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Vi s i o n e e r Patriot 480 Scanner User’ s Guide FOR WINDOWS[...]

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T ABLE OF C ONTENTS i T ABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Visioneer Patriot 480 Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3[...]

ii T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Selecting File Format Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Setting Destination Application Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Selecting Options for a Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Unique Scanning Features and Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 1 W elcome Y our new Visioneer P atriot 480 scanne r can quickly scan single-sided or double-sided stacks of documents, and place their images on your computer . With its innovative F ront Feed tray y ou can also scan single items from the front of the scanner , such as embossed plastic cards. W [...]

2 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T HE V ISIONEER P ATRIOT 480 S CANNER Inpu t t ray —Holds documents in the scanner , sides adjust to fit the document width. LED number —Shows the curr ent scan setting for the Simplex and Du plex OneT ouch buttons. Sel ec to r b u tt on —P ress to select a new scan setting for the OneT o[...]

W HAT Y OU N EED 3 W HAT Y OU N EED IBM-compatible P entium 4 PC, or AMD equ ivalent with: ■ A CD-R OM drive ■ An available U niversal Serial Bus (USB) port ■ Microsoft ® Window s ® operating system: Windows 2000 (Service P ack 4), 32-bit Windo ws XP (Service P ack 2 or 3), 32-bit or 64-bit Windo ws Vist a ■ Windo ws 2000 and XP : M inimu[...]

4 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE D OCUMENTATION The following documentation is pro vided with your scanner: ■ Quick Install G uide—Abbreviated installation instructions. ■ Visioneer P atriot 480 Scanner U ser ’ s Guide—On the Installation CD 1; contains detailed installation, scanning, configuration, and maintenance [...]

B EFORE Y OU B EGIN 5 Installation Installation is a quick, four-step process: 1. Assemble the scanner 2. Install the software 3. Connec t the po wer suppl y 4. Connect the USB cable and turn on the power B EFORE Y OU B EGIN Please make sur e of the follo wing befor e you begin installation: ■ The information in this guide may cov er soft ware no[...]

6 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S TEP 1: A SSEMBLE THE S CANNER 1. Remo ve all shipping tape from the top and bottom of the scanner . 2. Ca refu lly re move the prote cti ve foa m from the ADF c over r elease, then press the release and open the Automatic Document F eeder cover . 3. Carefully remo ve any foam particles that m[...]

S TEP 1: A SSEMBLE THE S CANNER 7 6. Insert the pins on each side of the output tray into the holes on the front of the scanner .[...]

8 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S TEP 2: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE T o install the software: 1. S tart Microsoft Windo ws and make sure no other applications are running. 2. Insert Di sc 1 into your computer’ s CD-ROM driv e. The Installation menu automatically opens. No t e : If th e CD does not start, check the following: ?[...]

S TEP 2: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 9 3. On the Main M enu, select Install P roducts . 4. Make sure the box es for Nu a n c e Pa p e r P o r t ® and Scanner Driver are checked. 5. Click Install N o w .[...]

10 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T HE P APER P ORT I NSTAL LATION B EGINS 1. On the P aperP ort W elcome window , click Ne x t . Installing P aperP ort will uninstall any existing version of P aperP ort and will install the newer version. Y our existing P aperP ort files will not be affected. 2. Read the P aperP ort license a[...]

S TEP 2: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 11 T HE S CANNER D RIVER I NSTALLATION W ILL N OW B EGIN 1. The W elcome to the OneT ouch 4.0 Setup Wizard opens. Click Ne x t . 2. On the Visioneer License Agreement window , read the license agreement. If you accept the terms, select I Agree , and click Ne x t . If you choose not to accept the license agreement, th[...]

12 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE ■ Full I nstall (OneT ouch, TW AIN and ISIS) —This is the recommended installation. It installs the OneT ouch 4.0 software which provides the necessary driv er softwar e for the scanner’ s buttons to work. I t also installs scanning interfaces for the TW AIN and ISIS drivers. Installing [...]

S TEP 2: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 13 5. During installation you will see this window asking you to select one of the images for your Color S pace setting. 6. ST OP when you see the “Complete th e installation b y connecting your hardw are” wind ow . Do NO T click OK yet. Leave the windo w open and proceed to the next section.[...]

