Avision ScanCopier DS300, User Manual

Page 1: ...ScanCopier User s Manual D N 250 0183 E Rev B Avision Inc ...

Page 2: ...ght All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without the prior written permission of the manufacturer Material scanned by this product may be protected by governmental laws ...

Page 3: ...warranty of any kind with regard to this material including but not limited to the implied warranties of fitness for a particular purpose The manufacturer 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: ...d and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communication Operation of this equipment 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...

Page 5: ...INSTALLATION 3 1 3 1 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE 3 1 3 2 UNINSTALL THE SCANCOPIER DRIVER 3 3 4 USING SCANCOPIER AS A COPIER 4 1 4 1 THE CONTROL PANEL 4 1 4 2 BEFROE MAKING COPIES 4 1 4 3 MAKING SIMPLE COPIES 4 2 4 4 MAKING COPIES WITH COPY FEATURES 4 3 5 SCANNER OPERATION DOCUMENT PRINTING5 1 5 1 IMAGE TYPE 5 3 5 2 SCANNING PARAMETERS IMAGE CONTROL 5 5 5 3 SCANNING 5 9 5 4 PRINTING 5 10 6 MAINTENANCE 6...

Page 6: ...r the best copier solution for office The following sections introduce the unpacking hardware and software installation the operation and maintenance information to you Please do take a few minutes to read through them to keep quality scanning result possible Figure 1 1 shows how the ScanCopier is packed Please check all the items against your checklist contained in the box or against Figure 1 1 I...

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Page 8: ...Package Contents 1 Software CD 2 Power Adapter 3 ScanCopier Cable 4 Quick Installation Guide 5 ScanCopier main unit ...

Page 9: ... may cause damage to the unit Ÿ Do not install the ScanCopier in a humid or dusty place Ÿ Be sure to use the proper AC power source Ÿ Place the ScanCopier securely on an even flat surface Tilted or uneven surfaces may cause mechanical or paper feeding problems Ÿ Retain the ScanCopier box and packing materials for shipping purposes ...

Page 10: ...hipment the ScanCopier is designed with a lock switch under the main unit Therefore before using the ScanCopier it is required to unlock ScanCopier by moving the lock switch to the Use position See Figure 2 1 1 Shipping Position 2 Use Position Figure 2 1 Unlocking the ScanCopier ...

Page 11: ...NNECTING SCANCOPIER TO WORK AS A COPIER Connect the power cable and signal cable as shown below Figure 2 2 Connect ScanCopier to a printer 1 ScanCopier main unit 2 To Printer port 3 Printer Cable 4 Power Jack 5 Power Adapter 6 Printer ...

Page 12: ...2 3 2 CONNECTING SCANCOPIER TO WORK AS A SCANNER Figure 2 3 ScanCopier Cable Connection 1 ScanCopier main unit 2 Power Adapter 3 ScanCopier Cable 4 PC Parallel Port 5 Printer Cable ...

Page 13: ...T PLACEMENT As shown in Figure 2 4 place the document on the glass with the text facing away from you Figure 2 4 Document Placement 1 Document Cover 2 Home Position Mark 3 Document 4 Document Glass 5 Control Panel ...

Page 14: ...isk space for installation Megabytes of RAM 16 Megabytes or higher recommended A video graphics array VGA monitor A Microsoft Windows compatible pointing device e g mouse A CD ROM drive 3 1 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE Installation procedures of ScanCopier driver are as follows 1 Start Windows 3 1 or Windows 95 2 Insert software CD into your CD ROM drive In Windows 3 1 or higher 3 From the File Menu cho...

Page 15: ...Windows NT 3 Press the Start button choose RUN type d driver scancopy exe d the CD ROM drive in use and then click O K See Figure 3 1 3 2 4 Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation Fig 3 1 Fig 3 2 ...

Page 16: ...3 2 UNINSTALL THE SCANCOPIER DRIVER You can uninstall the ScanCopier driver by selecting Start Programs ScanCopier and double clicking on the Uninstall command from the ScanCopier ...

Page 17: ... Darker Lighten or darken your image Increase level of brightness or darkness by the button Decrease level of brightness or darkness by the button 14 Reduce Enlarge Reduce enlarge or auto zoom your original document Press to select the preset ratio 100 115 122 141 200 86 and 50 Choose your desired ratio or adjust the ratio in 1 increment by the or button Auto zoom Automatically scale your original...

Page 18: ...ly ScanCopier supports only PCL printer therefore as long as your printer has PCL emulation it is not necessary to select printer model 7 Go to the previous item displayed in the Message Display window or increase the value of the numeric entries 8 Go to the next item displayed in the Message Display window or decrease the value of the numeric entries 9 Printer Select Select your printer model Cur...

