Visioneer PATRIOT 480 User Manual

Visioneer®
Patriot 480 Scanner
User's Guide

for Windows

Visioneer

Patriot 480 Scanner

User’s Guide

FOR WINDOWS

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and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

adio or television reception, which

TABLE OF CONTENTS i

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Welcome

What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

The Visioneer Patriot 480 Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

What You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Installation

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Step 1: Assemble the Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Step 2: Install the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Step 3: Connect the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Step 4: Connect the USB Cable and Turn on the Power . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Additional Applications Available with Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

View and Save the User Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Register Your Scanner and Check for Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Scanning Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Scanning from OneTouch

Load and Scan Documents from the Input Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Load and Scan Items from the Front Feed Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Scan With the Front Feed Tray Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Scan With the Front Feed Tray Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Scan from the Input Tray with the Front Feed Tray Down . . . . . . 35

Auto Scan from the Front Feed Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Scan from the OneTouch Button Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Features of the OneTouch Button Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

The Default OneTouch Settings on Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Configuring the OneTouch Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Selecting New Settings for a Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Renaming a OneTouch Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Creating a New Scan Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Editing or Deleting Scan Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Configure Before Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

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Selecting File Format Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Setting Destination Application Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Selecting Options for a Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Unique Scanning Features and Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Scanning with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) . . . . . . . . . . 75

Scan and Burn to a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Scanning with Event Forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Creating an HTML Web Page from Your Scanned Documents . . . 79

Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Checking the Hardware and Lamp Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Scanning from the TWAIN Interface

Basic Steps to Open The TWAIN Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Scanning with the TWAIN Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Display the Device Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Scanning from the WIA Interface

Fine Tuning Your Scans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Maintenance

Clearing Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Clean the Automatic Document Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Replace the ADF Pad Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Status Light Troubleshooting Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Uninstall Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

To Install Another Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Visioneer Patriot 480 Scanner Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Visioneer Patriot 480 Scanner Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Index 105

Welcome

Patriot 480 Scanner

Power Supply Output Tray

Replacement
ADF Pad

Power CordUSB Cable

Two CD’s

Disc 1 and Disc 2

Quick Install Guide Technical

Support Card

Input Tray

Front Feed Tray
with Output Tray

Your new Visioneer Patriot 480 scanner can quickly scan single-sided or
double-sided stacks of documents, and place their images on your
computer. With its innovative Front Feed tray you can also scan single
items from the front of the scanner, such as embossed plastic cards.

WHAT’S IN THE BOX

Before proceeding, check the contents of the box. If items are missing or
damaged, contact the dealer where you purchased the scanner.

VISIONEER PATRIOT 480 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 1

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Input tray

Output tray

ADF cover release

Power switch

USB port

Power jack

Status light

LED number

Duplex button

Simplex button

Selector button

Front Feed Tray

THE VISIONEER PATRIOT 480 SCANNER

Input tray—Holds documents in the scanner, sides adjust to fit the
document width.

LED number—Shows the current scan setting for the Simplex and Duplex
OneTouch buttons.

Selector button—Press to select a new scan setting for the OneTouch
buttons.

Simplex button—Press to scan a one-sided document.

Duplex button—Press to scan a two-sided document.

Status light—Shows the scanner’s status. Refer to “Status Light

Troubleshooting Codes” on page 99 for additional details.

Front Feed tray—Place an item between the guides and press down to feed
items through the front of the scanner.

Output tray—Holds documents after being fed through the scanner.

ADF cover release—Opens the cover on the ADF.

Power switch—On/Off power switch.

Power jack—Connects the power cord to the scanner.

Universal Serial Bus (USB) port—Connects the scanner to the computer.

WHAT YOU NEED 3

WHAT YOU NEED

IBM-compatible Pentium 4 PC, or AMD equivalent with:

■ A CD-ROM drive

■ An available Universal Serial Bus (USB) port

■ Microsoft

4), 32-bit Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or 3), 32-bit or 64-bit Windows
Vista

■ Windows 2000 and XP: Minimum of 512 megabytes (MB) of internal

memory (RAM)

Windows Vista: Minimum of 1 gigabyte (GB) of internal memory
(RAM)

■ 350 MB minimum of free hard disk space

A VGA or SVGA Monitor

The recommended settings for your monitor are:

■ High Color (16-bit) or True Color (24-bit or 32-bit)

■ Resolution set to at least 800 x 600 pixels

®

Windows® operating system: Windows 2000 (Service Pack

To set your monitor’s colors and resolution:

■ Open the Windows Control Panel

■ Double-click on Display then select the Settings tab

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DOCUMENTATION

The following documentation is provided with your scanner:

■ Quick Install Guide—Abbreviated installation instructions.

■ Visioneer Patriot 480 Scanner User’s Guide—On the Installation CD 1;

contains detailed installation, scanning, configuration, and maintenance
information.

■ Visioneer OneTouch MiniGuides—On the Installation CD 1; contains

detailed instructions on using the OneTouch VRS, OneTouch
OmniPage, and the SharePoint destination link.

■ Readme—On the Installation CD 1; Contains the latest information

about your scanner and software installation.

■ Nuance PaperPort® User’s Guide—On the Installation CD; contains

detailed feature and configuration information for the PaperPort
software.

■ Kofax VRS™ User’s Guide—On the Installation CD 1; contains

detailed instructions on using the Kofax Virtual ReScan® software
provided with your scanner.

■ Captiva QuickScan™ User’s Guide—On the Installation CD 1;

contains detailed feature information and instructions for using the
QuickScan software provided with your scanner.

■ Nuance OmniPage® Pro User’s Guide—On the Installation CD 2;

contains detailed instructions for using software and configuring the
OCR features in the OmniPage software.

■ Online Help—For the scanner configuration, TWAIN and WIA

interfaces, and PaperPort software application.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN 5

Installation

Installation is a quick, four-step process:

1. Assemble the scanner

2. Install the software

3. Connect the power supply

4. Connect the USB cable and turn on the power

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Please make sure of the following before you begin installation:

■ The information in this guide may cover software not provided with

the scanner you purchased. Disregard any information about the
software not applicable to your scanner. Please visit our web site at
www.visioneer.com for the latest software updates for your Visioneer
Patriot 480 scanner.

■ If your computer has AntiVirus or AntiSpyware software running,

you may see messages during installation asking you to allow the
installation to proceed. The messages will differ based on the
software your computer is running, but in each case allow the
installation to proceed. Alternatively, you can turn off the AntiVirus
or AntiSpyware software before installing your scanner. But if you
do, make sure to turn it back on again when installation is finished.

■ If you already have a scanner connected to your computer, you need

to remove its driver programs first before beginning the installation
of your Visioneer Patriot 480 scanner. Please see the User’s Guide
that you received with your other scanner for specific instructions.

■ If your computer is running Windows Vista, you may see the Vista

User Account Control screen asking you to confirm system changes.
Click the Continue button to allow the installation to proceed.

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STEP 1: ASSEMBLE THE SCANNER

1. Remove all shipping tape from the top and bottom of the scanner.

2. Carefully remove the protective foam from the ADF cover release, then

press the release and open the Automatic Document Feeder cover.

3. Carefully remove any foam particles that may have gotten inside the

document feeder, and close the cover.

4. Align the slots on the paper guide with the ridges on the scanner and

slide it down until it snaps into place.

5. Select either the Front Feed with Output Tray or the standard Output

Tr a y .

STEP 1: ASSEMBLE THE SCANNER 7

6. Insert the pins on each side of the output tray into the holes on the

front of the scanner.

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STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE

To install the software:

1. Start Microsoft Windows and make sure no other applications are

running.

2. Insert Disc 1 into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.

The Installation menu automatically opens.

Note: If the CD does not start, check the following:

■ Make sure the CD drive’s door is completely shut.

■ Make sure the CD was inserted in the drive in the proper direction

(label side up).

To launch the CD manually:

■ Open the Windows option for your computer’s disk drives.

■ Double-click the icon for your CD-ROM drive.

■ The Installation menu for the CD should now open.

If the menu does not open:

■ From the list of files on the CD, double-click the file named

START32.EXE.

STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 9

3. On the Main Menu, select Install Products.

4. Make sure the boxes for Nuance PaperPort® and Scanner Driver are

checked.

5. Click Install Now.

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THE PAPERPORT INSTALLATION BEGINS

1. On the PaperPort Welcome window, click Next.

Installing PaperPort will uninstall any existing version of PaperPort
and will install the newer version. Your existing PaperPort files will not
be affected.

2. Read the PaperPort license agreement and select I accept the terms in

this agreement, then click on Next. If you choose not to accept the
license agreement, the installation will terminate and the PaperPort
software will not be installed.

3. In the Customer Information window, accept the current values or

enter new information, then click Next.

