Visioneer 1270 User's Guide

for WindowsVisioneer® Patriot 470 ScannerStrobe XP 470 ScannerUser's Guide

STEP 1: ASSEMBLE THE SCANNER 5STEP 1: ASSEMBLE THE SCANNERTo assemble the scanner:1. Remove all shipping tape from the top and bottom of the scanner.2

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 953. Select a storage location on the mapped drive or server for the scanned documents.Servers and mapped drives are

96 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDECHECKING THE HARDWARE AND SETTING THE LAMP POWER SAVE MODE1. Right-click on the OneTouch

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 972. Click the Properties button.Your scanner has a built-in power saving feature that is set to power down after 15

98 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDE3. Click the arrows for the Lamp time-out setting and choose a time setting.To turn the l

SCANNING WITH THE TWAIN INTERFACE 99SCANNING WITH THE TWAIN INTERFACEYou can scan from any TWAIN scanning application instead of scanning from the One

100 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEACCESSING THE TWAIN INTERFACEAs previously stated, you can access the TWAIN interface fr

SCANNING WITH THE TWAIN INTERFACE 1016. Click OK to save your changes and close the OneTouch Properties window.7. Press the button on the scanner or c

102 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEOpening the TWAIN Interface from PaperPort1. Open the PaperPort software.2. Select your

SCANNING WITH THE TWAIN INTERFACE 103THE TWAIN INTERFACE OPTIONSThis TWAIN interface is an example of the window you will see for your scanner. Some o

104 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEResolution—Drag the slider to the right or left to adjust the dots per inch (dpi) of the

6 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDE5. Insert the pins on each side of the output tray into the holes on the scanner.6. Flip o

SCANNING WITH THE TWAIN INTERFACE 105the red so the scanned letter just shows the text and not the red watermark. The Filter option applies to Black&a

106 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDE2. Click OK.The currently selected page size appears in the middle of the TWAIN interfac

SCANNING WITH THE TWAIN INTERFACE 107If you are scanning in PaperPort, when scanning is complete, thumbnail images appear on the PaperPort Desktop.ON

108 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEDISPLAY THE DEVICE CONFIGURATION1. Click the Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470) icon

SETTING UP YOUR SCANNER TO WORK WITH PAPERPORT 109SETTING UP YOUR SCANNER TO WORK WITH PAPERPORTWhen you selected a scanning option from the Scanner d

110 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDETo setup your scanner:1. From the Scanner drop-down list, select one of the options, suc

SETTING UP YOUR SCANNER TO WORK WITH PAPERPORT 1114. Click Yes (recommended) then click Next.The next window is for checking the connection between yo

112 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDE6. Click Next.The TWAIN Interface opens. 7. Insert a page into the scanner, face-down, a

SETTING UP YOUR SCANNER TO WORK WITH PAPERPORT 1138. Click the Scan button on the TWAIN interface.The Setup Wizard runs the scan test.A message window

114 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDESCANNING WITH THE WINDOWS IMAGE ACQUISITIONMicrosoft Windows includes its own set of opt

STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 7STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARETo install the software:1. Start Microsoft Windows and make sure no other applications are r

SCANNING WITH THE WINDOWS IMAGE ACQUISITION 1152. From the File menu choose From Scanner or Camera. The scan window opens. Use this window to select s

116 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDE5. Click Preview to preview the image before scanning. The image is displayed on the rig

SCANNING WITH THE WINDOWS IMAGE ACQUISITION 117FINE TUNING YOUR SCANSYou can select new settings before you scan an item to fine tune exactly how you

118 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDE2. Select the options for scanning.Brightness and Contrast—Drag the sliders to the right

SCANNING WITH THE ISIS INTERFACE 119SCANNING WITH THE ISIS INTERFACEYou can use the ISIS interface from QuickScan or any other application that will a

120 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEMaintenanceThis section contains information on maintenance, troubleshooting, uninstalli

