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Vi s i o n e e r Patriot 430 Scanner User’ s Guide FOR WINDOWS COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright © 2009 Visioneer, I nc. Reproduction, adaptati on, or translation without prior written pe rmission is prohibited, ex cept as allowed under the copyright laws. The Visioneer® brand name and logo are regist ered trademarks of Visioneer , Inc. The P ape[...]

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T ABLE OF C ONTENTS i T ABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Visioneer Patriot 430 Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What You Need . . .[...]

ii T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Selecting Options for a Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Scanning with Optical Character Re cognition (OCR) . . . . . . . . 53 Scanning with sPDF or nPDF and Searching for Text . . . . . . . . 55 Scan and Burn to a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Scanning with Eve[...]

V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 1 W ELCOME Y our new Visioneer P atriot 430 scanne r can quickly scan single-sided or double-sided stacks of color , graysc al e, and black-and-white documents, up to 8.5" x 14", and place their images on y our computer . W HAT ’ S IN THE B OX Before proceeding, check the contents of [...]

2 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T HE V ISIONEER P ATRIOT 430 S CANNER Inpu t t ra y —Holds documents in place. ADF cov er release —Opens the co ver on the ADF . Control panel —OneT ouch scanning button s. Output tray —H olds documents after being scanned. St a t u s l i g h t —Shows the scanner ’ s status. Refer t[...]

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 (S ervice P ack 4), Windows X P (Service P ack 1 and 2), or Windo ws Vista ■ Windo ws 2000 and XP : M inimum of 512 megabytes [...]

4 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 t[...]

S TEP 1: A SSEMBLE THE S CANNER 5 S TEP 1: A SSEMBLE THE S CANNER 1. Remo ve the scanner from its protective foam and plastic bag. 2. Check inside the document feeder mechanism and carefully remove any foam particles that may have gotten inside it. Leave the co ver open so you can attach the Input tray . 3. Align the tabs on the Input tray with the[...]

6 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 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-R OM drive. The Installation menu automatically opens. No t e : If the CD does not star t, check the following: ?[...]

S TEP 2: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 7 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 Por t ® and Scanner Dr iver are checked. 5. Click Install N o w .[...]

8 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T HE P APER P ORT I NSTAL LATION B EGINS 1. The Select Language windo w opens for the P aperP or t software. Click the drop-down menu arro w and select the language you want to use. Click OK . 2. On the P aperP ort W elcome window , click Ne x t . Installing P aperP ort will uninstall any exist[...]

S TEP 2: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 9 4. The next window lists the choices of the drivers that you can install for your scanner . 5. Select the option you want. Click Nex t . ■ Full Install (OneT ouch and TW AIN) —This is the rec o m me n de d installation. It installs the OneT ouch 4.0 software which provides the necessary driver software for the [...]

10 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 6. During installation you will see this window asking you to select one of the images for the Color Space setting. S elect the option that looks best to you and click Nex t . This sets a default gamma value for scans and can be changed later on. 7. ST OP when you see the “Complete th e inst[...]

S TEP 3: C ONNECT THE P OWER S UPPLY 11 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 430 scanner: 1. Plug the power supply into the power port on the scanner . 2. Plug the power cor d into the power supply and into a wall ou[...]

12 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S TEP 4: C ONNECT THE USB C ABLE AND T URN ON THE P OWER The Visioneer P atriot 430 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 then[...]

S TEP 4: C ONNECT THE USB C ABLE AND T URN ON THE P OWER 13 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 c[...]

14 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 . 2. Select the additional applications you want to install, and click Install N[...]

A DDITIONAL A PPLICATIONS A VAILABLE WITH Y OUR S CANNER 15 1. If you selected OmniP age Pro to install you will see a windo w telling you to inser t Di sc 2 . 2. Click Exi t Di sc 1 and remo ve Disc 1 from the CD-R OM drive. 3. Insert Di sc 2 in to the CD-R OM drive. The OmniP age Pro Installation menu opens automatically . If it does not open, se[...]

16 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 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 ® PDF format. The Scanner Readme file is in HTML format and will [...]

V IEW AND S AVE THE U SER G UIDES 17 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[...]

18 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 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[...]

R EGISTER Y OUR S CANNER AND C HECK FOR U PDATES 19 Scanning Y ou have several different scanning options with y our Visioneer P atriot 430 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, document[...]

20 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE L OAD D OCUMENTS TO S CAN 1. Adjust the paper guide for the width of paper , and make sure the input and output trays are fully extended. 2. Load the documents into the scanner face down with the tops of the page inserted into the Automatic D ocument F eeder . F or one-sided scanning press the[...]

S CANNING FROM O NE T OUCH 21 S CANNING FROM O NE T OUCH OneT ouch is your main scanning interface for using the scanner . The OneT ouch LED on the scanner shows wh ich scan setting will be used for scanning. It is scan setting 6 in the example below . The OneT ouch Button P anel that you see on the computer screen sho ws the pre-set function for e[...]

