Visioneer STROBE 500 User Manual

Visioneer®
Strobe 500 Scanner
User's Guide

for Windows

Visioneer

Strobe 500 Scanner

User’s Guide

FOR WINDOWS

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RESULTING FROM ANY DEFECT IN THE PRODUCT OR FROM ITS USE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

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Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (2002/95/EC), and with the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive (2002/96/EC).

FCC Radio Frequency Interference Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for the class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency
energy and if not installed, and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which
can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try and correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

This equipment has been certified to comply with the limits for a class B computing device, pursuant to FCC Rules. In order to maintain compliance with
FCC regulations, shielded cables must be used with this equipment. Operation with non-approved equipment or unshielded cables is likely to result in
interference to radio and TV reception. The user is cautioned that changes and modifications made to the equipment without the approval of manufacturer
could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference,
and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

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energy-efficient copiers, printers, fax, multifunction machine, personal computers, and monitors. Reducing product energy consumption
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TABLE OF CONTENTS i

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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

The Visioneer Strobe 500 Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Chapter 2: Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Step 1: Unpack and Assemble the Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Step 2: Install the Software and Connect the Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Installing the Scanner Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Connect the Scanner Power Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Connect the USB Cable and Turn on the Power . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Installing Visioneer OneTouch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Installing PaperPort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Step 3: Register Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Applications Available with Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

View and Save the User Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Chapter 3: Loading Documents to Scan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Detach or Attach the Strobe 500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Scan from the Input Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Scan from the Front Feed Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Scanning Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Chapter 4: Scanning from OneTouch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

The Default OneTouch Settings on Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . 36

Scan from the Buttons on the Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Scan from the OneTouch Button Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Features of the OneTouch Button Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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Configuring the OneTouch Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Changing a Button Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Selecting New Settings for a Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Renaming a OneTouch Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Creating a New Scan Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Editing or Deleting Scan Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Configure Before Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Selecting Page Format Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Setting Destination Application Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Selecting Options for a Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Scanning with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Scan and Burn to a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Scanning with Event Forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Scan as an HTML Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

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

Scanning to Multiple Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Changing the Hardware Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Chapter 5: Scanning from TWAIN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Accessing the TWAIN Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Scanning with the TWAIN Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

The options on the TWAIN interface are: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Chapter 6: Scanning from WIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Fine Tuning Your Scans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Chapter 7: Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Clearing Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Cleaning the Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Cleaning the Scanner Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Cleaning the Docking Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Replace the ADF Pad Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

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Replacing the Roller Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Status Light Troubleshooting Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Uninstall Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Visioneer Strobe 500 Scanner Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Visioneer Strobe 500 Scanner Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

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Welcome

Visioneer Strobe 500 Scanner Power Supply

USB Power Cord

Replacement ADF Pad

Power Cord

USB Cable Installation Discs (2) Quick Install Guide Technical Support

Card

Docking Station

(Optional)

Your new Visioneer Strobe 500 scanner can quickly scan single-sided or
double-sided stacks documents, and place their images on your computer.
The Strobe 500 scanner can be removed from the docking station and
taken on the road for mobile scanning.

WHAT’S IN THE BOX

Before proceeding, check the contents of the box. If items are missing or
damaged, contact the dealer where you purchased the scanner.

VISIONEER STROBE 500 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 1

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Input Tray

Output tray

Cover Release

Power Switch

& Scan Settings

Dial

USB port

Power jack

Status light

OneTouch

Scanner Buttons

Control panel

Paper Guides

Front Feed Tray

THE VISIONEER STROBE 500 SCANNER

Input tray—Holds a stack of documents in the scanner. Unfolds to
support various paper lengths.

Control panel—Scanning controls.

Power Switch & Scan Settings Dial—Turn the dial to the right to turn

on the scanner power. Numbers 1-6 represent the 6 OneTouch scan
settings.

Status Light—Shows the scanner’s current status.

OneTouch Scanner Buttons—Press the Simplex or Duplex button to

initiate scanning using the scan settings for the current dial number.

Paper Guides—Adjusts to fit document width.

Cover release—Opens the cover on the scanner.

Front Feed tray—Open to feed items through the front of the scanner.

Output tray—Holds documents after being scanned.

Power jack—Connects the power cord to the scanner.

Universal Serial Bus (USB) port—Connects the scanner to the computer.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 3

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

IBM-compatible Pentium 4 PC, or AMD equivalent with:

■ A CD-ROM drive

■ An available Universal Serial Bus (USB) port

■ Microsoft

4), Windows XP (Service Pack 1 and 2), Windows Vista, or Windows 7

The scanner is compatible with Service Pack 3 for Windows XP and
Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista.

■ Windows 2000 and XP: Minimum of 512 megabytes (MB) of internal

memory (RAM)

Windows Vista and 7: Minimum of 1 gigabyte (GB) of internal memory
(RAM)

■ 350 MB minimum of free hard disk space

®

Windows® operating system: Windows 2000 (Service Pack

A VGA or SVGA Monitor

The recommended settings for your monitor are:

■ Color quality of 16-bit or 32-bit

■ Resolution set to at least 800 x 600 pixels

Refer to your Windows documentation for instructions on setting the color
quality and resolution for the monitor.

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DOCUMENTATION

The following documentation is provided with your scanner:

■ Quick Install Guide—Abbreviated installation instructions.

■ Scanner User’s Guide—On the Installation Disc 1; contains detailed

installation, scanning, configuration, and maintenance information.

■ Mini-Guides—On the Installation Disc 1; contains detailed instructions

on using the OneTouch OmniPage module, OneTouch VRS module,
and the SharePoint destination link.

■ Scanner Readme—On the Installation Disc 1; contains the latest

information about your scanner and software installation.

■ PaperPort User’s Guide—On the Installation Disc 1; contains detailed

feature and configuration information for the PaperPort software.

■ BizCard User’s Guide—On the Installation Disc 1; contains detailed

feature and configuration information for the BizCard software.

■ OmniPage User’s Guide—On the Installation Disc 2; contains detailed

feature and configuration information for the OmniPage software.

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

interfaces.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN 5

Installation

Installation is a quick, three-step process:

1. Unpack and Assemble the scanner

2. Install the software and Connect the scanner

3. Register the scanner

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Please make sure of the following before you begin installation:

■ Do not plug in the USB cable until after you install the software.

Complete the installation steps in the order described in this guide.

■ If you are prompted to reboot the computer during installation, please

select the option to restart the computer later. Finish installing the rest of
the software, then close all open windows and reboot the computer.

■ If your computer has AntiVirus or AntiSpyware software running, you

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

■ If you already have a scanner connected to your computer, you may need

to remove its driver programs first before beginning the installation of
your Visioneer Strobe 500 scanner. Please see the User’s Guide that you
received with your other scanner for specific instructions.

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■ If your computer is running Windows version Vista or later, you may see

the Windows User Account Control screen asking you to confirm
system changes. Click the Continue button to allow the installation to
proceed.

