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Vi s i o n e e r Patriot 680 Scanner User’ s Guide FOR WINDOWS.
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright © 2006 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 registered trademarks of Visioneer , Inc.
T ABLE OF C ONTENTS i T ABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner .
ii T ABLE OF C ONTENTS Editing or Deleting Scan Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Configuring Before Sc anning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Scanning with Optical Character Re cognition (OCR) . . . . . . . .
T ABLE OF C ONTENTS iii Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Cleaning the Automatic Document Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Clearing Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
iv T ABLE OF C ONTENTS.
V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 1 W ELCOME Y our new V isioneer P atriot 680 scanne r can quickly scan single-s ided or double-sided stacks of color and black-and-white documents, up to 8.5" x 14", and place their images on your computer .
2 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T HE V ISIONEER P ATRIOT 680 S CANNER Input Tray Output tray ADF cover release Power switch USB port Power jack Status light LED Number Duplex bu.
T HE V ISIONEER P ATRIOT 680 S CANNER 3 ADF cov er release —O pens the cover on the ADF . Inp ut t ra y —Holds documents in place. P a per guide on the input tray adjusts to fit the document width. Output tray —H olds documents after being scanned thr ough the Automatic D ocument F eeder (ADF).
4 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE W HAT Y OU N EED An IBM-compatible P entium PC, or AMD equivalent with: ■ A CD-R OM drive ■ An available U niversal Serial Bus (USB) port ■.
B EFORE Y OU B EGIN 5 Installation Installation is a quick, four-step process: 1. Assemble the scanner 2. Install the software 3. Connect the power supply 4.
6 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S TEP 1: A SSEMBLE THE S CANNER T o assemble the scanner: 1. Remo ve all shipping tape from th e scanner and f rom the P aper T ray . 2. Slide the tray in so the pins seat into the holes on the ADF .
S TEP 1: A SSEMBLE THE S CANNER 7 3. Carefully remo ve a ny protective foam from the ADF co ver release, then press the r elease and open the A utomatic Document F eeder cov er . 4. Carefully r emove any foam particle s that may have gotten inside the document feeder , and close the cover .
8 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 6. Plug the ADF cable into the ADF port on the back of the scanner . Make sure the cable is plugged in secur ely . The ADF will not work if the cabl e is loos e or not plugged in. 7. P ush the locking tab down to the unlocked position.
S TEP 2: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 9 S TEP 2: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE T o install the softwar e: 1. S tart Microsoft Windo ws and make sure no other applications ar e running . 2. Insert Disc 1 into your computer ’ s CD-R OM drive. The Installation menu automatically opens.
10 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 3. On the Installation menu, select Insta ll Produc ts . 4. Make sur e the boxes for Scanner D riv er and OmniP age P ro ® ar e checked. No t e : The software pr ovided with your scanner may differ slightly from the list shown in the window .
S TEP 2: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 11 5. Click Install N o w . 6. The Select Language windo w opens. Click the drop-do wn menu arrow and s elect the language you want to use. Click OK . The W elcome to the OneT ouch 4.0 Setup Wizar d opens. 7. Click Nex t .
12 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE The next window lists the choices of the drivers that you can install for your scanner . 9. Select the option y ou want. ■ Full I nstall (OneT ouch, TW AIN and ISIS) —Thi s is the re co m m e nd e d installation.
S TEP 2: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 13 ■ TW AIN only —T he TW AIN driver is installed without the OneT ouch 4.0 software or the ISIS driver . Y ou can only scan using the Visioneer P atriot 680 TW AIN interface or WIA (Windows XP only ) interface from a scanning application.
14 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 11. Select the option that looks best to y ou and click Ne x t . The driver installation will now begin. If you are installing the scanner on a Windows 2000 computer: During the software installation, this “Digital S ignature N ot F ound” message may appear several times.
S TEP 2: I NSTALL THE S OFTWARE 15 12. ST OP when you see the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware ” window . Do NO T click OK yet.
16 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S TEP 3: C ONNECT THE P OWER S UPPLY Connect the power supply and po wer cor d, and plug the power supply into an electrical outlet. To c o n n e c t y o u r V i s i o n eer P atriot 680 scanner: 1.
