Visioneer Patriot 680, User Manual

Page 1: ...for Windows Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner User s Guide...

Page 2: ...Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner User s Guide F O R W I N D O W S...

Page 3: ...E OF YOUR ORIGINAL PURCHASE IF A VALID REGISTRATION IS NOT RECEIVED DURING THE INITIAL 90 DAY PERIOD THE 12 MONTH WARRANTY IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AND YOUR PRODUCT WARRANTY WILL TERMINATE AFTER THE 90...

Page 4: ...er Guides 19 Scanning 21 Loading Documents to Scan 22 Automatic Document Feeder ADF 22 Flatbed Glass 23 Scanning from OneTouch 24 The Default OneTouch Settings 24 Scan from the OneTouch Scanner Button...

Page 5: ...ce 69 Scanning from the TWAIN Advanced Interface 70 Adjusting the Image with the Advanced Interface 72 Creating a New Advanced Interface Profile 78 Display the Device Configuration 79 Scanning with th...

Page 6: ...to 8 5 x 14 and place their images on your computer WHAT S IN THE BOX Before proceeding check the contents of the box If items are missing or damaged contact the dealer where you purchased the scanne...

Page 7: ...Selects the scan setting for the OneTouch buttons LED Number Shows the current scan setting for the Simplex and Duplex scanning buttons Duplex button Press to scan a two sided document Simplex button...

Page 8: ...th Service Pack 3 for Windows XP and Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista Windows 2000 and Windows XP Minimum of 512 megabytes MB of internal memory RAM Windows Vista Minimum of 1 gigabyte GB of internal...

Page 9: ...nd the SharePoint destination link Please see View and Save the User Guides on page 19 for more information about these mini guides Online Help For the scanner configuration TWAIN and WIA interfaces K...

Page 10: ...o proceed Although the messages will differ based on the software your computer is running in each case you should allow the installation to proceed Alternatively you can turn off the AntiVirus or Ant...

Page 11: ...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 3 Lift the ADF cover release and open the Automatic Document Feeder 4 Carefully re...

Page 12: ...own to the unlocked position 8 When you re finished assembling the scanner place it on a level surface on your desk If the scanner is on an uneven surface it may stall when scanning from the Flatbed N...

Page 13: ...ure the disc was inserted in the drive in the proper direction label side up To launch the disc manually Open the Windows option for My Computer You can do this by double clicking on the My Computer i...

Page 14: ...STEP 2 INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 9 3 On the Installation menu select Install Products 4 Make sure the box for Scanner Driver is selected...

Page 15: ...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 termina...

Page 16: ...buttons on the scanner TWAIN only The TWAIN driver is installed and you can scan from TWAIN scanning applications only You will not be able to use the buttons on the scanner ISIS only The ISIS driver...

Page 17: ...to Step 3 Connect the Scanner STEP 3 CONNECT THE SCANNER To connect the power 1 Plug the power supply into the power port on the scanner 2 Plug the power cord into the power supply then into a wall ou...

Page 18: ...nner is receiving power If you are using Windows XP or Windows Vista and have plugged the USB cable into a USB 1 1 port an information bubble may open explaining that A HI SPEED USB device is plugged...

Page 19: ...completely loaded return to the Complete the installation by connecting your hardware window 6 Click OK The scanner s status light is green when the scanner and computer are communicating properly 7...

Page 20: ...w the instructions on the screen and register your scanner by entering your scanner s serial number and your email address A valid email address is required The serial number is located on the side of...

Page 21: ...scanner includes free additional applications on the installation CD To install the additional applications 1 Insert installation disc 1 into the CD ROM drive From the disc s Main Menu click on Insta...

Page 22: ...will see a message SVS001 The VRS installation does not install an ISIS driver for the scanner you selected Please install the ISIS driver packaged with your scanner This is not an error please disreg...

Page 23: ...ce 2 Remove Disc 1 from the CD ROM drive 3 Insert Disc 2 into the CD ROM drive The OmniPage Pro Installation menu opens automatically 4 Select Install OmniPage Pro 5 Follow the instructions on the scr...

Page 24: ...will open in any standard browser If you need to click Adobe Reader to install it now Follow the instructions on the installation windows If your computer already has Adobe Reader installed please do...

Page 25: ...modifying a scan configuration The settings described in this mini guide are only available if the Kofax VRS software is installed The OneTouch OmniPage Mini Guide has information about the OmniPage...