STEP 1: UNPACK AND ASSEMBLE THE SCANNER

1. Remove the scanner from its protective foam and plastic bag.

2. Remove the tape and protective foam strips from the scanner body and
input tray.

3. Lift the paper guide up from the scanner body. Push the tray back until
it clicks in place.

If the tray isn’t fully seated in position, paper feeding from the input
tray may jam in the scanner.

4. Pull the scanner cover release to open the scanner. Remove the foam
strip from the inside of the scanner. Close the cover when you are
done.

STEP 1: UNPACK AND ASSEMBLE THE SCANNER 7

5. Detach the scanner body from the docking station and remove the
foam strip from the docking station.

1. Press and hold the release button on the side of the docking

station.

2. Tilt the scanner body towards the front and lift the scanner out of

the Docking Station.

3. Remove the tape and foam strip from the docking station.

4. Place the scanner body back on the docking station.

Detailed instructions for detaching and attaching the scanner are on
page 27.

6. Unfold the Input Tray and Extension from the paper guide.

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7. Pull the output tray away from the bottom of the Docking Station,
then flip open the output tray extension.

STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE AND CONNECT THE

CANNER

S

To install the software:

1. Start Microsoft Windows and make sure no other applications are
running.

2. Insert the Installation Disc 1 into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.

The Installation Disc main menu automatically opens.

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Note: If the disc does not automatically start, check the following:

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

■ Make sure the disc was inserted in the drive in the proper direction

(label side up).

To launch the Installation Disc manually:

■ Open the Windows option for your computer’s disk drives.

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

■ The Installation menu for the disc should now open.

If the menu does not open:

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

START32.EXE.

3. On the Main Menu, select Install Products.

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4. Make sure the boxes for Scanner Driver, Visioneer OneTouch, and
Nuance PaperPort® are checked.

5. Click Install Now.

INSTALLING THE SCANNER DRIVER

The scanner driver installation will start first.

1. The Welcome to the Scanner Driver Setup Wizard opens.

2. Click Next.

3. On the Visioneer License Agreement window, read the license
agreement. If you accept the terms, select I Agree, and click Next.

If you choose not to accept the license agreement, the installation will
terminate and the scanner driver will not be installed.

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

5. Select the option you want.

■ Full Install (TWAIN and Windows Driver)—This is the

Click Next.

recommended installation. It installs all of the scanner drivers.

■ TWAIN only—The TWAIN driver is installed and you can scan

from TWAIN scanning applications, and from OneTouch when the
application is installed.

■ Windows Driver only—The Windows Driver is installed and you

can scan from OneTouch only when the application is installed.

Note: If you are using Windows version XP or later, the Microsoft
Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) driver is always installed
regardless of your selection in this window, and you can scan using
the WIA interface from scanning applications that access this driver.

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6. A window opens with image quality samples asking you to select an
image for your Color Space setting. Select the option that looks best to
you and click Next.

This sets a default gamma value for scans and can be changed later on.

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7. STOP when you see the “Complete the installation by connecting
your hardware” window. Do NOT click OK yet. Leave the window
open and proceed to the next section.

NOTE: If you do not see this on-screen diagram for connecting the
scanner, stop and follow the instructions below.

CONNECT THE SCANNER POWER CORD

You can power the scanner through the standard power cord to a wall
outlet, or use the USB power cord to power the scanner through a USB
port on the computer.

Please note that if you choose to power the scanner through a USB port,
the scanner will scan slower than the speeds listed in the scanner
specification table on page 108.

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To Connect the Scanner Power to the Wall:

1. Plug the power supply into the power jack on the scanner.

Note: Only use the power supply included with your scanner (Model:
HEG42-240100-7L made by HiTron). Connecting any other type of
power supply may damage your scanner, and will void its warranty.

2. Plug the power cord into the power supply and into a wall outlet.

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To Connect the Scanner Power to the Computer:

1. Plug the round end of the USB power cord into the power jack on the
scanner.

2. Plug the flat end of the USB power cord into an available USB port on
the back of the computer.

We do not recommend using a USB hub to power the scanner.

Note: Only use the USB power cable included with your scanner
(DA-24C24 Made by ADP). Connecting any other type of USB
power cable may damage your scanner, and will void its warranty. If
you do not have your USB power cable, you can order a new one by
contacting our Customer Service department. Please refer to the
Technical Support Card, included with your scanner, for our
company contact information, or visit the Parts & Accessories page
for your scanner at www.visioneer.com.

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CONNECT THE USB CABLE AND TURN ON THE POWER

The Visioneer Strobe 500 scanner connects to any available USB port.
Check your computer’s manual for USB port locations.

1. Remove any protective tape from the USB cable.

2. Plug the USB cable into the USB port on the scanner then into a USB
port on the computer.

If the plug does not attach easily, make sure that you are plugging it in
correctly. Do not force the plug into the connection.

3. Turn the control dial to the right to turn on the scanner.

The status light comes on and flashes indicating that the scanner is
receiving power.

If you are using Windows version XP or later, and have plugged the
USB cable into a USB 1.1 port, an information bubble may open
explaining that “A HI-SPEED USB device is plugged into a non-HI-

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SPEED USB hub”. Plug the USB cable into a USB 2.0 port (if
available) or just disregard the message. If you leave it plugged into the
USB 1.1 port, your scanner may scan a bit slower.

Your computer then recognizes that a scanner has been plugged into
the USB port and automatically loads the appropriate software to run
the scanner.

If your computer is running Windows version XP or later, you will see a
message similar to the following.

4. A Calibration window opens on-screen after Windows finishes
detecting the scanner. The scanner calibrates automatically, and the
window will close when calibration is complete.

Depending on the version of Windows you are using, you may be
prompted to click Next to proceed with calibration, and click Finish
when calibration is complete. Follow the instructions if you see these
on-screen prompts.

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5. When you’re certain that the software has completely loaded, return to
the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window.

6. Click OK.

You can also click More to see a quick overview about accessing and
navigating the OneTouch Button Panel. When you’re finished reading
the additional information, click OK.

7. Click Close on the Driver Installation Complete window to close and
exit the driver installer.

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INSTALLING VISIONEER ONETOUCH

The Visioneer OneTouch software installation will automatically start after
you click Close on the Driver Installation Complete window.

1. Click Next on the Welcome to the OneTouch Setup Wizard window.

2. On the Visioneer License Agreement window, read the license
agreement. If you accept the terms, select I Agree, and click Next.

If you choose not to accept the license agreement, the installation will
terminate and the OneTouch software will not be installed.

3. The Visioneer OneTouch software will install when you click Next on
the Visioneer License Agreement window.

4. Click Close on the Visioneer OneTouch Installation Complete
window to close and exit the installer.

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INSTALLING PAPERPORT

If you left the default selection to install PaperPort from the installation
disc, the PaperPort software installation will start automatically after you
click Close on the OneTouch Installation Complete window.

1. The Select Language window opens for the PaperPort software. Select
the language you want to use then click OK.

2. On the PaperPort Welcome window, click Next.

3. 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.

