Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AV36 Avision
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Mobile Scanner User’s Manual Regulatory model: FL-0914S Avision Inc..
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FCC Radio Frequency Interference Statement This product has been tested and found to compl y with the limits for a class B digital devi ce, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules.
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System Requirements ¾ IBM compatible PC 586, Pentium or higher ¾ Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 ¾ USB port 2.0 (compatible with USB 1.
Table of Contents 1. Introduction .............................................. 1-1 2. Scanner Installation .................................. 2-1 2.1 Installing the Scann er Driver and Cables ....... 2-1 2.1.1 Installing the Scann er Driver ........
vii 4.7 The Preview Tab ...................................... 4-46 4.8 The Options Tab ....................................... 4-47 4.9 The Setting Tab ....................................... 4-55 4.10 The Imprinte r Tab .............................
1-1 1. Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the color image scanner. With this scanner, you can scan documents at a fast rate to increase productivity. Before you install and operate the new scanner, please take a few minutes to read through this 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. Place the scanner securely on an even, flat surface.
2.1.1 Installing the Scanner Driver 1. Place the supplied CD-ROM onto your CD-ROM drive. 2. The software inst allation grap hic appears. If not, run “setup.exe” . Contents on the installation graphic: • Install Button Manager : To use the buttons on the scanner, you need to install Button Manager.
• 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 comput er, you may disregard this item.
2-4 2. The computer should detect a new USB device and prompt a “New Hardware Found” message. 3. In 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.
3. Completing Your First Scan 3.1 Placing Your Document 3.1.1 Notice on Using the ADF Before using the ADF, please make sure that your paper meets the following specif ications: • Document(s) can range in size from 2.9 by 2.1 inches to 8.5 by 14 inches (Legal).
3.1.2 Loading Paper to the Paper Feed Slot The scanner is a duplex scanner, which means it can scan one side of the page or both sides of the page at the same time. However, the scanner ca n only scan one page at a time. 1. To scan a single side of the page, insert the page facing up with the top of the page pointing to the paper feed slot.
3.1.3 Loading A Card to the Paper Feed Slot 1. Place the card face up w ith the long dimens ion parallel to the paper feed slot and make sure the top of the card points to the paper feed slot. 2. Align the original to th e left side of the paper f eed slot.
3.2 Verifying Your Scanner Installation To verify if your scan ner installation is correct, Av ision provides you a useful test program called Avisi on 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.
Fit Page Actual Size Save File Path File For mat Setup Scan 3. Choose your desired file format from the Fil e Format drop down list box. (D efault is BMP, ot her choice includes TIF F, GIF, and JPEG.) 4. Type your desired folder name and file name in the File Path box.
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 dial og box.
Status Bar Fit Page View Thumbnail View 11. You can view the scanned image in Fit Page ( ) or Actual Size (100%) button ( ) from the Viewing toolbars at the right side. 12. Click th e Close box or Quit fr om the File menu t o exit the Scan Validation Tool.
3.2 A Glance of the Scanner Properties Dialog Box 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. Tab Options Choice: Im age, Compression, Color Dropout, Paper, Options, Settings, Information. 2. Image Selection Box Choose your image type and the side of document you wish to scan.
3-9 3.3 Scan from the scanner button To scan using the scanner buttons, follow these steps: 1. Load the originals. 2. Press the Scan button to start a scan. The Scan Progress Window will be displayed and th e scanned image will be saved in a default location or a user defined locati on.
4. Using the Scanner Properties Dialog Box The Scanner Properties dialog bo x allows you to confi gure the scanner’s settings. It consists of several tabbed windows each of which will be described in t his 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.
The following table shows the defaul t settings ： Tab name Default settings Image Image ： Front B&W Binarization ： Dynamic Threshold Resolution ： 200 dpi Invert ： Blank on White Scan Sou.
4.2 The Image Tab The Image tab allows you to choose the front side and (or) the rear side of your document, th e type of im age, and to set several basic scan setting s. Note that except for the resolution, you can set individual scan settings for the front side and the rear side.
4.2.1 The Image Selection Box The Image Selection box inclu des 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 colo r document, one in B&W(Drop Blue Color ： Threshold ： 10, Background ： 79), the other in color Side/Image Selection Front Rear 2 Image Type Description Color Choose Color if you wish to scan a color image for your original in color.
Front/Rear Auto Color Detection: Click to automaticall y detect and scan the front or the rear page of your color document in color image mode. If your document is in colors, th e scanner will automat ically scan the document into a color image.
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 .
Fixed Processing: Used for black-and- white and other high contrast documents. A single level is set to det ermine the black- and-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 av ailable.
