Avision AVA5 manual

Color Image Scanner User’s Manual Regulatory model: BS-0801S Avision Inc.[...]

ii Trademarks Microsoft is a U.S. register ed trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Windows and MS-DOS are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. IBM, PC, AT, XT are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corp. Other brands and product names herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Copyright All righ[...]

User’s Manual iii FCC Radio Frequency Interference Statement This product has been tested and found to compl y with the limits for a class B digital devi ce, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interferen[...]

iv Disposal of Waste Equipment by Users in Private Union This symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that the product can not be disposed of with your other household waste. Instead it sh ould be sent to appropriate facilities f or recovery and recycling in an effo rt to protect human health and the environment. Fore more information a[...]

User’s Manual v System Requirements ¾ IBM compatible PC 586, Pentium or higher ¾ Microsoft Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP ¾ USB port 2.0 (compatible with USB 1.1) ¾ At least 100 MB of free hard disk space ¾ At least 128 MB of system memory ¾ A CD-ROM drive[...]

vi Table of Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................ 1-1 2. Scanner Installation .................................................. 2-1 2.1 Installing the Scann er Driver and Cables ........ 2-2 2.1.1 Connecting to Power .................................. 2-2 2.1.2 Installing the Scann er Driver ....[...]

User’s Manual vii 4.7 The Options Tab ........................................ 4-36 4.8 The Setting Tab ........................................ 4-41 4.9 The Information Tab .................................. 4-44 5. Using the Buttons ...................................................... 5-1 5.1 Installing Button Manager ........................[...]

User’s Manual 1-1 1. Introduction Congratulations on your purc hase of the color sheet-fed image scanner. With this scanner, you can quickly scan documents to increa se productivity. Before you install and operate the new scanner, please take a few minutes to read through this manual. It provides proper instructions for you to unpack , install, o[...]

1-2 1. Scanner Main Unit 2. USB Cable 3. Power Adapter & Power Cord 4. Software CD Note: 1. Only use the AC adapter (PSAA15W-120 by Phihong / HEG42- 120130-7L by Hitron) included in the machine. Using other AC adapters may damage the machine and void the warranty. 2. Please unpack the packing carefully, and check the contents against the checkl[...]

User’s Manual 2-1 2. Scanner Installation Precautions  Keep the scanner out of direct sunlight. Direct exposure to the sun or excessive heat may cause damage to the unit.  Do not install the scanner in a humid or dusty place.  Be sure to use the proper AC power source.  Place the scanner securely on an even, flat surface. Tilted or un[...]

2-2 2.1 Installing the Scanner Driver and Cables Note: 1. The Windows syst em CD may be required when installing on some PC’s. 2. To ensure your computer ca n identify the USB scanner, please install scanner driver first before connecting the scanner to your computer. 2.1.1 Connecting to Power Plug the small end of the power adaptor into the powe[...]

User’s Manual 2-3 2.1.2 Installing the Scanner Driver 1. Place the supplied CD-ROM onto your CD-ROM drive. 2. The software inst allation grap hic appears. If not, run “setup.exe” .[...]

2-4 Contents on the installation graphi c: • Install Button Manager : To use the buttons on the scanner, you need to install Button Manager. To ensure Button Manager work s properly, please FIRST install Button M anager before installin g the scanner driver. • Install Scanner Driver: To communicate with your scanner, you need to install the sca[...]

User’s Manual 2-5 2.1.3 Connecting to Computer 1. Connect the square end of the USB cable to the USB port of your scanner. Connect the rectangle end to the USB port of your computer. 2. The computer should detect a new USB device and prompt a “New Hardware Found” message. (Windows 9X/Windows ME) USB cable[...]

2-6 3. In Windows 98SE, Windows ME, or Windows 2000, confirms that the “ Search for a better driver.” is selected and click the “Next” button. In Windows XP, click the Next button to continue. When the XP certification screen appears, click Continue Anyway to complete the installati on. 4. When the Finish dialog is prompted, click the Finis[...]

User’s Manual 3-1 3. Completing Your First Scan 3.1 Loading Your Paper Place your original face down on the document glass. Align the document to the reference mark, as indicated. Reference mark[...]

