Visioneer RoadWarrior Strobe XP 100 Strobe XP 200 Strobe XP 300 User's Guide ® TM for Windows Visioneer Strobe XP USB Scanner User's Guide Visioneer RoadWarriorTM Strobe XP 100 Strobe XP 200 Strobe XP 300 FOR WINDOWS COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright © 2006 Visioneer, Inc. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allowed under the copyright laws. The Visioneer brand name and logo are registered trademarks, and the RoadWarrior brand name is a trademark of Visioneer, Inc. The PaperPort brand name and logo and the OmniPage Pro brand name are registered trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. The NewSoft Presto! BizCard name and logo are registered trademarks of NewSoft Technology Corporation. Google Desktop SearchTM and Google EarthTM are trademarks of Google, Inc. 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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. TABLE OF CONTENTS i TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What's in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What's in the Box--Visioneer RoadWarrior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What's in the Box--Visioneer Strobe XP 100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 What's in the Box--Visioneer Strobe XP 200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 What's in the Box--Visioneer Strobe XP 300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The Visioneer Strobe XP 100 Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The Visioneer RoadWarrior Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 The Visioneer Strobe XP 200 Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 The Visioneer Strobe XP 300 Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 What You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Step 1: Install the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Step 2: Connect the Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Connect the Visioneer RoadWarrior or Strobe XP 100 Scanner 21 Connect the Strobe XP 200 Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Connect the Strobe XP 300 Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Step 3: Calibrate the Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Install OmniPage Pro (RoadWarrior and Strobe XP 300 Only) . . . . 29 Additional Applications for Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Register Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Set Up Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Strobe XP 200 Paper Return Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Strobe XP 300 Paper Return Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Strobe XP 300 Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Scanning on the Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Configure the Strobe XP 300 AC Power Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Scanning Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Adjust the Paper Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Scanning Photos and Thin Paper Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Scan Using AutoLaunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Check the Scan Settings Before Scanning with AutoLaunch . . . 43 Turn AutoLaunch Off/On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Scan from the OneTouch Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Using the OneTouch Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 The OneTouch Properties Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Selecting New OneTouch Scan Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Setting Destination Application Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Selecting Options for the OneTouch Properties Window . . . . . 70 Creating a New Scan Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 The Device Settings Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 The Storage Options Tab (Archive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Editing or Deleting Scan Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Configuring Before Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Scanning with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) . . . . . . . . 87 Using OmniPage OCR Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Scanning with sPDF or nPDF and Searching for Text . . . . . . . . 98 Scan and Burn to a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Scanning with Event Forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Creating an HTML Web Page from Your Scanned Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Scanning to Multiple Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 To Transfer Documents to a Server or Mapped Drive . . . . . . . 115 Check the Hardware and Select Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 117 TABLE OF CONTENTS iii Scanning from TWAIN Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Scanning from PaperPort Using the TWAIN Interface . . . . . . 121 Getting Help with the PaperPort Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Setting Up Your Scanner to Work with PaperPort . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Scanning from the WIA Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Recalibrating or Cleaning Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 How to Uninstall Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Step 1: Uninstalling the OneTouch 4.0 Scanner Software . . . . 147 Step 2: Uninstalling the PaperPort Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 To Install Another Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Visioneer RoadWarrior and Strobe XP 100 Scanner Specifications 149 Visioneer Strobe XP 200 Scanner Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Visioneer Strobe XP 300 Scanner Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Visioneer Scanner Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . ...