Visioneer Strobe XP 300 User's Guide

for Windows

Visioneer Strobe XP 300 USB Scanner Users Guide

FOR WINDOWS

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Serial Number

After registration is complete you will receive an email message with your RegID. Your RegID is very important because you will need it when accessing free telephone support, or checking for online updates. 4. After receiving your RegID, write it down on a piece of paper and keep it with your scanner so you will be able to find it easily.

SET UP YOUR SCANNER

STROBE XP 300 STAND
Your scanner is designed to fit within easy reach of your keyboard. The stand that comes with the scanner is specifically designed so the scanner easily fits between your computer keyboard and monitor.
Place the scanner on its stand so the lip on the stand fits into the groove on the bottom of the scanner.
Fit the scanner and stand between the keyboard and monitor.

SCANNING ON THE GO

Because the XP 300 can draw power from the computer through the USB cable, you can use your scanner on an airplane, at a remote job site, in your car, or anywhere else where an electric outlet is not available.
Connect the scanner to your laptop with the USB cable. The scanner will draw its power from the laptop battery.
The Strobe XP 300 also connects to a power outlet. If the laptop battery is low, or if electric power is available, use the AC Power Adapter with the laptop.
CONFIGURE THE STROBE XP 300 AC POWER ADAPTER
The Strobe XP 300 AC Power Adapter can be configured to operate with a variety of electric outlet plug configurations that are used in various countries. The three plug adapters that you received with your scanner are interchangeable on the AC Power Adapter.
To replace the AC Power Adapter plug: 1. Press down on the latch that holds the plug in place. Then slide the plug forward and out of the Power Adapter.
2. Slide one of the plug adapters into the empty slot on the Power Adapter until it snaps into place.

SCANNING BASICS

Note: Always remove any staples or paper clips from documents before inserting them into the scanner. Staples and paper clips can jam the feed mechanism and scratch the internal components. Do not scan any document with wet correction fluid, labels, stickers or Post-It notes on the pages. The correction fluid or glue from the stickers can leave residue on the lens that is difficult to clean. If a label, sticker or Post-It note comes off during the scanning process, the item can get stuck in the scanner. Misuse as described here will void your scanners warranty. The Strobe XP 300 scanner is a duplex scanner, this means that it can scan both sides of the page at the same time.
To scan a single side of the page, insert the page face down. To scan both sides of the page, either side can be face down because both sides are scanned.

ADJUST THE PAPER GUIDES

Your scanner has Paper Guides on the Page Feed. Adjust them to the width of the item you are scanning to minimize page skewing as the page is pulled through the scanner.
To adjust the Paper Guides slide them toward each other until they match the width of the item youre scanning.
SCANNING PHOTOS AND THIN PAPER ITEMS
The two transparent sleeves for the Strobe XP 300 scanner are specifically designed for scanning thin paper items, such as credit card receipts, newspaper articles, and retail receipts, especially when using duplex (two-sided) scanning. Generally you should use the transparent sleeves for paper items on paper stock that is less than 20-lb. 1. Slide the thin paper item into the appropriate sleeve.
2. Adjust the Paper Guides for the size of the sleeve.
3. Insert the sleeve with the item inside it. Insert face down to scan a single side. To scan both sides, either side can be face up.

Scanning

If you selected the recommended Full Install option for your scanners driver you have several different options to scan with your Visioneer scanner. Each method scans equally well, so use the one with appropriate options for the item you are scanning.
OneTouch AutoLaunchTo use the scanners AutoLaunch feature,
simply insert a document in the scanner and it is automatically scanned using predefined settings from the OneTouch software. See Scan Using AutoLaunch on page 27.
OneTouch Button PanelUse this scan option when you want to
scan from the computer screen. Open the OneTouch scan panel and window, adjust the scan settings if you want, put the document in the scanner, and then click the icon on the OneTouch panel. See Scan from the OneTouch Panel on page 31.
TWAIN InterfaceThis option uses your scanners TWAIN
interface to scan. Select scanning options before scanning, put the document in the scanner, and then click on the Scan button on the TWAIN interface window. See Scanning from TWAIN Software on page 95.
Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)This option uses the
Microsoft Windows set of choices for scanning. Select the WIA scan settings, put the document in the scanner, then click on the Scan button in the WIA window. Scanning with WIA is only available if your computer is running Windows XP or Windows Vista. See Scanning from the WIA Interface on page 111.

