AV360CS Color Image Scanner User's Manual Version 1.0 (Doc. No. 250-0079-E) AVISION INC.
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FCC Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communication.
Table of Contents Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Chapter 2 SCANNER INSTALLATION 2.1 Installation of the Scanner ............................................................. 2-1 2.2 Unlocking the Scanner................................................................... 2-2 2.3 Installation of the SCSI card .......................................................... 2-3 2.4 Connecting the Cable..................................................................... 2-5 2.5 Document Placement ...........................
Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of Avision AV360CS color image scanner. Avision Inc. is one of the leading companies in the world to develop high performance scanners. Before you install and operate the new scanner, please take a few minutes to read through this manual. It provides you with the proper instructions on how to unpack, install, operate and maintain the scanner. Figure 1-1 shows how the scanner is packed. Please check all the items against your checklist.
1. Manual, Driver kit CD, AC power cord, D25P cable, etc. 2. Scanner 3. Cushion 4.
Chapter 2 Scanner Installation Precautions * Keep the scanner out of direct sunlight. Direct exposure to the sun or excessive heat may cause damage to the unit. * Do not install the scanner in 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 problem. * Keep the scanner box and packing materials in case you may need to ship the scanner back in good condition. 2.
2.2 Unlocking the Scanner As shown below, unlock the scanner by turning the scanner lock to the “Use” position. 1. "Shipping" position 2.
2.3 Installation of the SCSI Card Hardware Installation 1) Power off your computer. 2) Plug the SCSI card in an available slot of your computer. Be sure to screw it firmly. 3) Power on your computer. Software Installation In Windows 3.1 1) If your SCSI card is bundled with Avision AV360CS, then installing the scanner driver will at the same time complete the installation of the SCSI card driver.
In Windows NT 1) 2) 3) 4) Press Start Setting Control Panel. And then double click "Add New Hardware". Select SCSI Adapter. Choose Driver tag and Add new SCSI Adapter. Choose Have disk and type "d:\DTCSCSI(d means the letter indicating your current CD-ROM drive) Choose Finish and restart Windows NT. • If your SCSI card is bundled with Avision AV360CS, you can refer to the Appendix for more details in regards to the installation of the SCSI driver.
2.4 Connecting the Cable Make sure the power of scanner is off. Connecting the SCSI cable to the scanner The AV360CS scanner is provided with an active terminator already. As such, if the scanner is the only (or final) SCSI device connected to your host computer, turn the active terminator to the on position), and the scanner will function all right.
Connect the power cable and signal cable as shown below.
Figure 2-2 SCSI chain configuration Figure 2-2 In the SCSI chain configuration, the scanner is connected to the host computer; a second SCSI cable then connects the scanner with other devices.
Setting the SCSI ID SCSI ID: If you have several devices on a SCSI chain, you may need to adjust the SCSI ID selector which is located on the back panel of the scanner. This action is to make sure each device match with a unique SCSI ID number. If the ID# you select is duplicate with an existing SCSI device, then please select a different ID#. (See Figure 2-3) Note: The default SCSI ID number for Avision AV360CS is 6.
2.5 Document Placement As shown below, place the document upside down on the document board with the text facing away from you. 1. Document Cover 3. Reference Frame 5. Glass 2. Document Pad 4. Document 6.
Chapter 3 Scanner Driver Installation MAC Users The AV360CS scanner must have the following minimum requirements to run at rated speed as recommended: * MAC II series; Quadra series, Perfoma series; Power Macintosh series or later recommended; * At least 20 M Bytes of free hard disk space; * A minimum of 8 M Bytes of system memory required; 16 M Bytes or higher recommended; * Mac compatible display card and monitor with at least 256 colors; thousands colors or million colors display card recommended; * Sy
3-3 will appear. Select your application folder and select the "plug-ins" folder within the application folder. Click on the "Choose plug-ins" button. The installation will then be completed. Choose Restart to proceed your next step. 7. If you want to use other Optical Character Recognition (OCR)applications such as OmniPage, Xerox TextBridge, Type Reader, etc., you have to setup the ISIS driver to access the scanner. The ISIS driver is a file named “Avision Scan.
Figure 3-2 AV Kit 3.3.
Figure 3-4 Chooser Note: You can find the latest driver and documents in our homepage in World Wide Web(WWW). Our address is: http://www.avision.
PC Users To run at rated speed as recommended, the AV360CS color scanner must have the following minimum requirements: * IBM compatible PC 386/486 or Pentium; * Microsoft Windows 3.1, Windows 95, or Windows NT; * DOS 5.0 or higher; * One SCSI card installed one your computer; * 20 megabytes of available hard disk space for installation; * 8 megabytes of RAM (16 megabytes or higher recommended); * A video graphics array (VGA) monitor; * A Microsoft Windows-compatible pointing device (e.g.
