Intelligent Flatbed Scanner User’s Manual Regulatory model: BF-1008S Avision Inc.
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User’s Manual Table of Contents 1. Introduction .......................................................................1-1 1.1 The Package Contents...................................1-2 1.2 Knowing the Control Panel.............................1-3 2. Installation .........................................................................2-1 2.1 Connecting to Power.....................................2-1 2.2 Turning on the Power ...................................2-1 2.3 Installing the Scanner Driver .....
7. Maintenance.......................................................................7-1 7.1 Cleaning the Glass........................................7-1 8. Troubleshooting ...............................................................8-1 8.1 Questions and Answers .................................8-1 8.2 Technical Service .........................................8-2 9. Specifications ....................................................................9-1 Index .......................................
User’s Manual 1. Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the intelligent flatbed scanner. The product allows you to save the scanned image to a USB flash disk or a computer. Avision is one of the leading companies to make high quality color image scanner. 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.
1.1 The Package Contents 1 2 3 1. 2. 3. 4. Scanner main unit Quick guide/CD USB cable Power cord/ Power adapter Note: 1. Only use the AC adapter (HEG42-120130-7L made by Hitron) included in the machine. Using other AC adapters may damage the machine and void the warranty. 2. 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 1.2 Knowing the Control Panel The Power button: Turn on or off the Power of the scanner. The Scan button: Press to start scanning. Function Selector button: Used to select a button number preset via the supplied Button Manager software. Function Display : Used to show a button number preset via the supplied Button Manager software. Used to flash the next document number during a paper saving operation.
The File format button JPEG: Select JPEG as image file format. PDF: Select PDF as image file format. ( PDF file format allows you to save an image in a single file.) MPDF: Select MPDF as image file format. (MPDF file format allows you to save your multipage images in a single file.) The Image Merge button Normal: Allows you to scan one page of your document into one single image. ID Scan: Allows you to scan the front and rear side of your ID card and merge them into a single image.
User’s Manual 2. Installation 2.1 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. 2.2 Turning on the Power After the power cable has been connected, press the power switch button on the panel to turn on the scanner. The LED indicator will be lit up. To turn off the scanner, press the power switch button again. The LED indicator will be shut off.
2.3 Installing the Scanner Driver NOTE: To ensure your computer can identify the USB scanner, please install scanner driver first before connecting the scanner to your computer. 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: y Install Button Manager: To use the buttons on the scanner, you need to install Button Manager.
User’s Manual - 3. y 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. y Install Adobe Reader: To view the user’s manuals for the scanner and Button Manager, you need to use Adobe Reader to open and view the manuals in pdf file format. If you already have Adobe Reader installed on your computer, you may disregard this item.
2.4 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. 2. The computer should detect a new USB device and prompt a “New Hardware Found” message. 3. In Windows 2000, confirm 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.
User’s Manual 2.5 Connecting to a USB Flash Disk Insert a flash disk to the flash disk USB port on the scanner. In a while, the File Format button will be flashing and then stay on steadily.
User’s Manual 3. Completing Your First Scan 3.1 Placing your document on the flatbed glass Place your document with the text FACE DOWN on the glass and align the document in the bottom-right corner.
3.2 Scanning to a Flash Disk By plugging a flash disk into the flash disk USB port of the product, the product allows you to scan your document and save the scanned images to your USB flash disk with predefined scan settings. The predefined scan settings include resolution: 200 dpi, image mode: color, auto crop and deskew. With the auto crop and deskew function, your scanned image can be automatically crop according to your original paper size and automatically straightened if skewed. 3.2.
User’s Manual Note： When a scanned image is being saved to your flash disk, the File Format LED will be blinking until the scanned image is successfully saved to your flash disk. When the scan is completed, the scanner will automatically create a folder with its subfolder titled “DCIM\PHOTO” on your flash disk, which will hold the first 9999 scans. Then “DCIM\PHOTO2” folder will be created for the next 9999 scans, and so on.