S TEP 4: C ONNECT THE USB C ABLE AND T URN ON THE P OWER 17 S TEP 4: C ONNECT THE USB C ABLE AND T URN ON THE P OWER The Visioneer P atriot 680 scanner co nnects to any available USB port. Check your computer ’ s manual for USB port locations. 1. Remo ve any protective tape from the USB cable.
18 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 3. T urn on the power swit ch, located on the back of the scanner to the left of the power port. The status light comes on and flashe s indicating that the scanner is receiving po wer . If you are using W indows XP S ervice P ack 2, and have plugged the USB cable into a USB 1.
S TEP 4: C ONNECT THE USB C ABLE AND T URN ON THE P OWER 19 4. Y our computer then recognizes th at a s canner has been plugged into the USB port and automatically load s the appropriate software to run the scanner . Do not proceed until you r eceive a message that your computer has found the new har dwar e, or updated the driver database.
20 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 7. Click Close on the I nstallation Complete window to close and exit the software installer . If you selected OmniP age Pr o for installation, a window tells you to insert the second CD to install it.
S TEP 4: C ONNECT THE USB C ABLE AND T URN ON THE P OWER 21 To i n s t a l l O m n i P a g e P r o : 1. Click Exit Disc 1 and remove Disc 1 from the CD-R OM drive. 2. Insert Disc 2 into the CD-R OM drive. The OmniP age Pro I nstallation menu opens au tomatically .
22 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE A DDITIONAL A PPLICATIONS FOR Y OUR S CANNE R Y our scanner includes free, ad ditional applications on the installation CD. T o install the additional applications: 1. Return to the I nstallation wi ndow and select the additional applications you want to install on your computer .
S TEP 4: C ONNECT THE USB C ABLE AND T URN ON THE P OWER 23 4. When installation is finished, retu rn to t he Installation window and click Main M enu .
24 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE The Visioneer U ser Guides window opens. U se this window to view and save the U ser Guides you want. The U ser Guides are in A dobe ® Acrob at ® PDF format. The CD also includes a free copy of Acr obat ® Rea de r ® in case your computer does not have it alr eady installed.
R EGISTER Y OUR S CANNER AND C HECK FOR U PDATES 25 R EGISTER Y OUR S CANNER AND C HECK FOR U PDATES Registering your scanner is important as it pro vides you with access to our free telephone support service. Registration also gives you free access to software updates for your scanner .
26 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Scanning If you sele cted the recommended F ull Install option for y our scanner’ s driver (see page 12), you have sev eral different scanning opt ions with your Visioneer P atriot 680 scanner .
L OAD AND S CAN D OCUMENTS 27 L OAD AND S CAN D OCUMENTS When you press either the Simplex or D uplex button, documents are scanned using the scan settings in dicated by the LED number . The scanned images are then se nt to a software application (known as the Destination Application) or to a storage folder on your computer .
28 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 2. Check the LED number to make sure you are using the scan setting you want. T o choose a new scan setting, press the U p or Down Destination Selector buttons. 3. T o scan a one-sided document, press the Simp lex button.
L OAD AND S CAN D OCUMENTS 29 T o Cancel scanning, click the Ca nce l button. T o pause the scanning, click the Pa u s e button. It will change to a Continue button. P ut the page back into the scanner and click Continue to resume scanning. No t e : Y our scanner comes with factory-preset OneT ouch button settings.
30 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE C HECK THE S CAN S ETTINGS B EFORE S CANNING 1. T o check the scan settings before scanning, click on the OneT ouch icon in the Windo ws N otification Area (at the bottom right corner of the screen).
S CAN FROM THE F LATBED G LASS 31 3. When you ar e ready to scan, cl ick the button on the OneT ouch Button P anel. See “Scan from the OneT ouch Button P a nel” on page 33 for more about the B utton P anel.
32 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T o scan from the Flatbed glass: 1. Remo ve any pages from t he Automatic D ocument F eeder . 2. Open the scanner lid and place the page on the scanner glass, face down. 3. Align the paper with the arro ws on the scanner for the size of paper you are using.
S CAN FROM THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON P ANEL 33 S CAN FROM THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON P ANEL Y ou can scan from the OneT ouch Button P anel on the screen. 1. Adjust the paper guide for the width of paper and load the documents with their tops into the A utomatic Document F eeder .