3-2 3.2 Verifying Your Scanner Installation To verify if your scan ner installation is correct, Avision provides you a useful test program called Avisi on Capture Tool. With this tool, you can perform simple scans and view the captured images. In addition, it helps you complete your scan at a rated speed. The following procedure describes how to ve[...]

User’s Manual 3-3 3. Choose your desired file format from the File Format drop down list box. (D efault is BMP, other choice includes T IFF, GIF, and JPEG.) 4. Type your desired folder name and file name in the File Path box. (Default is C:My ScanImage.) Note: If you do not wish to save the scanned image, deselect the Save button since default [...]

3-4 6. From the Image Selection Box, choose your desired image type for your scanned image. (Default is Front B&W) If you have a duplex scanner, choose Front and Rear to scan both sides of your document. 7. Click OK to quit the Scanner Properties dial og box. (To learn more details about the Scanner Properties dial og box, please see the subseq[...]

User’s Manual 3-5 11. You can view the scanned image in Fit Page ( ) or Actual Size (100%) button ( ) from the Viewing toolbars at the right side. 12. Click the Close box or Qu it from the F ile menu to exit t he Scan Validation Tool. Fit Page View Status Bar Thumbnail View[...]

3-6 3.1.1 A Glance of the Scanner Properties Dialog Box 1. Tab Options Choice: Image, Compression, Color Dropout, Paper, Options, Settings, Information. 2. Image Selection Box Choose your image type and the side of document you wish to scan. Options vary based on type of scanner. 3. Brightness : Adjust the brightness lev el from –100 to +100. 4. [...]

User’s Manual 4-1 4. Using the Scanner Properties Dialog Box The Scanner Properties dialog bo x allows you to confi gure the scanner’s settings. It consists of several tabbed windows each of which will be described in this chapter. The Scanner Properties dialog box[...]

4-2 4.1 Buttons on the Scanner Properties Dialog Box The buttons on the Scanner Properties dialog box Buttons Description Defaults Click the Defaults button, the factory default settings will be shown on each tab. Scan After all the scan settings are satisfactory, click the Scan button to start scanning your document. Close Click the Close button t[...]

User’s Manual 4-3 The following table shows the defaul t settings ： Tab name Default settings Image Image ： Front B&W Binarization ： Dynamic Threshold Resolution ： 200 dpi Invert ： Blank on White Scan Source ： Auto Document Feeder Threshold ： None Brightness ： None Contrast ： None Compression None Color Dropout None Paper Cr[...]

4-4 4.2 The Image Tab The Image tab allows you to choose the front side and (or) the rear side of your document, th e type of im age, and to set several basic scan setting s. Note that except for the resolution, you can set individual scan settings for the front side and the rear side. For example, a ll setti ngs in the Image tab, Compression tab, [...]

User’s Manual 4-5 4.2.1 The Image Selection Box The Image Selection box includes the image type and document side option. If you wish to scan both the front side and the re ar side of your color document, you can check both Front Color and Rear Color at the same time. Note the options vary based on type of scanner. Example 1 ： Scanning a two-si[...]

4-6 Example 2 ： Scanning a two-sided color document, one in B&W(Drop Blue Color ： Threshold ： 10, Background ： 79), the other in color Side/Image Selection Front Rear Image Type Description Color Choose Color if you wish to scan a color image for your original in color. Gray Choose Gray image if you r original contains actual shades of [...]

User’s Manual 4-7 4.2.2 Other Image Options Binarization This is the process of converting a grayscale or color image to a bi-tonal image. There are several different methods of performing this conversion. Two of the options are Dynamic Threshold and Fixed Processing . Dynamic Threshold: Selecting Dynamic Threshold allows the scann er to dynamica[...]

4-8 Threshold Used to convert a grayscale image to a bi-tonal image. The value ranges from 0 to 255. A low threshold value produces a lighter image, and can be used to subdue backgrounds and subtle, unneeded information. A high t hreshold value produces a darker image, and can be used to help pick up faint images. Adjust the threshold setting by dr[...]

User’s Manual 4-9 Brightness Adjusts the lightness or darkness of an image. The higher th e value, the brighter the image. Drag the slider to the right or left to increase or decrease the brightness. The range is from –100 to +100. Contrast Adjusts the range between the darkest and the lightest shades in the image. The higher the contrast, th e[...]

