User manual AVISION AV210

[. . . ] However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. 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. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. 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 EC Declaration of Conformity According to EN45014 Manufacturer's Name: Manufacturer's Address: AVISION INC. [. . . ] When the XP certification screen appears, click Continue Anyway to complete the installation. 2-6 AV210 User's Manual 4. When the Finish dialog is prompted, click the Finish button. (Windows 9X/Windows ME) (Windows 2000/XP) 7. Click "Install Application" to install the applications including Roxio PhotoSuite 4 SE (the image editing and retouching application), ScanSoft TextBridge Pro 9. 0 (The OCR software application), and AVCapture (The multi-page document scanning program). 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. 2-7 AV210 User's Manual 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 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 20-page document at a time. Your Document (Face Down) Paper Slider 3-2 AV210 User's Manual 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 AV210 as your scanning source. Allocate your scanned area and choose Scan button to scan the document. The resolution is measured by dots per inch (dpi). 1 Resolution: 50 dpi Note Resolution: 100 dpi For your information, an A4 size color image scanned at 300 dpi at True Color mode consumes approximately 25 MB of disk space. A higher resolution (usually means over 600 dpi) is only recommended when you need to scan a small area at True Color mode. 4-4 AV210 User's Manual 4. 1. 4 Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast 1. Brightness Adjusts the lightness or darkness of an image. Contrast Adjusts the range between the darkest and the lightest shades in the image. The higher the contrast, the bigger the different grayscale. 2. 1 2 Decrease Brightness Normal Increase Brightness Decrease Contrast Normal Increase Contrast 4-5 4. 1. 5 Enlarging Previewed Image 1. This does not enlarge your real image. 1 Before Zoom After Zoom 4-6 AV210 User's Manual 4. 1. 6 Inverting and Selecting Your Image 1. 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. 1 2 3 Before Invert After Invert 4-7 2. MIRROR FUNCTION Reverse the right and left side of your image. Before Mirror 3. After Mirror Auto Select Image Automatically set the whole image as your scan area. (Or you may resize the area by "drag and drop" diagonally. ) 4-8 AV210 User's Manual 4. 1. 7 Enhancing Your Image 1. Descreen Eliminates the moire patterns* commonly found in printed matter. 1 2 34 Before Descreen After Descreen Before Sharpen After Sharpen *Moire pattern: An undesirable pattern in a color printing resulting from incorrect screen angle of overprinting halftone. 4-9 3. Color Adjustment Adjusts the color quality of the image so that it comes close to the original. 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 AV210 User's Manual 4. 2 Using the Advanced Features 4. 2. 1 The Switch button 1. [. . . ] Answer: 1) Modify the Gamma setting to 1. 8 for your monitor and, when printing, set Gamma to 2. 2 for your printer. 2) Use the Brightness setting of the TWAIN user interface to get a brighter image. 6-3 Question: Sometimes it seems the scanner does not detect paper?Answer: The AV210 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. 6-4 AV210 User's Manual 6. 3 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. [. . . ]