User manual AVISION AV120

[. . . ] If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. CAUTION: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacture of this device could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. iii System Requirements Windows IBM compatible PC 586, Pentium or higher Microsoft Windows 98 / 98SE / Me / 2000 / XP USB port 1. 1 At least 100 MB of free hard disk space At least 128 MB of system memory A CD-ROM drive iv Table of Contents 1. 2. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Click "View Manual" to view or print the detailed user manual for the scanner and bundled applications respectively. 8. Note: To uninstall the scanner driver in Windows XP, be sure to keep your scanner connecting to your computer. 2-5 3. 3. 1 Completing Your First Scan Loading Your Paper 3. 1. 1 Notice on Using the ADF Before using the ADF, please make sure that your paper meets the following specifications: · · · · · Document(s) can range in size from 3. 5 by 2 inches to 8. 5 by 14 inches (Legal). Document(s) can range in weight from 16 to 28 lbs Document(s) should be square or rectangular and in good condition (not fragile or worn). Document(s) should be free of curl, wrinkle, tears, wet ink, or punch holes. Document(s) should be free of staples, paper clips, paper sticky notes. 3. 1. 2 Placing Your Document in the ADF Paper Tray Fanning Your Document Standard paper size should feed easily through the scanner. To avoid occasional paper jam when automatically feeding multiple documents, loosen the paper before loading. Document Feeding Place your document with the text face down on the ADF Paper Tray. Please note that the ADF Paper Tray can hold up to 15-page document at a time. Your Document (Face Down) Paper Guide 3-2 3. 2 Scanning with image editing software The scanner driver is not a stand-alone program, it has to be started from within a TWAIN-compliant or plug-in software application and then the scanner driver is able to scan and load the image to your computer. The command to start the scanner driver may vary due to different software applications. Start a TWAIN compliant software application such as Roxio PhotoSuite 4 SE which is bundled in the CD. Click Get>Scanner (TWAIN). 3. Choose AV120 as your scanning source. Allocate your scanned area and choose Scan button to scan the document. 3-3 7. Click Exit to return to the main screen and click Open Library and Photos at the upper-right corner to open your scanned image. 1 2 1. 5. 3 Preview Zoom View Scan Exit Photos 4 5 3-4 3. 2. 1 A Glance of the user interface 7 8 9 10 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Image Type Choice: Black & White, Halftone, 8-bit Gray, 8-bit Color, 24-bit Color. Further Tools Descreen, Sharpen, Color Adjustment, Auto Level , Advanced Settings (From left to right). Paper Size Select your paper size from Card 4"x2. 5", Photo 5"x3", Photo 6"x4", A5, B5, A4, Letter, Legal, or scanner maximum. Editing Your Image 4. 1 4. 1. 1 Using the Basic Features Choosing Your Scan Method 1. Scan Method Choice: ADF/Multipage: Select this setting if you need to scan multi-page document from the automatic document feeder (ADF). 1 4. 1. 2 Selecting a Proper Image Type 1. Image Type Please see following table for a choice of an ideal image type. 1 Black & White Halftone Choose B&W if your original contains only B&W text, pencil or ink sketch. An example of halftone imaged would be the pictures you see in newspapers. This function uses default parameters to adjust the image. Normal After Color Matching 4. Auto Level Automatically adjusts the highlight and shadow areas of the scanned image to optimize your image. Normal After Auto Level 4-10 4. 2 Using the Advanced Features 4. 2. 1 The Switch Button 1. Click the button to pop up the advanced settings bar at the right side. The advanced settings include Highlight/Shadow, Hue/Saturation/Lightness , Curve, Color Balance, Color Drop-out. [. . . ] Answer: The AV120 scanner paper sensor is located at the center of the paper guide. Please place the document you need to scan on the paper guide and use the slide guides to keep the paper path straight. 6-2 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. 6815 Mowry Ave. , Newark CA 94560, USA TEL: +1 (510) 739-2369 FAX: +1 (510) 739-6060 EMAIL: support@avision-labs. com Web Site: http://www. avision. com Other Area: Avision Inc. [. . . ]