4. On the Setup Type window, keep the default Setup Type and click

Next.

5. Click Install to begin the installation.

6. On the Product Registration window, do one of the following:

■ Select Register online, click OK, then follow the registration

instructions.

■ Select Print registration form, click OK, then follow the

instructions to complete and print the registration form.

■ Select Remind me in 7 days and click OK.

7. At the InstallShield Wizard Completed window, click Finish.

If a message window opens instructing you to restart your computer,
click Restart.

STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 11

THE SCANNER DRIVER INSTALLATION WILL NOW BEGIN

1. The Welcome to the OneTouch 4.0 Setup Wizard opens. Click Next.

2. On the Visioneer License Agreement window, read the license

agreement. If you accept the terms, select I Agree, and click Next.

If you choose not to accept the license agreement, the installation will
terminate and the scanner driver will not be installed.

3. The next window lists the choices of the drivers that you can install for

your scanner.

4. Select the option you want.

Click Next.

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Note: If your computer is running Windows XP or Windows Vista,
Microsoft’s Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) interface for scanning is
always available, regardless of your selection on this window.

■ Full Install (OneTouch, TWAIN and ISIS)—This is the

recommended installation. It installs the OneTouch 4.0 software
which provides the necessary driver software for the scanner’s
buttons to work. It also installs scanning interfaces for the TWAIN
and ISIS drivers. Installing this option means that you can use
several different methods to scan, as explained in this User Guide.

■ TWAIN and ISIS—The TWAIN and ISIS drivers are installed.

The OneTouch Monitor will not run and you cannot use the
OneTouch features. You can use the Visioneer Patriot 480 TWAIN
driver to scan from applications with a TWAIN interface. You can
also scan from applications that use the ISIS driver. You will not be
able to scan with the buttons on the scanner.

■ TWAIN only—The TWAIN driver is installed without the

OneTouch 4.0 software or the ISIS driver. You can use the Visioneer
Patriot 480 TWAIN driver to scan from TWAIN applications. You
will not be able to scan with the buttons on the scanner.

■ ISIS only—The ISIS driver is installed without the OneTouch 4.0

software or the TWAIN driver. You can use the Visioneer Patriot
480 ISIS driver to scan from ISIS applications. You will not be able
to scan with the buttons on the scanner.

STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 13

5. During installation you will see this window asking you to select one of

the images for your Color Space setting.

6. STOP when you see the “Complete the installation by connecting

your hardware” window. Do NOT click OK yet. Leave the window
open and proceed to the next section.

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STEP 3: CONNECT THE POWER SUPPLY

Connect the power supply and power cord, and plug the power supply into
an electrical outlet.

To connect your Visioneer Patriot 480 scanner:

1. Plug the power supply into the power port on the scanner.

Note: Only use the power supply (HEG42-240200-7L made by HiTron)
included with your scanner. Connecting any other type of power supply
may damage your scanner, and will void its warranty.

2. Plug the power cord into the power supply and into a wall outlet.

STEP 4: CONNECT THE USB CABLE AND TURN ON THE POWER 15

USB

STEP 4: CONNECT THE USB CABLE AND TURN ON THE

OWER

P

The Visioneer Patriot 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 port on the scanner then into a USB

port on the computer.

If the plug does not attach easily, make sure that you are plugging it in
correctly. Do not force the plug into the connection.

3. Turn on the power switch, located on the back of the scanner to the

left of the power port.

The status light comes on and flashes indicating that the scanner is
receiving power.

If you are using Windows XP or Windows Vista, and have plugged the
USB cable into a USB 1.1 port, an information bubble may open
explaining that “A HI-SPEED USB device is plugged into a non-HI­SPEED USB hub”. Plug the USB cable into a USB 2.0 port (if
available) or just disregard the message. If you leave it plugged into the
USB 1.1 port, your scanner may scan a bit slower.

Your computer then recognizes that a scanner has been plugged into
the USB port and automatically loads the appropriate software to run
the scanner.

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If your computer is running Windows XP or Windows 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.

You can also click More to see a quick overview about accessing and
navigating the OneTouch Button Panel. When you’re finished reading
the additional information, click OK.

The scanner’s status light is blue when the scanner and computer are
communicating properly.

6. Click Close on the Installation Complete window to close and exit the

driver installer.

You can now install the additional software applications you received
with your scanner.

ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE WITH YOUR SCANNER 17

ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE WITH YOUR

CANNER

S

Your scanner includes free, additional applications.

To install the additional applications:

1. Return to the CD main menu and click on Install Products.

Software that is already installed will have Installed! next to them.

2. Select the additional applications you want to install, then click Install

Now. Follow the instructions on the screen to install each of the
additional products.

See the table on the following page to decide which software you
would like to install.

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Software About the Software

® Acrobat®

Adobe
Reader

®

OmniPage

® Pro

QuickScan™

Kofax® VRS®

and

Kofax® Scan Demo

Adobe Acrobat Reader is a stand-alone application that you use to open,
view, search, and print PDF files. The User Guides on your scanner’s
installation CD’s are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader for
you to view and save them.

OmniPage Pro provides precision OCR analysis, advanced layout detection,
and Logical Form Recognition™ (LFR) technology. Advanced security
features quickly turn office documents and forms into over 30 different PC
applications for editing, searching and sharing. Custom workflows handle
large volumes of documents, and you can use its tools to print to PDF.

A desktop imaging solution for scanning, image enhancement, and OCR,
QuickScan is a standalone, out-of-the-box imaging solution that provides
all the necessary capabilities for high-speed scanning, image enhancement,
viewing, annotation, printing, and storing images. It uses an ISIS-certified
driver for scanning, and includes flexible job separation and barcode
recognition.

The Demo version lets you try the application first. You can use this
software as an additional method to scan.

Kofax VRS automatically enhances scanned documents from less than
perfect originals. It is an additional scanning interface that uses patented
VRS (VirtualReScan) technology, and ensures your scanning is as efficient
and easy as possible, while also improving both the quality of the scanned
images. Kofax VRS uses an ISIS-certified driver for scanning. This software
provides an additional method to scan from your scanner. The Demo
version lets you try the application first.

At the end of the Kofax VRS software installation you may see the message
"SVS001: The VRS installation does not install an ISIS driver for the
scanner you selected. Please install the ISIS driver packaged with your
scanner."

This is not an error, please disregard this message and click OK. The Kofax
VRS Certified ISIS® driver is installed correctly when you install it with
your Visioneer Patriot 480 scanner.

ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE WITH YOUR SCANNER 19

1. If you selected OmniPage Pro to install you will see a window telling

you to insert Disc 2.

2. Click Exit Disc 1 and remove Disc 1 from the CD-ROM drive.

3. Insert Disc 2 into the CD-ROM drive.

The OmniPage Pro Installation menu opens automatically. If it does
not open, see the note on page 8.

4. Select Install OmniPage Pro.

5. Follow the instructions on the screen to install OmniPage Pro.

6. When installation is finished, return to the OmniPage Pro Installation

menu and click User Guide.

The OmniPage Pro User Guide opens for you to view and save to your
computer.

Note: The OmniPage Pro User Guide is in Adobe® Acrobat® PDF
format.

7. When you are finished saving the OmniPage Pro User Guide, return to

the Installation menu and click Exit.

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VIEW AND SAVE THE USER GUIDES

1. On the Main Menu of Disc 1, click User Guides.

2. The Visioneer User Guides window opens. Use this window to view

and save the User Guides you want.

The User Guides are in Adobe
Readme file is in HTML format and will open in any standard
browser.

If you need to, click Acrobat Reader to install it now. Follow the
instructions on the installation windows.

If your computer already has Adobe Acrobat Reader installed, please do not
select it unless the version provided on the installation CD is a newer
version than the one currently installed on your computer.

3. Click the name of a User Guide you want to view and it will open in

Acrobat Reader. Use the Acrobat Reader Save command to save that
User Guide on your computer.

®

Acrobat® PDF format. The Scanner

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4. Return to the Visioneer User Guides window and repeat the process to

open, view, and save all the other User Guides you want. The Scanner

Readme file has late-breaking news about your scanner.

The SharePoint Mini-Guide has information about a feature in the
OneTouch 4.0 software to link to Microsoft's SharePoint application.
This brief Mini-Guide explains how to setup the SharePoint link and
use the SharePoint features when choosing new scan settings for your
scanner.

The OneTouch VRS Mini-Guide has information about a feature in
the OneTouch 4.0 software to use VRS settings when scanning. This
brief Mini-Guide explains what the feature is and how to use the VRS
settings when creating or modifying a Scan Configuration.

