Avision AV610, User Manual

Page 1: ...AV610 User s Manual 1 Avision AV610 Document Scanner User s Manual Installing the Machine Completing Your First Scan Editing Your Images Using the Buttons ...

Page 2: ...ipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense You are cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void your authority to operate the equipment This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the fol...

Page 3: ...rranty of any kind with regard to this material including but not limited to the implied warranties of fitness for a particular purpose System Requirements Windows IBM compatible PC 586 Pentium III 600 or above Microsoft Windows 98 Windows Me Windows 2000 Windows XP A USB universal serial bus port At least 100M bytes of free hard disk space 128M bytes of RAM or above A CD ROM drive ...

Page 4: ...TH IMAGE EDITING SOFTWARE 15 2 2 1 A GLANCE OF THE USER INTERFACE 16 CHAPTER 3 EDITING YOUR IMAGE 17 3 1 USING THE BASIC FEATURES 17 3 1 1 CHOOSING YOUR SCAN METHOD 17 3 1 2 SELECTING A PROPER IMAGE TYPE 18 3 1 3 DETERMINING A PROPER RESOLUTION 20 3 1 4 ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST 21 3 1 5 ENLARGING PREVIEWED IMAGE 22 3 1 6 INVERTING AND SELECTING YOUR IMAGE 23 3 1 7 ENHANCING YOUR IMAGE...

Page 5: ... 4 1 CUSTOMIZING YOUR BUTTON SETTINGS 36 4 2 USING THE BUTTONS 38 CHAPTER 5 CARE AND MAINTENANCE 39 5 1 CLEANING THE ADF 39 5 2 CLEANING THE GLASS 40 5 3 REPLACING THE ADF DETACHABLE PAD MODULE 41 APPENDIX 42 TROUBLESHOOTING 42 SPECIFICATION 44 INDEX 45 ...

Page 6: ...Avision AV610 USB Scanner USB Cable Power Cable Paper Guide Paper Guide Extension Power Supply Paper Stop Quick Guide Replacable ADF Pad CD Note 1 Please keep all the packing material in case you may have to return the scanner for repair 2 Only use the AC adapter 868 1030 I24 Rev A made byYHI included in the machine Using other AC adapters may damage the machine and void the warranty ...

Page 7: ...t the bottom of the scanner Move the lock switch to the unlocked position as shown below Warning 1 Using the scanner without unlocking the scanning unit will cause damage to the machine and void the warranty 2 To transport the machine you must lock the scanning unit before transporting to other locations 1 3 Installing the ADF Paper Tray 1 Insert the notched corners of the ADF Paper Support to the...

Page 8: ...ers of the ADF Paper Tray into the clip joints on the ADF document cover 1 4 Installing the Paper Stop Insert the Paper Stop onto the back of the scanner and slide it downward to snap its tabs into place Document Cover Paper Stop ...

Page 9: ... than papers such as cloth metal or OHP film Notched paper Paper with an odd non rectangular shape Please use the flatbed to copy or scan documents that cannot be fed by the ADF 1 5 Connecting to the ADF and Power 1 Plug the ADF connector to the document cover to the ADF port 2 Plug the small end of the power adaptor into the power jack of your scanner Insert the other end to an appropriate power ...

Page 10: ... 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 and follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation 4 Connecting to Computer Connect the square end of the USB cable to the USB port of your scanner Connect the rectangle end to the USB port of your comp...

Page 11: ...ect a new USB device and prompt a New Hardware Found message Windows 9X Windows ME Windows XP 6 In Windows 9X or Windows ME confirm that Search for a better driver is selected and click the Next button In Windows XP click the Next button to continue ...

Page 12: ...2 5 When the Finish dialog is prompted click the Finish button Windows 9X Windows ME Windows XP Note To uninstall the scanner driver in Windows XP be sure to keep your scanner connecting to your computer ...

Page 13: ...per before loading Standard paper should be fed easily To prevent occasional paper jams when automatically feeding multi page documents fan the paper before loading 2 Place your document face up Place your document with the text face up and make the top of the page to the left side as shown below A B C 1 2 3 Top of Page Feed Direction ...

Page 14: ... 1 Open document cover 2 Place your document with your text FACE DOWN on the glass 3 Make sure the upper left corner of your original near the home position as marked in the scanner 1 Document Cover 2 Glass 3 Document 4 Home Position 4 3 1 2 ...

Page 15: ...ications 1 Start a TWAIN compliant software application such as Roxio PhotoSuite 4 2 Click Get Scanner TWAIN 3 Choose AV610 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 scan of your document Allocate your scanned area and choose Scan button to s...