4. Fill in the Customer Information window, then click Next.

5. On the Setup Type window, keep the default Setup Type and click
Next.

6. Click Install to begin the installation.

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

8. 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.

If a message window opens instructing you to reboot the computer, please
select the option to restart the computer later. Finish installing the rest of
the software, then close all open windows and reboot the computer.

STEP 3: REGISTER YOUR SCANNER 21

The Serial Number

STEP 3: REGISTER YOUR SCANNER

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

You will need an active internet connection to register your scanner. If you
do not have internet access, you can contact our Customer Service
department to register the scanner. Please refer to the Technical Support
Card, that your received with the scanner, for our contact information.

1. Open an Internet Explorer window, or other internet browser that you
have installed on your computer.

2. In the web address field type: www.visioneer.com

3. Press Enter on your computer’s keyboard or click the option on screen
to go to the web address.

4. When the Visioneer web page loads, click on the Support & Drivers
link at the top of the page.

5. Click on Register Your Product at the bottom of the Support &
Drivers page.

6. Fill in the registration form, all required fields have an asterisk (*).

Note: A valid e-mail address is required for registration.

7. You will be asked to enter the serial number for the scanner, it is
located on the back of the scanner.

8. After filling in the form, click on Submit Your Registration to
complete the registration.

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APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE WITH YOUR SCANNER

Your scanner includes free scanning applications.

To install the additional applications:

1. Return to the Installation Disc main menu and click on Install
Products.

2. Select the applications you want to install, and click Install Now.
Follow the instructions on-screen to install each of the applications.

Software About the Software

Adobe

Nuance

Nuance

®

Reader

®

PaperPort

®

OmniPage

®

Adobe Reader is a stand-alone application that you use to open, view,
search, and print PDF files. The User Guides on your scanner’s
installation CD’s are in PDF format and require Adobe Reader for you to
view and save them. The Adobe Reader installer is located in the User
Guide section on the Installation Disc 1.

®

PaperPort is a document management software application. The
PaperPort scanning features allows you to insert new pages into an existing
file and name your file immediately after scanning. From within the
PaperPort desktop you can sort your documents and move them between
folders as you would through the Windows My Documents folder. You
can reorder the pages in a PDF file, unstack a document so all the pages
are resaved as individual files. PaperPort also has some basic image editing
options in the PaperPort PageView, such as; adding notes to image files,
modifying image colors, and touch up the image using the erase and/or
auto-correct options.

®

OmniPage Pro provides precision OCR analysis, advanced layout
detection, and Logical Form Recognition™ (LFR) technology. Advanced
security features quickly turn office documents and forms into over 30
different PC applications for editing, searching and sharing. Custom
workflows handle large volumes of documents, and you can use its tools
to print to PDF. The OmniPage User’s Guide is located on the Installation
Disc 2 with the OmniPage software.

NewSoft Presto!

BizCard

®

BizCard quickly and easily converts the vital contact information on
business cards into a convenient, searchable, digital database that can be
easily synchronized between PC’s, notebooks, PDA’s and PIM’s.

APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE WITH YOUR SCANNER 23

1. If you selected OmniPage Pro to install you will see a window telling
you to insert Disc 2.

2. Click Exit Disc 1 and then eject Disc 1 from the CD-ROM drive.

3. Insert Disc 2 into the CD-ROM drive.

The OmniPage Pro Installation menu opens automatically. If it does
not open, see the note on page 9.

4. Select Install OmniPage Pro.

5. Follow the instructions on the screen to install OmniPage Pro.

6. When installation is finished, return to the OmniPage Pro Installation
menu and click User Guide.

The OmniPage Pro User Guide opens for you to view and save to your
computer.

7. When you are finished saving the OmniPage Pro User Guide, return to
the Installation menu and click Exit.

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VIEW AND SAVE THE USER GUIDES

1. On the Main Menu of Disc 1, click User Guides.

2. The Visioneer User Guides window opens. Use this window to view
and save the User Guides you want.

The User Guides are in Adobe® PDF format. The Scanner Readme
file is in HTML format and will open in any standard browser.

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

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

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

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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.

The SharePoint Mini-Guide has information about a feature in the
OneTouch 4.0 software to link to Microsoft's SharePoint application.
This brief Mini-Guide explains how to setup the SharePoint link and
use the SharePoint features when choosing new scan settings for your
scanner.

The OneTouch VRS Mini-Guide has information about a feature in
the OneTouch 4.0 software to use VRS settings when scanning. This
brief Mini-Guide explains what the feature is and how to use the VRS
settings when creating or modifying a scan configuration.

The OneTouch OmniPage Mini-Guide has information about the
OmniPage Module in the OneTouch 4.0 software to use OmniPage
settings when scanning. This brief Mini-Guide explains what the
feature is and how to use the OmniPage settings when creating or
modifying a scan configuration. Using the OmniPage Module’s
settings does not require installation of the OmniPage Pro software.

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

6. Remove the Installation Disc and store both discs in a safe place.

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

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Loading Documents to Scan

This section illustrates scanning with the buttons on the scanner. After
loading documents in the scanner, as described below, you can also scan
using the OneTouch Button Panel on screen, or using a scanning
application.

Note: Always remove any staples or paper clips from documents
before inserting them into the scanner’s Automatic Document
Feeder. 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.:

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DETACH OR ATTACH THE STROBE 500

The Strobe 500 scanner body can be removed from the Docking Station to
be used as a mobile scanner.

TO DETACH THE SCANNER BODY FROM THE DOCKING STATION:

1. Press and hold the release button on the side of the Docking Station.

2. Tilt the scanner body towards the front of the Docking Station to
release the scanner from the arms in the Docking Station.

You can release the button on the Docking Station.

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3. Set the scanner body on the desk.

TO ATTACH THE SCANNER BODY TO THE DOCKING STATION:

1. Place the front of the scanner body in the front of the Docking Station.

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2. Tilt the scanner body into the Docking Station and press on the back
of the scanner to lock it into the Docking Station.

SCAN FROM THE INPUT TRAY

First, if the front feed tray is open, close it before scanning from the input
tray. The paper will jam in the scanner if the front feed tray is open while
scanning from the input tray.

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1. Adjust the paper guide for the width of paper, and make sure the input
and output trays are fully extended.

2. Load the documents into the scanner face down with the tops of the
page inserted into the Automatic Document Feeder.

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Registration mark

3. Turn the control dial to the setting you want to use to scan, align the
number to the registration mark on the scanner.

4. For one-sided scanning press the Simplex button.

For two-sided scanning press the Duplex button.

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SCAN FROM THE FRONT FEED TRAY

Scan from the Front Feed tray when the scanner body is not attached to the
Docking Station. When the scanner is attached to the Docking Station,
you can still scan using the front feed tray for single items such as thick
paper, embossed plastic cards, plastic identification cards, business cards,
and other items.

Note: Do not attempt to load documents into the Docking Station
input tray while you have an item in the scanner fed in from the
front. You can only load items into the scanner from either the Front
Feed tray or the input tray at each scan time. The scanner will jam if
you load paper into the input tray after an item has already been fed
into the front.

