Avision AVA3 400, User Manual

Page 1: ...User s Manual For AVA3 Plus AVA3 400 A3 Size Color Image Scanner Doc No 250 0052 01 Rev B Avision Inc ...

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: ...o 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 u...

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Page 6: ... 2 6 INSTALLING THE SCSI CARD 2 7 2 6 1 PC USERS 2 7 2 6 2 MAC USER 2 8 2 7 PLACING YOUR ORIGINAL 2 9 2 8 TURNING ON THE POWER 2 10 3 SCANNER DRIVER INSTALLATION 3 1 3 1 MAC USERS 3 1 3 2 PC USERS 3 4 3 2 1 BEFORE INSTALLING THE SCANNER DRIVER 3 4 3 2 2 WINDOWS 3 1 OR WINDOWS 3 1X 3 5 3 2 3 WINDOWS 95 3 5 3 2 4 WINDOWS 98 WINDOWS 95 OSR2 3 6 3 2 5 WINDOWS NT4 0 3 7 3 2 6 UNINTALL THE SCANNER DRIVE...

Page 7: ... IMAGE TYPE 4 8 4 2 4 ENHANCING YOUR IMAGE 4 13 4 2 5 VIEWING THE IMAGE TOOL 4 24 4 2 6 OTHER TOOLS 4 25 4 2 7 STARTING FINAL SCAN 4 26 4 3 USING BUNDLED APPLICATION SOFTWARE 4 27 4 3 1 INSTALLING THE APPLICATION SOFTWARE 4 27 4 3 2 VIEWING THE ONLINE MANUAL 4 27 5 CARE AND MAINTENANCE 5 1 5 1 CLEANING THE GLASS 5 1 6 TROUBLESHOOTING 6 1 6 1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 6 1 6 2 TECHNICAL SERVICE 6 4...

Page 8: ...f the scanner please take a few minutes to read through this manual before you install and operate the new scanner The manual contains valuable information on how to unpack install operate and maintain the scanner properly Figure 1 1 in below shows how the scanner is packed Please check if all items are included If there is any item missing or damaged please contact your nearest dealer immediately...

Page 9: ...Note When you unpack the scanner retain the packing material and shipping box in case you may transport the scanner in the future 1 Scanner main unit 2 Cushion 3 Users manual Software CD 4 SCSI host adapter SCSI cable Power cable 5 Carton 1 2 3 4 5 ...

Page 10: ...xcessive heat may cause damage to the unit v Do not install the scanner in a humid or dusty place v Be sure to use the proper AC power source v Place the scanner securely on an even flat surface Tilted or uneven surfaces may cause mechanical problems v Keep the shipping box and the material in case you may need to ship the scanner again ...

Page 11: ...Note When you need to transport the scanner be sure to proceed the following steps and move the lock switch to the lock position otherwise unexpected damage should cause the scanner malfunction and void the warranty 1 Turn on the scanner 2 The POWER LED should light up and the READY LED is flashing to perform the initial self test 3 If no error occurs the READY LED should be steadily on 4 Turn off...

Page 12: ...ner is equipped with a built in terminator switch on the rear side of the scanner See also Figure 2 2 Move the switch to the on position to enable the SCSI termination or to the off position to disable the SCSI termination The SCSI termination ensures the electrical signal flow through the SCSI chain properly As a result if the scanner is the only or final device connected to your computer you sho...

Page 13: ...Scanner Installation 2 4 Figure 2 2 SCSI ID setting Terminator switch 2 1 1 SCSI ID Setting 2 SCSI Terminator Switch ...

Page 14: ... shown in Figure 2 3 single device configuration or Figure 2 4 SCSI chain configuration Figure 2 3 Cable connection single device configuration 1 25 Pin SCSI connector 2 50 Pin SCSI connector 3 50 Pin SCSI cable supplied 4 Power cable 5 Power switch 6 Host computer 7 SCSI port to SCSI host adapter 8 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 SCSI Terminator On Off ...

Page 15: ...ration 1 Last SCSI device 2 Scanner SCSI device A 3 25 Pin SCSI connector 4 50 Pin SCSI connector 5 SCSI cable 6 SCSI cable supplied 7 Power cable 8 Host computer 9 SCSI port to SCSI host adapter 1 5 6 7 2 3 4 8 9 Last SCSI Device SCSI Terminator On SCSI Terminator On Off ...

