your
network administrator.

3. If you have a CD burner attached to your computer, the option
Show message when ready to burn 5" CD (700MB), should also
be selected so you will see a message when it’s time to click the Burn
to CD button.

4. Click OK on the Link Properties window.

If a CD burner is attached to your computer, and your computer is
running Windows XP, you can also use this dialog box to start the Burn
to CD process. See the section “Scan and Burn to a CD” on page 69.

Note: If you do not have a CD burner attached to your computer, the
CD options are not shown on the dialog box.

You can also set up multiple configurations to store scanned items in
separate locations. See “The Storage Options Tab (Archive)” on page 64
and “Scanning to Multiple Folders” on page 79.

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EMAIL PROPERTIES

These properties apply to email applications so you can specify the
folder for documents you want to attach to an email message. Microsoft
Outlook

®

will accept direct attachment of documents to a blank email
message as soon as scanning is finished, but other email applications
may not. If you’re using one of those applications, such as America
Online

®

(AOL), you need to know which folder contains the scanned

documents so you can manually attach them to your email messages.

1. Click the Browse button under Folder for storing attachments

and choose a folder for your email attachments.

2. If you are using AOL on your computer, and the folder name for

AOL is incorrect, click its Browse button and find the correct AOL
folder.

For scanned images to be auto-attached to a blank email address,
you must have the specific folder location AOL uses to find the
attachments. Please contact AOL for more information about the
folder location in which AOL stores attachments.

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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. Please see your
Windows documentation for more information about Internet
options. If you are using AOL, please see the AOL user manual for
making changes to the Internet options applicable to AOL. Click
OK to close the Internet Options Control Panel.

4. Select the options for color document handling.

Convert Bitmaps using Screen Resolution—Use this option to
ensure that an image will fit on the computer’s screen. When a
computer screen is set to a lower resolution, bitmap images with a
higher resolution may be too big to fit on the screen. Converting
the bitmap image to match the screen resolution ensures that the
image fits on the screen.

Convert Bitmaps to JPEG—JPEG files can be compressed to
produce smaller files sizes and, therefore, shorter transmission
times. Use this option to provide that compression capability to
image files.

5. Click OK.

6. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window.

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SELECTING FORMAT OPTIONS

The Format options that you select determines the file format of the
scanned document. Appropriate format options are file types available
for the type of Destination Application selected.

The available options are for images and text.

Image Formats. Text Formats.

The Text Formats are for text file types. The names of the formats
indicate their file types. See “Text Formats” on page 49 for details.

IMAGE FORMATS

Select an image file format for photos, artwork or other documents that
you want to save as images. BMP and TIFF are standard image file
formats generally used if you want to do additional image processing,
such as photo touch-up or color correction. Both of those file formats
tend to be larger than the JPEG format.

Because JPEG image files can be reduced in size, the JPEG format is
often used for images on web pages, or if file size might be a problem
when electronically sending the files. JPEG files are reduced in size by
lowering their image quality, and you can select the degree of quality for
your scanned images from the JPEG file format icon.

The PDF format is often used to create images of text pages. You may
want to select PDF as the format when scanning text pages that do not
require OCR processing or other processing. The PDF format is also

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used to put multi-page documents on web sites as PDF-readable files.
As with the JPEG option, the PDF format can be reduced in size or
quality.

To select a JPEG or PDF file size:

1. Select JPG or PDF as the 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.
Maximum Quality—Largest file size, no loss of image quality.

Your selection pertains only to the Destination Application
currently selected on the OneTouch Properties window. Other
Destination Applications that have JPG or PDF selected as the Page
Format are not affected, so you can set the JPEG or PDF file size
and image quality independently of Destination Applications.

4. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window.

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TEXT FORMATS

Selecting the text format option also selects OCR processing as an
automatic step for scanning. Therefore, when you scan a document
with the text format selected, the text portions of the document are
automatically converted to editable text. See “Scanning with Optical
Character Recognition (OCR)” on page 51.

