Avision AV810C, User Manual

Page 1: ...User s Manual For AV810C AV815C AV820C AV880C Document Imaging Scanner Doc No 250 0070 03 Rev C Avision Inc ...

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Page 3: ...o warranty of any kind with regard to this material including but not limited to the implied warranties of fitness for a particular purpose Avision shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material ...

Page 4: ... 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 receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help FCC CAUTION To assure continued compliance example us...

Page 5: ... 1 3 1 MAC USERS 3 1 3 2 PC USERS 3 4 3 2 1 WINDOWS 3 1 OR WINDOWS 3 1X 3 4 3 2 2 WINDOWS 95 OR WINDOWS NT4 0 3 5 4 SCANNER OPERATION 4 1 4 1 IMAGE TYPE 4 5 4 2 RESOLUTION CONTROL 4 7 4 3 IMAGE CONTROL 4 8 4 4 SCANNING 4 13 5 CARE AND MAINTENANCE 5 1 5 1 CLEANING THE ADF 5 1 5 2 CLEANING THE GLASS 5 3 5 3 REPLACING THE ADF DETACHABLE PAD MODULE 5 4 6 TROUBLESHOOTING 6 1 6 1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTI...

Page 6: ...anner To ensure the optimum performance of the scanner please take a few minutes to read through this manual before you install and operate the new scanner The manual contains important information on how to unpack install operate and maintain the scanner properly Figure 2 1 in below shows how the scanner is packed Please check if all items are included ...

Page 7: ...1 2 Figure 1 1 Scanner Packaging 1 Scanner main unit 2 Cushion 3 Users manual Software CD 4 SCSI host adapter 5 SCSI cable 6 Power adapter 7 Output paper rack 8 Carton 2 1 2 3 7 8 4 5 6 2 ...

Page 8: ...eding problems v Keep the shipping box and the material in case you may need to ship the scanner again 2 2 SCANNER UNPACKING Please unpack the scanner carefully If any item is missing or damaged please contact your authorized Avision dealer immediately Remove the shipping retainer 1 Place the scanner on its side as shown to reveal the shipping retainer as shown in Figure 2 1 2 Unscrew the retainer...

Page 9: ...2 2 Figure 2 1 Remove the shipping retainer Figure 2 2 Fasten the shipping retainer ...

Page 10: ...I chain you may need to adjust the SCSI ID selector setting located on the back of the scanner See Figure 2 3 This setting assigns a specific device ID to the scanner If the ID number is duplicate with an existing SCSI device please select a new ID Note The factory setting for the scanner is ID 6 Usually ID 0 is assigned to an internal hard disk drive and ID 7 to SCSI adapter or host ID 8 and 9 ar...

Page 11: ...2 4 Figure 2 3 SCSI ID setting Terminator switch Terminator SW SCSI ID Selector Power Switch ...

Page 12: ...r chute to about 45 degrees Insert the ADF paper chute to auto feeder holes on the document cover as shown in Figure 2 4 3 Pull out the wire leg under the paper chute 4 Pull out the paper chute extension to the length you wish Figure 2 4 Install the ADF paper chute Wire leg ADF paper chute Document cover ...

Page 13: ...2 Insert the three clasp joints on the output paper rack in their respective places on the ADF 3 Release the paper rack gently Make sure the rack is firmly attached to the ADF 4 Pull out the output paper rack extension to the length you want Figure 2 5 Install the ADF output paper rack Clasp joint Extensions ...

Page 14: ...2 7 2 4 DOCUMENT LOADING For flatbed scanning see Figure 2 6 Figure 2 6 Lay the paper on the scanner Document cover Document holding pad Reference mark Document Document board glass Reference frame ...

Page 15: ...nner To prevent occasional paper jam when automatically feeding multiple documents loosen the paper before loading See Figure 2 7 Figure 2 7 Use ADF to load multiple documents Left guide Auto feeder hole Right guide Document ADF paper chute Document size scale ...

Page 16: ...the side of the scanner To turn on the scanner press the switch toward 1 At this moment the POWER LED should light up If not check the power Scanner Diagnostics The scanner has a built in self diagnostic function to detect system errors The self test is initiated each time the scanner is turned on During the test the READY LED is flashing At the end of the test if no error occurs the READY LED is ...

Page 17: ...2 10 Figure 2 8 Cable connection Close view Figure 2 9 Cable connection General view Power switch SCSI cable To computer SCSI port SCSI cable To another SCSI device ...

