Visioneer Scanner Patriot 680 User Manual

Visioneer  
®
Patriot 680 Scanner  
User's Guide  
for Windows  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
Visioneer  
Patriot 680 Scanner  
User’s Guide  
F O R W I N D O W S  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
C O P Y R I G H T I N F O R M A T I O N  
Copyright © 2006 Visioneer, Inc.  
Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allowed under the copyright laws.  
The Visioneer brand name and logo are registered trademarks of Visioneer, Inc. The PaperPort brand name and logo are registered trademarks of Nuance  
Communications, Inc. Kofax VRS is a copyright of Kofax Image Products. QuickScan is a trademark and ISIS is a registered trademark of Captiva Software  
Corporation. Adobe®, Adobe® Acrobat®, Acrobat® Reader®, and the Adobe® Acrobat® PDF® logo are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems  
Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. The Adobe PDF logo will appear in this product’s software, and full access to Adobe software features  
is only available if any Adobe product is installed on your computer.  
This product is covered by one or more of the following patents: 6, 480, 304; 5,818,976; 5,499,108; 5,517,332.  
Microsoft is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. ZyINDEX is a registered trademark of  
ZyLAB International, Inc. ZyINDEX toolkit portions, Copyright © 1990-1998, ZyLAB International, 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. 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. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any  
means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval systems, or translated to another language, for any  
purpose other than the licensee's personal use and as specifically allowed in the licensing agreement, without the express written permission of Visioneer.  
Part Number: 05-0707-000  
Restricted Rights Legend  
Use, duplication, or disclosure is subject to restrictions as set forth in contract subdivision (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software  
Clause 52.227-FAR14. Material scanned by this product may be protected by governmental laws and other regulations, such as copyright laws. The customer  
is solely responsible for complying with all such laws and regulations.  
Visioneer's Limited Product Warranty  
IF YOU FIND PHYSICAL DEFECTS IN THE MATERIALS OR THE WORKMANSHIP USED IN MAKING THE PRODUCT DESCRIBED IN  
THIS DOCUMENT, VISIONEER WILL REPAIR, OR AT ITS OPTION, REPLACE THE PRODUCT AT NO CHARGE TO YOU, PROVIDED YOU  
RETURN IT (POSTAGE PREPAID, WITH PROOF OF YOUR PURCHASE FROM THE ORIGINAL RESELLER) DURING THE 90-DAY PERIOD  
AFTER THE DATE OF YOUR ORIGINAL PURCHASE OF THE PRODUCT. UPON RECEIPT DURING THE INITIAL 90-PERIOD BY  
VISIONEER OF A VALID REGISTRATION OF THE PRODUCT, THIS LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY PERIOD IS EXTENDED TO THE  
12-MONTH PERIOD AFTER THE DATE 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-DAY INITIAL PERIOD EXPIRES.  
THIS IS VISIONEER'S ONLY WARRANTY AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY CONCERNING THE PRODUCT, ALL OTHER  
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WRITTEN OR ORAL, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF  
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, ARE EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED. AS A RESULT,  
EXCEPT AS SET OUT ABOVE, THE PRODUCT IS SOLD AS IS” AND YOU ARE ASSUMING THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE PRODUCT'S  
SUITABILITY TO YOUR NEEDS, ITS QUALITY AND ITS PERFORMANCE.  
IN NO EVENT WILL VISIONEER BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES  
RESULTING FROM ANY DEFECT IN THE PRODUCT OR FROM ITS USE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.  
All exclusions and limitations in this warranty are made only to the extent permitted by applicable law and shall be of no effect to the extent in conflict with the  
express requirements of applicable law.  
RoHS and WEEE Compliance  
This product is compliant with RoHS Regulations of the European Parliament and Council Directive on the Restrictions of the Use of Certain Hazardous  
Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (2002/95/EC), and with the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive (2002/96/EC).  
FCC Radio Frequency Interference Statement  
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for the class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are  
designed to provide reasonable protection against interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency  
energy and if not installed, and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no  
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which  
can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try and correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:  
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.  
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.  
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.  
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.  
This equipment has been certified to comply with the limits for a class B computing device, pursuant to FCC Rules. In order to maintain compliance with  
FCC regulations, shielded cables must be used with this equipment. Operation with non-approved equipment or unshielded cables is likely to result in  
interference to radio and TV reception. The user is cautioned that changes and modifications made to the equipment without the approval of manufacturer  
could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.  
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference,  
and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
What’s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1  
Step 3: Connect the Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16  
Selecting Page Format Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53  
Renaming a OneTouch Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58  
Selecting Options for a Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58  
Creating a New Scan Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
ii  
TABLE OF CONTENTS  
Scanning with Event Forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94  
Creating an HTML Web Page from Your Scanned Documents 96  
Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98  
Checking the Hardware and Setting the Lamp  
Display the Device Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124  
Scanning with the Windows Image Acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125  
Scanning with the ISIS Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130  
Adjusting the ISIS Scan Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
Uninstalling Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143  
To Install Another Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144  
Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145  
Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146  
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
iv  
TABLE OF CONTENTS  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
WELCOME  
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.  
WHATS IN THE BOX  
Before proceeding, check the contents of the box. If items are missing or  
damaged, contact the dealer where you purchased the scanner.  
Visioneer Patriot 680 Scanner  
Paper Tray  
Replacement  
ADF Pad  
USB Cable  
Power Cord  
Power Supply  
Two CDs  
Disc 1 and Disc 2  
User  
Guide  
Buttons  
Label  
Quick Install Guide and Technical  
Support Card  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
1
   
2
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
THE VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER  
ADF cover release  
Input Tray  
Output tray  
Paper Stop  
Status light  
Destination Selector buttons  
LED Number  
Duplex button  
Simplex button  
Scanner lock  
(on side of scanner)  
ADF cable  
Power switch  
Power jack  
USB port  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
THE VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER  
3
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.  
Status light—Shows the scanner’s status. A steady green light indicates  
the scanner is available to scan. A rapidly flashing green light indicates  
the scanner is preparing to scan or scanning. Refer to the  
Troubleshooting section for additional details.  
Destination Selector buttons—Selects the scan setting for the Simplex  
and Duplex buttons. Press to cycle through the settings.  
LED Number—Shows the current scan setting for the Simplex and  
Duplex scanning buttons. A scan setting includes resolution, file type,  
brightness, color or black and white, destination, and so on.  
Duplex button—Press to scan a two-sided document.  
Simplex button—Press to scan a one-sided document.  
Scanner lock—Locks the scanner’s scan head in place to protect it.  
Push the lock tab down to unlock the lock. The scanner must be  
unlocked to scan. Always lock the scanner before moving it.  
ADF cable—Connects the ADF to the scanner body. The cable  
provides power to the ADF and must be plugged in for it to operate.  
Power switch—On/Off power switch.  
Power jack—Connects the power cord to the scanner.  
Universal Serial Bus (USB) port—Connects the scanner to the  
computer.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
4
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
WHAT YOU NEED  
An IBM-compatible Pentium PC, or AMD equivalent with:  
A CD-ROM drive  
An available Universal Serial Bus (USB) port  
Microsoft® Windows® operating system: 2000 (Service Pack 4) or XP  
(Service Pack 1 and 2)  
A minimum of 512 MB (megabytes) of internal memory (RAM)  
200 MB minimum of free hard disk space  
A VGA or SVGA Monitor  
The recommended settings for your monitor are:  
High Color (16-bit) or True Color (24-bit or 32-bit)  
Resolution set to at least 800 x 600 pixels  
To set your monitor’s colors and resolution:  
Open the Windows Control Panel  
Double-click on Display then select the Settings tab  
DOCUMENTATION  
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  
interfaces.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
             
BEFORE YOU BEGIN  
5
Installation  
Installation is a quick, four-step process:  
1. Assemble the scanner  
2. Install the software  
3. Connect the power supply  
4. Connect the USB cable and turn on the power  
BEFORE YOU BEGIN  
Please make sure of the following before you begin installation:  
The information in this guide may cover software not provided  
with the scanner you purchased. Disregard any information about  
the software not applicable to your chosen product. Please visit our  
web site at www.visioneer.com for the latest software updates for  
your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner.  
If your computer has AntiVirus or AntiSpyware software running,  
you may see messages during installation asking you to allow the  
installation to 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 AntiSpyware software before installing your scanner,  
but if you do, make sure to turn it back on again when installation  
is finished.  
If you already have a scanner connected to your computer, you need  
to remove its driver programs first before beginning the installation  
of your Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner. Please see “Uninstalling Your  
Scanner” on page 143 for basic instructions, or see the User’s Guide  
that you received with your other scanner for specific instructions.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
       