User’s Manual 3.2.2 Making An ID Card Scanning To make an ID Card Scan, 1. Select a file format for your output image by pressing the File format button. Choice includes JPEG, PDF, MPDF. 2. Select ID Scan by pressing the Image Merge button until the ID Scan LED is illuminated. 3. Place one side of your ID card on the flatbed glass and align it to the reference mark on the glass as illustrated. Document Glass z Nancy Yu My ID Card 4. Press the green Scan button to begin scanning. 5.
6. Press the green Scan button to scan the other side. Note the delay time is 15 seconds. This means if you have not pressed the Scan button, after 15 seconds, the scanner automatically begins scanning the other side of the ID card. 7. In a moment, the scan is done and the front and rear side of your ID card will be merged into one single image as illustrated. z Nancy Yu My ID Card The final Scan image The other side of ID Card 3.2.3 Using the 2-in-1 or 4-in-1 Function To merge your images, 1.
User’s Manual 5. When the scanning is done, the Function Display will be flashing the next document number. Open the document cover to remove the current page and place the next page on the glass. 6. Press the green Scan button to begin scanning. (If the 4in-1 option is selected, you will repeat the current and previous steps more times.) 7. In a few seconds, the scan is done and will be merged into one single image as illustrated below: 2-in-1 4-in-1 Note： The delay time is 15 seconds.
User’s Manual 3.3 Scanning to a Computer 3.3.1 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.
2. Select your driver type and scanner model and click OK. The following Avision Capture Tool dialog box will be displayed. 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, MTIFF, PDF, MPDF, GIF, and JPEG.) The supported file formats vary depending on your scanner model. 4. Type your desired folder name and file name in the File Path box. (Default is C:\My Scan\Image.
User’s Manual 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.
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.
User’s Manual 3.3.2 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.
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.
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.
4.2.1 The Image Selection Box The Image Selection box includ the image type and document s option. If you wish to scan both t front side and the rear side of yo color document, you can check bo Front Color and Rear Color at t same time. Note the options va 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 Rear Front Description Choose Color if you wish to scan a color image for your original in color. Choose Gray image if your original contain actual shades of gray. Choose B&W if your original contains only text, pencil or ink sketch.
Front/Rear Auto Color Detection: Click to automatically detect and scan the front or the rear page of your color document in color image mode. If your document is in colors, the scanner will automatically scan the document into a color image. If your document is non-color, you can choose the output to be either B&W or Gray from the Non-Color Selection option. This option is useful when you have a mixture of color and non-color document.
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. Options: Dynamic Threshold, Fixed Processing, Halftone 1~5, Error Diffusion. 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.
Fixed Processing: Used for black-andwhite and other high contrast documents. A single level is set to determine the blackand-white transition. The threshold is programmable over the entire density range. Fixed Processing sets Contrast to 0. If Fixed Processing is selected, Contrast is not available. Halftone: In addition to the black and white display, Halftone can present a somehow gray shade of image by using different size of dots. Halftone image looks like the picture we have seen in the newspaper.
Error Diffusion Image 4-10
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.
Gray Document Type: Choice: Normal, Photo, Document Three options of document type are provided when you choose Gray as the image type for your scanned document. Choice: Normal, Photo, Document. • • • Document: Choose Document if your original contains pure text or a mixture of text and graphic since it is an optimal setting for regular business document. When using Document, only Threshold can be adjusted.
Normal Photo Document (Threshold: 230) Normal Photo Document (Threshold: 230) 4-13
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.
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.
Color Matching The purpose of Color Matching is getting the accurate color. This option uses the default parameters (ICC profile) to adjust the colors of the image. Choice: None, Document, Photo • None: Choose “None” to disable this option. • Document: Choose “Document” if your original contains pure text or a mixture of text and graphic since it is an optimal setting for regular business document. • Photo: Choose “Photo” if your original contains photo to reproduce your photo in vivid color image.
4.2.3 Scanning color images The following options are available for scanning color images. y y y y Brightness Contrast Resolution Invert 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.
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.
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. Note: The preset default profiles include Flatbed, Simplex-B&W, 200 dpi, Simplex-Gray, 200 dpi, Simplex-Color, 200 dpi, DuplexB&W, 200 dpi, Duplex-Gray, 200 dpi, Duplex-Color, 200 dpi.
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%.
The Compression tab dialog box 4-24
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.