Page 18: ...t firmly 3 Turn on your computer Software Installation Windows 3 1 If your scanner comes with an Adaptec AVA 1505Ae then the installation of the SCSI card driver will be complete during the installation of the scanner driver Windows 95 Windows 95 has embedded driver support for your host adapter When you start Windows 95 the host adapter is detected and the appropriate driver is automatically inst...

Page 19: ... ISA Single Chip SCSI Controller as the adapter and then Confirm 4 Follow the on screen instruction to complete the installation 5 Restart your Windows NT 2 6 1 2 OTHER SCSI CARDS If you purchase your SCSI card separately from the scanner then please follow the installation instruction provided by your SCSI card supplier 2 6 2 MAC USER The Mac system already has SCSI controller built in Connect th...

Page 20: ...n scanner driver are as follows 1 Close all the applications including the anti virus program 2 Install on your computer the image editing or scanner related application you want to use with the scanner such as OmniPage PhotoShop etc 3 Insert Avision Driver Kit disk into your floppy disk drive The Avision Driver Kit X x x dialog box as Fig 3 1 will appear Read Read Me First for some valuable infor...

Page 21: ... appear on the screen Select the Avision Scan icon ignore the Scanner Model list and the Set SCSI ID button The list of scanner model will be displayed Click on the Set SCSI ID button The Scanner ID window as Fig 3 5 will appear Choose Detect The current Scanner ID number will be verified and highlighted Press OK button You can then start your application to use the scanner or refer to your applic...

Page 22: ...3 3 Figure 3 5 Scanner ID Note You can find the latest driver in our homepage located at the World Wide Web WWW with the web site http www avision com ...

Page 23: ...allation v 16M bytes of RAM 32M bytes or higher recommended v A video graphics array VGA monitor v A Microsoft Windows compatible pointing device e g the mouse v A CD ROM drive Installation procedures of Avision Scanner driver are as follows 1 Start Windows 3 1 Windows 95 or Windows NT 2 Insert Avision PaperCom Supreme CD to your CD ROM drive 3 2 1 WINDOWS 3 1 OR WINDOWS 3 1X 3 From the File Menu ...

Page 24: ... button and choose RUN Type d driver scsi exe d means the letter indicating your current your CD ROM drive Choose O K 4 Follow the subsequent instruction on the screen to complete the instruction Normally just press OK and the installation will be completed ...

Page 25: ...Scan X x x from the submenu of Import The Mac Plug in user interface will pop up on the screen 3 Place the document upside down on the document board glass with the text facing away from you 4 Click the Preview or Scan button to preview or scan your document or image Figure 4 1 The Mac Plug in user interface ...

Page 26: ...to your application 3 Select MrScan Expert as the source 4 You need to select MrScan Expert for just once except when you need to use the dialog box to select a different source In that case you will need to select MrScan Expert as the source again before you can reuse the scanner 5 Place the document upside down on the document board with the text facing away from you 6 From the File menu choose ...

Page 27: ...4 3 Figure 4 2 Avision TWAIN user interface ...

Page 28: ...cans three types of source the document as well as the ADF and ADF Multipage Select either one from the source box of the screen of Avision TWAIN user interface for your own purpose Please see Figure 4 3 as shown below Figure 4 3 Scanning Source ...

Page 29: ...bed as follows Line art Line art displays the image only in black and white There are no intermediate shades of gray in between Halftone Halftone simulates different shades of gray by varying the threshold value of a matrix Gray 1024 levels of gray scale internally Scanner recognizes each point in the image as a shade of gray continuous tone 10 bit gray gives more detailed information about the im...

Page 30: ...4 6 True Color 30 bits Color image have continuous tones and a broader range of colors 256 Colors The 256 colors image provides 256 levels of color hues ...

Page 31: ...greater resolution takes more time memory and disk space therefore up to a certain degree of dpi the resolution will not visually be improved on the contrary it makes your files more unmanageable Figure 4 5 Resolution Control Scaling You can lock the X Y scaling factor to keep the ratio of the axis Or you can use a different scaling factor for each axis Unit A reminder of the measure system in use...

Page 32: ...rkest and the lightest shades in the image The higher the contrast the bigger the different gray scales Gamma Adjusts the midtone of the image without losing details of the lightest and the darkest areas Highlight Adjusts the highlight area of the image Shadow Adjusts the darkest area of the image Contrast Gamma Shadow Hue Saturation Intensity Brightness Highlight ...

Page 33: ...G Green or B Blue color background to sharpen your text or drawing 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 PC Mac ...

