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THE VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER 3Scanner cover—Covers the scanner glass and must be closed when scanning from the Automatic Document Feeder. Documen
REPLACING THE ADF PAD ASSEMBLY 93To replace the ADF Pad assembly:1. Press the ADF cover release to open the ADF cover. The pad is located in the middl
94 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETROUBLESHOOTINGIn addition to the troubleshooting information contained in this section, please see the R
TROUBLESHOOTING 95you received with the other scanner for the steps to remove its driver programs. After uninstalling the other scanner’s driver progr
96 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESTATUS LIGHT TROUBLESHOOTING CODESA green status light indicates the normal state of the scanner.Normal O
TROUBLESHOOTING 97Error Code Problem Description Solution0The scanner is not communicating with the computerMake sure the USB cable is plugged in. If
98 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEUNINSTALLING YOUR SCANNERTo uninstall the Visioneer Patriot 780 scanner you remove the OneTouch software.
VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER SPECIFICATIONS 99VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER SPECIFICATIONSOptical resolution 600 dpiBit depth output 24-bit color, 8-
100 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEVISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER PARTS LISTPlease use the following part names and numbers when ordering re
INDEX 101INDEXAADF cleaning 90ADF pad assemblyreplace 92Adobe Reader 21Install 23Advanced Settings Tab 40Advanced TWAIN Interface 76adjust settings 78
INDEX 102input size 82installation 6invert image 39ISIS 14, 21, 25, 89JJPEG 51, 56JPGfile size 45KKofax VRS 21LLamp timeout setting 71Link Properties
4 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEWHAT YOU NEED IBM-compatible Pentium™ 4 PC, or AMD equivalent with: A CD-ROM drive An available Universa
INDEX 103Select Format 35setup 6Show All Destinations 48Show Hardware 70Simple Text 47Simplex 60, 75skewed page 38skip blank originals 39sPDFSearchabl
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DOCUMENTATION 5DOCUMENTATIONThe following documentation is provided with your scanner: Quick Install Guide—Abbreviated installation instructions. V
6 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEInstallationInstallation is a quick, four-step process:1. Assemble the scanner2. Install the software3. Co
STEP 1: UNPACK AND ASSEMBLE THE SCANNER 7STEP 1: UNPACK AND ASSEMBLE THE SCANNERTo unpack the scanner:The scanner is heavy. Two people should unpack,
8 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE2. Lower the lid to the scanner body sliding the hinges into place.3. Press the ADF cover release and open
STEP 1: UNPACK AND ASSEMBLE THE SCANNER 95. Lift the input tray up to reveal the two legs folded into the bottom of the tray.6. Swing out the legs, th
10 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE8. Plug the ADF cable into the ADF port on the back of the scanner. The ADF will not work if the cable is
STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 11STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARETo install the software:1. Start Microsoft Windows and make sure no other applications are
12 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE3. On the Installation menu, select Install Products.4. Make sure the box for Scanner Driver is selected.
Visioneer Patriot 780 Scanner User’s GuideFOR WINDOWS
STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 13The Welcome to the OneTouch 4.0 Setup Wizard opens.6. Click Next.7. On the Visioneer License Agreement window, read the
14 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE8. Select the option you want then click Next. Full Install (OneTouch, TWAIN and ISIS)—This is the recom
STEP 2: INSTALL THE SOFTWARE 1510. STOP when you see the “Complete the installation by connecting your hardware” window. Do NOT click OK yet. Leave th
16 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESTEP 3: CONNECT THE SCANNERTo connect the power:1. Plug the power supply into the power port on the scann
STEP 3: CONNECT THE SCANNER 173. Turn on the power switch, located on the back of the scanner.The status light comes on and flashes indicating that th
18 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE5. When you’re certain that the software has completely loaded, return to the “Complete the installation
STEP 4: REGISTER YOUR SCANNER 19STEP 4: REGISTER YOUR SCANNERRegistering your scanner is important as it provides you with access to our free telephon
20 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS FOR YOUR SCANNERYour scanner includes free, additional applications on the instal
ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS FOR YOUR SCANNER 213. Follow the instructions on the screen to install each of the additional products.The following table des
22 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEInstalling OmniPage ProIf you selected OmniPage Pro for installation, a window tells you to insert the se
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VIEW AND SAVE THE USER GUIDES 23VIEW AND SAVE THE USER GUIDES1. On the Main Menu of Disc 1, click User Guides.2. The Visioneer user guides window open
24 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE4. Return to the Visioneer User Guides window and repeat the process to open, view, and save all the othe
VIEW AND SAVE THE USER GUIDES 25Scanning InterfacesIf you selected the recommended Full Install option for your scanner’s driver (see page 13), you ha
26 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDELOADING DOCUMENTS TO SCANYou can use your Visioneer Patriot 780 to scan a single page or a stack of doubl
LOADING DOCUMENTS TO SCAN 273. Load the documents face up with the tops of the pages inserted into the Automatic Document Feeder. Paper can be loaded
28 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEFLATBED GLASS1. Remove any paper from the Automatic Document Feeder (ADF).The scanner automatically detec
LOADING DOCUMENTS TO SCAN 29Scanning from OneTouchBased on the recommended Full Install of the scanner driver, your scanner is pre-configured to scan
30 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANELWhen you click on a button in the OneTouch button panel, the scanner s
SCAN FROM THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANEL 31FEATURES OF THE ONETOUCH BUTTON PANELClick on the OneTouch icon to open the panel.The Title Bar Green arrows—cl
32 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDECONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONSWhen you first connect your scanner to a computer, the scanner’s OneTouch
TABLE OF CONTENTS iTABLE OF CONTENTSChapter 1: Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1What’s in the Box . .