34 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 3. On the scre en—not on the scanner—click the button you want to use to scan. The scanner begins scanning. Wh en the process finishes, the scanned images appear in the Dest ination A pplication or are stored in a folder , just as if you scanned with the Simplex or D uplex scanner buttons.
S CAN FROM THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON P ANEL 35 U SING THE O NE T OU CH B UTTON P ANEL The OneT ouch Button P anel is also your on-screen set of controls for the scanner . The OneT ouch Button P anel shows information about the scanner and its settings. 1.
36 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 5. T o navigate through the panel’ s three views, click the green arro ws at the top of the panel. ■ The Button V iew is your main scanner control panel. U se it to scan or to see all th e buttons.
S CAN FROM THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON P ANEL 37 A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH B UTTON P ANEL ’ S N AMES AND I CONS The button names, such as PDF , eM ail or F ax, indicate the original factory settings for a button.
38 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T HE D EFAULT O NE T OUCH S ETTINGS ON Y OUR S CANNER The scanner buttons are preconfigur ed for basic tasks, such as email or fax, then send the scanned image to a storage location or pr eselected Destination A pplication.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 39 C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS Each OneT ouch button configuration consists of a Destination Application , a Scan Configuration , and a Docum ent Format . The OneT ouch Properties windo w is where you select these three elements for a button.
40 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE A BOUT THE O NE T OUCH P ROPERTIES W INDOW The OneT ouch P roperties window is wher e you can select new settings for the buttons.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 41 The settings on the P roperties window are: Select Destination —The list of applications that can open to display the scanned image for the selected button. T o configure the list of available applications, click the Option s tab at the top of the dialog box and select the desir ed options.
42 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Sel e ct Forma t a n d P ag e (s ) —A set of file format s for the scanned image for the selected button. The formats ar e based on the type of destination application you select. This example sho ws the formats that apply to the Micr osoft Outlook.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 43 S ELECTING N EW S ETTINGS FOR A B UTTON F o r each OneT ouch button, you can select a new Des tination Application , Sca n Configuration , and Doc um e nt Forma t . T o select new settings for the Scanner Button: 1.
44 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 3. F rom the Select Configuration list, select a scan configuration. T o scan in color , select one of the configurations indicated by the small color icon, such as the Color Document configuration.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 45 S ETTING D ESTINATION A PPLICATION P ROPERTIES The different types of Dest ination A pplications have various properties that you can select. 1. On the OneT ouch P roperties windo w , click a Destination Applic ation.
46 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Te x t D o c u m e n t s P r o p e r t i e s These properties apply to Microsoft W or d, Micr osoft Excel ® , A dobe Acrobat R eader , and the other applicat ions indicated by their icons in the list.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 47 2. T o add another application to the list, click the Add Application button. The Add T ext Based Link dialog box opens.
48 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Image D ocuments P roperties These properties apply to the OmniP age P ro softwar e that you r eceived with your scanner , plus Microsoft P aint and other image processing applications. 1. Click in the Color document handling settings boxes for the options you want.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 49 2. T o add another application to the list, click the Add Application button. See the steps on page 47 to add an application to the list. 3. Click OK . 4. Click OK or A pply on the Link P roperties window . 5. Click Refres h on the OneT ouch P roper ties window .
50 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 1. Click the S torage Layout opt ions you want. All documents are in the root —The scanned documents ar e saved in the root of the folder spec ified in the St orage Location.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 51 eMail P roperties These properties apply to email applications so you can specify the folder for documents that you will attach to an email mes sage.
52 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 3. If you are using A OL on your computer , and the folder name for AOL is incorre ct, click the Bro wse b utton and find the correct AOL fo lde r . F or scanned images to be auto-attached to a blank email address, you must have the specific folde r location AOL uses to find the attachments.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 53 S ELECTING P AGE F ORMAT O PTIONS The P age F ormat options that you sele ct determines the file format of the scanned document. Appropriate page format options and file types are available for the type of D estination Application select ed for the button.