1. Flip open the front feed tray from the scanner body.

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2. Place an item face down, on the front feed tray, aligned to the
registration marks on the tray and insert it into the front of the
scanner.

3. For one-sided scanning press the Simplex button.

For two-sided scanning press the Duplex button.

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SCANNING INTERFACES

You have several different scanning options with your Visioneer Strobe 500
scanner. Each method scans equally well, so use the one with appropriate
options for the item you are scanning.

■ OneTouch Scanner Buttons—When you press either the Simplex or

Duplex button, documents are scanned using the scan settings assigned
to the selected number on the dial. The scanned images are then sent to
a destination on your computer or network drive. See “Scanning from
OneTouch” on page 35.

■ OneTouch Button Panel—Use this scan option when you want to scan

from the computer screen. Scanning from the on-screen OneTouch
Button Panel is the same as selecting a scanning option on the scanner,
except you click an icon that represents the function number. See “Scan
from the OneTouch Button Panel” on page 38.

■ TWAIN Interface—This option uses your scanner’s TWAIN interface

to scan. Select scanning options before scanning, put the document in
the scanner, then click the Scan button on the TWAIN interface
window. See “Scanning with the TWAIN Interface” on page 86.

■ Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)—If your computer is running

Windows version XP or later, you can use this option to scan with the
Microsoft Windows WIA interface. See “Scanning from WIA” on
page 89.

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The OneTouch button panel shows which scan setting
will be used for scanning, in this case scan to PaperPort.

Scanning from OneTouch

Based on the recommended full installation of the scanner driver and the
Visioneer OneTouch software, OneTouch is your main scanning interface
for using the scanner. The OneTouch settings dial, on the scanner, shows
which scan settings will be used for scanning.

The OneTouch Button Panel, that you see on the computer screen, shows
the pre-set function for each button (such as eMail) and the icon of the
destination (called the Destination Application) where the images will be
sent when scanning is finished. In the example below, setting 1 will scan
and send the pages to PaperPort.

You can reconfigure the buttons to have new scan settings, for instance, to
send the scanned images to a different Destination Application. See the
section, “Configuring the OneTouch Buttons” on page 40.

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THE DEFAULT ONETOUCH SETTINGS ON YOUR SCANNER

Based on the recommended installation of PaperPort and the scanner
driver, your scanner is pre-configured to scan items for various basic tasks,
such as email or fax, then send the scanned image to an appropriate, pre­selected Destination Application. The button names, such as PDF, eMail or

Fax, indicate the original factory settings for a button.

You can change any of these settings. Please see “Configuring the OneTouch
Buttons” on page 40 for instructions on changing the button settings.

For example, the eMail button is set up to scan documents then
immediately attach them to a new eMail message in your default eMail
program. the eMail application will default to the eMail program specified
in the internet options of Internet Explorer.

A folder icon for a button means that the button is set up to archive the
scanned item. This is a special pre-configured Transfer to Storage option
for your scanner. The scanner sends the scanned image directly to a folder
without opening the image first in a Destination Application.

A question mark for a button means your computer does not have the
appropriate software for the initial factory settings. In that case, you would
probably want to change the name and Destination Application to
something else.

If PaperPort, OmniPage or One Touch OmniPage is not installed, then the
options for sending to word processing applications such as Microsoft
Word will not be available.

Note: The default page size in each configuration is based on your
computer’s Windows setup of Imperial or Metric Units.

■ If the selected language/location uses Imperial units, such as in the

United States, the default page size in each profile will be based on the
Imperial standard paper sizes such as 8.5 x 11 inches.

■ If the selected language/location uses Metric units, such as in France,

the default page size in each profile is based on the ISO 216 standard
and the majority of the profiles will default to A4.

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The current scan setting.

SCAN FROM THE BUTTONS ON THE SCANNER

1. Rotate the dial on the scanner to the function number you want to use
to scan. Align the number to the registration mark on the scanner.

2. To scan a one-sided document, press the Simplex button.
To scan a two-sided document, press the Duplex button.

In this example of duplex (two-sided) scanning, the Destination
Application is PaperPort and the two pages are stacked, one on top of
the other.

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Click these arrows
to cycle through the
nine buttons.

Click which button you
want to use to scan.

SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL

The OneTouch Button Panel is your on-screen set of controls for the
scanner. Scanning from the button panel on your computer’s screen works
like pressing a button on the scanner. The scanner scans the item, then
sends the image to the Destination Application indicated by the button’s
icon.

1. Adjust the paper guide for the width of paper and load the documents
face down with their tops into the automatic document feeder.

2. Now click on the OneTouch icon, located in the Windows
Notification Area (usually the lower-right corner of the screen).

3. The OneTouch Button Panel opens and shows the first five on-screen
scanning buttons.

4. On the screen click the button you want to use to scan.

5. A scan progress window opens and the image is sent to the selected
application for the OneTouch button.

6. You can now work with the image in the Destination Application.

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The OneTouch Icon

The Button View

The Detail View The Hardware View

FEATURES OF THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL

The Title Bar

■ Green arrows—click to cycle through the panel’s 3 views.

■ Scanner icon—click to open the scanner’s hardware properties.

■ Red “X”—click to close the OneTouch panel.

The Button View

■ Left-click on a Destination Application icon to start scanning.

■ Right-click on a Destination Application icon to open the OneTouch

■ Left-click on either of the arrow buttons (<) or (>), on the right of the

The Detail View

■ Left-click on a Destination Application icon to start scanning.

■ Right-click on a Destination Application icon to open the OneTouch

■ Single-left-click on the detailed information to open the OneTouch

The Hardware View

■ Left-click on the scanner icon to return to the Button view.

■ Right-click on the scanner icon to open the scanner’s hardware

Properties.

panel, to cycle through the OneTouch scanning buttons.

Properties.

Properties.

properties.

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Right-click on a button (for example, button 1)
and the Properties window opens for that button.

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS

When you installed the scanner, the software configured each OneTouch
button with appropriate settings consisting of: a Destination Application,
a Scan Configuration, and a Document Format.

To open the OneTouch Properties window:

1. Click the OneTouch icon.

2. Right-click a button on the OneTouch Button Panel.

The OneTouch Properties window opens for that button.

Note: Some of the options on the OneTouch Properties window (and
other OneTouch windows and dialog boxes) are “grayed out” and are not
available. Grayed out options are not appropriate for your Visioneer
Strobe 500 scanner.

The OneTouch Properties window also opens when you press, hold
down for 3 seconds, and release the Simplex or Duplex button on the
scanner.

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CHANGING A BUTTON SETTING

1. Click on an application name in the Select Destination list.

2. Select a file format in the Select Format panel.

3. Select a scanning configuration in the Select Configuration list.

4. Click on OK to save the changes and close the OneTouch Properties
window.

5. Place an item in the scanner.

6. Click on the button that you made the changes for.

7. The scanner starts scanning and sends the image to the application,
with the file format and scan settings you specified.