Select a text format for documents with text or numbers, such as a
business letter, report, or spreadsheet. The text format icon may have
additional file formats available, depending on the Destination
Application you select.

The specific file format is the file name extension on the text format
icon.

The specific text format; this example is
for Rich Text Format (.rtf).

As you select Destination Applications that are text applications, the
text format icon changes to match the file type of the application. In
some cases, the Destination Application supports several file types, and
you can right-click on the icon to choose the particular file type for that
application.

To select a file type for the text format:

1. Select the Destination Application.

2. Right-click on the text format icon.

A menu appears. The following figure shows a sample for the Text
format.

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Example menu for the Text format.

3. Choose the file type that you want for the text format.

Your selection of a file type pertains only to the Destination
Application currently selected on the OneTouch Properties
window. Other Destination Applications that have a text option
selected as the Page Format are not affected.

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.

4. To change the OCR settings, choose OCR options. See the next

section “Scanning with Optical Character Recognition (OCR).”

5. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window.

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SCANNING WITH OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (OCR)

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) converts text and numbers on a
scanned page into editable text and numbers. You can then work with
the text and numbers to edit, spellcheck, change font or type size, sort,
calculate, and so forth.

Note: Visioneer recommends that all OCR processing use the original
factory settings for OCR scanning that come with your scanner. When
scanning with other settings, use at least 300 dpi for the resolution. If
the original documents are of poor quality and have small type, 400
dpi can be used as the maximum resolution.

To scan with OCR:

1. Select a Destination Application that has one of the Text formats

(TEXT, RTF, XLS, or HTML).

2. Scan the document.

Your scanned pages appear in the Destination Application with
their text ready for editing and other text processing.

Note: OCR scanning is also for spreadsheets so you can work in
Microsoft Excel (or other spreadsheet applications) with the figures
and text from the original spreadsheets.

To s e l e c t O C R s e t t i n g s :

1. Select the Destination Application.

2. Right-click on a text format icon.

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3. Choose OCR options.

A dialog box of OCR options opens.

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—

column of text in the Destination Application, even if the original
image had multiple columns of text.

Select this option to produce a single

5. Click OK.

Note that the OCR options apply to all the Destination
Applications for which OCR applies. If you change them for one
Destination Application, those changes apply to the others as well.

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SELECTING OPTIONS FOR THE ONETOUCH PROPERTIES WINDOW

The OneTouch Options determine the types of Destination
Applications available on the window, 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. Select options as described below.

Show All Destinations—This option selects all the Destination
Application categories. The list of Destination Applications
available will include all the applications on your computer that fall
into these categories. The list also includes printers and other
devices connected to your computer so, for example, you can scan
an item and have it printed immediately.

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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.

■ Image Editors include Microsoft Paint and other drawing and

graphics applications.

■ Tex t E d i t o r s include Microsoft Word and WordPad, Microsoft

Excel, and other word processing and spreadsheet applications.
Select this option if you want OCR processing to convert your
scanned documents to text that you can edit.

■ PDF applications are for documents scanned to PDF format.

■ Email includes Microsoft Outlook and other email applications.

See “eMail Properties” on page 45 for details about attaching
scanned documents to your email messages.

■ Storage and CD-R/W is for either storing scanned documents in

a folder, or sending them to a CD burner to create a CD
containing the scanned documents. See “Transferring Scanned
Documents to Storage” on page 76 and “Scan and Burn to a
CD” on page 69 for details.

■ Fax and Print is for sending your scanned documents directly to

your printer or fax software for faxing.

■ Sti event forwarding is for using another application’s interface

for scanning. The OneTouch Event Forwarding dialog box opens
so you can select which application to use to continue scanning.
See “Scanning with Event Forwarding” on page 72 for details.

3. After selecting a new category of Destination Applications, click the

PaperIn tab to see which ones are added to the list. Click the
Options tab again to return to the options window if you want to

change your selections, and choose other options.
Show Progress Window—Select this option to display the progress

window of the document during scanning.

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Create copies of scanned documents—Sometimes the image of a
scanned document is only saved as a temporary file until its
Destination Application is finished using it. In those cases you may
want an additional, permanent copy saved on your hard drive.

