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  • Page 1 Visioneer ® Patriot 680 Scanner User's Guide for Windows...
  • Page 2 Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner User’s Guide F O R W I N D O W S...
  • Page 3 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. The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such an agreement. It is against the law to copy the software on any medium except as specifically allowed in the licensing agreement.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    What’s in the Box ........1 The Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner ......2 What You Need .
  • Page 5 Editing or Deleting Scan Configurations ....77 Configuring Before Scanning ......78 Scanning with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) .
  • Page 6 Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner Specifications ....145 Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner Parts List ....146 Index .
  • Page 7 ABLE OF ONTENTS...

  • Page 8: Welcome

    ELCOME Your new Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner can quickly scan single-sided or double-sided stacks of color and black-and-white documents, up to 8.5" x 14", and place their images on your computer. ’ S IN THE Before proceeding, check the contents of the box. If items are missing or damaged, contact the dealer where you purchased the scanner.

  • Page 9: The Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner

    ISIONEER ATRIOT Status light Destination Selector buttons LED Number Duplex button Simplex button Power switch Power jack 680 S CANNER ADF cover release Input Tray Output tray Paper Stop Scanner lock (on side of scanner) ADF cable USB port...
  • Page 10 680 S ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER ADF cover release—Opens the cover on the ADF. Input tray—Holds documents in place. Paper guide on the input tray adjusts to fit the document width. Output tray—Holds documents after being scanned through the Automatic Document Feeder (ADF). Paper Stop—Keeps scanned documents on the output tray.

  • Page 11: What You Need

    Double-click on Display then select the Settings tab OCUMENTATION The following documentation is provided with your scanner: Quick Install Guide—Abbreviated installation instructions. Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner User’s Guide—On the Installation CD; contains detailed installation, scanning, configuration, and maintenance information. Online Help—For the scanner configuration, TWAIN and WIA...

  • Page 12: Installation

    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 680 scanner. Please see “Uninstalling Your Scanner” on page 143 for basic instructions, or see the User’s Guide...

  • Page 13: Step 1: Assemble The Scanner

    680 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE 1: A SSEMBLE THE CANNER To assemble the scanner: 1. Remove all shipping tape from the scanner and from the Paper Tray. 2. Slide the tray in so the pins seat into the holes on the ADF.
  • Page 14 3. Carefully remove any protective foam from the ADF cover release, then press the release and open the Automatic Document Feeder cover. ADF Cover Release 4. Carefully remove any foam particles that may have gotten inside the document feeder, and close the cover. 5.
  • Page 15 6. Plug the ADF cable into the ADF port on the back of the scanner. Make sure the cable is plugged in securely. The ADF will not work if the cable is loose or not plugged in. 7. Push the locking tab down to the unlocked position. Note: The locking tab protects the scanner’s scan head by holding it securely in position.

  • Page 16: Step 2: Install The Software

    2: I NSTALL THE Note: The software is on the two CDs 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 17 680 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE 3. On the Installation menu, select Install Products. ® 4. Make sure the boxes for Scanner Driver and OmniPage Pro checked. Note: The software provided with your scanner may differ slightly from the list shown in the window.
  • Page 18 The Welcome to the OneTouch 4.0 Setup Wizard opens. 7. Click Next. 8. 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...
  • Page 19 TWAIN and ISIS—The TWAIN and ISIS drivers are installed. The OneTouch 4.0 Monitor will not run and you cannot use the OneTouch features. You can use the Visioneer Patriot 680 TWAIN driver to scan from TWAIN applications and Microsoft’s Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) if your computer is running Windows XP.
  • Page 20 TWAIN only—The TWAIN driver is installed without the OneTouch 4.0 software or the ISIS driver. You can only scan using the Visioneer Patriot 680 TWAIN interface or WIA (Windows XP only) interface from a scanning application. You will not be able to use the buttons on the scanner.
  • Page 21 680 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE 11. Select the option that looks best to you and click Next. The driver installation will now begin. If you are installing the scanner on a Windows 2000 computer: During the software installation, this “Digital Signature Not Found” message may appear several times.
  • Page 22 12. 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 “Step 3: Connect the Power Supply” on page 16. Reminder: If your computer is running AntiVirus or AntiSpyware software, you may see messages asking you to allow the installation.

