Color Image Scanner User’s Manual Regulatory model: BF-0709S Avision Inc.
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User’s Manual System Requirements ¾ IBM compatible PC 586, Pentium or higher ¾ Microsoft Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP ¾ USB port 2.0 (compatible with USB 1.
Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................ 1-1 2. Scanner Installation .................................................. 2-1 2.1 3. Completing Your First Scan...................................... 3-1 3.1 3.2 4. Installing the Scanner Driver and Cables .........2-2 2.1.1 Connecting to Power ..................................2-2 2.1.2 Installing the Scanner Driver ...................2-3 2.1.3 Connecting to Computer ...........................
User’s Manual 5. 4.7 The Options Tab......................................... 4-36 4.8 4.9 The Setting Tab ......................................... 4-41 The Information Tab ................................... 4-44 Using the Buttons ...................................................... 5-1 5.1 5.2 5.3 Installing Button Manager .............................5-2 Checking the Button Configurations Before Scanning .................................................................
User’s Manual 1. Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the color sheet-fed image scanner. With this scanner, you can quickly scan documents to increase productivity. 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.
1 2 3 4 1. 2. 3. 4. Scanner Main Unit USB Cable Power Adapter & Power Cord Software CD Note: 1. 2. Only use the AC adapter (PSAA15W-120 by Phihong / HEG42120130-7L by Hitron) included in the machine. Using other AC adapters may damage the machine and void the warranty. Please unpack the packing carefully, and check the contents against the checklist. If any items are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer immediately.
User’s Manual 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 or paper-feeding problems. Retain the scanner box and packing materials for shipping purposes.
2.1 Installing the Scanner Driver and Cables Note: 1. The Windows system CD may be required when installing on some PC’s. 2. To ensure your computer can identify the USB scanner, please install scanner driver first before connecting the scanner to your computer. 2.1.1 Connecting to Power Plug the small end of the power adaptor into the power jack of your scanner. Insert the other end to an appropriate power outlet.
User’s Manual 2.1.2 Installing the Scanner Driver 1. Place the supplied CD-ROM onto your CD-ROM drive. 2. The software installation graphic appears. If not, run “setup.exe”.
Contents on the installation graphic: 3. • Install Button Manager: To use the buttons on the scanner, you need to install Button Manager. To ensure Button Manager works properly, please FIRST install Button Manager before installing the scanner driver. • Install Scanner Driver: To communicate with your scanner, you need to install the scanner driver. After installing the Button Manager software, click Install Scanner Driver to install the scanner driver on your computer.
User’s Manual 2.1.3 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. USB cable 2. The computer should detect a new USB device and prompt a “New Hardware Found” message.
3. In Windows 98SE, Windows ME, or Windows 2000, confirms that the “Search for a better driver.” is selected and click the “Next” button. In Windows XP, click the Next button to continue. When the XP certification screen appears, click Continue Anyway to complete the installation. 4. When the Finish dialog is prompted, click the Finish button. 5. Click “View Manual” to view or print the detailed user manual for the scanner and bundled applications respectively.
User’s Manual 3. 3.1 Completing Your First Scan Loading Your Paper Place your original face down on the document glass. Align the document to the reference mark, as indicated.
3.2 Verifying Your Scanner Installation To verify if your scanner installation is correct, Avision provides you a useful test program called Avision Capture Tool. With this tool, you can perform simple scans and view the captured images. In addition, it helps you complete your scan at a rated speed. The following procedure describes how to verify your scanner installation.
User’s Manual Fit Actual Page Size Setup Scan File Format Save File Path 3. Choose your desired file format from the File Format drop down list box. (Default is BMP, other choice includes TIFF, GIF, and JPEG.) 4. Type your desired folder name and file name in the File Path box. (Default is C:\My Scan\Image.) Note: If you do not wish to save the scanned image, deselect the Save button since default is Save Enable. In this case, the thumbnail view will be disabled.
Image Selection Box 6. From the Image Selection Box, choose your desired image type for your scanned image. (Default is Front B&W) If you have a duplex scanner, choose Front and Rear to scan both sides of your document. 7. Click OK to quit the Scanner Properties dialog box. (To learn more details about the Scanner Properties dialog box, please see the subsequent chapter, Using the Scanner Properties Dialog Box.) 8.