For example, if you scan a picture to an email application, the
scanned image is saved as a temporary file, then attached to the
email, and the email is sent. Later, the temporary file of the scanned
picture is deleted. The same situation may occur when you scan
directly to a printer or scan to a fax application. After a scanned
item is printed or faxed, its temporary file is deleted. However, by
selecting this Create copies of scanned documents option, you
can choose to save permanent copies of the scanned items on your
hard drive.

The copies will be saved in the folder specified in the Folder Copy
Options section (see the description below and the figure on page

64).
This option is not available if either the Document Management

or Storage and CD-R/W options are selected because, by default,
file copies for those types of Destination Applications are already
automatically saved in the folder for copies.

For that reason, this option is not available if the Destination
Application is PaperPort because it is a Document Management
application.

Likewise, the option is not available if the Destination Application
is set as Transfer to Storage because it uses Storage and CD-R/W
software.

Folder Copy Options—This section of the dialog box sets the
location for copies of your scanned documents and how you want
to group them.

Click the Browse button and find the folder for the copies. Select
the grouping option for the documents. 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.

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The following example shows the folders when the selections are
Group items by type and Group items by month.

4. Click Apply and then click the PaperIn tab to see the new settings

on the OneTouch Properties window.

5. Click OK to save the options and close the window.

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CREATING A NEW SCAN CONFIGURATION

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.

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. That way, you will
always have the original factory-set configurations available. New
configurations will be unlocked until you manually lock them.

To create a new configuration:

1. Open the OneTouch Properties window and make sure the

PaperIn tab is selected.

2. Scroll through the applications in the Select Destination list and

click the type of application for which you want to create a new
scan configuration.

When you create a new scan configuration, it will appear for the
same types of Destination Applications. For example, if you create a
new configuration for image editor applications, that new
configuration also appears for any other image editors, but not for

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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.

The Scan Configuration Properties dialog box opens. If the Scan
Settings tab is not selected, click it.

4. On the Scan Configuration Properties dialog box, type a name.

Type a new name for
the configuration.

Select the scan mode
and drag the slider to set
the resolution.

Drag the sliders to set
the Brightness and
Contrast.

If the configuration
is locked, click the
lock to unlock it.
The icon becomes a
key.

Tip: If you’re going to set up the new configuration for special types
of scans, include that in the name, such as “Scan for Dark Print” as
a reminder that you designed it for items with dark print.

Note: If you select a printer or other device in the Select Destinations
list, the dialog box may have an additional Device Settings tab for
setting specific options for the particular device.

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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. The scanning produces an
image of up to 256 shades of gray.

■ Color to scan color photographs and other color items. Color

scans have the largest file size.

Resolution—Drag the slider to the right or left to adjust the dots
per inch (dpi) of the resolution. The maximum resolution is 600
dpi; the minimum is 50 dpi. The higher the dpi setting, the sharper
and clearer the scanned image. However, higher dpi settings take
longer to scan and produce larger files for the scanned images.

Brightness and Contrast—Sometimes an item is scanned with the
brightness and contrast set too light or too dark. For example, a
note written with a light pencil may need to be scanned darker to
improve legibility.

Brightness refers to the lightness or darkness of the image. Contrast
is the range between the darkest and lightest portions of the image.
The greater the contrast, the more the difference between the
lighter and darker shades in the image.

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 Black&White mode.

6. If you want to lock the configuration, click the Key icon to change

it from a Key to a Lock.

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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" by 14".
The units of measurement can be inches or millimeters. Click the
name of the units, inches or millimeters, to toggle between them.

Click to toggle
between inches
and millimeters.

Improvements and Settings—Only the options that apply to the
selected Destination Application are available.

■ AutoCrop to Original—Select this option to let the scanner

automatically determine the size of the item being scanned. For
example, if you scan a 5" x 7" inch photo, the scanner will
determine the size of the photo.

When using the AutoCrop to Original option, make sure to use the
alignment arrows on the scanner so the page is inserted straight.