6
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
STEP 1: ASSEMBLE THE SCANNER  
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.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
STEP 1: ASSEMBLE THE SCANNER  
7
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. Swing the input tray up until it snaps into place.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
8
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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. Lock the scanner when transporting it from one  
location to another, but remember to unlock it before scanning. The  
scanner will not scan when locked.  
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.  
9. Proceed to “Step 2: Install the Software.”  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE  
9
STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE  
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.  
2. Insert Disc 1 into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.  
The Installation menu automatically opens.  
Note: If the CD does not start, check the following:  
Make sure you have inserted Disc 1.  
Make sure the CD drive’s door is completely shut.  
Make sure the CD was inserted in the drive in the proper  
direction (label side up).  
To launch the CD manually:  
Open the Windows option for My Computer. You can do this  
by double-clicking on the My Computer icon on your desktop.  
Double-click the icon for your CD-ROM drive.  
The Installation menu for the CD should now open.  
If the menu does not open:  
From the list of files on the CD, double-click the file named  
START32.EXE.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
10  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
3. On the Installation menu, select Install Products.  
4. Make sure the boxes for Scanner Driver and OmniPage Pro® are  
checked.  
Note: The software provided with your scanner may differ slightly  
from the list shown in the window.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE  
11  
Note: The OmniPage Pro software is required for installation and  
provides extensive Optical Character Recognition (OCR) capabilities  
for your scanner software. It also adds special formats to the scanner’s  
OneTouch 4.0 software for creating searchable PDF files (known as  
sPDF and nPDF). Please note: if you do not install the OmniPage Pro  
software now, but install it later, you may need to restart your  
computer before the sPDF and nPDF formats are available in the  
OneTouch 4.0 software.  
5. Click Install Now.  
6. The Select Language window opens. Click the drop-down menu  
arrow and select the language you want to use. Click OK.  
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  
will terminate and the scanner driver will not be installed.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
12  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
The next window lists the choices of the drivers that you can install  
for your scanner.  
Note: Some of the options  
listed in this window may  
not be available when you  
purchase your scanner.  
Please visit our web site at:  
www.visioneer.com  
for the latest updates.  
9. Select the option you want.  
Full Install (OneTouch, TWAIN and ISIS)—This is the  
recommended installation. It installs the OneTouch 4.0  
software which provides the necessary driver software for the  
scanner. It also installs scanning interfaces for TWAIN,  
Microsoft’s Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) if your computer  
is running Windows XP, and the ISIS driver. Installing this  
option means that you can use several different methods to scan,  
as explained in this User Guide.  
TWAIN and ISIS—The TWAIN and ISIS drivers are installed.  
The OneTouch 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. You can also scan from applications that  
use the ISIS driver. You will not be able to use the buttons on the  
scanner.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE  
13  
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.  
ISIS only—The ISIS driver is installed. You can use applications  
the buttons on the scanner. You will not be able to use the  
Visioneer Patriot 680 TWAIN driver.  
Note: If you decide to change your scanner’s installed drivers later on,  
you must first uninstall the drivers the scanner is currently using. See  
To Install Another Driver” on page 144.  
10. Click Next.  
During installation of the Full Feature Install you will see this  
window asking you to select an image for your Color Space setting.  
The Color Space setting sets the gamma value for the scanner so  
scanned items look good on your monitor. Gamma controls the  
brightness of the midtones of colors. That setting can be changed  
later on as you’re scanning.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
14  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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. Each time this message appears, you  
can disregard it and click Yes.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE  
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.  
Select the option to allow the installation to proceed.  
Note: If you want to see more information about your scanner and a  
quick explanation of how to use the OneTouch features, click the  
More button on the window. When you’re finished, return to the  
window above to continue with the installation process.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
16  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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. Connecting any other type of  
power supply may damage your scanner, and will void its warranty.  
2. Plug the power cord into the power supply then into a wall outlet.  
Now proceed to the next section, “Step 4: Connect the USB Cable  
and Turn on the Power.”  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
STEP 4: CONNECT THE USB CABLE AND TURN ON THE POWER  
17  
STEP 4: CONNECT THE USB CABLE AND TURN ON THE  
POWER  
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.  
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. Connection to a USB 2.0 High Speed  
port provides optimum performance, however your scanner will  
also connect to a USB 1.1 port.  
USB  
The USB symbol, as seen in the above diagram, identifies the  
location of the USB port on your computer. If the plug does not  
attach easily, make sure that you are plugging it in correctly. Do not  
force the plug into the connection.  
You can also connect the scanner to a USB port on the computer’s  
keyboard if it has one, or to a USB hub. If you use a USB hub, it  
must have its own power supply already plugged into an electrical  
outlet.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
18  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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.  
The status light comes on and flashes indicating that the scanner is  
receiving power.  
If you are using Windows XP Service Pack 2, and have plugged the  
USB cable into a USB 1.1 port, an information bubble may open  
explaining that “A HI-SPEED USB device is plugged into a non-  
HI-SPEED USB hub”. Plug the USB cable into a USB 2.0 port (if  
available) or just disregard the message. If you leave it plugged into  
the USB 1.1 port, your scanner may scan a bit slower than the 35  
pages per minute, and 70 images per minute available with a USB  
2.0 port.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
STEP 4: CONNECT THE USB CABLE AND TURN ON THE POWER  
19  
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.  
5. When you’re certain that the software has 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.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
20  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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. Please make sure to install OmniPage Pro before scanning.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
STEP 4: CONNECT THE USB CABLE AND TURN ON THE POWER  
21  
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. Select Install OmniPage Pro.  
4. Follow the instructions on the screen to install OmniPage Pro.  
5. When installation is finished, remove Disc 2 and store it in a safe  
place.  
6. If you want to install other software from Disc 1, re-insert it into  
the CD-ROM drive now and see the next section, “Additional  
Applications for Your Scanner.”  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
22  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS FOR YOUR SCANNER  
Your scanner includes free, additional applications on the  
installation CD.  
To install the additional applications:  
Note: Some of the software  
listed in this window may  
not be available when you  
purchase your scanner.  
1. Return to the Installation window and select the additional  
applications you want to install on your computer.  
Please visit our web site at:  
www.visioneer.com  
for the latest updates.  
2. Click Install Now.  
3. Follow the instructions on the installation windows.  
If you want to install the Kofax VRS® software, you may see the  
following message.  
Please disregard this message and click OK. The Kofax VRS  
Certified ISIS® driver is installed correctly when you install your  
Visioneer Patriot 680 scanner.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
STEP 4: CONNECT THE USB CABLE AND TURN ON THE POWER  
23  
4. When installation is finished, return to the Installation window and  
click Main Menu.  
5. On the Main Menu, click User Guides.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
24  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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. The CD  
®
®
also includes a free copy of Acrobat Reader in case your  
computer does not have it already installed. The Scanner Readme  
file is in HTML format and will open in any standard browser.  
If you need to, click Acrobat Reader to install it now. Follow the  
instructions on the installation windows.  
To view and save the User Guides:  
1. Click the name of a User Guide you want to view and it will open  
in Acrobat Reader. Use the Acrobat Reader Save command to save  
that User Guide on your computer.  
2. 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.  
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.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
REGISTER YOUR SCANNER AND CHECK FOR UPDATES  
25  
REGISTER YOUR SCANNER AND CHECK FOR UPDATES  
Registering your scanner is important as it provides you with access to  
our free telephone support service. Registration also gives you free access  
to software updates for your scanner.  
To register your scanner:  
1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification  
Area (at the bottom right corner of the screen).  
2. Choose Check for Online Updates from the pop-up menu.  
The OneTouch Icon  
3. Follow the instructions on the screen and register your scanner by  
entering your scanner’s serial number and your email address.  
Note: A valid email address is required.  
The serial number is located on the side of the scanner.  
The Serial Number  
After registration is complete you will receive an email message with  
your RegID.  
Your RegID is important as you will need it when accessing free  
telephone support, or checking for online updates.  
4. Write down your RegID below so you will be able to find it easily in  
the future.  
RegID:_________________________________  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
26  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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  
Scanner Buttons—When you press 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. See “Load and Scan Documents” on page 27.  
OneTouch—Use this scan option when you want to scan from the  
adjust the scan settings as needed, put the document in the scanner,  
then click the icon on the OneTouch panel. Also use this OneTouch  
method of scanning if you want to access the advanced features of  
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) available from the OmniPage  
page 33.  
TWAIN Interface—This option uses your scanner’s TWAIN  
interface to scan. Select the TWAIN scan settings, put the document  
in the scanner, then click a button on the TWAIN interface window.  
See “Scanning with the TWAIN Interface” on page 107.  
Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)—This option uses the  
Microsoft Windows set of choices for scanning. Select the WIA scan  
settings, put the document in the scanner, then click a button on the  
WIA window. Scanning with WIA is only available if your computer  
is running Windows XP. See “Scanning with the Windows Image  
Acquisition” on page 125.  
ISIS Interface—This option uses ISIS driver to scan. Select the ISIS  
scan settings, put the document in the scanner, then use your ISIS  
application to scan using the ISIS Interface. See the ISIS Interface on  
page 131.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
       
LOAD AND SCAN DOCUMENTS  
27  
LOAD AND SCAN DOCUMENTS  
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. Staples and paper clips can jam  
the feed mechanism and scratch the internal components. Do not scan  
any document with labels, stickers or Post-It™ notes on the pages. If a  
label, sticker or Post-It note comes off during the scanning process, the  
item can get stuck in the scanner and this will void your scanner’s  
warranty.  
1. Adjust the paper guide for the width of paper. Then load the  
documents so the tops of the pages are inserted into the Automatic  
Document Feeder.  
For Simplex (one-sided) scans, load the documents face up. To  
maintain the original order of the documents when they are sent to  
the Destination Application, the scanner starts at the first page and  
scans to the last page.  
For Duplex (two-sided) scans, the documents can be face up or  
down because both sides are scanned.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
       
28  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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.  
The current scan setting. See “Check  
the Scan Settings Before Scanning” on  
page 30 to check the settings.  
3. To scan a one-sided document, press the Simplex button.  
To scan a two-sided document, press the Duplex button.  
A scan progress window opens and, when scanning is finished, the  
image is sent either to the selected Destination Application from  
the OneTouch utility, or to a folder for storing scanned documents.  
Cancel  
button  
Pause  
button  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
LOAD AND SCAN DOCUMENTS  
29  
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. Buttons 1, 2 and 7 are preset to scan documents into the PDF  
or sPDF format and, without opening them first, send them to the  
storage folder located at C:\Documents and Settings\<your user  
name>\My Documents\My OneTouch Archive\PDF Documents.  
In that case, you won’t see the image of the scanned document until  
format. You can also set up the buttons to scan to different file  
formats, such as jpg or tiff. In that case the location would be  
C:\Documents and Settings\<your user name>\My Documents\My  
OneTouch Archive\JPG Documents or TIF Documents. Please see  
the section “The Storage Options Tab (Archive)” on page 70 for  
selecting options for the storage file format and location.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
30  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
CHECK THE SCAN SETTINGS BEFORE SCANNING  
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.  
2. Right-click a button on the panel to see its description.  
The OneTouch Button Panel shows the description of the selected  
setting. This sample shows the current description of setting 6.  
Thisnumbercorrespondsto  
the LED on the scanner.  
The icon indicates the  
Destination  
Application for this set-  
ting.  
The current name of the  
setting.  
Your document will be scanned with  
these options for setting Number 6.  
Right-clicking also opens the OneTouch Properties window for that  
setting also opens so you can change any settings before scanning.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
       
SCAN FROM THE FLATBED GLASS  
31  
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. See “Scan from the OneTouch Button Panel” on  
page 33 for more about the Button Panel.  
SCAN FROM THE FLATBED GLASS  
Use the Flatbed glass to scan documents or lighter weight paper, such as  
credit card receipts, or items that cannot be scanned with the Automatic  
Document Feeder, such as pages in books.  
Note: You must remove any pages from the Automatic Document  
Feeder before scanning from the Flatbed glass. If pages are in the  
Automatic Document Feeder, they will be scanned instead of the page  
on the Flatbed glass.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
32  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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.  
4. Close the lid.  
5. Press the Up or Down Destination Selector buttons to choose a  
scan setting. Then press either the Simplex or Duplex button.  
6. The face-down side of the page is scanned and the image is sent to  
the selected Destination Application from the OneTouch utility.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL  
33  
SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL  
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.  
2. Now click on the OneTouch icon in the Windows Notification  
Area (at the bottom right corner of the screen).  
The OneTouch Button Panel opens and shows the first five on-  
screen scanning buttons. Click the arrows to cycle through all  
button settings. When it reaches the last button, clicking again goes  
back to one.  
Click the button you  
want to use to scan.  
Click these arrows  
to navigate through  
the buttons.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
34  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
3. On the screen—not on the scanner—click the button you want to  
use to scan.  
For example, if you want to Or if you want to scan with button 4,  
scan with button 2, which  
converts the document to  
sPDF, click here.  
which attaches the scanned document  
Note: Your scanner comes with factory-preset OneTouch button  
settings. You can reconfigure and rename the buttons for your specific  
scanning requirements. For information see “The Default OneTouch  
Settings on Your Scanner” on page 38.  
The scanner begins scanning. When the process finishes, the  
scanned images appear in the Destination Application or are stored  
in a folder, just as if you scanned with the Simplex or Duplex  
scanner buttons.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL  
35  
USING THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL  
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.  
The OneTouch Button Panel opens at its Button View, which  
shows the on-screen scanning buttons.  
The Button View  
2. To scan from the panel, click the icon you want to use to scan.  
3. To see the details for a button, right-click on it. The Properties  
window for that button also opens.  
Right-click on a button to see its details in  
the Detail View and Properties Window.  
The Detail View  
Clicking the icon in either view  
starts the scanner scanning using the  
button’s settings.  
4. To cycle through the buttons, click the arrows on the right side of  
the panel.  
Click these arrows to cycle  
through the buttons.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
36  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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 Detail View  
The Button View is your main scanner control panel. Use it to  
scan or to see all the buttons.  
The Detail View shows the current scan settings for a button.  
The Hardware View shows the current scanners connected to  
your computer.  
If the Properties window is not open, right-click the icon on the  
Detail View or Button View to open it.  
From the Hardware View and Detail View, click the green arrow to  
return to the Button View. You can also click on the hardware icon to  
return to the Button View.  
6. To close the OneTouch Button Panel, click the close button on the  
panel.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL  
37  
ABOUT THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANELS NAMES AND ICONS  
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  
in Microsoft Outlook Express®. But you can change the name, the  
Destination Application, and any of the other aspects of the button.  
A question mark for a button, such as shown for button 5, means your  
computer does not have appropriate software for the initial factory  
settings (Fax software in this example). In that case, you would probably  
want to change the name and Destination Application to something  
else. For example, if you scan a lot of documents that have faint images,  
such as hand-drawn sketches in light pencil, you might want to change  
the button’s name to Sketches, and the Destination Application to  
Microsoft Paint, or some other drawing program.  
A folder icon for a button, such as shown for buttons 1, 2, and 7, means  
that the scanner sends the scanned image to the default folder at  
C:\Documents and Settings\<your user name>\My Documents\My  
OneTouch Archive\PDF Documents without first opening it in a  
the appropriate application for the file’s format. The file will be named  
with the current date. Buttons 1 and 7 are preset to scan documents into  
the PDF format. Button 2 scans to the sPDF format. Use an application  
that can read the PDF or sPDF format to open the scanned document.  
See “Configuring the OneTouch Buttons” on page 39 to change the  
settings of the buttons on the OneTouch Button Panel.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
38  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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  
Preconfigured Settings  
1
Scan  
Store in the folder My Documents/My  
OneTouch Archive/PDF Documents  
Black&White @ 200dpi Duplex  
8.5" x 11" page, Brightness 50%  
2
3
4
5
6
PDF  
Print  
eMail  
Fax  
Store in the folder My Documents/My  
OneTouch Archive/PDF Documents  
Black&White @ 300dpi Duplex  
8.5" x 11" page, Brightness 50%  
Printer  
Black&White @ 300dpi Simplex  
8.5" x 11" page, Brightness 50%  
Microsoft Outlook (as attachment)  
Fax Application  
Black&White @ 200dpi Simplex  
8.5" x 11" page, Brightness 50%  
Black&White @ 200dpi Simplex  
8.5" x 11" page, Brightness 50%  
OCR  
Microsoft Word (if installed)  
Black&White @ 300dpi Duplex  
8.5" x 11" page, Brightness 50%  
If Word is not installed, documents are stored  
in the folder My Documents/My OneTouch  
Archive/PDF Documents  
7
8
Archive  
Custom  
Store in the folder My Documents/My  
OneTouch Archive/PDF Documents  
Black&White @ 300dpi Duplex  
8.5" x 11" page, Brightness 50%  
Microsoft Paint  
Color @ 100dpi Simplex  
6" x 4" photo size  
Brightness 50% Contrast 50%  
9
Paint  
Microsoft Paint  
Color @ 300dpi Simplex  
8.5" x 11" page  
Brightness 50% Contrast 50%  
10-99  
Unnamed Microsoft Paint  
Color @ 100dpi Simplex  
6" x 4" photo size  
Brightness 50% Contrast 50%  
Note: If you install new applications on your computer, and they do  
not appear in the Select Destination list, click the Refresh button.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
39  
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
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.  
2. Right-click a button on the OneTouch Button Panel.  
Note: Remember that left-clicking a button on the OneTouch Button  
Panel starts the scanner scanning. Right-clicking opens the OneTouch  
Properties window.  
The OneTouch Properties window opens for that button.  
Right-click on a button (for example, button 02)  
and the Properties window opens for that button.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
           