14 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S TEP 3: C ONNECT THE P OWER S UPPLY Connect the pow er supply and power cor d, and plug the pow er supply into an electrical outlet. T o connect y our Visioneer P atriot 480 scanner: 1. Plug the power supply into the power port on the scanner . 2. Plug the power cor d into the power supply an[...]

S TEP 4: C ONNECT THE USB C ABLE AND T URN ON THE P OWER 15 S TEP 4: C ONNECT THE USB C ABLE AND T URN ON THE P OWER The Visioneer P atriot 480 scanner connects to any available USB port. Check your computer’ s manual for USB port locations. 1. Remove any protective tape from the USB cable. 2. Plug the USB cable into the USB por t on the scanner [...]

16 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE If y our computer is running Windo ws XP or Windo ws Vista, you will see a message similar to the following. 4. When you ’ re certain that the software has completely loaded, return to the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware ” window . 5. Click OK . Y ou can also click[...]

A DDITIONAL A PPLICATIONS A VAILABLE WITH Y OUR S CANNER 17 A DDITIONAL A PPLICATIONS A VAILABLE WITH Y OUR S CANNER Y our scanner includes free, a dditional applications. T o install the additional applications: 1. Return to the CD main menu and click on Install P roducts . Softwar e that is already installed will have I nstalled! next to them. 2.[...]

18 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Softwar e About the Softwar e Adob e ® Acrobat ® Rea der ® Adobe A crobat Reader is a stand-alone application that y ou use to open, view , search, and print PDF files. The User Guides on y our scanner’ s installation CD’ s are in PDF format and require A dobe Acrobat Reader for you to [...]

A DDITIONAL A PPLICATIONS A VAILABLE WITH Y OUR S CANNER 19 1. If you selected OmniP age Pro to install y ou will see a window telling you to inser t Dis c 2 . 2. Click Exi t Di sc 1 and remov e Disc 1 from the CD-ROM drive. 3. Insert Di sc 2 into the CD-R OM drive. The OmniP age Pro Installation menu opens automatically . If it does not open, see [...]

20 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE V IEW AND S AVE THE U SER G UIDES 1. On the Main M enu of Di sc 1 , click User G uides . 2. The Visione er U ser Guides windo w opens. U se this windo w to view and save the U ser Guides you want. The U ser Guides ar e in Adobe ® Ac rob a t ® PDF format. The Scanner Readme file is in HTML fo[...]

V IEW AND S AVE THE U SER G UIDES 21 4. Retu rn to the Visioneer U ser Guides window and r epeat the process to open, view , and save all the other U ser Guides you want. The Scanner Readme file has late-br eaking news about y our scanner . The Shar eP oint Mini-Guide has information about a feature in the OneT ouch 4.0 software to link to Micr oso[...]

22 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE R EGISTER Y OUR S CANNER AND C HECK FOR U PDATES Registering y our scanner is important as it provides y ou with access to our free telephone support service. Registration also gives you free access to software updates for your scanner . T o register y our scanner: 1. Right-click on the OneT o[...]

S CANNING I NTERFACES 23 S CANNING I NTERFACES Y ou have several different scanning options with y our Visioneer P atriot 480 scanner . Each method scans equally we ll, so use the one with appropriate options for the item you are scanning. ■ OneT ouch Scanner Buttons —W hen you pr ess either the S implex or Duplex button, documents are scanned [...]

24 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Scanning from OneT ouch With powerful featur es such as sca nning with VRS and to searchable PDF at the touch of a button, OneT ouch is th e main interface for using the scanner and accessing these features. L OAD AND S CAN D OCUMENTS FROM THE I NPUT T RAY When you pr ess either the S implex o[...]

L OAD AND S CAN D OCUMENTS FRO M THE I NPUT T RAY 25 2. Load the documents into the scanner face down with the tops of the page inserted into the Automatic D ocument F eeder . 3. Check the LED number to make sure you ’ re using the scan setting you want. 4. F or one-sided scanning press the Simp le x button. F or two-sided scanning press the Dupl[...]