Note: Also make sure to set the page size larger than the item that
you’re scanning so the Autocrop process will have sufficient room on
the page to crop the image properly.

■ Reduce Moire Patterns—Moire patterns are wavy, rippled lines

that sometimes appear on the scanned images of photographs or
illustrations, particularly newspaper and magazine illustrations.

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Selecting Reduce Moire Patterns will limit or eliminate moire
patterns in the scanned image. This option is only available for
the Grayscale or Color Mode at 300 dpi or less.

■ 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 scan correctly.
In that case, re-scan the page using the alignment arrows to feed
the paper in straight.

■ Invert Image—Only available for Black&White Mode, this

option reverses the black and white of an image.

Original Image. Inverted Image.

■ 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. Color filter applies to Black&White or
GrayScale Mode.

The original with a red
watermark over black text.

The scanned item with the
red filtered out.

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8. Click the Advanced Settings tab.

The options of the Advanced Settings tab are for the Color or
GrayScale scanning mode.

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.

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.

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.

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THE DEVICE SETTINGS TAB

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. You use the options on the
Device Settings tab to select settings for the device.

1. Click on the Device Settings tab.

Fit to page, reduce image if necessary—If the scanned image is
too big to be printed or faxed on a single page, the image will
automatically be reduced to fit the page.

Actual size, crop image if necessary—If the scanned image is too
big to be printed or faxed on a single page, the image will
automatically be cropped around its edges to fit on the page.

Center image on page—The image will be printed in the center of
the page instead of at the top right corner.

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.

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Collate copies—If you’re 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.

2. Click OK or Apply.

THE STORAGE OPTIONS TAB (ARCHIVE)

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.

Note: The selections you make using the Storage Options tab
override the storage options that apply to the Storage Properties. This
means that you can create separate Scan Configurations to store
scanned items at various locations in addition to the main location set
by the Storage Properties. See “Storage Properties” on page 43 and
“Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage” on page 76 for more
details.

1. Click on the Storage Options tab.

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2. Click the Storage Layout options you want.

All documents are in the root—The scanned documents are saved
in the root of the folder specified in the Storage Location.

Documents are put into folders by month, week, or type—
Folders are created based on your selection (month, week, or 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. Type refers to the file type selected as
the 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 then in a folder based on your

selection for the Storage Layout. For example, if the file type is
TIFF, and you select Documents are put into folders by type, the
default location of scanned archive documents is at C:\Documents

and Settings\<your user name>\My Documents\My OneTouch
Archive\TIFF Documents.

3. If you want to store your archive documents in some other location,

click the Browse button to specify the new location.

4. Click OK or Apply.

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EDITING OR DELETING SCAN CONFIGURATIONS

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 re­install your scanner.

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 configuration to
edit or delete. It must be
unlocked, as indicated by
not having a lock displayed
here.

3. To delete the configuration, click the Delete button.

Note: If the Delete button is not available, the selected configuration
is locked and cannot be deleted. You must first click the Edit button
and unlock the configuration, as explained in the next steps.

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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. Clicking it toggles
between locking and unlocking the configuration. The Key icon
indicates the configuration is unlocked.

Click the Key/Lock
icon to toggle between
locked and unlocked.

5. Edit the settings and click OK.

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CONFIGURING BEFORE SCANNING

Configure Before Scan simply opens a scanning interface when you start
to scan. You can then use the interface to change the Resolution, Scan
Mode, and other settings. When scanning is finished, the scanned
image will still be sent as the file type and to the same Destination
Application already selected in the OneTouch Properties window.

To configure before scanning:

1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.

2. Select the scan configuration Configure Before Scan.

Select Configure
Before Scan.

Right-click on
Configure Before
Scan to get the
menu, and choose
the interface to use
for scanning.

3. Right-click on Configure Before Scan to get the menu, and choose

an interface to use for configuring before scanning.
TWAIN—The TWAIN Interface will open for you to make

changes prior to scanning. See “Scanning from the TWAIN
Interface” on page 88.

