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  • Page 1 Visioneer ® Patriot 470 Scanner Strobe XP 470 Scanner User's Guide for Windows...
  • Page 2 Visioneer Patriot 470 Scanner Strobe XP 470 Scanner User’s Guide F O R W I N D O W S...
  • Page 3 Inc. All Rights Reserved. All other products mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. Information is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Visioneer. The software described is furnished under a licensing agreement.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Before You Begin ........4 Step 1: Assemble the Scanner ....... 5 Step 2: Install the Software .
  • Page 5 Status Light Troubleshooting Codes ....125 How to Uninstall Your Scanner ......127 Uninstalling the Scanner and OneTouch Software .

  • Page 6: Welcome

    ELCOME Congratulations on purchasing your Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470) scanner. With your scanner you can quickly scan single-sided or double-sided stacks of color or black-and-white documents and place their images on your computer. ’ S IN THE Before starting the assembly and installation, check the contents of the box to make sure that all parts are included.

  • Page 7: The Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe Xp 470) Scanner

    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. See the section, “Status Light Troubleshooting Codes” on page 125 for additional details. Output tray—Holds documents after being scanned through the Automatic Document Feeder (ADF).

  • Page 8: What You Need

    OCUMENTATION The following documentation is provided with your scanner: Quick Install Card—Abbreviated installation instructions. ■ Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470) Scanner User’s Guide—On ■ the Installation CD; contains detailed installation, scanning, configuration, and maintenance information. PaperPort User’s Guide—On the Installation CD; contains detailed ■...

  • Page 9: Installation

    ■ to remove its driver programs first before beginning the installation of your Visioneer Patriot (Strobe XP 470) scanner. Please see “How to Uninstall Your Scanner” on page 127 for basic instructions, or see the User’s Guide that you received with your other scanner for specific instructions.

  • Page 10: Step 1: Assemble The Scanner

    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.
  • Page 11 UIDE 5. Insert the pins on each side of the output tray into the holes on the scanner. 6. Flip open the extension on the output tray so it is fully extended. 7. Proceed to “Step 2: Install the Software.”...

  • Page 12: Step 2: Install The Software

    2: I NSTALL THE Note: The software is on the two CD’s you received with your scanner. Please be sure to install from Disc 1 first. To install the software: 1. Start Microsoft Windows and make sure no other applications are running.
  • Page 13 470 (S XP 470) S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT TROBE CANNER UIDE 3. On the Installation menu, select Install Products. 4. Make sure the boxes for Nuance PaperPort® and Scanner Driver are checked. 5. Click Install Now.
  • Page 14 The PaperPort installation begins: 1. The Select Language window opens. Click the drop-down menu arrow and select the language you want to use. Click OK. The first PaperPort Installation window opens. 2. On the PaperPort Welcome window, click Next. Installing PaperPort will uninstall any existing version of PaperPort and will install the newer version while retaining all of your previous PaperPort files.
  • Page 15 1. The Welcome to the OneTouch 4.0 Setup Wizard opens. 2. Click Next. 3. On the Visioneer License Agreement window, read the license agreement. If you accept the terms, select I Agree then click Next. If you choose not to accept the license agreement, the installation will terminate and the scanner driver will not be installed.
  • Page 16 TWAIN and ISIS—The TWAIN and ISIS drivers are installed. The OneTouch 4.0 Monitor will not run and you cannot use the OneTouch options. You can use the Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470) TWAIN driver to scan from TWAIN applications. You can also scan from applications that use the ISIS driver.
  • Page 17 Note: If you decide to change the scanner’s installed drivers later on, you must first uninstall the drivers the scanner is currently using. See the instructions on page 128. 6. Click Next. During installation you will see this window asking you to select an image for your Color Space setting.
  • Page 18 Select the option to allow installation to proceed. Note: If you want to see more information about your scanner and a quick explanation of how to use the OneTouch features, click the More button on the window.

  • Page 19: 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 470 (Strobe XP 470) 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.

