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Visioneer Patriot 680 User's Manual

1. Image 128 200 dpi Click Define to Define change the scan Custom Document settings for the Image 128 300 dpi selected button Define Document Size Info Fage Letter 8 5 x 11 in Click Preview One to see LE what the first scanned page looks like so you ll know which scan Click Scan All when your re ready to scan all settings to the pages Remember to put the preview page adjust back onto the stack so it gets scanned with the new settings too 1 Click the button most appropriate for the item youre scanning 2 Click Preview One to preview the image before scanning The image is displayed on the right side of the window Note If you preview when scanning a stack of documents the first page of the stack feeds through the ADF for the preview After adjusting the scanner settings replace that page on the stack so it is scanned with the rest of the pages 3 Click the Define button and adjust the scan settings if necessary You can also click one of the other scan type buttons if you would rather scan with it For example if Color Document is selected you can click GrayScale in case you decide to scan with it instead 132 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 4 When youre ready to scan replace the preview page in its original position in your document then press Scan All The document is scanned with the new scan settings ADJUSTING THE ISIS SCAN SETTINGS You can adjust the
2. The OneTouch Properties window closes 96 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Start scanning using the button you selected for event forwarding A dialog box opens for you to select the application to use for scanning Visioneer Patriot 680 OneTouch Event Forwarding Select the program to launch for this action Microsoft PhotoD ra Microsoft PhotoDray es Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard Download pictures from a camera or scanner OmrniPage Pro OmrniPage Pro PaperPort PaperPort Always use this program for this action Select the application in the box and click OK Now the application you selected opens and you can continue the scanning from that application s TWAIN interface 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 web ready format in one automatic step To scan and create an HTML web page l A Open the OneTouch Properties window Using the arrows choose Button 6 OCR or any other button that has Microsoft Explorer as one of its Destination Applications Select Microsoft Explorer as the Destination Application CONFIGU
3. Oo Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner User s Guide Visioneer WY for Windows Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner User s Guide FOR WINDOWS Y visioneer 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 of Visioneer Inc The PaperPort brand name and logo are registered trademarks of Nuance Communications Inc Kofax VRS is a copyright of Kofax Image Products QuickScan is a trademark and ISIS is a registered trademark of Captiva Software Corporation Adobe Adobe Acrobat Acrobat Reader and the Adobe Acrobat PDF logo are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries The Adobe PDF logo will appear in this product s software and full access to Adobe software features is only available if any Adobe product is installed on your computer This product is covered by one or more of the following patents 6 480 304 5 818 976 5 499 108 5 517 332 Microsoft is a U S registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation ZyINDEX is a registered trademark of ZyLAB International Inc ZyVINDEX toolkit portions Copyright 1990 1998 ZyLAB International Inc All Rights Reserved All other products mentioned herein may be trademarks of
4. Custom s scan settings o Coni dh Gamma 1 65 6 Saturation 0 Click a setting in the list to 6 Color Hue 0 Degrees i r ig Scan Size 8 5 x 11 0 change It The setting S options oa Grey Scale Configurations appear on the right side of the EO Black amp White Configurations Advanced Interface where you can make changes if necessary Delete Sa Smeds Check the Scan Info to make sure your computer P pee i 0 1 0 0 has sufficient space for the image Warning icons on this box appear if your computer does not have enough space for the Basic Interface Preview Scan scanned image s file If you don t need all the f tures of the Advanced Inter face click Basic Interface to return to it Image Size 2 90 MByte Free Space 3 75 GByte Remove Click Preview to view the When you are satisfied Click Done to close the image in the window with the scan settings Advanced Interface click Scan 112 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Scan Aeflactve Using Scan Reflective Using Auto Document Feeder Duplex Auto Document Feeder Simplex EE Color Configurations g Custom me Resolution 100 OFI aly Brightness 0 Contrast 0 kh Gamma 1 65 GO Saturation 0 a Color Hue 0 Degrees iC Scan Size Color Better Quality e Resolution 200 OFI ia Brightness 0 Contrast 0 dh Gamma 1 65 GO Saturation 0 Color Hue 0
5. 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 60 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE m Document Management includes applications for processing and keeping track of your scanned documents m Image Editors include Microsoft Paint and other drawing and graphics applications m Text Editors 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 80 for more about OCR m PDF applications are for documents scanned to PDF format m Email includes Microsoft Outlook and other email applications See eMail Properties on page 51 for details about attaching scanned documents to your email messages mw 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 98 and Scan and Burn to a CD on page 92 for details m Fax and Print is for sending your scanned documents directly to your printer or fax software for faxing m Sti event forwarding is for using another application s interface for sc
6. The rtf file format Text that retains fees formatting when converted Available with Microsoft Wordpad and Word F Word Document The doc file format used by Microsoft Word CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 57 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 It is only available if you have installed OmniPage Pro on your computer See Scanning with sPDF or nPDF and Searching for Text on page 89 for details 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 The nPDF format is also only available if you have installed OmniPage Pro on your computer See Scanning with sPDF or nPDF and Searching for Text on page 89 for details To change the OCR settings choose OCR Options The OCR Options provide a series of selecti
7. 1 To check the scan settings before scanning click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification Area at the bottom right corner of the screen The OneTouch Button Panel opens Click on the arrows to cycle through to the other buttons O gt Visioneer Patriot 680 T Ly Scan Print eM ail 2 Right click a button on the panel to see its description The OneTouch Button Panel shows the description of the selected setting This sample shows the current description of setting 6 This number corresponds to the LED on the scanner s E Visioneer Patriot 680 X The icon indicates the Gols a Desti Quality US Letter Duplex estination Ff Mode Black amp white 300 dpi Duplex Application for this set Page 8 50 x 11 00 Pp OCR Settings Brightness 50 ting The current name of the setting 8 Your document will be scanned with these options for setting Number 6 Right clicking also opens the OneTouch Properties window for that setting also opens so you can change any settings before scanning Note The configurations shown on this example of the OneTouch Properties window are for illustration purposes only The configurations you see on your OneTouch Properties window may be different SCAN FROM THE FLATBED GLASS 31 OneTouch 4 0 Properties for Visioneer Patriot 680 Multi Function Options 4 HA O C R Select format and page s i Select destinati
8. Better Quality e Resolution 200 DPI 20 Brightness 0 Contrast 0 ih Gamma 1 65 6 Saturation 0 Color Hue 0 Degrees iQ Scan Size 8 5 x 11 0 Grey Scale Configurations EO Black amp White Configurations Image Size 2 90 MByte 6 amp 3 Free Space 3 75 GByte Remove Basic Interface Preview Scan Business Card Color Copy Email Photo Scan Document OCR Scan Magazine Page Resolution f n0 H Advanced Reduce Moire Click to close the settings panel Note The information in the scan settings list and the options you select on the various settings panels are interactive As you change the settings on the panel the numbers in the list on the left also change 116 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE ADJUSTING THE RESOLUTION Resolution determines the amount of detail you can see in the scanned image The resolution setting for a scan is in dots per inch dpi The higher the resolution the finer the details However higher dpi settings also take longer to scan and produce larger file sizes Usually the higher resolution settings are used for precision work such as photographs or fine artwork The following figure shows the resolution options ee Adjust Resolution Business Card Color Copy Email Photo Scan Document OCR Scan Magazine Page 3 Resolution 100 gt A gt T Reset Advanced Reduce Moire Reset
9. Note The location of various buttons on the panels may be slightly different on your Advanced Interface window The appearance of the window depends on your computer monitor s screen resolution THE TWO TWAIN INTERFACE OPTIONS 117 To adjust the resolution 2 To use one of the preset resolutions for typical scanned items click one of the options in the list For example to set the resolution for scanning a business card select Business Card That setting is preset to read small print on a typical business card To set the resolution manually drag the Resolution slider to the left to decrease the resolution or to the right to increase it You can also type a number directly into the resolution setting box or click the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the setting The resolution settings on your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner range from 50 dpi to 600 dpi Click Reset to return the resolution to its original setting The resolution panel also includes an advanced setting for Moire patterns Moire patterns are wavy rippled lines that sometimes appear on the scanned images of photographs or illustrations particularly newspaper and magazine illustrations To scan the image and limit or eliminate moire patterns select the Reduce Moire option This option is only available from 50 to 300 dpi 118 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST Sometimes an item is sc
10. Shows the scanner s status A steady green light indicates the scanner is available to scan A rapidly flashing green light indicates the scanner is preparing to scan or scanning Refer to the Troubleshooting section for additional details Destination Selector buttons Selects the scan setting for the Simplex and Duplex buttons Press to cycle through the settings LED Number Shows the current scan setting for the Simplex and Duplex scanning buttons A scan setting includes resolution file type brightness color or black and white destination and so on Duplex button Press to scan a two sided document Simplex button Press to scan a one sided document Scanner lock Locks the scanner s scan head in place to protect it Push the lock tab down to unlock the lock The scanner must be unlocked to scan Always lock the scanner before moving it ADF cable Connects the ADF to the scanner body The cable provides power to the ADF and must be plugged in for it to operate Power switch On Off power switch Power jack Connects the power cord to the scanner Universal Serial Bus USB port Connects the scanner to the computer VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE WHAT You NEED An IBM compatible Pentium PC or AMD equivalent with m A CD ROM drive m An available Universal Serial Bus USB port m Microsoft Windows operating system 2000 Service Pack 4 or XP Service Pack 1 and 2 m A minimum of 512
11. Storage Options Advanced Settings Select folder and transfer options EH Storage layout All documents are in the root Documents are put in folders by month Documents are put in folders by week gt Documents are put in folders by type Storage location 2 Click the Storage Layout options you want All documents are in the root The scanned documents are saved in the root of the folder specified in the Storage Location Documents are put into folders by month week or type Folders are created based on your selection month week or type and the scanned documents are saved in those folders New folders are created for each month and week so you can keep track of when you scanned the documents Type refers to the file type selected as the Page Format on the OneTouch Properties window By default the location of the archived documents is at C Documents and Settings lt your user name gt My Documents My OneTouch Archive and then in a folder based on your selection for the Storage Layout For example if the file type is TIFE and you select Documents are put into folders by type the default location of scanned archive documents is at C Documents and Settings lt your user name gt My Documents My OneTouch Archive TIFF Documents 3 Ifyou want to store your archive documents in some other location click the Browse button to specify the new location 4 Click OK or Apply 72 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER U
12. 0z Y a Select destination LE A FA Damn O E TTA BMP TIFF JPG PDF sPDF V Use Document Feeder V Use Flatbed Select configuration The Scan Configurations J Color Document US Legal Duplex US Letter Copy Duplex The Lock Icon W Configure Before Scan P Quality Color Photo 6x4 amp Vivid Color Photo 6x4 Color Magazine Duplex 3 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 To create a new configuration 1 Open the OneTouch Properties window and make sure the Multi Function 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 be listed for the buttons that are set for the same types of Destination Applications For example if you create a new configuration for a button that is set to show image editor applications that new configuration is also listed for any other buttons set for image editors but not for 64 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE buttons set for text editing applications Thus you can create specific sets of scan configurations
13. Degrees iC Scan Size 6 5 w 11 0 EO Grey Scale Configurations BO Blackithite Configurations From the Scan Type menu choose the option to scan m Auto Document Feeder Duplex Scans two sided documents from the Automatic Document Feeder m Auto Document Feeder Simplex Scans one sided documents from the Automatic Document Feeder m Scan Reflective Using Scans the document on the Flatbed Click one of the icons to select a configuration For example select Color Configurations and then select Custom to scan a color item with the preset Custom scan settings The configuration settings appear as a list Click the plus sign to see the full list Click the minus sign to collapse the list m Color scans the image in full color Use this setting to scan color photographs and other color images The file size is the largest of the image type options m Grey Scale scans the image using up to 256 true shades of gray Use this setting to scan black and white photographs and other higher quality black and white images You can also scan a color photo with this setting to turn its colors into gray shades The file size is about one third the size of a color scan m Black amp White is for letters memos pen and ink drawings and other black and white material This setting produces the smallest file size for scanned items Click the Preview button to preview the image before scanning Review the image to determine if adj
14. Scanning with sPDF or nPDF and Searching for Text on page 89 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 opens v m E a TIFF JP Minimize Size w Normal Maximize Quality 3 Choose the file size image quality option for your scanned images Minimize Size Smallest file size lowest image quality Normal Medium file size some loss of image quality Maximum Quality Largest file size no loss of image quality Your selection pertains only to the 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 JPEG or PDF file size image quality independently for each button 4 Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 55 TEXT FORMATS Selecting the text format option also selects OCR processing as an automatic step for scanning Therefore when you scan a document with the text format selected the text portions of the document are automatically converted to editable text See Scanning with Optical Character Recognition OCR on page 80 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
15. Your Scanner op Register Your Scanner and Check for Updates 25 ot ee ee TTT ETETETT 26 Load and Scan Documents 0 0 00 ee 27 Check the Scan Settings Before Scanning 30 Scan from the Flatbed Glass 1 2 0 ee ee 31 Scan from the OneTouch Button Panel 33 Using the OneTouch Button Panel 35 The Default OneTouch Settings on Your Scanner 38 Configuring the OneTouch Buttons 00 0200s 39 About the OneTouch Properties Window 40 Selecting New Settings fora Button 20 4 43 Setting Destination Application Properties 45 Selecting Page Format Options 0000s ee eee 53 Renaming a OneTouch Button 0005 58 Selecting Options fora Button 0 0 2 e eee eee ee 58 Creating a New Scan Configuration 0005 63 TABLE OF CONTENTS Editing or Deleting Scan Configurations TI Configuring Before Scanning 229 2640 saeadasd 32552252222 78 Scanning with Optical Character Recognition OCR 80 Scanning with sPDF or nPDF and Searching for Text 89 Scan and Buri toa CD sete ncn mecoeeeg aa o aia e saw ew ee es 92 Scanning with Event Forwarding 0 2008 94 Creating an HTML Web Page from Your Scanned Documents 96 Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage 98 Checking the Ha
16. brightness color saturation hue and gamma To see a selected scan configuration s settings click its icon Click the icon again to close the detailed information Select configuration g Color Document Click the icon of a selected E US Legal Duplex configuration to view its W US Letter Copy Duplex settings Made Black white 200 dpi I Page 8 50 x 11 00 Settings Brightness 50 2 co amp gt LILI W Configure Before Scan Quality Color Photo 6x4 g The icons next to each scan configuration indicate the scanning mode Color Black and White Grayscale Configure Before Scan Note Use Configure Before Scan if you want to set the scanning mode manually before scanning See Configuring Before Scanning on page 78 You can also click the Edit button or double click the configuration to see more detailed information about the selected configuration 42 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Select Format and Page s 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 the Microsoft Outlook i i fa z EMF POF TEST TIFF JPG The icon names indicate their file types See Selecting Page Format Options on page 53 for more about the formats Use Document Feeder Use Flatbed These two options are pre set to remain selected so you can
17. close button on the panel eM ail Fax SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL 37 ABOUT THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL S NAMES AND ICONS The button names such as PDF eMail or Fax indicate the original factory settings for a button For example the eMail button is set up to scan documents then immediately attach them to a new email message in Microsoft Outlook Express But you can change the name the Destination Application and any of the other aspects of the button A question mark for a button such as shown for button 5 means your computer does not have appropriate software for the initial factory settings Fax software in this example In that case you would probably want to change the name and Destination Application to something else For example if you scan a lot of documents that have faint images such as hand drawn sketches in light pencil you might want to change the button s name to Sketches and the Destination Application to Microsoft Paint or some other drawing program A folder icon for a button such as shown for buttons 1 2 and 7 means that the scanner sends the scanned image to the default folder at C Documents and Settings lt your user name gt My Documents My OneTouch Archive PDF Documents without first opening it in a Destination Application To see the scanned image open the file using the appropriate application for the file s format The file will be named with the current date Buttons 1 an