WIA—The Windows Image Acquisition Interface (WIA) will open
for you to make changes prior to scanning (available on Windows
XP only). See “Scanning from the WIA Interface” on page 105.

4. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window.

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SCAN AND BURN TO A CD

If you have a CD burner attached to your computer, you can scan
directly from your scanner onto a CD. This feature is available only on
computers running Windows XP.

To scan and burn to a CD:

1. Put a blank CD into your computer’s CD Drive.

2. Open the OneTouch Properties window.

3. Select Burn to CD as the Destination Application.

The Burn to CD Destination Application is only available if you
have a CD burner attached to your computer, but you do not need
to have a CD in the burner to select the destination.

4. Choose a Format and a Scan Configuration.

Please see the note on page 71 to make sure you choose the proper
configuration.

5. Click OK or Apply.

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6. Start scanning a page.

When scanning is finished, a bubble message on the screen tells you
that files are waiting to be burned to the CD.

7. Open the OneTouch Properties window and make sure that the

Burn to CD Destination Application is still selected and click the
Properties button.

The OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window opens.

8. Make sure a CD is in the CD burner.

9. Click the Burn to CD button.

The CD burner begins and your scanned documents are written to
the CD.

Note: Until you click the Burn to CD button the scanned files are
stored in your computer at C:\Documents and Settings\<your user

name>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\CD Burning.

This is where Windows XP stores all files waiting to be burned to a
CD by the automatic CD writing wizard. If other files are also waiting
in this location, they will get written with the OneTouch files on the
CD.

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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. Likewise, when you create a
custom configuration for CD burning, the OneTouch software will
automatically make sure the storage location is correct.

To create a custom configuration for CD burning, select Burn to CD
as the Destination Application, then click the New button and create
the new configuration. You won’t need to select a storage location
because it will be correctly preset for you by the OneTouch software.

Note however, that if you have created other custom configurations
with different storage locations (for example, see “Scanning to
Multiple Folders” on page 79), do not use them for the Burn to CD
Destination Application. Otherwise, the Windows XP CD writing
wizard will not be able to find the images to burn onto the CD.

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SCANNING WITH EVENT FORWARDING

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.

To scan with event forwarding:

1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.

2. Select Still Image Client as the Destination Application.

If Still Image Client is not listed as a Destination Application, click
the Options tab, select Sti event forwarding, then click Apply and
click the PaperIn button again.

Note that you cannot choose a format for this option because the
actual Destination Application is not selected until after the scanner
feeds in the first page of your document.

3. Choose a Scan Configuration.

4. Click Apply or OK.

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5. Start scanning a page.

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.

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CREATING AN HTML WEB PAGE FROM YOUR SCANNED DOCUMENTS

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. This is, essentially, from your scanner to a web­ready format in one automatic step.

To scan and create an HTML web page:

1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.

2. Select Microsoft Explorer as the Destination Application.

If Microsoft Explorer is not listed as a Destination Application,
click the Options tab, select Text editing applications (i.e. Word),
then click Apply and click the PaperIn tab again.

3. Choose HTML as the Format.

Choose HTML

4. Choose a Scan Configuration that has the settings for the image on

the HTML page.
For example, if you want the image to be in color on the HTML

page, choose a color configuration.

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5. Click Apply or OK.

6. Scan your document.

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.

Note: Depending on the complexity of the document, its conversion
to the HTML format may take a few moments.

7. Choose the Internet Explorer Save As command, give the page a

name, and save it in the location you use for web page files.
You may also want to write down the address shown in the Address

bar so you’ll know where to find your new HTML page later on.

8. 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.

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TRANSFERRING SCANNED DOCUMENTS TO STORAGE

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. If you choose a text format for the file format, the documents
are also automatically converted by the OCR process into editable text
and numbers before being stored.

To scan and transfer to storage:

1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.

2. Select Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application.

If Transfer to Storage is not listed as a Destination Application,
click the Options tab, select the option Storage and CD-R/W,
then click Apply and click the PaperIn tab again.