  • Page 20: Step 4: Connect The Usb Cable And Turn On The Power

    4: C ONNECT THE OWER The Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470) scanner connects to any available USB port. Check your computer’s manual for USB port locations. Note: You can connect the scanner to your computer while the computer is running. You do not have to shut down your computer.
  • Page 21 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.
  • Page 22 4. When you are certain that the software has completely loaded, return to the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window. 5. Click OK. 6. Click Close on the Installation Complete window to close and exit the software installer.

  • Page 23: Additional Applications For Your Scanner

    Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® is a stand-alone application that you Reader® use to open, view, search, and print PDF files. The User Guides on your scanner’s installation CDs are in the PDF file format and require Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® for you to view and save them. PPLICATIONS FOR...
  • Page 24 If you install the Kofax VRS software, you may see the following message. Please disregard this message and click OK. The Kofax VRS Certi- fied ISIS® driver is installed correctly when you install your scanner. Nuance OmniPage® OmniPage Pro provides precision OCR analysis, advanced layout detection, and Logical Form Recognition™...
  • Page 25 If you do not have the Acrobat Reader® software installed on your computer, a free version is on Disc 1. The section above “Additional Applications for Your Scanner”. 6. When you are finished installing the OmniPage software, remove Disc 2 and store it in a safe place.

  • Page 26: View The User Guides

    1. Insert Disc 1 into the computer’s CD-ROM drive. 2. On the Main Menu, click User Guides. The Visioneer User Guides window opens. Use this window to view and save the User Guides you want. The User Guides are in Adobe to, click Acrobat Reader to install it now.
  • Page 27 3. When you’re finished, click Main Menu to return to the main Visioneer Installation window and click Exit. 4. Remove the CD and store both CDs in a safe place. That’s it! Installation is finished and your Visioneer scanner is ready to scan.

  • Page 28: Register Your Scanner And Check For Updates

    Your RegID is important as you will need it when accessing free telephone support, or checking for online updates. 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. HECK FOR PDATES...

  • Page 29: Scanning

    ■ Microsoft Windows set of choices for scanning. Select the WIA scan settings, put the document in the scanner, then click a button on the WIA window. Scanning with WIA is only available if your computer is running Windows XP or Windows Vista. See “Scanning with the Windows Image Acquisition”...

  • Page 30: Load And Scan Documents

    Post-It™ notes on the pages. If a label, sticker or Post-It note comes off during the scanning process, the item can get stuck in the scanner. Misuse as described here will void your scanner’s warranty.
  • Page 31 For Simplex (one-sided) scans, load the documents face down. To maintain the original order of the documents when they are sent to the Destination Application, the scanner starts at the first page and scans to the last page. For Duplex (two-sided) scans, the documents can be face up or down because both sides are scanned.
  • Page 32 Cancel Pause button button To Cancel scanning, click the Cancel button. To pause the scanning, click the Pause button. It will change to a Continue button. Put the page back into the scanner and click Continue to resume scanning.

  • Page 33: Scan From The Onetouch Button Panel

    Area (at the bottom right corner of the screen). The OneTouch Button Panel opens and shows the first five on-screen scanning buttons. 3. On the computer screen—not on the scanner—click the button you want to use to scan. For example, if you want to scan with button 2, which converts the document to PDF, click here.
  • Page 34 4. To see the other buttons, click the arrows to cycle through all nine settings. Note: Your scanner comes with nine factory-preset OneTouch button settings. You can reconfigure and rename the buttons for your specific scanning requirements. For information see “The Default OneTouch Settings on Your Scanner”...

  • Page 35: Using The Onetouch Button Panel

    OUCH UTTON The OneTouch Button Panel is your on-screen set of controls for the scanner. The OneTouch Button Panel shows information about the scanner and its settings. 1. To open the OneTouch Button Panel, click the OneTouch icon. It is located in the Windows Notification Area at the bottom right corner of the screen.
  • Page 36 The Hardware View The Button View is your main scanner control panel. Use it to ■ scan or to see all nine buttons. The Detail View shows the current scan settings for a button.
  • Page 37 A folder icon for a button, such as shown for button 7, means that the button is set up to archive the scanned item. The scanner sends the scanned image directly to a folder without opening the image first in a Destination Application.