40  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
ABOUT THE ONETOUCH PROPERTIES WINDOW  
The OneTouch Properties window is where you can select new settings  
for the buttons. The OneTouch Properties window also contains special  
scanning features such as scanning and burning to a CD, scanning and  
converting text directly into an HTML web page, and scanning with  
optical character recognition (OCR) that turns a scanned image into  
text that you can edit.  
Note: Some of the options on the OneTouch Properties Window (and  
other 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. The Format and Page(s)  
option is set to scan in the DOC image format.  
Click to select  
options.  
The button number and name.  
The file format  
used when  
scanning.  
The settings that  
the scanner uses  
when scanning  
with the current-  
lyselectedbutton  
(in this case  
The Destination Application.  
This is the application that  
opens when you are finished  
scanning.  
button 6).  
Note: If you install new applications on your computer, and they do  
not appear in the Select Destination list, click the Refresh button.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
41  
The settings on the Properties window are:  
Select Destination—The list of applications that can open to display  
the scanned image for the selected button. To configure the list of  
available applications, click the Options tab at the top of the dialog box  
and select the desired options. See “Selecting Options for a Button” on  
page 58 for more information.  
Select Configuration—The list of available scan configurations for the  
selected button. The configuration settings include: scanning mode,  
resolution (dpi), page size, brightness, color saturation, hue, and  
gamma. To see a selected scan configuration’s settings, click its icon.  
Click the icon again to close the detailed information.  
Click the icon of a selected  
configuration to view its  
settings.  
The icons next to each scan configuration indicate the scanning mode.  
Color Black and White Grayscale  
Configure  
Before Scan  
Note: Use Configure Before Scan if you want to set the scanning mode  
manually before scanning. See “Configuring Before Scanning” on  
page 78.  
You can also click the Edit button or double-click the configuration to  
see more detailed information about the selected configuration.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
42  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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.  
The icon names indicate their file types. See “Selecting Page Format  
Options” on page 53 for more about the formats.  
Use Document Feeder/Use Flatbed—These two options are pre-set to  
remain selected so you can scan from both the Automatic Document  
Feeder and the Flatbed glass. Your scanner senses if pages are in the  
Automatic Document Feeder and automatically scans them when you  
press the Simplex or Duplex button, or you click a scan button in the  
OneTouch 4.0 utility.  
To scan from the Flatbed glass using the Simplex or Duplex buttons, or  
the scan buttons in the OneTouch utility, you must first remove any  
will sense those pages, and scan them instead.  
Note: When scanning using the WIA or TWAIN interfaces, you must  
choose to scan from the Automatic Document Feeder or the Flatbed  
glass. See the sections “Scanning with the TWAIN Interface” on  
page 107 and “Scanning with the Windows Image Acquisition” on  
page 125 for details.  
Options tab—Displays a window for selecting options related to the  
selected destination application for the scanned image.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
43  
SELECTING NEW SETTINGS FOR A BUTTON  
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 format for the  
scanned image  
Select a configuration  
for scanning the item.  
Select a software application  
as the destination to send  
scanned documents.  
To select new settings for the Scanner Button:  
1. Click the button selection arrows to select the button you want to  
change.  
Each button has its own settings. So, as you click the arrows to cycle  
show them for each button.  
2. From the Select Destination list, select the application where you  
want documents sent when scanning is finished.  
See “Selecting Options for a Button” on page 58 to display a full list  
Note: If you select a word processing program such as Microsoft  
WordPad or Microsoft Word and a page format that can be used for  
OCR (such as TEXT, RTF, DOC, sPDF, or nPDF), the text in  
scanned images is automatically converted to word processing text. See  
“Scanning with Optical Character Recognition (OCR)” on page 80  
for details.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
       
44  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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. If you select a different application, the  
configurations are for that application. However, you can create  
your own scan configurations as well.  
4. Select a Format and Page(s) option.  
The available options apply to the Destination Application you  
select. For example, if you select Microsoft Word as the Destination  
Application, the available formats are for text, such as .doc, .txt, and  
.rtf. However, if you select Microsoft Paint as the Destination  
Application, then the available formats are for graphics, such as  
.bmp, and .jpg.  
5. Click OK, or if you want to keep the window open and work with  
other features, click Apply.  
Note that while the OneTouch Properties window is open, you  
cannot scan yet by clicking a button 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.  
When you are finished selecting new settings for a button and you  
press or click a scanner button, the document is scanned using the  
newly configured settings for that button.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
45  
SETTING DESTINATION APPLICATION PROPERTIES  
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.  
ClickaDestination  
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.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
46  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
Text Documents Properties  
These properties apply to Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel®, Adobe  
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.  
Always send a file, even when no text was found—The scanned  
file is sent to the OCR reader even if the image does not appear to  
contain text. This could occur if you scanned a photograph with a  
OneTouch button set for text applications.  
Show message if text recognition failed—A message will open on  
the screen if the OCR reader does not detect text in the image.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
47  
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.  
4. Select the icon in Step 3 of the dialog box. That is the icon that will  
appear in the OneTouch Destination List.  
5. In step 4 of the dialog box, select the file formats that the  
application will accept.  
Refer to the documentation that you received with the application  
to see which text formats the application accepts.  
The options you select at step 4 determine the page format icons in  
the OneTouch Properties window for that group of applications.  
6. Click the Add button.  
7. Click OK or Apply on the Link Properties window.  
8. Click Refresh on the OneTouch Properties window.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
48  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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. When a  
computer screen is set to a lower resolution, bitmap images with a  
higher resolution may be too big to fit on the screen. Converting  
the bitmap image to match the screen resolution ensures that the  
image fits on the screen.  
Convert Bitmaps to JPEG—JPEG files can be compressed to  
produce smaller file sizes and, therefore, shorter transmission times.  
Use this option to provide that compression capability to image  
files.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
49  
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. If a CD burner is attached to your computer, you can also  
use this dialog box to start the Burn to CD process. See the section  
Note: The Burn to CD option is only available for Windows XP.  
You can also set up multiple configurations to store scanned items in  
separate locations. See “The Storage Options Tab (Archive)” on page 70  
and “Scanning to Multiple Folders” on page 72.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
       
50  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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.  
Documents are put into folders by month, week, or type—  
Folders are created based on your selection (month, week, or type)  
and the scanned documents are saved in those folders. New folders  
are created for each month and week so you can keep track of when  
you scanned the documents.  
2. Click the Browse button to specify the location to store the  
scanned documents.  
If you are scanning to a shared network drive, it must be a mapped  
drive. For more information about mapped drives, see your  
network administrator.  
If you have a CD burner attached to your Windows XP computer,  
the option Show message when ready to burn 5" CD (700MB),  
should also be selected so you will see a message when it’s time to  
click the Burn to CD button.  
3. Click OK on the Link Properties window.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
51  
eMail Properties  
These properties apply to email applications so you can specify the  
folder for documents that you will attach to an email message.  
Microsoft Outlook® will accept direct attachment of documents to a  
blank email message as soon as scanning is finished, but other email  
applications do not. If you’re using one of those applications, such as  
America Online® (AOL), you need to know which folder contains the  
scanned documents so you can manually attach them to your email  
messages.  
1. Click the Browse button for Folder for storing attachments and  
choose a folder for your email attachments.  
2. Click the Browse button to specify the location to store them, or  
type a location directly into the box.  
See the steps on page 49 to add an application.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
52  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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. Please contact AOL for more information about the  
folder location in which AOL stores attachments.  
4. If you need to set or change any internet options for AOL, click the  
Internet Options button.  
The Windows Internet Options Control Panel opens. See your  
Windows documentation and AOL user manual for the settings on  
the Windows Control Panel.  
5. Select the options for color document handling.  
Convert Bitmaps using Screen Resolution—Use this option to  
ensure that an image will fit on the computer’s screen. When a  
computer screen is set to a lower resolution, bitmap images with a  
higher resolution may be too big to fit on the screen. Converting  
the bitmap image to match the screen resolution ensures that the  
image fits on the screen.  
Convert Bitmaps to JPEG—JPEG files can be compressed to  
produce smaller file sizes and, therefore, shorter transmission times.  
Use this option to provide that compression capability to image  
files.  
6. Click OK.  
7. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
53  
SELECTING PAGE FORMAT OPTIONS  
The Page Format options that you select determines the file format of  
the scanned document. Appropriate page format options and file types  
are available for the type of Destination Application selected for the  
button.  
The available options are for images and text.  
Image Formats  
Text Formats; sPDF is  
only one of several text  
formats available.  
The Text Formats are for text file types. The names of the formats  
indicate their file types. See “Text Formats” on page 55 for details.  
IMAGE FORMATS  
Select an image file format for photos, artwork or other documents that  
you want to save as images. BMP and TIFF are standard image file  
formats generally used if you want to do additional image processing,  
such as photo touch-up or color correction. Both of those file formats  
tend to be larger than the JPEG format.  
Because JPEG image files can be reduced in size, the JPEG format is  
often used for images on web pages, or if file size might be a problem  
when electronically sending the files. JPEG files are reduced in size by  
lowering their image quality, and you can select the degree of quality for  
your scanned images from the JPEG page format icon.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
             
54  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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  
or quality.  
Note: The two other PDF formats—nPDF and sPDF—are for  
scanning with OCR processing and with the ability to search the  
scanned text. See the next section, “Text Formats,” and also “Scanning  
with sPDF or nPDF and Searching for Text” on page 89 for details.:  
To select a JPEG or PDF file size:  
1. Select JPG or PDF as the page format.  
2. Right-click on the JPG or PDF icon.  
A menu opens.  
3. Choose the file size/image quality option for your scanned images.  
Minimize Size—Smallest file size, lowest image quality.  
Normal—Medium file size, some loss of image quality.  
Maximum Quality—Largest file size, no loss of image quality.  
Your selection pertains only to the button currently selected on the  
OneTouch Properties window. Other buttons that have JPG or  
PDF selected as the Page Format are not affected, so you can set the  
JPEG or PDF file size/image quality independently for each button.  
4. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
55  
TEXT FORMATS  
Selecting the text format option also selects OCR processing as an  
automatic step for scanning. Therefore, when you scan a document  
with the text format selected, the text portions of the document are  
automatically converted to editable text. See “Scanning with Optical  
Character Recognition (OCR)” on page 80.  
Select a text format for documents with text or numbers, such as a  
business letter, report, or spreadsheet. The text format icon has several  
file formats available, depending on the Destination Application you  
select.  
The specific file format is the file name extension on the text format  
icon.  
The specific text format; this example is  
for Microsoft Word format (.doc).  
As you select Destination Applications that are text applications, the  
text format icon changes to match the file type of the application. In  
some cases, the Destination Application supports several file types, and  
you can right-click on the icon to choose the particular file type for that  
application.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
         
56  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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.  
Example menu for the  
nPDF 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. Other buttons that  
have a text option selected as the Page Format are not affected, so  
you can set the text file type independently for each button.  
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.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
         
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
57  
Comma Delimited—The .csv file format; used for database or  
spreadsheet data with fields separated by commas. When the  
document is converted into editable text by the OCR software, the  
fields are maintained so you can copy and paste them to a database  
or spreadsheet application.  
Excel Spreadsheet—The .xls file format used by Microsoft Excel.  
HTML Document—The .htm file format used to create web  
pages.  
Searchable PDF—The sPDF file format used by Adobe Acrobat  
and OmniPage Pro. This format converts scanned text into PDF  
with text search and OCR capabilities. It is only available if you  
have installed OmniPage Pro on your computer. See “Scanning  
with sPDF or nPDF and Searching for Text” on page 89 for details.  
OmniPage Pro. This format also converts scanned text into PDF  
with text search and OCR capabilities, plus you can edit the text in  
an nPDF image if you have a PDF editing program. The nPDF  
format is also only available if you have installed OmniPage Pro on  
your computer. See “Scanning with sPDF or nPDF and Searching  
for Text” on page 89 for details.  
4. To change the OCR settings, choose OCR Options.  
The OCR Options provide a series of selections for the OCR  
feature when you scan text. This menu option is only available if  
you have installed OmniPage Pro on your computer. See “Selecting  
OmniPage OCR Options” on page 82 for details.  
Note that the OCR Options settings apply to all buttons. If you  
change them for one button, those changes apply to the other  
buttons as well.  
5. Click OK on the OneTouch Properties window.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
                 
58  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
RENAMING A ONETOUCH BUTTON  
The OneTouch buttons have names that identify their pre-set functions,  
such as OCR and PDF, but you can edit the names.  
To change the button names:  
1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.  
2. Using the arrows, choose the button that you want to rename.  
3. Select the name’s text and type a new name.  
Click the arrows to get to  
the button to rename, then  
select the name text.  
Type a new name for the  
button.  
4. Click OK or Apply.  
The button is now renamed.  
SELECTING OPTIONS FOR A BUTTON  
The OneTouch Options determine the types of Destination  
Applications available for a button, as well as the location of the files of  
your scanned items.  
Note: To get to a button quickly instead of clicking the forward and  
back arrows on the button panel, open the OneTouch Properties  
window, click the Options tab, then click the Select Button drop-  
down menu. You can then select the button from the menu list. Click  
the Multi Function tab to get back to the button settings.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
       
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
59  
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. The list of Destination Applications  
available for the selected button will include all the applications on  
your computer that fall into these categories. This is the default  
selection for Button 8 (Custom). The list also includes printers and  
other devices connected to your computer so, for example, you can  
scan an item and have it printed immediately.  
Select Destinations—Select this option to individually choose the  
types of applications to include in the list of Destination  
Applications. Check the boxes for the type of application to  
include.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
       
60  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
Document Management includes applications for processing  
and keeping track of your scanned documents.  
Image Editors include Microsoft Paint and other drawing and  
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. See “Scanning with  
Optical Character Recognition (OCR)” on page 80 for more  
about OCR.  
PDF applications are for documents scanned to PDF format.  
Email includes Microsoft Outlook and other email applications.  
scanned documents to your email messages.  
Storage and CD-R/W is for either storing scanned documents  
in a folder, or sending them to a CD burner to create a CD  
containing the scanned documents. See “Transferring Scanned  
Documents to Storage” on page 98 and “Scan and Burn to a  
CD” on page 92 for details.  
your printer or fax software for faxing.  
Sti event forwarding is for using another application’s interface  
for scanning. The OneTouch Event Forwarding dialog box opens  
so you can select which application to use to continue scanning.  
See “Scanning with Event Forwarding” on page 94 for details.  
4. After selecting a new category of Destination Applications, click the  
Multi Function tab to see which ones are added to the list.  
Show Progress Window—Select this option to display the progress  
window of the document(s) during scanning.  
Create copies of scanned documents—Sometimes the image of a  
scanned document is only saved as a temporary file until its  
Destination Application is finished using it. In those cases you may  
or may not want an additional, permanent copy saved on your hard  
drive.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
               
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
61  
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. The same situation may occur when you scan  
directly to a printer or scan to a fax application. You already have  
the paper version (and in the case of a printer, you would have two  
paper copies—the original and the scanned printed version) so  
there’s no need for an electronic file too. However, by selecting this  
Create copies of scanned documents option, you can choose to  
save permanent copies of those types of images on your hard drive.  
The copies will be saved in the folder specified in the Folder Copy  
Options section (see the figure on page 59 and the description  
below).  
You can selectively choose the types of Destination Applications  
that will have their scanned images saved permanently. For  
example, if your computer is connected to multiple printers and fax  
machines, each one is considered a separate Destination  
Application. By selecting the Fax and Print box and clicking the  
Create copies of scanned documents option, every scanned  
document you fax or print from the scanner is also saved as a  
permanent file on your hard drive.  
This option is not available if either the Document Management  
or Storage and CD-R/W options are selected because, by default,  
file copies for those types of Destination Applications are already  
automatically saved in the folder for copies.  
Likewise, the option is also not available for the default setting of  
Buttons 1 (Scan), 2 (PDF), and 7 (Archive) because they are set as  
Transfer to Storage with the Destination Application type set as  
Storage and CD-R/W.  
Folder Copy Options—This section of the dialog box sets the  
location for copies of your scanned documents and how you want  
to group them.  
All copies of your scanned documents, regardless of type of  
Destination Application, are saved in this folder.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
62  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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.  
When you use the OneTouch 4.0 Burn to CD feature, the location  
is where scanned documents are stored before they are burned onto  
the CD.  
Click the Browse button and find the folder for the copies. Select  
the grouping option for the documents. The Group by button  
option groups the documents under the name of the OneTouch  
button. For example, if the button is named Printer, the documents  
are grouped under the name Printer. Group by type arranges the  
scanned documents by the type of file, such as .doc or .jpg. If you  
also want to group them by date you can choose the week and  
month options.  
The following example shows the folders when the selections are  
Group items by type and Group items by month.  
5. Click OK to save the options for the selected button.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
63  
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.  
The Scan Configurations.  
The Lock Icon.  
Click New to create a  
new Scan Configuration.  
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. That way, you will  
always have the original factory-set configurations available.  
To create a new configuration:  
1. Open the OneTouch Properties window and make sure the Multi  
Function tab is selected.  
2. Scroll through the applications in the Select Destination list and  
click the type of application for which you want to create a new  
scan configuration.  
When you create a new scan configuration, it will be listed for the  
buttons that are set for the same types of Destination Applications.  
For example, if you create a new configuration for a button that is  
set to show image editor applications, that new configuration is also  
listed for any other buttons set for image editors, but not for  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
64  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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.  
If the Scan Settings tab is not selected, click it.  
4. On the Scan Configuration Properties dialog box, type a name.  
Note: If you’re going to set up the new configuration to scan duplex  
(two-sided), include that in the name, such as “Scan for Dark Print  
(Duplex),” to remind you that it is a duplex scan.  
Type a new name for  
the configuration.  
If the configuration  
is locked, click the  
lock to unlock it.  
The icon becomes a  
key.  
Select the scan mode  
and drag the slider to set  
the resolution.  
Drag the sliders to set  
the Brightness and  
Contrast.  
Note: If you select a printer or other device in the Select Destinations  
list, the dialog box may have an additional Device Settings tab for  
setting specific options for the particular device.  
5. Select scan settings for the new scan configuration.  
Mode—Select a scanning mode:  
Black&White to scan in black and white. For example, letters  
and memos are usually scanned in black and white. This scan  
mode produces the smallest file size.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
65  
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. The maximum resolution  
is 600 dpi; the minimum is 50 dpi. The higher the dpi setting,  
the sharper and clearer the scanned image. However, higher dpi  
settings take longer to scan and produce larger files for the  
scanned images.  
Brightness and Contrast—Sometimes an item is scanned with  
the brightness and contrast set too light or too dark. For  
example, a note written with a light pencil may need to be  
scanned darker to improve legibility.  
Brightness refers to the lightness or darkness of the image. Contrast  
is the range between the darkest and lightest portions of the image.  
The greater the contrast, the more difference between the lighter  
and darker shades in the image.  
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 Black&White mode.  
6. If you want to lock the configuration, click the key icon to change  
it from a key to a lock.  
7. Click the Page Settings tab to select page settings.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
           
66  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
Click to toggle  
betweeninchesand  
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. 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.  
Improvements and Settings—Only the options that apply to the  
selected Destination Application are available.  
Reduce Moire Patterns—Moire patterns are wavy, rippled lines  
that sometimes appear on the scanned images of photographs or  
illustrations, particularly newspaper and magazine illustrations.  
Selecting Reduce Moire Patterns will limit or eliminate moire  
patterns in the scanned image. This option is only available for  
the Grayscale or Color Mode at 300 dpi or less.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
67  
Invert Image—Only available for Black&White Mode, this  
option reverses the black and whites of an image.  
Original Image  
Inverted 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. Regardless of the OneTouch setting,  
the scanner button always takes precedence. In other words, even if the  
LED number on the scanner has a setting for Duplex, when you press  
the Simplex scanner button the scanner scans in Simplex mode, and  
vice versa.  
Skip Blank Originals—Skips pages that are completely blank.  
Typically you use this option when you will scan a stack of two-  
sided pages which have a number of blank sides. This option is  
only available for Duplex scanning.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
         