18. ia meld 1 D 8 0x10 0 Photo Gy aturation 0 Sy M A 8 3x11 7 A4 Color Hue 0 Degrees iO Scan Size Color Better Quality e Resolution 200 DPI 0 Brightness 0 Contrast 0 kh Gamma 1 65 E Saturation 0 Color Hue 0 Degrees iQ Scan Size 8 5 x 11 0 Grey Scale Configurations EO Black amp White Configurations 7 hom A Ltf0243 doifrgx6e2 Image Size 1 23 MByte Free Space 3 75 GByte Remove hic ae l Basic Interface Preview Scan The Scan Info box shows the The selected scan area size and position of the area You can now move or resize the outline to select the specific area you want to scan 2 To move the dotted outline put the pointer in the selected area and drag the mouse 3 To resize the area put the pointer on a dotted line and drag it As you drag a dotted line the menu selection for the image size changes to Custom to indicate you are customizing the size The Scan Info box on the lower left portion of the Advanced Interface shows the information for the new area 4 If the dotted line is not exactly where you want it put the pointer on the line and drag the mouse 5 Ifyou want to remove the selected area and start over click Remove on the Scan Info box Note Clicking Remove causes the entire 8 5 x 14 area to be selected 122 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE THE RULER UNITS The ruler around the edges of the image hel
19. is the recommended installation It installs the OneTouch 4 0 software which provides the necessary driver software for the scanner It also installs scanning interfaces for TWAIN Microsoft s Windows Image Acquisition WIA if your computer is running Windows XP and the ISIS driver Installing this option means that you can use several different methods to scan as explained in this User Guide m TWAIN and ISIS The TWAIN and ISIS drivers are installed The OneTouch 4 0 Monitor will not run and you cannot use the OneTouch features You can use the Visioneer Patriot 680 TWAIN driver to scan from TWAIN applications and Microsoft s Windows Image Acquisition WIA if your computer is running Windows XP You can also scan from applications that use the ISIS driver You will not be able to use the buttons on the scanner STEP 2 INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 13 m TWAIN only The TWAIN driver is installed without the OneTouch 4 0 software or the ISIS driver You can only scan using the Visioneer Patriot 680 TWAIN interface or WIA Windows XP only interface from a scanning application You will not be able to use the buttons on the scanner m ISIS only The ISIS driver is installed You can use applications that use the ISIS driver such as Kofax You will not be able to use the buttons on the scanner You will not be able to use the Visioneer Patriot 680 TWAIN driver Note If you decide to change your scanner s installed drivers later on you m
20. s option is set to scan in the DOC image format OneTouch 4 0 Properties for Visioneer Patriot 680 Multi Function Options MA OCR Select destination B Acrobat Reader Microsoft Excel Select format and page s The button number and name l V Use Document Feeder V Use Flatbed Select configuration Quality US Letter Duplex 2 Microsoft Explorer Scan Quality US Legal Duplex The Destination Application Microsoft WORD This is the application that opens when you are finished scanning Microsoft WordPad Notepad Click to select options The file format used when scanning The settings that the scanner uses when scanning with the current ly selected button in this case button 6 Note If you install new applications on your computer and they do not appear in the Select Destination list click the Refresh button CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 41 The settings on the Properties window are Select Destination The list of applications that can open to display the scanned image for the selected button To configure the list of available applications click the Options tab at the top of the dialog box and select the desired options See Selecting Options for a Button on page 58 for more information Select Configuration The list of available scan configurations for the selected button The configuration settings include scanning mode resolution dpi page size
21. scan settings for the selected type of scan Note Some of the options for the ISIS scan settings are grayed out and are not available Grayed out options are not appropriate for your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner To adjust the Color Document GrayScale or Text Document settings 1 On the OneTouch ISIS Scan window click the Color Document button the GrayScale button or the Text Document button then click the Define button The dialog box on the left opens for the Grey Color Document Settings The dialog box on the right opens for Text Document Settings A Text Document scan is in Black and White Grey Color Document Settings td Text Document Settings Brightness Manual Brightness Manual kS ii 128 mi 128 Fage Letter 5 5 x 11 in w Figg ale Page Letter 6 5 1717 in ka Cancel Brightness Drag the sliders or click the arrows to the right or left to adjust the brightness one unit at a time Click the buttons Darken Normal or Lighten to move the slide in larger steps SCANNING WITH THE ISIS INTERFACE 133 Contrast Contrast is set automatically for Color Document or GrayScale Document Because the Text Document option scans in Black and White the contrast option does not apply Resolution Click the menu arrow and choose a resolution dpi Your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner can scan at up to 600 dpi Page Click the menu arrow and choose a page size Your Visioneer Patriot 680 scan
22. the root Documents are put in folders by month Documents are put in folders by week gt Documents are put in folders by type Storage location G Business Receipts Click Apply The new configuration is now listed as a Transfer to Storage configuration Repeat the process to create additional new configurations such as cc 2 one named Storage for Personal Receipts Make sure to designate separate folders as the Storage Locations for the new configurations You will now have multiple configurations set up for the Transfer to Storage destination and each configuration scans documents to separate folders CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 75 OneTouch 4 0 Properties for Visioneer Patriot 660 Multi Function Options mE Arc h ive Select format and page s A Select destination A l E i l Transfer to Storage TIFF POF F Use Document Feeder Uze Flatbed Burn to CO ROM Select configuration SP Dive ES Wf Color Photo 6x4 US Letter Copy W Configure Before Scan g Color Magazine The new configurations Storage for Business Receipts apply to the Transfer to Storage for Personal Receipts Storage Destination Application 13 Now click the arrow buttons to select a scanner button for each new configuration Click Apply to set that button for that configuration The following examples show that buttons 7 and 8 have been set to scan to each of the new configur
23. their respective companies Information is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Visioneer The software described is furnished under a licensing agreement The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such an agreement It is against the law to copy the software on any medium except as specifically allowed in the licensing agreement No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or information storage and retrieval systems or translated to another language for any purpose other than the licensee s personal use and as specifically allowed in the licensing agreement without the express written permission of Visioneer Part Number 05 0707 000 Restricted Rights Legend Use duplication or disclosure is subject to restrictions as set forth in contract subdivision c 1 ii of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software Clause 52 227 FAR14 Material scanned by this product may be protected by governmental laws and other regulations such as copyright laws The customer is solely responsible for complying with all such laws and regulations Visioneer s Limited Product Warranty IF YOU FIND PHYSICAL DEFECTS IN THE MATERIALS OR THE WORKMANSHIP USED IN MAKING THE PRODUCT DESCRIBED IN THIS DOCUMENT VISIONEER WILL REPAIR OR AT ITS OPTION REPLACE THE PRODUCT AT NO CHARGE TO YOU
24. them to your personal dictionary You can also add names that you expect to be in the documents too That way when the OCR process proofreads the text names will not be considered misspelled words You can create multiple user dictionaries 84 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Click the menu arrow and select a user dictionary from the list Any Microsoft Word user dictionaries detected on your computer system are also listed A dictionary named Custom is your default Word dictionary To create a user dictionary click the button next to the menu arrow Click New type a name for the dictionary and click OK Click Close then choose your new dictionary from the list It will be used during the OCR process You add words to a dictionary during the proofreading process To turn on the proofreading process for your scanned documents see the OmniPage Pro documentation Professional Dictionaries These are legal and medical dictionaries containing highly specialized words and phrases The options are Dutch Legal Dutch Medical English Legal English Medical French Legal French Medical German Legal and German Medical Click the checkbox next to a dictionary name to select it Reject Character This is the character that the OCR process inserts for an unrecognizable text character For example if the OCR process cannot recognize the J in REJECT and is the reject character the word would appear as RE ECT in your docume
25. to CD link are waiting to be written to CD 50 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Note If you do not have a CD burner attached to your computer the CD options are not shown on the dialog box 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 If you are scanning to a shared network drive it must be a mapped drive For more information about mapped drives see your network administrator If you have a CD burner attached to your Windows XP computer the option Show message when ready to burn 5 CD 700MB should also be selected so you will see a message when it s time to click the Burn to CD button 3 Click OK on the Link Properties window CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 51 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 scanni
26. utility SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL 33 SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL You can scan from the OneTouch Button Panel on the screen p Adjust the paper guide for the width of paper and load the documents with their tops into the Automatic Document Feeder For Simplex one sided scans load the documents face up For Duplex two sided scans the documents can be face up or down because both sides are scanned Now click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification Area at the bottom right corner of the screen The OneTouch Button Panel opens and shows the first five on screen scanning buttons Click the arrows to cycle through all button settings When it reaches the last button clicking again goes back to one E E 2 gt Visioneer Patriot b80 pa x SF 2a Tast eM ail Fax Click the button you Click these arrows want to use to scan to navigate through the buttons 34 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 3 On the screen not on the scanner click the button you want to use to scan Go 2 Visioneer Patriot 680 EJ For example if you wantto Or if you want to scan with button 4 scan with button 2 which which attaches the scanned document converts the document to to a blank email message click here sPDF click here Note Your scanner comes with factory preset OneTouch button settings You can reconfigure and rename the buttons for your specific sc
27. window 131 One Touch Properties window 30 39 45 options 59 63 optical character recognition 11 P Page Format HTML 97 page format options 53 page settings 65 page size 66 paper jam 137 PDF 54 60 PDF file size 54 Picture type 129 power saving 105 Preview button 110 126 preview image 113 Preview One button 131 R Reject Character 84 Resolution 65 116 129 133 Rich Text Format 56 rtf file format 56 ruler units 122 S saturation 68 119 Scan Configuration 39 Scan Info box 122 scan single page 32 scan with event forwarding 95 scanner components 2 connecting 16 locking tab 8 troubleshooting 140 Searchable PDF 57 89 Select Configuration 41 44 Select Destination 41 43 59 Select Format and Page s 42 setup 5 Show All Destinations 59 Show Hardware 104 Simple Text 56 simplex button 3 26 27 28 67 size 66 skip blank originals 67 sPDF 11 43 54 57 89 spreadsheet 88 spreadsheets OCR 81 status light 18 19 140 INDEX 149 troubleshooting codes 142 Sti event forwarding 60 Storage and CD R W 60 Storage Properties 49 system requirements 4 T template 88 text color 86 Text Document button 132 Text Documents Properties 46 Text Editors 60 text file format 55 Text Formats 55 TIFF 53 Transfer to Storage 98 troubleshooting 140 true page 89 TWAIN 79 96 TWAIN Interface 107 TWAIN standard 107 U USB port 17 Use Flatbed 32 W watermark remove 68 WIA 79 125 Windows Im
28. you may see a thumbnail of the page Click on the thumbnail to see the full page E Recognized HIML document Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Q sack Q x a A PO search Pe Favorites A Media E2 lt gt Address file C Documents 20and 205ettings Local 205ettings Temp OT40P000F_Dir OT40P000F_Page1 htm 655 v Go T a2 Sz Y PaperPort T PaperPor 1710 Welcome PaperPort is a paper management software package that helps you organize access share and manage documents and image flies on your personal computer Designed for home and business use PaperPort prowides all the basics of desktop organization in one easy to learn and easy to use program PaperPort s large clear thumbnails allow you to visually organize retrieve and use your scanned documents Word files spreadsheets PDF flies and digital photos A Done 9 My Computer 9 Choose Save As from the Internet Explorer File menu give the 10 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 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 docume
29. 6 for ordering information REPLACING THE ADF PAD ASSEMBLY 139 To replace the ADF Pad assembly 1 Press the ADF cover release on the top of the scanner body to open the Automatic Document Feeder cover The pad is located in the middle of the ADE 2 Squeeze the plastic clamps that hold the pad assembly in place and lift the pad up and out 3 Reverse the procedure to replace the new pad into its slots 140 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE TROUBLESHOOTING In addition to the troubleshooting information contained in this section please see the Readme file on your installation CD The Readme file contains additional information that may help you diagnose problems with the scanner If you try the troubleshooting procedures described in this section and in the Readme file and the scanner still has problems you may have a malfunctioning scanner Refer to the technical support card that you received with your scanner Also visit our web site at www visioneer com for additional technical information Problem The scanner won t scan What s wrong Check for one of these possible problems m Are the cables loose or not plugged in securely Inspect the cable connections Make sure the cables are plugged in securely m Is the scanner s status light on Turn on the scanner s power If the status light doesn t come on plug the power supply into another electrical outlet m Did you restart the compute
30. Feeder cover 3 Wipe the feed roller from side to side Rotate the roller to clean its entire surface CLEARING PAPER JAMS 137 Note Please be careful when cleaning the roller The roller is designed to rotate in one direction only As youre cleaning the roller make sure it rotates easily and continue rotating it in that direction while wiping it clean Do NOT force the roller to rotate in the opposite direction Forcing the roller to rotate will damage it and may cause the scanner to feed pages incorrectly 4 Wipe the pad from top to bottom Be careful not to snag the swab on the springs on either side of the pad 5 Close the cover when youre finished 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 Press the ADF cover release on the top of the scanner body to open the Automatic Document Feeder cover 138 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 2 Remove the jammed paper and close the cover To reduce the number of paper jams smooth and straighten the paper before scanning and adjust the guides to the paper size REPLACING THE ADF PAD ASSEMBLY The ADF pad will wear out and is designed to be a user replaceable part Problems with documents feeding into the ADF is an indication that the pad is wearing thin See the Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner Parts List on page 14
31. MB megabytes of internal memory RAM m 200 MB minimum of free hard disk space A VGA or SVGA Monitor The recommended settings for your monitor are m High Color 16 bit or True Color 24 bit or 32 bit m Resolution set to at least 800 x 600 pixels To set your monitor s colors and resolution m Open the Windows Control Panel m Double click on Display then select the Settings tab DOCUMENTATION The following documentation is provided with your scanner m Quick Install Guide Abbreviated installation instructions m Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner Users Guide On the Installation CD contains detailed installation scanning configuration and maintenance information m Online Help For the scanner configuration TWAIN and WIA interfaces BEFORE YOU BEGIN 5 Installation Installation is a quick four step process l 2 J 4 Assemble the scanner Install the software Connect the power supply Connect the USB cable and turn on the power BEFORE YOU BEGIN Please make sure of the following before you begin installation The information in this guide may cover software not provided with the scanner you purchased Disregard any information about the software not applicable to your chosen product Please visit our web site at www visioneer com for the latest software updates for your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner If your computer has AntiVirus or AntiSpyware software running you may see messages during insta
32. N MAIN MENU The User Guides are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format The CD also includes a free copy of Acrobat Reader in case your computer does not have it already installed The Scanner Readme file is in HTML format and will open in any standard browser If you need to click Acrobat Reader to install it now Follow the instructions on the installation windows To view and save the User Guides l 4 Click the name of a User Guide you want to view and it will open in Acrobat Reader Use the Acrobat Reader Save command to save that User Guide on your computer Return to the Visioneer User Guides window and repeat the process to open view and save all the other User Guides you want The Scanner Readme file has late breaking news about your scanner When youre finished click Main Menu to return to the main Visioneer Installation window and click Exit Remove the CD and store both CDs in a safe place Thats it Installation is finished and your Visioneer scanner is ready to scan REGISTER YOUR SCANNER AND CHECK FOR UPDATES 25 REGISTER YOUR SCANNER AND CHECK FOR UPDATES Registering your scanner is important as it provides you with access to our free telephone support service Registration also gives you free access to software updates for your scanner To register your scanner l Right click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification Area at the bottom right corner of the screen Choose Check fo
33. NFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 91 Note Not all Destination Applications have the sPDF and nPDF options Microsoft Word for example does not have them as scanning options The settings for the button button 8 in this example now show your page format selection OneTouch 4 0 Properties for Visioneer Patriot 660 Multi Function Options 0g Custom Select format and page s fa s i s l x Select destination ict al The page format jah Microsoft Explorer BMP TIFF JPG POF eis 1con 1s NOW set to i Use Document Feeder Mw Use Flatbed the selection from w Microsoft ORD Select configuration the menu a Quality Color Document 8 5 A Microsoft WordPad 7 a Color Photo 6 4 2 f Color Document Notepad J e j Quality US Letter Duplex Zt Adobe Acrobat 6 0 US Letter Copy E4 US Legal Duplex Transfer to Storage E Quality US Legal HE a x 6 Choose a Scan Configuration 7 Click OK The OneTouch Properties window closes 8 Now scan with that button and the scanned document will be in the sPDF or nPDF format that was selected for the button Note The Transfer to Storage selection for a Destination Application also has the sPDF and nPDF options That means you can scan and store items directly to a server in these formats 9 To search for the text open Adobe Acrobat Reader or Adobe Acrobat 92 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 10 From the Adobe Acrobat File menu choo
