Avision AV120, User Manual

Page 1: ...AV120 User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...s electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without the prior written permission of Avision Inc 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 Warranty The information contained in this document is subject to change witho...

Page 3: ...hat 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 to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and rece...

Page 4: ...System Requirements Windows IBM compatible PC 586 Pentium or higher Microsoft Windows 98 98SE Me 2000 XP USB port 1 1 At least 100 MB of free hard disk space At least 128 MB of system memory A CD ROM drive ...

Page 5: ...interface 3 5 4 Editing Your Image 4 1 4 1 Using the Basic Features 4 1 4 1 1 Choosing Your Scan Method 4 1 4 1 2 Selecting a Proper Image Type 4 2 4 1 3 Determining a Proper Resolution 4 4 4 1 4 Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast 4 5 4 1 5 Enlarging Previewed Image 4 5 4 1 6 Inverting and Selecting Your Image 4 7 4 1 7 Enhancing Your Image 4 9 4 2 Using the Advanced Features 4 11 4 2 1 The Swi...

Page 6: ...5 1 Cleaning the ADF 5 1 5 2 Cleaning the Calibration Board 5 3 5 3 Replacing the Snap in Pad Module 5 4 6 Troubleshooting 6 1 6 1 Questions and Answers 6 1 6 2 Technical Service 6 3 7 Specifications 7 1 7 1 Model AV120 7 2 ...

Page 7: ...high performance sheet fed scanners Before you install and operate the new scanner please take a few minutes to read through this manual It provides proper instructions for you to unpack install operate and maintain the scanner Figure 1 1 shows the package contents If you do not receive all the items please contact your authorized local dealer immediately ...

Page 8: ... Slide Guides 6 ADF Pad 7 Power Cord Notice 1 Please keep the packing material in a safe place in case you may move the scanner in the future 2 Only use the AC adapter Model SAL124A 2410U 6 made by Sino America Using other AC adapters may damage the machine and void the warranty 4 5 6 7 1 3 2 ...

Page 9: ...humid or dusty place Be sure to use the proper AC power source Place the scanner securely on an even flat surface Tilted or uneven surfaces may cause mechanical or paper feeding problems Retain the scanner box and packing materials for shipping purposes 2 1 Installing the Slide Guide and Paper Guides 1 Open the scanner front door by pulling it away from the unit gently Front door ...

Page 10: ... center notch located on top of the unit 3 Insert the two slide guides to the left and right of the paper guide When properly installed the guides should move freely from side to side 4 Close the scanner front door Paper Guide Slide Guide ...

Page 11: ... Windows system CD may be required when installing on some PC s 2 To ensure your computer can identify the USB scanner please install scanner driver first before connecting the scanner to your computer 1 Place the supplied CD ROM onto your CD ROM drive 2 The software installation graphic appears If not run cdsetup exe 3 Choose Install TWAIN Driver to install the scanner driver Power Outlet Power C...

Page 12: ...uter should detect a new USB device and prompt a New Hardware Found message Windows 9X Windows ME Windows 2000 XP 3 In Windows 9X or Windows ME confirm that the Search for a better driver is selected and click the Next button In Windows XP click the Next button to continue When the XP certification screen appears click Continue Anyway to complete the installation USB cable ...

Page 13: ... 4 SE the image editing and retouching application ScanSoft TextBridge Pro 9 0 The OCR software application and AVCapture The multi page document scanning program 8 Click View Manual to view or print the detailed user manual for the scanner and bundled applications respectively Note To uninstall the scanner driver in Windows XP be sure to keep your scanner connecting to your computer ...

Page 14: ...cifications Document s can range in size from 3 5 by 2 inches to 8 5 by 14 inches Legal Document s can range in weight from 16 to 28 lbs Document s should be square or rectangular and in good condition not fragile or worn Document s should be free of curl wrinkle tears wet ink or punch holes Document s should be free of staples paper clips paper sticky notes ...

Page 15: ...sional paper jam when automatically feeding multiple documents loosen the paper before loading Document Feeding Place your document with the text face down on the ADF Paper Tray Align the two sides of the document with the slide guides Please note that the ADF Paper Tray can hold up to 15 page document at a time Your Document Face Down Paper Guide ...

Page 16: ...river may vary due to different software applications 1 Start a TWAIN compliant software application such as Roxio PhotoSuite 4 SE which is bundled in the CD 2 Click Get Scanner TWAIN 3 Choose AV120 as your scanning source You only need to do this once 4 Place the document FACE DOWN on the document glass 5 Click the Scan button to prompt the TWAIN user interface 6 Click Preview to get an initial s...