Note: The next section contains detailed information on making
changes to the OneTouch Properties window.

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

Select a configuration
for scanning the item.

Select a format for the
scanned image.

Click these arrows to
see the properties for
the button whose
settings you want to
change.

Select the destination
you want OneTouch
to send the scanned
image to.

SELECTING NEW SETTINGS FOR A BUTTON

The settings on the OneTouch Properties window are:

LED Number—Click the up or down arrow to cycle through the 6
OneTouch options.

Select Destination—The list of Destination Applications that OneTouch
can send a scanned image to so that this application opens immediately
after scanning is complete.

Note: If you select a word processing program, such as Microsoft
WordPad or Microsoft Word, that can be used for editing text, the
text in the scanned image is automatically converted to word
processing text.

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

Color GrayscaleBlack and White

Configure Before Scan

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

These icons next to each Scan Configuration indicate the scanning
mode.

Use Configure Before Scan to set the scanning mode manually
before scanning. See “Configure Before Scan” on page 54.

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

OTHER OPTIONS IN THE ONETOUCH PROPERTIES WINDOW

Options tab—Displays a window for selecting options related to the
selected Destination Application for the scanned image. See “Selecting
Options for a Button” on page 68 for instructions on configuring the list of
available destinations.

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Properties button—Displays a window for selecting properties for each
type of Destination Application. See “Selecting Page Format Options” on
page 57.

Refresh button—If you install new applications on your computer, and
they do not appear in the Select Destination list, click the Refresh button.

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 45 and
“Editing or Deleting Scan Configurations” on page 53.

RENAMING A ONETOUCH BUTTON

The OneTouch buttons have names that identify their pre-set functions,
such as OCR and eMail, but you can edit the names.

1. Choose the button that you want to rename.

2. Select the name’s text and type a new name.

3. Click OK or Apply. The button is now renamed.

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The Scan Configurations.

Click New to create a new
Scan Configuration.

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.

To create a new configuration:

1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.

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.

3. Click the New button.

If you want to start from the settings of another configuration, select
the configuration, then click the Copy button.

Note: There are 3 settings tabs in each configuration for setting the
Scanning Mode, Page Size and Color intensity. Depending on the
selected Destination Application, additional settings tabs will activate
for you to make changes specific to the current destination. For
example, scanning to a printer will activate a Device Settings tab for
you to set your printer properties.

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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.

THE SCAN SETTINGS TAB

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

2. 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.

■ Grayscale to scan items such as documents containing drawings or

black and white photographs.

■ Color to scan color photographs and other color items.

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

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

Contrast—The difference between the lighter and darker portions of
the image. Increasing the contrast emphasizes the difference between
the lighter and darker portions, decreasing the contrast de-emphasizes
that difference.

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Click to toggle
between inches and
millimeters.

3. If you want to lock the configuration, click the key icon to change it
from a Key to a Lock.

4. Click on OK, if you are done making changes to the configuration, to
save and close the configuration window.

THE PAGE SETTINGS TAB

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. You can only input page sizes within the scanner’s
supported minimum and maximum item size. Please refer to “Visioneer
Strobe 500 Scanner Specifications” on page 108. The units of measurement
can be inches or millimeters.

Improvements and Settings—Only the options that apply to the selected

scanning mode are available.

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

automatically determine the size of the item being scanned.

When using the

AutoCrop to Original option, always use the paper

guides on the scanner so the page is not skewed. Skewed pages may not
crop properly.

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Original Image. Inverted Image.

For single-sided scans, the scan area is the size of the image. For double­sided scans, the scan area is the size of the larger of the two areas on the
front and back of the page.

■ Reduce Moiré Patterns—Moiré patterns are wavy, rippled lines that

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

Moiré Patterns

will limit or eliminate moiré patterns in the scanned
image. This option is only available in Color or Grayscale scanning at
lower resolutions.

■ Straighten Image—Select this option to let the scanner automatically

determine if a page is skewed, then straighten its image. The input tray
paper guides should be flush to the edges of the paper to prevent paper
feeding in at too great of an angle.

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

reverses the black and whites of an image.

■ Duplex—Scan both sides of the page. If this option is not selected, the

Note: The Simplex and Duplex buttons on the scanner take precedence
over this Page Settings option. In other words, if the selected function on
the scanner is set to scan as Duplex, but you press the Simplex button,
the scanner scans in Simplex, and vice versa.

■ Skip Blank Originals—Skips pages that are completely blank. This

scanner will scan the face-down side of the page only.

option is only available for Duplex scanning.

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The original with a red
watermark over black text.

The scanned item with the
red filtered out.

■ Color Filter—Color filter is the ability of your scanner to automatically

remove a color from a scanned item. Color filter applies to
Black&White or GrayScale Mode.

Click on OK, if you are done making changes to the configuration, to save
and close the configuration window.

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THE ADVANCED SETTINGS TAB

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

1. 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.

Color Saturation—the strength or purity of a color.

Hue—the color your eyes see as reflected from the image.

Gamma—is the tone curve and the starting point for image

enhancement. As you raise or lower the Gamma value, the values at
which Color Saturation, Color Hue, Brightness and Contrast affect
the image are changed. It is recommended that you keep the default
Gamma value or adjust this setting before adjusting the other options.
This option is available for both Color and Grayscale scanning.

2. Click OK to save the new configuration.

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THE DEVICE SETTINGS TAB

A Device Settings tab is on the Scan Configurations dialog box when your
selected Destination Application is a printer or fax application.

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 left 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.

Collate copies—If you are printing more than one page, collate the

copies. Enter the number of copies in the

Copies box.

Advanced—Click to see additional settings for the device. The dialog box

that opens is specific to the device.

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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. See
“Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage” on page 76 for instructions
on using the Transfer to Storage destination.

1. Click the Storage Options tab.

2. Click the Storage Layout options you want.

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

Documents are put into folders by month, week, or type—Folders
are created based on your selection (month, week, or type) and the
scanned documents are saved in those folders.

By default, the location of the archived documents is in your Windows
user directory My Documents folder under My OneTouch Archive.
The files are saved 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 My Documents\My One Touch
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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Select the scan
configuration to edit
or delete. It must be
unlocked, as indicated
by not having a lock
displayed here.

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 factory­settings available. If you do edit or delete them, and want to get the
factory pre-sets back again, you will need to uninstall then re-install
OneTouch.

To edit or delete a scan configuration:

1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.

2. Select the scan configuration you want to edit or delete.

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

4. To edit the configuration, click the Edit button.

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.

5. Edit the settings and click OK.

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Click the arrows to
select the button.

Select Configure
Before Scan.

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

CONFIGURE BEFORE SCAN

Choosing Configure Before Scan simply opens either the TWAIN or WIA
scanning interface when you press or click a button. You can then use the
interface to change the color mode, resolution, page size, and other settings.
When you scan, the scanned image will still be sent as the file type and to
the same Destination Application already selected in the OneTouch
Properties window for that button.