Page 16: ...he other end to the SCSI port at the back of your scanner 4 Turn on your scanner 5 When the scanner is ready turn on your computer Software Installation Windows 3 1 If your scanner comes with an Adaptec AVA 1505Ae SCSI card then the installation of the SCSI card driver will be complete during the installation of the scanner driver Caution Before you connect or disconnect the SCSI cable be sure to ...

Page 17: ...er 2 Choose Add and Select manufacturer and SCSI adapter 3 Select Adaptec as the manufacturer and AIC 6X60 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 provide...

Page 18: ...en place your original face down on the document glass as shown in Fig 2 5 Make sure the top of your original near the document alignment mark Figure 2 5 Placing the original 1 Document cover 2 Document alignment mark 3 Your original 4 Reference frame 5 Document glass 1 3 5 4 2 ...

Page 19: ... 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 steadily on Figure 2 6 Turning on the power POWER READY ERROR Figure 2 7 LED Status 1 1 The Power Switch Standby status ON ON OFF ...

Page 20: ... procedures of Avision 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 fo...

Page 21: ...box as Figure 3 4 will 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 o...

Page 22: ...Scanner Driver Installation 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: ...mouse v A CD ROM drive 3 2 1 BEFORE INSTALLING THE SCANNER DRIVER Before installing the scanner driver please make sure the following steps have been performed to ensure a successful installation 1 Turn off your computer 2 Connect your scanner correctly to your computer Refer to Chapter 2 Scanner Installation 3 Turn on your scanner The READY LED will be flashing to perform the scanner self test 4 ...

Page 24: ...OM drive 5 Select the Driver and Win95 folder then follow the on screen instruction to complete the installation 6 Choose Finish at the end of the screen 7 An installation menu will be automatically displayed If the installation menu has not been automatically displayed on your screen please press the Start button and choose RUN type d setup exe d the CD ROM drive letter in use Choose OK 8 Choose ...

Page 25: ... screen instruction to complete the installation 7 Choose Finish at the end of the screen 8 An installation menu will be automatically displayed If the installation menu has not been automatically displayed on your screen please press the Start button and choose RUN type d setup exe d the CD ROM drive letter in use Choose OK 9 Choose Scanner Driver and follow the on screen instruction to complete ...

Page 26: ... NT4 0 3 Press the Start button and choose RUN Type d setup exe d the CD ROM drive letter in use Choose OK 4 Follow the subsequent instruction on the screen to complete the instruction Normally just press OK and the installation will be completed ...

Page 27: ...Driver Installation 3 8 3 2 6 UNINTALL THE SCANNER DRIVER You can uninstall the scanner driver by selecting Start Programs Avision Scanner AVA3 series Then from the submenu of AVA3 series click Uninstall Driver ...

Page 28: ...iver is able to scan and load the image to your computer The command to start the scanner driver may vary due to different software applications To check the correct command please refer to the user manual of your software application 4 1 STARTING YOUR FIRST SCAN FROM WITHIN A TWAIN OR A PLUG IN APPLICATION MAC Users 1 Start your application For example Adobe PhotoShop Ulead ImagePals MGI PhotoSui...

Page 29: ...s with the text facing away from you 5 Click the Preview or Scan button to preview or scan your document or image Figure 4 1 Mac Plug in user interface TWAIN Stands for Technology Without An Interesting Name an industry standard protocol which exchanges information between the application and image acquisition device such as scanners ...

Page 30: ...rom the File menu If the Select Source command is not available from the File menu see the user guide of your application to learn how the TWAIN link is used 2 A dialog box appears containing the different TWAIN sources for you to choose from to bring an image into your application ...

Page 31: ...that case you will need to select MrScan Expert as the source again before you can reuse the scanner 4 Place the document upside down on the document board with the text facing away from you 5 From the File menu choose Acquire 6 Avision TWAIN user interface as Figure 4 2 will pop up on the screen Click Preview or Scan button to scan the document Figure 4 2 PC TWAIN user interface ...

Page 32: ...RIVER USER INTERFACE 4 2 1 CHOOSING YOUR SCANNING SOURCE Two scanning sources are provided flatbed as well as transparency However if you have not installed the transparency kit please leave the source to the flatbed option Figure 4 3 Scanning Source ...