SCAN USING AUTOLAUNCH

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 AutoLaunch: 1. Align a document with the Paper Guides and insert it into the paper feed slot. Insert face down to scan a single side.
The scanner grabs the top edge of the paper and automatically begins to scan and feed the paper through the scanner. 2. A scan progress window will open and the image is sent to the selected application from the OneTouch utility. In the following example, the destination software is the PaperPort desktop.

7. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window. 8. Click Refresh on the OneTouch Properties window.
IMAGE DOCUMENTS PROPERTIES
These properties apply to Microsoft Paint and other image processing applications, including ScanSoft OmniPage Pro.
1. Click in the Color document handling settings boxes for the options you want. The options will apply to all the applications in the group. Convert Bitmaps using Screen ResolutionUse this option to ensure that an image will fit on the computers 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 JPEGJPEG 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 43 to add an application to the list. 3. Click OK. 4. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window. 5. Click Refresh on the OneTouch Properties window.

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.
Note: If you do not have a CD burner attached to your computer, the CD options are not shown on the dialog box. The Burn to CD option is only available for Windows XP and Windows Vista.
1. Click the Storage Layout options you want. All documents are in the rootThe scanned documents are saved in the root of the folder specified in the Storage Location. Documents are put into folders by month, week, or typeFolders 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, or type a location directly into the box. 3. If you have a CD burner attached to your computer, the option Show message when ready to burn 5" CD (700MB), should be selected. Youll see a message when its time to click the Burn to CD button. 4. Click OK on the Link Properties window to accept the changes and close the window.

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 youre 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 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 resolutionUse this option to ensure that an image will fit on the computers 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 JPEGJPEG files can be compressed to produce smaller files sizes and, therefore, shorter transmission times when you email the file or upload it to the internet. Use this option to provide that compression capability to image files.
5. Click OK. 6. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window.
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. The available file types depend on the type of scanner you purchased. The available options are for images and text.

Image Formats

Text Formats; sPDF is only one of several text formats available.
The Text Formats are for text file types. The names of the formats indicate their file types. See Text Formats on page 51 for details.
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.

IMAGE FORMATS

Select an image file format for photos, artwork or other documents that you want to save as images. BMP and TIFF are standard image file formats generally used if you want to do additional image processing, such as photo touch-up or color correction. Both of those file formats tend to be larger than the JPEG format. Because JPEG image files can be reduced in size, the JPEG format is often used for images on web pages, or if file size might be a problem when electronically sending the files. JPEG files are reduced in size by lowering their image quality, and you can select the degree of quality for your scanned images from the JPEG file format icon. The PDF format is often used to create images of text pages. You may want to select PDF as the 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. Note: The two other PDF formatsnPDF and sPDFare for scanning with OCR processing and with the ability to search the scanned text. See the next section, Text Formats, and also Scanning with sPDF or nPDF and Searching for Text on page 76 for details. 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. A menu appears.
3. Choose the file size/image quality option for your scanned images. Minimize SizeSmallest file size, lowest image quality. NormalMedium file size, some loss of image quality. Maximum QualityLargest file size, no loss of image quality. Your selection pertains only to the Destination Application currently selected on the OneTouch Properties window. Other Destination Applications that have JPG or PDF selected as the Page Format are not affected, so you can set the JPEG or PDF file size/ image quality independently of Destination Applications. 4. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window.

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. For additional OCR processing features, see Scanning with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on page 74. Select a text format for documents with text or numbers, such as a business letter, report, or spreadsheet. The text format icon has several file formats available, depending on the Destination Application you select. The specific file format is the file name extension on the text format icon.