54 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE The PDF format is often used to cr eate images of text pages. Y ou may want to select PDF as the page format when scanning text pages that do not require OCR processing or othe r processing. The PDF format is also used to put multi-page docume nts on w eb sites as pdf-r eadable files.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 55 T EXT F ORMATS Selecting the text format option also selects OCR processing as an automatic step for scanning. Therefor e, when you scan a document with the text format selected, the text portions of the document are automatically converted to editable text.
56 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T o select a file type for the text format: 1. Sele ct the Destina tion Applic ation. 2. Right-cl ick on the tex t format icon. A menu opens. The following figur e shows samples for differe nt formats.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 57 Comma Delimited —The .csv file format; used for database or spreadsheet data with fie lds separated by commas. When the document is converted into editable text by the OCR software , the fields are main tained so you can c opy and paste them to a database or spreadsheet application.
58 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE R ENAMING A O NE T OUCH B UTTON The OneT ouch buttons have names that identify their pre-set functions, such as OCR and PDF , bu t you can edit the names. T o change the button names: 1. Open the OneT ouch P roperties windo w .
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 59 T o select options: 1. Open the OneT ouch P roperties window and click the Options tab . 2. Click the menu arro w and choose the button for new options. 3. Select button opt ions as described below . Sho w All Destinations —This option selects all the Destination Application categories.
60 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE ■ Document M anagement includes applications for processing and keeping track of yo ur scanned documents. ■ Image Editors include M icros oft P aint and other drawing and graphics applic ations.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 61 F or exampl e, 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. B ut because you already have the original picture, you may not want to also save a permanent file of that image as well.
62 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE N ote that if the B utton selected at the top of the dialog box is set to Tr a n s f e r t o S t o r a g e as the Destination Application, and the type of application is Storage and CD-R/W , (such as Bu tton 7), the location in this section is where your scanned documents are stored.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 63 C REATING A N EW S CAN C ONFIGURATION The scan configurations are where you select the scanning r esolution, brightness, mode (color , black&white, or gra yscale), and a number of other settings. N ote the lock icon on the preset configurations.
64 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE buttons set for text editing appl ications. Thus, you can create specific sets of scan configuratio ns for specific functions and they are listed only when appropriate.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 65 G rayScale 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.
66 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Siz e —Click St a nd a rd , clic k the menu arrow and choose a page size from the list, or click Cu s t om and enter the horizontal and vertical page dimensions in the boxes. The maximum siz e is 8.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 67 Invert Ima ge —Only available for Black&White M ode, this option reverses the black and whites of an image. Dup le x —Scan both sides of the page. If this option is not selected, the scanner will scan th e front side of the page only .
68 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Color F ilter —Color filter is the ability of yo ur scanner to automatically remo ve a color from a scanned item. F or example, if you ar e scanning a letter with a red watermark, you can choose to filter out the r ed so the scanned letter just sho ws the text and not the red watermark .
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 69 10. C lick OK to save the new configuration. I t will now be listed in the li st of Scan Configurations on the OneT ouch P roper ties window for the appropriate Destination Applic ations.
70 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Maintain aspect ratio —The aspect ratio is the length-to-width relationship of the image ’ s dimens ions.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 71 1. Click on the Storage Opti ons tab. 2. Click the S torage Layout opt ions you want. All documents are in the root —The scanned documents ar e saved in the root of the folder spec ified in the St orage Location.
72 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S CANNING TO M ULTIPLE F OLDERS When archiving documents with the T ransfer to Storage option, you can scan them to multiple folders.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 73 5. Click the Scan Settings , P a ge Settings , and Advanced S ettings tabs, and select the settings y ou want. T o help you remember which folder it is, give the new configuration a name that indicates the folder name, such as “S torage for Business Receipts.
74 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 9. Click OK . The selected folder will no w be set as the Storage Location, such as “Business Receipts.” 10. Click Apply . The new configuration is now listed as a T ransfer to S torage configuration.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 75 13. N ow click the arr ow buttons to se lect a scanner button for each ne w configuration. Click Apply to set that button for that configuration. The following examples sho w that buttons 7 and 8 have been set to scan to each of the new configurations.
