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  • Page 1 Visioneer ® Patriot 480 Scanner User's Guide for Windows...
  • Page 2 Visioneer Patriot 480 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

    What’s in the Box ......... . 1 The Visioneer Patriot 480 Scanner ......2 What You Need .
  • Page 5 Visioneer Patriot 480 Scanner Specifications ....103 Visioneer Patriot 480 Scanner Parts List ..... . . 104...

  • Page 6: What's In The Box

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

  • Page 7: The Visioneer Patriot 480 Scanner

    480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE 480 S ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER Input tray LED number Selector button Simplex button Duplex button Status light Front Feed Tray Output tray Power switch USB port ADF cover release Power jack Input tray—Holds documents in the scanner, sides adjust to fit the document width.

  • Page 8: What You Need

    IBM-compatible Pentium 4 PC, or AMD equivalent with: A CD-ROM drive ■ ■ An available Universal Serial Bus (USB) port ® ® Microsoft Windows operating system: Windows 2000 (Service Pack ■ 4), 32-bit Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or 3), 32-bit or 64-bit Windows Vista ■...

  • Page 9: Documentation

    OCUMENTATION The following documentation is provided with your scanner: Quick Install Guide—Abbreviated installation instructions. ■ Visioneer Patriot 480 Scanner User’s Guide—On the Installation CD 1; ■ contains detailed installation, scanning, configuration, and maintenance information. Visioneer OneTouch MiniGuides—On the Installation CD 1; contains ■...

  • Page 10: 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 480 scanner. Please see the User’s Guide that you received with your other scanner for specific instructions. ■...

  • Page 11: Step 1: Assemble The Scanner

    480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE 1: A SSEMBLE THE CANNER 1. Remove all shipping tape from the top and bottom of the scanner. 2. Carefully remove the protective foam from the ADF cover release, then press the release and open the Automatic Document Feeder cover. 3.
  • Page 12 1: A SSEMBLE THE CANNER 6. Insert the pins on each side of the output tray into the holes on the front of the scanner.

  • Page 13: Step 2: Install The Software

    480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE 2: I NSTALL THE OFTWARE To install the software: 1. Start Microsoft Windows and make sure no other applications are running. 2. Insert Disc 1 into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. The Installation menu automatically opens. Note: If the CD does not start, check the following: ■...
  • Page 14 2: I NSTALL THE OFTWARE 3. On the Main Menu, select Install Products. 4. Make sure the boxes for Nuance PaperPort® and Scanner Driver are checked. 5. Click Install Now.
  • Page 15 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE APER NSTALLATION EGINS 1. On the PaperPort Welcome window, click Next. Installing PaperPort will uninstall any existing version of PaperPort and will install the newer version. Your existing PaperPort files will not be affected. 2.
  • Page 16 EGIN 1. The Welcome to the OneTouch 4.0 Setup Wizard opens. Click Next. 2. On the Visioneer License Agreement window, read the license agreement. If you accept the terms, select I Agree, and click Next. If you choose not to accept the license agreement, the installation will terminate and the scanner driver will not be installed.
  • Page 17 ■ TWAIN only—The TWAIN driver is installed without the OneTouch 4.0 software or the ISIS driver. You can use the Visioneer Patriot 480 TWAIN driver to scan from TWAIN applications. You will not be able to scan with the buttons on the scanner.
  • Page 18 2: I NSTALL THE OFTWARE 5. During installation you will see this window asking you to select one of the images for your Color Space setting. 6. STOP when you see the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window. Do NOT click OK yet. Leave the window open and proceed to the next section.

  • 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 480 scanner: 1. Plug the power supply into the power port on the scanner. Note: Only use the power supply (HEG42-240200-7L made by HiTron) included with your scanner.