The OneTouch OmniPage Mini-Guide has information about the
OmniPage Module in the OneTouch 4.0 software to use OmniPage
settings when scanning. This brief Mini-Guide explains what the
feature is and how to use the OmniPage settings when creating or
modifying a Scan Configuration. Using the OmniPage Module’s
settings does not require installation of the OmniPage Pro software.

5. When you’re finished, click Main Menu to return to the main

Visioneer Installation window and click Exit.

6. Remove the CD and store both CD’s in a safe place.

That’s it! Installation is finished and your Visioneer scanner is ready to scan.

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The OneTouch Icon

The Serial Number

REGISTER YOUR SCANNER AND CHECK FOR UPDATES

Registering your scanner is important as it provides you with access to our
free telephone support service. Registration also gives you free access to
software updates for your scanner.

To register your scanner:

1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification Area

(at the bottom right corner of the screen).

2. Choose Check for Online Updates from the pop-up menu.

3. Follow the instructions on the screen and register your scanner by

entering your scanner’s serial number and your email address.

Note: A valid email address is required.

The serial number is located on the underside of the scanner.

After registration is complete you will receive an email message with
your RegID.

4. After receiving your RegID, write it down on a piece of paper and keep

it with your scanner so you will be able to find it easily.

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SCANNING INTERFACES

You have several different scanning options with your Visioneer Patriot 480
scanner. Each method scans equally well, so use the one with appropriate
options for the item you are scanning.

■ OneTouch Scanner Buttons—When you press either the Simplex or

Duplex button, documents are scanned using the scan settings indicated
by the LED number. The scanned images are then sent to a software
application or location (known as the Destination Application) on your
computer. See “Load and Scan Documents from the Input Tray” on
page 24 and “Load and Scan Items from the Front Feed Tray” on
page 27.

■ OneTouch Button Panel—Use this scan option when you want to scan

from the computer screen. Scanning from the on-screen OneTouch

Button Panel is the same as pressing a scanner button, except you click
an icon that represents the scanner button. See “Scan from the
OneTouch Button Panel” on page 42.

■ TWAIN Interface—This option uses your scanner’s TWAIN interface

to scan. The TWAIN interface is available from the PaperPort software
that you received with your scanner, as well as from other programs such

as Microsoft Word. See “Scanning with the TWAIN Interface” on

page 88.

■ Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)—If your computer is running

Windows XP or Windows Vista, you can use this option to scan with
the Microsoft WIA interface. See “Scanning from the WIA Interface” on
page 92.

■ ISIS Interface—This option uses the ISIS interface for scanning. Select

the ISIS scan settings, put the document in the scanner, then click a
button on the ISIS window. See “Scanning with the ISIS Interface” on
page 84.

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Scanning from OneTouch

With powerful features such as scanning with VRS and to searchable PDF
at the touch of a button, OneTouch is the main interface for using the
scanner and accessing these features.

LOAD AND SCAN DOCUMENTS FROM THE INPUT TRAY

When you press either the Simplex or Duplex button, documents are
scanned using the scan settings indicated by the LED number. The scanned
images are then sent to a software application or location (known as the
Destination Application) on your computer.

Note: Always remove any staples or paper clips from documents before
inserting them into the scanner’s Automatic Document Feeder. Staples
and paper clips can jam the feed mechanism and scratch the internal
components. Also remove any labels, stickers, or Post-It™ notes that
may come off during the scanning process and get stuck in the scanner.
Misuse as described here will void your scanner’s warranty.

1. Adjust the paper guide for the width of the paper, and make sure the

output tray is fully extended.

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If you are using the Front Feed with Output
Tray, make sure the front feeder is up to feed
pages out underneath the tray.

2. Load the documents into the scanner face down with the tops of the

page inserted into the Automatic Document Feeder.

3. Check the LED number to make sure you’re using the scan setting you

want.

4. For one-sided scanning press the Simplex button.

For two-sided scanning press the Duplex button.

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5. A scan progress window opens and the image(s) are sent to the selected

location in the OneTouch properties. In this example the Destination
Application is the PaperPort desktop.

If you have the front feed tray attached, all pages in the ADF will feed
out underneath the front feed platform.

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LOAD AND SCAN ITEMS FROM THE FRONT FEED TRAY

You can scan thick paper, embossed plastic cards, business cards and other
items from the scanner’s front feed tray. Please see the “Visioneer Patriot
480 Scanner Specifications” on page 93 for details of the Front Feed
scanning specifications.

Note: Do not attempt to load documents into the input tray while
you have an item in the scanner fed in from the front. You can only
load items into the scanner from either the Front Feed tray or the
input tray at a single scan time. The scanner will jam if you load paper
into the input tray after an item has already been fed into the front.

SCAN WITH THE FRONT FEED TRAY UP

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.

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Press the Destination Selector to cycle
through the scan settings to select the
one you want.

The current scan setting.

3. Press 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. To scan a one-sided item, press the Simplex button.

To scan a two-sided item, press the Duplex button.

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7. The scanner scans the item and ejects it out underneath the front feed

tray.

A scan progress window opens and the image(s) are sent to the selected
application from the OneTouch utility. In this example the
Destination Application is the PaperPort desktop.

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SCAN WITH THE FRONT FEED TRAY DOWN

You 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.

TO LOCK THE FRONT FEED TRAY DOWN:

1. Locate the arm levers on either side of the front feed tray.

2. Gently pull the arm levers away from the scanner and fold them down.

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3. The front feed tray is now in the down position aligned with the front

slot of the scanner.

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TO SCAN WITH THE FRONT FEED TRAY DOWN:

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.

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Press the Destination Selector to cycle
through the scan settings to select the
one you want.

The current scan setting.

4. Check the LED number to make sure you’re using the scan setting you

want.

5. To scan a one-sided item, press the Simplex button.

To scan a two-sided item, press the Duplex button.

6. The scanner scans the item and ejects it out over the front feed tray.

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A scan progress window opens and the image(s) are sent to the selected
application from the OneTouch utility. In this example the
Destination Application is the PaperPort desktop.

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SCAN FROM THE INPUT TRAY WITH THE FRONT FEED TRAY DOWN

You 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 sure the output

tray is fully extended.

2. Load the documents face down with their tops into the Automatic

Document Feeder.

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Press the Destination Selector to cycle
through the scan settings to select the
one you want.

The current scan setting.

3. Check the LED number to make sure you’re using the scan setting you

want.

4. To scan a one-sided document, press the Simplex button.

To scan a two-sided document, press the Duplex button.

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5. A scan progress window opens and the images are sent to the selected

application from the OneTouch utility. In this example the
Destination Application is the PaperPort desktop.

The pages are ejected out of the scanner over the front feed tray.

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AUTO SCAN FROM THE FRONT FEED TRAY

You can set the scanner’s OneTouch hardware properties to automatically
scan an item when it is inserted into the scanner from the front.

TO SET THE FRONT FEED SCAN EVENT:

1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon, located on the Windows task bar,

and select “Show Hardware...” from the menu.

2. The scanner’s Hardware Properties window opens.

3. Click on the “Properties” button.

The scanner’s Device Configuration window opens.

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4. In the Control section select the option Tu r n o n A ut oL a u n c h ™ f or

Front Feed scanning.

5. Click the drop list for Function: and select a scanning option to use

for the front feed auto scanning.

■ Functions 1-9—These are the 9 scanning functions that you can

configure through the OneTouch properties. Selecting one of these
options indicates that you want the auto scanning event to always
use the settings you have specified for that function number. Please
see “Configuring the OneTouch Buttons” on page 45 for details on
configuring the 9 scanning functions for your scanner.

■ Current—Select this option to have the auto scanning event always

use the scanning function that is currently selected on the scanner’s
display. For instance, if the LED on the scanner is set to 6, then the
scanner will auto scan from the front feed with the settings of
function 6.

6. Select Duplex to indicate that the scanner should always scan both

sides of the item when it is inserted into the front of the scanner.

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7. Click on OK to apply your changes and close the Device

Configuration window.

8. Click on Ok to close the Hardware Properties window.

TO AUTO SCAN FROM THE FRONT FEED TRAY:

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 in the item, scans and ejects it out of the front.

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A scan progress window opens and the image(s) are sent to the selected
application from the OneTouch utility. In this example the
Destination Application is the PaperPort desktop.

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Click these arrows
to navigate through
the 9 buttons.

Click the button you
want to use to scan.

SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL

1. Adjust the paper guide for the paper width. Load the documents face

down with their tops into the Automatic Document Feeder, or place an

item face up on the Front Feed tray, with the top pointing into the
scanner.

2. Now click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification Area

(at the bottom right corner of the screen).

3. On the screen click the button you want to use to scan.

4. The scanner begins scanning. When the process finishes, the scanned

images appear in the Destination Application, just as if you scanned
with the Simplex or Duplex scanner buttons.