Page 34: ...es close to that of the original This function uses default parameters to adjust the image PC Mac Quality Speed Mode Choose Speed Mode if you need to speed up your scanning task Choose Quality Mode if you need a better quality of your scanning result Quality Mode Speed Mode ...

Page 35: ...4 11 Auto Level Mac Automatically adjusts the highlight and shadow areas of the scanned image to give it an optimal effect Sharpen Sharpens the scanned image Look for more selections under this item ...

Page 36: ...4 12 Descreen Eliminates the moire patterns commonly found in printed matter Before Descreen After Descreen ...

Page 37: ...ith the parameters you have set Exit Cancels the current job As shown in the figure below in the Preview window you can define the area to be scanned by dragging the cursor auxiliary lines with the mouse Click here to shift between different measure systems The cursor auxiliary lines The Preview Window ...

Page 38: ...ents 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 as shown in Figure 5 1 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 s...

Page 39: ...5 2 Figure 5 1 Opening the ADF unit Pad assembly Feeding roller Document glass ...

Page 40: ...some isopropyl alcohol 95 Open the ADF unit and document cover as shown in Figure 5 2 Wipe the glass of flatbed and ADF area by moving the swab from side to side Close the ADF unit and document cover Your scanner is now ready for use Figure 5 3 The cleaning area Glass ...

Page 41: ...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 by depressing the ADF release button 2 Remove the ADF detachable pad module by pulling out the upper part of the pad clamp as shown in Figure 1 Figure 1 Remove the pad module ADF release button ADF cove...

Page 42: ...ocedure 1 Take out the ADF pad module from the box 2 Hold the upper part of the pad clamp and place it gently to the pad holder as shown in Figure 2 Figure 2 Install the pad module Upper part of the pad clamp Pad holder ...

Page 43: ... the following troubleshooting hints 6 1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Question The LED indicates that the scanner is ready but the scanner does not respond to the scan command form the host computer Answer Please check the signal cable is firmly seated and invoke the scan command again If there is still no response please reset the scanner by turning it off and then on again and reboot your host com...

Page 44: ...ler condition do the cleaning if necessary 2 Use the paper guide when feeding the paper Question When I power on the scanner it makes noises and will not stand ready Answer There are two possibilities 1 You forgot to remove the shipping retainer from the scanner Please remove the shipping retainer first 2 You did not place the scanner on a flat desktop surface This may cause the scanner to functio...

Page 45: ... makes noises or it scans back and forth Answer Please choose lower speed from the TWAIN user interface for low speed PC Question The scanned image always comes out to be too dark Answer 1 Use your application to modify the Gamma setting to 2 2 and 1 8 for your printer and monitor respectively 2 Adjust Brightness setting from the TWAIN interface to get a brighter image Question The scanner works w...

Page 46: ...below 1 Turn off the scanner Press the button at the front left of the scanner 2 The ADF cover will pop up a little 3 Backward on its hinge open the ADF cover to its full position 4 Pull the paper gently out of the ADF unit Figure 6 1 Handle the paper jam problem press the button ...

Page 47: ...6 5 Figure 6 2 Handle the paper jam problem pull out the paper ...

Page 48: ...nterface card etc v The name and version of your software application v The version of your scanner driver Please call us at US and Canada Area Avision Labs Inc Address 6815 Mowry Ave Newark CA 94560 USA Telephone number 1 510 739 2369 Fax number 1 510 739 6060 Web Site http www avision com E mail support avision labs com Other Area Avision Inc Address No 20 Creation Road I Science Based Industria...

Page 49: ...hed v Paper with ink not totally dry v Paper with inconsistent thickness such as envelopes v Paper with wrinkles curls folds or tears v Tracing paper v Coated paper v Carbonless paper v Paper narrower than 3 5 or wider than 8 5 v Items other than papers such as cloth metal or OHP film v Notched paper v Paper with an odd non rectangular shape v Very thin paper ...

Page 50: ...eed n AV820C 20 PPM 200 dpi B W mode n AV810C 10 PPM 200 dpi B W mode n AV815C AV880 15 PPM 200 dpi B W mode Scanning Document Size ADF mode 8 5 x 14 Flatbed mode 8 5 x 11 69 Drivers Bundled TWAIN ISIS Interface SCSI 2 Power Requirement n AV820C AV880C 100 to 240 Vac 50 to 60 Hz n AV810C AV815C 90 to 264 Vac 47 to 63 Hz Power Consumption n AV810C AV815C 25 watts n AV820C AV880C 35 watts Humidity 2...