  • Page 23: 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 680 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 24: Step 4: Connect The Usb Cable And Turn On The Power

    4: C ONNECT THE OWER The Visioneer Patriot 680 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 25 Note: If you have not installed the scanner driver, unplug the USB cable from the computer and install the software now. When the driver installation is complete, a message tells you when to connect the scanner. 3. Turn on the power switch, located on the back of the scanner to the left of the power port.
  • Page 26 4. Your computer then recognizes that a scanner has been plugged into the USB port and automatically loads the appropriate software to run the scanner. Do not proceed until you receive a message that your computer has found the new hardware, or updated the driver database. If your computer is running Windows XP, you will see the following message.
  • Page 27 7. Click Close on the Installation Complete window to close and exit the software installer. If you selected OmniPage Pro for installation, a window tells you to insert the second CD to install it. Note: OmniPage Pro is required for your scanner to have its full range of features.
  • Page 28 To install OmniPage Pro: 1. Click Exit Disc 1 and remove Disc 1 from the CD-ROM drive. 2. 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 9. 3.

  • Page 29: Additional Applications For Your Scanner

    3. Follow the instructions on the installation windows. If you want to install the Kofax VRS following message. Please disregard this message and click OK. The Kofax VRS Certified ISIS Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner. PPLICATIONS FOR CANNER ® ® driver is installed correctly when you install your...
  • Page 30 4: C USB C ONNECT THE ABLE AND URN ON THE OWER 4. When installation is finished, return to the Installation window and click Main Menu. 5. On the Main Menu, click User Guides.
  • Page 31 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 32: Register Your Scanner And Check For Updates

    EGISTER CANNER AND 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).

  • Page 33: Scanning

    If you selected the recommended Full Install option for your scanner’s driver (see page 12), you have several different scanning options with your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner. Each method scans equally well, so use the one with appropriate options for the item you are scanning.

  • Page 34: Load And Scan Documents

    OAD AND OCUMENTS 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 (known as the Destination Application) or to a storage folder on your computer. Note: Always remove any staples or paper clips from documents before inserting them into the scanner.
  • Page 35 2. Check the LED number to make sure you are using the scan setting you want. To choose a new scan setting, press the Up or Down Destination Selector buttons. Press the Up or Down Destination Se- lectors to cycle through the scan settings to select the one you want.
  • Page 36 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. Note: Your scanner comes with factory-preset OneTouch button settings.

  • Page 37: Check The Scan Settings Before Scanning

    HECK THE ETTINGS EFORE 1. To check the scan settings before scanning, click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification Area (at the bottom right corner of the screen). The OneTouch Button Panel opens. Click on the arrows to cycle through to the other buttons.

  • Page 38: Scan From The Flatbed Glass

    Note: The configurations shown on this example of the OneTouch Properties window are for illustration purposes only. The configurations you see on your OneTouch Properties window may be different. 3. When you are ready to scan, click the button on the OneTouch Button Panel.
  • Page 39 To scan from the Flatbed glass: 1. Remove any pages from the Automatic Document Feeder. 2. Open the scanner lid and place the page on the scanner glass, face down. 3. Align the paper with the arrows on the scanner for the size of paper you are using.

  • Page 40: Scan From The Onetouch Button Panel

    CAN FROM THE OUCH You can scan from the OneTouch Button Panel on the screen. 1. Adjust the paper guide for the width of paper and load the documents with their tops into the Automatic Document Feeder. For Simplex (one-sided) scans, load the documents face up. For Duplex (two-sided) scans, the documents can be face up or down because both sides are scanned.
  • Page 41 3. On the 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 sPDF, click here. Note: Your scanner comes with factory-preset OneTouch button settings.

  • Page 42: Using The Onetouch Button Panel

    SING THE OUCH UTTON The OneTouch Button Panel is also 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 43 5. To navigate through the panel’s three views, click the green arrows at the top of the panel. Click these arrows to navigate through the panel’s three views. The Button View The Hardware View The Button View is your main scanner control panel. Use it to scan or to see all the buttons.
  • Page 44 CAN FROM THE OUCH UTTON ANEL ’ BOUT THE OUCH UTTON ANEL AMES AND CONS The button names, such as PDF, eMail or Fax, indicate the original factory settings for a button. For example, the eMail button is set up to scan documents then immediately attach them to a new email message ®...

