Visioneer Patriot H80 review | Is it worth the price?

Visioneer Patriot H80 Datasheet Explained

The Visioneer Patriot H80 has a digitization zone of 8.27 in x 11.69 in.

As with many of the scanning equipment, the Visioneer Patriot H80 can achieve a scanning dots per inch of 600.

This equipment is operating using a special sensor, that is CCD.

To make sure data goes through quickly, such a scanning equipment is connected using Hi-Speed USB 3.0.

You can reach scanning speeds of 88 Sheets per minute in simplex mode.

On the other hand, in duplex mode the Visioneer Patriot H80 will scan at 176 Images per minute in duplex mode .

If you check the official specs, the Duty cycle for each day, is around 10000 documents.

The Visioneer Patriot H80 works with Twain, Isis and Wia industry standard interface.

If you need to replace rollers, then probably they have gone through about 600.000 pages.

Specs for paper handling

Multifeed Detection is a standard feature, with a high quality No to prevent any possible problems.

You will have to work with an Capacity of the ADF of 120 documents, on this machine.

Scanning documents of 7 lb. to 110 lb. is possible with the Visioneer Patriot H80.

This device is capable of scanning long pages up to 236 in, with its Long Document Scanning Mode feature.

Visioneer Patriot H80 accesories unboxing

The equipment has a dimmension of 12.5 x 26.8 x 9.4 inches.

Worried in regards to the mass of the device? You will see it is around 9.2 lbs.

When it comes to the bundled software, the Visioneer Patriot H80 has the Visioneer Acuity, Visioneer OneTouch, Nuance OmniPage Ultimate, Nuance PaperPort, Nuance Power PDF.

Features for Productivity

The Automtic Page Size Detection is a setting that still amazes me today. It works very well with the Visioneer Patriot H80 scanner.

I like the Auto Image Rotate for documents that are not homogenous when it comes to orientation. A mix of portrait and landscape documents will be handled by the Auto Image Rotate mode.

One feature I enjoy in the Visioneer Patriot H80 and other machines, is the Automatic Color Detection . Try it, and it will definitely change your life.

Affraid of manually removing white pages? Don’t be, as the Blank page detection is available with the Visioneer Patriot H80.

The Visioneer Patriot H80 can proccess documents in different settings in a single job. This is done through the Multi image output option.

Quality of images

Remember the time when you had to use photoshop for scans? Especially on the Visioneer Patriot H80 the Smooth Background is an image enhancement feature you should use.

Sometimes the Document Edge Cleanup function might not work correctly. For the Visioneer Patriot H80 with colored images.

One of the images processing functions I like is the Document Allignment feature. Use it and you will not be dissapointed.

Hole Removal is a setting that is not installed on the Visioneer Patriot H80. I would have preffered it was present.|Would you get a device that is missing the Hole Removal function as it is the case with the Visioneer Patriot H80.

I enjoy using Streaks Filtering on documents with writing only, but the Visioneer Patriot H80 doesn’t feature it.

Extra Features

Can you use the Visioneer Patriot H80 to scan really old documents? It should work if you enable the Feeding Paper by Hand settings.

What I love about the Bar Code Discovery modules, are the QR code recognition features. It makes for flawless scanning.

On the Visioneer Patriot H80 the Auto Document Separation function is not available. That reduces the productivity significantly.

The Optical Character Reading is mandatory on just about any scanner and the Visioneer Patriot H80 comes as standard with it.

The Visioneer Patriot H80 does not come with the OCR Predefined Zone feature.

Visioneer Patriot H80 driver, manual & brochure

If you want the driver for the device, it’s on this website.

Do you already have this device and you can’t figure out how to use it? Download the product user guide on this site.

should you need to find more specific info, you can try having a look the product brochure on this page.

Visioneer Patriot H80 vs Epson DS-780N

	Visioneer Patriot H80	Epson DS-780N
Long Document	236 in	240 in
Connectivity	Hi-Speed USB 3.0	SuperSpeed USB 3.0, Ethernet (optional)
Sheets per minute	88	45
Images per minute	176	90
ADF Size	120 sheets	100 sheets
Document Thickness	7 lb. to 110 lb.	11 lb. to 55 lb.
Daily Duty Cycle	10,000 sheets	5,000 sheets
Multifeed Detection	No	Overlap detection (Ultrasonic sensor)
Feed Roller Replacement	80.000 sheets	100.000 sheets
Interface	Twain, Isis and Wia	Twain, Wia and Isis
Dimensions	12.5 x 26.8 x 9.4 inches	11.7 x 8.3 x 8.5 inches
Weight	9.2 lbs	8.2 lbs
Hole Punch Removal	No	Yes
Document Separation	No	Yes
Zonal OCR	No	Yes
Price	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

These scanners are equal in scanning area, both have the power to capture an area of 8.27 in x 11.69 in.

Regarding the optical sensor, the Visioneer Patriot H80 and the Epson DS-780N function using the same type, a CCD sensor.