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 t hreshold value produces a darker image, and can be used to help pick up faint images.
Gray Document Type: Choice: Normal, Photo, Document Three options of document type are provided when you choose Gray as the image type for yo ur scanned document.
Normal Photo Document (Threshold: 230) Normal Photo Document (Threshold: 230) 4-13.
Brightness Adjusts the lightness or darkness of an image. The higher th e value, the brighter the image. Drag the slider to the right or left to increase or decrease the brightness. The range is from –100 to +100. Contrast Adjusts the range between the darkest and the lightest shades in the image.
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 resoluti on and the image file size. Be aware that greater resolution takes more time to scan, and more disk space for the scanning image.
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 automaticall y set its scan source.
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. Normal After Color Matching 4.2.3 Scanning color images The following options are av ailable for scanning color images.
4.2.4 Scanning grayscale images The following option s are availa ble for scanning gray images. y Brightness y Contrast y Resolution y Invert 4.2.5 Scanning B&W images The following option s are availa ble 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 rena ming or deleti ng them.
To load a profile, 1. From the Image tab dialog box, choose your favorable profile from the “Prof iles” dropdown list box. 2. Y our favorable profile will be immediat ely loaded and displayed on Scanner Pr operties dialog box. To delete a profile, 1.
To rename a profile, 1. From the Image tab dialog box, click “Prof iles” to prompt the Edit Y our 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.
4.3 The Compression Tab The Compression tab allows you to compress your scanned image and choose the level of co mpression. Bi-tonal images are normally compressed using CCITT standard called Group 4 (G4). Color and grayscale images are often compressed using JPEG technology.
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 dr op either of the red, blue, or green color in your scanned image. If your image contai ns red color watermark or background, choose the R (Red) channel then any red wat ermark or background will be removed.
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 th e best optimal result. Filter Threshold This value is us ed to determine the color which will be dropped ou t. A lower value w ill drop more of the selected color out, while a higher value will leav e more of the selected color in.
Remove Blue, Threshold: 20, Background: 255 Remove Blue, Threshold: 20, Background Level: 210 4-28.
4.5 The Paper Tab The Paper tab allows y ou to define values relat ing 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.
Automatic Multiple This option allows you to place various sized documents such as photos, ID Cards, or business cards on the flatbed (if available) and lets yo u create multiple individually cropped images in one scan. Note: To correctly create mu ltiple images, please make sure there is at least 12mm (0.
4.5.2 Other Paper Selection Deskew Use this option to automaticall y 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 wi th the drop-down list box. Or you may select a custom pa per size by clicking the Scan Area box and then click Add to include in the choice.
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 yo ur documents or your desi red 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.
Note: 1 Within the specified t imeout period, if you load y our 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 ov erlapped document that go through the auto docume nt feeder. Multi-Feed usually occurs due to stapled documents, adhesives on documents, or electro-statically charged document.
Additional Length Detection Additional Length Detection al lows you to define the l ength of document being multi-fed. This value indicates the additional length exceeding you r scan area. The Display w indow will show the size of the document as you change the value.
By Length+Position : When a multi-feed is detected for the first time, the scanner memorizes the length and posi tion of the paper attached to the docume nt. When you perform next scanning, this pat tern of multi-feed w ill be bypassed. To use the in telligent mode, 1.
Detection Area This option allows you to specify a multi-f eed detection area. To specify a multi-f eed detection area, 1. Choose Disable from the Intelligent Mode. The Det ection Area will be enabled. 2. Choose Inside the Range or Outside the Range .
Detection Area: Outside the Range, Box, Top: 3”, Bottom: 7” 4-39.
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 det ected.
Clear the Multi-Fed Paper: Choice: Manual, Auto If Auto is selected, once mult i-feed is detected and scanning operation is stopped, the scan ner will automatically clear the transport of the mu lti-fed paper.
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 i s added. Units Defines the primary measurement system. Inches, Millimeters, and Pixels are available.
4.6.1 Relative to Document Relative to Document: (used for batches of same-sized documents) This option allows you t o cr op different areas on your documents and deliver these imag es in B&W, Gray, or Color separately.
3. C lick the Preview t ab to display the Prev iew window. A black rectangular box appears to indicate the max. scan size your have just selected. The Image Selection Box T he 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.
A Cross Sign T he Relative Area 7. C heck the B&W image from the Image Selection box to scan the entire document. 8. Click the Scan button to start scanning the document in two image types and sizes.
4.7 The Preview Tab The Preview t ab allows you to preview (a low-resolut ion 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.
4.8 The Options Tab The Options tab allows you to set foll owing additional i mage processing settings. The Option tab dialog box 4-47.