34. ONS 65 GrayScale to scan items such as documents containing drawings or black and white photographs The scanning produces an image of up to 256 shades of gray Color to scan color photographs and other color items Color scans have the largest file size Resolution Drag the slider to the right or left to adjust the dots per inch dpi of the resolution The maximum resolution is 600 dpi the minimum is 50 dpi The higher the dpi setting the sharper and clearer the scanned image However higher dpi settings take longer to scan and produce larger files for the scanned images Brightness and Contrast Sometimes an item is scanned with the brightness and contrast set too light or too dark For example a note written with a light pencil may need to be scanned darker to improve legibility Brightness refers to the lightness or darkness of the image Contrast is the range between the darkest and lightest portions of the image The greater the contrast the more difference between the lighter and darker shades in the image Drag the sliders to the right or left to adjust the brightness and contrast of the scanned image The Contrast setting does not apply to the Black amp White mode If you want to lock the configuration click the key icon to change it from a key to a lock Click the Page Settings tab to select page settings 66 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Scan Configuration Properties Scan Settings Page
35. Off buttons To return the scanner to its factory settings click Reset Device 4 Click OK to save the changes and close the dialog box SCANNING WITH THE TWAIN INTERFACE 107 SCANNING WITH THE TWAIN INTERFACE In addition to using the scanner buttons or the OneTouch Button Panel to scan you can also scan using the TWAIN interface Many applications can use TWAIN for scanning 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 Many word processing graphics and imaging applications comply with the TWAIN standard and you can use your scanner with any application that is fully TWAIN compliant Note If the OneTouch configuration you are using to scan is set to Configure Before Scan and the selected option is TWAIN the TWAIN interface opens right away You don t need to open it from another application as explained in the following steps To scan with the TWAIN Interface 1 Open an application that is TWAIN compliant Applications that are TWAIN compliant include Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Word and many other graphics applications and word processing applications 2 Use the application s command that opens the TWAIN interface For example in Microsoft PowerPoint from the Insert menu choose Picture then choose From Scanner or Camera Click the drop down menu and choose Visioneer P
36. PROVIDED YOU RETURN IT POSTAGE PREPAID WITH PROOF OF YOUR PURCHASE FROM THE ORIGINAL RESELLER DURING THE 90 DAY PERIOD AFTER THE DATE OF YOUR ORIGINAL PURCHASE OF THE PRODUCT UPON RECEIPT DURING THE INITIAL 90 PERIOD BY VISIONEER OF A VALID REGISTRATION OF THE PRODUCT THIS LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY PERIOD IS EXTENDED TO THE 12 MONTH PERIOD AFTER THE DATE OF YOUR ORIGINAL PURCHASE IF A VALID REGISTRATION IS NOT RECEIVED DURING THE INITIAL 90 DAY PERIOD THE 12 MONTH WARRANTY IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AND YOUR PRODUCT WARRANTY WILL TERMINATE AFTER THE 90 DAY INITIAL PERIOD EXPIRES THIS IS VISIONEER S ONLY WARRANTY AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY CONCERNING THE PRODUCT ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WRITTEN OR ORAL INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON INFRINGEMENT ARE EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED AS A RESULT EXCEPT AS SET OUT ABOVE THE PRODUCT IS SOLD AS IS AND YOU ARE ASSUMING THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE PRODUCT S SUITABILITY TO YOUR NEEDS ITS QUALITY AND ITS PERFORMANCE IN NO EVENT WILL VISIONEER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM ANY DEFECT IN THE PRODUCT OR FROM ITS USE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES All exclusions and limitations in this warranty are made only to the extent permitted by applicable law and shall be of no effect to the extent in conflict with the express requirements of appli
37. R SCANS You can select new settings before you scan an item to fine tune exactly how you want to scan a particular item To select the scanner settings before you scan Scan using Visioneer Patriot 680 What do you want to scan Paper source i v Select an option below for the type of picture you want to scan sa Color picture sat Grayscale picture wi Black and white picture or text f Custom Settings fou can also Adjust the quality of the scanned picture Page size Legal 8 5 x 14 inches 216 x 35E v 9 On the scan window click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture The Advanced Properties dialog box opens Advanced Properties Advanced Properties Appearance Brightness Contrast Resolution DPI Picture type SCANNING WITH THE WINDOWS IMAGE ACQUISITION 129 10 Select the options for scanning 11 Brightness and Contrast Drag the sliders to the right or left to adjust the brightness and contrast of the scanned image The Contrast setting does not apply to the setting Black and White picture or text Resolution DPI Click the menu arrow and choose the dots per inch dpi of the resolution The maximum resolution is 600 dpi the minimum is 50 dpi The higher the dpi setting the sharper and clearer the scanned image However higher dpi settings take longer to scan and produce larger files for the scanned images Picture type Click
38. RING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 97 4 Choose HTML as the Page Format OneTouch 4 0 Properties for Visioneer Patriot 660 y Multi Function Options ole Custom Select format and page s WW A AL a Select destination v a H Z Ci Choose HTML JPG Microsoft Excel HTML W Use Document Feeder e Use Flatbed amp Microsoft Explorer Select configuration Quality Color Document w Microsoft WORD Color Phato 6x4 Color Document A Microsoft WordPad E Quality US Letter Duplex Meema US Letter Copy E4 US Legal Duplex Zi Adobe Acrobat 6 0 Quality US Legal ww 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 Click OK The OneTouch Properties window closes Insert the document into the Automatic Document Feeder or put a page on the Flatbed glass Now on the OneTouch Button Panel click Button 6 or if you used another button click it 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 98 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Note If you have OmniPage Pro installed on your computer
39. SER S GUIDE SCANNING TO MULTIPLE FOLDERS When archiving documents with the Transfer to Storage option you can scan them to multiple folders For example one folder might be for Business Receipts a second folder might be for Personal Receipts and a third folder might be for Annual Receipts To scan to multiple folders you create multiple scan configurations with Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application and assign each scan configuration to one of the scanner buttons Setting up multiple folders for transfer to storage 1 Using Microsoft Windows create the folders that you want to use for storing scanned items Note that you can also create the folders later while creating the new scan configurations 2 Open the OneTouch Properties window Select Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application Click the New button OneTouch 4 0 Properties for Visioneer Patriot 680 Multi Function Options m Archive Select destination panty Transfer to Storage Burn to CD ROM i Drive E Select format and page s w a BH A a BMP TIFF JPG SENEE sPDF V Use Document Feeder V Use Flatbed Select Transfer to Storage Select configuration P Color Photo 6x4 US Letter Copy Scan amp Color Magazine 4 Scan for Light Text Click the New button The Scan Configuration Properties dialog box opens CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 73 Click the Scan Settings Page Settings a
40. Scan Configurations dialog box when your selected Destination Application sends the scanned image to a printer fax application or other device You use the options on the Device Settings tab to select settings for the device 1 Click on the Device Settings tab Scan Configuration Properties Scan Settings Page Settings Device Settings Advanced Settings Page options Fit to page reduce image if necessary Actual size crop image if necessary Center image on page Maintain aspect ratio AutoR otate image for best fit C Collate copies Copies Fit to page reduce image if necessary If the scanned image is too big to be printed or faxed on a single page the image will automatically be reduced to fit the page Actual size crop image if necessary If the scanned image is too big to be printed or faxed on a single page the image will automatically be cropped around its edges to fit on the page Center image on page The image will be printed in the center of the page instead of at the top right corner 70 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 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 cop
41. Settings Advanced Settings Size Standard Legal 8 x 14 in w Custom width Height 14 00 Inches Click to toggle between inches and Improvements and Settings Saas millimeters Duplex Reduce Moire Patterns CI Skip Blank Originals Color Filter C Invert Image Red Green Blue Size Click Standard click the menu arrow and choose a page size from the list or click Custom and enter the horizontal and vertical page dimensions in the boxes The maximum size is 8 5 x 14 The units of measurement can be inches or millimeters Click the name of the units inches or millimeters to toggle between them Improvements and Settings Only the options that apply to the selected Destination Application are available Reduce Moire Patterns Moire patterns are wavy rippled lines that sometimes appear on the scanned images of photographs or illustrations particularly newspaper and magazine illustrations Selecting Reduce Moire Patterns will limit or eliminate moire patterns in the scanned image This option is only available for the Grayscale or Color Mode at 300 dpi or less CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 67 Invert Image Only available for Black amp White Mode this option reverses the black and whites of an image Original Image Inverted Image Duplex Scan both sides of the page If this option is not selected the scanner will scan the front side of the page only Note Because you can set Duplex
42. Use Defaults Click OK when youre finished Click the Process tab and choose the options from the Process window 86 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Options OCR Process Format When bringing in a new image Insert Otter last page Cancel Automatically prompt for more pages W Automatically corect page orientation Retain text and background color Retain inverted text Look for facing pages User interface language English When bringing in a new image Click the menu arrow and select where you want new pages added to your current document The choices are After last page After current page Before current page and Before first page Automatically prompt for more pages Select this option if the document is too big to fit into the scanner s paper guide Automatically correct page orientation Select this option to have the OCR process check orientation and automatically rotate an improperly oriented page image by 90 180 or 270 degrees prior to recognition All pages are automatically straightened de skewed if necessary Retain text and background color If your document contains colored text or backgrounds select this option to have them detected and displayed in the text editing application you have selected The colored text and backgrounds will also be available for export Deselect this option if you want color pictures in the document but do not want colored text and background
43. age Acquisition 125 Word Document 56 X xls file format 57 INDEX 150 visioneer VW Copyright 2006 Visioneer Inc 05 0707 000
44. all the Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner you remove the OneTouch software l On the Windows taskbar click Start point to Settings then click Control Panel Double click the Add or Remove Programs icon The Add or Remove Programs window opens Select OneTouch 4 0 then click the Remove button An Add or Remove message box opens and asks if you are sure you want to remove OneTouch 4 0 from your computer Click Yes The OneTouch 4 0 software is removed from your computer Unplug the scanner USB cable Close all open windows and reboot restart your computer 144 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE To INSTALL ANOTHER DRIVER Before you can install another driver for your scanner you must remove the currently installed driver first Then the new driver can be installed 1 Uninstall the OneTouch 4 0 driver b C d Open the Windows Control Panel Double click the Add or Remove Programs icon Select OneTouch 4 0 then click on the Remove button An Add or Remove message box opens and asks if you are sure you want to remove OneTouch 4 0 from your computer Click Yes The OneTouch 4 0 software is removed from your computer 2 Unplug the scanner USB cable Reboot restart your computer Follow the instructions in Step 2 Install the Software on page 9 of this User Guide and follow steps for installing one of the other driver options Note The OneTouch 4 0 driver is required fo
45. and Simplex for the OneTouch buttons there could be a conflict when you press the Simplex or Duplex button on the scanner Regardless of the OneTouch setting the scanner button always takes precedence In other words even if the LED number on the scanner has a setting for Duplex when you press the Simplex scanner button the scanner scans in Simplex mode and vice versa Skip Blank Originals Skips pages that are completely blank Typically you use this option when you will scan a stack of two sided pages which have a number of blank sides This option is only available for Duplex scanning 68 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 8 9 Drag the sliders to the left and right to change the color settings As you do the image changes to show the effects of the new settings Color Filter Color filter is the ability of your scanner to automatically remove a color from a scanned item For example if you are scanning a letter with a red watermark you can choose to filter out the red so the scanned letter just shows the text and not the red watermark Color filter applies to Black amp White or Grayscale Mode The original with a red watermark over black text Markit ABD int dite n aed pale de pridat woe ere Heuph CHEM a rey bere Ag gile E Ate ped ovge 2 el mrad rarkia Lap races al Tabane tint ra AES hii catia ed en etme maggie each of te OEM M conor Thaw ected aragere ere cep vie Bor Pete ey Combe i
46. anned with the brightness and contrast set to be too light or too dark For example a note written with a light pencil may need to be scanned darker to improve legibility The following figure shows the brightness and contrast options Contrast is only available for Color and Gray Scale configurations 7 ae 5 7 wt 2 Adjust Appearance Brightness To adjust the brightness and contrast 1 Drag the Brightness slider to the left to make the item darker or to the right to make the item lighter 2 Drag the Contrast slider to the left to decrease the contrast or to the right to increase the contrast You can also type a number directly into the brightness or contrast setting boxes or click the up and down arrows next to the box to increase or decrease the setting 3 Click Reset to return the settings to their original numbers THE TWO TWAIN INTERFACE OPTIONS 119 ADJUSTING GAMMA SATURATION AND COLOR HUE If youre using the Color Configuration to scan you can adjust a group of color settings Gamma controls the brightness of the color midtones Saturation is the strength or purity of a color and hue is the color your eyes see as reflected from the image The following figure shows the color options l Adjust Response Curve Gamma 65 Reset Pixel Rendering Saturation o H Color Hue bo Reset 2 To adjust the color settings 1 Drag the Gamma Saturation and Color Hue slid
47. anning 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 94 for details 4 After selecting a new category of Destination Applications click the Multi Function tab to see which ones are added to the list Show Progress Window Select this option to display the progress window of the document s during scanning 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 or may not want an additional permanent copy saved on your hard drive CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 61 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 But because you already have the original picture you may not want to also save a permanent file of that image as well The same situation may occur when you scan directly to a printer or scan to a fax application You already have the paper version and in the case of a printer you would have two paper copies the original and the scanned printed version so there s no need for an electronic file too However by selecting this Create copies of scanned documents option you can choose to save permanent copies of those types of images on your hard drive The copies wil
48. anning requirements For information see The Default OneTouch Settings on Your Scanner on page 38 The scanner begins scanning When the process finishes the scanned images appear in the Destination Application or are stored in a folder just as if you scanned with the Simplex or Duplex scanner buttons SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL 35 USING THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL The OneTouch Button Panel is also your on screen set of controls for the scanner The OneTouch Button Panel shows information about the scanner and its settings 1 To open the OneTouch Button Panel click the OneTouch icon It is located in the Windows Notification Area at the bottom right corner of the screen The OneTouch Button Panel opens at its Button View which shows the on screen scanning buttons Oo Visioneer Patriot 680 a af Gf of of 25 Scan POF Frint eMail Fax The Button View 2 Toscan from the panel click the icon you want to use to scan 3 To see the details for a button right click on it The Properties window for that button also opens Right click on a button to see its details in the Detail View and Properties Window O gt Visioneer Patriot 680 QO gt Visioneer Patriot 680 E 1A E lt aa 5 Quality US Letter Duplex Gag E By 4 Fe Mode Black w hite 3 300 dpi Duplex i DE Page 8 50 x 11 00 Print eMail Fax OCR renee OCR Settings Brightness 50 l l i The Detail Vie
49. any scan button with a text format as the page format SCANNING WITH SPDF OR NPDF AND SEARCHING FOR TEXT Searchable PDF sPDF and Normal PDF nPDF are special forms of an Adobe PDF file sPDF converts scanned text into the PDF format with text search and OCR capabilities nPDF has those same features plus you can edit the text in an nPDF image if you have a PDF editing program he two PDF formats can also produce images with different image quality so you may want to experiment with them to determine which is better for your scanned documents sPDF and nPDF are only available as page format options if you have installed OmniPage Pro on your computer Note If you did not install the OmniPage Pro software as part of the scanner installation and you choose to install it at this time you may have to restart your computer before the sPDF and nPDF formats are available in the OneTouch software To scan with sPDF or nPDF 1 Open the OneTouch Properties window 2 Using the arrows choose a OneTouch button to use for the sPDF or nPDF scanning 3 Select a Destination Application that uses a text format as the page format 90 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 4 Right click on the text format icon Simple Text Rich Text Format word Document Comma Delimited Excel Spreadsheet HTML Document Searchable POF w Mormal PDF OCR options 5 Choose the Searchable PDF or Normal PDF option for the page format CO