Page 26: ...ning from the on screen OneTouch Button Panel is the same as pressing a scanner button except you click an icon that represents the scanner See Scan from the OneTouch Button Panel on page 26 TWAIN Int...

Page 27: ...d into the Automatic Document Feeder 4 Lift the paper stop on the back of the tray to keep documents in the output tray after scanning completes 5 You can now scan the document using the OneTouch scan...

Page 28: ...ust remove these pages prior to scanning if you want to scan from the flatbed 2 Lift the scanner cover and place the document face down on the glass 3 Align the item with the arrow on the reference fr...

Page 29: ...program specified in the internet options of Internet Explorer A folder icon for a button such as shown for button 7 means that the button is set to scan and send items directly to a folder location...

Page 30: ...e face down on the flatbed glass 2 Use the button selector arrows to change to the LED function you want to use to scan 3 Press either the Simplex or Duplex button on the scanner to initiate the scan...

Page 31: ...ad a stack of documents face up in the ADF or place a single page face down on the flatbed glass 2 Click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification Area at the bottom right corner of the screen...

Page 32: ...n View Left click on a Destination Application icon to start scanning Right click on a Destination application icon to open the OneTouch Properties for configuring the buttons The Detail View Left cli...

Page 33: ...To open the OneTouch Properties window 1 Click the OneTouch icon 2 Right click a button on the OneTouch Button Panel The OneTouch Properties window opens for that button The OneTouch Properties window...

Page 34: ...configure the list of available applications click on the Options tab See Selecting Options for a Button on page 46 4 From the Select Configuration list select a scan configuration The icons next to...

Page 35: ...on the OneTouch Panel You must click OK or close the OneTouch Properties window first However you can scan at any time by pressing the Simplex or Duplex button on the scanner OTHER OPTIONS IN THE ONE...

Page 36: ...ton is now renamed CREATING A NEW SCAN CONFIGURATION The scan configurations are where you select the scanning resolution brightness mode color black white or grayscale and a number of other settings...

Page 37: ...and white For example letters and memos are usually scanned in black and white Grayscale to scan items such as documents containing drawings or black and white photographs Note There are 3 settings t...

Page 38: ...ntrast the more difference between the lighter and darker shades in the image The Contrast setting does not apply to the Black White mode 3 Click on Apply to save the changes on the Scan Settings tab...

Page 39: ...the scanner will scan the front side of the page only Skip Blank Originals Skips pages that are completely blank This option is only available for Duplex scanning Color Filter Color filter is the abi...

Page 40: ...or settings As you do the image changes to show the effects of the new settings Color Saturation the strength or purity of a color Hue the color your eyes see as reflected from the image Gamma the bri...

Page 41: ...enter image on page The image will be printed in the center of the page instead of at the top right corner Maintain aspect ratio The aspect ratio is the length to width relationship of the image s dim...

Page 42: ...e 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 selecti...

Page 43: ...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 recommen...

Page 44: ...igure before scanning 3 Select the scan configuration Configure Before Scan 4 Right click on Configure Before Scan and choose an interface to use for configuring before scanning TWAIN The TWAIN Interf...

Page 45: ...nner should scan the paper from Auto Document Feeder Simplex scans single sided from the ADF only the side of the pages facing up are scanned Auto Document Feeder Duplex scans double sided from the AD...

Page 46: ...nned pages then start over the correct scan Mode selected No Scanning stops and the TWAIN interface remains open You can place a new set of pages into the ADF or a single page on the flatbed glass adj...

Page 47: ...selectable by right clicking on the text format icon CREATE SINGLE IMAGE FILES The TIFF and PDF formats as well as the text file formats support multiple page documents Select Create single image fil...

Page 48: ...of text pages You may want to select PDF as the file format when scanning text pages that do not require OCR processing The PDF format is also used to put multi page documents on web sites as pdf rea...

Page 49: ...ini Guide on the Installation Disc 1 for instructions on scanning using OCR and details about the OCR Options in OneTouch To select a file type for the text format 1 Select the Destination Application...

Page 50: ...sed to create web pages Searchable PDF Selecting this version of the Adobe Reader PDF file format scans the image OCRs the text then saves the PDF file as an image with searchable text Normal PDF Sele...

Page 51: ...Selecting this option activates all the Destination Application categories for the current button so that in the OneTouch Properties window for that button all available destinations are seen under t...

Page 52: ...ct this option to display the progress window of the document s during scanning Use enhanced folder browser Select this option if you want to save your scans to a network location that is not a mapped...