TO SET CONFIGURE BEFORE SCAN

1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.

2. Using the button selection arrows, choose the button that you want to
set to configure before scanning.

3. Select the scan configuration Configure Before Scan.

4. Right-click on Configure Before Scan and choose an interface to use
for configuring before scanning.

TWAIN—The TWAIN Interface opens for you to make changes prior

to scanning. Please see “Scanning from TWAIN” on page 83 for

detailed instructions about scanning with the TWAIN Interface.

WIA—The Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Interface opens for
you to make changes prior to scanning. Please see “Scanning from
WIA” on page 89 for detailed instructions about scanning with the
WIA Interface.

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5. Select the Destination Application and format.

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

TO SCAN USING CONFIGURE BEFORE SCAN

1. Load the documents face down with their tops into the scanner.

2. Click the button you set up to use the Configure Before Scan option.

The TWAIN or WIA interface will open. This example shows the
TWAIN Interface.

3. Choose the scan settings, such Black & White, Grayscale, or Color,
Resolution, Brightness and Contrast.

4. Click the Scan button on the TWAIN Interface.

5. Your document will be scanned and sent to the Destination
Application specified in the OneTouch 4.0 Properties window.

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CANCELING A CONFIGURE BEFORE SCAN

1. Click Cancel in the scanning progress window.

2. The following window will open asking if you want to cancel the
entire job.

■ Yes —Scanning stops and all pages scanned in this batch, up to this

point, will be deleted. The TWAIN interface will close and you can
restart your scan from the beginning.

For instance, the scan Mode is Black & White but you want to scan
your documents in color. Choose Yes to delete any scanned pages,
then start over the correct scan Mode selected.

■ No—Scanning stops and the TWAIN interface remains open. You

can place a new set of pages into the ADF, adjust the TWAIN
settings for them, then click the Scan button in the TWAIN
interface to continue scanning. At the end of the scanning batch, all
pages from the first portion of the scan and second will be sent to
the Destination Application.

Choose this option if, for instance, you have been scanning in Black
& White but want to scan the remaining pages in color. You stop
the current scan, change the scan Mode to Color, then restart the
scanning without losing the pages already scanned.

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Image Formats Text Formats; TEXT is

only one of several text
formats available.

SELECTING PAGE FORMAT OPTIONS

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

The Text Formats are for text file types and are selectable by right-clicking
on the text format icon. The names of the formats indicate their file types.

CREATE SINGLE IMAGE FILES

The TIFF and PDF formats support multiple page documents. If you are
scanning as a TIFF or PDF file and want one file created for each image
scanned, select Create single image files. Note that this option is
automatically selected and disabled if you have selected a format that only
supports single pages, such as BMP or JPG.

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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. Both of those
file formats tend to be larger than the JPEG format file size.

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 page format when scanning text pages that do not
require OCR processing or other processing. The PDF format is also used
to put multi-page documents on web sites as pdf-readable files. 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 page format.

2. Right-click on the JPG or PDF icon.

3. Choose the image quality option for your scanned images from the
option menu.

Minimize Size—Smallest file size, lowest image quality.

Normal—Medium file size, some loss of image quality.

Maximize Quality—Largest file size, no loss of image quality.

Your selection pertains only to the button currently selected on the
OneTouch Properties window. Other buttons that have JPG or PDF
selected as the Page Format are not affected, so you can set the JPG or
PDF file size/image quality independently for each button.

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

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Example menu for the text file
format when the Destination
Application is Microsoft Word.

Example menu for the text file
format when the Destination
Application is a Storage location.

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. Text file formats are only available
if an OCR application is installed on your computer. See “Scanning with
Optical Character Recognition (OCR)” on page 71.

To select a file type for the text format:

1. Select a text editing Destination Application.

2. Right-click on the text format icon.

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

Your selection of a file type pertains only to the button currently
selected on the OneTouch Properties window. Other buttons that have
a text option selected as the Format are not affected, so you can set the
text file type independently for each button.

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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.

Word Do cu me nt —The .doc file format used by Microsoft Word.

Comma Delimited—The .csv file format; used for database or

spreadsheet data with fields separated by commas. When the
document is converted into editable text by the OCR software, the
fields are maintained so you can copy and paste them to a database or
spreadsheet application.

Excel Spreadsheet—The .xls file format used by Microsoft Excel.

HTML Document—The .htm file format used to create web pages.

Searchable PDF—The sPDF file format used by Adobe Acrobat and

OmniPage Pro. This format converts scanned text into PDF with text
search and OCR capabilities.

Normal PDF—The nPDF file format used by Adobe Acrobat and
OmniPage Pro. This format also converts scanned text into PDF with
text search and OCR capabilities, plus you can edit the text in an
nPDF image if you have a PDF editing program.

4. To change the OCR settings, choose OCR Options.

There are advanced OCR Options when the OneTouch OmniPage
Module or OmniPage Pro software is installed on your computer. For
details, refer to the OneTouch OmniPage Mini-Guide located in the
User Guides section on Disc 1 of the installation CDs.

Note that the OCR Options settings apply to all buttons. If you
change them for one button, those changes apply to the other buttons
as well.

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

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Click a Destination
Application.

Click the Properties
button.

SETTING DESTINATION APPLICATION PROPERTIES

In the OneTouch Properties window, select a Destination Application then
click the

PaperPort Properties

These properties apply to designating the PaperPort folder to receive your
scanned items.

Properties button.

1. Select the folder where you want the file to be located. Click OK.

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

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Text Documents Properties

These properties apply to text editing applications such as Microsoft Word.
The properties apply to the Optical character Recognition (OCR) settings
for these applications.

1. Click in the General 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 text editing program even if the image does not appear to
contain text. This could occur if you scanned a photograph with a
OneTouch button set for text applications.

Show message if text recognition failed—A message will open on the
screen if the OCR reader does not detect 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 that you received with the application to
see which text formats the application accepts.

The options you select in step 4 determine the page 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 image processing applications such as Microsoft
Paint.

1. Click in the Color document handling settings boxes for the options
you want.

These options will apply to all the applications in the group.

Convert Bitmaps using Screen Resolution—Use this option to
ensure that an image will fit on the 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.

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

See the steps on page 62 to add an application to the list.

3. Click OK.

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

5. Click Refresh on the OneTouch Properties window.

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Storage Properties

These properties apply to the Destination Application named Transfer to
Storage. If a CD burner is attached to your computer, you also use this
dialog box to start the Burn to CD process. See the section “Scan and Burn
to a CD” on page 73.

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.

2. Click the Browse button to specify the location to store the scanned
documents.

3. Click OK on the Link Properties window.

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eMail Properties

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

®

Outlook

will accept direct attachment of documents to a blank email
message as soon as scanning is finished, but other email applications do
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 for 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 the Browse button and find the correct AOL folder.

For scanned images to be auto-attached to a blank email message, 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.

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

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documentation for more information about Internet options. If you
are using AOL, please see the AOL user manual for making changes to
the Internet options applicable to AOL.