50. ations OneTouch 4 0 Properties for Visioneer Patriot 680 K OneTouch 4 0 Properties for Visioneer Patriot 680 a p Multi Function Options Multi Function Options a 0 St ora g e 1 Select format and page s a ola St ora g e 2 Select format and page s Select destination W E B N T destination y H A J N Storage BMP TIFF JPG PDF sPDF idee Sas BMP TIFF JPG PDF sPDF HH MV Use Document Feeder V Use Flatbed H V Use Document Feeder V Use Flatbed Burn to CD ROM Select configuration Burn to CD ROM Select configuration SH Drive Es amp Color Photo 6x4 Se Drive ES g Color Photo 6x4 E US Letter Copy E US Letter Copy i Configure Before Sc ail Configure Before Scan J Color Magazine amp Color Magazine Storage for Business Receipts Storage for Business Receipts Storage for Personal Receipts Storage for Personal Receipts Note that the button names have also been changed to Storage 1 and Storage 2 to remind you that both send documents to storage but to different locations To change button names see Renaming a OneTouch Button on page 58 76 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Scan to multiple storage folders 1 Insert the documents you want to scan to multiple storage folders 2 Press the Destination Selector buttons on the scanner to get to one of the buttons set up for scanning to storage Press the Simplex or Duplex button to scan the documents 4 Whe
51. atriot 680 Then click Custom Insert Note that your scanner may be listed twice One listing is for choosing TWAIN Interface the other is usually for choosing the WIA Interface See Scanning with the Windows Image Acquisition on page 125to scan from WIA Other applications have steps similar to PowerPoint s 3 The TWAIN Interface will open If you ve already scanned using TWAIN the interface that opens is the one you used previously to scan Please refer to an application s user guide for the appropriate steps to open the TWAIN Interface for your scanner 108 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE THE Two TWAIN INTERFACE OPTIONS When scanning with TWAIN you have two interface options m Basic Interface Use the Basic Interface if you don t need to make many adjustments to the image before scanning You can adjust brightness contrast resolution page size and picture type You can also choose to scan from the ADF or Flatbed See Scanning from the TWAIN Basic Interface on page 109 m Advanced Interface The Advanced Interface includes all the settings of the Basic Interface plus a wide range of more advanced settings such as color saturation gamma and hue See Scanning from the TWAIN Advanced Interface on page 111 Scanning from Visioneer Patriot 680 Scan Type Auto Document Feeder Duplex v Picture Type Color picture v Brightness T o Contrast 1 Res
52. cable law RoHS and WEEE Compliance This product is compliant with RoHS Regulations of the European Parliament and Council Directive on the Restrictions of the Use of Certain Hazardous 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 e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help This equipment has been cer
53. canner Do not proceed until you receive a message that your computer has found the new hardware or updated the driver database If your computer is running Windows XP you will see the following message i Found New Hardware x Your new hardware is installed and ready to use 5 When youre certain that the software has completely loaded return to the Complete the installation by connecting your hardware window amp Complete the installation by connecting your hardware Connect the AC Adaptor to the scanner 1 and an outlet 2 Connect the USB cable to the scanner 3 and your computer 4 Finally turn the scanner on 5 Plug and Play will finish installing the scanner d 6 Click OK The scanner s status light is green when the scanner and computer are communicating properly 20 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 7 Click Close on the Installation Complete window to close and exit the software installer iis OneTouch 4 0 Installation Complete OneTouch 4 0 has been successfully installed Click Close to exit Cancel Back If you selected OmniPage Pro for installation a window tells you to insert the second CD to install it YW visioneer OmniPage Pro is located on a separate CD Disc 2 Once you are done installing the applications on Disc 1 click on the link below to exit Insert Disc 2 and proceed with the OmniPage Pro installation EXIT DISC 1 If you wis
54. ced Interface Scanning from Visioneer Patriot 680 to PaperPort Auto Document Feeder Duplex 4 EE Color Configurations i Custom e Resolution 100 DPI O Brightness 0 Contrast 0 dh Gamma 1 65 E Saturation 0 Color Hue 0 Degrees iQ Scan Size Color Better Quality e Resolution 200 DPI O Brightness 0 Contrast 0 kh Gamma 1 65 E Saturation 0 Color Hue 0 Degrees iO Scan Size 8 5 11 0 E Grey Scale Configurations EO Black amp White Configurations Delete 5 ave Save s z Image Size Free Space Basic Interface 2 90 MByte 3 75 GByte Remove Resolution Brightness Contrast Color Gamma Saturation and Hue Scan Size Preview Scan Note The list of scan settings for a configuration applies only to that type of configuration For example the Black amp White Configuration does not have a setting for adjusting the Color Hue THE TWO TWAIN INTERFACE OPTIONS 115 The following figure shows an example of the Advanced Interface if you click the Resolution setting in the list or click the Resolution button Scanning from Visioneer Patriot 680 to PaperPort Auto Document Feeder Duplex we a EE Color Configurations Custom e Resolution 100 DPI Brightness 0 Contrast 0 kh Gamma 1 65 g Saturation 0 Color Hue 0 Degrees iO Scan Size Color
55. ch Text Format word Document w OCR options CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 83 The OmniPage OCR Options window opens with the OCR tab selected Options OCR Process Format Languages in document User dictionary m M English none Afrikaans Albanian J Professional dictionaries Lancel Aymara Basque LI Dutch Legal Bemba O Dutch Medical Blackfoot O English Legal Breton Eugotu Reject character Bulgarian i Byelorussian ORA Catalan Chamorro a Font Matching O O O O O O O O O O JO Choose the options you want from the OCR window Languages in Document Select the language s in the documents to be scanned These are the languages that will be recognized during the OCR process For faster and more reliable language recognition select only the languages in the document The languages at the top of the list are your recent choices Below that the languages are in alphabetical order Type a letter to jump to one of the languages in the list The dictionary icon indicates a language with dictionary support available The dictionary is consulted to help in the OCR process It can also offer suggestions during proofing User Dictionary A user dictionary is your personal dictionary with words that you want the OCR proofreading process to recognize as legitimate words For example if you scan documents with highly technical terms not found in typical dictionaries you can add
56. ck the Options tab then click the Select Button drop down menu You can then select the button from the menu list Click the Multi Function tab to get back to the button settings CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 59 To select options 1 Open the OneTouch Properties window and click the Options tab Options tab One Touch 4 0 Properties for Visioneer Patriot 660 oy Multi Function Options O Show all destinations C Document management Email C Image editors ie Paint C Storage and CD A w C Tert editing applications i e Word C Fax and Print C POF applications Sti event forwarding Show progress window C Create copies of scanned documents Folder copy options Location C Documents and Settings AdministratorshMy D ocum Folders O Group items by button Group items by type None SubFolders 2 Group items by week Group items by month None 2 Click the menu arrow and choose the button for new options 3 Select button options as described below Show All Destinations This option selects all the Destination Application categories The list of Destination Applications available for the selected button will include all the applications on your computer that fall into these categories This is the default selection for Button 8 Custom The list also includes printers and other devices connected to your computer so for example you can scan an item and have it printed immediately
57. computer screen Open the OneTouch scan panel and window adjust the scan settings as needed put the document in the scanner then click the icon on the OneTouch panel Also use this OneTouch method of scanning if you want to access the advanced features of Optical Character Recognition OCR available from the OmniPage Pro application See Scan from the OneTouch Button Panel on page 33 WAIN Interface This option uses your scanners TWAIN interface to scan Select the TWAIN scan settings put the document in the scanner then click a button on the TWAIN interface window See Scanning with the TWAIN Interface on page 107 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 a button on the WIA window Scanning with WIA is only available if your computer is running Windows XP See Scanning with the Windows Image Acquisition on page 125 ISIS Interface This option uses ISIS driver to scan Select the ISIS scan settings put the document in the scanner then use your ISIS application to scan using the ISIS Interface See the ISIS Interface on page 131 OS LOAD AND SCAN DOCUMENTS 27 LOAD AND SCAN DOCUMENTS When you press either the Simplex or Duplex button documents are scanned using the scan settings indicated by the LED number The scanned images are then sent to a software application kno
58. d 7 are preset to scan documents into the PDF format Button 2 scans to the sPDF format Use an application that can read the PDF or sPDF format to open the scanned document See Configuring the OneTouch Buttons on page 39 to change the settings of the buttons on the OneTouch Button Panel 38 Button 1 10 99 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Name Scan PDF Print eMail Fax OCR Archive Custom Paint THE DEFAULT ONETOUCH SETTINGS ON YOUR SCANNER The scanner buttons are preconfigured for basic tasks such as email or fax then send the scanned image to a storage location or preselected Destination Application Settings 10 through 99 are unnamed You can change or rename any of these settings Destination Store in the folder My Documents My OneTouch Archive PDF Documents Store in the folder My Documents My OneTouch Archive PDF Documents Printer Microsoft Outlook as attachment Fax Application Microsoft Word if installed If Word is not installed documents are stored in the folder My Documents My OneTouch Archive PDF Documents Store in the folder My Documents My OneTouch Archive PDF Documents Microsoft Paint Microsoft Paint Unnamed Microsoft Paint Preconfigured Settings Black amp White 200dpi Duplex 8 5 x 11 page Brightness 50 Black amp White 300dpi Duplex 8 5 x 11 page Brightness 50 Black amp White 300dpi Simplex 8 5 x 11 page Bright
59. ders by type CO burner options Show message when ready to burn 5 CD 700 MB Your scanned documents will be stored at this location Storage location C Documents and Settings Administrator My Do Documents transfered to the Burn to CD link are waiting to be written to CD To Use OCR Before Transferring to Storage If the documents you want to transfer to storage are text documents or spreadsheets you can have them converted by the OCR process prior to being stored 1 Open the OneTouch Properties window 2 Using the arrows choose Button 7 or any other button if it is set up with Transfer to Storage as one of its Destination Applications 3 Choose a text format as the file format CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 101 Right click on the text format icon and choose the file format for the scanned documents ne Touch 4 0 Properties for Visioneer Patriot 660 Multi Function Options a Select format and page s BV Archive cot jo F w a a A Select destination d EMF JPG POF L Transfer to Storage TPE nPD Simple Text Use Document Feeder I Use Flatbe Rich Text Format Burn to CD ROM Select configuration Word paa aga Drive EA E US Legal Archive jammer Deaimite Excel Spreadsheet W Configure Before Scan lO HTML Document E US Letter Archive Searchable PDF Normal PDF OCR options Choose a Scan Configuration Click OK The OneTouc
60. e 144 Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner Specifications 145 Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner Parts List 000005 146 iv TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME Your new Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner can quickly scan single sided or double sided stacks of color and black and white documents up to 8 5 x 14 and place their images on your computer 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 Patriot 680 Scanner Paper Tray Replacement USB Cable Power Cord Two CDs User Buttons Quick Install Guide and Technical Disc 1 and Disc 2 Guide Label Support Card VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 1 2 ye VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE THE VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER ADF cover release Input Tray Output tray Paper Stop Status light Destination Selector buttons LED Number Duplex button Simplex button Scanner lock on side of scanner ADF cable Power wich l USB port Power jack THE VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER 3 ADF cover release Opens the cover on the ADF Input tray Holds documents in place Paper guide on the input tray adjusts to fit the document width Output tray Holds documents after being scanned through the Automatic Document Feeder ADF Paper Stop Keeps scanned documents on the output tray Status light
61. e Destination Application and the type of application is Storage and CD R W such as Button 7 the location in this section is where your scanned documents are stored When you use the OneTouch 4 0 Burn to CD feature the location is where scanned documents are stored before they are burned onto the CD 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 For example if the button is named Printer the documents are grouped under the name Printer 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 The following example shows the folders when the selections are Group items by type and Group items by month E My Scanned Documents E BMP Documents C December 2005 O November 2005 9 October 2005 E JPG Documents 9 December 2005 9 November 2005 O October 2005 Click OK to save the options for the selected button CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 63 CREATING A NEW SCAN CONFIGURATION The scan configurations are where you select the scanning resolution brightness mode color black amp white or grayscale and a number of other settings OneTouch 4 0 Properties for Visioneer Patriot 680 Multi Function Options a P D F Select format and page s x
62. els x Select a format for the V Use Document Feeder MV Use Flatbed scanned s oe Select configuration Quality US Letter Duplex Select a configuration for scanning the item Microsoft Explorer Scan Quality US Legal Duplex w Microsoft WORD Microsoft WordPad Notepad To select new settings for the Scanner Button 1 Click the button selection arrows to select the button you want to change Each button has its own settings So as you click the arrows to cycle through the buttons the available settings on the window change to show them for each button 2 From the Select Destination list select the application where you want documents sent when scanning is finished See Selecting Options for a Button on page 58 to display a full list of the Destination Applications that you can use with the scanner Note If you select a word processing program such as Microsoft WordPad or Microsoft Word and a page format that can be used for OCR such as TEXT RTE DOC sPDE or nPDF the text in scanned images is automatically converted to word processing text See Scanning with Optical Character Recognition OCR on page 80 for details 44 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 3 From the Select Configuration list select a scan configuration To scan in color select one of the configurations indicated by the small color icon such as the Color Document configuration The scan con
63. ers to the left to decrease the settings or to the right to increase the settings You can also type a number directly into the setting boxes or click the up and down arrows next to the boxes 2 Click Reset to return the settings to their original numbers 120 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE ADJUSTING INPUT SIZE You can scan documents up to 8 5 x 14 but you can select other scan sizes or adjust the input size to scan only specific sections of an image For example if you re scanning a photograph and want to focus on one section adjusting the input size removes the rest of the photograph from the final scanned image The following figure shows the input size options ey Adjust Input Size Input Image Size a 3 52 0 Business Card 5 03 5 Photo Card 6 0 4 0 Photo Card 7 05 0 Photo Card 8 0 10 0 Photo 8 3x11 7 44 v e To set the image size 1 Select the image size from the menu A dotted outline shows the selected area in the image The following figure shows an example of a manually selected area THE TWO TWAIN INTERFACE OPTIONS 121 Scanning from Visioneer Patriot 680 to PaperPort Auto Document Feeder Duplex 7 3 ar Adjust Input Size EE Color Configurations a Input Image Size This 1S the Image that appears Custom rl ag e RT NS E o when scanning is finished 5 Brightness 0 bo baa 5 0 3 5 Photo Card Contrast 0 Y2 Es e isee ale x 0x5 0 Photo Car
64. etup Wizard opens i OneTouch 4 0 Welcome to the OneTouch 4 0 Setup Wizard S The installer will guide you through the steps required to install OneTouch 4 0 for the Patriot 680 on your computer WARNING This computer program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized duplication or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil or criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the masinun extent possible under the law 7 Click Next 8 On the Visioneer License Agreement window read the license agreement If you accept the terms select I Agree then click Next If you choose not to accept the license agreement the installation will terminate and the scanner driver will not be installed 12 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE The next window lists the choices of the drivers that you can install for your scanner Note Some of the options lOnelouch 4 0 listed in this window may not be available when you Scanner Software Options S purchase your scanner Please visit our web s te at Recommend Full Install which includes OneTouch software to enhance scanner button functions www visioneer com TWAIN and ISIS software ts required in some applications for the latest updates Full Install OneTouch TWAIN and 1515 O TWAIN and ISIS TWAIN Only ISIS Only 9 Select the option you want m Full Install OneTouch TWAIN and ISIS This
65. figuration list is preset for the application you select in the Select Destination list If you select a different application the configurations are for that application However you can create your own scan configurations as well Select a Format and Page s option The available options apply to the Destination Application you select For example if you select Microsoft Word as the Destination Application the available formats are for text such as doc txt and ttf However if you select Microsoft Paint as the Destination Application then the available formats are for graphics such as bmp and jpg Click OK or if you want to keep the window open and work with other features click Apply Note that while the OneTouch Properties window is open you cannot scan yet by clicking a button on the OneTouch Panel You must click OK or close the OneTouch Properties window first However you can scan at any time by pressing the Simplex or Duplex button on the scanner When you are finished selecting new settings for a button and you press or click a scanner button the document is scanned using the newly configured settings for that button CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 45 SETTING DESTINATION APPLICATION PROPERTIES The different types of Destination Applications have various properties that you can select 1 On the OneTouch Properties window click a Destination Application 2 Click the Properties button OneT
66. for specific functions and they are listed 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 Note If you re 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 Scan Configuration Properties scan Settings Page Settings Advanced Settings Color Magazine Duplex 4 If the configuration Type a new name for the configuration Mode Resolution is locked click the Select the scan mode EJ O Black amp white 50 100 300 B00 lock tp unlock it and drag the slider to set O GrayScale icon becomes a the resolution 7 Drag the sliders to set Brightness the Brightness and Contrast Contrast 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 Mode Select a scanning mode Black amp 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 CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTT
67. h Properties window closes Now start scanning using Button 7 or other button you set up for archiving When scanning is finished the documents are saved in the text file format and in the location you specified 102 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE To TRANSFER DOCUMENTS TO A SERVER OR MAPPED DRIVE When selecting the storage location for scanned documents you can select a local folder or a folder on a server or mapped drive You select a mapped drive using the Browse button 1 See Scanning to Multiple Folders on page 72 or Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage on page 98 for the steps to select the Transfer to Storage options 2 On either the OneTouch 4 0 Link Properties window or from the Scan Configuration Properties window click the Browse button OneTouch 4 0 Link Properties Scan Configuration Properties Storage Scan Settings Page Settings Storage Options Advanced Settings Select folder and transfer options Documents dropped on this link will be transferred to oe storage devices i e file system or CD Burner e Storage layout All documents are in the root gS Storage layout Documents are put in folders by month All documents are in the root Documents are put in folders by week Documents are put in folders by month Documents are put in folders by type Documents are put in folders by week Documents are put in folders by type CD burner option
68. h alee chee i bihen Perea coreg of dale bd hehe Be ad ol eh Creme pradio pepe rep mers Cyr geal rp fe dehy j ire menan complete uE emar Eade The scanned item with the red filtered out Fase my ABC lec disrikutes ond sella ts predact acldvice iwagi CEM MOC Als ond dibrigy og Ag of June 1393 ABC wit eegioyad avers wed fined maiek aig ete Seppo piitinrel To bathe garg de ceaton ry AS har aed an Sie AL m EF for peaked be OERUODM ou oer These Boh oinlend Skga d ore re he able for ce en ey gSa dirs it sebttendng rues Hik mee ureg ef deviloament and visuri the atddu acf each sudbome a Peed n prpiry mondo Ou gaali te mhis ord manita penipet cy oto rege paisg ar Click the Advanced Settings tab The options of the Advanced Settings tab are for the Color or Grayscale scanning mode Scan Configuration Properties Scan Settings Page Settings Advanced Settings GrayScale Color Settings Color Saturation AO 3 Color Hue Gamma I l l l l l l l l l l l l l l Saturation is the strength or purity of a color hue is the color your eyes see as reflected from the image and gamma controls the brightness of the midtones of the color CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 69 10 Click OK to save the new configuration It will now be listed in the list of Scan Configurations on the OneTouch Properties window for the appropriate Destination Applications THE DEVICE SETTINGS TAB A Device Settings tab is on the
69. h to install additional applications or view the documentation click on the link below to return to the Main Menu RETURN TO MAIN MENU Note OmniPage Pro is required for your scanner to have its full range of features Please make sure to install OmniPage Pro before scanning STEP 4 CONNECT THE USB CABLE AND TURN ON THE POWER 21 To install OmniPage Pro li 2 Click Exit Disc 1 and remove Disc 1 from the CD ROM drive 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 Select Install OmniPage Pro Follow the instructions on the screen to install OmniPage Pro When installation is finished remove Disc 2 and store it in a safe place If you want to install other software from Disc 1 re insert it into the CD ROM drive now and see the next section Additional Applications for Your Scanner 22 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS FOR YOUR SCANNER Your scanner includes free additional applications on the installation CD Note Some of the software To install the additional applications TETES l l _ a a A 1 Return to the Installation window and select the additional not be available when you purchase your scanner applications you want to install on your computer Please visit our web site at www visioneer com for the latest updates V visioneer Please choose applications to i
70. ies lIf 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 For example if the device is your printer the dialog box is your printer s setup settings 2 Click OK or Apply THE STORAGE OPTIONS TAB ARCHIVE A Storage Options tab is on the Scan Configurations dialog box when the selected Destination Application is set as Transfer to Storage You use the options on this tab to select where you want to save your scanned items for storage when scanning with that particular Scan Configuration Button 7 is set as the default Archive button for scanning to storage with Transfer to Storage as the destination So if you want to have the Scan Configuration apply to Button 7 switch to it first before creating the new Scan Configuration Note The selections you make using the Storage Options tab override the storage options that apply to the Storage Properties This means that you can create separate Scan Configurations to store scanned items at various locations in addition to the main location set by the Storage Properties See Storage Properties on page 49 and Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage on page 98 for more details CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 71 1 Click on the Storage Options tab Scan Configuration Properties Scan Settings Page Settings
71. ing what s 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 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 400 dpi can be used as the maximum resolution You must have installed the OmniPage Pro software on your computer in order to use the OCR options with the OneTouch 4 0 software and your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner OneTouch 4 0 and OmniPage Pro work together to combine scanning with OCR processing into one integrated step OmniPage Pro is on the Disc 2 CD that you received with your scanner in case you haven t installed it yet If OmniPage Pro is installed the OCR process is automatic when the page format on the OneTouch Properties window is a text format such as DOC TEXT XLS RTE and so forth Note OneTouch Button 6 is preset as your OCR button But you can also set up any other button to scan and OCR the text CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 81 To scan with OCR 1 To scan using the buttons on the scanner press the Destination Selector until the LED is at 6 then press the Simplex or Duplex button 2 Toscan fr
72. is the file name extension on the text format icon DOC The specific text format this example is for Microsoft Word format doc As you select Destination Applications that are text applications the text format icon changes to match the file type of the application In some cases the Destination Application supports several file types and you can right click on the icon to choose the particular file type for that application 56 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE To select a file type for the text format 1 Select the Destination Application 2 Right click on the text format icon A menu opens The following figure shows samples for different formats Example menu for the Example menu for the DOC text format nPDF text format 5 5 DPS nPO Simple Text opr Text Rich Text Format Rich Text Format word Document vf Word Document Comma Delimited OCR options Excel Spreadsheet HTML Document Searchable PDF w Normal PDF OCR options 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 Page Format are not affected so you can set the text file type independently for each button 7 a Simple Text The txt file format Text with no formatting used fom by the standard Microsoft Notepad application a Rich Text Format
73. l be saved in the folder specified in the Folder Copy Options section see the figure on page 59 and the description below You can selectively choose the types of Destination Applications that will have their scanned images saved permanently For example if your computer is connected to multiple printers and fax machines each one is considered a separate Destination Application By selecting the Fax and Print box and clicking the Create copies of scanned documents option every scanned document you fax or print from the scanner is also saved as a permanent file 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 Likewise the option is also not available for the default setting of Buttons 1 Scan 2 PDF and 7 Archive because they are set as Transfer to Storage with the Destination Application type set as Storage and CD R W 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 All copies of your scanned documents regardless of type of Destination Application are saved in this folder 62 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 5 Note that if the Button selected at the top of the dialog box is set to Transfer to Storage as th
74. llation asking you to allow the installation to proceed Although the messages will differ based on the software your computer is running in each case you should allow the installation to proceed Alternatively you can turn off the AntiVirus or AntiSpyware software before installing your scanner but if you do make sure to turn it back on again when installation is finished If you already have a scanner connected to your computer you need to remove its driver programs first before beginning the installation of your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner Please see Uninstalling Your Scanner on page 143 for basic instructions or see the User s Guide that you received with your other scanner for specific instructions 6 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE STEP 1 ASSEMBLE THE SCANNER To assemble the scanner 1 Remove all shipping tape from the scanner and from the Paper Tray 2 Slide the tray in so the pins seat into the holes on the ADE STEP 1 ASSEMBLE THE SCANNER 7 3 Carefully remove any protective foam from the ADF cover release then press the release and open the Automatic Document Feeder cover ADF Cover Release 4 Carefully remove any foam particles that may have gotten inside the document feeder and close the cover 5 Swing the input tray up until it snaps into place 8 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 6 Plug the ADF cable into the ADF port on the back of
75. n scanning is finished re insert the documents and press the Destination Selector buttons to get to the next button you have set up for scanning 5 Press the Simplex or Duplex button to scan the documents When scanning is finished the documents are stored in the two separate folders CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 77 EDITING OR DELETING SCAN CONFIGURATIONS Note Your scanner comes with a number of configurations pre set at the factory We recommend that you keep those configurations locked and do not edit or delete them That way you will always have the factory settings available If you do edit or delete them and want to get the factory pre sets back again you will need to uninstall then re install your scanner driver To edit or delete a scan configuration 1 Open the OneTouch Properties window 2 Select the scan configuration you want to edit or delete OneTouch 4 0 Properties for Visioneer Patriot 680 Multi Function Options Za Select format and page s Mg eMail Bhs 8 w a a a a Select destination FAL BMP JPG PDF America Online TIFF sPDF V Use Document Feeder MV Use Flatbed Microsoft Outlook Select configuration g Color Photo 6x4 E US Letter Copy Scan P Color Magazine 4G Scan for Light Text Select the scan configuration to edit or delete It must be unlocked as indicated by ici a ages isplayed here x Cte Cane 3 To delete the configuration click the Dele
76. nal position and load the stack into the scanner Then just click the Scan button 4 Adjust the Brightness Contrast and Resolution until the picture is what you want You can also change the picture type again for example from color to grayscale 5 When you are satisfied with the preview image remember to place the document into the ADF again if you re scanning a stack of pages Click Scan 6 When youre finished scanning items click Done to close the Basic Interface 7 The scanned images will appear in the TWAIN application you re using THE TWO TWAIN INTERFACE OPTIONS 111 SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN ADVANCED INTERFACE The Advanced Interface has a wide range of image adjustments for scanning 1 Open the TWAIN Interface as from a TWAIN compliant application Ad 2 Ifthe Basic Interface opens click the Advanced Interface button vanced Interface The Advanced Interface opens Choose from this menu to scan Scanning from Visioneer Patriot 680 to PaperPort from the ADE Simplex one Auto Document Feeder Duplex J sided Duplex two sided or aan Color Longtan Reflective from the Flatbed e Resolution 100 DPI O Brightness 0 Contrast 0 Click an icon to select a config w Ee Saturation 0 uration Color Grey Scale or z Color Hue 0 Degrees q o iO Scan Size Black amp White Clicking the b Calor Better Quely sign in front of Custom shows I gor Reson 200 DF F 50 Brightness
77. nction Options F Select format and page s Click the arrows to mei Paint z HEH select the button 7 K H Al E Select destination W Microsoft Paint BMP JPG if Use Document Feeder Use Flatbed G ScanSoft OmniPage Select configuration Guality Color Document 4 Select Configure W Configure Before Scan n w Twain 1515 wA Before Scan Right click on Configure Before Scan to get the menu and choose the interface to i Refresh New use for configuring Now om 4 Right click on Configure Before Scan and choose an interface to use for configuring before scanning Some interface options may not be available based on the drivers you installed for your scanner TWAIN The TWAIN Interface opens for you to configure the scanning See Scanning with the TWAIN Interface on page 107 ISIS The ISIS Scan interface opens for you to configure the scanning See Scanning with the ISIS Interface on page 130 WIA The Windows Image Acquisition Interface WIA opens for you to configure the scanning See Scanning with the Windows Image Acquisition on page 125 Note The WIA option is only available if your computer is running Microsoft Windows XP 5 Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window 80 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE SCANNING WITH OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION OCR Optical Character Recognition OCR is like a printer in reverse Instead of print
78. nd Advanced Settings tabs and select the settings you want To help you remember which folder it is give the new configuration a name that indicates the folder name such as lt 4 s x 329 Storage for Business Receipts Click the Storage Options tab scan Configuration Properties Scan Settings Page Settings Storage Options Advanced Settings Select folder and transfer options EH Storage layout All documents are in the root Documents are put in folders by month Documents are put in folders by week gt Documents are put in folders by type Storage location C Documents Click the Browse button Select the folder you created for storing the scanned documents Browse For Folder Select location For storing documents My Computer A 344 Floppy 64 4 Set Local Disk iC E See LOCAL DISK Ds 4 CD Drive Eh Set Local Disk iF i Me a lt I a Make New Folder If you haven t created the folder yet you can click the Make New Folder button and type the name for the new folder 74 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE a 10 11 12 Click OK The selected folder will now be set as the Storage Location such as Business Receipts Scan Configuration Properties Scan Settings Page Settings Storage Options Advanced Settings Select folder and transfer options EH Storage layout All documents are in
79. ner can scan a page up to 8 5 x 14 2 Click OK To adjust the Custom Document settings l On the OneTouch ISIS Scan window click the Custom Document button and click the Define button The dialog box for Custom Settings opens Scanner Settings Hee Sana Black and White Ww Manual i Dither Ei mm aai 128 Nee Baker Nem Tien Page Size Contrast Letter 8 5 x 11 in w Automatic k Auto Mode Click the arrow and choose a scan mode m Black and White The scanning pixels are all the same size and are either black or white Use this setting for letters memos pen and ink drawings and other black and white material This setting produces the smallest file size for scanned items m 256 Level Gray Scans the image using up to 256 true shades of gray Use this setting to scan black and white photographs and other higher quality black and white images You can also scan a color photo with this setting to turn its colors into gray shades The file size is about one third the size of a color scan 134 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE m 24 Bit Color Scans the image in full color Use this setting to scan color photographs and other color images The file size is the largest of the scan mode options Dither Only available if the Mode is Black and White Click the menu arrow and choose a Halftone option or Diffusion from the list m Halftone Converts the image so it appears to co
80. ness 50 Black amp White 200dpi Simplex 8 5 x 11 page Brightness 50 Black amp White 200dpi Simplex 8 5 x 11 page Brightness 50 Black amp White 300dpi Duplex 8 5 x 11 page Brightness 50 Black amp White 300dpi Duplex 8 5 x 11 page Brightness 50 Color 100dpi Simplex 6 x 4 photo size Brightness 50 Contrast 50 Color 300dpi Simplex 8 5 x 11 page Brightness 50 Contrast 50 Color 100dpi Simplex 6 x 4 photo size Brightness 50 Contrast 50 Note If you install new applications on your computer and they do not appear in the Select Destination list click the Refresh button Right click on a button for example button 02 CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 39 CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS Each OneTouch button configuration consists of a Destination Application a Scan Configuration and a Document Format The OneTouch Properties window is where you select these three elements for a button To open the OneTouch Properties window 1 Click the OneTouch icon It is located in the Windows Notification Area at the bottom right corner of the screen 2 Right click a button on the OneTouch Button Panel Note Remember that left clicking a button on the OneTouch Button Panel starts the scanner scanning Right clicking opens the OneTouch Properties window The OneTouch Properties window opens for that button OneTouch 4 0 Properties for Visioneer Patriot 660 and the Properties
81. ng 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 OneTouch 4 0 Link Properties The Applications in this group allow you to send documents as attachments to an email recipient Some eMail clients like Hotmail America Online and HSN Explorer do not allow attachment of selected documents directly You can specify the folder for the attachments below Folder for storing attachments C Documents and Settings bqreene My Docume Folder for storing attachments for AOL Mot installed Internet Options 2 Color document handling CJ Convert Bitmap using Screen Resolution C Convert Bitmap to JPEG 1 Click the Browse button for Folder for storing attachments and choose a folder for your email attachments 2 Click the Browse button to specify the location to store them or type a location directly into the box See the steps on page 49 to add an application 52 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 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 address you must have the specific folder location AOL uses to find the attachments Please contact AOL for more info
82. nly available if your computer is running Windows XP Note Duplex two sided scanning is not available from WIA 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 The Paint window opens 2 From the File menu choose From Scanner or Camera W untitled Paint BHA aE Edt view Image Colors Help New Ctrl h Open Chrl o Save Ctrl 5 Save Os From Scanner or Camera Print Preview Page Setup Print Ctrl F Send 1 Blue hills jpg 2 Sunset jpg 3 Water lilies jpg 4 Winter jpg Exit Alt F4 E SRR Bl BE E See Downloads a new document From a scanner or camera 126 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE The Scan using Visioneer Patriot 680 window opens Use this window to select scanning options and start the scan process Scan using Visioneer Patriot 680 What do you want to scan Paper source A Select an option below for the type of picture you want to scan san Color picture pandi Grayscale picture wi Black and white picture or text 3 i Custom Settings You can also Adjust the quality of the scanned picture Page size Legal 8 5 x 14 inches 216 x 35 3 From the Paper Source drop down list choose Document Feeder to scan from the Automatic Document Feeder or Flatbed to scan a from the Flatbed glass 4 If youre
