Avision MiWand 2L manual

Hand-Held Scanner User’s Manual Regulatory model: HF-1116B Avision Inc.[...]

ii Trademarks Microsoft is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Windows, Windows XP, Windows Vi sta, and Windows 7 are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in th e United States and/or other countries. IBM, IBM PC are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corp. Other brands and prod[...]

User’s Manual iii FCC Radio Frequency Interference Statement This product has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rule s. Operation is subject to the followi ng two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harm ful interference, and (2 ) this device must accept any interfer[...]

iv Table of Contents 1. Overview ........................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Introduction .................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Package Cont ents ............................................................................ 1-1 1.3 Top View ...............[...]

User’s Manual v 5. Maintenance ....................................................................... 5-1 5.1 Calibrate the Scanner ....................................................................... 5-1 5.2 Clean the Rollers and Gl ass................................................................ 5-2 6. Troubleshooting ...................[...]

User’s Manual 1-1 1. Overview 1.1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the port abl e handheld scanner. With thi s scanner, you can scan and store your photos or documents directly to a micro SD TM card without any computer. Simply turn on the scanner, press the Power/Scan button to start and sli de the scanner on the surface of your [...]

1-2 1.3 Top View Item Name Description 1 System indicator light Indicates the operating/ warning status of the scanner. 2 LCD display Displays preview pi ctures and settings menus. 3 Up arrow  Enters Menu screen from [ Scan Ready] screen.  Navigate “backward” through images and menu options. 4 Power/Scan button  Press to turn on the sc[...]

User’s Manual 1-3 1.4 Rear View Item Name Description 1 USB port Used to plug the mini end of the USB cable to connect to PC for power charging or images transferring. 2 Memory card slot Used to insert a memory card. 1.5 Bottom View Ite m Name Description 1 Sensor rollers The rollers are sensors and shou ld only be rolled in one direction. Do NOT[...]

1-4 1.6 Scanner Indicator Light Status Indication Off Scanner is off or scanner is on and ready for use Orange briefly Powering on for initialization Green, steadily on Scanning in progress in 300 dpi Orange, steadily on Scanning in progress in 600 dpi Green or Orange flashing Processing scanned image Red, flashing No SD card, SD card full, card er[...]

User’s Manual 2-1 2. Installation 2.1 Precautions  Keep the product out of direct sunlight. Direct exposure to the sun or excessive heat may cause damage to the unit.  Do not install the product in a humid or dusty pl ace.  Place the product securely on an even, flat surface. Tilted or uneven surfaces may cause mechanical or paper-feedin[...]

2-2 *The scanner comes with a battery charger and 2 pieces of AA re chargeable batteries to let you reuse batteries. Please follow these step s to recharge the rechargeable batteries: 1. Insert 2 rechargeable batteries into the ba ttery charger. Make sure the batteries are inserted with the correct polari ty. (note correct + - direction) 2. Plug th[...]

User’s Manual 3-1 3. Operation 3.1 Suitable and Unsuitable Original Types Suitable for Wand Scanning The scanner used as a wand scanner without the f eeder dock is designed to obtain the best scanning results with photo and do cument up to 8.5” x 14” size. 3.2 Turn on the Scanner Press to turn on the scanner. The LED will be flashing and then[...]

3-2 3.4 Start Wand Scanning (Hand-Held) 1. Place your document on a flat surface. 2. Press to start a scan. 3. Hold the scanner and glide the scanner gently over the surface of the page as illust rated. 4. Press to stop the scan. *By default, the Preview mode is on allowing you to view the scanned images for 2 seconds immediately after scanning (av[...]

User’s Manual 3-3 Follow these steps to disable the Preview mode: 1. With the screen displayed, press to enter the Menu mode. 2. Press to focus on Preview , and then press to select it. 3. Press to focus on Off , and then press to select it. 4. Press to exit. The Preview Screen View Scanned JPEG images as Slideshow 1. With the screen displayed, p[...]

3-4 View Scanned JPEG images Individually 1. With the screen displayed, press to enter the Display mode. 2. The slidesh ow automatically begins and display s the images in the alphan umeric order they are stored on the SD card. 3. Press / to view previous or next image. 4. Press to exit the Display mode and return to the Scan Ready screen. 3.6 View[...]