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The OneTouch Icon.

The Button View.

The Hardware View. The Detail View.

FEATURES OF THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL

From the panel, you can access the hardware settings for your scanner and
configure the scanner buttons.

Click on the OneTouch icon to open the panel.

The Title Bar

■ Green arrows—click to cycle through the panel’s 3 views.

■ Scanner icon—click to open the scanner’s hardware properties.

■ Red “x”—click to close the OneTouch panel.

The Button View

■ Left-click on a Destination Application icon to start scanning.

■ Right-click on a Destination Application icon to open the OneTouch

Properties.

The Detail View

■ Left-click on a Destination Application icon to start scanning.

■ Right-click on a Destination Application icon to open the OneTouch

Properties.

■ Single-left-click on the detailed information to open the OneTouch

Properties.

The Hardware View

■ Left-click on the scanner icon to return to the Button view.

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■ Right-click on the scanner icon to open the scanner’s hardware

properties.

THE DEFAULT ONETOUCH SETTINGS ON YOUR SCANNER

Based on the recommended install of PaperPort 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, pre-selected
Destination Application. The button names, such as PDF, eMail or Fax,
indicate the original factory settings for the Destination Application
assigned to a button.

You can change any of these settings. Please see “Configuring the OneTouch

Buttons” on page 45 for instructions.

For example, the eMail button is set up to scan documents then
immediately attach them to a new eMail message in your default eMail
program. The eMail application will default to the eMail program specified
in the internet options of Internet Explorer.

A folder icon for a button, such as shown for Button 7, means that the
button is set up to archive the scanned item. This is a special pre­configured Transfer to Storage option for your scanner. The scanner sends
the scanned image directly to a folder without opening the image first in a
Destination Application.

A question mark for a button means your computer does not have
appropriate software for the initial factory settings. In that case, you would
probably want to change the name and Destination Application to
something else.

If PaperPort, OmniPage or OneTouch OmniPage is not installed, then the
options for sending to word processing applications such as Microsoft
Word will not be available.

Note: The default page size in each configuration is based on the
location selected in your Windows setup.

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Right-click on a button (for example, button 2)
and the Properties window opens for that button.

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS

When you installed OneTouch, the software was configured with the
applications on your computer that you can scan to. Each OneTouch
button configuration consists of a Destination Application, a Scan
Configuration, and a File Format. The OneTouch Properties window is
where you select these three elements for a button.

To open the OneTouch Properties window:

There are two methods that you can use to open the OneTouch Properties.

■ Left-click on the OneTouch icon, in the Windows Notification Area,

then right-click on one of the destination icons.

The OneTouch Properties window opens to the button function that
you right-clicked on.

■ Press, hold down for at least 3 seconds, then release either the Simplex or

Duplex button.

The OneTouch Properties window opens to the function number that is
displayed on the scanner’s LED display.

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Note: Some of the options on the OneTouch Properties window (and
other scanner windows and dialog boxes) are “grayed out” and are not
available. Grayed out options are not appropriate for your Visioneer
Patriot 480 scanner.

Changing the button settings:

1. Click on an application name in the Select Destination list.

2. Select a file format in the Select Format panel.

3. Select a scanning configuration in the Select Configuration list.

4. Click on OK to save the changes and close the window.

5. Place a page in the scanner.

6. Press either the Simplex or Duplex button on the scanner, or click on

the destination application icon on the OneTouch Panel.

7. The scanner starts scanning and sends the image to the application or

location, with the file format and scanning configuration you
specified.

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Select a software
application as the
destination to send
scanned documents.

Select a configuration
for scanning the item.

Select a format for the
scanned image.

Click these arrows to
see the properties for
the button whose
settings you want to
change.

Select the destination
you want OneTouch
to send the scanned
image to.

SELECTING NEW SETTINGS FOR A BUTTON

The settings on the OneTouch Properties window are:

LED Number—Click the up or down arrow to cycle through the 9
OneTouch options.

Select Destination—The list of Destination Applications that OneTouch
can send a scanned image to so that this application opens immediately
after scanning is complete.

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Click the icon of a selected
configuration to view its
settings.

Color GrayscaleBlack and White

Configure Before Scan

Note: If you select a word processing program, such as Microsoft
WordPad or Microsoft Word, that can be used for editing text, the
text in the scanned image is automatically converted to word
processing text.

Select Configuration—The list of available scan configurations for the
selected button. The configuration’s basic settings include: scanning mode,
resolution (dpi), page size, brightness (Br), and contrast (Cr). To see a
selected Scan Configuration’s settings, click its icon. Click the icon again to
close the detailed information.

These icons next to each Scan Configuration indicate the scanning
mode.

Use Configure Before Scan to set the scanning mode manually before
scanning. See “Configure Before Scan” on page 58.

Select Format—A set of file formats for the scanned image for the selected
button. The formats are based on the type of Destination Application you
select. This example shows the formats that apply to Microsoft Outlook.

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OTHER OPTIONS IN THE ONETOUCH PROPERTIES WINDOW

Options tab—Displays a window for selecting options related to the
selected Destination Application for the scanned image. See “Selecting
Options for a Button” on page 72 for instructions on configuring the list of
available destinations.

Properties button—Displays a window for selecting properties for each
type of Destination Application. See “Selecting File Format Options” on
page 61.

Refresh button—If you install new applications on your computer, and
they do not appear in the Select Destination list, click the Refresh button.

New/Copy/Edit/Delete buttons—Click New or Copy to add new scan
configurations to the list. Click Edit or Delete to change or remove them.
See the sections “Creating a New Scan Configuration” on page 50 and
“Editing or Deleting Scan Configurations” on page 57.

RENAMING A ONETOUCH BUTTON

The OneTouch buttons have names that identify their pre-set functions,
such as OCR and PDF, but you can edit the names.

1. Choose the button that you want to rename.

2. Select the name’s text and type a new name.

3. Click OK or Apply. The button is now renamed.

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The Scan Configurations.

Click New to create a new
Scan Configuration.

CREATING A NEW SCAN CONFIGURATION

The scan configurations are where you select the scanning resolution,
brightness, mode (color, black&white, or grayscale), and a number of other
settings.

To create a new configuration:

1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.

2. Scroll through the applications in the Select Destination list and click

the type of application for which you want to create a new Scan
Configuration.

3. Click the New button.

If you want to start from the settings of another configuration, select
the configuration, then click the Copy button.

There are 3 settings tabs in each configuration for setting the
Scanning Mode, Page Size and Color intensity. Depending on the
selected Destination Application, additional settings tabs will activate
for you to make changes specific to the current destination. For
example, scanning to a printer will activate a Device Settings tab for
you to set your printer properties.

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Type a new name for
the configuration.

Select the scan mode
and drag the slider to set
the resolution.

Drag the sliders to set
the Brightness and
Contrast.

THE SCAN SETTINGS TAB

1. On the Scan Configuration Properties dialog box, type a name.

2. Select scan settings for the new Scan Configuration.

Mode—Select a scanning mode:

■ Black&White to scan in black and white. For example, letters and

memos are usually scanned in black and white.

■ GrayScale to scan items such as documents containing drawings or

black and white photographs.

■ Color to scan color photographs and other color items.

Resolution—Drag the slider to the right or left to adjust the dots per
inch (dpi) of the resolution. The maximum resolution is 600 dpi; the
minimum is 50 dpi. The higher the dpi setting, the sharper and clearer
the scanned image. However, higher dpi settings take longer to scan
and produce larger files for the scanned images.

Brightness and Contrast—Sometimes an item is scanned with the
brightness and contrast set too light or too dark.

Brightness refers to the lightness or darkness of the image. Contrast is
the range between the darkest and lightest portions of the image. The
greater the contrast, the more difference between the lighter and darker
shades in the image.

3. If you want to lock the configuration, click the key icon to change it

from a Key to a Lock.

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Click to toggle
between inches and
millimeters.

THE PAGE SETTINGS TAB

Click the Page Settings tab to select page settings.

Size—Click Standard, click the menu arrow and choose a page size from

the list, or click

Custom and enter the horizontal and vertical page

dimensions in the boxes. The maximum size is 8.5" x 38". The units of
measurement can be inches or millimeters.

Improvements and Settings—Only the options that apply to the selected

scanning mode are available.

■ Reduce Moiré Patterns—Moiré patterns are wavy, rippled lines that

sometimes appear on the scanned images of photographs or illustrations,
particularly newspaper and magazine illustrations. Selecting

Moiré Patterns

will limit or eliminate moiré patterns in the scanned

Reduce

image. This option is only available for the Grayscale or Color Mode at
300 dpi or less.

■ Straighten 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 Image—Only available for Black&White scanning, this option

reverses the black and whites of an image.