The Color Dropout dialog box 4-26
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 4-28
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, Automatic Multiple, Relative to Documents. 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.
Automatic Multiple Relative to Document This option allows you to place various sized documents such as photos, ID Cards, or business cards on the flatbed (if available) and lets you create multiple individually cropped images in one scan. Note: To correctly create multiple images, please make sure there is at least 12mm (0.5”) of space between each document. This option allows you to crop different areas on your documents and deliver these images in B&W, Gray, or Color separately.
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.
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. (For example, Front Color) 6.
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.
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 – 7.4 x 10/5 cm, ISO B5 – 17.
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.
Note: 1 Within the specified timeout period, if you load your document to the feeder, the scanner starts scanning automatically. 2 If your scanner has a flatbed option and you place your paper on the flatbed, after the timeout period, you need to click the Scan button on the TWAIN user interface to start scanning.
4.6 The Multi-Feed Detection Tab Multi-Feed Detection Multi-Feed Detection allows you to detect overlapped document that go through the auto document feeder. Multi-Feed usually occurs due to stapled documents, adhesives on documents, or electro-statically charged document. Note： The availability of the function varies based on type of scanner.
Additional Length Detection Additional Length Detection allows you to define the length of document being multi-fed. This value indicates the additional length exceeding your scan area. The Display window will show the size of the document as you change the value. A value of 0 indicates no additional length detection. The Additional Length Detection is best used when scanning samesize documents in the auto document feeder.
By Length+Position: When a multi-feed is detected for the first time, the scanner memorizes the length and position of the paper attached to the document. When you perform next scanning, this pattern of multi-feed will be bypassed. To use the intelligent mode, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Choose your desired multi-feed detecting method to bypass by. When multi-feed occurs during scanning, a multi-feed message appears. Press the Scan button on the scanner.
Detection Area This option allows you to specify a multi-feed detection area. To specify a multi-feed detection area, 1. Choose Disable from the Intelligent Mode. The Detection Area will be enabled. 2. Choose Inside the Range or Outside the Range. The detection area will be highlighted. 3. Drag your mouse pointer on the top or the bottom of the detection area to specify your area in the display window. Or you may use the up and down arrow key of the Top and Bottom to change its size.
Detection Area: Outside the Range, Box, Top: 3”, Bottom: 7” 4-42
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.
Clear the Multi-Fed Paper: Auto If this is checked, once multi-feed is detected and scanning operation is stopped, the scanner will automatically clear the transport of the multi-fed paper. If this is not checked, once multi-feed is detected and scanning operation is stopped, you need to manually clear the transport of the multi-fed paper. Note: The availability of this option varies based on type of scanner.
How to add the sound alarm： 1. Click the Browse button on the right side of the speaker icon. The Open dialog box appears. 2. Choose your wave file. 3. Click the Open button. The wave file is added. Units Defines the primary measurement system. Inches, Millimeters, and Pixels are available.
4.7 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.
4.8 The Options Tab The Options tab allows you to set following additional image processing settings.
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°, Auto based on contents. Auto rotate every even page. Original Rotate 90°CW Rotate 90°CCW Rotate 180° Auto based on contents: When Auto based on contents is selected, images can be rotated to their proper orientations based on their contents. Auto rotate every even page: Automatically rotate 180° on every even page.
Blank Page Removal Edge Fill Check if you wish to remove the blank page and move the slider to the left or right to your desired threshold. 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.
Image Control Option Check the Mirror box if you wish to reverse the right and left side of your image.
Despeckle Occasionally small dots or specks appear in the background of a scanned image. Remove unwanted speckles provides a cleaner image for OCR (Optical Character Recognition) processing, and also helps to reduce compressed file size. Define the speckles (also known as image noise) you wish to remove by specifying its number (size) and radius (range). The measuring unit is pixel. The higher the number, the more speckles will be removed.
Note: • The function is currently available for Black and White image only. • To scan at rated speed, it is recommended to set the noise radius up to 10 pixels.