68  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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. Color filter applies to  
Black&White or Grayscale Mode.  
The original with a red  
watermark over black text.  
The scanned item with the  
red filtered out.  
8. Click the Advanced Settings tab.  
The options of the Advanced Settings tab are for the Color or  
Grayscale scanning mode.  
9. Drag the sliders to the left and right to change the color settings. As  
you do, the image changes to show the effects of the new settings.  
Saturation is the strength or purity of a color, hue is the color your  
eyes see as reflected from the image, and gamma controls the  
brightness of the midtones of the color.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
       
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
69  
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.  
THE DEVICE SETTINGS TAB  
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. You use the options on the  
Device Settings tab to select settings for the device.  
1. Click on the Device Settings tab.  
Fit to page, reduce image if necessary—If the scanned image is  
too big to be printed or faxed on a single page, the image will  
automatically be reduced to fit the page.  
Actual size, crop image if necessary—If the scanned image is too  
big to be printed or faxed on a single page, the image will  
automatically be cropped around its edges to fit on the page.  
Center image on page—The image will be printed in the center of  
the page instead of at the top right corner.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
70  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
Maintain aspect ratio—The aspect ratio is the length-to-width  
relationship of the image’s dimensions. Select this option so the  
image’s relative proportions remain constant.  
AutoRotate image for best fit—If the image is a Landscape format  
and the device is printing in the Portrait mode, or vice versa, rotate  
the image to fit on the page.  
Collate copies—If you are printing more than one page, collate the  
copies. Enter the number of copies in the Copies box.  
Advanced—Click to see additional settings for the device. The  
dialog box that opens is specific to the device. For example, if the  
device is your printer, the dialog box is your printer’s setup settings.  
2. Click OK or Apply.  
THE STORAGE OPTIONS TAB (ARCHIVE)  
A Storage Options tab is on the Scan Configurations dialog box when  
the selected Destination Application is set as Transfer to Storage. You  
use the options on this tab to select where you want to save your  
scanned items for storage when scanning with that particular Scan  
Configuration. Button 7 is set as the default Archive button for  
scanning to storage, with Transfer to Storage as the destination. So if  
you want to have the Scan Configuration apply to Button 7, switch to it  
first before creating the new Scan Configuration.  
the storage options that apply to the Storage Properties. This means  
that you can create separate Scan Configurations to store scanned  
items at various locations in addition to the main location set by the  
Storage Properties. See “Storage Properties” on page 49 and  
Transferring Scanned Documents to Storage” on page 98 for more  
details.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
71  
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. New folders  
are created for each month and week so you can keep track of when  
you scanned the documents. Type refers to the file type selected as  
the Page Format on the OneTouch Properties window.  
By default, the location of the archived documents is at  
C:\Documents and Settings\<your user name>\My  
Documents\My OneTouch Archive and then in a folder based on  
your selection for the Storage Layout. For example, if the file type is  
TIFF, and you select Documents are put into folders by type, the  
default location of scanned archive documents is at C:\Documents  
and Settings\<your user name>\My Documents\My OneTouch  
Archive\TIFF Documents.  
3. If you want to store your archive documents in some other location,  
click the Browse button to specify the new location.  
4. Click OK or Apply.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
72  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
SCANNING TO MULTIPLE FOLDERS  
When archiving documents with the Transfer to Storage option, you  
can scan them to multiple folders. For example, one folder might be for  
“Business Receipts,” a second folder might be for “Personal Receipts,”  
and a third folder might be for “Annual Receipts.”  
To scan to multiple folders, you create multiple scan configurations with  
Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application, and assign each scan  
configuration to one of the scanner buttons.  
Setting up multiple folders for transfer to storage:  
1. Using Microsoft Windows, create the folders that you want to use  
for storing scanned items. Note that you can also create the folders  
later while creating the new scan configurations.  
2. Open the OneTouch Properties window.  
3. Select Transfer to Storage as the Destination Application.  
4. Click the New button.  
Select Transfer to Storage.  
Click the New button.  
The Scan Configuration Properties dialog box opens.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
73  
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. Click the Storage Options tab.  
7. Click the Browse button.  
8. Select the folder you created for storing the scanned documents.  
If you haven’t created the folder yet, you can click the Make New  
Folder button and type the name for the new folder.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
74  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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.”  
12. Make sure to designate separate folders as the Storage Locations for  
the new configurations.  
You will now have multiple configurations set up for the Transfer to  
Storage destination, and each configuration scans documents to  
separate folders.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
75  
The new configurations  
apply to the Transfer to  
Storage Destination  
Application.  
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. To change button names, see “Renaming  
a OneTouch Button” on page 58.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
76  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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. When scanning is finished, re-insert the documents and press the  
Destination Selector buttons to get to the next button you have set  
up for scanning.  
5. Press the Simplex or Duplex button to scan the documents.  
When scanning is finished, the documents are stored in the two separate  
folders.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
77  
EDITING OR DELETING SCAN CONFIGURATIONS  
Note: Your scanner comes with a number of configurations pre-set at  
the factory. We recommend that you keep those configurations locked  
and do not edit or delete them. That way, you will always have the  
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.  
To edit or delete a scan configuration:  
1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.  
2. Select the scan configuration you want to edit or delete.  
Select the scan configuration  
to edit or delete. It must be  
unlocked, as indicated by  
having a key or no icon  
displayed here.  
3. To delete the configuration, click the Delete button.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
78  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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. Clicking it toggles between  
locking and unlocking the configuration. The key icon indicates  
the configuration is unlocked.  
Click the Lock/Key icon  
to toggle between locked  
and unlocked.  
5. Edit the settings and click OK.  
6. Click OK to close the dialog box.  
CONFIGURING BEFORE SCANNING  
You can manually configure the scan settings before beginning the  
scanning process. In that case, you select Configure Before Scan as the  
Scan Setting. When you press a scan button, one of the scanning  
interfaces opens for you to set the scanning options.  
To configure before scanning:  
1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.  
2. Using the arrows, choose the button that you want to set to  
configure before scanning.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
79  
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  
Some interface options may not be available, based on the drivers  
TWAIN—The TWAIN Interface opens for you to configure the  
scanning. See “Scanning with the TWAIN Interface” on page 107.  
ISIS—The ISIS Scan interface opens for you to configure the  
scanning. See “Scanning with the ISIS Interface” on page 130  
WIA—The Windows Image Acquisition Interface (WIA) opens for  
you to configure the scanning. See “Scanning with the Windows  
Image Acquisition” on page 125.  
Note: The WIA option is only available if your computer is running  
Microsoft Windows XP.  
5. Click OK or Apply on the OneTouch Properties window.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
80  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
SCANNING WITH OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (OCR)  
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is like a printer in reverse.  
Instead of printing what’s on the screen onto paper, OCR converts text  
and numbers on a scanned page into editable text and numbers. You can  
then work with the text and numbers to edit, spellcheck, change font or  
type size, sort, calculate, and so forth.  
Note: Visioneer recommends that all OCR processing use the original  
factory settings for OCR scanning that came with your scanner. When  
scanning with other settings, use at least 300 dpi for the resolution. If  
the original documents are of poor quality and have small type, 400  
dpi can be used as the maximum resolution.  
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. OmniPage Pro is on the Disc 2 CD that you received  
with your scanner in case you haven’t installed it yet.  
If OmniPage Pro is installed, the OCR process is automatic when the  
page format on the OneTouch Properties window is a text format, such  
as DOC, TEXT, XLS, RTF, and so forth.  
Note: OneTouch Button 6 is preset as your OCR button. But you can  
also set up any other button to scan and OCR the text.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
       
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
81  
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.  
Click the arrows until  
Button 6 is on the panel,  
then click Button 6.  
Your scanned pages appear in the Destination Application with  
their text ready for editing and other text processing.  
Note: OCR scanning is also for spreadsheets so you can work in  
Microsoft Excel (or other spreadsheet application) with the figures and  
text from the original spreadsheets.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
82  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
SELECTING OMNIPAGE OCR OPTIONS  
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. If you reconfigure Button 8 to also  
OCR text, the OCR options you select for Button 8 will also apply to  
Button 6.  
To select OmniPage OCR options:  
1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.  
2. Using the arrows, choose a button that has Destination  
Applications that use the text format as their file type.  
3. Select the Destination Application to get one of the text format file  
types as the page format.  
4. Right-click on the page format icon to see the menu.  
5. Choose OCR Options from the menu.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
83  
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. For faster and more reliable language  
recognition, select only the languages in the document.  
The languages at the top of the list are your recent choices. Below  
that the languages are in alphabetical order. Type a letter to jump to  
one of the languages in the list.  
The dictionary icon indicates a language with dictionary support  
available. The dictionary is consulted to help in the OCR process.  
It can also offer suggestions during proofing.  
User Dictionary—A user dictionary is your personal dictionary  
with words that you want the OCR proofreading process to  
recognize as legitimate words. For example, if you scan documents  
with highly technical terms not found in typical dictionaries, you  
can add them to your personal dictionary. You can also add names  
that you expect to be in the documents too. That way, when the  
OCR process proofreads the text, names will not be considered  
misspelled words.You can create multiple user dictionaries.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
84  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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.  
Click New, type a name for the dictionary, and click OK. Click  
Close then choose your new dictionary from the list. It will be used  
during the OCR process. You add words to a dictionary during the  
proofreading process. To turn on the proofreading process for your  
scanned documents, see the OmniPage Pro documentation.  
Professional Dictionaries—These are legal and medical dictionaries  
containing highly specialized words and phrases. The options are:  
Dutch Legal, Dutch Medical, English Legal, English Medical,  
French Legal, French Medical, German Legal, and German  
Medical. Click the checkbox next to a dictionary name to select it.  
Reject Character—This is the character that the OCR process  
inserts for an unrecognizable text character. For example, if the  
OCR process cannot recognize the J in REJECT, and ~ is the reject  
character, the word would appear as RE~ECT in your document.  
The ~ is the default reject character.  
Type the character you want to use in the Reject character box. Try  
to choose a character that will not appear in your documents.  
Font MatchingYour computer system usually has a number of  
fonts available for the OCR process to use to recognize text.  
However, not all of the fonts may be selected for the OCR process.  
Using Font Matching you can select the fonts on your computer  
that match the fonts in your documents.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
85  
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. If possible, the list  
of Fonts for your document should include all the fonts in the  
documents you plan to scan. To add new fonts to that list, select a  
font in the Fonts on System list and click Add. Note that when  
you select a font, a sample appears in the text box so you can  
compare it with the fonts in your document to see if that’s the right  
font. To remove a font, select it and click Remove. To return the  
lists to their defaults, click Use Defaults. Click OK when you’re  
finished.  
7. Click the Process tab and choose the options from the Process  
window.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
86  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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.  
Automatically correct page orientation—Select this option to have  
the OCR process check orientation and automatically rotate an  
improperly oriented page image by 90, 180 or 270 degrees prior to  
recognition. All pages are automatically straightened (de-skewed) if  
necessary.  
Retain text and background color—If your document contains  
colored text or backgrounds, select this option to have them  
detected and displayed in the text editing application you have  
selected. The colored text and backgrounds will also be available for  
export. Deselect this option if you want color pictures in the  
document but do not want colored text and backgrounds. You can  
change the color of texts and backgrounds in the OmniPage Pro  
Text Editor.  
Retain inverted text—Inverted text is white or pale letters on a  
black or dark background. Select this option to retain inverted text,  
deselect it to have inverted text transformed to normal text of black  
text on a white background.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
87  
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).  
User interface language—Click the drop-down arrow and select  
the language to use on the OmniPage windows. The available  
languages may differ for different parts of the world.  
8. Click the Format tab and choose the options you want from the  
Format window.  
Note that as you select formats, the image changes to represent the  
selection so you can see, at a glance, what the layout will look like.  
Automatic—Choose this option to let the OCR process determine  
the layout of the pages. It is the fastest type of format processing.  
Typically you select this option when the document has different or  
unknown types of layouts, pages with multiple columns and a table,  
or pages containing more than one table. The OCR process will  
then determine if text is in columns, an item is a graphic or text,  
and tables are present.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
88  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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.  
Multiple Columns, no Table—Choose this option if some  
document pages contain text in columns and you want it kept in  
separate columns, similar to the original layout. If table-like data is  
encountered, it is placed in columns, not in a gridded table.  
Single Column with Table—Choose this option if your document  
contains only one column of text and a table. The table will be  
placed in a grid in the text editing application you have selected.  
You can later specify whether to export it in a grid or as tab-  
separated text columns.  
Spreadsheet—Choose this option if the entire document consists of  
a table that you want to export to a spreadsheet program, or have  
treated as a table. No flowing text or graphics zones will be  
detected.  
Template—If you created a zone template in OmniPage Pro,  
choose a zone template file to have its background value, zones and  
zone properties applied to all OCR scanned pages from now on.  
No Formatting (NF)—The document will be plain text,  
decolumnized and left-aligned in a single font and font size. You  
can export plain text to nearly all file types and target applications,  
and graphics, tables and bullets can be retained. When exporting to  
Text or Unicode file types, graphics and tables are not supported.  
Retain Fonts and Paragraphs (RFP)—This output format retains  
the font and paragraph styling, including graphics and tables  
without columnized text. This output format is available for nearly  
all file types.  
Flowing Page (FP)—This format keeps the original layout of the  
pages, including columns. This is done wherever possible with  
column and indent settings, but not with text boxes or frames. Text  
will then flow from one column to the other, which does not  
happen when text boxes are present.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
         