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Original Image. Inverted Image.

The original with a red
watermark over black text.

The scanned item with the
red filtered out.

■ Duplex—Scan both sides of the page. If this option is not selected, the

scanner will scan the face-down side of the page only.

Note: The Simplex and Duplex buttons on the scanner take precedence
over the OneTouch settings. In other words, if the LED number on the
scanner is configured to scan as Duplex, but you press the Simplex
button, the scanner scans in Simplex, and vice versa.

■ Skip Blank Originals—Skips pages that are completely blank. This

option is only available for Duplex scanning.

■ Color Filter—Color filter is the ability of your scanner to automatically

remove a color from a scanned item. Color filter applies to
Black&White or GrayScale Mode.

■ Double-Feed Detection—Selecting this option turns on the scanner

hardware feature that detects when multiple pages feed through the
scanner at one time.

Abort—the scanner stops scanning, all pages scanned to this point are
saved.

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Prompt—you will be prompted to remove the pages in the ADF, restack
the remaining pages and continue scanning. All pages scanned before
and after the double page feed are saved.

THE ADVANCED SETTINGS TAB

The options of the Advanced Settings tab are for the Color or GrayScale
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 or purity of a color.

Hue—the color your eyes see as reflected from the image.

Gamma—the brightness of the midtone colors.

2. Click OK to save the new configuration.

It will now be in the list of Scan Configurations on the OneTouch
Properties window for the appropriate Destination Applications.

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THE DEVICE SETTINGS TAB

A Device Settings tab is on the Scan Configurations dialog box when your
selected Destination Application is a printer or fax application.

Fit to page, reduce image if necessary—If the scanned image is too big

to be printed or faxed on a single page, the image will automatically be
reduced to fit the page.

Actual size, crop image if necessary—If the scanned image is too big to

be printed or faxed on a single page, the image will automatically be
cropped around its edges to fit on the page.

Center image on page—The image will be printed in the center of the

page instead of at the top right corner.

Maintain aspect ratio—The aspect ratio is the length-to-width

relationship of the image’s dimensions. Select this option so the image’s
relative proportions remain constant.

AutoRotate image for best fit—If the image is a Landscape format and

the device is printing in the Portrait mode, or vice versa, rotate the image to
fit on the page.

Collate copies—If you are printing more than one page, collate the

copies. Enter the number of copies in the

Copies box.

Advanced—Click to see additional settings for the device. The dialog box

that opens is specific to the device.

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THE STORAGE OPTIONS TAB (ARCHIVE)

A Storage Options tab is on the Scan Configurations dialog box when the
selected Destination Application is set as Transfer to Storage. See
“Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage” on page 80 for instructions
on using the Transfer to Storage destination.

1. Click the Storage Options tab.

2. Click the Storage Layout options you want.

All documents are in the root—The scanned documents are saved in
the root of the folder specified in the Storage Location.

Documents are put into folders by month, week, or type—Folders
are created based on your selection (month, week, or type) and the
scanned documents are saved in those folders.

By default, the location of the archived documents is in you Windows
user directory My Documents folder under My OneTouch Archive.
The files are saved a folder based on your selection for the Storage
Layout. For example, if the file type is TIFF, and you select
Documents are put into folders by type, the default location of
scanned archive documents is at My Documents\My OneTouch
Archive\TIFF Documents.

3. If you want to store your archive documents in some other location,

click the Browse button to specify the new location.

4. Click OK or Apply.

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Select the scan
configuration to edit
or delete. It must be
unlocked, as indicated
by not having a lock
displayed here.

EDITING OR DELETING SCAN CONFIGURATIONS

Note: Your scanner comes with a number of configurations pre-set at the
factory. We recommend that you keep those configurations locked and
do not edit or delete them. That way, you will always have the factory­settings available. If you do edit or delete them, and want to get the
factory pre-sets back again, you will need to uninstall then re-install your
scanner driver.

To edit or delete a Scan Configuration:

1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.

2. Select the Scan Configuration you want to edit or delete.

3. To delete the configuration, click the Delete button.

4. To edit the configuration, click the Edit button.

You can make changes to a configuration, but for the changes to be
saved, the configuration must first be unlocked.

Click the lock icon to unlock the configuration. Clicking it toggles
between locking and unlocking the configuration. The key icon
indicates the configuration is unlocked.

5. Edit the settings and click OK.

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Click the arrows to
select the button.

Select Configure
Before Scan.

Right-click on
Configure Before Scan
to get the menu, and
choose the
interface to use for
scanning.

CONFIGURE BEFORE SCAN

Choosing Configure Before Scan simply opens either the TWAIN or WIA
scanning interface when you press or click a button. You can then use the
interface to change the Picture Type, Resolution, and other settings. When
you scan, the scanned image will still be sent as the file type and to the same
Destination Application already selected in the OneTouch Properties
window for that button.

TO SET CONFIGURE BEFORE SCAN

1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.

2. Using the button selection arrows, choose the button that you want to

set to configure before scanning.

3. Select the Scan Configuration Configure Before Scan.

4. Right-click on Configure Before Scan and choose an interface to use

for configuring before scanning.

TWAIN—The TWAIN Interface opens for you to make changes prior

to scanning. Please see “Scanning from the TWAIN Interface” on

page 87 for detailed instructions about scanning with the TWAIN
Interface.

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WIA—The Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Interface opens for
you to make changes prior to scanning. Please see “Scanning from the
WIA Interface” on page 92 for detailed instructions about scanning
with the WIA Interface.

5. Select the Destination Application and File Format.

6. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window.

TO SCAN USING CONFIGURE BEFORE SCAN

1. Load the documents face down with their tops into the scanner.

2. Click the button you set up to use the Configure Before Scan option.

The TWAIN or WIA interface will open. This example shows the
TWAIN Interface.

3. Choose the scan settings, such Black & White, Grayscale, or Color,

Resolution, Brightness and Contrast.

4. Click the Scan button on the TWAIN Interface.]

5. The scanner starts scanning. When finished, click the Done button

and the images will be sent to the destination specified in the
OneTouch Properties window.

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CANCELING A CONFIGURE BEFORE SCAN

1. Click Cancel in the scanning progress window.

2. The following window will open asking if you want to cancel the

entire job.

■ Yes —Scanning stops and all pages scanned in this batch, up to this

point, will be deleted. The TWAIN interface will close and you can
restart your scan from the beginning.

For instance, the scan Mode is Black & White but you want to scan
your documents in color. Choose Yes to delete any scanned pages,
then start over the correct scan Mode selected.

■ No—Scanning stops and the TWAIN interface remains open. You

can place a new set of pages into the ADF, adjust the TWAIN
settings for them, then click the Scan button in the TWAIN
interface to continue scanning. At the end of the scanning batch, all
pages from the first portion of the scan and second will be sent to
the Destination Application.

Choose this option if, for instance, you have been scanning in Black
& White but want to scan the remaining pages in color. You stop
the current scan, change the scan Mode to Color, then restart the
scanning without losing the pages already scanned.

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Image Formats Text Formats; sPDF is

only one of several text
formats available.

SELECTING FILE FORMAT OPTIONS

The options that you select determines the file format of the scanned
document. Appropriate File Format options and file types are available for
the type of Destination Application selected for the button.

The Text Formats are for text file types and are selectable by right-clicking
on the text format icon. The names of the formats indicate their file types.

CREATE SINGLE IMAGE FILES

The TIFF and PDF formats support multiple page documents. If you are
scanning as a TIFF or PDF file and want one file created for each image
scanned, select Create single image files. Note that this option is
automatically selected and disabled if you have selected a format that only
supports single pages, such as BMP or JPG.

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IMAGE FORMATS

Select an image file format for photos, artwork or other documents that
you want to save as images. BMP and TIFF are standard image file formats
generally used if you want to do additional image processing. Both of those
file formats tend to be larger than the JPEG format file size.

JPEG files are reduced in size by lowering their image quality, and you can
select the degree of quality for your scanned images from the JPEG file
format icon.

The PDF format is often used to create images of text pages. You may want
to select PDF as the file format when scanning text pages that do not
require OCR processing or other processing. The PDF format is also used
to put multi-page documents on web sites as pdf-readable files. As with the
JPEG option, the PDF format can be reduced in size or quality.

To select a JPEG or PDF file size:

1. Select JPG or PDF as the File Format.

2. Right-click on the JPG or PDF icon.

3. Choose the image quality option for your scanned images from the

option menu.

Minimize Size—Smallest file size, lowest image quality.

Normal—Medium file size, some loss of image quality.

Maximize Quality—Largest file size, no loss of image quality.

Your selection pertains only to the button currently selected on the
OneTouch Properties window. Other buttons that have JPG or PDF
selected as the File Format are not affected, so you can set the JPG or
PDF file size/image quality independently for each button.

4. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window.

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Example menu for the TEXT file
options when the Destination
Application is Microsoft Word.

Example menu for the TEXT file
options when the Destination
Application is a Storage location.

TEXT FORMATS

Selecting the text format option also selects OCR processing as an
automatic step for scanning. Therefore, when you scan a document with
the text format selected, the text portions of the document are
automatically converted to editable text. Text file formats are only available
if an OCR application is installed on your computer. See “Scanning with
Optical Character Recognition (OCR)” on page 75.

To select a file type for the text format:

1. Select a text editing Destination Application.

2. Right-click on the text format icon.

3. Choose the file type that you want for the text format.

Your selection of a file type pertains only to the button currently
selected on the OneTouch Properties window. Other buttons that have
a text option selected as the File Format are not affected, so you can set
the text file type independently for each button.

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Simple Text—The .txt file format. Text with no formatting; used by
the standard Microsoft Notepad application.

Rich Text Format—The .rtf file format. Text that retains formatting
when converted. Available with Microsoft Wordpad and Word.

Word D oc u men t—The .doc file format used by Microsoft Word.

Comma Delimited—The .csv file format; used for database or

spreadsheet data with fields separated by commas. When the
document is converted into editable text by the OCR software, the
fields are maintained so you can copy and paste them to a database or
spreadsheet application.

Excel Spreadsheet—The .xls file format used by Microsoft Excel.

HTML Document—The .htm file format used to create web pages.

Searchable PDF—The sPDF file format used by Adobe Acrobat and

OmniPage Pro. This format converts scanned text into PDF with text
search and OCR capabilities.

Normal PDF—The nPDF file format used by Adobe Acrobat and
OmniPage Pro. This format also converts scanned text into PDF with
text search and OCR capabilities, plus you can edit the text in an
nPDF image if you have a PDF editing program.

4. To change the OCR settings, choose OCR Options.

There are advanced OCR Options when the OneTouch OmniPage
Module or OmniPage Pro software is installed on your computer. For
details, refer to the OneTouch OmniPage Mini-Guide located in the
User Guides section on Disc 1 of the installation CDs.

Note that the OCR Options settings apply to all buttons. If you
change them for one button, those changes apply to the other buttons
as well.

5. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window.

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Click a Destination
Application.

Click the Properties
button.

SETTING DESTINATION APPLICATION PROPERTIES

In the OneTouch Properties window, select a Destination Application then
click the

PaperPort Properties

These properties apply to designating the PaperPort folder to receive your
scanned items.

Properties button.

1. Select the folder where you want the file to be located.

2. Click OK. Then click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties

window.

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When PaperPort opens after you finish scanning, the thumbnails of
your scanned documents are on the PaperPort Desktop in that folder.

Text Documents Properties

These properties apply to text editing applications such as Microsoft Word.
The properties apply to the Optical character Recognition (OCR) settings
for these applications.

1. Click in the General OCR settings boxes for the options you want.

The options will apply to all the applications in the group.

Always send a file, even when no text was found—The scanned file
is sent to the OCR reader even if the image does not appear to contain
text. This could occur if you scanned a photograph with a OneTouch
button set for text applications.

Show message if text recognition failed—A message will open on the
screen if the OCR reader does not detect text in the image.

2. To add another application to the list, click the Add Application

button.

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The Add Text Based Link dialog box opens.

3. Click Browse to find the application you want to add to the list.

When you select the application using the Browse button, steps 1 and
2 on the dialog box are automatically filled in, and the application icon
appears in step 3.

4. Select the icon in Step 3 of the dialog box. That is the icon that will

appear in the OneTouch Destination List.

5. In step 4 of the dialog box, select the file formats that the application

will accept.

Refer to the documentation that you received with the application to
see which text formats the application accepts.

The options you select in step 4 determine the File Format icons in the
OneTouch Properties window for that group of applications.

6. Click the Add button.

7. Click OK or Apply on the Link Properties window.

8. Click Refresh on the OneTouch Properties window.

9. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window.

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Image Documents Properties

These properties apply to image processing applications such as Microsoft
Paint.

1. Click in the Color document handling settings boxes for the options

you want.

These options will apply to all the applications in the group.

Convert Bitmaps using Screen Resolution—Use this option to
ensure that an image will fit on the computer’s screen. When a
computer screen is set to a lower resolution, bitmap images with a
higher resolution may be too big to fit on the screen. Converting the
bitmap image to match the screen resolution ensures that the image fits
on the screen.

Convert Bitmaps to JPEG—JPEG files can be compressed to
produce smaller file sizes and, therefore, shorter transmission times.
Use this option to provide that compression capability to image files.

2. To add another application to the list, click the Add Application

button.

See the steps on page 66 to add an application to the list.

3. Click OK.

4. Click OK or Apply on the Link Properties window.

5. Click Refresh on the OneTouch Properties window.

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Storage Properties

These properties apply to the Destination Application named Transfer to
Storage. If a CD burner is attached to your computer, you also use this
dialog box to start the Burn to CD process. See the section “Scan and Burn
to a CD” on page 77.

1. Click the Storage Layout options you want.

All documents are in the root—The scanned documents are saved in
the root of the folder specified in the Storage Location.

Documents are put into folders by month, week, or type—Folders
are created based on your selection (month, week, or type) and the
scanned documents are saved in those folders. New folders are created
for each month and week so you can keep track of when you scanned
the documents.

2. Click the Browse button to specify the location to store the scanned

documents.

3. Click OK on the Link Properties window.

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eMail Properties

These properties apply to email applications so you can specify the folder
for documents that you will attach to an email message. Microsoft

®

Outlook

will accept direct attachment of documents to a blank email

message as soon as scanning is finished, but other email applications do

not. If you’re using one of those applications, such as America Online
(AOL), you need to know which folder contains the scanned documents so
you can manually attach them to your email messages.

®

1. Click the Browse button for Folder for storing attachments and

choose a folder for your email attachments.

2. If you are using AOL on your computer, and the folder name for AOL

is incorrect, click the Browse button and find the correct AOL folder.

For scanned images to be auto-attached to a blank email message, you
must have the specific folder location AOL uses to find the
attachments. Please contact AOL for more information about the
folder location in which AOL stores attachments.

3. If you need to change your email client, or any other internet options,

click the Internet Options button.

The Windows Internet Options Control Panel opens. Click the
Programs tab and choose a new email client from the Email list. These
are the standard Windows Internet options. Please see your Windows

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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.

Convert Bitmaps using Screen Resolution—Use this option to
ensure that an image will fit on the computer’s screen. When a
computer screen is set to a lower resolution, bitmap images with a
higher resolution may be too big to fit on the screen. Converting the
bitmap image to match the screen resolution ensures that the image fits
on the screen.

Convert Bitmaps to JPEG—JPEG files can be compressed to
produce smaller file sizes and, therefore, shorter transmission times.
Use this option to provide that compression capability to image files.

5. Click OK.

6. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window.

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Options tab

SELECTING OPTIONS FOR A BUTTON

The OneTouch Options determine the types of Destination Applications
available for a button. There are also settings on the Options tab that are
global to all OneTouch buttons.

To s e l e c t op ti on s:

1. Open the OneTouch Properties window and click the Options tab.

2. Click the Select Button menu arrow and select a button for setting

new options.

3. The OneTouch Destination Options are:

Show All Destinations—Selecting this option activates all the
Destination Application categories for the current button, so that in
the OneTouch Properties window for that button, all available
destinations are seen under the Select Destination list.

Select Destinations—Select this option to individually choose the
types of applications to include in the list of Destination Applications.
Check the boxes for the type of application to include.

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Destination Categories:

■ Document Management includes PaperPort and other applications

for processing and keeping track of your scanned documents.

■ Image Editors include Microsoft Paint and other drawing and

graphics applications.

■ Tex t Ed i to r s include Microsoft Word and WordPad, Microsoft Excel,

and other word processing and spreadsheet applications. Select this
option if you want OCR processing to convert your scanned
documents to text that you can edit. See “Scanning with Optical
Character Recognition (OCR)” on page 75 for more about OCR.

■ PDF applications are for documents scanned to PDF format.

■ Email includes Microsoft Outlook and other email applications. See

“eMail Properties” on page 70 for details about attaching scanned
documents to your email messages.

■ Storage and CD-R/W is for either storing scanned documents in a

folder, or sending them to a CD burner to create a CD containing the
scanned documents. See “Transferring Scanned Documents to
Storage” on page 80 and “Scan and Burn to a CD” on page 77 for
details.

■ Fax and Print is for sending your scanned documents directly to your

printer or fax software for faxing.