3. Choose a text format as the Format if you want the OCR process to

convert scanned text to editable text. See the next section “To Use
OCR Before Transferring to Storage.”

Choose a text format to
have the OCR process
convert text to editable
text before the scanned
documents are stored in
their archive location.

4. Choose a Scan Configuration for the documents you want to

archive.

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5. Click Apply or OK.

6. Now scan the documents.

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.

Note: The Storage Location shown in the example above is the
default place where your scanned documents are stored if you haven’t
created any new scanning configurations or selected a new storage
location. If you create a new scan configuration that has its own
storage location and you use that configuration to scan, your scanned
documents will be stored at the new location instead of the default.

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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.

1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.

2. Select Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application.

3. Choose a text format as the file format.

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.

Now when scanning with Transfer to Storage as the Destination
Application, the documents are saved as OCR-converted text in the
selected file format.

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SCANNING TO MULTIPLE FOLDERS

When archiving documents with the Transfer to Storage option, you
can scan them to multiple folders. For example, one folder might be for
“Business Receipts,” a second folder might be for “Personal Receipts,”
and a third folder might be for “Annual Receipts.”

To scan to multiple folders, you create multiple scan configurations with
Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application. Scan one set of
documents using the scan configuration with the appropriate storage
location for that set. Then switch to another scan configuration and
scan the next set of documents to store them in their folder.

Setting up multiple folders for transfer to storage:

1. Using Microsoft Windows, create the folders that you want to use

for storing scanned items. Note that you can also create the folders
later while creating the new scan configurations.

2. Open the OneTouch Properties window.

3. Select Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application.

4. Click the New button.

Select Transfer to Storage.

Click the New button.

The Scan Configuration Properties dialog box opens.

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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.

7. Click the Storage Options tab.

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.

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10. Click OK. The selected folder will now be set as the Storage

Location, such as “Business Receipts.”

11. Click OK. The new configuration is now listed as a Transfer to

Storage configuration.

12. Repeat the process to create additional new configurations, such as

one named “Storage for Personal Receipts.”

13. Make sure to designate separate folders as the Storage Locations for

each new configuration.

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You will now have multiple configurations set up for the Transfer to
Storage destination, and each configuration scans documents to a
separate folder.

The new configurati ons
apply to the Transfer to
Storage Destination
Application.

Scan to multiple storage folders:

1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.

2. Select one of the configurations you created for storage.

3. Click Apply or OK.

4. Scan the first set of documents.

The documents are scanned to the folder specified for the
configuration.

5. When scanning is finished, return to the OneTouch Properties

window and select the other configuration you created for storage.

6. Click Apply or OK.

7. Scan the next set of documents.

When scanning is finished, the two sets of documents are stored in the
two separate folders.

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TO TRANSFER DOCUMENTS TO A SERVER OR MAPPED DRIVE

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.

1. See “Scanning to Multiple Folders” on page 79 or “Transferring

Scanned Documents to Storage” on page 76 for the steps to select
the Transfer to Storage options.

On either the OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window, or from the
Scan Configuration Properties window, click the Browse button.

The Browse For Folder window opens.

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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.

Select a mapped drive or
server as indicated by the
icon.

Now when you scan using Transfer to Storage as the Destination
Application, the documents are stored on the server or mapped
drive.

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CHECKING THE HARDWARE

1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon and choose Show Hardware

from the pop-up menu.

You can also click the Hardware icon at the top of the OneTouch
Panel.

The Hardware icon.

If the Hardware View of the panel is open you can also right-click
on the Visioneer Strobe XP 220 icon.

The Hardware Properties dialog box opens and shows information
about your Visioneer Strobe XP 220 scanner.

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2. Click the Properties button.

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The Interface information refers to the USB port where your scanner is
connected. The scanner automatically detects the type of USB port and
displays the information here. The example above shows a scanner
connected a USB 2.0 High Speed port. Your scanner can also connect to
a USB 1.1 Full Speed port.