User’s Manual Status Bar Fit Page View Thumbnail View 11. You can view the scanned image in Fit Page ( Actual Size (100%) button ( at the right side. ) or ) from the Viewing toolbars 12. Click the Close box or Quit from the File menu to exit the Scan Validation Tool.
3.1.1 A Glance of the Scanner Properties Dialog Box 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Tab Options Choice: Image, Compression, Color Dropout, Paper, Options, Settings, Information. 2. Image Choose your image type and the side of Selection Box document you wish to scan. Options vary based on type of scanner. 3. Brightness: Adjust the brightness level from –100 to +100. 4. Contrast Adjust the contrast level from –100 to +100. Determine the quality of the scanned image. 5. Resolution The industry standard is 200 dpi. 6.
User’s Manual 4. Using the Scanner Properties Dialog Box The Scanner Properties dialog box allows you to configure the scanner’s settings. It consists of several tabbed windows each of which will be described in this chapter.
4.1 Buttons on the Scanner Properties Dialog Box The buttons on the Scanner Properties dialog box Buttons Description Defaults Click the Defaults button, the factory default settings will be shown on each tab. Scan After all the scan settings are satisfactory, click the Scan button to start scanning your document. Close Click the Close button to leave the Scanner Properties dialog box.
User’s Manual The following table shows the default settings： Tab name Image Default settings Image：Front B&W Binarization：Dynamic Threshold Resolution：200 dpi Invert：Blank on White Scan Source：Auto Document Feeder Threshold：None Brightness：None Contrast：None Compression None Color Dropout None Paper Cropping：Automatic Deskew：Yes Orientation：Portrait OverScan：0.
4.2 The Image Tab The Image tab allows you to choose the front side and (or) the rear side of your document, the type of image, and to set several basic scan settings. Note that except for the resolution, you can set individual scan settings for the front side and the rear side. For example, all settings in the Image tab, Compression tab, Color Dropout tab can be set individually for the front and the rear side.
User’s Manual 4.2.1 The Image Selection Box The Image Selection box includes the image type and document side option. If you wish to scan both the front side and the rear side of your color document, you can check both Front Color and Rear Color at the same time. Note the options vary based on type of scanner.
Example 2：Scanning a two-sided color document, one in B&W(Drop Blue Color：Threshold：10, Background： 79), the other in color Side/Image Selection Image Type Color Gray B&W B&W Front Rear Description Choose Color if you wish to scan a color image for your original in color. Choose Gray image if your original contains actual shades of gray. Choose B&W if your original contains only text pencil or ink sketch.
User’s Manual 4.2.2 Other Image Options Binarization This is the process of converting a grayscale or color image to a bi-tonal image. There are several different methods of performing this conversion. Two of the options are Dynamic Threshold and Fixed Processing. Dynamic Threshold: Selecting Dynamic Threshold allows the scanner to dynamically evaluate each document to determine the optimal threshold value to produce the highest quality image.
Threshold Used to convert a grayscale image to a bi-tonal image. The value ranges from 0 to 255. A low threshold value produces a lighter image, and can be used to subdue backgrounds and subtle, unneeded information. A high threshold value produces a darker image, and can be used to help pick up faint images. Adjust the threshold setting by dragging the Threshold sliding bar to the left or right to achieve the desired threshold setting.
User’s Manual Brightness Adjusts the lightness or darkness of an image. The higher the value, the brighter the image. Drag the slider to the right or left to increase or decrease the brightness. Contrast Adjusts the range between the darkest and the lightest shades in the image. The higher the contrast, the bigger the different grayscale. Drag the slider to the right or left to increase or decrease the contrast. The range is from –100 to +100. The range is from –100 to +100.
Resolution A good control of the resolution results a good 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 greater resolution takes more time to scan, and more disk space for the scanning image. For your information, an A4 size color image scanned at 300 dpi at True Color mode consumes approximately 25 MB of disk space.
User’s Manual Invert Reverses the brightness and the colors in the image. The default setting is Black on a White background. Reverse mode is White on a Black background. For color images, each pixel will be changed into its complementary color at the command of Invert.