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

    ABLE AND URN ON THE OWER The Visioneer Patriot 480 scanner connects to any available USB port. Check your computer’s manual for USB port locations. 1. Remove any protective tape from the USB cable. 2. Plug the USB cable into the USB port on the scanner then into a USB port on the computer.
  • Page 21 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE If your computer is running Windows XP or Windows Vista, you will see a message similar to the following. 4. When you’re certain that the software has completely loaded, return to the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window. 5.

  • Page 22: Additional Applications Available With Your Scanner

    DDITIONAL PPLICATIONS VAILABLE WITH CANNER DDITIONAL PPLICATIONS VAILABLE WITH CANNER Your scanner includes free, additional applications. To install the additional applications: 1. Return to the CD main menu and click on Install Products. Software that is already installed will have Installed! next to them. 2.
  • Page 23 Please install the ISIS driver packaged with your scanner." This is not an error, please disregard this message and click OK. The Kofax VRS Certified ISIS® driver is installed correctly when you install it with your Visioneer Patriot 480 scanner.
  • Page 24 DDITIONAL PPLICATIONS VAILABLE WITH CANNER 1. If you selected OmniPage Pro to install you will see a window telling you to insert Disc 2. 2. Click Exit Disc 1 and remove Disc 1 from the CD-ROM drive. 3. Insert Disc 2 into the CD-ROM drive. The OmniPage Pro Installation menu opens automatically.

  • Page 25: View And Save The User Guides

    IEW AND AVE THE UIDES 1. On the Main Menu of Disc 1, click User Guides. 2. The Visioneer User Guides window opens. Use this window to view and save the User Guides you want. ® ® The User Guides are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
  • Page 26 IEW AND AVE THE UIDES 4. Return to the Visioneer User Guides window and repeat the process to open, view, and save all the other User Guides you want. The Scanner Readme file has late-breaking news about your scanner. The SharePoint Mini-Guide has information about a feature in the OneTouch 4.0 software to link to Microsoft's SharePoint application.

  • Page 27: Register Your Scanner And Check For Updates

    480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE EGISTER CANNER AND HECK FOR PDATES 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.

  • Page 28: Scanning Interfaces

    NTERFACES CANNING NTERFACES You have several different scanning options with your Visioneer Patriot 480 scanner. Each method scans equally well, so use the one with appropriate options for the item you are scanning. OneTouch Scanner Buttons—When you press either the Simplex or ■...

  • Page 29: Scanning From Onetouch

    480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE Scanning from OneTouch With powerful features such as scanning with VRS and to searchable PDF at the touch of a button, OneTouch is the main interface for using the scanner and accessing these features. OAD AND OCUMENTS FROM THE NPUT...
  • Page 30 OAD AND OCUMENTS FROM THE NPUT 2. Load the documents into the scanner face down with the tops of the page inserted into the Automatic Document Feeder. If you are using the Front Feed with Output Tray, make sure the front feeder is up to feed pages out underneath the tray.
  • Page 31 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE 5. A scan progress window opens and the image(s) are sent to the selected location in the OneTouch properties. In this example the Destination Application is the PaperPort desktop. If you have the front feed tray attached, all pages in the ADF will feed out underneath the front feed platform.

  • Page 32: Load And Scan Items From The Front Feed Tray

    TEMS FROM THE RONT You can scan thick paper, embossed plastic cards, business cards and other items from the scanner’s front feed tray. Please see the “Visioneer Patriot 480 Scanner Specifications” on page 93 for details of the Front Feed scanning specifications.
  • Page 33 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE 3. Press down on the tray and guide the item to the front of the scanner. 4. The scanner pulls the item in from the front and the front feed tray springs back up. 5.
  • Page 34 OAD AND TEMS FROM THE RONT 7. The scanner scans the item and ejects it out underneath the front feed tray. A scan progress window opens and the image(s) are sent to the selected application from the OneTouch utility. In this example the Destination Application is the PaperPort desktop.