  • Page 38: The Default Onetouch Settings On Your Scanner

    Based on the recommended installation 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 following table shows these factory-default settings.

  • Page 39: Configuring The Onetouch Buttons

    The OneTouch Properties window opens for that button. Right-click on a button (for example, button 2) and the Properties window opens for that button. The OneTouch Properties window also opens when you press, hold down, and release the Simplex or Duplex button on the scanner. OUCH UTTONS...

  • Page 40: About The Onetouch Properties Window

    (and other OneTouch windows and dialog boxes) are “grayed out” and are not available. Grayed out options are not appropriate for your Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470) scanner. The following example of the OneTouch window shows the settings for Button 6.
  • Page 41 The settings on the Properties window are: Select Destination—The list of applications that can open to display the scanned image for the selected button. To configure the list of available applications, click the Options tab at the top of the dialog box and select the desired options.
  • Page 42 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS Select Format and Page(s)—A set of file formats for the scanned image for the selected button. The formats are based on the type of destination application you select. This example shows the formats that apply to the Microsoft Outlook.

  • Page 43: Selecting New Settings For A Button

    See “Selecting Options for a Button” on page 54 to display a full list of the Destination Applications that you can use with the scanner. 3. From the Select Configuration list, select a scan configuration.
  • Page 44 However, you can scan at any time by pressing the Simplex or Duplex button on the scanner. When you are finished selecting new settings for a button and you press or click a scanner button, the document is scanned using the newly configured settings for that button.

  • Page 45: Setting Destination Application Properties

    ETTING ESTINATION PPLICATION The different types of Destination Applications have various properties that you can select. 1. On the OneTouch Properties window, click a Destination Application. 2. Click the Properties button. Click a Destination Application. Click the Properties button. A OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties dialog box opens for the type of Destination Application you selected, and the available options are for that type of application.
  • Page 46 APER ROPERTIES These properties apply to PaperPort, and are for designating the folder to receive your scanned items. 1. Select the PaperPort folder where you want the file of the scanned image to be located. 2. Click OK. 3. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window. When PaperPort opens after you finish scanning, the thumbnails of your scanned documents are on the PaperPort Desktop in that folder.
  • Page 47 OCUMENTS ROPERTIES These properties apply to Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel Acrobat Reader, and the other applications indicated by their icons in the list. The properties apply to the OCR settings for the applications. Click in the OCR settings boxes for the options you want. The options will apply to all the applications in the group.
  • Page 48 Add a Word Processing Application to the OneTouch Destination Application List. 1. To add another application to the list, click the Add Application button. The Add Text Based Link dialog box opens. 2. 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.
  • Page 49 MAGE OCUMENTS ROPERTIES These properties apply to the OmniPage Pro software that you received with your scanner, plus Microsoft Paint and other image processing applications. Click in the Color document handling settings boxes for the options you want. The options will apply to all the applications in the group.
  • Page 50 TORAGE ROPERTIES These properties apply to the Destination Application named Transfer to Storage. If a CD burner is attached to your computer, you can also use this dialog box to start the Burn to CD process. See the section “Scan and Burn to a CD” on page 84. You can also set up multiple configurations to store scanned items in separate locations.
  • Page 51 2. Click the Browse button to specify the location to store the scanned documents. The option Show message when ready to burn 5" CD (700MB), should also be selected so you will see a message when it’s time to click the Burn to CD button. 3.
  • Page 52 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.

  • Page 53: Selecting Page Format Options

    ELECTING ORMAT PTIONS The Page Format options that you select determines the file format of the scanned document. Appropriate page format options and file types are available for the type of Destination Application selected for the button. The available options are for images and text. Image Formats Text Formats;...
  • Page 54 MAGE ORMATS Select an image file format for photos, artwork or other documents that you want to save as images. BMP and TIFF are standard image file formats generally used if you want to do additional image processing, such as photo touch-up or color correction. Both of those file formats tend to be larger than the JPEG format.
  • Page 55 3. Choose the file size/image quality option for your scanned images. Minimize Size—Smallest file size, lowest image quality. Normal—Medium file size, some loss of image quality. Maximum Quality—Largest file size, no loss of image quality. Your selection pertains only to the button currently selected on the OneTouch Properties window.
  • Page 56 To select a file type for the text format: 1. Select the Destination Application. 2. Right-click on the text format icon. A menu opens. The following figure shows samples for different formats. Example menu for the TEXT format options when the Destination Application is Microsoft Word.
  • Page 57 Word Document—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. Excel Spreadsheet—The .xls file format used by Microsoft Excel.