Page 17: ...3 4 7 Click Exit to return to the main screen and click Open Library and Photos at the upper right corner to open your scanned image 1 Preview 2 Zoom View 3 Scan 4 Exit 5 Photos 5 4 3 1 2 ...

Page 18: ...00 to 100 5 Contrast Adjust the contrast level from 100 to 100 6 Further Tools Descreen Sharpen Color Adjustment Auto Level Advanced Settings From left to right 7 Invert Reverse the color of your scanned image 8 Mirror Function Flap your image 9 Crop Resize your scanned area 10 Paper Size Select your paper size from Card 4 x2 5 Photo 5 x3 Photo 6 x4 A5 B5 A4 Letter Legal or scanner maximum 11 Meas...

Page 19: ...g Your Image 4 1 Using the Basic Features 4 1 1 Choosing Your Scan Method 1 Scan Method Choice ADF Multipage Select this setting if you need to scan multi page document from the automatic document feeder ADF 1 ...

Page 20: ... B W text pencil or ink sketch Halftone Halftones are reproduction of image that gives the illusion gray An example of halftone imaged would be the pictures you see in newspapers 8 bit Gray 8 bit Gray images contain actual shades of gray 8 bit Color 8 bit Color image provides 256 levels of color hues 24 bit Color Choose 24 bit Color if you wish to scan a color image 1 ...

Page 21: ...4 3 Black White Halftone Gray 8 bit Color 24 bit Color ...

Page 22: ...ution is measured by dots per inch dpi Resolution 50 dpi Resolution 100 dpi Note For your information an A4 size color image scanned at 300 dpi at True Color mode consumes approximately 25 MB of disk space A higher resolution usually means over 600 dpi is only recommended when you need to scan a small area at True Color mode 1 ...

Page 23: ... higher the value the brighter the image 2 Contrast Adjusts the range between the darkest and the lightest shades in the image The higher the contrast the bigger the different grayscale Decrease Brightness Normal Increase Brightness Decrease Contrast Normal Increase Contrast 4 1 5 Enlarging Previewed Image 1 2 ...

Page 24: ...4 6 1 Zoom View Enlarge your previewed image to the max of the preview window Note this function only enlarging your preview image This does not enlarge your real image Before Zoom After Zoom 1 ...

Page 25: ...lecting Your Image 1 Invert The invert command reverses the brightness and the color in the image For color images each pixel will be changed into its complementary color at the command of Invert Before Invert After Invert 1 2 3 ...

Page 26: ...or Function Reverse the right and left side of your image Before Mirror After Mirror 3 Auto Select Image Automatically set the whole image as your scan area Or you may resize the area by drag and drop diagonally ...

Page 27: ...patterns commonly found in printed matter 2 Sharpen Sharpen the scanned image Before Descreen After Descreen Before Sharpen After Sharpen Moire pattern An undesirable pattern in a color printing resulting from incorrect screen angle of overprinting halftone 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 28: ...ge so that it comes close to the original This function uses default parameters to adjust the image Normal After Color Matching 4 Auto Level Automatically adjusts the highlight and shadow areas of the scanned image to optimize your image Normal After Auto Level ...

Page 29: ...s 4 2 1 The Switch Button 1 Click the button to pop up the advanced settings bar at the right side The advanced settings include Highlight Shadow Hue Saturation Lightness Curve Color Balance Color Drop out 2 The Advanced Settings bar 1 2 ...

Page 30: ...ether allows you to extend the range of color and reveal more details in a gray or color image When the value of gamma changes the image changes accordingly Gamma Value 1 0 Gamma Value 1 4 Gamma Value 2 0 1 2 3 1 Shadow The darkest point of an image 2 Gamma The midtones of the image 3 Highlight The lightest point of an image 4 Pointer Move the pointer to change the value 4 ...

Page 31: ...4 13 When the value of highlight and shadow change the image changes accordingly Highlight 255 Shadow 0 Normal Highlight 210 Shadow 10 Highlight 200 Shadow 0 Highlight 255 Shadow 50 ...

Page 32: ... 4 2 3 Adjusting the Brightness Curve Adjusts the midtones of the image without dramatically altering then lightest and the darkest areas When the curve is moved up or down the image turn brighter or darker ...

Page 33: ...color will be changed simultaneously when the hue adjustment is made 2 Saturation Move the triangle to the right to increase the saturation level or to the left to decrease the level The level of saturation decides if the color is pale or rich 3 Lightness Increase the lightness by moving the triangle to the right or to the left to decrease the lightness 1 2 3 Move the Saturation pointer to the rig...