  • Page 45: The Default Onetouch Settings On Your Scanner

    The scanner buttons are preconfigured for basic tasks, such as email or fax, then send the scanned image to a storage location or preselected Destination Application. Settings 10 through 99 are unnamed. You can change or rename any of these settings. Button Name Destination...

  • Page 46: Configuring The Onetouch Buttons

    ONFIGURING THE Each OneTouch button configuration consists of a Destination Application, a Scan Configuration, and a Document Format. The OneTouch Properties window is where you select these three elements for a button. To open the OneTouch Properties window: 1. Click the OneTouch icon. It is located in the Windows Notification Area at the bottom right corner of the screen.

  • Page 47: About The Onetouch Properties Window

    OneTouch windows and dialog boxes) may be “grayed out” and are not available. Grayed out options are not appropriate for your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner. The following example of the OneTouch window shows the settings for Button 6. The button is set to scan with the scan configuration named Quality US Letter (Duplex) and to display the scanned image in the Destination Application, Microsoft Word.
  • Page 48 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 49 680 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE 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 50: Selecting New Settings For A Button

    ELECTING For each OneTouch button, you can select a new Destination Application, Scan Configuration, and Document Format. Click these arrows to see the properties for the button whose settings you want to change. Select a software application as the destination to send scanned documents.
  • Page 51 3. From the Select Configuration list, select a scan configuration. To scan in color, select one of the configurations indicated by the small color icon, such as the Color Document configuration. The scan configuration list is preset for the application you select in the Select Destination list.

  • Page 52: 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 53 Text Documents Properties 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. 1. Click in the OCR settings boxes for the options you want. The options will apply to all the applications in the group.
  • Page 54 2. To add another application to the list, click the Add Application button. 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.
  • Page 55 Image Documents Properties These properties apply to the OmniPage Pro software that you received with your scanner, plus Microsoft Paint and other image processing applications. 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.
  • Page 56 2. To add another application to the list, click the Add Application button. See the steps on page 47 to add an application to the list. 3. Click OK. 4. Click OK or Apply on the Link Properties window. 5. Click Refresh on the OneTouch Properties window. Storage Properties These properties apply to the Destination Application named Transfer to Storage.
  • Page 57 Note: If you do not have a CD burner attached to your computer, the CD options are not shown on the dialog box. 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.
  • Page 58 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.
  • Page 59 3. 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 address, you must have the specific folder location AOL uses to find the attachments.

  • Page 60: Image Formats

    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 The Text Formats are for text file types.
  • Page 61 The PDF format is often used to create images of text pages. You may want to select PDF as the page 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.

  • Page 62: Text Formats

    ORMATS 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. See “Scanning with Optical Character Recognition (OCR)”...
  • Page 63 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 DOC text format. 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.
  • Page 64 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.

  • Page 65: 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 66 To select options: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window and click the Options tab. Options tab 2. Click the menu arrow and choose the button for new options. 3. Select button options as described below. Show All Destinations—This option selects all the Destination Application categories.
  • Page 67 Document Management includes applications for processing and keeping track of your scanned documents. Image Editors include Microsoft Paint and other drawing and graphics applications. Text Editors 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.
  • Page 68 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS 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. But because you already have the original picture, you may not want to also save a permanent file of that image as well.
  • Page 69 680 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE Note that if the Button selected at the top of the dialog box is set to Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application, and the type of application is Storage and CD-R/W, (such as Button 7), the location in this section is where your scanned documents are stored.

  • Page 70: 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 71 buttons set for text editing applications. Thus, you can create specific sets of scan configurations for specific functions and they are listed 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 72 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. Color to scan color photographs and other color items. Color scans have the largest file size. Resolution—Drag the slider to the right or left to adjust the dots per inch (dpi) of the resolution.
  • Page 73 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 14". The units of measurement can be inches or millimeters. Click the name of the units, inches or millimeters, to toggle between them.
  • Page 74 Invert Image—Only available for Black&White Mode, this option reverses the black and whites of an image. Original Image Duplex—Scan both sides of the page. If this option is not selected, the scanner will scan the front side of the page only. Note: Because you can set Duplex and Simplex for the OneTouch buttons, there could be a conflict when you press the Simplex or Duplex button on the scanner.
  • Page 75 Color Filter—Color filter is the ability of your scanner to automatically remove a color from a scanned item. For example, if you are scanning a letter with a red watermark, you can choose to filter out the red so the scanned letter just shows the text and not the red watermark.