26 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 5. A scan progress window opens and the image(s) ar e sent to the selected location in the OneT ouch properties. In this example the Destination Application is the P aperP or t desktop. If you have the front feed tray attached, all pages in the ADF will feed out underneath the front feed platf[...]

L OAD AND S CAN I TEMS FROM THE F RONT F EED T RAY 27 L OAD AND S CAN I TEMS FROM THE F RONT F EED T RAY Y ou can scan thick paper , embossed plastic cards, business cards and other items from the scanner ’ s front feed tr ay . Please see the “Visioneer P atriot 480 Scanner Sp ecifications ” on page 93 for details of the F ront F eed scanning[...]

28 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 3. P ress down on the tray and guide the item to the front of the scanner . 4. The scanner pulls the item in from the front and the front feed tray springs back up. 5. Check the LED number to make sure you ’ re using the scan setting you want. 6. T o scan a one-sided item, press the Sim plex[...]

L OAD AND S CAN I TEMS FROM THE F RONT F EED T RAY 29 7. The scanner scans the item and ejects it out underneath the front feed tray . A scan progress window opens and the image(s) ar e sent to the selected application from the OneT ouch utility . In this example the Destination Application is the P aperP or t desktop.[...]

30 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S CAN W ITH THE F RONT F EED T RAY D OWN Y ou can lock the front feed tray down so that it is always positioned at the front slot of the scanner . Any items you scan are ejected over the front feed tray when scanning is complete. T O LOCK THE F RONT F EED T RAY DOWN : 1. Locate the arm lev ers[...]

L OAD AND S CAN I TEMS FROM THE F RONT F EED T RAY 31 3. The front feed tray is now in the down position aligned with the front slot of the scanner .[...]

32 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T O S CAN WITH THE F RONT F EED T RA Y D OWN : 1. Adjust the paper guides for the width of the item you are scanning. 2. Place a single item face up , with the top pointing into the scanner , between the paper guides on the front feed tray . 3. The scanner pulls the item in from the front.[...]

L OAD AND S CAN I TEMS FROM THE F RONT F EED T RAY 33 4. Check the LED number to make sure you ’ re using the scan setting you want. 5. T o scan a one-sided item, press the Si mpl ex button. T o scan a two-sided item, press the Dupl ex button. 6. The scanner scans the item and ejects it out ov er the front feed tray . Press the Destination Select[...]

34 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE A scan progress window opens and the image(s) ar e sent to the selected application from the OneT ouch utility . In this example the Destination Application is the P aperP or t desktop.[...]

L OAD AND S CAN I TEMS FROM THE F RONT F EED T RAY 35 S CAN FROM THE I NPUT T RAY WITH THE F RONT F EED T RAY D OWN Y ou can scan a maximum of 5 pages in the input tray with the scanner’ s front feed tray in the down position. 1. Adjust the paper guide for the paper width, and make sur e the output tray is fully extended. 2. Load the documents fa[...]

36 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 3. Check the LED number to make sure you ’ re using the scan setting you want. 4. T o scan a one-sided document, press the Simpl e x button. T o scan a two-sided document, press the Dupl ex button. Press the Destination Selector to cycle through the scan settings to select the one you want. [...]

L OAD AND S CAN I TEMS FROM THE F RONT F EED T RAY 37 5. A scan progress window opens and the images ar e sent to the selected application from the OneT ouch utility . In this example the Destination Application is the P aperP or t desktop. The pages are ejected out of the scanner o ver the front feed tray .[...]

38 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE A UTO S CAN FROM THE F RONT F EED T RAY Y ou can set the scanner ’ s OneT ouch hardware properties to automatically scan an item when it is inserted into the scanner from the front. T O S ET THE F RONT F EED S CAN E VENT : 1. Right-click on the OneT ouch icon, located on the Windows task bar[...]

L OAD AND S CAN I TEMS FROM THE F RONT F EED T RAY 39 4. In the Control section select the option Tu r n o n A u t o L a u n c h ™ f o r F ront F eed scanning . 5. Click the drop list for Fun c ti o n : and select a scanning option to use for the front feed auto scanning. ■ Fun c ti o ns 1 - 9 —These are the 9 scanning functions that you can [...]