Scan Source Choice: y Auto Document Feeder: Used to scan multiple pages. y Flatbed: Used to scan a single page. For example, pages from newspaper clipping, paper with wrinkles or curls. y Flatbed (book): Used to scan several inside pages from book. y Automatic: Allow the scanner automatically set its scan source. If Automatic is selected and there is document in both the auto document feeder (ADF) and the flatbed, then the scan source will be automatically set to ADF.
User’s Manual Color Adjustment 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. Normal After Color Adjustment 4.2.3 Scanning color images The following options are available for scanning color images.
4.2.4 Scanning grayscale images The following options are available for scanning gray images. y y y y Brightness Contrast Resolution Invert 4.2.5 Scanning B&W images The following options are available for scanning B&W images.
User’s Manual 4.2.6 Editing Profiles The Scanner Properties dialog box allows you to change and save your frequently used scan settings into a profile. You can edit these profiles by renaming or deleting them. To add a new profile, 1. 2. Customize your settings. (For example, change your resolution, image type, cropping method, scan size, or other scan settings.) Click the Image tab and then choose “Profiles” to prompt the “Edit Your Profile” dialog box. 3.
To load a profile, 1. From the Image tab dialog box, choose your favorable profile from the “Profiles” dropdown list box. 2. Your favorable profile will be immediately loaded and displayed on Scanner Properties dialog box. To delete a profile, 1. From the Image tab dialog box, click “Profiles” to prompt the Edit Your Profile dialog box. 2. Choose the profile you want to delete from the dropdown list box. Click “Delete”. A Confirm message “Are you sure you want to delete this profile?” is prompted.
User’s Manual To rename a profile, 1. From the Image tab dialog box, click “Profiles” to prompt the Edit Your Profile dialog box. 2. Choose the profile you want to rename from the dropdown list box and then click the Rename button. 3. Enter new name for the profile. 4. Choose “Save” to save the new profile or “Cancel” to quit.
4.3 The Compression Tab The Compression tab allows you to compress your scanned image and choose the level of compression. Bi-tonal images are normally compressed using CCITT standard called Group 4 (G4). Color and grayscale images are often compressed using JPEG technology. Move the JPEG Quality slider to the right or left to increase or decrease the level of compression. Note the greater the compression level, the lower image quality. Default is 50%.
User’s Manual The Compression tab dialog box 4-19
4.4 The Color Dropout Tab 4.4.1 Color Dropout Selection Color Dropout tab allows you to drop either of the red, blue, or green color in your scanned image. If your image contains red color watermark or background, choose the R (Red) channel then any red watermark or background will be removed. This feature is used to sharpen your text when using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software. Note that this function supports only black & white and gray images.
User’s Manual 4.4.2 Other Color Dropout Options Advanced Processing provides two options that can adjust your scanned image in the best optimal result. Filter Threshold This value is used to determine the color which will be dropped out. A lower value will drop more of the selected color out, while a higher value will leave more of the selected color in. Background Level The pixel which is higher than the background value will be adjusted to the lightest point.
Remove Blue, Threshold: 20, Background: 255 Remove Blue, Threshold: 20, Background Level: 210 4-22
User’s Manual 4.5 The Paper Tab The Paper tab allows you to define values relating to image output (i.e., Auto Crop or not, Scan Area, OverScan, Multi-Feed Detection).
4.5.1 Cropping Cropping allows you to capture a portion of the document being scanned. Choice: Automatic, Fixed to Transport, EOP (End of Page) Detection. Options Description Automatic Automatic adjusts the cropping window according to different document sizes. Use this option for batches of mixed-sized documents. Fixed to Transport This feature allows you to define the area or zone to be imaged. Use for batches of same-sized documents.
User’s Manual The following options are only available when Fixed to Transport is selected. y X-Offset — the distance from the left end of the scanner to the left edge of the scanning area. y Y-Offset — the position from the top end of the document to the top end of the scanning area. y Width — the width of the scanning area. y Length — the length of the scanning area. y Center: automatically calculates the x-offset for centerfed feeding based upon document size selected.
Example： Redefine your scan area ( x-offset: 2.25 inches；yoffset:1.