Page 19: ... last setting 2 The default settings are Letter Size Normal Print Quality 100 ratio IMPORTANT PRINTER MEMORY To make good use of ScanCopier it is recommended to install at least 1 MB of memory in your printer If you want to print your document using Quality mode 600 dpi as your Copy Quality you need to add more RAM for your printer as using this feature requires more processing time and memory We ...

Page 20: ...r Memory Normal Letter Legal Size 1 MB 2 MB Quality Letter Size Legal Size 4 MB 5 MB If there is not enough memory in your printer you may probably encounter the following results 1 The printer does not print 2 The Printing quality is bad ...

Page 21: ...4 2 BEFROE MAKING COPIES 1 2 ã ã ...

Page 22: ...inal face down on the document glass 2 Press the Copy button The Message window displays Copy and the Ready LED is flashing 3 Within a few seconds the copying is done The Message window then displays 1 Copy 100 and the Ready LED is now steadily on until next task ...

Page 23: ...o sharpen your text The Operating Steps 1 Place your document face down on the document glass 2 Press the Background remove button The Message window displays Background remove on 3 Press the Copy button The printout shows the background is removed and the text become more clear and sharp Before Background remove on After Background remove on ...

Page 24: ...on to see more options For example if you need 150 enlargement select 141 then press the s button to increase the percentage to 150 in 1 increment 4 Press the Copy button And then the printout shows enlargement of 150 of your original Ratio 100 Ratio 150 ã Note Another option to reduce your original is to firstly repeat the enlargement or reduction steps 1 to 3 and then press the t button to decre...

Page 25: ...to whether the magnification or reduction will be larger than the existing paper size The Operating Steps 1 Repeat the above Enlargement Step 1 2 2 Repress the Enlarge Reduce button until the Message window displays Auto Zoom 3 Press the Copy button The printout shows your original automatically scale to your paper size ...

Page 26: ...ompensate the unsatisfactorily original The Operating Steps 1 Place your original face down on the document glass 2 Press the Lighter Darker button The Message window displays the default degree of darkness 3 Repress the Lighter Darker button to select other level Or you may press the s to increase the level press the t button to decrease the level 4 Press the Copy button Your printout shows the d...

Page 27: ... Count button and the Message window displays 2 copy 100 3 Repress the Copy Count button and the Message Window displays 3 copy 4 Press the Copy button After a few seconds you have 3 copies from your printer ã Note Another option to change your copy quantity is to press the s button to increase the number or the t button to decrease the number The maximum copy quantity is 99 at one time ...

Page 28: ...he Copy Quality button The Message window displays Normal mode 3 Repress the Copy Quality button and the Message window displays Quality mode 4 Press the Copy button The copying begins processing with the Quality mode See the following photo text reproduction between normal copier v s ScanCopier in quality mode Make copies with a normal copier Make copies with a ScanCopier in quality mode ã Note T...

Page 29: ...gly clear The Operating Steps 1 Place your 3D object on the document glass 2 Press the Copy Quality button and the Message window displays Normal mode 3 Repress the Copy Quality and the Message window displays Quality mode 4 Press the Copy button Your 3D object copy is done The 3D copy with a normal copier The amazing 3D copy with ScanCopier ...

Page 30: ...steadily on Tips About the Select button The major function of the Select button is to select the printer model However as long as your printer model has PCL emulation it is not required to select the printer model to touch the Select button About the default settings The default settings can be easily recognized by the ending mark when the setting is displayed in the Message display window It is ...

Page 31: ...uide of your application to learn how the TWAIN link is used 2 A dialog box appears containing the different TWAIN sources that you can choose from to bring an image into your application 3 Select ScanCopier 32 Vx xx as the source 4 When you have used the dialog box to select a different source you will need to select ScanCopier as the source again before you can reuse the ScanCopier 5 Place the i...

Page 32: ...6 From the File menu select Acquire 7 The TWAIN user interface will pop up on the screen Click on the Preview or Scan button to get the image The TWAIN user interface ...

Page 33: ...ell as transparency Line art Line art presents the image in black and white only and there are no intermediate shades of gray in between Halftone In addition to the black and white display Halftone can present a somehow gray shade of image by using different size of dots Error Diffusion While taking up but a minimum storage space error diffusion gives good image texture and excellent image details...

Page 34: ...ternal 1024 levels of gray scale 10 bit Gray presents a 1024 shades of gray in an image Color Internal one billion colors The 30 bit True Color presents give much more tonal range and details in a color image ...