  • Page 58: Renaming A Onetouch Button

    ENAMING A OUCH UTTON The OneTouch buttons have names that identify their pre-set functions, such as OCR and PDF, but you can edit the names. To change the button names: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2. Using the arrows, choose the button that you want to rename. 3.

  • Page 59: Selecting Options For A Button

    ELECTING PTIONS FOR A UTTON The OneTouch Options determine the types of Destination Applications available for a button, as well as the location of the files of your scanned items. To select options: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window and click the Options tab. Options tab 2.
  • Page 60 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. Document Management includes PaperPort and other ■ applications for processing and keeping track of your scanned documents.
  • Page 61 470 (S XP 470) S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT TROBE CANNER UIDE 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.
  • Page 62 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS Folder Copy Options—This section of the dialog box sets the location for copies of your scanned documents and how you want to group them. All copies of your scanned documents, regardless of type of Destination Application, are saved in this folder. Click the Browse button and find the folder for the copies.

  • Page 63: Creating A New Scan Configuration

    REATING A ONFIGURATION The scan configurations are where you select the scanning resolution, brightness, mode (color, black&white, or grayscale), and a number of other settings. Note the lock icon on the preset configurations. Although you can unlock and edit the preset configurations, we recommend that you leave them locked, and only add new configurations.
  • Page 64 buttons set for text editing applications. Thus, you can create specific sets of scan configurations for specific functions and they appear only when appropriate. 3. Click the New button. If you want to start from the settings of another configuration, select the configuration, then click the Copy button.
  • Page 65 5. 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. This scan mode produces the smallest file size. GrayScale to scan items such as documents containing drawings or black and white photographs.
  • Page 66 AutoCrop to Original—Select this option to let the scanner automatically determine the size of the item being scanned. For example, if you scan a 5 by 7 inch photo, the scanner will determine the size of the photo. When using the AutoCrop to Original option, always use the paper guides on the scanner so the page is not skewed.
  • Page 67 Duplex button on the scanner. Regardless of the OneTouch setting, the scanner button always takes precedence. In other words, even if the LED number on the scanner has a setting for Duplex, when you press the Simplex scanner button, the scanner scans in Simplex mode, and vice versa.
  • Page 68 This option is only available for Duplex scanning in Black and White mode. Color Filter—Color filter is the ability of your scanner to automatically remove a color from a scanned item. For example,...
  • Page 69 Saturation is the strength or purity of a color, hue is the color your eyes see as reflected from the image, and gamma controls the brightness of the midtones of the color. 10. Click OK to save the new configuration. It will now appear in the list of Scan Configurations on the OneTouch Properties window for the appropriate Destination applications.
  • Page 70 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS 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.
  • Page 71 TORAGE PTIONS RCHIVE A Storage Options tab is on the Scan Configurations dialog box when the selected Destination Application is set as Transfer to Storage. You use the options on this tab to select where you want to save your scanned items for storage when scanning with that particular Scan Configuration.
  • Page 72 “Business Receipts,” a second folder might be for “Personal Receipts,” and a third folder might be for “Annual Receipts.” To scan to multiple folders, you create multiple scan configurations with Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application, and assign each scan configuration to one of the scanner buttons.
  • Page 73 Setting up multiple folders for transfer to storage: 1. Using Microsoft Windows, create the folders that you want to use for storing scanned items. Note that you can also create the folders later while creating the new scan configurations. 2. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 3.
  • Page 74 6. Click the Storage Options tab. 7. Click the Browse button. 8. 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.
  • Page 75 9. Click OK. The selected folder will now be set as the Storage Location, such as “Business Receipts.” 10. Click Apply. The new configuration is now listed as a Transfer to Storage configuration. 11. Repeat the process to create additional new configurations, such as one named “Storage for Personal Receipts.”...
  • Page 76 13. Now click the arrow buttons to select a scanner button for each new configuration. Click Apply to set that button for that configuration. The following examples show that buttons 7 and 8 have been set to scan to each of the new configurations.
  • Page 77 Scan to multiple storage folders: 1. Insert the documents you want to scan to multiple storage folders. 2. Press the Destination Selector button on the scanner to get to one of the buttons set up for scanning to storage. 3. Press the Simplex or Duplex button to scan the documents.