22 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S CAN FROM THE B UTTONS ON THE S CANNER 1. Check the LED number to make sure you ’ re using the scan setting you want. 2. 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. In this example of duplex (two-sided) scanning, the De[...]

S CANNING FROM O NE T OUCH 23 U SING THE O NE T OU CH B UTTON P ANEL The OneT ouch Button P anel is your on-screen contr ol for the scanner . 1. T o open the OneT ouc h Button P anel, click the OneT ouch icon. ■ The Button Vi ew is your main scanner control panel. Use it to scan or to see all nine buttons. ■ The Detail View sho ws the curre n t[...]

24 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T HE D EFAULT O NE T OUCH S ETTINGS ON Y OUR S CANNER Based on the r ecommended installation of P aperP ort and the scanner driver , your scanner is pre-configured to scan items for various basic tasks, such as email or fax, then send the scanned image to an appropriate, pr e- selected Destina[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 25 C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS When you first connect your scanner to a computer , the scanner’ s software configures each button with appropriate settings. Each OneT ouch button configuration consists of a Destination A pplication , a Scan Configuration , and a Doc um en t Format . The OneT ouch P [...]

26 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S ELECTING N EW S ETTINGS FOR A B UTTON 1. Click the button selection arrows to select the button you want to change. As you click the arrows to cy cle through the buttons, the available settings on the window change to sho w them for each button. 2. Select the application where y ou want docu[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 27 4. Select a Fo r m a t option. The formats are based on the type of Destination A pplication you select. See “S electing P age Format O ptions ” on page 39 for more information about the available formats. 5. Click OK to accept any changes and close the window . N ote that while the OneT ouch P roperties[...]

28 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 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 29 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 &W hi te to scan in black and whit e. F or example, lette rs and memos are usually scanned in black and white. ?[...]

30 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 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 nd a rd , click the menu arro w and choose a page size from the list, or click Cus to m and enter the horizontal and v ertical page dimensions in the boxes. The maximum size is 8.5" x 14&qu[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 31 ■ S traighten Image —Select this option to let the scanner automatically determine if a page is skewed, then straighten its image. The input tray paper guides should be flush to the edges of the paper to prevent paper feeding in at too great of an angle. ■ Invert Ima ge —Only available for Black&[...]

32 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T HE A DVANCE D S ETTINGS T AB The options of the Advanced Settings tab ar e for the Color or G rayScale scanning mode. 1. 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 Saturation —the strength[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 33 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[...]

34 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 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 60 for instructions on using the T ransfer to Storage[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 35 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[...]

36 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 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 37 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 73 for detailed instr uctions about scanning with the WIA Interface. 5. Select the Destination Application and format. 6. Click OK or Apply on the [...]

38 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 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 39 S ELECTING P AGE F ORMAT O PTIONS The P age Format options that y ou select determines the file format of the scanned document. Appropriate page format options and file types ar e available for the type of Destination Application selected for the button. The T e xt F ormats are for text file types and are se[...]

40 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 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 41 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[...]

42 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Sim p le T e xt —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 43 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 t i 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 [...]

44 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 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 45 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 [...]

46 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 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 47 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 57. 1. Click the S torage Layout options yo[...]

48 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 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 49 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[...]

50 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 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 51 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 to rs include Microsoft P ain t and other drawing and graphics applications. ■ Te x t E d i t o r s include Microsoft W ord and W ordP ad,[...]

52 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 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[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 53 S CANNING WITH O PTICAL C HARACTER R ECOGNITION (OCR) Optical Character Recognition (OCR) converts text and numbers on a scanned page into editable text and numbers. Y ou can then work with the text and numbers to edit, spellcheck, change font or type size, sort, calculate, and so forth. The OneT ouch OmniP [...]

54 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 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 pl ex or Du pl ex button on the scanner . Y our scanned pages are sent to the te xt editing application[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 55 S CANNING WITH S PDF OR N PDF AND S EARCHING FOR T EXT Sear chable PDF (sPDF) and N ormal 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 ha s those same features, plus you can e d i t t h e t e x t i n a n n P D F [...]

56 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 4. Choose the Se ar ch ab l e P D F or No rm a l P D F option for the page format. 5. The settings for the button (Button 8 in this example) now show your page format selection. 6. Choose a Scan Configuration. 7. Click OK . The OneT ouch P roperties window closes. 8. N ow scan with that button[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 57 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 t o C D as the Destination Application.[...]

58 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 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 page format for[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 59 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 Properti[...]

60 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 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[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 61 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 Receipts.?[...]

62 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 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 new f older .[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 63 10. Click OK . The selected folder will no w be set as the Storage Location, such as “Business Receipts.” 11. Click OK . The new configuration is now listed as a T ransfer to Storage configuration. 12. R epeat the process to create additi onal new configurations, such as one named “S torage for P erson[...]