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
89  
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”.  
9. When you’re finished selecting the OCR options, click OK on the  
Options window.  
These options will now apply to the OCR processing when you  
select any scan button with a text format as the page format.  
SCANNING WITH SPDF OR NPDF AND SEARCHING FOR TEXT  
Searchable PDF (sPDF) and Normal PDF (nPDF) are special forms of  
an Adobe PDF file. sPDF converts scanned text into the PDF format  
with text search and OCR capabilities. nPDF has those same features,  
plus you can edit the text in an nPDF image if you have a PDF editing  
program.The two PDF formats can also produce images with different  
image quality, so you may want to experiment with them to determine  
which is better for your scanned documents. sPDF and nPDF are only  
available as page format options if you have installed OmniPage Pro on  
your computer.  
Note: If you did not install the OmniPage Pro software as part of the  
scanner installation, and you choose to install it at this time, you may  
have to restart your computer before the sPDF and nPDF formats are  
available in the OneTouch software.  
To scan with sPDF or nPDF:  
1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.  
2. Using the arrows, choose a OneTouch button to use for the sPDF  
or nPDF scanning.  
3. Select a Destination Application that uses a text format as the page  
format.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
       
90  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
4. Right-click on the text format icon.  
5. Choose the Searchable PDF or Normal PDF option for the page  
format.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
91  
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.  
The page format  
icon is now set to  
the selection from  
the menu.  
6. Choose a Scan Configuration.  
7. Click OK.  
The OneTouch Properties window closes.  
8. Now scan with that button and the scanned document will be in  
the sPDF or nPDF format that was selected for the button.  
Note: The Transfer to Storage selection for a Destination Application  
also has the sPDF and nPDF options. That means you can scan and  
store items directly to a server in these formats.  
9. To search for the text, open Adobe Acrobat Reader or Adobe  
Acrobat.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
92  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
10. From the Adobe Acrobat File menu choose Open, and open the file  
you just scanned.  
11. From the Adobe Acrobat Edit menu choose Find.  
The Find dialog box opens.  
12. Enter the text you want to find, and click the Find button.  
See the Adobe Acrobat user manual for more about finding text in a  
PDF file, or about editing PDF text.  
SCAN AND BURN TO A CD  
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  
XP.  
To scan and burn to a CD:  
1. Put a blank CD into your computer’s CD Drive.  
2. Open the OneTouch Properties window.  
3. Using the arrows, choose a button to use for scanning and burning  
to a CD.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
93  
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. Choose a Page Format and a Scan Configuration.  
6. Click OK.  
The OneTouch Properties window closes.  
7. Now start scanning using the button you selected to use to scan and  
burn to a CD.  
When scanning is finished, a bubble message on the screen tells you  
that files are waiting to be burned to the CD.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
94  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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. Click the Burn to CD button.  
The CD burner begins and your scanned documents are written to  
the CD.  
SCANNING WITH EVENT FORWARDING  
If you want to specify an application to use for scanning at the start of  
the process, you can use event forwarding. The scanner will feed in the  
first page, but will then stop until you select the application to use. After  
you select the application, its interface will open and you can use it to  
continue with the scanning.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
95  
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.  
4. Choose a Scan Configuration.  
5. Click OK.  
The OneTouch Properties window closes.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
96  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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.  
CREATING AN HTML WEB PAGE FROM YOUR SCANNED DOCUMENTS  
If you scan a document, whether a single page or multiple pages, you  
can have the pages converted directly to HTML formatted pages 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. This is, essentially, from your scanner to a web-  
ready format in one automatic step.  
To scan and create an HTML web page:  
1. Open the OneTouch Properties window.  
2. Using the arrows, choose Button 6 (OCR), or any other button that  
has Microsoft Explorer as one of its Destination Applications.  
3. Select Microsoft Explorer as the Destination Application.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
97  
4. Choose HTML as the Page Format.  
Choose HTML  
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. Click OK.  
The OneTouch Properties window closes.  
7. Insert the document into the Automatic Document Feeder, or put a  
page on the Flatbed glass.  
8. Now on the OneTouch Button Panel, click Button 6 (or if you used  
another button, click it).  
When scanning is finished, the document is first converted to  
editable text using the OCR process, then is converted into an  
HTML format. Microsoft Internet Explorer then opens showing  
your converted page.  
Note: Depending on the complexity of the document, its conversion  
to the HTML format may take a few moments.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
98  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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.  
You may also want to write down the address shown in the Address  
bar to make sure you’ll know where to find your new HTML page  
later on.  
10. You can now use Microsoft Internet Explorer or other application  
to post the document to your web page as you would any other  
HTML page.  
TRANSFERRING SCANNED DOCUMENTS TO STORAGE  
With the Transfer to Storage scanning process, you can scan documents  
and save them in a folder in one step. The process is ideal for archiving  
documents without having to manually save or process them in any  
other way. If you choose a text format for the file format, the documents  
are also automatically converted by the OCR process into editable text  
and numbers before being stored.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS  
99  
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.  
2. To scan from the OneTouch Button Panel, click the OneTouch  
icon in the Windows Notification Area, click the arrows to see  
Button 7, then click Button 7.  
Click the arrows until  
Button 7 is on the panel,  
then click Button 7.  
Your scanned pages are stored in the location that you specified on  
the OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
100  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
Your scanned documents  
will be stored at this location.  
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. Using the arrows, choose Button 7, or any other button if it is set  
up with Transfer to Storage as one of its Destination Applications.  
3. Choose a text format as the file format.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 101  
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).  
When scanning is finished, the documents are saved in the text file  
format and in the location you specified.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
102  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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” on page 98 for the steps to select  
the Transfer to Storage options.  
2. On either the OneTouch 4.0 Link Properties window, or from the  
Scan Configuration Properties window, click the Browse button.  
The Browse For Folder window opens.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 103  
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.  
Select a mapped drive or  
server as indicated by the  
icon.  
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.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
104  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
CHECKING THE HARDWARE AND SETTING THE LAMP POWER SAVING  
FEATURE  
1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon and choose Show Hardware  
from the pop-up menu.  
You can also click the scanner icon at the top of the OneTouch  
Button Panel.  
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.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 105  
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.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
106  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
3. Click the arrows for the Lamp timeout setting and choose a time  
setting.  
To turn the lamp on and off manually without turning off power to  
the scanner, click the Lamp On or Lamp Off buttons.  
To return the scanner to its factory settings, click Reset Device.  
4. Click OK to save the changes and close the dialog box.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
SCANNING WITH THE TWAIN INTERFACE 107  
SCANNING WITH THE TWAIN INTERFACE  
In addition to using the scanner buttons or the OneTouch Button Panel  
to scan, you can also scan using the TWAIN interface. Many  
applications can use TWAIN for scanning.  
A Note About Your Scanner and the TWAIN standard: TWAIN is a  
widely recognized standard that computers use to receive images from  
scanners, digital cameras, and other digital devices. Many word  
processing, graphics, and imaging applications comply with the  
TWAIN standard, and you can use your scanner with any application  
that is fully TWAIN-compliant.  
Note: If the OneTouch configuration you are using to scan is set to  
Configure Before Scan, and the selected option is TWAIN, the  
TWAIN interface opens right away. You don’t need to open it from  
another application as explained in the following steps.  
To scan with the TWAIN Interface:  
1. Open an application that is TWAIN-compliant.  
Applications that are TWAIN-compliant include Microsoft  
PowerPoint and Microsoft Word, and many other graphics  
applications and word processing applications.  
2. Use the application’s command that opens the TWAIN interface.  
For example, in Microsoft PowerPoint, from the Insert menu,  
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. See “Scanning with the Windows  
Image Acquisition” on page 125to scan from WIA.  
Other applications have steps similar to PowerPoint’s.  
3. The TWAIN Interface will open. If you’ve already scanned using  
TWAIN, the interface that opens is the one you used previously to  
scan.  
Please refer to an application’s user guide for the appropriate steps to  
open the TWAIN Interface for your scanner.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
108  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
THE TWO TWAIN 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  
TWAIN Basic Interface” on page 109.  
Advanced Interface—The Advanced Interface includes all 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 111.  
The Basic Interface has the settings for  
scanning typical documents.  
The Advanced Interface has all the  
scan settings of the Basic Interface,  
plus a range of additional settings for  
more advanced image adjustment.  
To switch between the Basic and Advanced Interfaces, click the Basic  
Interface or Advanced Interface button.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
THE TWO TWAIN INTERFACE OPTIONS 109  
SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN BASIC INTERFACE  
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.  
Click the Advanced Interface button if you would  
rather scan with the Advanced Interface.  
To scan from the Basic Interface:  
1. 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.  
2. Choose the color, grayscale, or black and white option from the  
Picture Type menu.  
Note: If you want to preview the document before scanning from the  
ADF, make sure only one page is loaded into the scanner.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
110  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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. Click the Preview button and  
adjust the scanner settings. Then replace the page on the stack at its  
original position and load the stack into the scanner. Then just click  
the Scan button.  
4. Adjust the Brightness, Contrast, and Resolution until the picture  
is what you want. You can also change the picture type again, for  
example, from color to grayscale.  
5. When you are satisfied with the preview image, remember to place  
the document into the ADF again if you’re scanning a stack of  
pages. Click Scan.  
6. When you’re finished scanning items, click Done to close the Basic  
Interface.  
7. The scanned images will appear in the TWAIN application you’re  
using.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
THE TWO TWAIN INTERFACE OPTIONS 111  
SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN ADVANCED INTERFACE  
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  
Reflective (from the Flatbed).  
Click an icon to select a config-  
uration—Color, Grey Scale, or  
Black&White. Clicking the “+”  
sign in front of Custom shows  
Custom’s scan settings.  
Click a setting in the list to  
change it. The setting’s options  
appear on the right side of the  
Advanced Interface where you  
can make changes if necessary.  
Check the Scan Info to  
make sure your computer  
has sufficient space for the  
image. Warning icons on  
this box appear if your  
computer does not have  
enough space for the  
scanned image’s file.  
If you don’t need all the fea-  
tures of the Advanced Inter-  
face, click Basic Interface to  
return to it.  
Click Preview to view the  
image in the window.  
When you are satisfied  
with the scan settings,  
click Scan.  
Click Done to close the  
Advanced Interface.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
112  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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.  
The configuration settings appear as a list. Click the + (plus) sign to  
see the full list. Click the - (minus) sign to collapse the list.  
Color scans the image in full color. Use this setting to scan color  
photographs and other color images. The file size is the largest of  
the image type options.  
Grey Scale scans the image using up to 256 true shades of gray.  
Use this setting to scan black and white photographs and other  
higher quality black and white images. You can also scan a color  
photo with this setting to turn its colors into gray shades. The  
file size is about one third the size of a color scan.  
Black&White is for letters, memos, pen and ink drawings, and  
other black and white material. This setting produces the  
smallest file size for scanned items.  
5. Click the Preview button to preview the image before scanning.  
6. Review the image to determine if adjustments are needed.  
7. To adjust a setting, click the setting in the list on the left below the  
selected configuration.  
A panel opens on the right side of the Advanced Interface for the  
selected setting. Select new options on that panel. See “Adjusting  
the Image with the Advanced Interface” on page 114 for details  
about changing scan settings.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
THE TWO TWAIN INTERFACE OPTIONS 113  
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.  
10. When you’re finished scanning items, click Done to close the  
Advanced Interface.  
A scan progress window opens. To Cancel scanning while it is in  
progress, click the Cancel button on the progress window.  
11. The scanned images will appear in the TWAIN application you’re  
using.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
114  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
ADJUSTING THE IMAGE WITH THE ADVANCED INTERFACE  
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.  
2. Click a setting in the list of 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 configuration applies only to that  
type of configuration. For example, the Black&White Configuration  
does not have a setting for adjusting the Color Hue.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
THE TWO TWAIN INTERFACE OPTIONS 115  
The following figure shows an example of the Advanced Interface if  
you click the Resolution setting in the list, or click the Resolution  
button.  
Click to close the  
settings panel  
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.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
116  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
ADJUSTING THE RESOLUTION  
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. Usually the higher  
resolution settings are used for precision work, such as photographs or  
fine artwork.  
The following figure shows the resolution options.  
Note: The location of various buttons on the panels may be slightly  
different on your Advanced Interface window. The appearance of the  
window depends on your computer monitor’s screen resolution.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
THE TWO TWAIN INTERFACE OPTIONS 117  
To adjust the resolution:  
1. To use one of the preset resolutions for typical scanned items, click  
one of the options in the list.  
For example, to set the resolution for scanning a business card,  
select Business Card. That setting is preset to read small print on a  
typical business card.  
2. To set the resolution manually, drag the Resolution slider to the left  
to decrease the resolution or to the right to increase it.  
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.  
3. Click Reset to return the resolution to its original setting.  
The resolution panel also includes an advanced setting for Moire  
patterns. Moire patterns are wavy, rippled lines that sometimes appear  
on the scanned images of photographs or illustrations, particularly  
newspaper and magazine illustrations. To scan the image and limit or  
eliminate moire patterns, select the Reduce Moire option. This option  
is only available from 50 to 300 dpi.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
118  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST  
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.  
Contrast is only available for Color and Gray Scale 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 lighter.  
2. Drag the Contrast slider to the left to decrease the contrast or to  
the right to increase the contrast.  
You can also type a number directly into the brightness or contrast  
setting boxes, or click the up and down arrows next to the box to  
increase or decrease the setting.  
3. Click Reset to return the settings to their original numbers  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
THE TWO TWAIN INTERFACE OPTIONS 119  
ADJUSTING GAMMA, SATURATION, AND COLOR HUE  
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.  
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 the settings or to the right to increase the settings.  
You can also type a number directly into the setting boxes, or click  
the up and down arrows next to the boxes.  
2. Click Reset to return the settings to their original numbers.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
120  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
ADJUSTING INPUT SIZE  
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.  
The following figure shows the input size options.  
To set the image size:  
1. Select the image size from the menu.  
A dotted outline shows the selected area in the image.  
The following figure shows an example of a manually selected area.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
THE TWO TWAIN INTERFACE OPTIONS 121  
This is the image that appears  
when scanning is finished.  
The Scan Info box shows the  
size and position of the area.  
The selected scan 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.  
3. To resize the area, put the pointer on a dotted line and drag it.  
As you drag a dotted line, the menu selection for the image size  
changes to Custom to indicate you are customizing the size.  
The Scan Info box on the lower left portion of the Advanced  
Interface shows the information for the new area.  
4. If the dotted line is not exactly where you want it, put the pointer  
on the line and drag the mouse.  
5. If you want to remove the selected area and start over, click Remove  
on the Scan Info box.  
Note: Clicking Remove causes the entire 8.5" x 14" area to be  
selected.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
122  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
THE 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.  
THE SCAN INFO BOX  
The following figure shows the information on the Scan Info box.  
Physical size of the  
image to scan.  
Location of the top  
left corner of the  
image in the  
Preview window.  
Size of the file of the  
scanned image.  
Current location of  
the pointer as you  
drag it on the  
Preview window.  
The space on your  
computer’s hard drive.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
THE TWO TWAIN INTERFACE OPTIONS 123  
CREATING A NEW ADVANCED INTERFACE PROFILE  
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.  
2. Adjust the settings as required and then click the Save As button.  
The Save Profile dialog box opens.  
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.  
To change or delete a profile you created:  
1. Select your profile from the configuration list.  
2. Make changes to the profile as needed, and then click Save.  
3. If you want to delete the selected profile, click Delete.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
124  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
DISPLAY THE DEVICE CONFIGURATION  
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.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
SCANNING WITH THE WINDOWS IMAGE ACQUISITION 125  
SCANNING WITH THE WINDOWS IMAGE ACQUISITION  
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.  
Note: Duplex (two-sided) scanning is not available from WIA.  
To scan using WIA from Microsoft Paint:  
1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to All Programs, point  
to Accessories, and then click Paint.  
The Paint window opens.  
2. From the File menu choose From Scanner or Camera.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
126  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
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.  
4. If you’re scanning from the Automatic Document Feeder, select a  
paper size from the Page Size list.  
If you’re scanning from the Flatbed glass, you can change the size of  
the scanned image after seeing a preview.  
5. Click Preview to preview the image before scanning.  
The image is displayed on the right side of the window.  
Note: If you preview when scanning a stack of documents, the first  
page of the stack feeds through the ADF for the preview. After  
adjusting the scanner settings, replace that page on the stack so it is  
scanned with the rest of the pages.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
SCANNING WITH THE WINDOWS IMAGE ACQUISITION 127  
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. To do this, click and hold the mouse pointer over  
one of the four sizing-boxes on the corners of the previewed  
image. Then drag the box to increase or decrease the size of the  
image.  
7. Preview the image again. When you are satisfied with the image,  
click the Scan button.  
8. The scanned images will appear in Microsoft Paint (or other  
TWAIN application you’re using).  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
128  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
FINE TUNING YOUR SCANS  
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.  
The Advanced Properties dialog box opens.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
SCANNING WITH THE WINDOWS IMAGE ACQUISITION 129  
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. The maximum resolution is 600 dpi;  
the minimum is 50 dpi. The higher the dpi setting, the sharper and  
clearer the scanned image. However, higher dpi settings take longer  
to scan and produce larger files for the scanned images.  
Picture type—Click the menu arrow and choose the most  
appropriate type for the item you’re scanning.  
11. Click OK.  
The Custom Settings button is now set to scan with the options  
you selected.  
If you want to reset the settings and start over, click Reset.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
         