  • Page 35: Scan With The Front Feed Tray Down

    480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE ITH THE RONT You can lock the front feed tray down so that it is always positioned at the front slot of the scanner. Any items you scan are ejected over the front feed tray when scanning is complete.
  • Page 36 OAD AND TEMS FROM THE RONT 3. The front feed tray is now in the down position aligned with the front slot of the scanner.
  • Page 37 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE CAN WITH THE RONT 1. Adjust the paper guides for the width of the item you are scanning. 2. Place a single item face up, with the top pointing into the scanner, between the paper guides on the front feed tray. 3.
  • Page 38 OAD AND TEMS FROM THE RONT 4. Check the LED number to make sure you’re using the scan setting you want. The current scan setting. Press the Destination Selector to cycle through the scan settings to select the one you want. 5.
  • Page 39 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE A scan progress window opens and the image(s) are sent to the selected application from the OneTouch utility. In this example the Destination Application is the PaperPort desktop.

  • Page 40: Scan From The Input Tray With The Front Feed Tray Down

    OAD AND TEMS FROM THE RONT CAN FROM THE NPUT RAY WITH THE RONT You can scan a maximum of 5 pages in the input tray with the scanner’s front feed tray in the down position. 1. Adjust the paper guide for the paper width, and make sure the output tray is fully extended.
  • Page 41 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE 3. Check the LED number to make sure you’re using the scan setting you want. The current scan setting. Press the Destination Selector to cycle through the scan settings to select the one you want. 4.
  • Page 42 OAD AND TEMS FROM THE RONT 5. A scan progress window opens and the images are sent to the selected application from the OneTouch utility. In this example the Destination Application is the PaperPort desktop. The pages are ejected out of the scanner over the front feed tray.

  • Page 43: Auto Scan From The Front Feed Tray

    480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE CAN FROM THE RONT You can set the scanner’s OneTouch hardware properties to automatically scan an item when it is inserted into the scanner from the front. ET THE RONT VENT 1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon, located on the Windows task bar, and select “Show Hardware...”...
  • Page 44 OAD AND TEMS FROM THE RONT 4. In the Control section select the option Turn on AutoLaunch™ for Front Feed scanning. 5. Click the drop list for Function: and select a scanning option to use for the front feed auto scanning. Functions 1-9—These are the 9 scanning functions that you can ■...
  • Page 45 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE 7. Click on OK to apply your changes and close the Device Configuration window. 8. Click on Ok to close the Hardware Properties window. CAN FROM THE RONT 1. Adjust the paper guides for the width of the item you are scanning. 2.
  • Page 46 OAD AND TEMS FROM THE RONT A scan progress window opens and the image(s) are sent to the selected application from the OneTouch utility. In this example the Destination Application is the PaperPort desktop.

  • Page 47: Scan From The Onetouch Button Panel

    480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE CAN FROM THE OUCH UTTON ANEL 1. Adjust the paper guide for the paper width. Load the documents face down with their tops into the Automatic Document Feeder, or place an item face up on the Front Feed tray, with the top pointing into the scanner.

  • Page 48: Features Of The Onetouch Button Panel

    EATURES OF THE OUCH UTTON ANEL EATURES OF THE OUCH UTTON ANEL From the panel, you can access the hardware settings for your scanner and configure the scanner buttons. Click on the OneTouch icon to open the panel. The OneTouch Icon. The Button View.

  • Page 49: The Default Onetouch Settings On Your Scanner

    480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE Right-click on the scanner icon to open the scanner’s hardware ■ properties. EFAULT OUCH ETTINGS ON CANNER Based on the recommended install of PaperPort and the scanner driver, your scanner is pre-configured to scan items for various basic tasks, such as email or fax, then send the scanned image to an appropriate, pre-selected Destination Application.

  • Page 50: Configuring The Onetouch Buttons

    ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS When you installed OneTouch, the software was configured with the applications on your computer that you can scan to. Each OneTouch button configuration consists of a Destination Application, a Scan Configuration, and a File Format. The OneTouch Properties window is where you select these three elements for a button.
  • Page 51 Note: Some of the options on the OneTouch Properties window (and other scanner windows and dialog boxes) are “grayed out” and are not available. Grayed out options are not appropriate for your Visioneer Patriot 480 scanner. Changing the button settings: 1.