Page 33: ...per inch dpi Normally the greater the dpi number the higher the resolution and the image file size Be aware that the 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 Resolution 50 dpi Resolution 100 dpi ...

Page 34: ...ed to scan a small area at True Color mode 2 You can also refer to the following table to choose a proper resolution while applying your image to other application Scanner Settings Application Image Type Resolution dpi File Fax E mail Your Document LineArt 200 View Copy Edit Your Color Picture True Color 100 OCR Your Document LineArt 300 OCR Stands for Optical Character Recognition the process to ...

Page 35: ...nner Operation 4 8 4 2 3 SELECTING A PROPER IMAGE TYPE Select image type through the mode from the scanner user interface for your own purpose Please see Figure 4 4 as shown in below Figure 4 4 Image Type ...

Page 36: ...00 white LineArt is the best choice of image type if you want to scan text pen or ink drawing Since only 1 bit of black or white information is required for each pixel the disk space required for saving lineArt image is only about 1 24 of that required to save 24 bit true color images Figure 4 5 Lineart Image Pixel A combination of two words picture and element a pixel is a single dot on a compute...

Page 37: ...the image at a certain distance it looks very closely like a gray image yet it consumes the least disk space Halftone is the picture that we usually see in newspapers or magazines Since Halftone is one type of black and white image the disk space required to save a halftone image is 1 24 of that required to save a 24 bit true color image Figure 4 6 Halftone Image ...

Page 38: ... of image if you wish to scan a black and white photograph With 10 bits of color information per pixel the disk space required to save a gray image is eight times more than lineArt and 1 3 of that required to save a 24 bit true color image Figure 4 7 Halftone Image 256 Colors The 256 colors image provides 256 levels of color hues The disk space required to save an image in 256 colors is 1 3 of tha...

Page 39: ...hree 10 bit color channels The red green and blue channels are mixed together to create a combination of one billion 2 30 colors which give a more true to life quality to the image True Color is the best choice if you want to scan a color photo Figure 4 9 Halftone Image ...

Page 40: ...G YOUR IMAGE Brightness Adjusts the lightness or darkness of an image The higher the value the brighter the image Decrease your Brightness Normal Increase your Brightness Contrast Gamma Shadow Hue Saturation Intensity Brightness Highlight ...

Page 41: ...est shades in the image The higher the contrast the bigger the different gray scales Decrease your Contrast Normal Increase your Contrast Gamma Adjusts the midtone of the image without losing details of the lightest and the darkest areas Gamma Value 1 0 Gamma Value 1 4 Gamma Value 2 0 ...

Page 42: ... scanned image while shadow refers the darkest point Using Highlight and Shadow tool together allow you to extend the range of color and reveal more details in a gray or color image Highlight 255 Shadow 0 Normal Highlight 210 Shadow 10 Highlight 200 Shadow 0 Highlight 255 Shadow 50 ...

Page 43: ...e the level of intensity for the color will be changed simultaneously when the hue adjustment is made The Color Wheel Intensity Adjust the color strength by clicking the Up or Down arrow button Saturation Adjust the saturation level for the color by clicking the Up or Down arrow button The level of saturation decides if the color is pale or rich ...

Page 44: ...or text or red color background choose the R Red channel then any text or background in red color will be removed Yet 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 Tip An increase of brightness after removing one of the color channel will make your image more clear Auto Crop Invert Image Quality Mo...

Page 45: ... Operation 4 18 Your original with blue color background After click the B Blue channel Your original with red watermark Do Not Copy After click the R Red channel The red watermark Do Not Copy has been removed ...

Page 46: ...ation 4 19 Invert Image 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 Original After Invert ...

Page 47: ...comes close to that of the original This function uses default parameters to adjust the image Before Color Matching After Color Matching 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 ...

Page 48: ...lly adjusts the highlight and shadow areas of the scanned image to give it an optimal effect Before Auto Level After Auto Level Auto Crop Automatically sets the whole document as the scan area no matter what its size Before Auto Crop After Auto Crop ...

Page 49: ...Scanner Operation 4 22 Sharpen Sharpens the scanned image Look for more selections under this item Original Extra Heavy ...

Page 50: ... Descreen Eliminates the moire patterns commonly found in printed matter Before Descreen After Descreen Moire pattern An undesirable pattern in a color printing resulting from incorrect screen angle of overprinting halftone ...