40 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 7. Click on OK to apply your changes and close the Device Configuration window . 8. Click on Ok to close the Hardware P roperties window . T O A UTO S CAN FROM THE F RONT F EED T RAY : 1. Adjust the paper guides for the width of the item you are scanning. 2. Place a single item face up , with [...]

L OAD AND S CAN I TEMS FROM THE F RONT F EED T RAY 41 A scan progress window opens and the image(s) ar e sent to the selected application from the OneT ouch utility . In this example the Destination Application is the P aperP or t desktop.[...]

42 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S CAN FROM THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON P ANEL 1. Adjust the paper guide for the paper width. Load the documents face down with their tops into the A utomatic Document F eeder , or place an item face up on the Front F eed tray , with the top pointing into the scanner . 2. N ow click on the OneT ouc[...]

F EATURES OF THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON P ANEL 43 F EATURES OF THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON P ANEL F rom the panel, you can access the ha rdware settings for y our scanner and configure the scanner buttons. Click on the OneT ouch icon to open the panel. The T itle Bar ■ G reen arrows—click to cycle through the panel’ s 3 vie ws. ■ Scanner icon—cl[...]

44 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE ■ Right-click on the scanner icon to open the scanner ’ s hardwar e properties. T HE D EFAULT O NE T OUCH S ETTINGS ON Y OUR S CANNER Based on the recommended install of P aperP or t and the scanner driver , your scanner is pre-configured to scan items for various basic tasks, such as emai[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 45 C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS When you installed OneT ouch, the software was configured with the applications on your computer that you can scan to. Each O neT ouch button configuration consists of a Destination Application , a Sc an Configuration , and a Fi le Fo rm a t . The OneT ouch P roperties w[...]

46 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Changing the button settings: 1. Click on an application name in the Select Destination list. 2. Select a file format in the Select F orm at panel. 3. Select a scanning configuration in the S elect Configuration list. 4. Click on OK to save the changes and close the win dow . 5. Place a page i[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 47 S ELECTING N EW S ETTINGS FOR A B UTTON The settings on the OneT ouch P roperties window are: LED N umber —Click the up or down arro w to cycle through the 9 OneT ouch options. Select Destination —The list of Destination A pplications that OneT ouch can send a scanned image to so that this application op[...]

48 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Select Config uration —The list of available scan configurations for the selected button. The configuration ’ s basic sett ings include: scanning mode, resolution (dpi), page siz e, brightness (Br), and contrast (C r). T o see a selected Scan Configuration ’ s settings, click its icon. C[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 49 O THER O PTIONS IN THE O NE T OUCH P ROPERTIES WINDOW Opti ons tab —D isplays a window for selecting options related to the selected Destination Application for the scanned image. S ee “Selecting Options for a Button ” on page 72 for inst ructions on configurin g the list of available destinations. P r[...]

50 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE C REATING A N EW S CAN C ONFIGURATION The scan configurations are where y ou select the scanning resolution, brightness, mode (color , black&white, or grayscale), and a number of other settings. T o create a new configuration: 1. Open the O neT ouch Properties w indow . 2. Scroll through t[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 51 T HE S CAN S ETTINGS T AB 1. On the Scan Configuration P roperties dialog box, type a name. 2. Select scan settings for the new Scan Configuration. Mod e —Select a scanning mode: ■ Bla ck &Wh it e to scan in black and whit e. For example, letters and memos are usually scanned in black and white. ■ [...]

52 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T HE P AGE S ETTINGS T AB Click the P age Settings tab to select page settings. Siz e —Click St a n d a rd , click the menu arrow and choose a page size from the list, or click Cus to m and enter the horiz ontal and vertical page dimensions in the boxes. The maximum size is 8.5" x 38&qu[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 53 ■ Dup le x —Scan both sides of the page. I f this option is not s elected, the scanner will scan the face-down side of the page only . ■ Skip B lank Originals —Skips pages that ar e completely blank. This option is only available for Duplex scanning. ■ Color Fi lter —Color filter is the ability o[...]