  • Page 52: Selecting New Settings For A Button

    ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS ELECTING ETTINGS FOR A UTTON Click these arrows to see the properties for Select a format for the the button whose scanned image. settings you want to change. Select a software application as the Select a configuration destination to send for scanning the item.
  • Page 53 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE Note: If you select a word processing program, such as Microsoft WordPad or Microsoft Word, that can be used for editing text, the text in the scanned image is automatically converted to word processing text.

  • Page 54: Renaming A Onetouch Button

    ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS THER PTIONS IN THE OUCH ROPERTIES WINDOW Options tab—Displays a window for selecting options related to the selected Destination Application for the scanned image. See “Selecting Options for a Button” on page 72 for instructions on configuring the list of available destinations.

  • Page 55: Creating A New Scan Configuration

    480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE 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. The Scan Configurations. Click New to create a new Scan Configuration.
  • Page 56 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS ETTINGS 1. On the Scan Configuration Properties dialog box, type a name. Type a new name for the configuration. Select the scan mode and drag the slider to set the resolution. Drag the sliders to set the Brightness and Contrast.
  • Page 57 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE ETTINGS Click the Page Settings tab to select page settings. Click to toggle between inches and millimeters. 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.
  • Page 58 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS Original Image. Inverted Image. Duplex —Scan both sides of the page. If this option is not selected, the ■ scanner will scan the face-down side of the page only. Note: The Simplex and Duplex buttons on the scanner take precedence over the OneTouch settings.
  • Page 59 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE Prompt—you will be prompted to remove the pages in the ADF, restack the remaining pages and continue scanning. All pages scanned before and after the double page feed are saved. DVANCED ETTINGS The options of the Advanced Settings tab are for the Color or GrayScale scanning mode.
  • Page 60 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS EVICE ETTINGS A Device Settings tab is on the Scan Configurations dialog box when your selected Destination Application is a printer or fax application. Fit to page, reduce image if necessary —If the scanned image is too big to be printed or faxed on a single page, the image will automatically be reduced to fit the page.
  • Page 61 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE 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. See “Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage” on page 80 for instructions on using the Transfer to Storage destination.

  • Page 62: Editing Or Deleting Scan Configurations

    ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS DITING OR ELETING ONFIGURATIONS 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.

  • Page 63: Configure Before Scan

    480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE ONFIGURE EFORE Choosing Configure Before Scan simply opens either the TWAIN or WIA scanning interface when you press or click a button. You can then use the interface to change the Picture Type, Resolution, and other settings. When you scan, the scanned image will still be sent as the file type and to the same Destination Application already selected in the OneTouch Properties window for that button.
  • Page 64 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS WIA—The Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Interface opens for you to make changes prior to scanning. Please see “Scanning from the WIA Interface” on page 92 for detailed instructions about scanning with the WIA Interface. 5. Select the Destination Application and File Format. 6.
  • Page 65 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE ANCELING A ONFIGURE EFORE 1. Click Cancel in the scanning progress window. 2. The following window will open asking if you want to cancel the entire job. Yes—Scanning stops and all pages scanned in this batch, up to this ■...

  • Page 66: Selecting File Format Options

    ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS ELECTING ORMAT PTIONS The options that you select determines the file format of the scanned document. Appropriate File Format options and file types are available for the type of Destination Application selected for the button. Image Formats Text Formats;...
  • Page 67 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE 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. Both of those file formats tend to be larger than the JPEG format file size.
  • Page 68 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS 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. Text file formats are only available if an OCR application is installed on your computer.
  • Page 69 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE Simple Text—The .txt file format. Text with no formatting; used by the standard Microsoft Notepad application. Rich Text Format—The .rtf file format. Text that retains formatting when converted. Available with Microsoft Wordpad and Word. Word Document—The .doc file format used by Microsoft Word.