  • Page 76: The Device Settings Tab

    10. Click OK to save the new configuration. It will now be listed in the list of Scan Configurations on the OneTouch Properties window for the appropriate Destination Applications. EVICE ETTINGS A Device Settings tab is on the Scan Configurations dialog box when your selected Destination Application sends the scanned image to a printer, fax application, or other device.
  • Page 77 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 78 1. Click on 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.
  • Page 79 CANNING TO ULTIPLE OLDERS 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 with Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application, and assign each scan configuration to one of the scanner buttons.
  • Page 80 5. Click the Scan Settings, Page Settings, and Advanced Settings tabs, and select the settings you want. 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.
  • Page 81 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 82 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. Note that the button names have also been changed to Storage 1 and Storage 2 to remind you that both send documents to storage, but to different locations.
  • Page 83 Scan to multiple storage folders: 1. Insert the documents you want to scan to multiple storage folders. 2. Press the Destination Selector buttons 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. 4.

  • Page 84: Editing Or Deleting Scan Configurations

    DITING OR ELETING 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 factory-settings 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.

  • Page 85: Configuring Before Scanning

    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 86 3. Select the scan configuration Configure Before Scan. 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 configuring. 4. Right-click on Configure Before Scan and choose an interface to use for configuring before scanning.

  • Page 87: Scanning With Optical Character Recognition (Ocr)

    You must have installed the OmniPage Pro software on your computer in order to use the OCR options with the OneTouch 4.0 software and your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner. OneTouch 4.0 and OmniPage Pro work together to combine scanning with OCR processing into one integrated step.
  • Page 88 To scan with OCR: 1. 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. 2. To scan from the OneTouch Button Panel, click the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification Area, click the arrows to see Button 6, then click Button 6.
  • Page 89 OCR O ELECTING PTIONS The OmniPage OCR Options are only available if you have installed OmniPage Pro on your computer. Note: OmniPage OCR options apply globally to all the OneTouch buttons that perform OCR. For example, Button 6 is set by default to OCR text, but Button 8 is not.
  • Page 90 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS The OmniPage OCR Options window opens with the OCR tab selected. 6. Choose the options you want from the OCR window. Languages in Document—Select the language(s) in the documents to be scanned. These are the languages that will be recognized during the OCR process.
  • Page 91 680 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE Click the menu arrow and select a user dictionary from the list. Any Microsoft Word user dictionaries detected on your computer system are also listed. A dictionary named Custom is your default Word dictionary. To create a user dictionary, click the button next to the menu arrow.
  • Page 92 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS Click the Font Matching button to see the Font Matching dialog box. The list on the left are the fonts available on your computer system. The list on the right are the fonts that will be used by the OCR process to recognize the text in your documents.
  • Page 93 680 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE When bringing in a new image—Click the menu arrow and select where you want new pages added to your current document. The choices are After last page, After current page, Before current page, and Before first page. Automatically prompt for more pages—Select this option if the document is too big to fit into the scanner’s paper guide.
  • Page 94 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS Look for facing pages—Select this option if you want to scan two facing pages of an open book in one step, and then to recognize and store them as two separate pages (as if they had come from two separate scannings).
  • Page 95 680 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE Single Column no Table—Choose this option if the document contains only one column of text and no tables. Business letters are normally in this form. You can also use this option for documents with words or numbers in columns if you do not want them placed in a table or decolumnized or treated as separate columns.

  • Page 96: Scanning With Spdf Or Npdf And Searching For Text

    True Page (TP)—This output format keeps the original layout of the pages, including columns. This is done with text, picture and table boxes and frames. True page is offered only for target applications capable of handling the formatting. True Page formatting is the only choice for XML export and for all PDF export, except to the file type “PDF Edited”.
  • Page 97 680 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE 4. Right-click on the text format icon. 5. Choose the Searchable PDF or Normal PDF option for the page format.
  • Page 98 Note: Not all Destination Applications have the sPDF and nPDF options. Microsoft Word, for example, does not have them as scanning options. The settings for the button (button 8 in this example) now show your page format selection. 6. Choose a Scan Configuration. 7.

  • Page 99: 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 680 scanner onto a CD. Note: This feature is available only on computers running Windows To scan and burn to a CD: 1.
  • Page 100 4. Select Burn to CD as the Destination Application. The Burn to CD Destination Application is only available if you have a CD burner attached to your computer, but you do not need to have a CD in the burner to select the destination. 5.