  • Page 78: Editing Or Deleting Scan Configurations

    ELETING Note: Your scanner comes with a number of configurations pre-set at the factory. To ensure that your scanner will always have a set of correct scan configurations, do not delete the preset configurations. We also recommend that you keep those configurations locked so they are not inadvertently deleted.
  • Page 79 4. To edit the configuration, click the Edit button. The Scan Configuration Properties dialog box opens for that configuration. You can make changes to a configuration, but for the changes to be saved, the configuration must first be unlocked. Click the Lock icon to unlock the configuration.

  • Page 80: Configure Before Scan

    ONFIGURE EFORE Choosing the scan configuration Configure Before Scan simply opens a scanning interface when you press or click a scan button. You can then use the interface to change the Resolution, Scan Mode, 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.
  • Page 81 1. Put the documents in the scanner’s ADF tray. 2. Either click on the button you set to use the Configure Before Scan option or press the Simplex or Duplex button on the scanner. In the example shown on the previous page, the scanning option 9 has been set to use Configure Before Scan with the TWAIN interface.
  • Page 82 5. Click on the Scan button in the TWAIN interface. 6. Your documents will be scanned and sent to the Destination Application specified in the OneTouch 4.0 Properties. In the example shown on the previous pages, the Destination Application is Microsoft Paint. Please see “The TWAIN Interface Options”...
  • Page 83 ■ this point, are not deleted and the TWAIN interface remains open. You can place a new page in the scanner, adjust the TWAIN settings for the new page, then click on 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.

  • Page 84: Scanning With Optical Character Recognition (Ocr)

    The OneTouch OmniPage Module or the OmniPage Pro software must be installed on your computer in order to use the OCR options with the OneTouch 4.0 software and your Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470) scanner. OneTouch 4.0 and OmniPage work together to combine scanning with OCR processing into one integrated step.
  • Page 85 To scan with OCR: Use either of the following methods: To scan using the buttons on the scanner, press the Destination ■ Selector until the LED is at 6, then press the Simplex or Duplex button. Note: OneTouch Button 6 is preset as your OCR button. But you can also set up any other button to scan and OCR the text.

  • Page 86: Scanning With Spdf Or Npdf And Searching For Text

    CANNING WITH S OR N Searchable PDF (sPDF) and Normal PDF (nPDF) are special forms of an Adobe PDF file. sPDF converts scanned text into the PDF format with text search and OCR capabilities. nPDF has those same features, plus you can edit the text in an nPDF image if you have a PDF editing program.The two PDF formats can also produce images with different image quality, so you may want to experiment with them to determine which is better for your scanned documents.
  • Page 87 5. Choose the Searchable PDF or Normal PDF option for the page format. The settings for the button (button 8 in this example) now show your page format selection. Note: Not all Destination Applications have the sPDF and nPDF options. Microsoft Word, for example, does not have them as scanning options.
  • Page 88 To search for the text, open Adobe Acrobat Reader or Adobe Acrobat. 1. From the Adobe Acrobat File menu choose Open, and open the file you just scanned. 2. From the Adobe Acrobat Edit menu choose Find. The Find dialog box opens. 3.