User’s Manual 4.5.2 Other Paper Selection Deskew Use this option to automatically deskew a document. Note: If the skew angle is too great, some of the image may be cut off. Scan Area Choose your desired paper size with the drop-down list box. Or you may select a custom paper size by clicking the Scan Area box and then click Add to include in the choice. Choice: None, US Letter- 8.5”x 11”, US Legal – 8.5” x 14”, ISO A4 – 21 x 29.7 cm, ISO A5 – 14.8 x 21 cm, ISO A6 – 10.5 x 14.8cm, ISO A7 – 7.
Choose “Unknown Length” if you have a batch of long page document with unknown length. Choose “Enter Length” to enter the length and width of your documents or your desired scan size on documents. This is useful when you have a batch of documents with the same scan size or a batch of same-sized documents. OverScan Overscan allows you to add a specific margin at top and bottom or right and left (Options vary based on the type of scanner) of the edge of the image.
User’s Manual Example：Additional Length Detection：Set Additional Length to be 2.02 inches 2.
Ultrasonic Detection Ultrasonic Detection allows you to set overlapped document by detecting paper thickness between documents. Note： The availability of the function varies based on type of scanner. There are two options available if Multi-Feed is detected. z Stop Scanning after Multi-Feed If this is selected, the scanner will stop the feeder and display the following Warning dialog box if multi-feed is detected. Action: 1.
User’s Manual z Sound Alarm on Multi-Feed If a wave file is added, the scanner will make a sound alarm if multi-feed is detected yet no Warning dialog box will be displayed. If “Stop Scanning after Multi-Feed” is selected, the scanner will stop the feeder. If “Stop Scanning after Multi-Feed” has not been selected, the scanner will continue to scan till the end of your document. Action: 1.
4.5.3 Relative to Document Relative to Document: (used for batches of same-sized documents) This option allows you to crop different areas on your documents and deliver these images in B&W, Gray, or Color separately. For example, there are applications which require you to store the entire document in B&W and a part of the document in color to save storage space. This is useful for documents where a photograph, or signature appears in a consistent area on the document such as resumes, and so on.
User’s Manual 3. Click the Preview tab to display the Preview window. A black rectangular box appears to indicate the max. scan size your have just selected. The Image Selection Box The selected image A black rectangular box 4. Click the Preview button to view the entire image in low resolution to correctly crop your relative scan area. The Preview Image The Preview Button 5. Select image type from the Image Selection box. The selected image will appear in highlighted color.
A Cross Sign 7. 8. The Relative Area Check the B&W image from the Image Selection box to scan the entire document. Click the Scan button to start scanning the document in two image types and sizes. (See the result in below.
User’s Manual 4.6 The Preview Tab The Preview tab allows you to preview (a low-resolution scan) your image before final scan. This preview image lets you allocate your scan area. You can choose your scan area by the “Scan Area” drop down list box or placing your cursor on the Display window and dragging it diagonally on the Display window. Then, a red rectangle box will appear to indicate the selected area.
4.7 The Options Tab The Options tab allows you to set following additional image processing settings.
User’s Manual Flip Side Rotation Select “fanfold” to rotate the image of the reverse side to 180 degrees. This is applied to double-sided document which are viewed in portrait are sometime fed into the scanner in landscape or vice versa. Choice: Book, Fanfold. If “Book” is selected, the image of the reverse side will not be rotated.
Rotate Image Choose the rotation angle from the drop down list if you wish to rotate your scanned image. Choice: None, 90°CW(clockwise), 90°CCW(counter clockwise), 180°. Original Rotate 90°CCW Blank Page Removal Rotate 90°CW Rotate 180° Check if you wish to remove the blank page and move the slider to the left or right to your desired threshold.
User’s Manual Edge Fill Check White or Black if you wish to add white or black edge on the border of your scanned image. Enter the value from 0 to 5 mm. Default value is 0. Original Image Control Option Edge Fill: 5mm (Black) Check the Mirror box if you wish to reverse the right and left side of your image.
Background Setting This option allows you to set your scan background. Choice: White Background, Black Background. *This option varies based on type of scanner and is available for the front page in the ADF (auto document feeder) only. For the rear page, only the white background is available.