Page 53: ...LICATION PROPERTIES The different types of Destination Applications have various properties that you can set On the OneTouch Properties window select a Destination Application then click the Propertie...

Page 54: ...g applications 1 Click in the OCR settings boxes for the options you want Always send a file even when no text was found The scanned file is sent to the OCR reader even if the image does not appear to...

Page 55: ...ox are automatically filled in and the application icon appears in step 3 4 Select the icon in Step 3 of the dialog box That is the icon that will appear in the OneTouch Destination List 5 In step 4 o...

Page 56: ...n may be too big to fit on the screen Matching the screen resolution ensures that the image fits on the monitor screen Convert Bitmaps to JPEG JPEG files can be compressed to produce smaller file size...

Page 57: ...s 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 2 Click the Browse button to specify th...

Page 58: ...f you are using America Online 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 e...

Page 59: ...ndling Convert Bitmaps using Screen Resolution Bitmap images with a high resolution may be too big to fit on the screen Matching the screen resolution ensures that the image fits on the monitor screen...

Page 60: ...hen you installed the scanner s driver from the installation disc The OmniPage Pro software is on the installation Disc 2 that you received with your scanner The OneTouch OmniPage Module and the OmniP...

Page 61: ...cation 7 Choose a Format and a Scan Configuration Click OK 8 Now start scanning using the button you selected to use to scan and burn to a CD When scanning is finished a bubble message on the screen t...

Page 62: ...erties 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 scannin...

Page 63: ...he Destination Application 3 Choose HTML as the File Format 4 Choose a Scan Configuration that has the settings for the image on the HTML page 5 Click OK 6 Load the documents face down with their tops...

Page 64: ...having to manually save them 1 Open the OneTouch Properties 2 Select button to scan to the Transfer to Storage destination 3 Click on the Properties button 4 Click on the Browse button in the OneTouc...

Page 65: ...r Annual Receipts To scan to multiple folders you create multiple scan configurations each with a different storage location for the scanned documents Scan one set of documents using the scan configur...

Page 66: ...the new configuration a name that indicates the folder name such as Storage for Business Receipts 6 Click the Scan Settings Page Settings and Advanced Settings tabs and select the settings you want 7...

Page 67: ...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...

Page 68: ...tions 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...

Page 69: ...on the scanner to 8 and press the Simplex or Duplex button again or click Button 8 on the OneTouch Button Panel When scanning is finished the documents are stored in the two separate folders CHECKING...

Page 70: ...that is set to power down after 15 minutes of idle time You can change the time before the scanner powers down from 1 minute to a maximum of 3 hours 4 Click the arrows for the Lamp time out setting a...

Page 71: ...ware provided with your scanner can access the TWAIN scanning interface Because the TWAIN interface is essentially the same regardless of the software you use to open it you can still use the instruct...

Page 72: ...press the OneTouch button you set to use as Configure Before Scan Open the TWAIN interface from an application 1 Open a TWAIN compliant scanning application 2 Use that applications command to open th...

Page 73: ...the settings of the Basic Interface plus a wide range of more advanced settings such as color saturation gamma and hue See Scanning from the TWAIN Advanced Interface on page 70 To switch between the...

Page 74: ...and white option from the Picture Type menu 3 Choose a resolution from the Resolution menu 4 Choose a page size from the Page Size menu 5 Click the Scan button Note If you want to preview a document...

Page 75: ...plex Scans one sided documents from the Automatic Document Feeder Scan Reflective Using Scans the document on the Flatbed Choose from this menu to scan from the ADF or Flatbed Click an icon to select...

Page 76: ...is for letters memos pen and ink drawings and other black and white material This setting produces the smallest file size 4 Click the Scan button 5 When you re finished scanning items click Done to cl...

Page 77: ...settings or click its corresponding button on the right side of the Advanced Interface Resolution Brightness Contrast Color Gamma Saturation and Hue Scan Size Note The list of scan settings for a conf...

Page 78: ...higher dpi setting to enlarge a picture from the original size To adjust the resolution 1 To use one of the preset resolutions for typical scanned items click one of the options in the list 2 To set...

Page 79: ...ntrast is only available for Color and Grayscale configurations To adjust the brightness and contrast 1 Drag the Brightness slider to the left to make the item darker or to the right to make the item...

Page 80: ...e color your eyes see as reflected from the image The following figure shows the color options To adjust the color settings 1 Drag the Gamma Saturation and Color Hue sliders to the left to decrease th...