  • Page 89: Scan And Burn To Acd

    URN TO A If you have a CD burner attached to your computer, you can scan directly from your Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470) scanner onto a CD. This feature is available only on computers running Windows XP or Windows Vista.
  • Page 90 7. Now start scanning using the button you selected to use to scan and burn to CD. When scanning is finished, a bubble message on the screen tells you that files are waiting to be burned to the CD. 8. On the OneTouch window, make sure that the Burn to CD Destination Application is still selected and click the Properties button.
  • Page 91 470 (S XP 470) S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT TROBE CANNER UIDE Note: When scanning items to burn to a CD, you should always use one of the factory-set default configurations, or a custom configuration specifically set up for CD burning. The default configurations are already set up to send the scanned images to the proper storage location where the Windows XP and Windows Vista CD writing wizards can find the files to burn to the CD.

  • Page 92: Scanning With Event Forwarding

    If you want to specify an application to use for scanning at the start of the process, you can use event forwarding. The scanner will feed in the first page, but will then stop until you select the application to use. After you select the application, its interface will open and you can use it to continue with the scanning.
  • Page 93 6. Start scanning using the button you selected for event forwarding. A dialog box opens for you to select the application to use for scanning. 7. Select the application in the box and click OK. Now the application you selected opens and you can continue the scanning from that application’s TWAIN interface.
  • Page 94 Those pages are then viewable by visitors to your web site without the need for any internet plug-ins or other special processing. This is, essentially, from your scanner to a web- ready format in one automatic step.
  • Page 95 6. Click OK. The OneTouch Properties window closes. 7. Insert the document into the Automatic Document Feeder. 8. Now on the OneTouch Button Panel, click Button 8 (or if you used another button, click it). When scanning is finished, the document is first converted to editable text using the OCR process, and then is converted into an HTML format.

  • Page 96: Creating An Html Web Page From Your Scanned Documents 89 Transferring Scanned Documents To Storage

    Note: OneTouch Button 7 is preset as your Archive button. But you can also set up any other button to scan to Archive the text. 1. To scan using the buttons on the scanner, press the Destination Selector until the LED is at 7, then press the Simplex or Duplex button.
  • Page 97 Your scanned pages are stored in the location that you specified on the OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window. To Use OCR Before Transferring to Storage If the documents you want to transfer to storage are text documents or spreadsheets, you can have them converted by the OCR process prior to being stored.
  • Page 98 4. Right-click on the text format icon and choose the file format for the scanned documents. 5. Choose a Scan Configuration. 6. Click OK. 7. Now start scanning using Button 7 (or other button you set up for archiving). When scanning is finished, the documents are saved in the text file format and in the location you specified.
  • Page 99 RANSFER OCUMENTS TO A ERVER OR When selecting the storage location for scanned documents, you can select a local folder, or a folder on a server or mapped drive.You select a mapped drive using the Browse button. 1. See “Scanning to Multiple Folders” on page 67 or “Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage”...
  • Page 100 3. Select a storage location on the mapped drive or server for the scanned documents. Servers and mapped drives are represented by an icon that indicates its network connection. 4. Click OK. Now when you scan using Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application, the documents are stored on the server or mapped drive.

  • Page 101: Checking The Hardware And Setting The Lamp Power Save Mode

    If the Hardware View of the panel is open you can also right-click on the Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470) icon. The Hardware Properties dialog box opens and shows information about your Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470) scanner. ETTING THE OWER...
  • Page 102 UTTONS 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...
  • Page 103 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.

  • Page 104: Scanning With The Twain Interface

    TWAIN interface. As previously stated, the scanning method is the same, but you will need to refer to your product's user guide for instructions on how to access the scanner and how file handling works. Instructions for setting up the PaperPort software to access the TWAIN...

  • Page 105: Accessing The Twain Interface

    As previously stated, you can access the TWAIN interface from any TWAIN compliant scanning application. You can configure any of your OneTouch buttons to automatically open the TWAIN interface when you press a button on the scanner. Below are instructions for accessing the TWAIN interface from OneTouch and from PaperPort.
  • Page 106 6. Click OK to save your changes and close the OneTouch Properties window. 7. Press the button on the scanner or click on the button on the OneTouch Panel. 8. The TWAIN interface will now open. Note: If you choose to use OneTouch Configure Before Scan for scanning from the TWAIN interface, the final image will be sent to the destination application set for that button.
  • Page 107 Opening the TWAIN Interface from PaperPort 1. Open the PaperPort software. 2. Select your TWAIN Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470) scanner in the Scan Pane. The first time you open PaperPort the software will prompt you to select your scanner, and the scanner will be in the list of available scanners.