User’s Manual 4.8 The Setting Tab The Setting tab allows you to set the following settings: The Setting tab dialog box Energy Saving Control Check the Enable Energy Saver box and move the slider to the right to set the amount of time to start the energy saver after your last action. The range is from 1 to 240 minutes. The default is 15 minutes.
Batch Scan Setting •Batch Scan To increase the scanning speed, the scanner first scans a few pages of your document and then sends these scanning data to the application. Therefore, during scanning, the numbers of pages been scanned on the scanner is somehow different with the numbers of pages displayed on your computer screen. Choose this mode if you wish to complete your scanning task at the fastest speed.
User’s Manual Show Scanning Progress Check and the scanning progress bar will be shown during scanning. Show Warning Message Check to show the warning messages such as “ADF pad count exceeds 50,000 scans (the number varies based on type of scanner). Please replace the ADF pad and reset the pad count.” Save Settings after Closing Check to save your scanner properties settings after leaving the dialog box.
4.9 The Information Tab The Information tab displays the following system and scanner information. The Information tab dialog box The “Report” button： If you encounter any error message while using the scanner, click the Report button. A report.txt file (C:\AVxxx) will be generated. Please send this file to the nearest service center for trouble shooting.
User’s Manual The “Reset Pad Count” button」： After scanning approximately 50,000 pages (the number varies based on type of scanner) through the Auto Document Feeder (ADF), the ADF pad may be worn out and you may experience problems with document feeding. In this case, it is highly recommended to replace the ADF pad with a new one. (Please refer to the manual for proper replacing procedure.) For ordering the ADF pad, please consult your nearest dealer.
User’s Manual 5. Using the Buttons The following picture shows the 3 buttons on the scanner.
5.1 Installing Button Manager To use the buttons on the scanner, you need to install the Button Manager. To ensure the Button Manager work properly, please FIRST install Button Manager before installing the scanner driver. Installing the Button Manager is easy. Insert the supplied CD to your CD-ROM drive and follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation of the Button Manager.
User’s Manual 3. The Button Panel shows the first five scanning buttons. Right-click the button (function) you wish to check. The Button Properties window appears. Click to select options or setting. The button number and name. The scan settings for the selected button. (in this case button #1). The file format of the scanned image. (*The options vary based on type of scanner.) The destination application. (This is the application that opens after you have finished scanning.
5.3 Scanning From One Touch of the Buttons 1. Adjust the paper guide for the width of paper and load the document with their tops into the automatic document feeder. 2. Check the number on the LED screen to ensure if you are selecting the proper scan settings and destination application. (For example, if you want to scan with button #4, which open Microsoft Paint and display the scanned image in the main window of Microsoft Paint, the LED screen should show 4). 3. Press the Scan button on scanner. 4.
User’s Manual 6. Maintenance Soak a cotton swab with some isopropyl alcohol. (95%) Open the document cover as shown below. Wipe the document glass by moving the swab from side to side. Close the document cover. Your scanner is now ready for use. 1 1.
User’s Manual 7. Troubleshooting If you have problems with the operation of your scanner, please check the following troubleshooting hints. 7.1 Frequently asked Questions Question: When the scanner is powered on, it makes noises and won’t stand ready. Answer: There are two possibilities: 1) You might fail to push the scanner shipping lock to its “use” position. If this is the case, pull the scanner status switch to its “use” position first. 2) The scanner is not placed on an even, flat desktop surface.
Question: While scanning, the scanner often makes noises, or it scans back and forth. Answer: Usually this means the memory of your computer is not enough or the speed of your CPU too slow. Please try to increase your memory to at least 32M or replace your CPU with Pentium or later. Question: 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.
User’s Manual 7.2 Technical Service Before contact Avision, 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. Please call us at: Headquarter Avision Inc. No.
User’s Manual 8. Specifications All specifications are subject to change without notice. Model Number Scanner Type Scanning Mode BF-0709S Flatbed Desktop scanner 24-bit color 256 shades of gray scale Line Art Error Diffusion Optical Resolution 1200 dpi * 1200 dpi (H*V) Interface USB 2.0 Power Requirements 12Vdc,1.25A Power Consumption < 15W Operation Temperature 10°C to 35 °C Dimension 260(W) x 410(D) x 40(H) mm (WxDxH) Weight 1.