Page 34: ...Using Color Balance The Color Balance allows you to obtain an optimal image quality Move the pointer toward Red the image turns into a reddish hue Move the pointer toward Green the image turns into a greenish hue ...

Page 35: ... color channel This function is particularly useful when you need to convert text using OCR software Note that this function supports only black white and gray image Therefore be sure to choose any black white or gray image type while applying this function The effect on image after removing the G channel The effect on image after removing the R channel ...

Page 36: ...ing the button you can change the measuring unit Choice Inch cm Pixel 2 Paper Size Provide frequently scan sizes Choice Card 4 x2 5 Photo 5 x3 Photo 6 x4 B5 A5 A4 Letter and Scanner Maximum 3 Image Size Display image size for the scanned area 4 Lock Image Fix your output width and height 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 37: ...sily 2 Several documents feed at the same time The cleaning procedures 1 Soak a cotton swab with some isopropyl alcohol 95 2 Open the scanner front door and wipe the upper feeding roller by moving the swab from side to side Rotate the roller forward with your finger and repeat the cleaning steps above until the entire roller is cleaned Be careful not to damage the pick springs 3 Wipe the pad in on...

Page 38: ...5 2 1 ADF Pad 2 Feeding Roller 3 Front Door Figure 5 1 Open the scanner front door ...

Page 39: ...s shown below in Figure 5 2 clean the calibration board with an air blower or a small brush to rid the board of dust or dirt Please handle with care and dexterity 1 Calibration Board 2 Scanner Front Door Figure 5 2 Clean the calibration board ...

Page 40: ...he pad module please consult your nearest dealer and follow the procedure below to replace it Disassembling Procedure 1 Gently open the ADF Front cover to the left 2 Press both arms of the ADF snap in pad module inwardly with your fingers to pull out the ADF snap in pad module Assembling Procedure 1 Take out the ADF pad module from the box 2 Press both arms of the ADF snap in pad module inwardly w...

Page 41: ...ecomes jammed during scanning Answer 1 Open the scanner front door 2 Pull out the jammed paper carefully 3 Close the scanner front door Question More than one sheet of paper are fed into the scanner Answer 1 Open the scanner front door 2 Remove the multi fed sheets of paper 3 Close the scanner front door 4 Flatten the corners and edges Loosen the paper before putting it into the paper guide again ...

Page 42: ...ways comes out too dark Answer 1 Modify the Gamma setting to 1 8 for your monitor and when printing set Gamma to 2 2 for your printer 2 Use the Brightness setting of the TWAIN user interface to get a brighter image Question Sometimes it seems the scanner does not detect paper Answer The AV120 scanner paper sensor is located at the center of the paper guide Please place the document you need to sca...

Page 43: ...space display card interface card The name and version of your scanning software application The version of your scanner driver Please call us at US and Canada Area Avision Labs Inc 6815 Mowry Ave Newark CA 94560 USA TEL 1 510 739 2369 FAX 1 510 739 6060 EMAIL support avision labs com Web Site http www avision com Other Area Avision Inc Avision Inc No 20 Creation Road I Science Based Industrial Pa...

Page 44: ... attached Paper with ink not totally dry Paper with inconsistent thickness such as envelopes Paper with wrinkles curls folds or tears Tracing paper Coated paper Carbonless paper Paper narrower than 3 5 or wider than 8 5 Items other than papers such as cloth metal or OHP film Notched paper Paper with an odd non rectangular shape Very thin paper ...

Page 45: ... gray scale 24 bit color Document Feed Auto Document Feeder ADF ADF Capacity Up to 15 pages Scanning Speed 10 pages per minute Document Size Letter legal A4 B5 A5 business card Min Document Size 4 x 3 5 ADF 3 5 x 2 manual feed Paper 16 lbs to 28 lbs Interface USB 1 1 Power Source 100Vac 240Vac 50 60Hz external Power Consumption 15 watts Dimensions WxHxD 293 x 113 x 97 mm Weight 1 45 kgs ...

Page 46: ...l Park Hsinchu Taiwan R O C declare that the product Model Number AV120 conforms to the following Product Specifications Emission EN 50081 1 1992 EN 55022 Class B Conducted Radiated 1994 EN 60555 2 Harmonics 1987 EN 60555 3 Flicker 1987 Immunity EN50082 1 1992 IEC 1000 4 2 ESD 1995 IEC 1000 4 3 RS 1995 IEC 1000 4 4 EFT Burst 1995 IEC 1000 4 5 SURGE 1995 ...