83. nsist of gray tones Halftones produce simulated gray tones by using black and white pixels of different sizes and is often used to produce newspaper and magazine images Use this setting for lower resolution black and white images The halftone settings also produce small file sizes m Diffusion Also converts the image to gray tones but diffuses the grays to nearby pixels to give the image a grainy film like texture Diffusion is useful for viewing images on a black and white screen The preview image shows the effect of your Dither selection so you can see which one is best for scanning Dots per inch Click the menu arrow and choose a resolution dpi Your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner can scan at up to 600 dpi Page Size Click the menu arrow and choose a page size Your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner can scan a page up to 8 5 x 14 Brightness Drag the sliders or click the arrows to the right or left to adjust the brightness in small increments Click the buttons Darken Normal or Lighten to move the slide in larger steps Contrast Drag the sliders or click the arrows to the right or left to adjust the contrast Contrast is set automatically for Black and White scans 2 7 SCANNING WITH THE ISIS INTERFACE 135 To scan only a specific area of the image click the Area button The Set Scanning Area dialog box opens Set Scanning Area Letter 6 5 11 in Units in Inches Position 1 706 Y Positi
84. nstall M SCANNER DRIVER KOFAX VRS KOFAX SCAN DEMO QUICKSCAN OMNIPAGE PRO INSTALL NOW MAIN MENU 2 Click Install Now 3 Follow the instructions on the installation windows If you want to install the Kofax VRS software you may see the following message VRS Scanner Configuration A SVSO001 The YRS installation does not install an ISIS driver For the scanner you selected Please install the ISIS driver packaged with your scanner Please disregard this message and click OK The Kofax VRS Certified ISIS driver is installed correctly when you install your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner STEP 4 CONNECT THE USB CABLE AND TURN ON THE POWER 23 4 When installation is finished return to the Installation window and click Main Menu V visioneer Please choose applications to install SCANNER DRIVER KOFAX VRS W KOFAX SCAN DEMO QUICKSCAN lv OMNIPAGE PRO INSTALL NOW MAIN MENU 5 Onthe Main Menu click User Guides V visioneer Please click on a link below INSTALL PRODUCTS USER GUIDES BROWSE CD CONTENTS VIEW OUR WEBSITE 24 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE The Visioneer User Guides window opens Use this window to view and save the User Guides you want VY visioneer Click on a link below to view the appropriate user guide Adobe Acrobat Reader must be installed in order to view the user guides ACROBAT READER SCANNER README VRS SCANNER QUICKSCA
85. nt The is the default reject character Type the character you want to use in the Reject character box Try to choose a character that will not appear in your documents Font Matching Your computer system usually has a number of fonts available for the OCR process to use to recognize text However not all of the fonts may be selected for the OCR process Using Font Matching you can select the fonts on your computer that match the fonts in your documents CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 85 Click the Font Matching button to see the Font Matching dialog box Font Matching Fonts on System Anal Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Bookman Old Style Century Schoolbook Courter New Garamond Medium Haettenschweiler Lucida Console Tahoma Sample Franklin Gothic Medium Use Defaults Cancel The list on the left are the fonts available on your computer system The list on the right are the fonts that will be used by the OCR process to recognize the text in your documents If possible the list of Fonts for your document should include all the fonts in the documents you plan to scan To add new fonts to that list select a font in the Fonts on System list and click Add Note that when you select a font a sample appears in the text box so you can compare it with the fonts in your document to see if that s the right font To remove a font select it and click Remove To return the lists to their defaults click
86. ntation 4 dots per inch 116 dpi 116 129 Duplex 67 duplex button 3 26 27 28 67 E eMail 60 eMail Properties 51 error codes 142 Excel Spreadsheet 57 F Fax and Print 60 file format 56 file storage location 99 flatbed 32 flowing page 88 Font Matching 84 Format and Page s 44 full feature install 12 G gamma 68 119 grayed out options 40 132 GrayScale 65 112 GrayScale Document button 132 INDEX 148 H Halftone 134 help 4 htm file format 57 HTML Document 57 HTML page 98 HTML Web Page 96 hue 68 image blur 117 preview 113 Image Documents Properties 48 Image Editors 60 image file 53 image file format 53 image size 120 improvements and settings 66 input size 120 installation 5 invert image 67 inverted text 86 ISIS 22 79 ISIS interface 130 J JPG 53 JPG file size 54 K Kofax VRS 22 L Lamp timeout setting 106 Languages in Document 83 LED number 26 27 67 Link Properties 45 locking tab 8 M Microsoft Internet Explorer 97 Microsoft Outlook 51 Moire Patterns 66 117 monitor 4 N Normal PDF 57 89 nPDF 43 54 57 89 0 OCR 11 55 columns 88 optical character recognition 80 storage 100 tables 88 OCR button 80 OCR Dictionary 83 OCR Options 82 OmniPage Pro 11 48 57 80 on off switch 18 One Touch Button Panel 30 33 99 Button View 35 Detail View 36 Hardware View 36 initial settings 38 names 37 58 OCR 81 One Touch icon 30 33 35 39 One Touch ISIS Scan
87. nts 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 CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 99 Note OneTouch Button 7 is preset as your Archive button But you can also set up any other button to scan to Archive the text l S To scan using the buttons on the scanner press the Destination Selector until the LED is at 7 then press the Simplex or Duplex button To scan from the OneTouch Button Panel click the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification Area click the arrows to see Button 7 then click Button 7 E I gt Visioneer Patriot 660 EJ Am apm mT 4 vis Se we Mie m a eMail Fax OCR Archive Custom Click the arrows until Button 7 is on the panel then click Button 7 Your scanned pages are stored in the location that you specified on the OneTouch 4 0 Link Properties window 100 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE OneTouch 4 0 Link Properties Storage Documents dropped on this link will be transferred to BB storage devices Le file system or CO Burner EH Storage layout All documents are in the root Documents are put in folders by month Documents are put in folders by week gt Documents are put in fol
88. olution DPI 200 X Page size Legal 8 5 x 14 inches 216 x 356 mm Y Advanced Interface Preview Scan The Basic Interface has the settings for scanning typical documents Scanning from Visioneer Patriot 680 to PaperPort Auto Document Feeder Duplex v l O EE Color Configurations Scie e Resolution 100 DPI 20 Brightness 0 Contrast 0 kh Gamma 1 65 amp Saturation 0 Color Hue 0 Degrees iO Scan Size Color Better Quality e Resolution 200 DPI 20 Brightness 0 Contrast 0 kh Gamma 1 65 E Saturation 0 Color Hue 0 Degrees ig Scan Size 8 5 x 11 0 E Grey Scale Configurations EO Black white Configurations iet i000 1838117 Image Size 2 90 MByte S Free Space 3 75 GByte Remove y AA Aw Basic Interface Preview Scan The Advanced Interface has all the scan settings of the Basic Interface plus a range of additional settings for more advanced image adjustment To switch between the Basic and Advanced Interfaces click the Basic Basic Interface Interface or Advanced Interface button Advanced nterhace THE TWO TWAIN INTERFACE OPTIONS 109 SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN BASIC INTERFACE The Basic Interface can scan a preview of the image so you can adjust its appearance before scanning the final image After adjusting the appearance you click the Scan button on the Basic Interface not on the scanner to scan the i
89. om the OneTouch Button Panel click the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification Area click the arrows to see Button 6 then click Button 6 Visioneer Patriot 680 j A S Ge Sy i Eni eM all Click the arrows until Button 6 is on the panel then click Button 6 Your scanned pages appear in the Destination Application with their text ready for editing and other text processing Note OCR scanning is also for spreadsheets so you can work in Microsoft Excel or other spreadsheet application with the figures and text from the original spreadsheets 82 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE SELECTING OMNIPAGE OCR OPTIONS The OmniPage OCR Options are only available if you have installed OmniPage Pro on your computer Note OmniPage OCR options apply globally to all the OneTouch buttons that perform OCR For example Button 6 is set by default to OCR text but Button 8 is not If you reconfigure Button 8 to also OCR text the OCR options you select for Button 8 will also apply to Button 6 To select OmniPage OCR options 1 Open the OneTouch Properties window 2 Using the arrows choose a button that has Destination Applications that use the text format as their file type 3 Select the Destination Application to get one of the text format file types as the page format 4 Right click on the page format icon to see the menu 5 Choose OCR Options from the menu ry z Simple Text Ri
90. on Af Acrobat Reader V Use Document Feeder V Use Flatbed Microsoft Excel Select configuration Quality US Letter Duplex amp Microsoft Explorer WH Configure Before Scan Quality US Legal Duplex w Microsoft WORD A Microsoft WordPad rm Notepad 3 When you are ready to scan click the button on the OneTouch Button Panel See Scan from the OneTouch Button Panel on page 33 for more about the Button Panel SCAN FROM THE FLATBED GLASS Use the Flatbed glass to scan documents or lighter weight paper such as credit card receipts or items that cannot be scanned with the Automatic Document Feeder such as pages in books Note You must remove any pages from the Automatic Document Feeder before scanning from the Flatbed glass If pages are in the Automatic Document Feeder they will be scanned instead of the page on the Flatbed glass 32 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE To scan from the Flatbed glass 1 Remove any pages from the Automatic Document Feeder 2 Open the scanner lid and place the page on the scanner glass face down 3 Align the paper with the arrows on the scanner for the size of paper you are using 4 Close the lid 5 Press the Up or Down Destination Selector buttons to choose a scan setting Then press either the Simplex or Duplex button 6 The face down side of the page is scanned and the image is sent to the selected Destination Application from the OneTouch
91. on 3 786 Width 5 493 Length 3 52 Uncompressed Size 1274k Click in the image and drag a rectangle around the area you want to scan The boxes to the left show the relative position and size of the selected area You can now move and resize the rectangle to adjust the specific area to scan To move the rectangle put the crosshairs cursor in it hold down the Ctrl key and drag the mouse You can also type new numbers in the boxes on the left To resize the rectangle click in the Width or Length boxes and type new measurements To set the units of measurements click the menu arrow for the Units box and choose the measurement units To start over with a new rectangle click on the image and drag a new rectangle When the area is exactly what you want click OK Now when you scan with the ISIS interface only the selected area appears as an image in the Destination Application 136 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Maintenance This section contains information on maintenance troubleshooting uninstalling scanner specifications and spare parts CLEANING THE AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER You may need to clean the ADF feed mechanism if your documents do not feed easily into the ADF or several feed in at the same time To clean the ADF 1 Weta cotton swab with some isopropyl alcohol rubbing alcohol 2 Press the ADF cover release on the top of the scanner body to open the Automatic Document
92. on list To change or delete a profile you created 1 Select your profile from the configuration list 2 Make changes to the profile as needed and then click Save 3 Ifyou want to delete the selected profile click Delete 124 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE DISPLAY THE DEVICE CONFIGURATION 1 Click the Device Configuration button on the Advanced Interface The Device configuration window opens and shows the information about your scanner See the section Checking the Hardware and Setting the Lamp Power Saving Feature on page 104 for more information about the device settings Device Configuration Properties Device Settings Information Device name Visioneer Patriot 630 Driver version 4 0 4 925 Firmware version 1 02 Interface USB Documents Scanned 64 Pages To avoid document feeder problems please replace the pad after 20 000 pages The documentation and help system shows you how Control Enable power save mode SCANNING WITH THE WINDOWS IMAGE ACQUISITION 125 SCANNING WITH THE WINDOWS IMAGE ACQUISITION Microsoft Windows includes its own set of options 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 Note Scanning with the Windows Image Acquisition WIA is o
93. ons for the OCR feature when you scan text This menu option is only available if you have installed OmniPage Pro on your computer See Selecting OmniPage OCR Options on page 82 for details 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 Click OK on the OneTouch Properties window 58 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE RENAMING A ONETOUCH BUTTON The OneTouch buttons have names that identify their pre set functions such as OCR and PDE but you can edit the names To change the button names 1 Open the OneTouch Properties window 2 Using the arrows choose the button that you want to rename 3 Select the name s text and type a new name Multi Function Options Click the arrows to get to _ _ ne the button to rename then select the name text Multi Function Options Type a new name for the button MA Dark Print 4 Click OK or Apply The button is now renamed Oo z gt Visioneer Patriot 660 a of os oF a Scan Dark Print Print eh ail Fax CJC SELECTING OPTIONS FOR A BUTTON The OneTouch Options determine the types of Destination Applications available for a button as well as the location of the files of your scanned items Note To get to a button quickly instead of clicking the forward and back arrows on the button panel open the OneTouch Properties window cli
94. ouch 4 0 Properties for Visioneer Patriot 680 Multi Function Options Tg PoF Select destination Select format and page s w e E eS amp C BMP TIFF JPG PDF P Clicka Destination eee V Use Document Feeder V Use a Ap plication Select configuration J Color Document US Legal Duplex E US Letter Copy Duplex WH Configure Before Scan amp Quality Color Photo 6x4 amp Vivid Color Photo 6x4 P Color Magazine Duplex Click che Properties utton A OneTouch 4 0 Link Properties dialog box opens for the type of Destination Application you selected and the available options are for that type of application 46 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Text Documents Properties These properties apply to Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Adobe Acrobat Reader and the other applications indicated by their icons in the list The properties apply to the OCR settings for the applications OneTouch 4 0 Link Properties Text Documents N gt The Applications in this group can accept text LS based documents only E Acrobat Reader Microgott Excel 2 Microzott Explorer Microsoft WORD A Microsoft WordPad E Notepad Add Application i General OCR settings O Always send a file even when no test was found CJ Show message if text recognition failed 1 Click in the OCR settings boxes for the options you want The options will apply to all the applications in the group Always
95. our CD ROM drive m The Installation menu for the CD should now open If the menu does not open m From the list of files on the CD double click the file named START32 EXE 10 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 3 On the Installation menu select Install Products V visioneer Please click on a link below INSTALL PRODUCTS USER GUIDES BROWSE CD CONTENTS VIEW OUR WEBSITE 4 Make sure the boxes for Scanner Driver and OmniPage Pro are checked W visioneer Please choose applications to install WU SCANNER DRIVER E KOFAX VRS E KOFAX SCAN DEMO E QUICKSCAN WU OMNIPAGE PRO INSTALL NOW MAIN MENU Note The software provided with your scanner may differ slightly from the list shown in the window STEP 2 INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 11 Note The OmniPage Pro software is required for installation and provides extensive Optical Character Recognition OCR capabilities for your scanner software It also adds special formats to the scanner s OneTouch 4 0 software for creating searchable PDF files known as sPDF and nPDF Please note if you do not install the OmniPage Pro software now but install it later you may need to restart your computer before the sPDF and nPDF formats are available in the OneTouch 4 0 software 5 Click Install Now 6 The Select Language window opens Click the drop down menu arrow and select the language you want to use Click OK The Welcome to the OneTouch 4 0 S
96. p you precisely position a custom sized image You can change the ruler units to suit the type of measurements you want To set the ruler units aj Click the Ruler Units button The ruler units across the top and down the side of the window cycle through centimeters inches and pixels THE SCAN INFO Box The following figure shows the information on the Scan Info box Location of the top left corner of the image in the Preview window Current location of the pointer as you drag it on the Preview window Physical size of the image to scan Scan Info A Size of the file of the scanned image 1 71 MBute 5 56 GEpte Image Size Free Space The space on your 3 computer s hard drive THE TWO TWAIN INTERFACE OPTIONS 123 CREATING A NEW ADVANCED INTERFACE PROFILE You cannot change the settings of the preset profiles in the Advanced Interface However you can create new profiles and save them for future use To create a new profile 1 On the Advanced Interface select one of the preset profiles for example Black amp White Configurations Custom 2 Adjust the settings as required and then click the Save As button The Save Profile dialog box opens Save Profile Add a Profile based on selected settings E Mame New Profile coca 3 Type a name for the new profile and click OK The name must be at least two characters long Your new profile is added to the configurati
97. plex button To scan a two sided document press the Duplex button A scan progress window opens and when scanning is finished the image is sent either to the selected Destination Application from the OneTouch utility or to a folder for storing scanned documents Pause Cancel button button LOAD AND SCAN DOCUMENTS 29 To Cancel scanning click the Cancel button To pause the scanning click the Pause button It will change to a Continue button Put the page back into the scanner and click Continue to resume scanning Note Your scanner comes with factory preset OneTouch button settings Buttons 1 2 and 7 are preset to scan documents into the PDF or sPDF format and without opening them first send them to the storage folder located at C Documents and Settings lt your user name gt My Documents My OneTouch Archive PDF Documents In that case you wont see the image of the scanned document until you open it with an application that can open the PDF or sPDF format You can also set up the buttons to scan to different file formats such as jpg or tiff In that case the location would be C Documents and Settings lt your user name gt My Documents My OneTouch Archive JPG Documents or TIF Documents Please see the section The Storage Options Tab Archive on page 70 for selecting options for the storage file format and location 30 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE CHECK THE SCAN SETTINGS BEFORE SCANNING