Page 51: ...mouse button to create your scan area Release the left mouse button when the area has been successfully selected Zoom Click and place your cursor on the preview area The cursor will turn a zoom sign to enlarge or reduce press the Alt key your preview image Move Image Click and place your cursor anywhere on the preview area The cursor now turns a hand sign to allow you to move the preview image to ...

Page 52: ...ck Image Width Height Fix your output width and height despite of the scan size you have selected Note the scale value will be changed automatically when you applying this function and resizing your selected area at the same time Quick Choice Scan Size Provide frequently used scan size option including Business Card 5 x 3 6 x 4 Letter Legal B5 A5 A4 A3 or your current scan area to perform an immed...

Page 53: ...to be scanned Scan Scans the area with 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 Cursor turns arrow to resize the scan area The preview Window ...

Page 54: ...re MGI PhotoSuite the image editing and personal photo application or PaperCom the office document management application 4 3 1 INSTALLING THE APPLICATION SOFTWARE To install the bounded software application choose Install Application in the installation menu and follow the on screen instruction to install the software application respectively OCR Stands for Optical Character Recognition the proce...

Page 55: ...4 28 4 3 2 VIEWING THE ONLINE MANUAL To learn how to use the application software please review the on line manual by choosing the Manual folder in the CD or the View Manual tab in the installation menu as shown in below ...

Page 56: ...ocedures 1 Soak a cotton swab with some isopropyl alcohol 95 2 Open the document cover as shown in Figure 5 1 Wipe the document glass by moving the swab from side to side 3 Close the document cover Your scanner is now ready for use Figure 5 3 The cleaning area 1 1 Document glass ...

Page 57: ...eck 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 command from the host computer Answer Please check your SCSI ID and SCSI terminator See Chapter 2 Scanner Installation and make sure that the power cable and SCSI card or SCSI cable have all been correctly and firmly connected See also ...

Page 58: ...not light up Answer The lamp is probably out of order Contact your local dealer or distributor to replace the lamp For your information the average life time of the lamp is about 15 000 hours and the operating temperature for the scanner is between 10 C 50 F and 40 C 104 F Question To get image from the scanner is no problem But when scanning the scanner or the system will often crash Answer 1 Ple...

Page 59: ...stion Why is it that the scanned image always comes out to be too dark Answer 1 Modify the Gamma setting to1 8 2 2 for your monitor and when printing set the Gamma setting to 2 2 for your printer 2 Adjust the Brightness setting from the TWAIN user interface to get a brighter image Question The scanner works well except for the line art image The lines in the image seem to be much thicker than the ...

Page 60: ...y card interface 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 I...

Page 61: ...fusion single bit Optical Resolution n AVA3 Plus n AVA3 400 300 600 dpi 400 800 dpi Maximum Resolution n AVA3 Plus n AVA3 400 9600 dpi 12800 dpi Light Source Cold cathode fluorescent lamp Maximum Scanning Size 11 69 x 16 54 Interface SCSI 2 Power Requirement 100 to 240 Vac 50 to 60 Hz Power Consumption 45 watts Humidity 20 to 80 RH Operation Temperature 10 C to 40 C Storage Temperature 10 to 50 C ...

Page 62: ...ss 4 12 C Color Matching 4 19 Color Wheel 4 15 Contrast 4 13 D Descreen 4 22 G Gamma 4 13 Gray 4 10 H Halftone 4 9 Highlight 4 14 hue 4 15 I Image Control 4 12 Image Type 4 6 LineArt Halftone Gray 256 Colors True Colors 4 8 Intensity 4 15 Invert 4 18 L LineArt 4 8 lock switch 2 2 M moire patterns 4 22 O OCR 4 6 4 26 ...

Page 63: ...lity Mode 4 19 R resolution 4 6 S Saturation 4 15 Scaling 4 24 Scan 4 4 SCSI chain 2 3 SCSI ID 2 3 SCSI termination 2 3 Select Source 4 3 Shadow 4 14 Sharpen 4 21 Speed Mode 4 19 T transparency kit 4 5 True Color 4 11 U Unit 4 24 ...

Page 64: ...0 Taiwan R O C declare that the product Model Number AVA3 conforms to the following Product Specifications Emission EN 50081 1 1992 EN 55022 Class B 1994 Conducted Radiated EN 61000 3 2 Hormonics 1996 EN 61000 3 3 Flicker 1995 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 ...