  • Page 101: Scanning With Event Forwarding

    8. Open the OneTouch window and make sure that the Burn to CD Destination Application is still selected and click the Properties button. The OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window opens. 9. Make sure a blank CD is in the CD burner. 10.
  • Page 102 To scan with event forwarding: 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2. Using the arrows, choose a button to use for the event forwarding. 3. Select Still Image Client as the Destination Application. Note that you cannot choose a page format for this option because the actual destination application is not selected until after the scanner feeds in the first page of your document.

  • Page 103: Creating An Html Web Page From Your Scanned Documents

    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 104 4. Choose HTML as the Page Format. 5. Choose a Scan Configuration that has the settings for the image on the HTML page. For example, if you want the image to be in color on the HTML page, choose a color configuration. 6.

  • Page 105: Transferring Scanned Documents To Storage

    Note: If you have OmniPage Pro installed on your computer, you may see a thumbnail of the page. Click on the thumbnail to see the full 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.
  • Page 106 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 107 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. 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2.
  • Page 108 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. The OneTouch Properties window closes. 7. Now start scanning using Button 7 (or other button you set up for archiving).
  • Page 109 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 72 or “Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage”...
  • Page 110 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 111: Checking The Hardware And Setting The Lamp Power Saving Feature

    The Hardware icon If the Hardware View of the panel is open you can also right-click on the Patriot 680 icon. The Hardware Properties dialog box opens and shows information about your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner. ETTING THE OWER AVING...
  • Page 112 ONFIGURING THE OUCH 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 hours.
  • Page 113 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.

  • Page 114: Scanning With The Twain Interface

    For example, in Microsoft PowerPoint, from the Insert menu, choose Picture then choose From Scanner or Camera. Click the drop-down menu and choose Visioneer Patriot 680. Then click Custom Insert. Note that your scanner may be listed twice. One listing is for choosing TWAIN Interface, the other is usually for choosing the WIA Interface.

  • Page 115: The Two Twain Interface Options

    When scanning with TWAIN, you have two interface options: Basic Interface—Use the Basic Interface if you don’t need to make many adjustments to the image before scanning. You can adjust brightness, contrast, resolution, page size, and picture type. You can also choose to scan from the ADF or Flatbed.

  • Page 116: Scanning From The Twain Basic Interface

    TWAIN B CANNING FROM THE The Basic Interface can scan a preview of the image so you can adjust its appearance before scanning the final image. After adjusting the appearance, you click the Scan button on the Basic Interface (not on the scanner) to scan the item.
  • Page 117 3. Click the Preview button. The scanner scans the item and displays a preview image. You can now use the options on the Basic Interface to adjust the image. Note: If you want to preview a stack of pages, use one of the pages as a test page and load it into the scanner.

  • Page 118: Scanning From The Twain Advanced Interface

    CANNING FROM THE The Advanced Interface has a wide range of image adjustments for scanning. 1. Open the TWAIN Interface as from a TWAIN-compliant application. 2. If the Basic Interface opens, click the Advanced Interface button. The Advanced Interface opens. Choose from this menu to scan from the ADF Simplex (one- sided), Duplex (two-sided), or...
  • Page 119 3. From the Scan Type menu, choose the option to scan: Auto Document Feeder-Duplex—Scans two-sided documents from the Automatic Document Feeder. Auto Document Feeder-Simplex—Scans one-sided documents from the Automatic Document Feeder. Scan Reflective Using—Scans the document on the Flatbed. 4. Click one of the icons to select a configuration. For example, select Color Configurations and then select Custom to scan a color item with the preset Custom scan settings.
  • Page 120 8. (optional) To preview the image again, put the document back into the scanner Automatic Document Feeder if you’re scanning from it, and click the Preview button again. Readjust the settings if necessary. 9. When you’re satisfied with the image, load all the documents into the ADF Input Tray and click the Scan button.

  • Page 121: Adjusting The Image With The Advanced Interface

    DJUSTING THE MAGE WITH THE You can adjust the scan settings on the Advanced Interface to produce the best possible image for the documents you’re scanning. To adjust a setting: 1. On the left side of the Advanced Interface, select a configuration, for example, Color Configurations.
  • Page 122 The following figure shows an example of the Advanced Interface if you click the Resolution setting in the list, or click the Resolution button. Note: The information in the scan settings list and the options you select on the various settings panels are interactive. As you change the settings on the panel, the numbers in the list on the left also change.