64 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 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 c ti o n 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 t[...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 65 T O T RANSFER D OCUMENTS TO A S ER VER OR M APPED D RIVE When selecting the storage location for scanned documents, you can select a local folder , or a folder on a server or mapped drive.Y ou select a mapped drive using the Browse button. 1. On either the OneT ouch 4.0 Link Pr operties window , or from the [...]

66 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE C HECKING THE H ARDWARE AND S ETTING THE L AMP P OWER S AVING 1. Right-click on the OneT ouch icon and choose Sh o w H a rd wa 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 430 icon when the OneT ouch [...]

C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 67 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 and choose a time[...]

68 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 standar d : TW AIN is a widely recognized procedur e that software app[...]

S CANNING WITH THE TWAIN I NTERFACE 69 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 options you want [...]

70 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T HE OPTIONS ON THE TW AIN INTERFACE ARE : Mod e — Select a scanning mode: Bla ck &W hi te to scan in black and white. U se 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 document s co[...]

S CANNING WITH THE TWAIN I NTERFACE 71 Fi lt e r —The F ilter is the ability of your scanner to automatically re move a color from a scanned item. The F ilter option applies to Black&White or G rayscale Mode. Reduce M oire P atterns —M oire patterns are wavy , rippled lines that sometimes appear on the scanned images of photographs or illus[...]

72 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE AutoScan on document insertion —Y our Visioneer P atriot 430 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 [...]

S CANNING WITH THE TWAIN I NTERFACE 73 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 using the WIA inter[...]

74 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 select[...]

F INE T UNING Y OUR S CANS 75 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 and Contrast —Drag the sli[...]

76 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 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 [...]

R EPLACE THE ADF P AD A SSEMBLY 77 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 feeding into the ADF i[...]

78 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE R EPLACING THE R OLLER A SSEMBLY After extended use, the roller may wear out and may need to be replaced. It is a user-replaceable part and can be reorder ed. F requent paper jams are a symptom of a worn roller assembly . A worn roller can cause documents to feed in skewed at an angle, or mult[...]

R EPLACING THE R OLLER A SSEMBLY 79 5. Discar d the worn roller . It cannot be r epaired. 6. Before installing the new roller , clean any dust that may have gotten on it during shipping. 7. T o install the new roller , inser t the right end of the roller into its housing socket. Make sure the lock tab is facing up and the lock flange is not obstruc[...]

80 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 8. When you are certain that the gears ar e engaged, swing the roller into it scanner and align the left side wi th it s mount. Then g ently slide the roller to the left to fit its left end into its mount. Make sur e the left end of the roller is firmly seated into its mount. 9. Rotate the loc[...]

T ROUBLESHOOTING 81 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 [...]

82 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 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 83 P atriot 430 Scanner P arts List” on page 88 for the or dering number . See “Replace the ADF P ad Assembly ” on page 77 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 scanner[...]

84 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 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 85 U NINSTALL Y OUR S CANNER T o uninstall the Visioneer P atriot 430 sc anner , remove the O neT ouch 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 Se tt in g s , then click Control [...]

86 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 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 , yo u mus t remove th e 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 [...]

V ISIONEER P ATRIOT 430 S CANNER S PECIFI CATIONS 87 V ISIONEER P ATRIOT 430 S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS Optical r esolution 600 x 1200 dpi Bit d ep t h 48-bit color (internal), 16-bit grayscale (internal) Maximum item size 8.5" x 14" Minimum item size 2.5" x 2" ( automatic document feeder) Scan method Automatic document feeder (AD[...]

88 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 430 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE V ISIONEER P ATRIOT 430 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 57-0112-000 Output T ray 57-0108-000 ADF P ad 57-0111-000 Roller Assemb ly 57-0113-000 USB Cable 35-0102 -00[...]

I NDEX 89 INDEX A ADF cleaning 76 ADF pad assembly replace 77 Advanced Properties 75 Advanced Settings Tab 32 aspect ratio 33 Autocrop to Original 30, 70 AutoRotate image 33 B bit depth 87 Black&White 29, 70 BMP 40 Brightness 29, 70 , 75 Burn to CD 47, 57 button options 50 buttons configuring 25 C CD-ROM drive 3 Color 29, 70 color configuration[...]

I NDEX 90 L Lamp timeout setting 67 LED number 19 Link Properties 43 M Microsoft Internet Explorer 59 Microsoft Outlook 48 Moire Patterns 30, 71 monitor 3 N Normal PDF 42, 55 nPDF 42, 55 O OCR 41 optical character recognition 53 OCR scan 54 OmniPage Module 17, 5 3 OmniPage Pro 4 2, 53 on/off switch 12 OneTouch Button Panel 60 Button View 23 Detail [...]

I NDEX 91 T Text Documents Properties 44 Text Editors 51 Text Formats 41 TIFF 40 Transfer to Storage 60 troubleshooting 81 TWAIN 36, 58 TWAIN standard 68 U uninstall 85 USB port 12 V VRS 17 W WIA 37, 73 Windows Image Acquisition 73 Word Document 42 X xls file format 42[...]

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