98. produce smaller file sizes and therefore shorter transmission times Use this option to provide that compression capability to image files CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 49 2 To add another application to the list click the Add Application button See the steps on page 47 to add an application to the list Click OK 4 Click OK or Apply on the Link 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 can also use this dialog box to start the Burn to CD process See the section Scan and Burn to a CD on page 92 Note The Burn to CD option is only available for Windows XP You can also set up multiple configurations to store scanned items in separate locations See The Storage Options Tab Archive on page 70 and Scanning to Multiple Folders on page 72 OneTouch 4 0 Link Properties Storage Documents dropped on this link will be transferred to a storage devices Le file system or CD Burner EH Storage layout All documents are in the root Documents are put in folders by month Documents are put in folders by week gt Documents are put in folders by type CD burner options Show message when ready to burn 5 CD 700 MB Storage location C Documents and Settings Administrator My Do Documents transfered to the Burn
99. r Online Updates from the pop up menu Show Hardware The OneTouch Icon Check For Online Updates Show Quick Reference About l 4 15 PM Follow the instructions on the screen and register your scanner by entering your scanner s serial number and your email address Note A valid email address is required The serial number is located on the side of the scanner The Serial Number After registration is complete you will receive an email message with your RegID Your RegID is important as you will need it when accessing free telephone support or checking for online updates Write down your RegID below so you will be able to find it easily in the future RegID 26 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Scanning If you selected the recommended Full Install option for your scanner s driver see page 12 you have several different scanning options with your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner Each method scans equally well so use the one with appropriate options for the item you are scanning Scanner Buttons When you press the Simplex or Duplex button documents are scanned using the scan settings indicated by the LED number The scanned images are then sent to a software application known as the Destination Application or to a storage folder on your computer See Load and Scan Documents on page 27 OneTouch Use this scan option when you want to scan from the
100. r after installing the software If you didnt restart the computer it may not have loaded all of the software files Try restarting your computer m Did you plug the scanner into a USB hub If you re 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 USB port on the computer m Did you select another scanning source from a TWAIN application If you use multiple devices with your computer you may have selected another source for images with your TWAIN scanning application Make sure your Visioneer 680 scanner is the selected scanning device TROUBLESHOOTING 141 Problem The installation will not complete successfully If installation finishes the scanner s 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 Patriot 680 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 Uninstalling Your Scanner on page 143 but in Step 3 instead of uninstalling OneTouch 4 0 uninstall the other scanner s driver programs After uninstalling the other scanner s driver program
101. r the scanner s buttons to function If you select a driver without OneTouch 4 0 the scanner buttons will not initiate scanning VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER SPECIFICATIONS 145 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER SPECIFICATIONS Optical resolution Bit depth Maximum item size Minimum item size Scan method ADF specifications Scanning Speed Capacity Paper Thickness Light source Interface Scanner dimensions Height Width Length Weight Operating temperature Relative humidity Power adaptor Power consumption Power cord USB cable 600 x 1200 dpi 48 bit color internal 8 bit grayscale internal 8 5 x 14 0 4 5 x 5 5 Automatic Document Feeder Automatic Document Feeder ADF and legal size flatbed Up to 40 pages per minute Up to 80 images per minute 200 dpi Black and White 100 sheets 16 lbs paper 16 28 lbs 0 002 0 006 Cold cathode fluorescent lamp USB 2 0 High Speed 13 6 inches 344 6 mm 16 2 inches 411 5 mm 20 9 inches 530 9 mm 23 6 pounds 10 7 kg 50 104 F 10 35 C without condensation 40 70 35 C without condensation DC Jack 24Vdc 2 0A 48W 100 240Vac Energy Star and RoHS compliant lt 40 Watts during operation lt 25 Watts on standby lt 6 Watts power save after 15 minutes without scanning can be adjusted by software lt 1 Watt power off AC US 3P 10A 125V 180 cm 3C 18AWG RoHS compliant 185 cm 28AWG
102. rdware and Setting the Lamp Powel Savine Peauire sogad toonen tEn Enn ead oid os 104 Scanning with the TWAIN Interface 02008 107 The Two TWAIN Interface Options 0 20 eee 108 Scanning from the TWAIN Basic Interface 109 Scanning from the TWAIN Advanced Interface 111 Adjusting the Image with the Advanced Interface 114 Adjusting the Resolution 2 5 522 5 2 S55 eee ee ne 116 Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast 4 118 Adjusting Gamma Saturation and Color Hue 119 Adjusting luput SiZe 4 su snes da dad ed Dedede tee 2 120 Creating a New Advanced Interface Profile 123 Display the Device Configuration 020 00 ee 124 Scanning with the Windows Image Acquisition 125 Scanning with the ISIS Interface ss st a Se Sadebe eso sees eae 130 Adjusting the ISIS Scan Settings 4 du dedudkatede ten thee as 132 TABLE OF CONTENTS il Maintenance 5 52 c 654555456596 G550 04450229 ANAM SAD SOO 136 Cleaning the Automatic Document Feeder 136 Cheats Paper Jins saqageeeetsseeeteeesenaesatoennaenss 137 Replacing the ADF Pad Assembly 0 02008 138 TroubleshOOune iodcgucvaddcdns cuseseceneeyeeendaes Ga 140 Status Light Troubleshooting Codes 00 142 Uninstalling Your Scanner s25 422 0i4n aneeaamea on ou caw os 143 To Install Another Driver 0 0 0 0 000000 c ec eee ee
103. re ia w i i BMP TIFF JPG POF Use Document Feeder Select configuration Quality Color Document g Color Photo 6x4 ga Color Document E Quality US Letter Duplex US Letter Copy US Legal Duplex Quality US Legal a FA TEST lw Use Flatbed wt 5 Choose a Page Format and a Scan Configuration 6 Click OK The OneTouch Properties window closes burn to a CD Now start scanning using the button you selected to use to scan and When scanning is finished a bubble message on the screen tells you that files are waiting to be burned to the CD 94 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 8 9 Make sure a blank CD is in the CD burner Open the OneTouch window and make sure that the Burn to CD Destination Application is still selected and click the Properties button The OneTouch 4 0 Link Properties window opens OneTouch 4 0 Link Properties Storage I oe Documents dropped on this link will be transferred to ee storage devices Le file system or CD Burner EH Storage layout All documents are in the root Documents are put in folders by month Documents are put in folders by week gt Documents are put in folders by type CD burner options Show message when ready to burn 5 CD 700 MB Storage location C Documents and Settings AdministratorsMy Do Documents transfered to the Burn to CO link are waiting to be written to CD 10 Click the Burn to CD b
104. re for text file types The names of the formats indicate their file types See Text Formats on page 55 for details A A A A A A FA A CSW DOL RTF LS HTML nPDOF sPDF TEAT 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 page format icon 54 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 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 formats nPDF and sPDF are for scanning with OCR processing and with the ability to search the scanned text See the next section Text Formats and also
105. riot GSD If the Hardware View of the panel is open you can also right click on the Patriot 680 icon The Hardware Properties dialog box opens and shows information about your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 105 One Touch 4 0 Hardware Properties Hardware Warkgroup hardware status sr Local Hast z gt Visioneer Patriot 680 Selected hardware capabilities gt Visioneer Patriot 680 E Scanner type Flatbed Document Feeder Duplex capable E Optical Resolution 600 1200 dpi 48 bpp internal color E Max Document Size 6 50 x 14 00 E OneTouch Button Count 99 Click the Properties button Device Configuration Properties Device Settings Information Device name Visioneer Patriot 630 Driver version 4 0 4 925 Firmware wersion 1 02 Interface USB Documents Scanned 64 Pages To avoid document feeder problems please replace the pad after 20 000 pages The documentation and help system shows you how Control Enable power save mode Your scanner has a built in power saving feature that is set to power down after 15 minutes of idle time You can change the time before the scanner powers down from 10 minutes to a maximum of 10 hours 106 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 3 Click the arrows for the Lamp timeout setting and choose a time setting To turn the lamp on and off manually without turning off power to the scanner click the Lamp On or Lamp
106. rmation about the folder location in which AOL stores attachments If you need to set or change any internet options for AOL click the Internet Options button The Windows Internet Options Control Panel opens See your Windows documentation and AOL user manual for the settings on the Windows Control Panel 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 Click OK Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 53 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 available options are for images and text ii 4 i A BMP JPG PDF sPDF Image Formats Text Formats sPDF is only one of several text formats available TIFF The Text Formats a
107. s uninstall OneTouch 4 0 using the steps on page 143 then reinstall it using the steps on page 9 142 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE STATUS LIGHT TROUBLESHOOTING CODES A green status light indicates the normal state of the scanner Normal Operation m Blinking green indicates the scanner is waking up from power saving and preparing to scan m Steady green indicates the scanner is ready to scan Error Codes If your scanner experiences hardware problems the status light will blink red and the LED flashes an E and the error code number The LED blinks back and forth between E and the error code g number such as 4 Simplex Duplex The red light flashes the number of times as the error code 4 in this example The following table describes the error codes Error Code Problem Description Solution 4 Paper jam Open the ADF cover and remove the jammed page See Clearing Paper Jams on page 137 for details 7 The scanner is locked Turn off the scanner unlock the lock by when you tried to scan pushing the lock tab down then turn the scanner back on The lock is located on the side of the scanner If the problem persists reboot your computer All Other An internal part in the Re boot your computer If the problem Codes scanner may have persists contact Visioneer Technical malfunctioned Support UNINSTALLING YOUR SCANNER 143 UNINSTALLING YOUR SCANNER To uninst
108. s Show message when ready to burn 5 CD 700 MB Storage location G Business Receipts Storage location C Documents and Settings 4dministrator My Do Documents transferred to the Burn to CD link are waiting to be written to CD 7 7 Burn to CD The Browse For Folder window opens CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 103 3 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 Browse For Folder Select location For storing documents 4 My Computer E A a Floppy 4s Sa Local Disk iC Se LOCAL DISK Ds 4 CD Drive E33 Se Local Disk Fs S Engineering on Madrid Select a mapped drive or server as indicated by the icon Make New Folder 4 Click OK Now when you scan using Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application the documents are stored on the server or mapped drive 104 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE CHECKING THE HARDWARE AND SETTING THE LAMP POWER SAVING FEATURE 1 Right click on the OneTouch icon and choose Show Hardware from the pop up menu Show Hardware Check For Online Updates Show Quick Reference Abou RJJ 4 15PM You can also click the scanner icon at the top of the OneTouch Button Panel The Hardware icon 9 Visioneer Patriot 680 Pat
109. s You can change the color of texts and backgrounds in the OmniPage Pro Text Editor Retain inverted text Inverted text is white or pale letters on a black or dark background Select this option to retain inverted text deselect it to have inverted text transformed to normal text of black text on a white background CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 87 Look for facing pages Select this option if you want to scan two facing pages of an open book in one step and then to recognize and store them as two separate pages as if they had come from two separate scannings User interface language Click the drop down arrow and select the language to use on the OmniPage windows The available languages may differ for different parts of the world Click the Format tab and choose the options you want from the Format window Note that as you select formats the image changes to represent the selection so you can see at a glance what the layout will look like Options OCR Process Format Input Format f Automatic at Cancel f Single Column no Table AMI f Multiple Columns no Table f Single Column with Table i Spreadsheet S E Output Format i No Formatting C Retain Fonts and Paragraphs f Flowing Page 0 True Page Automatic Choose this option to let the OCR process determine the layout of the pages It is the fastest type of format processing Typically you select this option when the doc
110. scan from both the Automatic Document Feeder and the Flatbed glass Your scanner senses if pages are in the Automatic Document Feeder and automatically scans them when you press the Simplex or Duplex button or you click a scan button in the OneTouch 4 0 utility To scan from the Flatbed glass using the Simplex or Duplex buttons or the scan buttons in the OneTouch utility you must first remove any pages from the Automatic Document Feeder Otherwise the scanner will sense those pages and scan them instead Note When scanning using the WIA or TWAIN interfaces you must choose to scan from the Automatic Document Feeder or the Flatbed glass See the sections Scanning with the TWAIN Interface on page 107 and Scanning with the Windows Image Acquisition on page 125 for details Options tab Displays a window for selecting options related to the selected destination application for the scanned image Click these arrows to see the properties for the button whose settings you want to change Select a software application as the destination to send scanned documents CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 43 SELECTING NEW SETTINGS FOR A BUTTON For each OneTouch button you can select a new Destination Application Scan Configuration and Document Format OneTouch 4 0 Properties for Visioneer Patriot 680 Multi Function Options fy ocr Select destination A Acrobat Reader Microsoft Excel Select format and pag
111. scanning from the Automatic Document Feeder select a paper size from the Page Size list If youre scanning from the Flatbed glass you can change the size of the scanned image after seeing a preview 5 Click Preview to preview the image before scanning The image is displayed on the right side of the window Note If you preview when scanning a stack of documents the first page of the stack feeds through the ADF for the preview After adjusting the scanner settings replace that page on the stack so it is scanned with the rest of the pages SCANNING WITH THE WINDOWS IMAGE ACQUISITION 127 Adjust settings of the previewed image as desired m Change the button selection for the type of image mw Adjust the custom settings refer to the next section Fine Tuning Your Scans m If youre scanning from the Flatbed change the size of the scanned image To do this click and hold the mouse pointer over one of the four sizing boxes on the corners of the previewed image Then drag the box to increase or decrease the size of the image Preview the image again When you are satisfied with the image click the Scan button The scanned images will appear in Microsoft Paint or other TWAIN application youre using W untitled Paint File Edit View Image Colors Help a SSSR EEC EREN N ERN For Help click Help Topics on the Help Menu 128 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE FINE TUNING YOU
112. se Open and open the file you just scanned 11 From the Adobe Acrobat Edit menu choose Find The Find dialog box opens Find fx Find What Type the text you want to Find here Match whole Word Only E Match Case Find Backwards Ignore Asian Character Width 12 Enter the text you want to find and click the Find button See the Adobe Acrobat user manual for more about finding text in a PDF file or about editing PDF text SCAN AND BURN TO A CD If you have a CD burner attached to your computer you can scan directly from your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner onto a CD Note This feature is available only on computers running Windows XP To scan and burn to a CD 1 Puta blank CD into your computer s CD Drive 2 Open the OneTouch Properties window 3 Using the arrows choose a button to use for scanning and burning toa CD CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 93 4 Select Burn to CD as the Destination Application The Burn to CD Destination Application is only available if you have a CD burner attached to your computer but you do not need to have a CD in the burner to select the destination OneTouch 4 0 Properties for Visioneer Patriot 660 Multi Function Options ME Custom Select destination w Microsoft WORD A Microsoft WordPad Notepad a Zi Adobe Acrobat 6 0 ely Transfer to Storage Bum to CD ROM ag Drive E a Select format and page s fa
113. send a file even when no text was found The scanned file is sent to the OCR reader even if the image does not appear to contain text This could occur if you scanned a photograph with a OneTouch button set for text applications Show message if text recognition failed aA message will open on the screen if the OCR reader does not detect text in the image CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 47 2 To add another application to the list click the Add Application button The Add Text Based Link dialog box opens Add Text Based Link i Here you can define a custom application that can accept 4 text Se document Step 1 Select the path to the application Bron Step 2 Name the application PO Step 3 Select an icon for this application Step 4 Select the text formats supported by this application C HTML Formatted file HTML C Rich Test Format ATF C Standard ASCII text file TXT m dahe POP format i PMFI LIII Cancel 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 tha
114. t has one or to a USB hub If you use a USB hub it must have its own power supply already plugged into an electrical outlet 18 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Note If you have not installed the scanner driver unplug the USB cable from the computer and install the software now When the driver installation is complete a message tells you when to connect the scanner 3 Turn on the power switch located on the back of the scanner to the left of the power port The status light comes on and flashes indicating that the scanner is receiving power If you are using Windows XP Service Pack 2 and have plugged the USB cable into a USB 1 1 port an information bubble may open explaining that A HI SPEED USB device is plugged into a non HI 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 than the 35 pages per minute and 70 images per minute available with a USB 2 0 port A HI SPEED USB Device Plugged into non HI SPEED USB Hub A HI SPEED USB device is plugged into a non HI SPEED USB hub For assistance in solving this problem click this message STEP 4 CONNECT THE USB CABLE AND TURN ON THE POWER 19 4 Your computer then recognizes that a scanner has been plugged into the USB port and automatically loads the appropriate software to run the s
115. t you received with the application to see which text formats the application accepts The options you select at step 4 determine the page format icons in the OneTouch Properties window for that group of applications 6 Click the Add button Click OK or Apply on the Link Properties window 8 Click Refresh on the OneTouch Properties window 48 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Image Documents Properties These properties apply to the OmniPage Pro software that you received with your scanner plus Microsoft Paint and other image processing applications OneTouch 4 0 Link Properties R Image Documents The Applications in this group are designed to work With image documents only EA Adobe PhotoShop Y Microzott Faint for ScanSoft OmniPage ET Winzip Add Application 2 Color document handling CJ Convert Bitmaps using Screen Resolution CJ Convert Bitmaps to JPEG 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