CLEARING PAPER JAMS 121CLEARING PAPER JAMSIf your scanner stops scanning due to a paper jam in the Automatic Document Feeder, a warning dialog box ope

122 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEREPLACING THE ADF PAD ASSEMBLYThe ADF pad will wear out and is designed to be a user-rep

TROUBLESHOOTING 123TROUBLESHOOTINGIn addition to the troubleshooting information contained in this section, please see the Readme file on your install

124 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEProblem: During installation I got the error message: PaperPort Installation is not comp

8 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDE3. On the Installation menu, select Install Products.4. Make sure the boxes for Nuance Pap

TROUBLESHOOTING 125STATUS LIGHT TROUBLESHOOTING CODESThe status light indicates the current state of the scanner. A green status light indicates the n

126 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEError CodeProblem Description Solution0 Scanner is not connected to the computer. (The L

HOW TO UNINSTALL YOUR SCANNER 127HOW TO UNINSTALL YOUR SCANNERTo uninstall the Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470) scanner, remove the OneTouch 4.0

128 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDE4. An “Add or Remove” message box opens and asks if you are sure you want to remove the

VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER SPECIFICATIONS 129VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER SPECIFICATIONSOptical resolution 600 x 1

130 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEVISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER PARTS LISTPlease use the following part na

INDEX 131INDEXAADF cleaning 120ADF pad assemblyreplace 122Advanced Properties 117advanced settings 63Archive button 91aspect ratio 65Autocrop to Origi

INDEX 132Llamp malfunction 126Lamp timeout setting 98LED number 24, 25, 62Link Properties 40MMicrosoft Internet Explorer 90Microsoft Outlook 46Moire P

INDEX 133OCR 80status light 16, 123troubleshooting codes 125Sti event forwarding 55Storage and CD-R/W 55Storage Properties 45Straighten Image 62system

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STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 9The PaperPort installation begins:1. The Select Language window opens. Click the drop-down menu arrow and select the lan

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10 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEThe scanner driver installation will now begin:1. The Welcome to the OneTouch 4.0 Setup W

STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 115. Select the option you want. Full Install (OneTouch, TWAIN and ISIS)—This is the recommended installation. It instal

12 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDE6. Click Next.During installation you will see this window asking you to select an image

STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 138. STOP when you see the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window. Do NOT click on OK yet. Leave

14 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDESTEP 3: CONNECT THE POWER SUPPLYConnect the power supply and power cord, and plug the pow

Visioneer Patriot 470 Scanner Strobe XP 470 ScannerUser’s GuideFOR WINDOWS

STEP 4: CONNECT THE USB CABLE AND TURN ON THE POWER 15STEP 4: CONNECT THE USB CABLE AND TURN ON THE POWERThe Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470) sca

16 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDE3. Turn on the power switch, located on the back of the scanner to the left of the power

STEP 4: CONNECT THE USB CABLE AND TURN ON THE POWER 174. When you are certain that the software has completely loaded, return to the “Complete the ins

18 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS FOR YOUR SCANNERYour scanner includes free, additional applicatio

STEP 4: CONNECT THE USB CABLE AND TURN ON THE POWER 19Captiva QuickScan™DemoA desktop imaging solution for scanning, image enhancement, and OCR. Quick

20 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEIf you selected OmniPage Pro for installation, a window tells you to insert the second CD

STEP 4: CONNECT THE USB CABLE AND TURN ON THE POWER 21VIEW THE USER GUIDES1. Insert Disc 1 into the computer’s CD-ROM drive.2. On the Main Menu, click

22 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEThe Scanner Readme file is in HTML format and will open in any standard browser.To view a

REGISTER YOUR SCANNER AND CHECK FOR UPDATES 23REGISTER YOUR SCANNER AND CHECK FOR UPDATESRegistering your scanner is important as it provides you with

24 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEScanningIf you selected the recommended Full Install choice for your scanner’s driver (se

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LOAD AND SCAN DOCUMENTS 25LOAD AND SCAN DOCUMENTSWhen you press either the Simplex or Duplex button, documents are scanned using the scan settings ind

