For cloud scanning, we used the Visioneer Connect web form to request add-ons for Box, Evernote, Dropbox, FilesAnywhere and Google Drive. Documents can be scanned to Office file formats, or as text, BMP, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, PDF or searchable PDF. The scanner has simplex and duplex buttons that can be used to override presets. The actual scan is a simple process: we loaded our documents, chose an action and watched OneTouch pop up and start the scan and conversion process. Visioneer provides add-ons for a wide range of enterprise document-management platforms too, including Xerox DocuShare. With Outlook loaded on the host, we were also able to scan a document and open a blank email with the scan already attached. Helpfully, on installing OneTouch it scanned the applications on our desktop and automatically set up destinations for Word, Excel, Photoshop and more. Available actions include scanning to an application, to local and network folders, to an FTP or SharePoint server, and to a printer, email or fax. The panel's LED display shows only a number, so you'll probably want to print out a list so users know what each one does. Once installed, OneTouch sits quietly in the background and links the scanner's function button to nine configurable actions. This includes Visioneer's own OneTouch scan-management utility, Nuance's excellent PaperPort Professional 14 for document management, OmniPage Ultimate with its OCR tools, and Nuance Power PDF for creating PDFs from other file formats. Setup on our Windows 10 host took ten minutes, including the installation of a generous software bundle. Fold this away and the scanner can handle dot-matrix paper and documents up to 3m long. The output tray has a dropdown paper catcher at the front that helps stack standard documents, and an adjustable flip-up stop in the middle for smaller documents. The ADF has a handy latch that quickly sets the paper guides for A4 or Letter-sized paper.
When not in use the Patriot folds up into a compact cuboid: this unfolds like a Transformer to present a generous 80-page ADF at the rear and a segmented lower paper tray at the front. Visioneer's Patriot D40 is an affordable USB desktop scanner offering simple, fast, one-touch scanning and versatile paper-handling abilities.
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