130  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
SCANNING WITH THE ISIS INTERFACE  
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.  
Right-click on  
Configure Before Scan  
to get the menu, and  
choose ISIS to use it as  
the interface to  
configure before scan.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
SCANNING WITH THE ISIS INTERFACE 131  
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.  
Click Preview  
One to see  
what the first  
scanned page  
looks like so  
you’ll know  
which scan  
settings to  
adjust.  
Click Scan All when you’re ready to scan all  
the pages. Remember to put the preview page  
back onto the stack so it gets scanned with the  
new settings too.  
1. Click the button most appropriate for the item you’re scanning.  
2. Click Preview One to preview the image before scanning.  
The image is displayed on the right side of the window.  
Note: If you preview when scanning a stack of documents, the first  
page of the stack feeds through the ADF for the preview. After  
adjusting the scanner settings, replace that page on the stack so it is  
scanned with the rest of the pages.  
3. Click the Define button and adjust the scan settings, if necessary.  
You can also click one of the other scan type buttons if you would  
rather scan with it. For example, if Color Document is selected you  
can click GrayScale in case you decide to scan with it instead.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
132  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
4. When you’re ready to scan, replace the preview page in its original  
position in your document then press Scan All.  
The document is scanned with the new scan settings.  
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. On the OneTouch ISIS Scan window, click the Color Document  
button, the GrayScale button, or the Text Document button, then  
click the Define button.  
The dialog box on the left opens for the Grey/Color Document  
Settings. The dialog box on the right opens for Text Document  
Settings. A Text Document scan is in Black and White.  
Brightness—Drag the sliders or click the arrows to the right or left  
to adjust the brightness one unit at a time. Click the buttons  
Darken, Normal, or Lighten to move the slide in larger steps.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
           
SCANNING WITH THE ISIS INTERFACE 133  
Contrast—Contrast is set automatically for Color Document or  
GrayScale Document. Because the Text Document option scans in  
Black and White, the contrast option does not apply.  
Resolution—Click the menu arrow and choose a resolution (dpi).  
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. On the OneTouch ISIS Scan window, click the Custom  
Document button and click the Define button.  
The dialog box for Custom Settings opens.  
Mode—Click the arrow and choose a scan mode.  
Black and White—The scanning pixels are all the same size and  
are either black or white. Use this setting for letters, memos, pen  
and ink drawings, and other black and white material. This  
setting produces the smallest file size for scanned items.  
256-Level Gray—Scans the image using up to 256 true shades of  
gray. Use this setting to scan black and white photographs and  
other higher quality black and white images. You can also scan a  
color photo with this setting to turn its colors into gray shades.  
The file size is about one third the size of a color scan.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
       
134  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
24-Bit Color—Scans the image in full color. Use this setting to  
scan color photographs and other color images. The file size is  
the largest of the scan mode options.  
Dither—Only available if the Mode is Black and White. Click the  
menu arrow and choose a Halftone option or Diffusion from the  
list.  
Halftone—Converts the image so it appears to consist of gray  
tones. Halftones produce simulated gray tones by using black  
and white pixels of different sizes and is often used to produce  
newspaper and magazine images. Use this setting for lower  
resolution black and white images. The halftone settings also  
produce small file sizes.  
Diffusion—Also converts the image to gray tones, but diffuses  
the grays to nearby pixels to give the image a grainy, film-like  
texture. Diffusion is useful for viewing images on a black-and-  
white screen.The preview image shows the effect of your Dither  
selection so you can see which one is best for scanning.  
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" x 14".  
Brightness—Drag the sliders or click the arrows to the right or left  
to adjust the brightness in small increments. Click the buttons  
Darken, Normal, or Lighten to move the slide in larger steps.  
Contrast—Drag the sliders or click the arrows to the right or left to  
adjust the contrast. Contrast is set automatically for Black and  
White scans.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
       