4-10 Resolution A good control of the resolution results a good detail of an image that scans. The resolution is measured by dots per inch (dpi). Normally, the greater the dpi number, the higher the resoluti on and the image file size. Be aware that greater resolution takes more time to scan, and more disk space for the scanning image. For your inf[...]

User’s Manual 4-11 Invert Reverses the brightness and the colors in the image. The default setting is Black on a White background. Reverse mode is White on a Black background. For color images, each pixel will be changed into its complementary color at the command of Invert. Black on White White on Black[...]

4-12 Scan Source Choice: y Auto Document Feeder: Used to scan multiple pages. y Flatbed: Used to scan a single page. For example, pages from newspaper clipping, paper with wrinkles or curls. y Flatbed (book): Used to scan several inside pages from book. y Automatic: Allow the scanner automatically set its scan source. If Automatic is selected and t[...]

User’s Manual 4-13 Color Adjustment Adjusts the color qua lity of the image so that it comes close to that of the original. This function uses default parameters to adjust the image. Normal After Color Adjustment 4.2.3 Scanning color images The following options are av ailable for scanning color images. y Brightness y Contrast y Resolution y Inve[...]

4-14 4.2.4 Scanning grayscale images The following opt ions are availa ble for scanning gray images. y Brightness y Contrast y Resolution y Invert 4.2.5 Scanning B&W images The following opt ions are availa ble for scanning B&W images. y Binarization (Dynamic Threshold) y Resolution y Invert Or y Binarization (F ix Processing) y Threshold y[...]

User’s Manual 4-15 4.2.6 Editing Profiles The Scanner Properties dialog box allows you to change and save your frequently used scan settings into a profile. You can edit these profiles by rena ming or deleti ng them. To add a new profile, 1. Customize your settings. (F or example, change your resolution, image type, cro pping method, scan size, o[...]

4-16 To load a profile, 1. From the Image tab dialog box, choose your favorable profile from the “Prof iles” dropdown list box. 2. Your favorable prof ile will be immediately loaded and displayed on Scanner Pr operties dialog box. To delete a profile, 1. From the Image tab dialog box, click “Profiles” to prompt the Edit Y our Profile dialog[...]

User’s Manual 4-17 To rename a profile, 1. From the Image tab dialog box, click “Profiles” to prompt the Edit Y our Profile dialog box. 2. Choose the profile you want to rename from the dropdown list box and then click the Rename button. 3. Enter new name for the profile. 4. Choose “Save” to save the new profile or “Cancel” to qu it. [...]

4-18 4.3 The Compression Tab The Compression tab allows you to compress your scanned image and choose the level of co mpression. Bi-tonal images are normally compressed using CCITT standard called Group 4 (G4). Color and grayscale images are often compressed using JPEG technology. Move the JPEG Quality slider to the ri ght or left to increase or de[...]

User’s Manual 4-19 The Compression tab dialog box[...]

4-20 4.4 The Color Dropout Tab 4.4.1 Color Dropout Selection Color Dropout tab allows you to dr op either of the red, blue, or green color in your scanned image. If your image contai ns red color watermark or background, choose the R (Red) channel then any red wat ermark or background will be removed. T his feature is used to sharpen your text when[...]

User’s Manual 4-21 4.4.2 Other Color Dropout Options Advanced Processing provides two options that can adjust your scanned image in th e best optimal result. Filter Threshold This value is used t o determine the color which will be dropped out . A lower value w ill drop more of the selected color out, while a higher value will leave more of the s[...]

4-22 Remove Blue, Threshold: 20, Background: 255 Remove Blue, Threshold: 20, Background Level: 210[...]

User’s Manual 4-23 4.5 The Paper Tab The Paper tab allows y ou to define values relat ing to image output (i.e., Auto Crop or not, Scan Area, OverScan, Multi-Feed Detection). The Paper tab dialog box[...]

4-24 4.5.1 Cropping Cropping allows you to capture a portion of the document being scanned. Choice: Automatic, Fixed to Transport, EOP (End of Page) Detection. Options Description Automatic Automatic adjusts the cropping window according to different document sizes. Use this option for batches of mixed-sized documents. Fixed to Transport This featu[...]