  • Page 70: Setting Destination Application Properties

    ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS ETTING ESTINATION PPLICATION ROPERTIES In the OneTouch Properties window, select a Destination Application then click the Properties button. Click a Destination Application. Click the Properties button. PaperPort Properties These properties apply to designating the PaperPort folder to receive your scanned items.
  • Page 71 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE When PaperPort opens after you finish scanning, the thumbnails of your scanned documents are on the PaperPort Desktop in that folder. Text Documents Properties These properties apply to text editing applications such as Microsoft Word. The properties apply to the Optical character Recognition (OCR) settings for these applications.
  • Page 72 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS 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 73 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE Image Documents Properties These properties apply to image processing applications such as Microsoft Paint. 1. Click in the Color document handling settings boxes for the options you want. These options will apply to all the applications in the group. Convert Bitmaps using Screen Resolution—Use this option to ensure that an image will fit on the computer’s screen.
  • Page 74 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS Storage Properties These properties apply to the Destination Application named Transfer to Storage. If a CD burner is attached to your computer, you also use this dialog box to start the Burn to CD process. See the section “Scan and Burn to a CD”...
  • Page 75 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE 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 ®...
  • Page 76 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS documentation for more information about Internet options. If you are using AOL, please see the AOL user manual for making changes to the Internet options applicable to AOK. 4. Select the options for color document handling. Convert Bitmaps using Screen Resolution—Use this option to ensure that an image will fit on the computer’s screen.

  • Page 77: Selecting Options For A Button

    480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE ELECTING PTIONS FOR A UTTON The OneTouch Options determine the types of Destination Applications available for a button. There are also settings on the Options tab that are global to all OneTouch buttons. To select options: 1.
  • Page 78 ONFIGURING THE OUCH UTTONS Destination Categories: ■ Document Management includes PaperPort and other applications for processing and keeping track of your scanned documents. Image Editors include Microsoft Paint and other drawing and ■ graphics applications. ■ Text Editors include Microsoft Word and WordPad, Microsoft Excel, and other word processing and spreadsheet applications.
  • Page 79 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE For example, if you scan a picture to an email application, the scanned image is saved as a temporary file, then attached to the email, and the email is sent. Later, the temporary file of the scanned picture is deleted.

  • Page 80: Unique Scanning Features And Destinations

    Note: Visioneer recommends that all OCR processing use the original factory settings for OCR scanning that came with your scanner. When scanning with other settings, use at least 200 dpi for the resolution. If the original documents are of poor quality and have small type font, 300 dpi can be used as the maximum resolution.
  • Page 81 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE To scan with OCR from the Scanner Buttons: 1. Press the Function button to select an LED number that has a text editing program as the selected Destination Application. 2. Press the Simplex or Duplex button on the scanner. Your scanned pages are sent to the text editing application you selected in the Destination Application list.

  • Page 82: Scan And Burn To A Cd

    NIQUE CANNING EATURES AND ESTINATIONS CAN AND URN TO A If you have a CD burner attached to your computer, you can scan directly from your scanner onto a CD. This feature is available only on computers running Windows XP or Windows Vista 1.

  • Page 83: Scanning With Event Forwarding

    480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE CANNING WITH VENT ORWARDING If you want to specify an application to use for scanning at the start of the process, you can use event forwarding. 1. Open the OneTouch Properties window. 2. Select Still Image Client as the Destination Application. You cannot choose a File Format for this option as the Destination Application is not selected until after starting the scanning batch.

  • Page 84: Creating An Html Web Page From Your Scanned Documents

    NIQUE CANNING EATURES AND ESTINATIONS HTML W REATING AN AGE FROM CANNED OCUMENTS You can convert scanned pages to HTML format for posting directly to your web site. Those pages are then viewable by visitors to your web site without the need for any internet plug-ins or other special processing. 1.