54 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Pr o m p t — yo u w i l l b e pr o m p t e d t o r e m o v e t h e p a g e s i n t h e A D F , r e s t a c k the remaining pages and continue sc anning. All pages scanned before and after the double page feed are sav ed. T HE A DVANCE D S ETTINGS T AB The options of the Advanced Settings tab[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 55 T HE D EVICE S ETTINGS T AB A Device Settings tab is on the Scan Configurations dialog box when your selected Destination Application is a printer or fax application. Fi t to page, r educe image if necessar y —If the scanned image is too big to be printed or faxed on a single page, the image will automatic[...]

56 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T HE S TORAGE O PTIONS T AB (A RCHIVE ) A S torage Options tab is on the Scan Configurations dialog box when the selected Destination Application is set as T ransfer to Storage. See “T ransferring Scanned Documents to S torage ” on page 80 for instructions on using the T ransfer to Storage[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 57 E DITING OR D ELETING S CAN C ONFIGURATIONS T o edit or delete a Scan Configuration: 1. Open the O neT ouch Properties w indow . 2. Select the Scan Configuration you want to edit or delete. 3. T o delete the configuration, click the Delet e button. 4. T o edit the configuration, click the Edit button. Y ou c[...]

58 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE C ONFIGURE B EFORE S CA N Choosing Configure Before Scan simp ly opens either the TW AIN or WIA scanning interface when you press or click a button. Y ou can then use the interface to change the Picture T ype, Resolution, and other settings. When you scan, the scanned image will still be sent [...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 59 WIA —The Window s Image Acquisition (WIA) Interface opens for you to make changes prior to scanni ng. Please see “Scanning from the WIA Interface ” on page 92 for detailed instr uctions about scanning with the WIA Interface. 5. Select the Destination Application and F ile Format. 6. Click OK or Apply o[...]

60 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE C ANCELING A C ONFIGURE B EFORE S CAN 1. Click Can ce l in the scanning progress window . 2. The following windo w will open asking if you want to cancel the entire job. ■ Ye s —Scanning stops and all pages scanned in this batch, up to this point, will be deleted. The TW AIN int erface wil[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 61 S ELECTING F ILE F ORMAT O PT IONS The options that you select determines the file format of the scanned d o c u m e n t . A p p r o p r i a t e Fi l e Fo r m a t o pt i ons and file types are available for the type of Destination Applic ation selected for the button. The T e xt F ormats are for text file ty[...]

62 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE I MAGE F ORMATS Select an image file format for phot os, artwork or other documents that you want to save as images. BMP and TIFF a re standar d image file formats generally used if you want to do additional image processing. Both of those file formats tend to be larger than the JPEG format fi[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 63 T EXT F ORMATS Selecting the text format option al so selects OCR processing as an automatic step for scanning. Therefor e, when you scan a document with the text format s elected, the text portions of the document are automatically converted to editable text . T ext file formats are only available if an OCR[...]

64 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Sim pl e T ex t —The .txt file format. T ext with no formatting; used by the standard M icrosoft N otepad application. Rich T ext F ormat —The .rtf file format. T ext that retains formatting when converted. A vailable with Microsoft W ordpad and W ord. Wo r d D o c u m e n t —The .doc fi[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 65 S ETTING D ESTINATION A PPLICATION P ROPERTIES In the OneT ouch P roperties win dow , select a Destination Application then click the Pro p e r ti e s button. P aperP or t Properties These properties apply to designat ing the P aperP ort folder to receive your scanned items. 1. Select the folder where y ou w[...]

66 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE When P aperP ort opens after you finish scanning, the thumbnails of your scanned documents ar e on the P aperP ort Desktop in that folder . T ext Documents P roperties These properties apply to text editing applications such as Microsoft W ord. The properties apply to the Optical character Rec[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 67 The Add T ext Based Link dialog box opens. 3. Click Browse to fin d the application you want to add to the list. When you select the application using the B rowse 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 S tep 3 of [...]

68 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Image D ocuments P roperties These properties apply to image pr oce ssing applications such as M icrosoft Pa i n t . 1. Click in the Color document handling settings boxes for the options you wan t. These options will apply to all the applications in the group . Conv ert Bitmaps usin g Screen [...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 69 S torage P roperties These properties apply to the D estination Application named T ransfer to S torage. If a CD burner is a ttached to your computer , you also use this dialog box to start the Burn to CD process. See the section “Scan and Burn to a CD” on page 77. 1. Click the S torage Layout options yo[...]