■ Sti event forwarding is for using another application’s interface for

scanning. The OneTouch Event Forwarding dialog box opens so you
can select which application to use to continue scanning. See
“Scanning with Event Forwarding” on page 78 for details.

4. The OneTouch Global Options are:

■ Show Progress Window—Select this option to display the progress

window of the document(s) during scanning.

■ Use enhanced folder browser—Select this option if you want to save

your scans to a network location that is not a mapped drive on your
computer.

■ Create copies of scanned documents—Sometimes the image of a

scanned document is only saved as a temporary file until its
Destination Application is finished using it. In those cases you may
want an additional, permanent copy saved on your hard drive.

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For example, if you scan a picture to an email application, the
scanned image is saved as a temporary file, then attached to the email,
and the email is sent. Later, the temporary file of the scanned picture
is deleted. The same situation may occur when you scan directly to a
printer or scan to a fax application. After a scanned item is printed or
faxed, its temporary file is deleted. However, by selecting this Create
copies of scanned documents option, you can choose to save
permanent copies of the scanned items on your hard drive.

This option is not available if either the Document Management or
Storage and CD-R/W options are selected because, by default, file
copies for those types of Destination Applications are already
automatically saved in the folder for copies.

■ Folder Copy Options—This section of the dialog box sets the

location for copies of your scanned documents and how you want to
group them.

Click the Browse button and find the folder for the copies. Select the
grouping option for the documents. The Group by button option
groups the documents under the name of the OneTouch button.
Group by type arranges the scanned documents by the type of file,
such as .doc or .jpg. If you also want to group them by date you can
choose the week and month options.

5. Click OK to save the options for the selected button.

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UNIQUE SCANNING FEATURES AND DESTINATIONS

The OneTouch software has unique scanning options available. You can
scan directly to word processing programs, to your computer’s CD burner,
HTML files and so on.

SCANNING WITH OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (OCR)

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) converts text and numbers on a
scanned page into editable text and numbers. You can then work with the
text and numbers to edit, spellcheck, change font or type size, sort,
calculate, and so forth.

Note: Visioneer recommends that all OCR processing use the original
factory settings for OCR scanning that came with your scanner. When
scanning with other settings, use at least 200 dpi for the resolution. If the
original documents are of poor quality and have small type font, 300 dpi
can be used as the maximum resolution.

The OneTouch OmniPage Module or the OmniPage Pro software must be
installed on your computer in order to use the advanced OCR options with
the OneTouch 4.0 software and your scanner. The OneTouch OmniPage
Module was automatically installed when you installed the scanner’s driver,
and the OmniPage Pro software is on the CD Disc 2 that you received with
your scanner. The OneTouch OmniPage Module and the OmniPage
software can both be installed on your computer at the same time, however,
the features in the OneTouch OmniPage Module will take precedence over
the OmniPage software features when using OneTouch 4.0. The OneTouch
OmniPage Mini-Guide is available on the Disc 1 installation CD.

If you only have the PaperPort software installed you will still have basic
OCR options but they are limited to those functions that PaperPort
provides.

Note: Please refer to the OneTouch OmniPage Mini-Guide, on Disc 1 that
you received with your scanner, for detailed instructions on configuring
and scanning with the advanced OCR Options.

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Button 6 is the default
OCR OneTouch button.

To scan with OCR from the Scanner Buttons:

1. Press the Function button to select an LED number that has a text

editing program as the selected Destination Application.

2. Press the Simplex or Duplex button on the scanner.

Your scanned pages are sent to the text editing application you selected
in the Destination Application list. The text on the pages is ready for
editing and other text processing.

To scan with OCR from the OneTouch Button Panel:

1. Click the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification Area.

2. On the OneTouch Button Panel, click on the button you have set with

a text editing program as the Destination Application.

Your scanned pages appear in the Destination Application with their
text ready for editing and other text processing.

Note: OCR scanning is also for spreadsheets so you can work in
Microsoft Excel (or other spreadsheet applications) with the figures and
text from the original spreadsheets. Set up a button with Microsoft Excel
as the Destination Application and XLS as the File Format. When you
scan a spreadsheet, it will open in Excel with its text and figures ready to
be edited.

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SCAN AND BURN TO A CD

If you have a CD burner attached to your computer, you can scan directly
from your scanner onto a CD. This feature is available only on computers
running Windows XP or Windows Vista

1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.

2. Select Burn to CD as the Destination Application.

3. Choose a File Format and a Scan Configuration.

4. Click OK.

5. Now start scanning using the button you selected to use to scan and

burn to a CD.

When scanning is finished, a bubble message on the screen tells you
that files are waiting to be burned to the CD.

6. Open the OneTouch window and click the Properties button.

7. Make sure a blank CD is in the CD burner.

8. Click the

The CD burner begins and your scanned documents are written to the
CD. If other files are also waiting in this location, they will get written
with the OneTouch files on the CD.

Burn to CD button.

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SCANNING WITH EVENT FORWARDING

If you want to specify an application to use for scanning at the start of the
process, you can use event forwarding.

1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.

2. Select Still Image Client as the Destination Application.

You cannot choose a File Format for this option as the Destination
Application is not selected until after starting the scanning batch.

3. Click OK.

4. Start scanning using the button you selected for event forwarding.

A dialog box opens for you to select the application to use for
scanning. Select the application in the box and click OK.

5. Now the application you selected opens and you can continue

scanning using the application’s TWAIN interface.

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Choose HTML

CREATING AN HTML WEB PAGE FROM YOUR SCANNED DOCUMENTS

You can convert scanned pages to HTML format for posting directly to
your web site. Those pages are then viewable by visitors to your web site
without the need for any internet plug-ins or other special processing.

1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.

2. Select Microsoft Explorer as the Destination Application.

3. Choose HTML as the File Format.

4. Choose a Scan Configuration that has the settings for the image on the

HTML page.

5. Click OK.

6. Load the documents face down with their tops into the scanner.

7. On the OneTouch Button Panel or on the scanner LED select the

button you setup to scan using HTML.

8. When scanning is finished, the document is first converted to editable

text using the OCR process, then is converted into an HTML format.
Microsoft Internet Explorer then opens showing your converted page.

9. Choose Save As from the Internet Explorer File menu, give the page a

name, and save it in the location you use for your web page files.

10. You can now use Microsoft Internet Explorer or other application to

post the document to your web page as you would any other HTML
page.

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Click the arrows until Button 7
is on the panel, then click
Button 7.

Your scanned documents

will be stored at the location

you specified on the One-

Touch 4.0 Link Properties

window.

TRANSFERRING SCANNED DOCUMENTS TO STORAGE

With the Transfer to Storage scanning process, you can scan documents
and save them in a folder in one step. The process is ideal for archiving
documents without having to manually save or process them in any other
way.

1. Load the documents face down with their tops into the scanner.

2. To scan using the buttons on the scanner, press the Function button

until the LED is at 7, then press the Simplex or Duplex button.

3. To scan from the OneTouch Button Panel, click on Button 7.

4. The documents are scanned and stored in the location that you

specified on the OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window.

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Select Transfer
to Storage.

Click the New button.

SCANNING TO MULTIPLE FOLDERS

When archiving documents with the Transfer to Storage option, you can
scan them to multiple folders. For example, one folder might be for
“Business Receipts,” a second folder might be for “Personal Receipts,” and
a third folder might be for “Annual Receipts.”

To scan to multiple folders, you create multiple scan configurations, each
with a different storage location for the scanned documents. Scan one set of
documents using the Scan Configuration with the appropriate storage
location for that set. Then switch to another Scan Configuration and scan
the next set of documents to store them in their folder.

Setting up multiple folders for transfer to storage:

1. Using Microsoft Windows, create the folders that you want to use for

storing scanned items.

2. Open the OneTouch Properties window.

3. Select Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application.

4. Click the New button

5. To help you remember which folder it is, give the new configuration a

name that indicates the folder name, such as “Storage for Business
Receipts.”

6. Click the Scan Settings, Page Settings, and Advanced Settings tabs,

and select the settings you want.

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7. Click the Storage Options tab.

8. Click the Browse button.

9. Select the folder you created for storing the scanned documents.

If you haven’t created the folder yet, you can click the Make New
Folder button and type the name for the new folder.

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The new configura­tions apply to the
Transfer to Storage
Destination
Application.

10. Click OK. The selected folder will now be set as the Storage Location,

such as “Business Receipts.”

11. Click OK. The new configuration is now listed as a Transfer to Storage

configuration.

12. Repeat the process to create additional new configurations, such as one

named “Storage for Personal Receipts.”

13. You will now have multiple configurations set up for the Transfer to

Storage destination, and each configuration scans documents to
separate folders.