76 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Scan to multiple storage folders: 1. Insert the documents you want to scan to multiple storage folders. 2. P ress t he Destination Se lector buttons on the scanner to get to one of the buttons set up for scanning to storage.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 77 E DITING OR D ELETING S CAN C ONFIGURATIONS T o edit or delete a scan configuration: 1. Open the OneT ouch P roperties windo w . 2. Select the s can configuration you want to edit or delete. 3. T o delete the configuration, click the Delete button.
78 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 4. T o edit the configuration, click the Edit button. The Scan Configuration P roperties dialog box opens for that configuration. Y ou can make changes to a configuration, but for the changes to be saved, the configuration must fi rst be unlocked.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 79 3. Select the scan configuration Configur e Befor e Scan . 4. Right-click on Configure Befor e Scan and choose an interface to use for configuring before scanning. Some interface options may not be av ailable, based on the drivers you installed for your scanner .
80 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S CANNING WITH O PTICAL C HARACTER R ECOGNITION (OCR) Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is like a printer in reverse. Instead of printing what ’ s on the scr een onto paper , OCR converts text and numbers on a scanned page into editable text and numbers.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 81 T o scan with OCR: 1. T o scan using the buttons on the scanner , press the Destination Selector until the LED is at 6, then pr ess the Simp le x or Dupl ex button.
82 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S ELECTING O MNI P AGE OCR O PTIONS The OmniP age OCR Options are only available if you have installed OmniP age Pro on your computer . T o select OmniP age OCR options: 1. Open the OneT ouch P roperties windo w .
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 83 The OmniP age OCR Options window opens with the OCR tab selected. 6. 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.
84 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Click the menu arrow and select a us er dictionar y from the list. Any Micr osoft W ord user dictionari es detected on your computer system are also listed. A dict ionary named Custom is your default Wo r d d i c t i o n a r y.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 85 Click the Fo n t M a t c h i n g button to see the F ont Matching dialog box. 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 r ecognize the text in your document s.
86 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE When bringing in a new image —Click the menu arrow and select where you want new pages added to y our current document. The choices are After last page , After curr ent page , Before c urrent page , and Before first page .
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 87 Look for facing pages —Select this opt ion if you want to scan two facing pages of an open book in one step, and then to r ecognize and store them as two separate pages (as if they had come from two separate scannings).
88 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Single Column no T able —Choose this option if the document contains only one column of text and no tables.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 89 Tr u e P a g e ( T P ) —This output format keeps the original layout of the pages, incl uding columns. This is done with text, picture and table boxes and frames. T rue page is offered only for target applications capable of handli ng the formatting.
90 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 4. Right-cl ick on the tex t format icon. 5. Choose the Sear chable PDF or No rm a l P D F option f or the page format.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 91 The settings for the button (button 8 in this example) no w 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 and the scanned document will be in the sPDF or nPDF format that was selected for the button.
92 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 10. F rom the Adobe A crobat Fil e menu choose Open , and open the file you just scanne d. 11. From the Adobe Acrobat Edi t menu choose Fin d . The F ind dialog box opens. 12. Enter the text you want to find, and click the Fi n d button.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 93 4. Select Burn to CD as the Destination Application. The Burn to CD Destination A pplication 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 t he destination.
94 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 8. Open the OneT ouch window and make s ure that the Burn to CD Destination Application is st ill selected and click the P roperties button. The OneT ouch 4.0 Link Properties window opens. 9. Make sur e a blank CD is in the CD burner .
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 95 T o scan with event forwarding: 1. Open the OneT ouch P roperties windo w . 2. U sing the arro ws, choose a button to use for the event for warding. 3. Select S till Image Client as the Destination Application.
96 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 6. S tart scanning using the button you selected for event forwarding. A dialog box opens for you to select the application to use for scanning. 7. Select the applicatio n in the box and click OK .
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 97 4. Choose HTML as the P age F ormat. 5. Choose a Scan Configuration that has the settings for the image on the HTML page. F or example, if you want the imag e to be in color on the HTML page, choose a color configuration.
98 V ISIONEER P ATRIO T 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 9. Choose Save A s f rom the Internet Exp lorer Fil e menu, give the page a name, and save it in the location you use for your w eb page files. Y ou may also want to write down the address sho wn in the Addr ess bar to make sure y ou ’ll know wher e to find your new HTML page later on.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 99 1. T o scan using the buttons on the scanner , press the Destination Selector until the LED is at 7, then pr ess the Simp le x or Dupl ex button. 2. T o scan from the OneT ouch Button P anel, click the OneT ouch icon in the Window s N otification Area, click the arro ws to see Button 7, then click B utton 7.