Maybe you’ve noticed in specifications, The Epson DS-780N can digitize extra-long documents (240 in in length) in comparisson to Visioneer Patriot H80 (236 in in length).

The Visioneer Patriot H80 has Hi-Speed USB 3.0 for connectivity, meanwhile the Epson DS-780N features SuperSpeed USB 3.0, Ethernet (optional).

Looking at actual digitization speed the Visioneer Patriot H80 will achieve 88 pages every minute. In contrast the Epson DS-780N will get to 45 sheets every 60 seconds.

Read the full review of the Epson DS-780N

Visioneer Patriot H80 vs Epson DS-870

	Visioneer Patriot H80	Epson DS-870
Long Document	236 in	240 in
Connectivity	Hi-Speed USB 3.0	SuperSpeed USB 3.0, Ethernet (optional)
Sheets per minute	88	65
Images per minute	176	130
ADF Size	120 sheets	100 sheets
Document Thickness	7 lb. to 110 lb.	10 lb. to 57 lb.
Daily Duty Cycle	10,000 sheets	7,000 sheets
Multifeed Detection	No	Overlap detection (Ultrasonic sensor)
Feed Roller Replacement	80.000 sheets	100.000 sheets
Interface	Twain, Isis and Wia	Twain, Epson Scan2, Wia, Sane and Isis
Dimensions	12.5 x 26.8 x 9.4 inches	11.6 x 8.3 x 8.5 inches
Weight	9.2 lbs	7.9 lbs
Hole Punch Removal	No	Yes
Document Separation	No	Yes
Zonal OCR	No	Yes
Price	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

Looking at capture area, both the Visioneer Patriot H80 and the Epson DS-870 are able to digitize the same area of Epson DS-870.

Regarding the optical sensor, the Visioneer Patriot H80 and the Epson DS-870 function using the same kind, a CCD sensor.

As you can also see in the specs table, The Epson DS-870 is able to scan long documents (240 in in length) in comparisson to it’s competitor (236 in in length).

The Visioneer Patriot H80 has built-in Hi-Speed USB 3.0 for connectivity, meanwhile the Epson DS-870 has SuperSpeed USB 3.0, Ethernet (optional).

The Visioneer Patriot H80 has the advantage on scanning speed. This document scanner is able to digitize at 88 pages every minute. The other device has the power to only do 65 sheets in one minute

Read the full review of the Epson DS-870

Visioneer Patriot H80 vs Visioneer Patriot H60

	Visioneer Patriot H80	Visioneer Patriot H60
Sheets per minute	88	70
Images per minute	176	140
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If we look at scanning area, both document scanners can digitize the same area of Visioneer Patriot H60.

Regarding the optical sensor, the Visioneer Patriot H80 and the Visioneer Patriot H60 use the same kind, a CCD sensor.

If scanning sheets that are longer, you will observe that the Visioneer Patriot H80 and the Visioneer Patriot H60, are the same at 236 in.

Connectivity ports? Hi-Speed USB 3.0 for these document scanners.

When looking at scanning speed, the Visioneer Patriot H80 can scan at 88 pages every minute while the other scanning machine can only do 70 ppm.

Read the full review of the Visioneer Patriot H60

Visioneer Patriot H80 vs Xerox 3125

	Visioneer Patriot H80	Xerox 3125
Sensor type	CCD	CIS
Long Document	236 in	38 in
Connectivity	Hi-Speed USB 3.0	Hi-Speed USB 2.0 (3.0 compatible)
Sheets per minute	88	40
Images per minute	176	70
ADF Size	120 sheets	50 sheets
Daily Duty Cycle	10,000 sheets	3,000 sheets
Multifeed Detection	No	Yes
Feed Roller Replacement	80.000 sheets	160.000 sheets
Interface	Twain, Isis and Wia	Twain, Wia, Isis and Ica
Dimensions	12.5 x 26.8 x 9.4 inches	11.2 x 6.5 x 6.7 inches
Weight	9.2 lbs	5.1 lbs
MultiStream	Yes	No
Price	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

If we look at capture area, both the Visioneer Patriot H80 and the Xerox 3125 can capture the same area of Xerox 3125.

A Visioneer Patriot H80 functions with a CCD sensor, and the Xerox 3125 has a CIS sensor. Usually the CCD scanner offers a higher scanning depth , and it’s true for our case.

How about digitizing extra-long documents? The Visioneer Patriot H80 is able to capture long documents up to 236 in, meanwhile Xerox 3125 is able to only digitize sheets up to 38 in.

For connectivity, the Visioneer Patriot H80 provides Hi-Speed USB 3.0 while Xerox 3125 has built-in Hi-Speed USB 2.0 (3.0 compatible).

The Visioneer Patriot H80 has the edge on actual scanning speed. The equipment has the power to digitize at 88 pages every minute. The other scanning machine is able to only reach 40 pages every minute

Read the full review of the Xerox 3125