SCANNING WITH THE ISIS INTERFACE 135  
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.  
You can now move and resize the rectangle to adjust the specific  
area to scan.  
4. To move the rectangle, put the crosshairs cursor in it, hold down  
the Ctrl key and drag the mouse.  
You can also type new numbers in the boxes on the left.  
5. To resize the rectangle, click in the Width or Length boxes and type  
new measurements.  
To set the units of measurements, click the menu arrow for the  
Units box and choose the measurement units.  
6. To start over with a new rectangle, click on the image and drag a  
new rectangle.  
7. When the area is exactly what you want, click OK.  
Now when you scan with the ISIS interface, only the selected area  
appears as an image in the Destination Application.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
136  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
Maintenance  
This section contains information on maintenance, troubleshooting,  
uninstalling, scanner specifications, and spare parts.  
CLEANING THE AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER  
You may need to clean the ADF feed mechanism if your documents do  
not feed easily into the ADF, or several feed in at the same time.  
To clean the ADF:  
1. Wet a cotton swab with some isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol).  
2. Press the ADF cover release on the top of the scanner body to open  
the Automatic Document Feeder cover.  
3. Wipe the feed roller from side to side. Rotate the roller to clean its  
entire surface.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
CLEARING PAPER JAMS 137  
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.  
4. Wipe the pad from top to bottom. Be careful not to snag the swab  
on the springs on either side of the pad.  
5. Close the cover when you’re finished.  
CLEARING PAPER JAMS  
If your scanner stops scanning due to a paper jam in the Automatic  
Document Feeder, a warning dialog box opens after a few moments.  
To clear a paper jam:  
1. Press the ADF cover release on the top of the scanner body to open  
the Automatic Document Feeder cover.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
138  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
2. Remove the jammed paper and close the cover.  
To reduce the number of paper jams, smooth and straighten the paper  
before scanning and adjust the guides to the paper size.  
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.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
REPLACING THE ADF PAD ASSEMBLY 139  
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.  
3. Reverse the procedure to replace the new pad into its slots.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
140  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
TROUBLESHOOTING  
In addition to the troubleshooting information contained in this  
section, please see the Readme file on your installation CD. The  
Readme file contains additional information that may help you  
diagnose problems with the scanner.  
If you try the troubleshooting procedures described in this section and  
in the 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?  
Check for one of these possible problems:  
Are the cables loose or not plugged in securely? Inspect the cable  
connections. Make sure the cables are plugged in securely.  
Is the scanner’s status light on? Turn on the scanner’s power. If  
the status light doesn’t come on, plug the power supply into  
another electrical outlet.  
Did you restart the computer after installing 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 connect the scanner, the hub must have its own power  
supply. If the hub does not have its own power supply, plug the  
scanner into a USB port on the computer.  
Did you select another scanning source from a TWAIN  
application? If you use multiple devices with your computer, you  
may have selected another source for images with your TWAIN  
scanning application. Make sure your Visioneer 680 scanner is the  
selected scanning device.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
       
TROUBLESHOOTING 141  
Problem: The installation will not complete successfully. If  
installation finishes, the scanner’s OneTouch 4.0 options do not seem  
to work properly. What do I do?  
A likely cause is that some driver programs are already installed on your  
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. You can also use the basic steps in the  
section “Uninstalling Your Scanner” on page 143, but in Step 3, instead  
of uninstalling OneTouch 4.0, uninstall the other scanner’s driver  
programs. After uninstalling the other scanner’s driver programs,  
uninstall OneTouch 4.0 using the steps on page 143, then reinstall it  
using the steps on page 9.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
142  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
STATUS LIGHT TROUBLESHOOTING CODES  
A green status light indicates the normal state of the scanner.  
Normal Operation  
Blinking green: indicates the scanner is waking up from power  
saving and preparing to scan.  
Steady green: indicates the scanner is ready to scan.  
Error Codes  
If your scanner experiences hardware problems, the status light will  
blink red, and the LED flashes an “E” and the error code number.  
The LED blinks back and forth  
between “E” and the error code  
number (such as 4).  
The red light flashes the number  
of times as the error code (4 in  
this example).  
The following table describes the error codes.  
Error  
Code  
Problem Description  
Solution  
4
Paper jam  
Open the ADF cover and remove the  
jammed page. See “Clearing Paper  
Jams” on page 137 for details.  
7
The scanner is locked  
when you tried to scan.  
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.  
All Other An internal part in the  
Re-boot your computer. If the problem  
persists, contact Visioneer Technical  
Support.  
Codes  
scanner may have  
malfunctioned.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
     
UNINSTALLING YOUR SCANNER 143  
UNINSTALLING YOUR SCANNER  
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.  
3. Select OneTouch 4.0 then click the Remove button.  
4. An “Add or Remove” message box opens and asks if you are sure  
you want to remove OneTouch 4.0 from your computer. Click Yes.  
The OneTouch 4.0 software is removed from your computer.  
5. Unplug the scanner USB cable.  
6. Close all open windows and reboot (restart) your computer.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
144  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
TO INSTALL ANOTHER DRIVER  
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. Select OneTouch 4.0 then click on the Remove button.  
d. An “Add or Remove” message box opens and asks if you are sure  
you want to remove OneTouch 4.0 from your computer. Click  
Yes.  
The OneTouch 4.0 software is removed from your computer.  
2. Unplug the scanner USB cable.  
3. Reboot (restart) your computer.  
4. Follow the instructions in “Step 2: Install the Software” on page 9  
of this User Guide and follow steps for installing one of the other  
driver options.  
Note: The OneTouch 4.0 driver is required for the scanner’s buttons to  
function. If you select a driver without OneTouch 4.0, the scanner  
buttons will not initiate scanning.  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER SPECIFICATIONS 145  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER SPECIFICATIONS  
Optical resolution  
Bit depth  
Maximum item size  
Minimum item size  
Scan method  
600 x 1200 dpi  
48-bit color internal, 8-bit grayscale internal  
8.5” x 14.0”  
4.5” x 5.5” (Automatic Document Feeder)  
Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) and legal size flatbed  
ADF specifications  
Scanning Speed  
Up to 40 pages per minute.  
Up to 80 images per minute @ 200 dpi Black and White  
Capacity  
100 sheets (16 lbs paper)  
Paper Thickness  
Light source  
Interface  
16 - 28 lbs (0.002” - 0.006”)  
Cold cathode fluorescent lamp  
USB 2.0 High-Speed  
Scanner dimensions  
Height  
Width  
Length  
Weight  
13.6 inches (344.6 mm)  
16.2 inches (411.5 mm)  
20.9 inches (530.9 mm)  
23.6 pounds (10.7 kg)  
Operating temperature  
Relative humidity  
Power adaptor  
50°–104° F (10°–35° C without condensation)  
40%–70% (@35° C without condensation)  
DC Jack, 24Vdc/2.0A (48W), 100-240Vac, Energy Star and  
RoHS compliant  
Power consumption  
< =40 Watts (during operation); < = 25 Watts (on standby);  
< = 6 Watts (power save after 15 minutes without scanning,  
can be adjusted by software);  
< = 1 Watt (power off)  
Power cord  
USB cable  
AC, US, 3P, 10A/125V, 180 cm, 3C, 18AWG, RoHS  
compliant  
185 cm, 28AWG, with core, RoHS compliant  
Safety and agency certifications UL, C-UL, FCC Class B  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
   
146  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER USERS GUIDE  
VISIONEER PATRIOT 680 SCANNER 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  
35-0103-000  
AC Power Cord  
USB Cable  
35-0102-000  
Power Supply  
Buttons Label  
37-0076-000  
09-0631-000  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
components 2  
I N D E X  
computer specifications 4  
Configure Before Scan 78, 130  
Contrast 65, 118, 129, 133  
Numerics  
24-Bit Color 134  
256-Level Gray 133  
A
Device Settings 64, 69  
Diffusion 134  
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  
Disc 1 9  
Dither 134  
Document Format 39  
Document Management 60  
documentation 4  
dpi 116, 129  
AutoRotate image 70  
Duplex 67  
B
background color 86  
Basic Interface 109  
bit depth 145  
eMail 60  
Black&White 64, 112, 133  
blurred image 117  
BMP 53  
Brightness 65, 118, 129, 132  
Burn to CD 49, 92  
button options 58  
button settings 43  
F
Fax and Print 60  
file format 56  
file storage location 99  
Font Matching 84  
Format and Page(s) 44  
full feature install 12  
C
CD-ROM drive 4  
Color 65, 112  
color  
hue 119  
options 119  
G
gamma 68, 119  
Color Document 44  
Color Document button 132  
color filter 68  
Comma Delimited 57  
grayed out options 40, 132  
GrayScale 65, 112  
GrayScale Document button 132  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
 
INDEX  
148  
H
Halftone 134  
help 4  
Normal PDF 57, 89  
nPDF 43, 54, 57, 89  
htm file format 57  
HTML Document 57  
HTML page 98  
HTML Web Page 96  
hue 68  
OCR 11, 55  
columns 88  
storage 100  
tables 88  
I
image  
blur 117  
preview 113  
OCR button 80  
OCR Dictionary 83  
OCR Options 82  
OmniPage Pro 11, 48, 57, 80  
Image Editors 60  
image file 53  
image file format 53  
image size 120  
improvements and settings 66  
input size 120  
installation 5  
Detail View 36  
Hardware View 36  
names 37, 58  
OCR 81  
invert image 67  
inverted text 86  
ISIS 22, 79  
One Touch icon 30, 33, 35, 39  
One Touch ISIS Scan window 131  
options 59, 63  
ISIS interface 130  
J
JPG 53  
JPG file size 54  
K
Kofax VRS 22  
HTML 97  
L
page format options 53  
page settings 65  
paper jam 137  
PDF 54, 60  
PDF file size 54  
Picture type 129  
power saving 105  
Preview button 110, 126  
preview image 113  
Preview One button 131  
Lamp timeout setting 106  
Languages in Document 83  
LED number 26, 27, 67  
Link Properties 45  
locking tab 8  
M
Microsoft Internet Explorer 97  
Microsoft Outlook 51  
Moire Patterns 66, 117  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
troubleshooting codes 142  
R
Reject Character 84  
Resolution 65, 116, 129, 133  
Rich Text Format 56  
rtf file format 56  
ruler units 122  
template 88  
S
text color 86  
saturation 68, 119  
Scan Configuration 39  
Scan Info box 122  
scan single page 32  
scanner  
Text Document button 132  
Text Editors 60  
Text Formats 55  
TIFF 53  
Transfer to Storage 98  
components 2  
connecting 16  
locking tab 8  
troubleshooting 140  
Searchable PDF 57, 89  
Select Configuration 41, 44  
Select Destination 41, 43, 59  
setup 5  
Show Hardware 104  
Simple Text 56  
simplex button 3, 26, 27, 28, 67  
size 66  
skip blank originals 67  
sPDF 11, 43, 54, 57, 89  
spreadsheet 88  
TWAIN 79, 96  
TWAIN Interface 107  
TWAIN standard 107  
Use Flatbed 32  
W
watermark, remove 68  
WIA 79, 125  
Windows Image Acquisition 125  
Word Document 56  
spreadsheets  
OCR 81  
status light 18, 19, 140  
X
xls file format 57  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  
INDEX  
150  
Download from Www.Somanuals.com. All Manuals Search And Download.  

Targus Webcam AWE04EU User Manual
Timex Watch W183 User Manual
Topcom Telephone COCOON 400 User Manual
Toshiba Flat Panel Television 27A14 User Manual
TRENDnet Computer Drive TEW 649UB User Manual
United States Stove Furnace 1537Q User Manual
Vector Marine Battery BD032806 User Manual
ViewSonic Computer Monitor VA2231w LED User Manual
ViewSonic Power Supply PS500B User Manual
Weber Gas Grill 500 LP User Manual