User’s Manual 4-25 The following opt ions are only available when Fixed to Transport is selected. y X-Offset — the distance from the left end of the scanner to the left edge of the scanning area. y Y-Offset — the position from the top end of the document to the top end of the scanning area. y Width — the width of the scanning area. y Length[...]

4-26 Example ： Redefine your scan area ( x-offset: 2.25 inches ； y- offset:1.13 inches) Original After Fixed to Transport Display window Scan A rea T he Redefined Scan Area[...]

User’s Manual 4-27 4.5.2 Other Paper Selection Deskew Use this option to automatically deskew a document. Scan Area Choose your desired paper size wi th the drop-down list box. Or you may select a custom pa per size by clicking the Scan Area box and then click Add to include in the choice. Choice: None, US Letter- 8.5”x 11”, US Legal – 8.5?[...]

4-28 Choose “Unknown Length” if you have a batch of long page document with unknown length. Choose “Enter Length” to enter the length and width of yo ur documents or your desi red scan size on documents. This is useful when you have a batch of documents with the same scan size or a batch of same-sized documents. OverScan Overscan allows you[...]

User’s Manual 4-29 Example ： Additional Length Detection ： Set Additional Length to be 2.02 inches 2.02”[...]

4-30 Ultrasonic Detection Ultrasonic Detection allows y ou to set overlapped document by detecting paper thickness between documents. Note ： The availability of the f unction varies based on t ype of scanner. There are two options available if Multi-Feed is det ected. z Stop Scanning after Multi-Feed If this is selected, the scan ner will stop th[...]

User’s Manual 4-31 z Sound Alarm on Multi-Feed If a wave file is added, th e scanner will make a sound alarm if multi-feed is detect ed yet no Warning dialog box will be displayed. If “Stop Scanning af ter Multi-Feed” is select ed, the scanner will stop the feeder. If “Stop Scanning after Multi-Feed” has not been selected, the scanner wil[...]

4-32 4.5.3 Relative to Document Relative to Document: (used for batches of same-sized documents) This option allows you t o cr op different areas on your documents and deliver these imag es in B&W, Gray, or Color separately. For example, there are applications which require you to store the entire docume nt in B&W and a part of the document[...]

User’s Manual 4-33 3. Click the Prev iew tab to display th e Preview window . A black rectangular box appears to indicate the max. scan size your have just selected. 4. Click the Preview button to view the entire image in low resolution to correctly crop your relative scan area. 5. Select image type from the Image Select ion box. The selected ima[...]

4-34 7. Check the B&W image from the Image Selection box to scan the entire document. 8. Click the Scan button to start scanning the document in two image types and sizes. (See the result in below .) The entire document in B&W The relative area in col or T he Relative Area A Cross Sign[...]

User’s Manual 4-35 4.6 The Preview Tab The Preview t ab allows you to preview (a low-resolution scan) your image before final scan . This preview image lets y ou allocate your scan area. You can choose your scan area by the “Scan Area” drop down list box or placing your cursor on the Display window and dragging it diagonally on the Display wi[...]

4-36 4.7 The Options Tab The Options tab allows you to set foll owing additional i mage processing settings. The Option tab dialog box[...]

User’s Manual 4-37 Flip Side Rotation Select “fanfold” to rotate the image of the reverse side to 180 degrees. This is applied to double-sided document which are viewed in portrait are sometime fed into the scanner in landscape or vice versa. Choice: Book, Fanfold. If “Book” is selected, t he image of the reverse side will not be rot ated[...]

4-38 Rotate Image Choose the rotation angle from the drop down list if you wish to rotate your scanned image. Choice: None, 90°CW(clockwise), 90°CCW(counter clockwise), 180°. Original Rotate 90°CW Rotate 90°CCW Rotate 180° Blank Page Removal Check if you wish to remove the blank page and move the slider to the left or right to your desired th[...]

User’s Manual 4-39 Edge Fill Check White or Black if you wish to add white or black edge on the border of your scanned image. Enter the value from 0 to 5 mm. Default value is 0. Original Edge Fill: 5mm (Black) Image Control Option Check the Mirror box if you wish to reverse the right and left side of your image. Original The Mirror Effect[...]