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Scan to multiple storage folders:

1. Load the documents you want to scan to multiple storage folders.

2. Press the Function button on the scanner to get to the button set up

for scanning to storage.

3. Open the OneTouch Properties window.

4. Click the button selection arrow to get to the button you’ve set up for

archiving documents.

5. Select a configuration you created for storage and click OK.

6. Press the Simplex or Duplex button to scan the documents, or click

the Button 7 on the OneTouch Button Panel.

7. When scanning is finished, insert the next set of documents and, on

the OneTouch Properties window, select the other configuration
you’ve set up for archiving. Click OK.

8. Press the Simplex or Duplex button again, or click Button 7 on the

OneTouch Button Panel.

When scanning is finished, the documents are stored in the two separate
folders.

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The Hardware icon

CHECKING THE HARDWARE AND LAMP SETTINGS

1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon and choose Show Hardware from

the pop-up menu.

You can also click the Hardware icon at the top of the OneTouch
Button Panel, or right-click on the Patriot 480 icon when the
OneTouch button panel is in the Hardware View.

The Hardware Properties dialog box opens and shows information
about your Visioneer Patriot 480 scanner.

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2. Click the Properties button.

Your scanner has a built-in power saving feature that is set to power
down after 15 minutes of idle time. You can change the time before the
scanner powers down, from 10 minutes to a maximum of 10 hours.

3. Click the arrows for the Lamp timeout setting and choose a time

setting.

To turn the lamp on and off manually without turning off power to
the scanner, click the Lamp On or Lamp Off buttons.

To return the scanner to its factory settings, click Reset Device.

4. Click OK to save the changes and close the dialog box.

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Scanning from the TWAIN Interface

You can scan from any TWAIN scanning application instead of scanning
from the OneTouch buttons on your scanner or the OneTouch button
panel.

A Note About Your Scanner and the TWAIN standard: TWAIN is a widely
recognized procedure that software applications use to receive images from
scanners, digital cameras, and other digital devices. Because the TWAIN interface
is essentially the same regardless of the software you use to open it, you can still use
the instructions in this User’s Guide for scanning with your Visioneer Patriot 480
scanner. Please refer to an application’s user guide for the appropriate steps to open
the TWAIN Interface for your scanner.

For instructions on how to use the PaperPort software press F1 on your keyboard
when the PaperPort software is open, or refer to the PaperPort User’s Guide on the
installation CD.

BASIC STEPS TO OPEN THE TWAIN INTERFACE

Each TWAIN-compliant software application has its own specific steps to open the
TWAIN interface, but the basic process is the same for most of them.

1. Open an application that is TWAIN-compliant.

2. Use the application’s command that opens the TWAIN interface.

For example, in PaperPort click on the Scan button then choose TWAIN:

Visioneer Patriot 480 when prompted. Also, many Microsoft Office

applications can access the TWAIN interface from the Insert menu, by

choosing Picture then From Scanner or Camera. Select Visioneer Patriot

480 from the drop-down menu.

3. The TWAIN Interface will open.

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SCANNING WITH THE TWAIN INTERFACE

The TWAIN Interface is available from many applications, such as
Microsoft Word and Paint, as well as from the PaperPort. You can use the
instructions in this section regardless of the application you use to open the
TWAIN Interface.

1. Select the options you want from the TWAIN interface, then load the

documents with their tops into the Automatic Document Feeder.

2. Click the Scan button (if the AutoScan feature is not turned on).

The scanner starts scanning and a progress box opens.

3. Click Done when you are finished scanning to close the TWAIN

interface.

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THE OPTIONS ON THE TWAIN INTERFACE ARE:

Mode—Select a scanning mode:

Black&White to scan in black and white. Use this setting for letters,

memos, and other black and white material. This scan mode produces
the smallest file size.

Grayscale to scan items such as documents containing drawings or black
and white photographs. The scanning produces an image of up to 256
shades of gray. You can also scan a color document to turn its colors into
gray shades. The file size is about one third that of a color scan.

Color to scan magazine articles, photographs, and other color images in
full color. Color scans have the largest file size.

Resolution—The maximum resolution is 600 dpi; the minimum is 50 dpi.
The higher the dpi setting, the sharper and clearer the scanned image.
However, higher dpi settings take longer to scan and produce larger files for
the scanned images.

Brightness—Increasing or decreasing the Brightness makes the scanned
image lighter or darker.

Contrast—Contrast refers to the difference between the lighter and darker
portions of the image. Increasing the contrast emphasizes the difference
between the lighter and darker portions, decreasing the contrast de­emphasizes that difference. Contrast is not available for Black & White
scanning.

AutoCrop to Original—Select this option to let the scanner automatically
determine the size of the item being scanned. Always use the paper guides
on the scanner so the page is not skewed otherwise the page will not crop
properly.

Duplex—Scan both sides of the page. If this option is not selected, the
scanner will only scan the side of the page facing down when you insert it
into the scanner.

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The original with a red
watermark over black text.

The scanned item with the
red filtered out.

Filter—The Filter is the ability of your scanner to automatically remove a
color from a scanned item. The Filter option applies to Black&White or
Grayscale Mode.

Reduce Moiré Patterns—Moiré patterns are wavy, rippled lines that
sometimes appear on the scanned images of photographs or illustrations,
particularly newspaper and magazine illustrations. Selecting Reduce Moiré
Patterns will limit or eliminate moiré patterns in the scanned image. This
option is only available for the Grayscale or Color Mode at 200 dpi or less.

Define page size—Click this option to activate the Define button. Then
click the Define button to see the Define page size dialog box for selecting
a specific page size:

1. Click Standard, click the menu arrow and choose a page size from
the list. Or, click Custom, then enter the horizontal and vertical
page dimensions in the boxes, the maximum size is 8.5" x 38".

The units of measurement can be inches or millimeters. Click the
name of the units, inches or mm (millimeters), to toggle between
them.

2. Click OK.

The Define page size option cannot be used with the AutoCrop to
original option.

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AutoScan on document insertion—Your Visioneer Patriot 480 scanner
includes AutoLaunch technology that senses when an item is inserted into
the paper feed and starts scanning immediately. Select this option to turn
on the AutoLaunch feature. The item is scanned with the current settings
on the TWAIN interface. If this option is not selected, the scanner waits for
you to click the Scan button.

DISPLAY THE DEVICE CONFIGURATION

1. Click the Visioneer Patriot 480 icon in the top right corner of the
TWAIN interface.

2. The device configuration window opens and shows the information
about your scanner.

See the section “Checking the Hardware and Lamp Settings” on
page 85 for more information about the device settings.

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Scanning from the WIA Interface

Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista include their own scanning
interface—known as Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)—for acquiring
images from scanners, digital cameras, and other digital devices.

This section shows how to use Microsoft Paint to scan using the WIA
interface, but you can use other Windows applications as well.

Note: Duplex (two-sided) scanning is not available from WIA.

To scan using WIA from Microsoft Paint:

1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to All Programs, point to
Accessories, and then click Paint.

2. From the File menu choose From Scanner or Camera.

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3. The WIA scanning window opens. Use 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 size from the Page Size list.

6. Adjust the image settings as desired:

■ Change the button selection for the type of image.

■ Adjust the custom settings; refer to the next section, “Fine Tuning

Your S cans”.

■ Change the size of the scanned image.

7. The scanned image will appear in Microsoft Paint (or other WIA
application you’re using).

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FINE TUNING YOUR SCANS

You 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 Properties dialog box opens.

3. Select the options for scanning.

Brightness and Contrast—Drag the sliders to the right or left to
adjust the brightness and contrast of the scanned image.

Resolution (DPI)—Click on the up or down arrow to cycle through
the available resolution options.

Picture type—Click the menu arrow and choose the most appropriate
type for the item you’re scanning.

4. Click OK.

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Maintenance

This section contains information on maintenance, troubleshooting,
uninstalling, scanner specifications, and spare parts.

CLEARING PAPER JAMS

If your scanner stops scanning due to a paper jam in the Automatic
Document Feeder, a warning dialog box opens after a few moments.

To clear a paper jam:

1. Press the ADF cover release on the top-right of the scanner body to
open the Automatic Document Feeder cover.

2. Remove the jammed paper and close the cover.

To reduce the number of paper jams, smooth and straighten the paper
before scanning and adjust the guides to the paper size, and insert the paper
evenly into the ADF.

CLEAN THE AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER

You may need to clean the ADF feed mechanism if your documents do not
feed easily into the ADF, or several feed in at the same time.

To clean the ADF:

1. Wet a soft cloth with some isopropyl rubbing alcohol (95%).

2. Press the ADF cover release on the top right of the scanner body to
open the Automatic Document Feeder cover.

3. Wipe the feed roller from side to side. Rotate the roller to clean its
entire surface.