Avision AVA6, User Manual

Page 1: ...Color image Scanner User Manual 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: ...arantee that 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...

Page 4: ...l Park Hsinchu Taiwan R O C declare that the product Model Number AVA6 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 ...

Page 5: ... Windows IBM compatible PC Pentium III 600 or higher Microsoft Windows 98 98SE Me 2000 XP USB port Hi Speed with USB 2 0 card only Compatible with USB 1 1 At least 100 MB of free hard disk space At least 128 MB of system memory A CD ROM drive ...

Page 6: ...G THE CABLES 3 3 4 COMPLETING YOUR FIRST SCAN 4 1 4 1 LOADING YOUR PAPER 4 1 4 2 SCANNING WITH IMAGE EDITING SOFTWARE 4 2 5 EDITING YOUR IMAGE 5 1 5 1 USING THE BASIC FEATURES 5 1 4 2 USING THE ADVANCED FEATURES 5 11 4 3 USING OTHER TOOLS 5 19 6 USING THE BUTTONS 6 1 6 1 CUSTOMIZING YOUR BUTTON SETTINGS 6 1 6 2 USING THE BUTTONS 6 3 7 TECHNICAL SERVICE 7 1 8 SPECIFICATIONS 8 1 ...

Page 7: ... 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 The following figure indicates the package contents Please check all the items against your checklist If you do not receive all the items please contact your authorized local dealer immediately ...

Page 8: ...1 2 1 AVA6 Main Unit 2 USB Cable 3 Power Adapter cord 4 Quick Guide CD 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 9: ...re 1 Insert the supplied CD into your CD ROM The installation menu appears as shown below Note If the Installation menu fails to appear an alternative method is to click the Start button on the task bar choose Run and type d cdsetup exe D your CD ROM drive in use and click O K ...

Page 10: ...Driver to install the TWAIN driver 3 Click Install AVCapture to install the application software 4 Follow the on screen instructions to install applications respectively 5 Restart the PC after installing all software applications ...

Page 11: ...a 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 Use only the SINO AMERICAN AC adapter SAL124A 2410U 6 included with the machine Using other AC adapters may damage the machine and void the warr...

Page 12: ...3 2 3 1 Removing the shipping lock Unlock the scanner by moving the lock switch beneath it to the Unlock position Refer to the Lock Unlock figure as below lock unlock ...

Page 13: ...r Plug the small end of the power adaptor into the power jack of your scanner Insert the other end to an appropriate power outlet 3 2 2 Connecting to Computer 1 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 computer Power Cable USB cable ...

Page 14: ...dows 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 4 During the process the Windows XP certification screen will appear Ignore the contents and choose Continue Anyway to complete the installation ...

Page 15: ...AVA6 User s Manual 3 5 5 When the Finish dialog is prompted click the Finish button Windows 9X Windows ME Windows 2000 XP ...

Page 16: ...AVA6 User s Manual 4 1 4 Completing Your First Scan 4 1 Loading Your Paper Align the document to the reference mark as indicated Document the text face down reference mark ...

Page 17: ... scanner driver 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 AVA6 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 ...

Page 18: ... Manual 4 3 scan the document 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 19: ...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 20: ...AVA6 User s Manual 5 1 5 Editing Your Image 5 1 Using the Basic Features 5 1 1 Choosing Your Scan Method 1 Scan Method Choice flatbed 1 ...

Page 21: ... 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 22: ...AVA6 User s Manual 5 3 Black White Halftone Gray 8 bit Color 24 bit Color ...

Page 23: ...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 24: ...ss or 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 Normal Increase Contrast 1 2 ...

Page 25: ... 5 Enlarging 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 26: ...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 27: ...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 28: ...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 29: ...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 30: ...d Features 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 Lightn ess Curve Color Balance Color Drop out 2 The Advanced Settings bar 1 2 ...

Page 31: ...s 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 32: ...AVA6 User s Manual 5 13 When the value of gamma changes the image changes accordingly Gamma Value 1 0 Gamma Value 1 4 Gamma Value 2 0 ...

Page 33: ...5 14 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 34: ...nual 5 15 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 35: ...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 36: ... 17 4 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 37: ... 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 38: ... 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 39: ...e successfully installed the scanner driver on your computer please customize your button settings to use the buttons properly To Customize your Button Preferences 1 Start your Button program by clicking Start All Programs AVA6 PLUS Preferences to prompt the Preferences dialog ID Photo 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 40: ...e Type Choose a proper image type 2 Scan Size Choose your scan size 3 Resolution Choose a proper resolution 4 Image Format Choose an image format 5 Image Editor Choose your favorite image editing application 1 2 3 4 5 ...

Page 41: ...the Buttons Press the button you desire ID Photo Scan and load your scanned image to your default image editing software application Scan Scan and load your scanned image to your chosen image editing software application Scan ID Photo ...

Page 42: ... name and version of your scanning software application The version of your scanner driver Please call us at Headquarter Avision Inc No 20 Creation Road I Science Based Industrial Park Hsinchu 300 Taiwan ROC TEL 886 3 578 2388 FAX 886 3 577 7017 E MAIL service avision com tw Web Site http www avision com tw US and Canada Area Avision Labs Inc 6815 Mowry Ave Newark CA 94560 USA TEL 1 510 739 2369 F...

Page 43: ...ithout notice Scanner Type Desktop flatbed Optical Resolution 600 dpi 1200 dpi Scanning Modes Black White mode 8 bit gray scale 24 bit color Max Document Size 105mmx148mm Interface USB Power Source 24V 0 8A Power Consumption 12W Dimensions WxHxD 253 mm x 160 mm x 55 mm Weight 0 8 kgs ...