User manual AVISION AV100P

[. . . ] Avision shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material. iii 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. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. [. . . ] 5. 2-1 Figure 2-1 Install the slide guides, the paper guide and the paper stand. Document loading Standard paper size should feed easily through the scanner. To avoid occasional paper jam when automatically feeding multiple documents, loosen the paper before loading. (Figure 2-2) 2-2 Figure 2-2 Loosen the paper before loading. 2-3 Document feeding Insert the document to be scanned face down in the scanner. (Figure 2-3) Figure 2-3 Place documents in the ADF. 2-4 Scanning small documents To scan small documents, such as business cards, exchange the positions of the two slide guides, adjust the distance in between so that it suits the size of the document, and hand feed the document. Exchange their positions and reinsert them with the left guide going now to the right and the right now to the left. Close the scanner front door. 3. Figure 2-4 Exchange the positions of the two slide guides. 2-5 2. 2 Installation of the SCSI Card Hardware Installation Power off your computer. Software Installation In Windows 3. 1 If your SCSI card is bundled with Avision AV100P, then installing the scanner driver will at the same time complete the installation of the SCSI card driver. If your SCSI card is not bundled with Avision AV100P, then please follow the installation sheet contained in your SCSI card. In Windows 95 Press Start Setting Control Panel. Choose Have disk and type "d:\DTCSCSI"(d representing the letter for your current CD-ROM drive) Choose Finish and restart Windows 95. Choose Have disk and type "d:\DTCSCSI(d representing the letter for your current CD-ROM drive) Choose Finish and restart Windows NT. · If your SCSI card is bundled with Avision AV100P, you can refer to the Appendix for more details in regards to the installation of the SCSI driver. 2-6 · If your SCSI card is not bundled with Avision AV100P, then you can refer to the installation sheet contained in your SCSI card or ask for details from your SCSI card vendor. 2-7 2. 3 Connecting the Cable Make sure the power of scanner is off. Connecting the SCSI cable to the scanner The AV100P 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. 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. Figure 4-5 Resolution Control 4-7 4. 5 Image Control Brightness: Adjusts the lightness or darkness of an image. Contrast: Adjusts the range between the darkest and the lightest shades in the image. Adjusts the midtone of the image without losing details of the lightest and the darkest areas. Adjusts the darkest area of the image. Gamma: Highlight: Shadow: Auto Level Automatically adjusts the highlight and shadow areas of the scanned image to give it an optimal effect. 4-8 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: Sharpens the scanned image. selections under this item. Look for more Descreen: Eliminates the moire patterns commonly found in printed matter. 4-9 Before Descreen After Descreen 4-10 4. 6 Scanning Preview: Scan: Exit: Previews your image to allocate the area to be scanned. 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. 4-11 5. 5. 1 Maintenance Cleaning the ADF Your scanner is designed to be maintenance free. However, it still needs to be occasionally to ensure optimum image quality and performance. The scanner parts may be contaminated with ink, toner particles or paper coatings. [. . . ] Address :6094 Stewart Avenue, Fremont, CA 94538 USA Telephone number :510-440-8785 Fax number :510-440-8337 Web Site :http://www. avision. com E-mail :avision@avision-labs. com Other Area: Avision Inc. Address :No. 20, Creation Road I, Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R. O. C. Telephone number :886-3-5782388 Fax number :886-3-5777017 Web Site :http://www. avision. com Email :service@avision. com. tw 6-4 Note: 1. Our service is 24 hours a day. 6-5 7. Specifications All specifications are subject to change without notice. [. . . ]