Page 81: ...is 5 5 x 4 5 width by length To select a standard size In the list select the page size for the current scanning batch To set a crop area 1 Place an item face down on the flatbed glass 2 Click Previe...

Page 82: ...selected area and start over click Remove on the Scan Info box and the entire 8 5 x 14 area will be selected again THE RULER UNITS The ruler around the edges of the image help you precisely position...

Page 83: ...settings as required and then click the Save As button 3 Type a name for the new profile and click OK The name must be at least two characters long Your new profile is added to the configuration list...

Page 84: ...k 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 Lam...

Page 85: ...igital devices This section briefly describes how to scan from Microsoft s Paint application Please refer to your Windows documentation for detailed instructions on using WIA to scan To scan using WIA...

Page 86: ...t settings of the previewed image as desired If you re scanning from the Flatbed change the size of the scanned image To do this click and hold the mouse pointer over one of the four sizing boxes on t...

Page 87: ...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 up or down arrow to adjust the dots per inc...

Page 88: ...e ISIS interface The QuickScan User s Guide is available on the installation disc that you received with the scanner ACCESSING THE ISIS INTERFACE FROM QUICKSCAN Open the QuickScan software to access t...

Page 89: ...cloth with some 95 Isopropyl rubbing alcohol 2 Open the ADF cover 3 Wipe the feed roller from side to side Rotate the roller to clean its entire surface 4 Wipe the ADF pad from top to bottom Be caref...

Page 90: ...canner stops scanning due to a paper jam in the Automatic Document Feeder a warning dialog box opens after a few moments 1 Gently lift the ADF cover release to open the ADF cover 2 Remove the jammed p...

Page 91: ...DF is an indication that the pad is wearing thin You received a replacement pad in the original scanner box and you can also order a new one See the Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner Parts List on page 96...

Page 92: ...lips on the page If standard maintenance of cleaning the roller and replacing the ADF pad assembly does not resolve paper feed issues it may be time to replace the roller Please note that you cannot a...

Page 93: ...k it The roller will now be loose and can be removed from its channel 3 Holding the right hand side of the roller gently pull it down and away from its channel 4 Now angle the left side of the roller...

Page 94: ...he left hand side into its housing Make sure the small wheel on the left end of the roller seats properly into its housing 2 Angle the roller up and into its channel Make sure the wheel on the left ha...

Page 95: ...g the software If you didn t restart the computer it may not have loaded all of the software files Try restarting your computer Did you plug the scanner into a USB hub If you re using a USB hub to con...

Page 96: ...ke it appear worn and will cause issues feeding paper See Cleaning the Scanner on page 84 for cleaning instructions If cleaning the scanner does not resolve the problem of frequent paper jams the scan...

Page 97: ...r indicates what the hardware issue is Use the table listed on the next page as a reference for resolving the hardware issue In all cases you should turn off your scanner and check your scanner hardwa...

Page 98: ...rn the scanner lamp on If the lamp is already on turn the lamp off then on again If the problem persists and your scanner s power is plugged into a surge protector or UPS battery backup try plugging t...

Page 99: ...led programs list 6 The OneTouch 4 0 software and modules are now removed from your computer 7 Unplug the scanner USB cable 8 Close all open windows and reboot restart your computer To Reinstall the D...

Page 100: ...0 002 0 006 Light source Cold cathode fluorescent lamp Interface USB 2 0 High Speed Scanner dimensions Height 13 6 inches 344 6 mm Width 16 2 inches 411 5 mm Length 20 9 inches 530 9 mm Weight 23 6 p...

Page 101: ...PARTS LIST Please use the following part names and numbers when ordering replacements for your scanner Part Name Part Number Paper Input Tray 57 0107 000 ADF Pad 57 0109 000 Roller Assembly 57 0114 0...

Page 102: ...ons 3 Configure Before Scan 39 cancel 41 Contrast 33 74 82 csv file format 45 D Destination Application 28 46 properties 48 text file format 42 Device Settings Tab 36 doc file format 45 Document Manag...

Page 103: ...25 Optical Character Recognition OCR 30 44 55 Options tab 46 P Page Settings Tab 33 paper jam 85 87 paper size 33 76 PDF 43 Applications 47 file size 43 nPDF 45 sPDF 45 Picture type 82 power saving 6...

Page 104: ...l Image Client 57 Storage and CD R W 47 Storage Options Tab 37 60 Storage Properties 52 system requirements 3 T Text Editors 47 Text Documents Properties 49 text file format 44 Text Formats 44 TIFF 43...

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