116. te button 78 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 4 To edit the configuration click the Edit button The Scan Configuration Properties dialog box opens for that configuration You can make changes to a configuration but for the changes to be saved the configuration must first be unlocked Click the Lock icon to unlock the configuration Clicking it toggles between locking and unlocking the configuration The key icon indicates the configuration is unlocked Scan Configuration Properties scan Settings Page Settings Advanced Settings Scan for Light Text sid Click the Lock Key icon Mode Resolution to toggle between locked E OBlack amp white 50 100 300 600 and unlocked 4 GrayScale i 200 dpi a Color Brightness Contrast 5 Edit the settings and click OK 6 Click OK to close the dialog box CONFIGURING BEFORE SCANNING You can manually configure the scan settings before beginning the scanning process In that case you select Configure Before Scan as the Scan Setting When you press a scan button one of the scanning interfaces opens for you to set the scanning options To configure before scanning 1 Open the OneTouch Properties window 2 Using the arrows choose the button that you want to set to configure before scanning CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 79 3 Select the scan configuration Configure Before Scan OneTouch 4 0 Properties for Visioneer Patriot 660 Multi Fu
117. tem Scanning from Visioneer Patriot 680 Scan Type Auta Document Feeder Duplex i Picture Type Color picture F Brightness o Contrast E Resolution DPI 200 v Page size Legal 8 5 x 14 inches 216 x 356 mm v Pepa si eal Advanced Interface Preview Scan Click the Advanced Interface button if you would rather scan with the Advanced Interface To scan from the Basic Interface Scan Reflective Using z 1 From the Scan Type menu choose the option to scan Scan Reflective Using m Auto Document Feeder Duplex Scans two sided documents from the Automatic Document Feeder m Auto Document Feeder Simplex Scans one sided documents from the Automatic Document Feeder m Scan Reflective Using Scans the document on the Flatbed 2 Choose the color grayscale or black and white option from the Picture Type menu Note If you want to preview the document before scanning from the ADE make sure only one page is loaded into the scanner 110 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Prev 3 Click the Preview button review The scanner scans the item and displays a preview image You can now use the options on the Basic Interface to adjust the image Note If you want to preview a stack of pages use one of the pages as a test page and load it into the scanner Click the Preview button and adjust the scanner settings Then replace the page on the stack at its origi
118. th Windows Unknown software package IF You want to search for Microsoft digitally signed software visit the Windows Update Web site at http iwindowsupdate microsoft com to see if one is available Do vou want to continue the installation Yes Ho More Info STEP 2 INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 15 12 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 Step 3 Connect the Power Supply on page 16 E Complete the installation by connecting your hardware Connect the AC Adaptor to the scanner 1 and an outlet 2 Connect the USB cable to the scanner 3 and your computer 4 Finally turn the scanner on 5 Plug and Play will finish installing the scanner Reminder If your computer is running AntiVirus or AntiSpyware software you may see messages asking you to allow the installation Select the option to allow the installation to proceed Note If you want to see more information about your scanner and a quick explanation of how to use the OneTouch features click the More button on the window When youre finished return to the window above to continue with the installation process 16 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE STEP 3 CONNECT THE POWER SUPPLY Connect the power supply and power cord and plug the power supply into an electrical outlet To connect your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner 1 Pl
119. the menu arrow and choose the most appropriate type for the item youre scanning Click OK The Custom Settings button is now set to scan with the options you selected If you want to reset the settings and start over click Reset 130 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE SCANNING WITH THE ISIS INTERFACE The ISIS interface for scanning opens when you scan with a OneTouch button that has Configure Before Scan set as the Configuration and ISIS selected as the interface to use ISIS is selected by right clicking on the Configure Before Scan configuration and selecting it from the menu OneTouch 4 0 Properties for Visioneer Patriot 660 Multi Function Options F Select format and page s MM Paint w E 4 amp BMP JPG Select destination W Microsoft Paint 7 W Use Document Feeder Use Flatbed AA i Select configuration ScanSoft OmniPage Guality Color Document 4 WP Configure Before Scan ih Twain v ISIS WIA Right click on Configure Before Scan to get the menu and choose ISIS to use it as ate the interface to configure before scan SCANNING WITH THE ISIS INTERFACE 131 When you press the button to scan the OneTouch ISIS Scan window opens Use this window to select scanning options and start scanning OneTouch ISIS Scan Auto Feed Se Image 128 200 dpi Define l q GrayScale Click a button A Image 128 200 dpi to choose the type of scan Test Document
120. the scanner Make sure the cable is plugged in securely The ADF will not work if the cable is loose or not plugged in 7 Push the locking tab down to the unlocked position Note The locking tab protects the scanner s scan head by holding it securely in position Lock the scanner when transporting it from one location to another but remember to unlock it before scanning The scanner will not scan when locked 8 When youre finished assembling the scanner place it on a level surface on your desk If the scanner is on an uneven surface it may stall when scanning from the Flatbed 9 Proceed to Step 2 Install the Software STEP 2 INSTALL THE SOFTWARE STEP 2 INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 9 Note The software is on the two CDs you received with your scanner Please be sure to install from Disc 1 first To install the software 1 Start Microsoft Windows and make sure no other applications are running 2 Insert Disc 1 into your computers CD ROM drive The Installation menu automatically opens Note If the CD does not start check the following mg Make sure you have inserted Disc 1 m Make sure the CD drive s door is completely shut m Make sure the CD was inserted in the drive in the proper direction label side up To launch the CD manually m Open the Windows option for My Computer You can do this by double clicking on the My Computer icon on your desktop m Double click the icon for y
121. tified 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 TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome seriis n00ee dus an gesne wane eeee eu eed a oes 1 Whats in the BOX cesanc5505a5esedunuesesadecedanaamewens l The Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner 1 1 0 0 eee eee 2 What You Need 4 4444 6 35 544484500ue ee eee kh hitb ee ana aaece 4 DOCUMENTATION 4 44 34 4 Seow wie eioddbae eed bao E ae 4 WENT a eo og Hoa oh ee Bho 5 Before You DEC stonccansacaeccaheneheeeetenanaseredeces 5 Step 1 Assemble the Scanner 1 2 0 0 eee eee eee 6 Step 2 Install the Software 2 5 4 4444445445bbocteeereesea race ss 9 Step 3 Connect the Power Supply 0 0 0 0 0 eee eee 16 Step 4 Connect the USB Cable and Turn on the Power 17 Additional Applications for
122. ug the power supply into the power port on the scanner Note Only use the power supply HEG42 240200 7L made by HiTron included with your scanner 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 then into a wall outlet AN ANN Now proceed to the next section Step 4 Connect the USB Cable and Turn on the Power STEP 4 CONNECT THE USB CABLE AND TURN ON THE POWER 17 STEP 4 CONNECT THE USB CABLE AND TURN ON THE POWER The Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner connects to any available USB port Check your computer s manual for USB port locations Note You can connect the scanner to your computer while the computer is running You do not have to shut down your computer 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 Connection to a USB 2 0 High Speed port provides optimum performance however your scanner will also connect to a USB 1 1 port i UN s mag Wt AI The USB symbol as seen in the above diagram identifies the location of the USB port on your computer If the plug does not attach easily make sure that you are plugging it in correctly Do not force the plug into the connection You can also connect the scanner to a USB port on the computer s keyboard if i
123. ument has different or unknown types of layouts pages with multiple columns and a table or pages containing more than one table The OCR process will then determine if text is in columns an item is a graphic or text and tables are present 88 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Single Column no Table Choose this option if the document contains only one column of text and no tables Business letters are normally in this form You can also use this option for documents with words or numbers in columns if you do not want them placed in a table or decolumnized or treated as separate columns Multiple Columns no Table Choose this option if some document pages contain text in columns and you want it kept in separate columns similar to the original layout If table like data is encountered it is placed in columns not in a gridded table Single Column with Table Choose this option if your document contains only one column of text and a table The table will be placed in a grid in the text editing application you have selected You can later specify whether to export it in a grid or as tab separated text columns Spreadsheet Choose this option if the entire document consists of a table that you want to export to a spreadsheet program or have treated as a table No flowing text or graphics zones will be detected Template If you created a zone template in OmniPage Pro choose a zone template file to have its background
124. ust first uninstall the drivers the scanner is currently using See To Install Another Driver on page 144 10 Click Next During installation of the Full Feature Install you will see this window asking you to select an image for your Color Space setting i OneTouch 4 0 Select Color Space and Confirm Installation amp Please select the image that you like best after that click Next to continue with the install like this one best like this one best like this one best The Color Space setting sets the gamma value for the scanner so scanned items look good on your monitor Gamma controls the brightness of the midtones of colors That setting can be changed later on as youre scanning 14 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 11 Select the option that looks best to you and click Next The driver installation will now begin If you are installing the scanner on a Windows 2000 computer During the software installation this Digital Signature Not Found message may appear several times Each time this message appears you can disregard it and click Yes Digital Signature Not Found E x The Microsoft digital signature affirme that software has been tested with Windows and that the software has nat been altered since it was tested The software you are about to install does not contain a Microsoft digital signature Therefore there is no guarantee that this software works corectly wi
125. ustments are needed To adjust a setting click the setting in the list on the left below the selected configuration A panel opens on the right side of the Advanced Interface for the selected setting Select new options on that panel See Adjusting the Image with the Advanced Interface on page 114 for details about changing scan settings 10 11 THE TWO TWAIN INTERFACE OPTIONS 113 optional To preview the image again put the document back into the scanner Automatic Document Feeder if you re scanning from it and click the Preview button again Readjust the settings if necessary When youre satisfied with the image load all the documents into the ADF Input Tray and click the Scan button When youre finished scanning items click Done to close the Advanced Interface A scan progress window opens To Cancel scanning while it is in progress click the Cancel button on the progress window The scanned images will appear in the TWAIN application youre using 114 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE ADJUSTING THE IMAGE WITH THE ADVANCED INTERFACE You can adjust the scan settings on the Advanced Interface to produce the best possible image for the documents youre scanning To adjust a setting 1 On the left side of the Advanced Interface select a configuration for example Color Configurations 2 Click a setting in the list of settings or click its corresponding button on the right side of the Advan
126. utton 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 CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 95 To scan with event forwarding 1 Open the OneTouch Properties window 2 Using the arrows choose a button to use for the event forwarding 3 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 OneTouch 4 0 Properties for Visioneer Patriot 660 Multi Function Options af i Select format and pagels ME Custom W Select destination HP Laserlet 4050 Series PCL W Use Document Feeder Use Flatbed HP Color Lasenet 4600 PS select configuration Quality Color Document Microsoft Paint a Color Photo 6x4 a Color Document Quality US Letter Duplex gt i iP ScanSoft OmniPage Outlook Express W US Letter Copy WB US Legal Duplex Still Image Client E Quality US Legal e 4 Choose a Scan Configuration 5 Click OK
127. value zones and zone properties applied to all OCR scanned pages from now on No Formatting NF The document will be plain text decolumnized and left aligned in a single font and font size You can export plain text to nearly all file types and target applications and graphics tables and bullets can be retained When exporting to Text or Unicode file types graphics and tables are not supported Retain Fonts and Paragraphs RFP This output format retains the font and paragraph styling including graphics and tables without columnized text This output format is available for nearly all file types Flowing Page FP This format keeps the original layout of the pages including columns This is done wherever possible with column and indent settings but not with text boxes or frames Text will then flow from one column to the other which does not happen when text boxes are present CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 89 True Page TP This output format keeps the original layout of the pages including columns This is done with text picture and table boxes and frames True page is offered only for target applications capable of handling the formatting True Page formatting is the only choice for XML export and for all PDF export except to the file type PDF Edited 9 When youre finished selecting the OCR options click OK on the Options window These options will now apply to the OCR processing when you select
128. w Clicking the icon in either view starts the scanner scanning using the button s settings 4 To cycle through the buttons click the arrows on the right side of the panel Q gt Visioneer Patriot 680 TA mee ie oe Si En Click these arrows to cycle Scan PDF Pint eMail through the buttons 36 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE 5 To navigate through the panel s three views click the green arrows at the top of the panel Click these __ Q sas Visioneer Patriot 680 arrows to F 2a uE Navigate i through the Pririt ig ax OCR Archive a panel s three views The Button View O gt Visioneer Patriot 680 x O gt Visioneer Patriot 680 X a Quality US Letter Duplex Mode Blackihite 3 300 dpi Duplex s Page 8 50 x 11 00 Patriot 680 OCR Settings Brightness 50 The Hardware View The Detail View m The Button View is your main scanner control panel Use it to scan or to see all the buttons m The Detail View shows the current scan settings for a button m he Hardware View shows the current scanners connected to your computer If the Properties window is not open right click the icon on the Detail View or Button View to open it From the Hardware View and Detail View click the green arrow to return to the Button View You can also click on the hardware icon to return to the Button View 6 To close the OneTouch Button Panel click the
129. window opens for that button Multi Function Options F me P D F Select format and pagels gt vi ae Patriot 20 x a a ss a A Select destination Zai Scan POF Th Eh Sy Ws Print eh ail m ee L Transfer to Storage TIFF sPDF 5 F Use Document Feeder a Use Flatbed Fax Select configuration wf Color Document US Legal Duplex US Letter Copy Duplex fr Configure Before Scan g Quality Color Photo 6x4 g Vivid Color Photo 6x4 a Color Magazine Duplex 40 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE ABOUT THE ONETOUCH PROPERTIES WINDOW The OneTouch Properties window is where you can select new settings for the buttons The OneTouch Properties window also contains special scanning features such as scanning and burning to a CD scanning and converting text directly into an HTML web page and scanning with optical character recognition OCR that turns a scanned image into text that you can edit Note Some of the options on the OneTouch Properties Window and other OneTouch windows and dialog boxes may be grayed out and are not available Grayed out options are not appropriate for your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner The following example of the OneTouch window shows the settings for Button 6 The button is set to scan with the scan configuration named Quality US Letter Duplex and to display the scanned image in the Destination Application Microsoft Word The Format and Page
130. with core RoHS compliant Safety and agency certifications UL C UL FCC Class B 146 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER PARTS LIST Please use the following part names and numbers when ordering replacements for your scanner Part Name Part Number Paper Input Tray 57 0107 000 ADF Pad 57 0109 000 AC Power Cord 35 0103 000 USB Cable 35 0102 000 Power Supply 37 0076 000 Buttons Label 09 0631 000 INDEX Numerics 24 Bit Color 134 256 Level Gray 133 A ADF cleaning 136 ADF pad assembly replace 138 Advanced Interface 111 adjust settings 114 new profile 123 profile 123 Advanced Properties 128 advanced settings 68 Archive button 99 aspect ratio 70 AutoRotate image 70 B background color 86 Basic Interface 109 bit depth 145 Black amp White 64 112 133 blurred image 117 BMP 53 Brightness 65 118 129 132 Burn to CD 49 92 Destination Application 94 button options 58 button settings 43 CD ROM drive 4 Color 65 112 color hue 119 options 119 Color Document 44 Color Document button 132 color filter 68 Comma Delimited 57 INDEX 147 components 2 computer specifications 4 Configure Before Scan 78 130 Contrast 65 118 129 133 csv file format 57 D Destination Application 26 27 39 text file format 55 Destination Selector 28 Device Settings 64 69 Diffusion 134 Disc 1 9 Dither 134 Document Format 39 Document Management 60 docume
131. wn as the Destination Application or to a storage folder on your computer 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 labels stickers or Post It notes on the pages If a label sticker or Post It note comes off during the scanning process the item can get stuck in the scanner and this will void your scannet s warranty 1 Adjust the paper guide for the width of paper Then load the documents so the tops of the pages are inserted into the Automatic Document Feeder For Simplex one sided scans load the documents face up To maintain the original order of the documents when they are sent to the Destination Application the scanner starts at the first page and scans to the last page For Duplex two sided scans the documents can be face up or down because both sides are scanned 28 VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USER S GUIDE Check the LED number to make sure you are using the scan setting you want To choose a new scan setting press the Up or Down Destination Selector buttons Press the Up or Down Destination Se lectors to cycle through the scan settings to select the one you want The current scan setting See Check the Scan Settings Before Scanning on page 30 to check the settings To scan a one sided document press the Sim

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