100 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T o U se OCR Before T r ansferring to S torage If the documents you want to trans fer to storage are text documents or spreadsheets, you can have them converted by the OCR process prior to being stored.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 101 4. Right- click on the te xt format ic on and choose the file format for the scanned documents. 5. Choose a Scan Configuration. 6. Click OK . The OneT ouch P roperties window closes . 7. N ow start scanning using Button 7 (or other but ton you set up for archiving).
102 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T O T RANSFER D OCUMENTS TO A S ER VER OR M APPED D RIVE When selecting the storage location for scanne d documents, you can select a local folder , or a folder on a ser ver or mapped drive.Y ou select a mapped drive using the Browse button.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 103 3. Select a storage location on th e mapped drive or s erver for the scanned documents. Servers and mapped drives ar e repr es ented by an icon that indicates its network connection.
104 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE C HECKING THE H ARDWARE AND S ETTING THE L AMP P OWER S AVING F EATURE 1. Right-click on the On eT ouch icon and choose Show Hard wa re from the pop-up menu. Y ou can also click the scanner icon at the top of the OneT ouch Button P anel.
C ONFIGURING THE O NE T OUCH B UTTONS 105 2. Click the Pr o p e r t i e s button. Y our scanner has a built-in power saving featur e that is set to pow er down after 15 minutes of idle time. Y ou can change the time befor e the scanner powers down, from 10 minutes to a maximum of 10 hours.
106 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 3. Click the arro ws for the Lamp timeout setting and choose a time setting. T o turn the lamp on and off manually without turning off po wer to the scanner , click the Lamp On or Lamp Off buttons.
S CANNING WITH THE TWAIN I NTERFACE 107 S CANNING WITH THE TW AIN I NTERFACE In addition to using the scanner buttons or the OneT ouch Button P anel to scan, you can also scan us ing the TW AIN interface. Many applications can use TW AIN for scanning.
108 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T HE T WO TW AIN I NTERFACE O PTIONS When scanning with T W AIN, yo u have two interface options: ■ Basi c Int er fa ce —Use the B asic Interface if you don ’ t need to make many adjustments to the image before scanning.
T HE T WO TWAIN I NTERFACE O PTIONS 109 S CANNING FROM THE TW AIN B ASIC I NTERFACE The Basic I nterface can scan a pr eview of the image so you can adjust its appearance befor e scanning the final image. After adjusting the appearance, y ou click the Scan button on the B asic Interface (not on the scanner) to scan the item.
110 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 3. Click the Pre v i e w button. The scanner scans the item and di splays a pr eview image. Y ou can now use the options on the Basic I nterface to adjust the image. 4. Adjust the Brightn ess , Con trast , and Reso lu tio n until the picture is what you want.
T HE T WO TWAIN I NTERFACE O PTIONS 111 S CANNING FROM THE TW AIN A DVANCED I NTERFA CE The Advanced I nterface has a wide range of image adjustments for scanning. 1. Open the TW AIN Interface as fr om a TW AIN-compliant application. 2. If the Ba sic Interface opens, click the Advanced Interface button.
112 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 3. F rom the Scan T ype menu, choose the option to scan: ■ Auto D ocument F eede r-Duplex —Scans two-sided documents from the Automatic Docum ent F eeder . ■ Auto D ocument F eede r-Simplex —Scans one-sided d ocuments from the Automatic Docum ent F eeder .
T HE T WO TWAIN I NTERFACE O PTIONS 113 8. (optional) T o preview the image again, put the document back into the scanner Automatic D ocument F eed e r i f y o u’ r e s c a n n i n g f r o m i t , and click the Pre v ie w button again. Readjust the settings if necessar y .
114 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE A DJUSTING THE I MAGE WITH THE A DVANCED I NTERFACE Y ou can adjust the scan settings on the Advanced I nterface to produce the best possible image for the documents you ’ re scanning. T o adjust a setting: 1.