  • Page 108: The Twain Interface Options

    Some of the options on the window may not be available, and will be greyed out if they are not available with your scanner. The options on the Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470) TWAIN interface are: Mode—Select a scanning mode: Black&White to scan in black and white.
  • Page 109 AutoCrop to Original—Select this option to let the scanner automatically determine the size of the item being scanned. For example, if you scan a 5" x 7" photo, the scanner will determine the size of the photo, and the scan area is the size of that photo.
  • Page 110 the red so the scanned letter just shows the text and not the red watermark. The Filter option applies to Black&White or GrayScale Mode. The original with a red The scanned item with the watermark over black text. red filtered out. Reduce Moire Patterns—Moire patterns are wavy, rippled lines that sometimes appear on the scanned images of photographs or illustrations, particularly newspaper and magazine illustrations.
  • Page 111 The Define page size option cannot be used with AutoCrop to Length or AutoCrop to original options. AutoScan on document insertion—Your Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470) scanner includes AutoLaunch technology that senses when an item is inserted into the automatic document feeder and starts scanning immediately.
  • Page 112 If you are scanning in PaperPort, when scanning is complete, thumbnail images appear on the PaperPort Desktop. A thumbnail image of the scanned item appears on the PaperPort desktop. N THE APER ORT DESKTOP Unless you changed it with the Settings option, the name of the scanned image is the day, date, and number of scanned items that day.

  • Page 113: Display The Device Configuration

    ISPLAY THE EVICE ONFIGURATION 1. Click the Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470) icon in the top right corner of the TWAIN interface. The Device configuration window opens and shows the information about your scanner. See the section “Checking the Hardware and Setting the Lamp Power Save Mode”...

  • Page 114: Setting Up Your Scanner To Work With Paperport

    Note: Setting up your scanner is a one-time-only process for each option from the Scanner drop-down list. Therefore, you may have to set up your scanner once each for TWAIN: Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470) and WIA: Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470). The setup process, described below, is the same for each option.
  • Page 115 To setup your scanner: 1. From the Scanner drop-down list, select one of the options, such as Twain: Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470). 2. Click the Setup button. A window opens to begin the setup process. 3. Click Yes then click Next.
  • Page 116 After the Setup Wizard checks the connections, the next window is displayed. It has a series of setup options, but only the Basic scan test is necessary because your scanner was already tested and calibrated when you installed the OneTouch 4.0 software...
  • Page 117 6. Click Next. The TWAIN Interface opens. Note: If you are setting up the scanner for WIA, the WIA interface opens instead. 7. Insert a page into the scanner, face-down, and the Scan button on the TWAIN Interface will become active.
  • Page 118 The final Setup window opens to let you know the setup process is finished. 10. Click Finish. Your scanner is now setup for the scanning option you selected (in the example above, it’s the TWAIN option) and the Scan button on the PaperPort window will now become active.

  • Page 119: Scanning With The Windows Image Acquisition

    Many Windows XP and Windows Vista applications have commands to access WIA, including PaperPort. To access WIA from PaperPort choose WIA: Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470) from the scanner selection list. See page 99. This section shows how to use Microsoft Paint to scan using the WIA interface.
  • Page 120 2. From the File menu choose From Scanner or Camera. The scan window opens. Use this window to select scanning options and start the scan process. 3. Click the button most appropriate for the item you’re scanning. 4. Select a paper size from the Page Size list.
  • Page 121 Note: If you preview when scanning a stack of documents, the first page of the stack feeds through the ADF for the preview. After adjusting the scanner settings, replace that page on the stack so it is scanned with the rest of the pages.
  • Page 122 You can select new settings before you scan an item to fine tune exactly how you want to scan a particular item. To select the scanner settings before you scan: 1. On the scan window, click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture.
  • Page 123 2. 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. The Contrast setting does not apply to the setting Black and White picture or text. Resolution (DPI)—Click the menu arrow and choose the dots per inch (dpi) of the resolution.

