User manual AVISION AV360CS

[. . . ] * 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. iv Table of Contents Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Chapter 2 SCANNER INSTALLATION 2. 1 Installation of the Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 2. 2 Unlocking the Scanner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 2. 3 Installation of the SCSI card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Install on your computer the image-editing or scannerrelated application you want to use with the scanner, such as OmniPage, PhotoShop, etc. Read "Read Me First" for some valuable information which you should note. Click Easy Install icon and drag it to the system icon in the right side. A "Select a folder for plug-in" dialog box as Fig. 3-1 3-3 will appear. Select your application folder and select the "plug-ins" folder within the application folder. If you want to use other Optical Character Recognition (OCR)applications such as OmniPage, Xerox TextBridge, Type Reader, etc. , you have to setup the ISIS driver to access the scanner. The ISIS driver is a file named "Avision Scan. " To setup, select "Chooser" command from the "Apple" menu. Select the "Avision Scan" icon, ignore the "Scanner Model" list and the "Set SCSI ID" button, The list of scanner model will be displayed. You can then start your application to use the scanner, or refer to your application manual for more details. Figure 3-1 Avision Driver Kit 3. 11 3-2 Figure 3-2 AV Kit 3. 3. 1 Installer Figure 3-3 Select a folder for plug-in 3-3 Figure 3-4 Chooser Note: You can find the latest driver and documents in our homepage in World Wide Web(WWW). Our address is: http://www. avision. com 3-4 PC Users To run at rated speed as recommended, the AV360CS color scanner must have the following minimum requirements: * IBM compatible PC 386/486 or Pentium; * Microsoft Windows 3. 1, Windows 95, or Windows NT; * DOS 5. 0 or higher; * One SCSI card installed one your computer; * 20 megabytes of available hard disk space for installation; * 8 megabytes of RAM (16 megabytes or higher recommended); * A video graphics array (VGA) monitor; * A Microsoft Windows-compatible pointing device (e. g. , the mouse); * A CD-ROM drive. Installation procedures of Avision Scanner driver with Avision Auto-installation Program are as follows: 1. Type d:\Driver\AV360CS. exe (d means the letter indicating your current CD-ROM drive). Simply follow the instructions on the screen to install the scanner driver and its application. If you choose to install not by auto run, then press the Start button and choose RUN. Type d:\Driver\AV360CS. exe (d means the letter indicating your current your CD-ROM drive). Please see Figure 4-4 as below: Figure 4-4 Image Type 4-4 Each image type is described as follows: Line art Line art includes only black and white areas. Halftone Halftone simulates different shades of gray by varying the threshold value of a matrix. Gray (256 levels gray scale) Scanner recognizes each point in the image as a shade of gray (continuous tone). True Color (16. 7 million colors) Color image have continuous tones along with its color hues. 256 Colors The 256 colors image provides 256 levels of color hues. 4-5 4. 2 Resolution Control A good control of the resolution results a satisfactory detail of an image that scans. 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 4-6 4. 3 Image Control Brightness: Adjusts the lightness or darkness of an image. [. . . ] Follow the subsequent procedure as indicated to complete the installation and to restart Windows 95. If current manufacturer and model are not listed in the selection box, press Have disk button. Type d:\DTCSCSI in the path box(d is the letter indicating your current CD-ROM drive). Choose Confirm and follow the subsequent procedure as indicated on the screen to complete the installation. . [. . . ]