1. The option Enable the generation of events when paper is inserted

into the scanner turns on your scanner’s “AutoLaunch” feature. The
scanner senses when an item is inserted into the page feed, grabs the
item, and feeds it in automatically.

If this option is not selected, the scanner will still grab the item, but
will then wait to start scanning until you click the PaperIn button
on the OneTouch panel, or start the scan using one of the other
scanning interfaces.

If the “AutoLaunch” option is selected, the Paper pickup delay also
becomes available. The Paper pickup delay is the amount of time
you want the scanner to wait until it feeds the item into the scanner
to start scanning.

2. To set the Paper pickup delay, click the drop-down arrow and

choose from the list of options. The settings are in milliseconds, so
1250 ms is 1.25 seconds.

3. The option Enable the detection of excessive document skew.

Backout the document if this occurs, is for sensing if a document is
being fed into the scanner skewed to such an extent that the scan
image will be degraded.

If this option is selected and you insert a document skewed, the
scanner will start to scan, but then scanning will stop and the
document will back out of the page feed so you can re-insert it
straight.

4. Click OK to enable the new settings.

5. To return the scanner to its original factory settings, click Reset

Device.

Note:The Calibrate and Clean buttons are for maintaining your
scanner in optimum operating condition. See “Maintenance” on
page 110 for the steps to calibrate or clean your scanner.

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Scanning from the TWAIN Interface

SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN INTERFACE

In addition to scanning from the OneTouch software, you can scan
from TWAIN software. The PaperPort software that you received with
your scanner uses the TWAIN interface for scanning. This scanning
method is particularly helpful when you’re using PaperPort to file and
save scanned items, or if you want to preview an image and adjust
scanning settings prior to scanning.

A Note About Your Scanner and the TWAIN standard: TWAIN is a
widely recognized procedure that software applications use to receive
images from scanners, digital cameras, and other digital devices. The
PaperPort software you received with your scanner uses the TWAIN
standard, and this guide shows how to scan with it. But you can also
open the same TWAIN interface from many other graphics and
imaging applications and scan from them as well. Because the TWAIN
interface is the same regardless of the software you use to open it, you
can still use the instructions in this User’s Guide for scanning with your
Visioneer Strobe XP 220 scanner. To access the TWAIN interface from
other software, please refer to their user’s guides, then return to this
User’s Guide for the steps to scan.

Note: You can also access the TWAIN interface when you’re scanning
from the OneTouch software. If the OneTouch configuration you’re
using to scan is set to Configure Before Scan, and the selected option
is TWAIN, the TWAIN interface opens right away without opening
PaperPort or any other TWAIN-compliant software first. See the
section “Configuring Before Scanning” on page 68 for details.

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ACCESSING THE TWAIN INTERFACE FROM PAPERPORT

The instructions in this section are for using PaperPort to access the
TWAIN interface to scan.

To access the TWAIN interface from PaperPort:

1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Programs, point to

ScanSoft PaperPort, then click PaperPort.

The PaperPort desktop opens with its Folders Pane. The Folders
Pane shows folders for organizing your scanned images.

Scan or Get
Photo icon.

Folders Pane.

2. Click the Scan or Get Photo icon on the PaperPort command bar

to switch to the Desktop’s Scan Pane.

Note: The first time you open PaperPort, no scanner will be listed in
the Scan Pane. You must select the scanner to use. Later on, however,
you can skip that step unless you want to use another scanner.

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The Folders Pane is replaced by the Scan Pane.

Scan pane.

If this Scan button is not active when you select a scanner, see the section on
page 98 to set up your scanner to work with PaperPort.

Click Select to see the
available scanners.

3. If no scanner is shown on the Scan Pane, the Available Scanners

window opens. If a scanner already listed in the Scan Pane, but you
want to choose another one, click Select to open the window.

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4. Select TWAIN: Visioneer Strobe XP 220.

The WIA: Visioneer Strobe XP 220 option is for using the WIA
interface.

5. Click OK.

A Confirm Selection message box appears.

6. Click OK on the message box.

Note: Please wait a few moments for your selection to become
active. This delay only occurs the first time you select a scanner
while PaperPort initializes it. Later on, the scanner initializes
immediately when you select it.