70 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE eMail P roperties These properties apply to email applic ations so you can specify the folder for documents that you will attach to an email message. Microsoft Outlook ® will accept direct attachment of documents to a blank email message as soon as scanning is fini shed, but other email appli[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 71 documentation for more information about Internet options. If you are using AOL, please see the AOL user manual for making changes to the Internet options applicable to AOK. 4. Select the options for color document handling. Conv ert Bitmaps usin g Screen R esolution —U se this option to ensure that an ima[...]

72 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S ELECTING O PTIONS FOR A B UTTON The OneT ouch Options determine the types of Destination Applications available for a button. There are also settings on the Options tab that are global to all OneT ouch buttons. To s e l e c t o p t i o n s : 1. Open the O neT ouch Properties w indow and clic[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 73 Destination Categories: ■ Document M anagement includes P aperP or t and other applications for processing and keeping track of your scanned documents. ■ Imag e Edi tor s include Microsoft P aint and other drawing and graphics applications. ■ Te x t E d i t o r s include Micr osoft W ord and W ordP ad,[...]

74 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE F or example, if you scan a pictur e to an email application, the scanned image is saved as a temporary file, then attached to the email, and the email is sent. Later , the temporary file of the scan ned picture is deleted. The same situation may occur when you scan directly to a printer or sc[...]

U NIQUE S CANNING F EATURES AND D ESTINATIONS 75 U NIQUE S CANNING F EATURES AND D ESTINATIONS The OneT ouch software has unique scanning options available. Y ou can scan directly to wor d processing programs, to y our computer’ s CD burner , HTML files and so on. S CANNING WITH O PTICAL C HARACTER R ECOGNITION (OCR) Optical Character Recognition[...]

76 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T o scan with OCR from the Scanner Buttons: 1. P ress the F unction button to select an LED number that has a text editing program as the select ed Destination Application. 2. P ress the Sim ple x or Du ple x button on the scanner . Y our scanned pages are sent to the te xt editing application[...]

U NIQUE S CANNING F EATURES AND D ESTINATIONS 77 S CAN AND B URN TO A CD If you hav e a CD burner attached to your computer , you can scan directly from your scanner onto a CD. This fe ature is av ailable only on computers running Windows XP or W indows Vista 1. Open the O neT ouch Properties w indow . 2. Select Burn to CD as the Destination Applic[...]

78 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S CANNING WITH E VENT F ORWARDING If you want to specify an application to use for scanning at the start of the process, you can use event forwarding. 1. Open the O neT ouch Properties w indow . 2. Select Still I mage Client as the Destination A pplication. Y ou cannot choose a F ile F ormat f[...]

U NIQUE S CANNING F EATURES AND D ESTINATIONS 79 C REATING AN HTML W EB P AGE FROM Y OUR S CANNED D OCUMENTS Y ou can conv ert scanned pages to HTML format for posting directly to your web site. Those pages are then view able by visitors to your web site without the need for any internet plug-ins or other special processing. 1. Open the O neT ouch [...]

80 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T RANSFERRING S CANNED D OCUMENTS TO S TORAGE With the T ransfer to Storage scanni ng process, you can scan documents and save them in a folder in one step . The process is ideal for archiving documents without having to manually save or process them in any other way . 1. Load the documents fa[...]

U NIQUE S CANNING F EATURES AND D ESTINATIONS 81 S CANNING TO M ULTIPLE F OLDERS When archiving documents with the T ransfer to S torage option, you can scan them to multiple folders. F or example, one folder might be for “Business Receipts,” a second folder might be for “P ersonal R eceipts,” and a third folder might be for “ Ann ual Rec[...]

82 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 7. Click the Storag e Options tab . 8. Click the Browse button. 9. Select the folder you cr eated for storing the scanned documents. If you haven ’ t created the folder yet, you can click the Mak e New Fo l d e r button and type the name for the ne w folder .[...]

U NIQUE S CANNING F EATURES AND D ESTINATIONS 83 10. Click OK . The selected folder will now be set as the S t orage Location, such as “Business Receipts.” 11. Click OK . The new configuration is now listed as a T ransfer to S torage configuration. 12. Repeat the proce ss to create additi onal new configurations, such as one named “S torage f[...]