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, th e image of the reverse side will not be rot ated.
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.
Blank Page Removal Check if you wish to remove the blank page and move the slider to the left or right to your desired threshold. 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.
Image Control Option Check the Mirror box if you wish to reverse the right and left side of your i mage. Original The Mirror Effect 4-51.
Despeckle Occasionally small dots or specks appear in the background of a scanned image. Remove unwanted speckles provides a cleaner image for OCR (Optic al Character Recognition) processing, and also helps to reduce compressed file size.
Note: • The function is currently av ailable 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. White Background Black Background 4-54.
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.
Cache Mode: None, Page Number, Memory Size . This option allows you t o 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.
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.
4.10 The Imprinter Tab The Imprinter tab allows you to print alphanumeric characters, date, time, document count an d custom message on your scanned image if digital imprinter is selected or at the back of your document if ex ternal imprinter is selected.
Contents Print All Check Print All to automatically pri nt the text at all pages of your documents. Uncheck Print All to print the text for the first page of your documents only. Custom Enter your custom text to be included in your print string. Counter Show the document count for the scan session.
String Orientation Choice: Normal, Rotated (180 degrees) Delay Choose the positi on of the print string. Move the slider from 1 to 5000. Default: 300. This feature is available only if an extern al imprinter is installed. Print Position Choose the position of your printed string.
4.11 The Information Tab The Information tab displays th e following system and scanner information. The Information tab dialog box The “Report” button ： If you encounter any error me ssage while using the scanner, click the Report button. A re port.
4-62 The “Reset Pad Count” button ： After scanning approximately 50,000 pages (the number varies based on type of scanner) thro ugh the Auto Document Feeder (ADF), the ADF pad may be worn out and you may experience problems with document feedin g.
5. The ISIS Interface Operation The ISIS driver operation method is similar t o the TWAIN’s functions 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.
6. Using the Buttons To use the buttons on the scanner, you need to install the Button Manager. To ensure th e Button Manager work properly, please FIRST install Butt on Manager before inst alling the scanner driver. 6.1 Installing Button Manager Installing the But ton Manager is easy.
T his indicates the scanner model 6-2 The Function Icon (The number of function icons vary based on type of scanner.) The Button Icon The Button Panel 3. The Button Panel shows the first five scanning buttons. Right-click the button (functi on) you wish to check.
The default setting is in dicated in highlighted color. If you wish to change the setting, use this window to reset the setting for the file f ormat, destination applicat ion, or other scan settings. See “Configuring the Button” in the subsequent section to reset the settings.
6-4 Note: To accurately use the default se ttings, you need to i nstall the necessary software application such as E-mail software or Adobe Reader before installing the Bu tton Manager. Or y ou may install these applications and add these applications to t he Button Manager.
7. Care and Maintenance 7.1 Cleaning the Scanner Glass Use the included cleaning clot h to clean the rollers and the scanner glass on the following condi tions: • As a guideline, clean the ro llers after every 5,000 scans. Note that this guideline might vary based on the type of documents you are scanning.
7-2 Caution: Wait two minutes for the components to dry before proceeding to the next step. 5. Place one sheet of paper in th e scanner. Scan and view the results. 6. If streaks still appear, repeat steps 3 through 5. Th e cleaning cloth can be cycled through the scanner up to five times within 30 minut es.
8. Troubleshooting 8.1 Clearing a Paper Jam In the event of a paper jam, follow the procedures below to remove the paper: To clear a paper jam: 1. Gently pull the paper from the scanner. 2. Smooth out any wrinkles caused by the jam. 3. Reinsert the paper to the paper feed slot.
8-2 Question: Feeding paper from the ADF easily causes paper jam. Answer: Make sure to close the front paper tray. While the front paper tray is open, feeding paper from the automatic document feeder easily causes paper jam.
9. Specifications All specifications are subject to change without notice. Model Number FL-0914S Scanner Type Duplex scanner Light source LED Technology CIS (Contact Image Sensor) Optical Resolution 600 x 600 dpi Maximum Scanning Size 8.5”x14” Minimum Scanning Si ze 2.
Index Remove Red, Remove Green, Remove Blue, Custom , 4- 25 Ａ Color Matching , 4-18 Additional Length Detection , 4- 36 Contrast , 4-14 Cropping Auto Color Detection Automatic, Fix to Transport, EOP.
b Gray , 4-6 , 4-12 Ｉ Intelligent Mode (Skip Multi-feeds) Disable, By Length, By Position, By Length+Position, 4-36 Invert , 4-16 Ｊ JPEG , 4-23 Ｍ Mirror , 4-51 Multi-Feed Detection , 4-35 Ｏ Ov.
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