Note: If the Scan button at the bottom of panel is not available when

you make a selection, then your scanner needs to be set up to work
with PaperPort. See the section, “Setting Up Your Scanner to Work
with PaperPort” on page 98.

7. Make sure the option Display scanner dialog box is selected.

If this option is not selected, the TWAIN interface will not open
when you click the Scan button. Instead, the items are scanned
with the PaperPort scan profile selected on the Scan Pane.

8. Click the Scan button on the Scan Pane.

The TWAIN interface opens. You’re ready to start scanning.

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USING THE TWAIN INTERFACE TO SCAN

The following figure shows the TWAIN interface for scanning from
PaperPort and other applications that use the TWAIN standard. Note
that some of the options on the window may not be available, and will
be greyed out if they are not appropriate for your scanner.

The options for the Visioneer Strobe XP 220 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. Use this
setting for letters, memos, and other black and white material.
This scan mode produces the smallest file size.

Greyscale 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. You can also scan a color
document to turn its colors into gray shades. The file size is
about one third that of a color scan.

Color to scan magazine articles, photographs, and other color
images in full color. Color scans have the largest file size.

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■ 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. The higher
the dpi setting, the sharper and clearer the scanned image.
However, higher dpi settings take longer to scan and produce
larger files for the scanned images. Usually the higher resolution
settings are used for precision work, such as photographs or fine
artwork.

■ Brightness and Contrast—Sometimes an image is scanned with

the brightness and contrast set too light or too dark. For
example, a note written with a light pencil may need to be
scanned darker to improve legibility. Increasing or decreasing the
brightness makes the scanned image lighter or darker. Contrast
refers to the difference between the lighter and darker portions of
the image. Increasing the contrast emphasizes the difference
between the lighter and darker portions, decreasing the contrast
de-emphasizes that difference. Contrast is used in conjunction
with brightness.

■ Deskew—Select this option to let the scanner automatically

determine if a page is skewed when inserted into the page feed,
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 page will back
out of the scanner automatically. In that case, feed the paper in
straight and re-scan the image.

■ AutoCrop to Original—Select this option to let the scanner

automatically determine the size of the item being scanned. For
example, if you scan a 5" x 7" photo, the scanner will determine
the size of the photo, and the scan area is the size of that photo.

When using the AutoCrop to Original option, always use the
alignment arrows on the scanner to align the page so it is not
skewed.

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Note: Also make sure to set the page size larger than the item that
you’re scanning so the Autocrop to Original process will have
sufficient room on the page to crop the image properly.

■ AutoCrop to Length—Select this option to let the scanner

automatically crop the scanned document from the top to the
bottom edge of the page, affecting only the length of the
document. The width of the scan area is not affected. The scan
width is determined by the chosen page size.

■ 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. The Filter option applies to Black&White or
Greyscale Mode.

The original with a red
watermark over black text.

■ Reduce Moire Patterns—Moire patterns are wavy, rippled lines

The scanned item with the
red filtered out.

that sometimes appear on the scanned images of photographs or
illustrations, particularly newspaper and magazine illustrations.
Selecting Reduce Moire Patterns will limit or eliminate moire
patterns in the scanned image. This option is only available for
the Greyscale or Color Mode at 200 dpi or less.

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■ Define page size—Click this option to activate the Define

button. Then click the Define button to see the Define page
size dialog box for selecting a specific page size.

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. Click the name of the units, inches or mm
(millimeters), to toggle between them.

Click OK.
The currently selected page size appears in the middle of the

TWAIN interface on the lefthand side.
The Define page size option cannot be used with AutoCrop to

Length or AutoCrop to Original options.

■ AutoScan on document insertion—Your scanner includes

AutoLaunch technology that senses when an item is inserted into
the page feed and starts scanning immediately. Select this option
to turn on the AutoLaunch feature. The item is scanned with the
current scan settings on the TWAIN interface. If this option is
not selected, the scanner waits for you to click the Scan button.