The Scan Configurations

The Lock Icon
Click New to create a new Scan Configuration
Note the lock icon on the preset configurations. Although you can unlock and edit the preset configurations, we recommend that you leave them locked, and only add new configurations. That way, you will always have the original, factory-set configurations available. New configurations will be unlocked until you manually lock them. To create a new configuration: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window and make sure the PaperIn tab is selected. 2. Scroll through the applications in the Select Destination list and click the type of application for which you want to create a new scan configuration. When you create a new scan configuration, it will appear for the same types of Destination Applications. For example, if you create a new configuration for image editor applications, that new configuration also appears for any other image editors, but not for
text editing applications. Thus, you can create specific sets of scan configurations for specific functions and they appear only when appropriate. 3. Click the New button. If you want to start from the settings of another configuration, select the configuration, then click the Copy button. If the Scan Settings tab is not selected, click it. 4. On the Scan Configuration Properties dialog box, type a name. Tip: If youre going to set up the new configuration to scan duplex (two-sided), include that in the name, such as Scan for Dark Print (Duplex), to remind you that it is a duplex scan.
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. New configurations are unlocked until you manually lock them.
Note: If you select a printer or other device in the Select Destinations list, the dialog box may have an additional Device Settings tab for setting specific options for the particular device.
5. Select scan settings for the new scan configuration. ModeSelect a scanning mode:
Black&White to scan in black and white. For example, letters and memos are usually scanned in black and white. This scan mode produces the smallest file size. GrayScale to scan items such as documents containing drawings or black and white photographs. The scanning produces an image of up to 256 shades of gray. Color to scan color photographs and other color items. Color scans have the largest file size.

For instance, if the Scanning Mode is Black & White but your documents are in color, choose Yes to delete any scanned pages, then select the correct Scanning Mode and restart the scanning.
Noscanning stops, but all pages scanned in this batch up to this point, are not deleted. You can place a new page in the scanner, adjust the TWAIN settings for the new page, then click on 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 a black & white document but you want to insert a color page into the document and did not change the Scanning Mode prior to clicking on the Scan button. Instead of having to re-scan the entire stack, you can stop the current scan, change the Scanning Mode from Black & White to Color, then restart the scanning without losing the pages already scanned.
SCANNING WITH OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (OCR)
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is like a printer in reverse. Instead of printing whats on the screen onto paper, 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, spell check, change font or type size, sort, calculate, and so forth. Note: For 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 a 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 OCR options with the OneTouch 4.0 software and your Strobe XP 300 scanner. OneTouch 4.0 and OmniPage work together to combine scanning with OCR processing into one integrated step. The OneTouch OmniPage Module was automatically installed when you installed your driver, the OmniPage Pro software is on the Disc 2 CD 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. Please refer to this Mini-Guide for instructions on setting the advanced OCR options. With the OneTouch OmniPage Module or OmniPage Pro software installed, the OCR process is automatic when the page format on the OneTouch Properties window is a text format, such as DOC, TEXT, XLS, RTF, and so forth. Note: If you have uninstalled the OneTouch OmniPage Module or the OmniPage Pro software from your computer, items scanned as a text format are still converted with the OCR process, however, the options available with the process are then limited.

4. Choose a Page Format and a Scan Configuration. 5. Click Apply or OK.
6. Start scanning a page. When scanning is finished, a bubble message on the screen tells you that files are waiting to be burned to the CD. 7. On the OneTouch window, make sure that the Burn to CD Destination Application is still selected and click the Properties button. 8. The OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window appears,
9. Make sure a CD is in the CD burner. 10. Click the Burn to CD button. The CD burner begins and your scanned documents are written to the CD.
SCANNING WITH EVENT FORWARDING
If you want to specify an application to use for scanning at the start of the process, you can use event forwarding. The scanner will feed in the first page, but will then stop until you select the application to use. After you select the application, its interface will open and you can use it to continue with the scanning. To scan with event forwarding: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2. Select Still Image Client as the Destination Application. Note that you cannot choose a page format for this option because the actual destination application is not selected until after the scanner feeds in the first page of your document.
3. Choose a Scan Configuration. 4. Click Apply or OK.
5. Start scanning a page. A dialog box appears for you to select the application to use for scanning.
6. Select the application in the box and click OK. Now the application you selected opens and you can continue the scanning from that applications TWAIN interface.
CREATING AN HTML WEB PAGE FROM YOUR SCANNED DOCUMENTS
If you scan a document, whether a single page or multiple pages, you can have the pages converted directly to HTML formatted pages for posting directly to your web site. Those pages are then viewable by visitors to your web site without the need for any internet plug-ins or other special processing. This is, essentially, from your scanner to a webready format in one automatic step. To scan and create an HTML web page: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2. Select Microsoft Explorer as the Destination Application. 3. Choose HTML as the Page Format.