84 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Scan to multiple storage folders: 1. Load the documents you want to scan to multiple storage folders. 2. P ress the Fu n ct i on button on the scanner to get to the button set up for scanning to storage. 3. Open the O neT ouch Properties w indow . 4. Click the button selection arrow to ge t to[...]

C HECKING THE H ARDWA RE AND L AMP S ETTINGS 85 C HECKING THE H ARDWARE AND L AMP S ETTINGS 1. Right-click on the OneT ouch icon and choose Sh ow Ha rd w a re from the pop-up menu. Y ou can also click the Hardwar e icon at the top of the OneT ouch Button P anel, or right-click on the P at riot 480 icon when the OneT ouch button panel is in the Hard[...]

86 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 2. Click the P roperties button. Y our scanner has a built-in power sa ving fe ature that is set to po wer down after 15 minutes of idle time. Y ou can change the time before the scanner powers down, from 10 minu tes to a maximum of 10 hours. 3. Click the arrows for the Lamp timeout setting an[...]

B ASIC S TEPS TO O PEN T HE TWAIN I NTERFACE 87 Scanning from the TW AIN Interface Y ou can scan fr om any TW AIN scanning application instead of scanning from the OneT ouch buttons on your scanner or the OneT ouch button panel. A N ote About Y our Scanner and the TW AIN standard: TW AIN is a widely recognized procedur e that software appl ications[...]

88 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S CANNING WITH THE TW AIN I NTERFACE The TW AIN Interface is available from many applications, such as Microsoft W ord and P aint, as well as from the P aperP ort. Y ou can use the instructions in this section regardless of the application you use to open the TW AIN I nterfa ce. 1. Select the [...]

S CANNING WITH THE TWAIN I NTERFACE 89 T HE OPTIONS ON THE TW AIN INTERFACE ARE : Mod e —Select a scanning mode: Bla ck &Wh it e to scan in black and white. Use this setting for letters, memos, and other black and white ma terial. This scan mode produces the smallest file size. G rayscale to scan items such as d ocument s containing drawings [...]

90 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Fi lt e r —The Filter is the ability of y our scanner to automatically remo ve a color from a scanned item. The F ilter option applies to Black&White or G rayscale Mode. Reduce M oiré P atter ns —Moiré patterns are wavy , rippled lines that sometimes appear on the scanned images of p[...]

S CANNING WITH THE TWAIN I NTERFACE 91 AutoScan on document insertion —Y our Visioneer P atriot 480 scanner includes AutoLaunch technology that senses when an item is inserted into the paper feed and starts scanning immediatel y . Select this option to turn on the AutoLaunch feature. The item is scanned with the current settings on the TW AIN int[...]

92 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Scanning from the WIA Interface Microsoft Windo ws XP and Windows V ista include their own scanning interface—known as Windows I mage Acquisition (WIA)—for acquiring images from scanners, digital cameras, and other digital devices. This section shows how to use M icrosoft P aint to scan us[...]

S CANNING WITH THE TWAIN I NTERFACE 93 3. The WIA scanning wi ndow opens. U s e this window to select scanning options and start the scanner . 4. Click the button most appropriate for the item you ’ re scanning. 5. Select a paper siz e from the P age Size list. 6. Adjust the image settings as desired: ■ Change the button selection for the type [...]

94 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE F INE T UNING Y OUR S CANS Y ou can customize settings before you scan an item to fine tune exactly how you want to scan it. 1. On the scan window , click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture . 2. The Advanced P roperties dialog box opens. 3. Select the options for scanning. Brightness an[...]

C LEARING P APER J AMS 95 Maintenance This section contains information on maintenance, troubleshooting, uninstalling, scanner specifications, and spare parts. C LEARING P APER J AMS If your scanner stops scanning due to a paper jam in the A utomatic Document F eeder , a warning dialog box opens after a few moments. T o clear a paper jam: 1. P ress[...]

96 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 4. Wipe the ADF pad from top to bottom. Be careful not to snag the cloth on the springs on either side of the pad. 5. Close the co ver when you ’ re finished. R EPLACE THE ADF P AD A SSEMBLY The ADF pad will w ear out and is desi gned to be a user-replaceable part. P roblems with documents f[...]