T HE T WO TWAIN I NTERFACE O PTIONS 115 The following figure shows an exam ple of the Advanced Interface if you click the Res olu ti on setting in the list, or click the Reso lu tio n button. No t e : The information in the scan settings list and the options you select on the various settings panels are interactive .
116 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE A DJUSTING THE R ESOLUTION Resolution determines the amount of detail you can see in the scanned image. The resolut ion setting for a sc an is in dots-per-inch (dpi). The higher the resolution, the finer the de tails.
T HE T WO TWAIN I NTERFACE O PTIONS 117 T o adjust the resolution: 1. T o use one of the preset resolutions for typical scanned items, click one of the options in the list. F or example, to set the resoluti on for scanning a business car d, select Business Car d.
118 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE A DJUSTING THE B RIGHTNESS AND C ONTRAST Sometimes an item is scanned with th e brightness and contrast set to be too light or too dark. F or example, a note written with a light pencil may need to be scanned darker to impro ve legibility .
T HE T WO TWAIN I NTERFACE O PTIONS 119 A DJUSTING G AMMA , S ATURATION , AND C OLOR H UE If you ’ re using the Color Configurat ion to scan, you can adjust a group of color settings.
120 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE A DJUSTING I NPUT S IZ E Y ou 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.
T HE T WO TWAIN I NTERFACE O PTIONS 121 Y ou can now move or r esize the outline to select the specific ar ea you want to scan. 2. T o move the dotted outline, put th e point er in the selected area and drag the mouse. 3. T o resize the area, put the pointer on a dotte d line and drag it.
122 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T HE RULER UNITS The ruler around the edges of the image help you precis ely position a custom sized image. Y ou can change the ruler units to suit the type of measurements y ou want. T o set the r uler units: Click the Ru le r Unit s button.
T HE T WO TWAIN I NTERFACE O PTIONS 123 C REATING A N EW A DVANCED I NTERFACE P ROFILE Y ou ca nnot change the settings of the preset profiles in the A dvanced Interface. H owever you can create new profiles and save them for future use. T o create a new profile: 1.
124 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE D ISPLAY THE D EVICE C ONFIGURATION 1. Click the Device Configuration button on the A dvanced Interface.
S CANNING WITH THE W INDOWS I MAGE A CQUISITION 125 S CANNING WITH THE W INDOWS I MAGE A CQUISITION Micr osoft Windows includes its own set of options—kno wn as Windo ws I mage Acquis ition (WIA)—for acquir ing images fr om scanners, digita l cameras, and other digital devices.
126 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE The Scan using Visione er P atriot 680 window opens.U se this window to select scanning opti ons and start the scan process. 3. F rom the P aper Source drop-do wn list, choose Doc um en t Feed e r to scan from the A utomatic Document F eeder , or Flatbed to s ca n a from the Flatbed glass.
S CANNING WITH THE W INDOWS I MAGE A CQUISITION 127 6. Adjust settings of the pr eviewed image as desired: ■ Change the button selection for the type of image. ■ Adjust the custom settings; refer to t he next section, “F ine T uning Y our Scans ”.
128 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE F INE T UNING Y OUR S CANS Y ou can select new settings before you scan an item to fine tune exactly how y ou want to scan a particular item. T o s elect the scanner settings before y ou scan: 9.
S CANNING WITH THE W INDOWS I MAGE A CQUISITION 129 10. Select the options for scanning. Brightness an d Contrast —Drag the sliders to the right or left to adjust the brightness and contrast of the s canned image. The Contrast setting does not apply to the setting Black and Whi te picture or text .
130 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S CANNING WITH THE ISIS I NTERFACE The ISIS interface for scanning opens when you scan with a OneT ouch button that has Configur e Before Scan set as the Configuration, and ISIS selected as the interface to use.
S CANNING WITH THE ISIS I NTERFACE 131 When you press the button to scan, the OneT ouch ISIS Scan window opens. U se this window to select sc anning options and start scanning. 1. Click the button most appropriate for the item you ’ re scanning. 2. Click P r eview One to preview the image before s canning.
132 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 4. When you ’ re ready to scan, r eplac e the preview page in its original position in your document then press Scan All . The document is scanned with the new scan settings. A DJUSTING THE ISIS S CAN S ETTINGS Y ou can adjust the scan settings for the selected type of scan.