  • Page 85: Transferring Scanned Documents To Storage

    480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE RANSFERRING CANNED OCUMENTS TO TORAGE With the Transfer to Storage scanning process, you can scan documents and save them in a folder in one step. The process is ideal for archiving documents without having to manually save or process them in any other way.
  • Page 86 NIQUE CANNING EATURES AND ESTINATIONS 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.”...
  • Page 87 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE 7. Click the Storage Options tab. 8. Click the Browse button. 9. Select the folder you created for storing the scanned documents. If you haven’t created the folder yet, you can click the Make New Folder button and type the name for the new folder.
  • Page 88 NIQUE CANNING EATURES AND ESTINATIONS 10. Click OK. The selected folder will now be set as the Storage Location, such as “Business Receipts.” 11. Click OK. The new configuration is now listed as a Transfer to Storage configuration. 12. Repeat the process to create additional new configurations, such as one named “Storage for Personal Receipts.”...
  • Page 89 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE Scan to multiple storage folders: 1. Load the documents you want to scan to multiple storage folders. 2. Press the Function button on the scanner to get to the button set up for scanning to storage. 3.

  • Page 90: Checking The Hardware And Lamp Settings

    You can also click the Hardware icon at the top of the OneTouch Button Panel, or right-click on the Patriot 480 icon when the OneTouch button panel is in the Hardware View. The Hardware icon The Hardware Properties dialog box opens and shows information about your Visioneer Patriot 480 scanner.
  • Page 91 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE 2. Click the Properties button. Your scanner has a built-in power saving feature that is set to power down after 15 minutes of idle time. You can change the time before the scanner powers down, from 10 minutes to a maximum of 10 hours. 3.

  • Page 92: Scanning From The Twain Interface

    User’s Guide for scanning with your Visioneer Patriot 480 scanner. Please refer to an application’s user guide for the appropriate steps to open the TWAIN Interface for your scanner.

  • Page 93: Scanning With The Twain Interface

    480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE TWAIN I CANNING WITH THE NTERFACE The TWAIN Interface is available from many applications, such as Microsoft Word and Paint, as well as from the PaperPort. You can use the instructions in this section regardless of the application you use to open the TWAIN Interface.
  • Page 94 TWAIN I CANNING WITH THE NTERFACE TWAIN HE OPTIONS ON THE INTERFACE ARE Mode—Select a scanning mode: Black&White to scan in black and white. Use this setting for letters, memos, and other black and white material. This scan mode produces the smallest file size.
  • Page 95 480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE Filter—The Filter is the ability of your scanner to automatically remove a color from a scanned item. The Filter option applies to Black&White or Grayscale Mode. The original with a red The scanned item with the watermark over black text.

  • Page 96: Display The Device Configuration

    Scan button. ISPLAY THE EVICE ONFIGURATION 1. Click the Visioneer Patriot 480 icon in the top right corner of the TWAIN interface. 2. The device configuration window opens and shows the information about your scanner. See the section “Checking the Hardware and Lamp Settings” on...

  • Page 97: Scanning From The Wia Interface

    480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE Scanning from the WIA Interface Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista include their own scanning interface—known as Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)—for acquiring images from scanners, digital cameras, and other digital devices. This section shows how to use Microsoft Paint to scan using the WIA interface, but you can use other Windows applications as well.
  • Page 98 TWAIN I CANNING WITH THE NTERFACE 3. The WIA scanning window opens. Use this window to select scanning options and start the scanner. 4. Click the button most appropriate for the item you’re scanning. 5. Select a paper size from the Page Size list. 6.

  • Page 99: Fine Tuning Your Scans

    480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE UNING CANS You can customize settings before you scan an item to fine tune exactly how you want to scan it. 1. On the scan window, click Adjust the quality of the scanned picture. 2.