T ROUBLESHOOTING 97 T ROUBLESHOOTING In addition to the troubleshooting information contained in this section, please see the Readme file on y our installation CD. The Readme file contains additional information that may help y ou diagnos e proble ms with the scanner . If you try the troubleshooting procedur es described in this section and in the [...]

98 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE P roblem: The installation will not co mplete successfully . If installation finishes, the scanner ’ s OneT ouch 4. 0 options do not seem to work properly . What do I do? A likely cause is that some driver pr ograms are alr eady installed on your computer for another scanner . Or you previou[...]

T ROUBLESHOOTING 99 P atriot 480 Scanner P arts List” on page 104 for the or dering number . See “Replace the ADF P ad Assembly ” on page 96 for the steps to replace the pad. P roblem: If the USB cable is disc onnected during a scan, the scanner does not reconnect when the US B cable is plugged back in. U nplug the power cable from the scanne[...]

100 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE The table below describes the error codes. Error Code P roblem De scription Solution 0 The scanner is not communicating with the computer . Make sure the USB cable is plugged in. I f the USB cable is plugged into a hub, try plugging it directly into the back of the computer . T ry a different[...]

U NINSTALL Y OU R S CANNER 101 U NINSTALL Y OUR S CANNER T o uninstall the Visioneer P atriot 480 sc anner , remo ve the OneT ouc h 4.0 software, P aperP ort, and any other software provided with your scanner . U NINSTALLI NG THE S CANNER AND O NE T OUCH S OFTWARE 1. On the Windows taskbar , click Sta r t , point to Set ti ng s , then click Control[...]

102 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T O I NSTALL A NOTHER D RIVER Before you can install another driver fo r your scann er , you must remove the currently installed driver first. Th en the new driver can be installed. 1. U ninstall the OneT ouch 4.0 driv er . a. Open the Windo ws Control P anel. b. Windo ws 2000 and Windo ws XP[...]

V ISIONEER P ATRIOT 480 S CANNER S PECIFI CATIONS 103 V ISIONEER P ATRIOT 480 S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS Optical r esolution 600 dpi Bit d ep th 24-bit color , 8-bit grayscale, 1-bit bitonal (black & white) Scan method Automatic document feeder (ADF) ADF specifications Scanning S peed U p to 38 pages per minute. U p to 76 images per minute @ 20 0[...]

104 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 480 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE V ISIONEER P ATRIOT 480 S CANNER P ARTS L IST Please use the following part names and numbers when ordering replacements for your scanner . Pa r t N a m e Pa r t N u m b e r Input T ray 57-0104-000 Output T ray 57-0105-000 ADF P ad 57-0103-000 Fr o n t Fe e d T r a y w i t h Output T r ay 57-[...]

I NDEX 105 INDEX A ADF cleaning 95 ADF pad assembly replace 96 Advanced Properties 94 Advanced Settings Tab 54 aspect ratio 55 Autocrop to Original 89 AutoRotate image 55 B bit depth 103 Black&White 51, 89 BMP 62 Brightness 51, 89 , 94 Burn to CD 69, 77 button options 72 buttons configuring 45 C CD-ROM drive 3 Color 51, 89 color configuration 8[...]

I NDEX 106 J JPG 62 JPG file size 62 L Lamp timeout setting 86 LED Number 47 LED number 23 Link Properties 65 M Microsoft Internet Explorer 79 Microsoft Outlook 70 Moire Patterns 52, 90 monitor 3 N Normal PDF 64 nPDF 64 O OCR 63 optical character recognition 75 OCR scan 76 OmniPage Module 21, 7 5 OmniPage Pro 6 4, 75 on/off switch 15 One Touch Defa[...]

I NDEX 107 Sti event forwarding 73 Storage and CD-R/W 73 Storage Options Tab 56, 81 Storage Properties 69 Straighten Image 52 system requirements 3 T Text Documents Properties 66 Text Editors 73 Text Formats 63 TIFF 62 Transfer to Storage 80 troubleshooting 97 TWAIN 58, 78 TWAIN standard 87 U uninstall 101 USB port 15 V VRS 21 W WIA 59, 92 Windows [...]

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