4. Select the options for color document handling.

Convert Bitmaps using Screen Resolution—Use this option to
ensure that an image will fit on the 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.

5. Click OK.

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

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Options tab

SELECTING OPTIONS FOR A BUTTON

The OneTouch Options determine the types of Destination Applications
available for a button. There are also settings on the Options tab that are
global to all OneTouch buttons.

To s e l e c t op t io n s :

1. Open the OneTouch Properties window and click the Options tab.

2. Click the Select Button menu arrow and select a button for setting

new options.

3. The OneTouch Destination Options are:

Show All Destinations—Selecting this option activates all the
Destination Application categories for the current button, so that in
the OneTouch Properties window for that button, all available
destinations are seen under the Select Destination list.

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.

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Destination Categories:

■ 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 di to rs 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. See “Scanning with Optical
Character Recognition (OCR)” on page 71 for more about OCR.

■ PDF applications are for documents scanned to PDF format.

■ Email includes Microsoft Outlook and other email applications. See

“eMail Properties” on page 66 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 73 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 74 for details.

The OneTouch Global Options are:

■ Show Progress Window—Select this option to display the progress

window of the document(s) during scanning.

■ Use enhanced folder browser—Select this option if you want to save

your scans to a network location that is not a mapped drive on your
computer.

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■ Instant Delivery—Enables image transfer to the destination while

scanning is in progress, provided that “Create Single Image Files” is also
selected. If Create Single Image Files is not selected, image transfer
occurs after all pages have been scanned.

■ Create copies of scanned documents—Sometimes the image of a

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

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.

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.

■ 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. The Group by button option
groups the documents under the name of the OneTouch button. 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.

4. Click OK to save the options for the selected button.

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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 came with your scanner. When
scanning with other settings, use at least 300 dpi for the resolution. If the
original documents are of poor quality and have small type font, 400 dpi
can be used as the maximum resolution.

The OneTouch OmniPage Module or the OmniPage Pro software must be
installed on your computer in order to use the advanced OCR options with
the OneTouch 4.0 software and your scanner. The OneTouch OmniPage
Module was automatically installed when you installed the scanner’s driver,
and the OmniPage Pro software is on the CD Disc 2 that you received with
your scanner. The OneTouch OmniPage Module and the OmniPage
software can both be installed on your computer at the same time, however,
the features in the OneTouch OmniPage Module will take precedence over
the OmniPage software features when using OneTouch 4.0. The OneTouch
OmniPage Mini-Guide is available on the Disc 1 installation CD.

If you only have the PaperPort software installed you will still have basic
OCR options but they are limited to those functions that PaperPort
provides.

Note: Please refer to the OneTouch OmniPage Mini-Guide, on Disc 1 that
you received with your scanner, for detailed instructions on configuring
and scanning with the advanced OCR Options.

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To scan with OCR:

1. Open the One Touch Properties window.

2. Select a text editing program in the Select Destination list, then select a

text file format in the Select Format panel.

For example, if you want to edit your document in Microsoft’s Word,
select that application then choose a file format such as TEXT, RTF or
DOC.

3. Click on OK to save the changes and close the One Touch Properties

window.

4. Press or click the One Touch button you set to scan with OCR.

5. Your scanned pages appear in the Destination Application with the

text ready for editing and other text processing.

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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 version XP or later.

1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.

2. Select Burn to CD as the Destination Application.

3. Choose a Page Format and a Scan Configuration.

4. Click OK.

5. Now start scanning using the button you selected to use to scan and

burn to a CD.

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

6. Open the OneTouch window and click the Properties button.

7. Make sure a blank CD is in the CD burner.

8. Click the

The CD burner begins and your scanned documents are written to the
CD. If other files are also waiting in this location, they will get written
with the OneTouch files on the CD.

Burn to CD button.

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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.

1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.

2. Select Still Image Client as the Destination Application.

You cannot choose a page format for this option as the Destination
Application is not selected until after starting the scanning batch.

3. Click OK.

4. Start scanning using the button you selected for event forwarding.

A dialog box opens for you to select the application to use for
scanning. Select the application in the box and click OK.

5. Now the application you selected opens and you can continue

scanning using the application’s TWAIN interface.

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Choose HTML

SCAN AS AN HTML PAGE

You can convert scanned pages to HTML format 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.

1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.

2. Select Microsoft Explorer as the Destination Application.

3. Choose HTML as the Page Format.

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

HTML page.

5. Click OK.

6. Load the documents face down with their tops into the scanner.

7. On the OneTouch Button Panel or on the scanner select the button

you setup to scan using HTML.

8. When scanning is finished, the document is first converted to editable

text using the OCR process, then is converted into an HTML format.

9. Choose Save As from the Internet Explorer File menu, give the page a

name, and save it in the location you use for your web page files.

10. 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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Your scanned documents
will be stored at the location
you specified on the One­Touch 4.0 Link Properties
window.

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.

1. Load the documents face down with their tops into the scanner.

2. To scan from the OneTouch Button Panel, click on Archive.

3. The documents are scanned and stored in the location that you

specified on the OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window.

You can specify a mapped drive or server location as the destination
folder.

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Select Transfer
to Storage.

Click the New button.

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, each
with a different storage location for the scanned documents. Scan one set of
documents using the scan configuration with the appropriate storage
location for that set. Then switch to another scan configuration and scan
the next set of documents to store them in their folder.

Setting up multiple folders for transfer to storage:

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

storing scanned items.

2. Open the OneTouch Properties window.

3. Select Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application.

4. Click the New button

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.

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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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The new configura­tions apply to the
Transfer to Storage
Destination
Application.

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. You will now have multiple configurations set up for the Transfer to

Storage destination, and each configuration scans documents to
separate folders.

14. Assign each configuration to one of the OneTouch function buttons.

For instance, assign “Business Receipts” to button 5 and assign
“Personal Receipts” to button 6.

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Scan to multiple storage folders:

1. Load the first set of documents you want to scan.

2. Select the function on the scanner that you set to scan to the storage

location. For example, button 5 to scan using the “Business Receipts”
configuration.

3. Press the Simplex or Duplex button to scan the documents, or click

the button 5 on the OneTouch Button Panel.

4. When scanning is finished, insert the next set of documents.

5. Select the function on the scanner that you set to scan to the other

storage location. For example, function 6 to scan using the “Personal
Receipts” configuration.

6. Press the Simplex or Duplex button again, or click Button 6 on the

OneTouch Button Panel.

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

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The Hardware icon

CHANGING THE HARDWARE SETTINGS

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
Button Panel, or right-click on the Strobe 500 icon when the
OneTouch button panel is in the Hardware View.

The Hardware Properties dialog box opens and shows information
about your Visioneer Strobe 500 scanner.

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2. Click the Properties button.

Calibrate—Click the Calibrate button to start the scanner calibration

wizard. The scanner self-calibrates when you click the Calibrate
button. The calibration window on-screen will close automatically
when calibration is finished. If it doesn’t close automatically, click the
Finish button.