For Windows 95 3. Avision PaperCom Supreme CD is auto run. Simply follow the instructions on the screen to install the scanner driver and its application. 4. If you choose to install not by auto run, then press the Start button and choose RUN. Type d:\Driver\AV360CS.exe (d means the letter indicating your current your CD-ROM drive). Choose O.K. 5. Follow the subsequent instruction on the screen to complete the instruction. (Normally just press OK and the installation will be completed.) For Windows NT 3.
Chapter 4 Operating the Scanner MAC Users 1. Start your application. From File menu, choose Acquire command. 2. Select MrScan from the submenu of Acquire. The Mac Plugin 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 on the Preview or Scan button to preview or scan your document or image.
PC Users 1. Open your application and choose Select Source from 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. 3. Select MrScan as the source. 4. You need to select MrScan for just once except when you need to use the dialog box to select a different source.
Figure 4-2 Avision TWAIN user interface Scannning Source: AV360CS scans two types of source, the document as well as the transparency. Select either one from the screen of Avision TWAIN user interface for your own purpose.
Figure 4-3 Scanning Source 4.1 Image Type Select image type through the mode from the screen of Avision TWAIN user interface for your own purpose.
Each image type is described as follows: Line art Line art includes only black and white areas. 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 (256 levels gray scale) Scanner recognizes each point in the image as a shade of gray (continuous tone). 8-bit gray gives more detailed information about the image. True Color (16.7 million colors) Color image have continuous tones along with its color hues.
4.2 Resolution Control A good control of the resolution results a satisfactory detail of an image that scans. The resolution is measured by dots 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.
4.3 Image Control 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. 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.
Currently disabled 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. Color Match: Adjusts the color quality of the image so that it comes close to that of the original. This function uses default parameters to adjust the image. Sharpen: Descreen: Sharpens the scanned image. selections under this item.
Before Descreen After Descreen 4-9
4.4 Scanning Preview: Scan: Exit: Previews your image to allocate the area to be scanned. Scans the area with the parameters you have set. 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.
Chapter 5 Maintenance Clean the Document Board Glass: As shown below, wipe the scanner glass with a piece of soft clean cloth to rid the glass of dust or toner particles. Document Board Glass Figure 5-1 Clean the document board glass.
Chapter 6 Troubleshooting The scanner will automatically perform a simple self test whenever it has been powered on. This will help spot major system errors in the scanner itself. If you have any problem with the operation of the scanner, please check the following troubleshooting hints.
6.1 Questions and Answers Question: Answer: Question: Answer: When I power on the scanner, it makes noise and will not stand ready. There are two possibilities: 1)You forgot to unlock the scanner. Please unlock the scanner by turning the switch to the "use" position. 2)You did not place the scanner on a level surface. Please settle the scanner on a level surface. The scanner has been powered on, but the lamp does not light up. The lamp is out of order.
6.2 Technical Service Technical support for Avision scanner is provided at the Avision Technical Assistance Center (ATAC). Before contact with ATAC, please prepare the following information: * Scanner serial & revision number (located on the bottom of the scanner); * Hardware configuration (e.g., your host CPU type, RAM size, free disk space, display card, interface card...); * The name and version of your scanning software application; * The version of your scanner driver.
Other Area: Avision Inc. Address :No.20, Creation Road I, Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. Telephone number :+886 (3) 578-2388 Fax number :+886 (3) 577-7017 Web Site :http://www.avision.com Email :service@avision.com.tw Note: 1. You can find the latest driver and documents in our homepage in World Wide Web(WWW). Our address is: http://www.avision.
Chapter 7 Specifications All specifications are subject to change without notice. Model: AV360CS Scanner Type: Optical Resolution: Maximum Resolution: Scanning Modes: Scanning Speed: Document Size Interface: Power Source: Power Consumption: Dimensions: (WxHxD) Weight: Single-Pass color flatbed scanner up to 300 dpi * 600 dpi (H*V) 9600 dpi * 9600 dpi Black & White mode Halftone mode (64-step) Error diffusion 8-bit gray scale (256 levels) 24-bit color (16.
Appendix Detailed Procedure for installing SCSI Driver In Windows 95, please: 1) The "New Hardware Found?" dialog box will be displayed. Choose Driver from hard disk provided by the hardware manufacturer or choose Do not install a driver. 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) If you choose Driver from hard disk provided by the hardware manufacturer, please follow the following procedure. The "Install from hard disk provided by the hardware manufacturer" dialog box will be displayed.
9) 10) 11) The "click the manufacturer & model of your hardware" dialog box will be displayed. Choose current SCSI manufacturer and model and then press Next. Follow the subsequent procedure as indicated to complete the installation and to restart Windows 95. If current manufacturer and model are not listed in the selection box, press Have disk button. The "Have disk" dialog box will be displayed. Type d:\DTCSCSI in the path box(d is the letter indicating your current CD-ROM drive).
5) 6) Follow the subsequent procedure on the screen to complete the installation. When the "System Setting Change" dialog box appears, choose OK to restart Windows NT.