User’s Manual 3-5 Each scanned image is given a f ile name with the prefix IMG_ followed by a 4-digit sequential number in the order the images are stored. For example, IMG_0001.jpg , IMG_0002.jpg , IMG_0001.pdf , IMG_0002.pdf , etc. JPG files are stored in a sub folder titled DCIM 100PHOTO . The folder stores 9999 photo files, and then automat[...]

3-6 3.7 View or Download Images with iPad 1. Plug the iPad Camera Connector （ not included ） to iPad dock connector. Plug the mini USB connector of the supplied USB cable to th e Mini USB port of your scanner and plug the USB connector of the supplied USB cable to iPad Camera Connector. 2. The scann ed images in the micro SD card of your scanne[...]

User’s Manual 3-7 3.8 Customize Your Scan Settings You can customize scanner setting s to fit different document types through the Menu screen. 3.8.1 Resolution The scan resolution is measured in dpi (dots pe r inch). The higher th e resol ution, the more details the scanned image will be displayed. However, a higher resolution may require more d[...]

3-8 3.8.3 Save Format The scanner offers two types of fi le formats fo r your scanned im age. JPEG (default, fits for photos) and PDF (fits for text document). Follow these steps to select your desired file format: 1. With the screen displayed, press to enter the Menu mode. 2. Press to scroll to Save Format , and then press to select it. 3. Press t[...]

User’s Manual 3-9 3.8.5 Power Saving To conserve power, the scanner au t omatically shuts off af ter left idle for a specified time (90 seconds, 3 minutes, or 5 minutes). Follow these steps to change the time setting: 1. With the screen displayed, press to enter the Menu mode. 2. Press to scroll to Power Saving , and then press to select it. 3. P[...]

3-10 3.8.6 Anti-mirror (wand scans only) When the [ Anti-mirror] feature i s turned on (default), the scanner allows you to scan an original either from top-to-bottom or from bo ttom-to-top. In either way, you can obtain a correct scanned image. (The scanner automatically detects your scanning direction and if you scan your original from bottom-to-[...]

User’s Manual 3-11 3.8.7 Card Format Wa rning ! : If you reformat y our memory card, all existing files on the card will be deleted. To format your SD card: 1. With the screen displayed, press to enter the Menu mode. 2. Press to scroll to Card Format , and then press to select it. 3. Press to select Yes . 4. To confirm, press . 5. After successfu[...]

3-12 3.8.9 Factory Default At any ti me, you can reset all menu se ttings back to the factory defaults. To reset to defaults: 1. With the screen displayed, press to enter the Menu mode. 2. Press to scroll to Factory Default , and then press to select it. 3. Press to select YES . 4. To confirm, press . 5. After a successful reset, the scanner automa[...]

User’s Manual 4-1 4. Presto! PageManager Fast, fun, and efficient -- Pres to! PageManager makes it easy to scan, share, and organize your photos and documents. Presto! PageMana ger helps you not onl y to convert piles of papers into organized, di gitized files, but also to view, edit, send, and back up files in many formats. Presto! Wrapper remov[...]

4-2 Recommended Requirements:  256-color SVGA or higher graphics card  128 MB of memory  TWAIN or WIA compatible digital camera or scanner  Outlook, Outlook Express, Netscape Mail, Microsoft Mail, cc: Ma il, or other e-mail Software 4.3 Install Presto! PageManager 1. Insert the microSD card cont aining" Presto! PageManager " s[...]

User’s Manual 4-3 4.4 Start the Software 2. Click the Presto! PageManager icon on the desk top or click Start>All Programs>P resto! PageManager. 3. Presto! P ageManager window w ill open. 3. In the left pane, locate the scanner drive. Please find the removabl e drive (drive letter). 4. Click DCIM100PHOTO or DCIM200DOC to view the scanned [...]

4-4 4.5 Use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) The OCR function can convert scanned text images into editable text . 1. In the tree view window, sele ct a document thumbnail. 2. Please click th e OCR icon ( ) on the main toolbar. 3. The docu ment will be converted, and then the t ext in this image will be recogn ized as editable text and displayed[...]