4-40 Background Setting This option allows you to set your scan background. Choice: White Background, Black Background. *This option varies based on type of scanner and is available for the front page in the ADF (auto document feeder) only. For the rear page, only the white background is available. White Background Black Background[...]

User’s Manual 4-41 4.8 The Setting Tab The Setting tab allows you to set the following settings: The Setting tab dialog box Energy Saving Control Check the Enable Energy Saver box and move the slider to the right to set the amount of time to start the energy saver after your last action. The range is from 1 to 240 minutes. The default is 15 minut[...]

4-42 Batch Scan Setting • Batch Scan To increase the scanning speed, the scanner first scans a few pages of your document and then sends these scanning data to the application. Therefore, during scanning , the numbers of pages been scanned on the scanner is somehow different with the numbers of pages displayed on your computer screen. Choose this[...]

User’s Manual 4-43 Show Scanning Progress Check and the scanning progress bar will be shown during scanning. Show Warning Message Check to show the warning messages such as “ADF pad count exceeds 50,000 scans (the number varies based on type of scanner). Please replace the ADF pad and reset the pad count.” Save Settings after Closing Check to[...]

4-44 4.9 The Information Tab The Information tab displays th e following system and scanner information. The Information tab dialog box The “Report” button ： If you encounter any error me ssage while using the scanner, click the Report button. A re port.txt file (C:AVxxx) will be generated. Please send this f ile to the nearest service cente[...]

User’s Manual 4-45 The “Reset Pad Count” button 」 ： After scanning approximately 50,000 pages (the number varies based on type of scanner) thro ugh the Auto Document Feeder (ADF), the ADF pad may be worn out and you may experience problems with document feedin g. In this case, it is h ighly recommended to replace the ADF pad with a new on[...]

User’s Manual 5-1 5. Using the Buttons The following picture shows th e 3 buttons on the scanner. Copy Scan E-mail[...]

5-2 5.1 Installing Button Manager To use the buttons on the scanner, you need to install the Button Manager. To ensure th e Button Manager work properly, please FIRST install Butt on Manager before in stalling the scanner driver. Installing the But ton Manager is easy. Insert the supplied CD to your CD-R OM drive and follow th e instructions on the[...]

User’s Manual 5-3 3. The Button Panel shows the first five scanning buttons. Right-click the button (function) you wi sh to check. The Button Properties window appears. The default settin g is indicated in highlight ed color. If you wish to change the setting, use this window to reset the setting for the f ile format, destination application, or [...]

5-4 5.3 Scanning From One Touch of the Buttons 1. Adjust the paper guide for the width of paper and load the document with their tops into the automatic document feeder. 2. Check the number on the LED screen to ensure if you are selecting the proper scan settings and destination application. (For example, if you want to scan with button #4, which o[...]

User’s Manual 6-1 6. Maintenance Soak a cotton swab with some isopropyl alcohol. (95%) Open the document cover as shown below. Wipe the document glass by moving the swab from side to side. Close the document cover. Your scanner is now ready for use. 1. Document glass 1[...]

User’s Manual 7-1 7. Troubleshooting If you have problems with th e operation of your scanner, please check the following troubleshooting hints. 7.1 Frequently asked Questions Question: When the scanner is powered on , it makes noises and won’t stand ready. Answer: There are two possibilities: 1) You might fail to push the scanner shipping lock[...]

7-2 Question: While scanning, the scanner often makes noises, or it scans back and forth. Answer: Usually this means the memory of your computer is not enough or the speed of your CPU too slow. Please try to increase your memory to at least 32M or replace your CPU with Pentium or later. Question: Why is it that the scanned image always comes out to[...]

User’s Manual 7-3 7.2 Technical Service Before contact Avision, please prepare the following information:  Scanner serial & revi sion number (located on the bottom of the scanner);  Hardware configuration (e.g., yo ur host CPU type, RAM size, free disk space, display card, interface card);  The name and version of your sca nning soft[...]

User’s Manual 8-1 8. Specifications All specifications are subject to change without notice. Model Number BS-0801S Scanner Type Flatbed Desktop scanner Scanning Mode 24-bit color 256 shades of gray scale Line Art Optical Resolution 1200 dpi * 1200 dpi (H*V) Interface USB 2.0 Power Requirements 12Vdc,1.25A Power Consumption < 15W Operation Temp[...]