Page 35: ...p to a certain level the resolution will not be visually increased but the disk space will be increased Brightness Adjusts the lightness or darkness of an image The higher the value the brighter the image Contrast Adjusts the range between the darkest and the lightest shades in the image The higher the contrast the bigger the different gray scales Resolution Brightness Contrast ...

Page 36: ...ets the whole document as the scan area no matter what its size Descreen Eliminates the Moire patterns commonly found in printed matter Before descreen After descreen Invert Calibration Quality Mode Speed Mode Pixel Inch Cm Set Gamma Auto Level Auto Area Descreen Color Matching Reset ...

Page 37: ...or at the command of Invert Calibration Defines Brightness for the ScanCopier Users are recommended to calibrate the light source if the scanned image looks undesirable or comes out to be too dark Quality Speed Mode Users can select the mode to perform scanning according to their own need Select quality mode scanning if your emphasis is on the quality of the scanned image Or you can select speed m...

Page 38: ...Set Gamma Adjusts the midtone of the image yet without losing details of the lightest and the darkest areas at the same time Image Information Gives related information of the scanned image ...

Page 39: ... Cancels the current job Document Size To designate the size of your document just click on its icon on the margin of the preview window As shown in the figure below in the Preview window you can define the area to be scanned by dragging the four cursor auxiliary lines Document Size Cursor Auxiliary Lines Preview Window ...

Page 40: ...ou want to do pass through printing 2 Do not scan and print at the same time 3 If your PC does not support EPP mode or have pass through compatibility problem please contact your authorized local dealer for an EPP card or an additional interface card 1 ScanCopier main unit 2 Power Adapter 3 ScanCopier Cable 4 PC Parallel port 5 Printer Cable ...

Page 41: ...e optimum image quality and performance Procedure 1 Open the document cover as shown in Figure 6 1 2 Dip a soft clean cloth with isopropyl alcohol 95 3 Gently wipe the document glass and the white sheet under the document cover to remove the dust or any toner particles 4 Close the document cover The ScanCopier is now ready for use ...

Page 42: ...1 Document Cover 2 White Sheet 3 Document Glass Figure 6 1 Cleaning ...

Page 43: ...etting of the TWAIN user interface to get a brighter image Question The scanning speed of my ScanCopier is much slower than that of those installed at other computers Can I speed it up Answer Set you PC printer port to the EPP mode from BIOS setting Question Why does my ScanCopier scan at a very low speed Answer If you have installed Works for Windows it will install Window Printing System WPS in ...

Page 44: ...rkswin con Question The printer does not print the documents Why Answer Pass through printing may pose a problem for some printers It is suggested to add a second printer card for printing purpose or you may call your authorized local dealer for further support Question Does it take long for the ScanCopier to initialize Answer If your printer port supports SPP mode only it takes about two minutes ...

Page 45: ... pass through printing please be sure to power on the ScanCopier Else without power the ScanCopier can not transfer the printing data signals to the printer Question Why my GDI printer does not work with the ScanCopier Answer Disable the Auto Scan function in the application then your printer will function in normal working condition ...

Page 46: ...th devices other than printer Therefore if you would like to connect some parallel port devices other than printer please do not connect them to the same parallel port that the ScanCopier currently uses It is suggested to use other parallel ports to connect these devices or keypro For instance you can connect the ScanCopier to LPT1 and connect other parallel port devices to LPT2 Or you can add a d...

Page 47: ...e free disk space display card interface card Ÿ The name and version of your scanning software application Ÿ The version of your scanner driver Ÿ The brand and model name of your printer AVISION LABS INC 6815 Mowry Ave Newark CA 94560 USA TEL 1 510 739 2369 FAX 1 510 739 6060 Web Site http www avision com E mail avision avision labs com AVISION INC No 20 Creation Rd 1 Science Based Industrial Park...

Page 48: ... dpi x 600 dpi Maximum Resolution 9600 dpi Scanning Modes Black White mode Halftone mode 64 step Error diffusion Grayscale 10 bits Color 30 bits Document Size A4 B5 A5 business card Interface Printer port supports SPP EPP for PC Power Source 100Vac 240Vac 50 60Hz external Power Consumption 18 watts Dimensions WxDxH 356 x 457 x 91 mm Weight 3 7kg 8 1 lbs ...

Page 49: ...0 Taiwan R O C declare that the product Model Number ScanCopier conforms to the following Product Specifications Emission EN 50081 1 1992 EN 55022 Class A Conducted Radiated 1994 Immunity EN 60555 2 Harmonics 1987 EN 60555 3 Flicker 1987 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 Date December 1995 ...