Choose HTML

4. Choose a Scan Configuration that has the settings for the image on the HTML page. For example, if you want the image to be in color on the HTML page, choose a color configuration. 5. Click OK. The OneTouch Properties window closes.
6. Now scan the image from the OneTouch Button Panel. When scanning is finished, the document is first converted to editable text using the OCR process, then is converted into an HTML format. Microsoft Internet Explorer then opens showing your converted page. Note: Depending on the complexity of the document, its conversion to the HTML format may take a few moments.
7. Choose 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. You may also want to write down the address shown in the Address bar to make sure youll know where to find your new HTML page later on. 8. You can now use Microsoft Internet Explorer or other application to post the document to your web page as you would any other HTML page.
TRANSFERRING SCANNED DOCUMENTS TO STORAGE
With the Transfer to Storage scanning process, you can scan documents and save them in a folder in one step. The process is ideal for archiving documents without having to manually save or process them in any other way. If you choose a text format for the file format, the documents are also automatically converted by the OCR process into editable text and numbers before being stored. To scan and transfer to storage: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2. Select Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application. 3. Choose a Page Format. For example, choose sPDF if you want to save your documents in the special sPDF format that provides searchable text in the file.

Choose a format

Choose a configuration Choose Transfer to Storage
4. Choose a Scan Configuration.
5. Click Apply or OK. Your scanned pages are stored in the location that you specified on the OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window.

When selecting the storage location for scanned documents, you can select a local folder, or a folder on a server or mapped drive. You select a mapped drive using the Browse button. 1. See Scanning to Multiple Folders on page 86 or Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage on page 84 for the steps to select the Transfer to Storage options. On either the OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window, or from the Scan Configuration Properties window, click the Browse button.
The Browse For Folder window opens.
2. Select a storage location on the mapped drive or server for the scanned documents. Servers and mapped drives are represented by an icon that indicates its network connection.
Select a mapped drive or server as indicated by the icon.
3. Click OK. Now when you scan using Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application, the documents are stored on the server or mapped drive.
CHECK THE HARDWARE AND SELECT DEVICE SETTINGS
1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon and choose Show Hardware from the pop-up menu.
You can also click the scanner icon at the top of the OneTouch Button Panel.

The Hardware icon

If the Hardware View of the panel is open you can also right-click on the Visioneer Strobe XP icon. The Hardware Properties dialog box appears and shows information about your Visioneer Strobe XP scanner.
2. Click the Properties button. The Device Configuration Properties window opens. You use this window to select new device settings for you scanner.
The Interface information refers to the USB port where your scanner is connected. The scanner automatically detects the type of USB port and displays the information here. The example above shows a scanner connected a USB 2.0 High Speed port. Your scanner may also be able to connect to a USB 1.1 Full Speed port. 1. The option Enable the generation of events when paper is inserted into the scanner enables your scanners AutoScan feature. The scanner senses when an item is inserted into the scanners page feed, grabs the item, and feeds it into the scanner automatically. You dont need to click a Scan button to start the scanning. If this option is not enabled, the scanner will still grab the item, but will then wait until you click the Scan button to start scanning. If the AutoScan option is enabled, the Paper pickup delay also becomes available. The Paper pickup delay is the amount of time you want the scanner to wait until it feeds the item into the scanner to start scanning. 2. To set the Paper pickup delay, click the drop-down arrow and choose from the list of 5 options. The settings are in milliseconds, so 1250 ms is 1.25 seconds. 3. The option Enable the detection of excessive document skew. Back out the document if this occurs, is for sensing if a document is being fed into the scanner skewed to such an extent that the scan image will be degraded. If this option is selected and you insert a document skewed, the scanner will start to scan, but then scanning will stop and the document will back out of the page feed so you can re-insert it straight. This option is greyed out if it is not available for your scanner. 4. Click OK to enable the new settings. 5. To return the scanner to its original factory settings, click Reset Device. Note: The Calibrate and Clean buttons are for maintaining your scanner in optimum operating condition. See Maintenance on page 115 for the steps to calibrate or clean your scanner.