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 334. Click on OK to save the changes and close the window.5. Place a page in the scanner.6. Press the scanner button,
34 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESelect Destination—The list of destinations that OneTouch can send a scanned image to. Select Configurati
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 35Select Format—A set of file formats for the scanned image. The formats are based on the type of destination you sel
36 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDECREATING A NEW SCAN CONFIGURATIONThe scan configurations are where you select the scanning resolution, br
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 37THE SCAN SETTINGS TABOn the Scan Configuration Properties dialog box, type a name for the new configuration.Mode—Se
38 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETHE PAGE SETTINGS TABClick the Page Settings tab to select options applicable to how you want the image t
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 39 Straighten Image—Select this option to let the scanner automatically determine if a page is skewed, then straight
40 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETHE ADVANCED SETTINGS TABThe options of the Advanced Settings tab are for the Color or Grayscale scanning
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 41THE DEVICE SETTINGS TABA Device Settings tab is on the Scan Configurations dialog box when your selected Destinatio
42 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETHE STORAGE OPTIONS TAB (ARCHIVE)A Storage Options tab is on the Scan Configurations dialog box when the
ii TABLE OF CONTENTSScanning with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) . . . . . . . . 57Configure Before Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 43EDITING OR DELETING SCAN CONFIGURATIONSTo edit or delete a scan configuration:1. Open the OneTouch Properties windo
44 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESELECTING FILE FORMAT OPTIONSThe available file formats are based on the Destination Application you have
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 45IMAGE FORMATSSelect an image file format for photos, artwork or other documents that you want to save as images. BM
46 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETEXT FORMATSSelecting the text format option also selects OCR processing as an automatic step for scannin
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 47Simple Text—The .txt file format. Text with no formatting; used by the standard Microsoft Notepad application.Rich
48 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESELECTING ONETOUCH PROPERTIES OPTIONSThe OneTouch Options determine the types of Destination Applications
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 49Destination Categories: Document Management applications, such as Nuance PaperPort®, that are for processing and k
50 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESETTING DESTINATION APPLICATION PROPERTIESThe different types of Destination Applications have various pr
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 51Click in the OCR settings boxes for the options you want. Always send a file, even when no text was found—The scan
52 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEADDING AN APPLICATION TO ONETOUCHFrom the OneTouch Destination Properties for Text Editors and Image Edit
TABLE OF CONTENTS iiiUninstalling Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Visioneer Patriot 780 Scan
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 534. Click on the Add Application button.If you selected a text editing program in Step 1, the Add Text Based Link di
54 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESTORAGE PROPERTIESThese properties apply to the Destination Application named Transfer to Storage. Please
CONFIGURING THE ONETOUCH BUTTONS 55EMAIL PROPERTIESThese properties apply to email applications installed on your computer so you can specify the fold
56 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE4. Select the options for color document handling.Convert Bitmaps using Screen Resolution—Bitmap images w
UNIQUE SCANNING FEATURES AND DESTINATIONS 57UNIQUE SCANNING FEATURES AND DESTINATIONSThe OneTouch software has unique scanning options available. You
58 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETo scan with OCR from the Scanner Buttons:1. Open the OneTouch Properties and select a button to scan as
UNIQUE SCANNING FEATURES AND DESTINATIONS 59CONFIGURE BEFORE SCANChoosing Configure Before Scan simply opens either the TWAIN or WIA scanning interfac
60 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETO SCAN USING CONFIGURE BEFORE SCAN1. Load the documents face up with their tops into the scanner or plac
UNIQUE SCANNING FEATURES AND DESTINATIONS 61CANCELING A CONFIGURE BEFORE SCAN1. Click Cancel in the scanning progress window.2. The following window w
62 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESCAN AND BURN TO A CDIf you have a CD burner attached to your computer, you can scan directly from your s