Exit front-fed paper through the back—When selected, front-fed
pages will exit from the back of the scanner. When unselected, front­fed paper will exit from the front of the scanner.

3. Click OK to save the changes and close the dialog box.

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Scanning from TWAIN

You can scan from any TWAIN scanning application instead of scanning
from the One Touch buttons on your scanner or the One Touch button
panel.

A Note About Your Scanner and the TWAIN standard: TWAIN is a
widely recognized standard that computers use to receive images from
scanners, digital cameras, and other digital devices. The TWAIN scanning
interface can be accessed from any TWAIN scanning application you have
installed on the computer. Applications such as Nuance PaperPort and
OmniPage, which were provided with your scanner, and many other
applications, can use the TWAIN interface for scanning. The TWAIN
interface, described in this section, is the one provided with your scanner
and you will see it when scanning from PaperPort or OmniPage. Other
TWAIN compliant scanning applications may also access this interface.
However, there are some applications that have their own TWAIN
interface. If you are scanning from a software application, and see the
interface shown in this section, you can use these instructions to scan with
the TWAIN interface. If you do not see this TWAIN interface, please refer
to your scanning application’s user guide for instructions.

NOTE: You can access the TWAIN interface when you’re scanning from
the One Touch software. If the One Touch configuration you are using is
set to Configure Before Scan, and the selected option is TWAIN, the
TWAIN interface opens right away when pressing the button on your
scanner without opening any other TWAIN-compliant software first.

The PaperPort software includes a complete set of help topics that answer
questions about each feature of the software. To open the Help Topics
window, press the F1 key on your keyboard or choose PaperPort help from
the Help menu.

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ACCESSING THE TWAIN INTERFACE

Open the TWAIN interface from One Touch:

If the One Touch 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 first.

For example, the following figure shows the options you would have selected to set
up button 1 to open the TWAIN interface.

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Open the TWAIN interface from an application:

Please refer to your scanning application’s user guide for instructions on accessing
the TWAIN interface. Below is a brief list of common applications and how to
initiate a scan from within that application, including some of the applications
which may have been provided with your scanner.

1. Open a TWAIN-compliant scanning application.

2. Use the application’s command that opens the TWAIN interface.

PaperPort—On the Tool bar click on the Scanner icon to open the
Scan Pane on the left side of the PaperPort desktop. Select your
scanner in the Scan Pane then click on the “Scan” button in the Scan
Pane.

OmniPage—Go to File, then Get Page, then click on Scan.

ArcSoft PhotoImpression—Click on the Scanner icon from the main

menu.

Corel Paint Shop Pro—From the File menu select the Import option
to select your scanner model, then from the file menu select the
Import function and choose TWAIN Acquire.

Adobe Software—Depending on the application you can “Create a
file” then select the scanner as your creation source, or “Import a
Picture” and select the scanner as your import from source.

Microsoft Software—Depending on the application you can go to
“Insert Picture... from Scanner or Camera”, “File... Scanner or
Camera”, or “Insert Picture to Clip Organizer from Scanner or
Camera”.

3. The TWAIN interface opens and you’re ready to start scanning.

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SCANNING WITH THE TWAIN INTERFACE

The TWAIN Interface is available from many applications, such as
Microsoft Word and Paint, as well as from the PaperPort. You can use the
instructions in this section regardless of the application you use to open the
TWAIN Interface.

1. Select the options you want from the TWAIN interface, then load the

documents with their tops into the Automatic Document Feeder.

2. Click the Scan button (if the AutoScan feature is not turned on).

The scanner starts scanning and a progress box opens.

3. Click Done when you are finished scanning to close the TWAIN

interface.

THE OPTIONS ON THE TWAIN INTERFACE ARE:

Mode—Select a scanning mode:

Black&White to scan in black and white. Use this setting for letters,

memos, and other black and white material. This scan mode produces
the smallest file size.

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The original with a red
watermark over black text.

The scanned item with the
red filtered out.

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. 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.

Resolution—The higher the dpi setting, the sharper and clearer the
scanned image. However, higher dpi settings take longer to scan and
produce larger files for the scanned images.

Brightness—Increasing or decreasing the Brightness makes the scanned
image lighter or darker.

Contrast—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 de­emphasizes that difference. Contrast is not available for Black & White
scanning.

AutoCrop to Original—Select this option to let the scanner automatically
determine the size of the item being scanned. Always use the paper guides
on the scanner so the page is not skewed otherwise the page will not crop
properly.

Duplex—Scan both sides of the page. If this option is not selected, the
scanner will only scan the side of the page facing down when you insert it
into the scanner.

Filter—The Filter is the ability of your scanner to automatically remove a
color from a scanned item. The Filter option applies to Black&White or
Grayscale Mode.

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Reduce Moiré Patterns—Moiré patterns are wavy, rippled lines that
sometimes appear on the scanned images of photographs or illustrations,
particularly newspaper and magazine illustrations. Selecting Reduce Moiré
Patterns will limit or eliminate moiré patterns in the scanned image. This
option is only available for the Grayscale or Color Mode at lower resolution
options.

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:

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

2. Click OK.

The Define page size option cannot be used with the AutoCrop to
original option.

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Scanning from WIA

Microsoft Windows version XP and later includes their own scanning
interface—known as Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)—for acquiring
images from scanners, digital cameras, and other digital devices.

This section shows how to use Microsoft Paint to scan using the WIA
interface, but you can use other Windows applications as well.

To scan using WIA from Microsoft Paint:

1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to All Programs, point to
Accessories, and then click Paint.

2. From the File menu choose From Scanner or Camera.

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3. The WIA scanning window opens. Use this window to select scanning
options and start the scanner.

4. Click the button most appropriate for the item you’re scanning.

5. Select a paper size from the Page Size list.

6. Adjust the image settings as desired:

■ Change the button selection for the type of image.

■ Adjust the custom settings; refer to the next section, “Fine Tuning

Your Sca ns”.

■ Change the size of the scanned image.

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7. The scanned images will appear in Microsoft Paint (or other WIA
application you’re using).

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FINE TUNING YOUR SCANS

You can customize settings before you scan an item to fine tune exactly how
you want to scan it.

1. On the scan window, click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture.

2. The Advanced Properties dialog box opens.

3. Select the options for scanning.

Brightness and Contrast—Drag the sliders to the right or left to
adjust the brightness and contrast of the scanned image.

Resolution (DPI)—Click the up or down arrow to scroll through the
available resolution options.

Picture type—Click the menu arrow and choose the most appropriate
type for the item you’re scanning.

4. Click OK.

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Maintenance

This section contains information on maintenance, troubleshooting,
uninstalling, scanner specifications, and spare parts.

CLEARING PAPER JAMS

If your scanner stops scanning due to a paper jam in the Automatic
Document Feeder, a warning dialog box opens after a few moments.

To clear a paper jam:

1. Pull the ADF cover release on the top of the scanner body to open the
Automatic Document Feeder cover.