S CANNING WITH THE ISIS I NTERFACE 133 Contrast —Contrast is set automatically for Color D ocument or G rayScale Document. Because the T ext Document option scans in Black and White, the contrast option does not apply . Reso lu ti on —Click the menu arrow and choose a resolution (dpi).
134 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE ■ 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. Dit he r —Only available if the Mo d e is Black and White .
S CANNING WITH THE ISIS I NTERFACE 135 2. T o scan only a specific area of the image, click the Ar ea button. The Set Scanning Ar ea dialog box opens. 3. Click in the image and drag a rect angle around the area you want to scan. The boxes to the left show the relative position and siz e of the selected area.
136 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE Maintenance This section contains infor mation on maintenance, troubleshooting, uninstalling, scanner specifications, and spare parts.
C LEARING P APER J AMS 137 4. Wipe the pad from top to bottom. Be careful not to snag the swab on the springs on eith er side of the pad. 5. Close the co ver when you ’ re finished. C LEARING P APER J AMS If your scanner stops scanning du e to a paper jam in the A utomatic Document F eeder , a warning dialog box opens after a few moments.
138 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE 2. Remo ve the jammed paper and close the co ver . T o reduce the number of paper ja ms, smooth and straighten the paper before scanning and adjust the guides to the paper size. R EPLACING THE ADF P AD A SSEMBLY The ADF pad will wear out and is de signed to be a user-replaceable part.
R EPLACING THE ADF P AD A SSEMBLY 139 T o replace the ADF P ad assembly: 1. P ress the ADF co ver release on the top of the scanner body to open the Automatic D ocument F eeder cover . The pad is located in the middle of the ADF . 2. Squeeze t he plastic clamps that ho ld the pad assembly in place and lift the pad up and out.
140 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T ROUBLESHOOTING In addition to the tr oubleshootin g information contained in this section, please see the Readme file on your installation CD. The Readme file contains additional information that m ay help you diagnose problems with the scanner .
T ROUBLESHOOTING 141 P roblem: The inst allation will not complete su ccessfully . If installation finishes, the scanner’ s OneT ouch 4.0 options do not seem to work pr operly . What do I do? A likely cause is that some driver pr ograms are already installed on your computer for another scanner .
142 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE S TATUS L IGHT T ROUBLESHOOTING C ODES A green status light indicates th e normal state of the scanner . N ormal Operation ■ Bli nk in g g reen : indicates the scanner is waking up from power saving and preparing to scan.
U NINSTALLING Y OUR S CANNER 143 U NINSTALLING Y OUR S CANNER T o uninstall the Visioneer P atriot 680 scanner you remo ve the OneT ouch softw are. 1. On the W indows taskbar , click St a r t , point to Settings , then click Control P anel . 2. Double-click the Add or R emov e Pr ograms icon.
144 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE T O I NSTALL A NOTHER D RIVER Before y ou can install another driver for your scanner , you must remo ve the currently installed driver first. Th en the new driver can be installed. 1. U ninstall the OneT ouch 4.
V ISIONEER P ATRIOT 680 S CANNER S PECIFI CATIONS 14 5 V ISIONEER P ATRIOT 680 S CANNER S PECIFICATIONS Optical resolution 600 x 1200 dpi Bit d ep th 48-bit color internal, 8-bit grayscale internal Maxi mu m i tem si ze 8.5” x 14.0” Mini mu m i tem si ze 4.
146 V ISIONEER P ATRI OT 680 S CANNER U SER ’ S G UIDE V ISIONEER P ATRIOT 680 S CANNER P ARTS L IST Please use the follow ing part names and numbers when ordering replacements for yo ur scanner .
I NDEX 147 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.
I NDEX 148 H Halftone 134 help 4 htm file format 57 HTML Document 57 HTML page 98 HTML Web Page 96 hue 68 I image blur 117 preview 113 Image Documents Properties 48 Image Editors 60 image file 53 imag.
I NDEX 149 R Reject Character 84 Resolution 65, 116, 129, 133 Rich Text Format 56 rtf file format 56 ruler units 122 S saturation 68, 1 19 Scan Configuration 39 Scan Info box 122 scan single page 32 s.
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