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UNIQUE SCANNING FEATURES AND DESTINATIONS 63SCANNING WITH EVENT FORWARDINGYou can use Event Forwarding to specify the application to use for scanning
64 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESCANNING TO AN HTML WEB PAGEYou can convert scanned pages to HTML format for posting directly to your web
UNIQUE SCANNING FEATURES AND DESTINATIONS 65TRANSFERRING SCANNED DOCUMENTS TO STORAGEWith the Transfer to Storage scanning process, you can scan docum
66 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESCANNING TO MULTIPLE FOLDERSWhen archiving documents with the Transfer to Storage option, you can scan th
UNIQUE SCANNING FEATURES AND DESTINATIONS 677. Click the Storage Options tab.8. Click the Browse button.9. Select the folder you created for storing t
68 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE11. Click OK. The new configuration is now listed as a Transfer to Storage configuration.12. Repeat steps
UNIQUE SCANNING FEATURES AND DESTINATIONS 69Scan to multiple storage folders:1.Load the first set of documents face up with their tops into the ADF or
70 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDECHECKING THE HARDWARE AND SETTING THE LAMP POWER SAVING1. Right-click on the OneTouch icon and choose Sho
CHECKING THE HARDWARE AND SETTING THE LAMP POWER SAVING 713. Click the Properties button.Your scanner has a built-in power saving feature that is set
72 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEScanning from TWAINYou can scan from any TWAIN scanning application instead of scanning from OneTouch. Pl
VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDE 1WelcomeYour new Visioneer Patriot 780 scanner can quickly scan a single-sided or double-sided stack of doc
ACCESSING THE TWAIN INTERFACE 73ACCESSING THE TWAIN INTERFACE1. Open the OneTouch properties and select a button to set for Configure Before Scan.2. S
74 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETHE TWO TWAIN INTERFACE OPTIONS When scanning with TWAIN, you have two interface options: Basic Interfa
SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN BASIC INTERFACE 75SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN BASIC INTERFACETo scan from the Basic Interface: As you adjust settings, the preview
76 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDESCANNING FROM THE TWAIN ADVANCED INTERFACEThe Advanced Interface has a wide range of image adjustments fo
SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN ADVANCED INTERFACE 772. From the Scan Type menu, choose the option to scan: Auto Document Feeder-Duplex—Scans two-sided docum
78 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETWAIN ADVANCED INTERFACE OPTIONSYou can adjust the scan settings on the Advanced Interface to produce the
SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN ADVANCED INTERFACE 79ADJUSTING THE RESOLUTIONResolution determines the amount of detail you see in the scanned image. The reso
80 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRASTSometimes an item is scanned with the brightness and contrast set to
SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN ADVANCED INTERFACE 81ADJUSTING GAMMA, SATURATION, AND COLOR HUEIf you’re using the Color Configuration to scan, you can adjust
82 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEADJUSTING INPUT SIZEWhen scanning, you can select one of the pre-defined page sizes in the list, or creat
2 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETHE VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNERScanner coverGlassReference frameDocument padADF cover releaseStatus ligh
SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN ADVANCED INTERFACE 836. You can now move or resize the outline crop area.Move the area—put the pointer in the selection, click
84 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDETHE SCAN INFO BOXThe following figure shows the information on the Scan Info box.CREATING A NEW ADVANCED
SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN ADVANCED INTERFACE 85DISPLAY THE DEVICE CONFIGURATION1. Click the Device Configuration button on the Advanced Interface.2. The
86 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEScanning from Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista includes their own sc
SCANNING FROM THE TWAIN ADVANCED INTERFACE 873. From the Paper Source drop-down list, choose Document Feeder to scan from the Automatic Document Feede
88 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEFINE TUNING YOUR SCANSYou can select new settings before you scan an item to fine tune exactly how you wa
FINE TUNING YOUR SCANS 89Scanning from ISISYou can use the ISIS interface from QuickScan™ or any other application that will access the ISIS driver. T
90 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDEMaintenanceThis section contains information on maintenance, troubleshooting, scanner specifications, and
CLEANING THE SCANNER 914. Wipe the ADF pad from top to bottom. Be careful not to snag the cloth on the springs on either side of the pad.5. Close the
92 VISIONEER PATRIOT 780 SCANNER USER’S GUIDECLEARING PAPER JAMSIf your scanner stops scanning due to a paper jam in the Automatic Document Feeder, th
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