connections. Make sure the cables are plugged in securely.
Did you restart the computer after installing the software? If you
didnt restart the computer, it may not have loaded all of the software files. Try restarting your computer.
Did you plug the scanner into a USB hub? If youre using a USB
hub to connect the scanner, the hub must have its own power supply. If the hub does not have its own power supply, plug the scanner into a different USB port on the computer.
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 Visioneer Strobe XP is selected as the scanner.
Problem: During installation I got the error message: PaperPort Installation is not complete. What do I do? The installation procedure was not successful. You need to reinstall the PaperPort software. Problem: I got the error message: PaperPort cannot allocate enough memory to perform internal critical operations. What do I do? Close any other active applications so that additional memory is available. If you click Continue, PaperPort moves the file to the PaperPort data directory and renames the file with the prefix bad. This allows you to recover the file later. To recover the file, import it into PaperPort by using the Import command in the File menu. Problem: The installation will not complete successfully. If installation finishes, the scanners OneTouch 4.0 options do not seem to work properly. What do I do? A likely cause is that some driver programs are already installed on your computer for another scanner. They are interfering with the installation and OneTouch options, and you need to remove those other drivers and re-install your Visioneer Strobe XP scanner. Please see the documentation that you received with the other scanner for the steps to remove its driver programs. You can also use the basic steps in the section To Install Another Driver on page 123, but instead of uninstalling OneTouch 4.0, uninstall the other scanners driver programs. After uninstalling the other scanners driver programs, uninstall OneTouch 4.0 using the steps on page 122, then reinstall it. Problem: The scanned images are of poor quality even after I recalibrated and cleaned the scanner. What do I do? The calibration procedure was not successful. You may have a defective scanner. Please see the Technical Support Card that you received with your scanner for the telephone number or email address to contact Visioneer Technical Support. Problem: How do I uninstall PaperPort? See the next section. Uninstalling does not delete your scanned items; they remain in the PaperPort Data folder.

Output Bit Depth Scan Method Interface Scanner dimensions Height Width Length Weight Operating temperature Relative humidity Hardware warranty
VISIONEER SCANNER PARTS LIST
Please use the following part names and part numbers when ordering replacements for your scanner. Visit our web site at www.visioneer.com to order replacement parts. Part Part Name Part Number
Calibration Sheet and Cleaning Sheet

05-0679-000

Duplex Document Sleeve and Duplex Receipt Sleeve

05-0680-000

Mini USB 2.0 High Speed Certified Cable

35-0100-000

Power Supply

37-0066-000

Europe Clip, JF16, A3

37-0068-000

UK Clip, 15RPK-N, A2

37-0069-000

US Clip, RPA 10, D2

37-0073-000

Plinth, Scanner Mounting Stand

85-0237-000

Carrying Bag

88-0489-000

advanced settings 63 aspect ratio 65 Autocrop to Length 102 Autocrop to Original 61, 101 AutoLaunch 26 AutoRotate image 65 AutoScan 27

dots per inch (dpi) 114

eMail 55 eMail Properties 47 Excel Spreadsheet 53
Fax and Print 55 file format 52 file storage location 85 Format and Page(s) 39
Black&White 60, 100 BMP 50 Brightness 60, 101 brightness 114 Burn to CD 45, 78 Destination Application 79 button options 54 button settings 38
Gamma 10 gamma 63 grayed out options 35 GrayScale 60, 100
help 105 htm file format 53 HTML Document 53 HTML page 83 HTML Web Page 82 hue 63
calibration 115 during installation 13, 118 CD-ROM drive 3 Color 60, 100 color configuration 100 color filter 63, 102 Color Space 10 Comma Delimited 53 Configure Before Scan 70 TWAIN 96 Contrast 60, 101, 114 csv file format 53
Image Documents Properties 44 Image Editors 55 image file 50 image file format 50 improvements and settings 61 Installation 5 Internet Options 48 invert image 62
Destination Application 38 text file format 51 destination software 32 Device Settings 59, 65 Document Format 38 Document Management 55 documentation 3

JPG 50 JPG file size 50

Link Properties 40
Microsoft Internet Explorer 83 Microsoft Outlook 47 Moire Patterns 62, 102 monitor 3
Normal PDF 53, 76 nPDF 53, 76
OCR 51 OCR Options 74 OCR options 75 OmniPage Pro 44, 53 OneTouch Button Panel 28 OneTouch Properties window 28, 36, 40 options 54, 58