  • Page 100: Maintenance

    LEARING APER Maintenance This section contains information on maintenance, troubleshooting, uninstalling, scanner specifications, and spare parts. LEARING APER If your scanner stops scanning due to a paper jam in the Automatic Document Feeder, a warning dialog box opens after a few moments. To clear a paper jam: 1.

  • Page 101: Replace The Adf Pad Assembly

    You received a replacement pad in the original scanner box, and you can also order a new one. See the “Visioneer Patriot 480 Scanner Parts List” on page 104 for ordering information. 1. Press the ADF cover release on the top left of the scanner body to open the Automatic Document Feeder cover.

  • Page 102: Troubleshooting

    TWAIN 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 480 is selected as the scanner. Problem: During installation I got the error message: PaperPort Installation is not complete.
  • Page 103 Try cleaning the roller first. See “Clean the Automatic Document Feeder” on page 95. If that doesn’t solve the problem, the pad assembly may need to be replaced. It is user-replaceable. See “Visioneer...

  • Page 104: Status Light Troubleshooting Codes

    ROUBLESHOOTING Patriot 480 Scanner Parts List” on page 104 for the ordering number. See “Replace the ADF Pad Assembly” on page 96 for the steps to replace the pad. Problem: If the USB cable is disconnected during a scan, the scanner does not reconnect when the USB cable is plugged back in.
  • Page 105 See the steps on page 72 to turn the lamp on and off. of the scanner has Re-boot your computer. If the problem persists, contact malfunctioned. Visioneer Technical Support. Paper jam Open the ADF and remove the jammed page. See “Clearing Paper Jams” on page 95 for details.

  • Page 106: Uninstall Your Scanner

    NINSTALL CANNER NINSTALL CANNER To uninstall the Visioneer Patriot 480 scanner, remove the OneTouch 4.0 software, PaperPort, and any other software provided with your scanner. NINSTALLING THE CANNER AND OUCH OFTWARE 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Settings, then click Control Panel.

  • Page 107: To Install Another Driver

    480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE NSTALL NOTHER RIVER 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.

  • Page 108: Visioneer Patriot 480 Scanner Specifications

    480 S ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER PECIFICATIONS 480 S ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER PECIFICATIONS Optical resolution 600 dpi Bit depth 24-bit color, 8-bit grayscale, 1-bit bitonal (black & white) Scan method Automatic document feeder (ADF) ADF specifications Scanning Speed Up to 38 pages per minute. Up to 76 images per minute @ 200 dpi black &...

  • Page 109: Visioneer Patriot 480 Scanner Parts List

    480 S ’ ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER UIDE 480 S ISIONEER ATRIOT CANNER ARTS Please use the following part names and numbers when ordering replacements for your scanner. Part Name Part Number Input Tray 57-0104-000 Output Tray 57-0105-000 ADF Pad 57-0103-000 Front Feed Tray with 57-0121-000 Output Tray...
  • Page 110 NDEX I N D E X documentation 4 dpi 94 Duplex 53 Duplex button 28, 36 duplex button 23 cleaning 95 ADF pad assembly replace 96 eMail 73 Advanced Properties 94 eMail Properties 70 Advanced Settings Tab 54 error codes 99 aspect ratio 55 Excel Spreadsheet 64 Autocrop to Original 89...
  • Page 111 NDEX Picture type 94 power saving 86 JPG 62 Properties button 49 JPG file size 62 Resolution 51, 89, 94 Lamp timeout setting 86 Rich Text Format 64 LED Number 47 rtf file format 64 LED number 23 Link Properties 65 saturation 54 Scan Microsoft Internet Explorer 79...
  • Page 112 NDEX Sti event forwarding 73 Storage and CD-R/W 73 uninstall 101 Storage Options Tab 56, 81 USB port 15 Storage Properties 69 Straighten Image 52 system requirements 3 VRS 21 Text Documents Properties 66 WIA 59, 92 Text Editors 73 Windows Image Acquisition 92 Text Formats 63 Word Document 64...
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