  • Page 123: Adjusting The Resolution

    680 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE DJUSTING THE ESOLUTION Resolution determines the amount of detail you can see in the scanned image. The resolution setting for a scan is in dots-per-inch (dpi). The higher the resolution, the finer the details. However, higher dpi settings also take longer to scan and produce larger file sizes.
  • Page 124 You can also type a number directly into the resolution setting box, or click the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the setting. The resolution settings on your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner range from 50 dpi to 600 dpi.

  • Page 125: Adjusting The Brightness And Contrast

    DJUSTING THE RIGHTNESS AND Sometimes an item is scanned with the brightness and contrast set to be too light or too dark. For example, a note written with a light pencil may need to be scanned darker to improve legibility. The following figure shows the brightness and contrast options.

  • Page 126: Adjusting Gamma, Saturation, And Color Hue

    DJUSTING AMMA ATURATION If you’re using the Color Configuration to scan, you can adjust a group of color settings. Gamma controls the brightness of the color midtones. Saturation is the strength or purity of a color and hue is the color your eyes see as reflected from the image.

  • Page 127: Adjusting Input Size

    DJUSTING NPUT You can scan documents up to 8.5" x 14", but you can select other scan sizes, or adjust the input size to scan only specific sections of an image. For example, if you’re scanning a photograph and want to focus on one section, adjusting the input size removes the rest of the photograph from the final scanned image.
  • Page 128 The Scan Info box shows the The selected scan area. size and position of the area. You can now move or resize the outline to select the specific area you want to scan. 2. To move the dotted outline, put the pointer in the selected area and drag the mouse.

  • Page 129: The Scan Info Box

    HE RULER UNITS The ruler around the edges of the image help you precisely position a custom sized image. You can change the ruler units to suit the type of measurements you want. To set the ruler units: Click the Ruler Units button. The ruler units across the top and down the side of the window cycle through centimeters, inches, and pixels.

  • Page 130: Creating A New Advanced Interface Profile

    REATING A DVANCED You cannot change the settings of the preset profiles in the Advanced Interface. However you can create new profiles and save them for future use. To create a new profile: 1. On the Advanced Interface, select one of the preset profiles, for example, Black&White Configurations/Custom.

  • Page 131: Display The Device Configuration

    ISPLAY THE EVICE ONFIGURATION 1. Click the Device Configuration button on the Advanced Interface. The Device configuration window opens and shows the information about your scanner. See the section “Checking the Hardware and Setting the Lamp Power Saving Feature” on page 104 for more information about the device settings.

  • Page 132: Scanning With The Windows Image Acquisition

    CANNING WITH THE Microsoft Windows includes its own set of options—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: Scanning with the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) is only available if your computer is running Windows XP.
  • Page 133 The Scan using Visioneer Patriot 680 window opens.Use this window to select scanning options and start the scan process. 3. From the Paper Source drop-down list, choose Document Feeder to scan from the Automatic Document Feeder, or Flatbed to scan a from the Flatbed glass.
  • Page 134 6. Adjust settings of the previewed image as desired: Change the button selection for the type of image. Adjust the custom settings; refer to the next section, “Fine Tuning Your Scans”. If you’re scanning from the Flatbed, change the size of the scanned image.
  • Page 135 UNING CANS 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: 9. On the scan window, click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture.
  • Page 136 10. 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 137: Scanning With The Isis Interface

    ISIS I CANNING WITH THE The ISIS interface for scanning opens when you scan with a OneTouch button that has Configure Before Scan set as the Configuration, and ISIS selected as the interface to use. ISIS is selected by right-clicking on the Configure Before Scan configuration and selecting it from the menu.
  • Page 138 When you press the button to scan, the OneTouch ISIS Scan window opens. Use this window to select scanning options and start scanning. Click a button to choose the type of scan. Click Define to change the scan settings for the selected button.