26 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDE2. Load the documents with their tops into the automatic document feeder. For Simplex (on

LOAD AND SCAN DOCUMENTS 274. To scan a one-sided document, press the Simplex button.To scan a two-sided document, press the Duplex button.A scan progr

28 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDESCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANELYou can scan from the OneTouch Button Panel on the scr

SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL 294. To see the other buttons, click the arrows to cycle through all nine settings. 5. Click the green arrow butto

30 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEUSING THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANELThe OneTouch Button Panel is your on-screen set of control

SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL 314. To cycle through the nine buttons, click the arrows on the right side of the panel.5. To navigate through the

32 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEABOUT THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL’S NAMES AND ICONSThe button names, such as PDF, eMail or

SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL 33THE DEFAULT ONETOUCH SETTINGS ON YOUR SCANNERBased on the recommended installation of PaperPort and the scanner

34 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDECONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONSEach OneTouch button configuration consists of a Destinat

TABLE OF CONTENTS iTABLE OF CONTENTSWelcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1What’s in th

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 35ABOUT THE ONETOUCH PROPERTIES WINDOWThe OneTouch Properties window is where you can select new settings for the but

36 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEThe settings on the Properties window are:Select Destination—The list of applications tha

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 37Select Format and Page(s)—A set of file formats for the scanned image for the selected button. The formats are base

38 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDESELECTING NEW SETTINGS FOR A BUTTONFor each of the nine OneTouch buttons, you can select

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 394. Select a file format from the Format and Page(s) option.The available options apply to the Destination Applicati

40 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDESETTING DESTINATION APPLICATION PROPERTIESThe different types of Destination Applications

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 41PAPERPORT PROPERTIESThese properties apply to PaperPort, and are for designating the folder to receive your scanned

42 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDETEXT DOCUMENTS PROPERTIESThese properties apply to Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel®, Adob

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 43Add a Word Processing Application to the OneTouch Destination Application List.1. To add another application to the

44 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEIMAGE DOCUMENTS PROPERTIESThese properties apply to the OmniPage Pro software that you re

ii TABLE OF CONTENTSConfigure Before Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Scanning with Optical Character Recognitio

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 45STORAGE PROPERTIESThese properties apply to the Destination Application named Transfer to Storage. If a CD burner i

46 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDE2. Click the Browse button to specify the location to store the scanned documents.The opt

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 471. Click the Browse button for Folder for storing attachments and choose a folder for your eMail attachments.2. If

48 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDESELECTING PAGE FORMAT OPTIONSThe Page Format options that you select determines the file

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 49IMAGE FORMATSSelect an image file format for photos, artwork or other documents that you want to save as images. BM

50 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDE3. Choose the file size/image quality option for your scanned images.Minimize Size—Smalle

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 51To select a file type for the text format:1. Select the Destination Application.2. Right-click on the text format i

52 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEWord Document—The .doc file format used by Microsoft Word.Comma Delimited—The .csv file f

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 53RENAMING A ONETOUCH BUTTONThe OneTouch buttons have names that identify their pre-set functions, such as OCR and PD

54 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDESELECTING OPTIONS FOR A BUTTONThe OneTouch Options determine the types of Destination App

VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 1WELCOMECongratulations on purchasing your Visioneer Patriot 470 (Strobe XP 470) scanner. W

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 55Select Destinations—Select this option to individually choose the types of applications to include in the list of D

56 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEUse enhanced folder browser—Select this option if you want to save your scans to a networ

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 57Folder Copy Options—This section of the dialog box sets the location for copies of your scanned documents and how y

58 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDECREATING A NEW SCAN CONFIGURATIONThe scan configurations are where you select the scannin

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 59buttons set for text editing applications. Thus, you can create specific sets of scan configurations for specific f

60 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDE5. Select scan settings for the new scan configuration.Mode—Select a scanning mode:Black&

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 617. Click the Page Settings tab to select page settings. Size—Click Standard, click the menu arrow and choose a page

