User manual AVISION AV620C

[. . . ] 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. iv Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] 5. Software CD Power Adapter Scanner Cable Quick Installation Guide AV620C Scanner 1-3 2. Scanner Installation 2. 1 Precautions Y Keep the scanner out of direct sunlight. Direct exposure to the sun or excessive heat may cause damage to the unit. Tilted or uneven surfaces may cause mechanical or paper-feeding problems. Retain the scanner box and packing materials for shipping purposes. Y Y Y Y 2-1 2. 2 Unlocking the Scanner As shown below, unlock the scanner by moving the scanner lock to the Use position. 1. "Shipping" Position Figure 2-1 Unlocking the Scanner 2-2 2. 3 Connecting the Cable Connect the power cable and signal cable as shown below. 1. PC Parallel Port Figure 2-2 AV620C scanner cable connection 2-3 2. 4 Document Placement As shown in Figure 2-3, place the document on the glass with the text facing away from you. 1. Document Figure 2. 3 Document Placement 2-4 3. Scanner Driver Installation To run AV620C color image scanner at optimum speed, the following minimum requirements are recommended: * IBM compatible PC 386/486, Pentium or later; * Microsoft Windows 3. 1, Windows 95, Windows NT; * One printer port available (enhanced parallel port recommended); * 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. , mouse); * A CD ROM drive. 3. 1 Auto-Installation Installation procedures of AV620C Scanner driver with Avision Auto-installation Program are as follows: 1. Insert PaperCom Deluxe for AV620C CD into your CD ROM drive. 3-1 3. 2 Manual-Installation In Windows 3. 1 or higher 3. From the File Menu, choose RUN, type d:\driver\AV620C. exe (d represents the letter for your current CD-ROM drive). Press the Start button, choose RUN, type d:\driver\AV620C. exe (d: the CD-ROM drive in use), and then click O. K. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Fig. 3. 2 3-2 3. 3 Uninstall the Scanner You can uninstall the scanner by selecting Start>Programs>Avision Scanner AV620C and double clicking on the Uninstall command from the Avision Scanner AV620C. 3-3 4. Scanner Operation & Document Printing Scanning Images from within an Application (TWAIN) 1. If the Select Source menu options are not available from the File menu, see the user guide of your application to learn how the TWAIN link is used. A dialog box appears containing the different TWAIN sources that you can choose from to bring an image into your application. When you have used the dialog box to select a different source, you will need to select AV620C as the source again before you can reuse the Avision AV620C scanner. Click on the Preview or Scan button to get the image. 4-1 2. 3. 7. AV620C TWAIN user interface: 4-2 Image Type AV620C provides five image types as explain in below: Line art Error Diffusion Scanning Source Halftone Gray Color Scanning Source Two scanning sources are provided- flatbed as well as transparency. Line art Line art presents the image in black and white only and there are no intermediate shades of gray in between. Halftone In addition to the black and white display, Halftone can present a somehow gray shade of image by using different size of dots. Error Diffusion While taking up but a minimum storage space, error diffusion gives good image texture and excellent image details. 4-3 Gray (256 levels gray scale) Gray presents a 256 shades of gray in an image. Color (Internal one billion colors) The 30 bits True Color presents 16. 7 million color and give much more tonal range and details in a color image. 4-4 4. 1 Scanning Parameters & Image Control Resolution Brightness Contrast Resolution: The number of dpi (dots per inch) that AV620C uses for a scan. [. . . ] For instance, you can connect the AV620C to LPT1, and connect other parallel port devices to LPT2. Or you can add a data switch to avoid the problem. 6-4 6. 2 Technical Service Technical support for Avision scanner is provided at the Avision Technical Assistance Center. Before you contact us, please prepare the following information for a quick solution: Y Y 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. Y Y Please call us at: US and Canada Area: Avision Labs, Inc. Newark CA 94560, USA TEL: +1 (510) 793-2369 FAX: +1 (510) 793-6060 Web Site: http://www. avision. com E-mail: avision@avision-labs. com 6-5 Taiwan Area: Avision Inc. [. . . ]