Background Setting This option allows you to set your scan background. Choice: White Background, Black Background. Note: For a sheet-fed scanner with an auto document feeder, this option is currently available only in the “Auto crop” mode. For a scanner with a flatbed platen, this option is available either in the “Auto crop” or the “Fixed to Transport” mode. For details on choosing the “Auto crop” or the “Fixed to Transport” mode, please refer to section 4.5.1, Cropping.
4.9 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.
Cache Mode: None, Page Number, Memory Size. This option allows you to assign a specified memory size from the available RAM to process the image data. By specifying a smaller memory size, you can free more memory for other applications you are running. By specifying a larger memory size, you can have more memory to process the image data especially when you have a large amount of documents needed to be scanned. You can also specify your memory size by the page number.
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. Next time when you open the Scanner Properties dialog box, the previously saved settings will be shown.
4.10 The Imprinter Tab The Imprinter tab allows you to print alphanumeric characters, date, time, document count and custom message on your scanned image if digital imprinter is selected or at the back of your document if external imprinter is selected. Choice: External Imprinter, Digital Imprinter. If you have installed an external imprinter, choose external imprinter. If you do not have an imprinter, choose digital imprinter.
Contents Print All Custom Counter Date/Time Custom Font Check Print All to automatically print the text at all pages of your documents. Uncheck Print All to print the text for the first page of your documents only. Enter your custom text to be included in your print string. Show the document count for the scan session. This value is increased sequentially by the scanner. Choose if you wish to include the date and time in your print string.
String Orientation Choose your string orientation.
Print Position Choose the position you wish to print your string. Move the slider to the right to increase the value or to the left to decrease the value. Range: 0~355mm, default:0 mm The value indicates the height from the bottom of your paper to the last letter of your string. This option is available only if an external imprinter is installed. 0001abc 2010 The value of Print Position Print Position (for digital imprinter) Choose the position of your printed string. Choice: Top, Middle, Bottom, Custom.
4.11 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.
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.
5. ISIS Interface Operation The ISIS driver operation method is similar to the TWAIN’s. Every function on the ISIS interface screen is briefly described as below: Mode: Select one of scan modes, including B&W, gray, color options. Dither: 5 halftone levels available, can be disabled. Dots per inch: Select your desired resolution. Paper Size: Select your desired paper size. Brightness: Adjust your scan image brightness or darkness.
6. Start an Easy Scan with the Buttons Function Display & Function Selector are used to select and show a button number preset via the supplied Button Manager software. Function Display Function Selector Scan Button 6.1 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.
Button Manager provides you an easy way to scan your document and then link the scanned image to your designated software application. All this can be done by a simple touch of the button on the scanner. Yet, before you scan, it is recommended to check the button configurations first to ensure a proper file format and a destination application. 6.2 Checking Button Configurations Before Scanning 1. Click the Scan button on the scanner. 2.
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. 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.) The default setting is indicated in highlighted color.
6.3 Scanning From One Touch of the Buttons 1. Place your original face down on the document glass and make sure the top of your original near the document alignment mark. 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.
7. 7.1 Maintenance Cleaning the Glass The product is designed to be maintenance-free. However, it still needs to be cleaned occasionally to ensure optimum image quality and performance. The procedures 1. Wet a clean and lint-free cloth with isopropyl alcohol. (95%) 2. Open the document cover as shown. Wipe the document glass. 3. Close the document cover. Your scanner is now ready to use.
User’s Manual 8. Troubleshooting 8.1 Questions and Answers 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. 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 original one.
8.2 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.
9. Specifications All specifications are subject to change without notice. Model Number BF-1008S Scanner Type Flatbed Scanning Mode Color/Grey/Black & White Optical Resolution 1200 dpi Light Source LED Maximum Scanning Size 8.5” x 11.7” Interface High Speed USB 2.0 Power Requirement 12Vdc, 1.
Index Additional Length Detection .. 4- Normal, Photo, Document ........ 4-12 Dynamic Threshold sensitivity.................................... 4-8 Edge Fill................................ 4-50 Energy Saving................... 4-55 Filter Threshold ............... 4-27 Fixed Width ......................... 4-59 Flip Side Rotation ........... 4-48 Font Attributes Normal, Underline, Double, Bold. 459 G4.............................................. 4-23 Gray ...................................
