Visioneer Strobe XP 200 - Manuals

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

W HAT Y OU N EED 3 W HAT Y OU N EED An IBM-compatible Pentium PC with: ■ A CD-ROM drive ■ An available Universal Serial Bus (USB) port ■ Microsoft Windows operating system: 98, 2000, Me, or XP ■ Available internal memory (RAM) as follows: ■ 64 megabytes (MB) ■ Windows XP—128 MB ■ 200 MB of free hard...

4 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 200 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Installing Installation is a quick, three-step process: ■ Install the software ■ Connect and calibrate the scanner ■ Print guides and install other software from the CD S TEP 1: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE To install the software: 1. Start Microso...

S TEP 1: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 5 3. On the installation menu, select Install ScanSoft PaperPort and Scanner Driver . 4. Read the ScanSoft license agreement. If you accept the terms, select I accept the terms in the license agreement , and then click Next . 5. On the User Information window, accept ...

6 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 200 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 12. On the Visioneer Registration screen, complete the required information and click Register . 13. When you see the Connect Scanner window, do NOT click Finish. Leave the window open and proceed to the next section, “Step 2: Connect and Cal...

S TEP 2: C ONNECT AND C ALIBRATE THE S CANNER 7 The USB symbol identifies the location of the USB port on your computer. If the plug does not attach easily, make sure that you are plugging it in correctly. Do not force the plug into the connection. Your computer recognizes that a scanner has been pl...

8 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 200 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 2. Insert the calibration paper into the page feed, face up. The scanner grabs the paper and feeds it through the scanner. When calibration is finished, PaperPort completes its installation. 3. In the Install Completed window, click Finish . ...

10 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 200 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S TEP 3: P RINT G UIDES AND I NSTALL OTHER S OFTWARE You can now install the other software from the CD. 1. After your computer and Windows restart, re-insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. On the Installation screen, click Scanner Readme ...

S TEP 3: P RINT G UIDES AND I NSTALL OTHER S OFTWARE 11 Scanning This section describes how to scan with your Strobe XP 200 scanner. There are two methods available for scanning documents, you can use the scanner’s AutoScan feature or scan from the PaperPort software. Both methods scan equally well,...

12 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 200 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE To return scanned documents back toward you, leave the paper return in the Down position. To feed documents straight through the scanner, move the paper return into the Up position as shown below. The paper return icons on the back of the sc...

14 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 200 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S CANNING USING THE A UTO S CAN F EATURE When you insert an item into the scanner, it is automatically scanned and the image is sent to a software application on your computer. To scan using AutoScan: 1. Align a document between the alignmen...

C ONFIGURING THE A UTO S CAN F EATURE 15 C ONFIGURING THE A UTO S CAN F EATURE When you first connect your scanner to a computer, the scanner’s OneTouch software configures the AutoScan feature to scan in black and white and send the scanned image to the PaperPort desktop. You can change the AutoSca...

16 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 200 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE A BOUT THE C ONFIGURATION D IALOG B OX The Configuration dialog box shows the current settings for AutoScan. For example, the following figure shows the settings pre-selected when you first receive your scanner. AutoScan is set to scan the i...

C ONFIGURING THE A UTO S CAN F EATURE 17 Select Configuration —This is the list of available AutoScan configurations. The configuration settings include: color, black and white, or grayscale, resolution in dots per inch (dpi), page size, contrast, and brightness. To see a selected configuration’s se...

18 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 200 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S ELECTING N EW S ETTINGS FOR A UTO S CAN You can select a new destination application, scanning configuration, and image format to set the AutoScan feature with your scanning preferences. To select new settings for AutoScan: 1. From the Sel...

C ONFIGURING THE A UTO S CAN F EATURE 19 C REATING A N EW A UTO S CAN C ONFIGURATION You cannot change settings of the preset (default) configurations. To use AutoScan with settings other than those offered by the preset configurations, you must create a new configuration. You can do this either by ...

C ONFIGURING THE A UTO S CAN F EATURE 21 DeScreen —Select this option when scanning a picture from a newspaper or magazine article, or other items that contain images with patterns or dots. These patterns and dots sometimes cause a wavy appearance for which the Descreen option can compensate. The fo...

22 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 200 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 4. Edit the settings as required and click OK . 5. Click OK to close the Configuration dialog box. S ETTING P REFERENCES You can set preferences for the Select Destination list and whether or not to display a Scan Progress window. The settin...