62 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDESelecting Reduce Moire Patterns will limit or eliminate moire patterns in the scanned ima

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 63Skip Blank Originals—Skips pages that are completely blank. Typically you use this option when you will scan a stac

64 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDESaturation is the strength or purity of a color, hue is the color your eyes see as reflec

2 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDETHE VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNERPaper guide—Holds documents in place. Adj

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 65Maintain aspect ratio—The aspect ratio is the length-to-width relationship of the image’s dimensions. Select this o

66 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDETHE STORAGE OPTIONS TAB (ARCHIVE)A Storage Options tab is on the Scan Configurations dial

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 672. Click the Storage Layout options you want.All documents are in the root—The scanned documents are saved in the r

68 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDESetting up multiple folders for transfer to storage:1. Using Microsoft Windows, create th

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 696. Click the Storage Options tab.7. Click the Browse button.8. Select the folder you created for storing the scanne

70 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDE9. Click OK. The selected folder will now be set as the Storage Location, such as “Busine

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 7113. Now click the arrow buttons to select a scanner button for each new configuration. Click Apply to set that butt

72 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEScan to multiple storage folders:1. Insert the documents you want to scan to multiple sto

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 73EDITING OR DELETING SCAN CONFIGURATIONSTo edit or delete a scan configuration:1. Open the OneTouch Properties windo

74 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDE4. To edit the configuration, click the Edit button.The Scan Configuration Properties dia

WHAT YOU NEED 3WHAT YOU NEED IBM-compatible Pentium 4 PC, or AMD equivalent with: A CD-ROM drive An available Universal Serial Bus (USB) port Micro

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 75CONFIGURE BEFORE SCANChoosing the scan configuration Configure Before Scan simply opens a scanning interface when y

76 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDE4. Right-click on Configure Before Scan and choose an interface to use for configuring be

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 775. Click on the Scan button in the TWAIN interface.6. Your documents will be scanned and sent to the Destination Ap

78 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEFor instance, the Scan Mode is set to Black & White but you want to scan your documen

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 79SCANNING WITH OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (OCR)Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is like a printer in reverse.

80 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDETo scan with OCR:Use either of the following methods: To scan using the buttons on the s

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 81SCANNING WITH SPDF OR NPDF AND SEARCHING FOR TEXTSearchable PDF (sPDF) and Normal PDF (nPDF) are special forms of a

82 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDE5. Choose the Searchable PDF or Normal PDF option for the page format.The settings for th

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 83To search for the text, open Adobe Acrobat Reader or Adobe Acrobat.1. From the Adobe Acrobat File menu choose Open,

84 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDESCAN AND BURN TO A CDIf you have a CD burner attached to your computer, you can scan dire

4 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEInstallationInstallation is a quick, four-step process:1. Assemble the scanner2. Install t

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 857. Now start scanning using the button you selected to use to scan and burn to CD.When scanning is finished, a bubb

86 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDENote: When scanning items to burn to a CD, you should always use one of the factory-set d

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 87SCANNING WITH EVENT FORWARDINGIf you want to specify an application to use for scanning at the start of the process

88 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDE6. Start scanning using the button you selected for event forwarding.A dialog box opens f

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 89CREATING AN HTML WEB PAGE FROM YOUR SCANNED DOCUMENTSIf you scan a document, whether a single page or multiple page

90 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDE6. Click OK.The OneTouch Properties window closes.7. Insert the document into the Automat

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 91TRANSFERRING SCANNED DOCUMENTS TO STORAGEWith the Transfer to Storage scanning process, you can scan documents and

92 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDEYour scanned pages are stored in the location that you specified on the OneTouch 4.0 Link

CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 934. Right-click on the text format icon and choose the file format for the scanned documents.5. Choose a Scan Config

94 VISIONEER PATRIOT 470 (STROBE XP 470) SCANNER USER’S GUIDETO TRANSFER DOCUMENTS TO A SERVER OR MAPPED DRIVEWhen selecting the storage location for