  • Page 139: Adjusting The Isis Scan Settings

    You can adjust the scan settings for the selected type of scan. Note: Some of the options for the ISIS scan settings are “grayed out” and are not available. Grayed out options are not appropriate for your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner. To adjust the Color Document, GrayScale, or Text Document settings: 1.
  • Page 140 Your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner can scan at up to 600 dpi. Page—Click the menu arrow and choose a page size. Your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner can scan a page up to 8.5" x 14". 2. Click OK. To adjust the Custom Document settings: 1.
  • Page 141 Dots per inch—Click the menu arrow and choose a resolution (dpi). Your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner can scan at up to 600 dpi. Page Size—Click the menu arrow and choose a page size. Your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner can scan a page up to 8.5"...
  • Page 142 2. To scan only a specific area of the image, click the Area button. The Set Scanning Area dialog box opens. 3. Click in the image and drag a rectangle around the area you want to scan. The boxes to the left show the relative position and size of the selected area.

  • Page 143: Maintenance

    Maintenance This section contains information on maintenance, troubleshooting, uninstalling, scanner specifications, and spare parts. LEANING THE UTOMATIC 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.

  • Page 144: Clearing Paper Jams

    Note: Please be careful when cleaning the roller. The roller is designed to rotate in one direction only. As you’re cleaning the roller, make sure it rotates easily, and continue rotating it in that direction while wiping it clean. Do NOT force the roller to rotate in the opposite direction. Forcing the roller to rotate will damage it, and may cause the scanner to feed pages incorrectly.

  • Page 145: Replacing The Adf Pad Assembly

    The ADF pad will wear out and is designed to be a user-replaceable part. Problems with documents feeding into the ADF is an indication that the pad is wearing thin. See the “Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner Parts List” on page 146 for ordering information.
  • Page 146 To replace the ADF Pad assembly: 1. Press the ADF cover release on the top of the scanner body to open the Automatic Document Feeder cover. The pad is located in the middle of the ADF. 2. Squeeze the plastic clamps that hold the pad assembly in place and lift the pad up and out.

  • Page 147: Troubleshooting

    Readme file, and the scanner still has problems, you may have a malfunctioning scanner. Refer to the technical support card that you received with your scanner. Also visit our web site at www.visioneer.com for additional technical information. Problem: The scanner won’t scan. What’s wrong?
  • Page 148 They are interfering with the installation and OneTouch options, and you need to remove those other drivers and re-install your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner. Please see the documentation that you received with the other scanner for the steps to remove its driver programs.

  • Page 149: Status Light Troubleshooting Codes

    Turn off the scanner, unlock the lock by pushing the lock tab down, then turn the scanner back on. The lock is located on the side of the scanner. If the problem persists, reboot your computer. Re-boot your computer. If the problem persists, contact Visioneer Technical Support.

  • Page 150: Uninstalling Your Scanner

    NINSTALLING To uninstall the Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner you remove the OneTouch software. 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Settings, then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click the Add or Remove Programs icon. The Add or Remove Programs window opens.

  • Page 151: To Install Another Driver

    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. a. Open the Windows Control Panel. b. Double-click the Add or Remove Programs icon. c.

  • Page 152: Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner Specifications

    ISIONEER 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 Safety and agency certifications UL, C-UL, FCC Class B 680 S ATRIOT...

  • Page 153: Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner Parts List

    680 S ISIONEER ATRIOT Please use the following part names and numbers when ordering replacements for your scanner. Part Name Paper Input Tray ADF Pad AC Power Cord USB Cable Power Supply Buttons Label CANNER ARTS Part Number 57-0107-000 57-0109-000 35-0103-000 35-0102-000 37-0076-000...

  • Page 154: Index

    I N D E X Numerics 24-Bit Color 134 256-Level Gray 133 ADF cleaning 136 ADF pad assembly replace 138 Advanced Interface 111 adjust settings 114 new profile 123 profile 123 Advanced Properties 128 advanced settings 68 Archive button 99 aspect ratio 70 AutoRotate image 70 background color 86...
  • Page 155 NDEX Halftone 134 help 4 htm file format 57 HTML Document 57 HTML page 98 HTML Web Page 96 hue 68 image blur 117 preview 113 Image Documents Properties 48 Image Editors 60 image file 53 image file format 53 image size 120 improvements and settings 66 input size 120...
  • Page 156 Reject Character 84 Resolution 65, 116, 129, 133 Rich Text Format 56 rtf file format 56 ruler units 122 saturation 68, 119 Scan Configuration 39 Scan Info box 122 scan single page 32 scan with event forwarding 95 scanner components 2 connecting 16 locking tab 8 troubleshooting 140...
  • Page 157 NDEX...
  • Page 158 Copyright © 2006 Visioneer, Inc. 05-0707-000...

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