User’s Manual 4-5 Or 1. In the tree view window, sele ct a document thumbnail. 2. On the application toolbar, select an d click the application to w hich you want t o send, such as WordPad ( ). 3. The document will be aut omatically recognized as text , then the applicat ion will be opened, and at the same t ime the recognized text will be displa[...]

4-6 4.6 Use Image-Enhancement Tools The image-enhancement tool allows you to ad just brightness, contrast, color of your scanned image, and remove noise to improv e your image quality. 1. In the tree view window, double-click an im age thumbnail to open it from the view window. . 2. The image annotation toolbar appears on the right-hand side of the[...]

User’s Manual 4-7 Summary of the image-enhancement tool Image enhancement Icon Name Description Image repair toolbar Show all image-repairing tools Select Image Select some area of an image Move Move an image up/down or left/right Eraser Erase part of an image Crop Crop part of the image Rotate selected image right 90 degrees Rotate the image 90 [...]

4-8 Color Adjustment Adjust the color balance of an image Remove noise Remove noise in an image Flip selected image horizontally Reverse an image left and right Flip selected image vertically Reverse an image up and down 4. Select an appropriate tool, and then click your image to perform the function of the tool. 5. When repairin g is done, click t[...]

User’s Manual 4-9 2. At this point, the annotation toolbar appears on the right side of the screen. 3. Move the cursor to each tool’s icon, then c lick the right button, and an option menu pops up to let you define the properties of the tool such as font, col or, or line style. 4. Click a t ool to select it, and th en click your image to perfor[...]

4-10 The image file after adding annotations 5. When the annotation process is complete, cli ck the " Save As " button ( ), select the path, and enter the file name to save the modified fi le. Text annotation toolbar  Not until you open t he .doc, .r tf, or .tx t file in the v iew window will t he text ann otation toolbar be displayed.[...]

User’s Manual 5-1 5. Maintenance 5.1 Calibrate the Scanner Calibrate only if th e scanned image looks fuzzy , the color looks abnormal (e.g ., darker than normal), after 8K+ scanned, or the scanner has b een stored without use for a long time. The calibration process resets the Contact Image Sensor to resume its color and sharpness precision. To [...]

5-2 Warning:  Do not interrupt the calibration sequence or try to shut off the device whi le it is calibrating. If you stop t he calibration before it has completed, a calibrat ion error may occur. As a result, when you next power up the unit, an error messa ge may be displayed, and you will have to pow er off the unit an d repeat the instructio[...]

User’s Manual 6-1 6. Troubleshooting 6.1 Error Messages If there is error during scan ning, the LED light will be flashing in red color an d error message will be displayed. Refer to t he following table to clear t he error conditions. Error Message Root Cause/Code Purpose How to restore Insert Memory Card 1. No memory card inserted. 2. Card not [...]

6-2 6.2 Frequently asked questions and answers Q ： Why does not my scanner turn on? A ： 1. The scanner may not be engaged with the feeder dock correctly. 2. The batteries may not enough po wer or may not be inserted correctly. Q ： The image can not be saved into the memory card while scanning? A ： Make sure you have a microSD TM card insert[...]

User’s Manual 6-3 Q ： How can I tell if the scanner is scanning at 300 dpi or 600 dpi? A ： The scan indicator light indicates the selected resolution: Green= 300 dpi, Orange=600 dpi Q ： Why there are strange lines on the scanned document? A ： Please check the following: 1. Are there scratches on the origin al or is the original clean ？ [...]

6-4 6.3 Technical Service Before contact Avision, please pr epare the following informat ion:  Scanner serial & revision number (located on the bottom of the scanner);  Hardware configuration (e.g., yo ur host CPU type, RAM size, fr ee disk space, display card, interface card); Headquarter Avision Inc. No. 20, Creation Road I, Scie nce-Ba[...]

User’s Manual 7-1 7. Specifications Specifications are subject to change without noti ce. Item Description Image Technology: Contact Image Sensor (CIS) Scanner Display 1.8” TFT LCD screen Memory: 16MB Max. Document Size: 8” x 14” (216 x 355 mm) Auto power off: 3 minutes Output File Format: JPEG/PDF Resolution: 300 dpi /600 dpi Interface: US[...]