  • Page 124: Scanning With The Isis Interface

    Open the QuickScan software to access the ISIS driver scanning options. The Scanner Selection dialogue box should open. Select your scanner from the list of scanners and click on OK. Your scanner is now ready to work with the QuickScan ISIS driver.

  • Page 125: Maintenance

    To clean the ADF: 1. Wet a soft cloth with some isopropyl rubbing alcohol (95%). 2. Press the ADF cover release on the top left 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.

  • Page 126: Clearing Paper Jams

    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-left of the scanner body to open the automatic document feeder cover. 2. Remove the jammed paper and close the cover.

  • Page 127: Replacing The Adf Pad Assembly

    Problems with documents feeding into the ADF is an indication that the pad is wearing thin. See the “Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470) Scanner Parts List” on page 130 for ordering information. To replace the ADF Pad assembly: 1.

  • Page 128: Troubleshooting

    Pane? If you use multiple devices with your computer, you may have selected another source for images. Start the PaperPort software and click the Scan icon, then make sure Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470) is selected as the scanner.
  • Page 129 They are interfering with the installation and OneTouch options, and you need to remove those other drivers and re-install your Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470) scanner. Please see the documentation that you received with the other scanner for the steps to remove its driver programs.

  • Page 130: Status Light Troubleshooting Codes

    In all cases you should turn off your scanner and check your scanner setup. Open the scanner and make sure your input tray is fully seated in the scanner casing, make sure your ADF pad is securely snapped in place, verify the connections to the PC and to the wall.
  • Page 131 A cable may be loose. Check that the scanner’s cables are correctly attached to the computer. Try plugging the scanner into a different USB port on the computer. If the scanner still does not connect, re-boot the computer. In the OneTouch hardware properties turn the scanner lamp on.

  • Page 132: How To Uninstall Your Scanner

    OW TO NINSTALL To uninstall the Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470) scanner, remove the OneTouch 4.0 scanner software, PaperPort, or any other software provided with the scanner. NINSTALLING THE CANNER AND 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Settings, then click Control Panel.

  • Page 133: To Install Another Driver

    5. Close all open windows and reboot (restart) your computer. NSTALL NOTHER Before you can install another driver for your scanner, you must remove the currently installed driver first. Then the new driver can be installed. 1. Uninstall the OneTouch 4.0 driver.

  • Page 134: Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe Xp 470) Scanner Specifications

    Optical resolution Bit depth Maximum item size Minimum item size Scan method ADF specifications Scanning Speed Capacity Paper Thickness Light source Interface Scanner dimensions Height Width Length Weight Operating temperature Relative humidity Power adaptor Power consumption Power cord USB cable...

  • Page 135: Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe Xp 470) Scanner Parts List

    470 (S ISIONEER ATRIOT ARTS Please use the following part names and numbers when ordering replacements for your scanner. Part Name Paper Guide Output Tray ADF Pad USB Cable AC Power Cord Power Supply Buttons Label XP 470) S TROBE...

  • Page 136: Index

    I N D E X ADF cleaning 120 ADF pad assembly replace 122 Advanced Properties 117 advanced settings 63 Archive button 91 aspect ratio 65 Autocrop to Original 61, 104 AutoRotate image 65 bit depth 129 Black&White 60, 103 BMP 49 Brightness 60, 104, 118 Burn to CD 45, 84 Destination Application 85...
  • Page 137 51 saturation 64 scan file name 107 multiple pages 107 PaperPort desktop 107 Scan Configuration 34 scan with event forwarding 87 scanner components 2 connecting 14 troubleshooting 123 uninstall 127 Scanning Configure Before Scan 100 scanning Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) 114...
  • Page 138 OCR 80 status light 16, 123 troubleshooting codes 125 Sti event forwarding 55 Storage and CD-R/W 55 Storage Properties 45 Straighten Image 62 system requirements 3 Text Documents Properties 42 Text Editors 55 text file format 50 Text Formats 50 thumbnail icon 107 TIFF 49 Transfer to Storage 91...
  • Page 139 NDEX...
  • Page 140 Copyright © 2007 Visioneer, Inc. 05-0687-200...

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