Page 16: ...ss level from 100 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 x 2 5 Photo 5 x3 Photo 6 x4 A5 B5 A4 Letter Legal or scanner...

Page 17: ... Choice Flatbed Select this setting if you need to scan single page document newspaper clipping or a photo ADF Multipage Select this setting if you need to scan multi page document from the automatic document feeder ADF ADF Singlepage Select this setting if you need to scan single page from the automatic document feeder ADF 1 ...

Page 18: ... 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 19: ...AV610 User s Manual 19 Black White Halftone Gray 8 bit Color 24 bit Color ...

Page 20: ...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 21: ...r darkness of an image The 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 1 2 ...

Page 22: ...larging Previewed Image 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 23: ...ng and Selecting 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 24: ...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 25: ...he moire 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 26: ...e 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 27: ...d Features 3 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 28: ... the darkest point Using Highlight and Shadow tool together allows you to extend the range of color and reveal more details in a gray or color image 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 29: ...AV610 User s Manual 29 When the value of gamma changes the image changes accordingly Gamma Value 1 0 Gamma Value 1 4 Gamma Value 2 0 ...

Page 30: ...30 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 31: ...Manual 31 3 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 32: ...olor 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 righ...

Page 33: ...33 3 2 5 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 34: ...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 35: ... By clicking 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 36: ...o Customize your Button Preferences 1 Start your Button program by clicking Start Programs Scanner Software Button Manager The Button Manager icon appears at the lower right corner 2 Click Preferences to prompt the Preferences dialog OR 1 Press either one of the three buttons on the front of the scanner to prompt the Preference dialog 3 Please see next page on how to customize your preferences But...

Page 37: ...Scan Size Choose your scan size from Letter A4 or Business Card 3 Resolution Choose a proper resolution from 100 dpi to 1200 dpi 4 Image Format Choose from BMP PCX TIFF or JPEG 5 Image Editor Choose your favorite image editing application 6 Printer Choose your favorite printer 7 Copies Choose your copy count 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 1 2 3 6 7 ...

Page 38: ...ge to Microsoft Outlook Express to send the image as e mail attachment Scan Scan and load your scanned image to your image editing software application Copy Scan and print your scanned image from your printer 2 The status bar will display to indicate the progress of your task Copy Scan E mail ...

Page 39: ... 1 Documents do not feed smoothly or easily 2 Several documents feed at one time The Cleaning Procedures 1 Wet a cotton swab with some isopropyl alcohol 95 2 Open the ADF unit and wipe the upper feeding roller by moving the swab from side to side Rotate the roller forward with your finger and repeat the above cleaning procedures until the entire roller is cleaned Be careful not to snag or damage t...

Page 40: ...he Procedures 1 Soak a cotton swab with some isopropyl alcohol 95 2 Open the document cover Wipe the glass area by moving the swab from side to side 3 Close the ADF unit and document cover Your scanner is now ready for use Glass ...

Page 41: ... experience problems with document feeding In this case it is highly recommended to replace the pad module with a new one For ordering the pad module please consult your nearest dealer and follow the procedure in below to replace it Removing Procedure 1 Open the ADF front cover to the left 2 Use two fingers to pull the ADF detachable pad as indicated in below ADF pad ...

Page 42: ...ck switch underneath the scanner to the Unlock position No response after pressing the front buttons 1 Check if the power cable is connected 2 Check if the USB cable is connected 3 Check if the software is installed Paper jam in the ADF In the event of a paper jam follow the procedures below to remove the paper 1 Turn the scanner off by disconnecting the power cable 2 Gently open the ADF front cov...

Page 43: ...Avision AV610 User s Manual 43 4 Close the ADF front cover 5 Turn on the scanner by reconnecting the power cable Your scanner is now ready to use ...

Page 44: ...ed 20 PPM B W 200 dpi A4 Interface USB 2 0 Input Voltage 100 240V 50 60 Hz Output Voltage 24Vdc 1 25A Power Consumption 30W Button 3 buttons E mail Copy Scan Humidity 20 80 RH Operating Temperature 10 35 degree C Storing Temperature 15 45 degree C Dimension 275 H x 316 W x 444 L mm Weight 4 7 Kg 10 37 lbs Specifications are subject to change without notice ...

Page 45: ...olor Balance 33 Color Drop out 34 Contrast 21 Copy 38 D Descreen 25 E E mail 38 H Highlight 28 Hue 32 I Image Type Black White Halftone 8 bit Gray 8 bit Color 24 bit Color 18 Invert 23 L Lightness 32 M Mirror Function 24 Moire pattern 25 R Resolution 20 S Saturation 32 Scan 38 Scan Method 17 Shadow 28 Sharpen 25 Z Zoom View 22 ...