C ONFIGURING THE A UTO S CAN F EATURE 23 2. On the OneTouch Preferences dialog box, select desired preferences as described below. Show All Destinations —Select this option to automatically select all the destination application categories. The list of destination applications on the Configuration d...

24 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 200 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE Instead of using the AutoScan feature, you can scan from the PaperPort software application. This is particularly helpful when you’re using PaperPort to file and save scanned items or if you want to ...

26 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 200 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE The Folders pane (which shows folders for organizing your scanned images) is replaced by the Scan pane. 3. From the Scanner drop-down list, select Visioneer Scan Manager . 4. In the “Scan what?” section, choose to scan a Document or Photogra...

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 27 7. On the left side of the Visioneer Scan Manager, select a profile from the Scan Setup panel. For example, select Color Configurations and then select Custom to scan with the preset Custom scan settings. The configuration settings appear as a list. Click...

28 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 200 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 8. Adjust settings by checking options and setting new values on the right-hand side of the Visioneer Scan Manager. The changes appear in the Scan Setup pane on the left. Auto Trim —This option automatically eliminates areas outside the edge...

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 29 A thumbnail image appears on the PaperPort desktop. You can now use the features of the PaperPort software to work with the scanned image. Refer to the PaperPort User’s Guide on the CD that you received with the scanner. C REATING A N EW V ISIONEER S CAN ...

30 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 200 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE S CANNING FROM A C OMPUTER R UNNING W INDOWS XP The instructions in this section are for computers running Windows XP. If your computer is running another version of Windows, see “Scanning from a Computer Running Windows 98, Me, or 2000” on ...

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 31 3. From the Scanner drop-down list, select WIA Strobe XP 200 . 4. In the “Scan what?” section, choose to scan a Document or Photograph . 5. Click Settings to view, and optionally change, the format for the scanned item’s file name and the file type. 6. Cl...

32 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 200 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 7. Click the button most appropriate for the item you’re scanning. To scan with the Custom Settings option see the next section, “Fine Tuning Your Scans”. 8. Align the document between the alignment arrows and insert it, face up, into the pa...

S CANNING FROM THE P APER P ORT S OFTWARE 33 1. On the Scan using Strobe XP 200 window, click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture . The Advanced Properties dialog box opens. 2. Select the options for scanning. Brightness and Contrast —Drag the sliders to the right or left to adjust the brightn...

34 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 200 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE Maintenance This chapter contains information on recalibrating, troubleshooting, cleaning, uninstalling, and scanner specifications. R ECALIBRATING Y OUR S CANNER You calibrated your scanner during installation, but after many hours of use y...

R ECALIBRATING Y OUR S CANNER 35 3. On the Scanners and Cameras Properties window, make sure the Strobe XP 200 scanner is selected, and then click Properties . 4. On the Strobe XP 200 Properties window, select the Advanced tab. 5. Click Calibrate on the Strobe XP 200 Properties window. 6. Place the ...

36 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 200 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE 3. On the Scanners and Cameras window, right-click the Strobe XP 200 icon and select Calibrate from the menu. 4. Insert the calibration paper face up into the scanner, and then click OK to start the calibration. 5. When finished, click OK to...

T ROUBLESHOOTING 37 T ROUBLESHOOTING In addition to the troubleshooting information contained in this section, please see the Readme file in the PaperPort directory on your computer’s hard drive. The Readme file contains additional information that may help you diagnose problems with the scanner. If...

38 V ISIONEER S TROBE XP 200 S CANNER I NSTALLATION G UIDE • Did you select another scanning source in the PaperPort Scan Pane? If you use multiple devices with your computer, you may have selected another source for images. Start the PaperPort software and click the Scan icon and then make sure Str...

U NINSTALLING Y OUR S CANNER 39 U NINSTALLING Y OUR S CANNER To uninstall the Visioneer Strobe XP 200 scanner, remove the scanner software first, and then remove PaperPort, or other scanner software. S TEP 1: U NINSTALLING THE V ISIONEER O NE T OUCH S OFTWARE 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start ,...

I NDEX 43 I N D E X A AutoCrop cropping images 20 AutoScan 14 configuring 15 C calibration during installation 8recalibration 34 CD-ROM drive 3components 2computer specifications 3Configuration dialog box 15, 16configuring AutoScan 15 editing 21new configuration 19new settings 18 contrast 17cropping...