User’s Manual For iVina 1200P Color Image Scanner Doc. No.250-0227-E Rev. 1.0 iVina Inc.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................ 1-1 CHAPTER 2 SCANNER INSTALLATION ............................................................... 2-1 PRECAUTIONS............................................................................................2-1 UNLOCKING YOUR SCANNER ...................................................................2-1 CONNECTING THE CABLES..............................................................
CHAPTER 5 WORKING WITH THE PUSH BUTTONS ........................................... 5-1 MAKING YOUR FIRST COPY......................................................................5-1 SCANNING YOUR TEXT TO AN OCR APPLICATION.................................5-2 SCANNING YOUR PHOTO TO PAPERPORT .............................................5-2 SENDING YOUR IMAGE TO AN EMAIL APPLICATION ..............................
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing iVina 1200P color image scanner. iVina is one of the leading company in the world to deliver high quality image scanner. iVina 1200P is a new flatbed scanner with evident push buttons at the front. These buttons feature one-step operation, which makes scanning intuitive, quick, and virtually user friendly. To ensure the optimum performance of the scanner, please take a few minutes to read through this manual before you install and operate the scanner.
Chapter 2 SCANNER INSTALLATION PRECAUTIONS v v v v 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 uneven surfaces may cause mechanical problems.
CONNECTING THE CABLES Connect iVina 1200P to your computer as shown in Figure 2-2. 1. Plug one end of the supplied scanner cable to the parallel port at the back of the scanner and the other end into your computer where the printer port cable was plugging. 2. Connect the small end of the power adapter into the power jack on the back of the scanner. 3. Plug the large end of the power adapter to the power outlet. Now, the scanner will be automatically powered on. 3 7 1 4 6 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Chapter 3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION SYSTEM REQUIREMENT To run iVina 1200P at rated speed, the following minimum requirements are highly recommended: • IBM compatible PC 486, Pentium or later • Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT • One printer port available (EPP/ECP/SPP) • 100 Megabytes of available hard disk space for installation • 16 Megabytes of RAM (32 Megabytes or higher recommended) • A video graphics array (VGA) monitor • A Microsoft Windows-compatible pointing device (e.g.
Chapter 4 CUSTOMIZING YOUR BUTTON PREFERENCES A GLANCE OF THE BUTTONS Figure 4-1 A glance of the buttons BUTTON FUNCTION COPY BUTTON A press of the Copy button allows you to get an immediate copy for your scanned image directly from your printer. OCR BUTTON A press of the OCR button allows you to convert your original text into editable text with a word processor.
CUSTOMIZNG YOUR BUTTON PREFERENCES CUSTOMIZING YOUR COPY PREFERENCES 1. After installing the Button Manager software application and restarting your computer, the Preferences dialogs box will be automatically displayed as shown in Figure 4-1. An alternative method to prompt the Preferences dialog box is to double-click the iVina Button Manager a pop-up menu icon at the right corner of your task bar and choose “Preferences” when appears.
CUSTOMIZING YOUR IVINA COPIER PREFERENCES 1. If the item of “Display Copier UI” was previously selected in the Copy preferences dialog box, after pressing the Copy button, the iVina Copier window as shown below will be displayed. 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 1. Copy count 2. Brightness 3. Contrast 4. Start Black & White copy 5. Start Color copy 6. Preferences 7. Exit Figure 4-4 iVina Copier window 2. Press the Preferences button to display the iVina Copy preferences dialog box.
1. Repeat step 1 in the previous section Customizing your Copy preferences. 2. In the Preferences dialog shown as Figure 4-2, choose the “OCR” tab to display the OCR preferences dialog box as shown in Figure 4-6. 3. To customize your OCR preferences, please refer to the following steps. 1 2 3 4 5 Figure 4-6 OCR Preferences dialog box 1). Choose proper scan size from a list of Letter, A4, A5, 5”x3”, Business Card, etc. 2). Choose proper resolution (Recommend to choose 300 dpi).
CUSTOMIZING YOUR SCAN PREFERENCES 1. Repeat step 1 in the previous section Customizing your Copy preferences. 2. In the Preferences dialog shown as Figure 4-2, choose “Scan” tab to display the Scan preferences dialog box as shown in Figure 4-7.. 3. To customize the Scan preferences, please refer to the following steps. 1 2 3 4 Figure 4-7 The Scan Preferences dialog 1). Choose proper image type. (See Chapter 6 for more detail about the image type.) 2).
CUSTOMIZING YOUR EMAIL PREFERENCES 1. Repeat step 1 in the previous section Customizing your Copy preferences. 2. In the Preferences dialog shown as Figure 4-2, choose “Email” tab to display the Email preferences dialog box as shown in Figure 4-8. 3. To customize the Email preferences, please refer to the following steps. 1 2 3 4 6 5 Figure 4-8 the Email Preferences dialog 1). Choose proper image type. (See Chapter 6 for more detail about the image type.) 2).
Note #1: Followings are the respective procedures to set up the default e-mail software application for several popular e-mail software applications such as Outlook Express, Netscape Messenger, or Eudora: Outlook Express 1). 2). 3). 4). 5). Select Options from the Tools menu in Outlook Express. In the Options dialog box, click the General tab. Select the “Make Outlook Express my default e-mail program” option. Select the “Make Outlook Express my simple MAPI client” sub option.
Chapter 5 WORKING WITH THE PUSH BUTTONS This section provides the simple operation steps with illustrations to make the best of the button scanner. MAKING YOUR FIRST COPY 1. Place your original face down on the document glass. 2. Press the Copy button. The scanning message is first displayed, and then in a second the copying is done through a designated printer. Or 2.
SCANNING YOUR TEXT TO AN OCR APPLICATION 1. Place your original face down on the document glass. 2. Press the OCR button. Your original text will be automatically converted into editable text in a word processor. Figure 5-2 A word processor window SCANNING YOUR PHOTO TO PAPERPORT 1. Place your original face down on the document glass. 2. Press the Scan button. Your scanned image will be displayed in the desktop of PaperPort.
SENDING YOUR IMAGE TO AN EMAIL APPLICATION 1. Place your original on the document glass. 2. Press the Email button. The scanning message is displayed and within a few seconds, your original image is scanned and sent to the designated email application as an attached file shown below (See the following illustration.) Figure 5-4 Netscape Messenger window 1 1.
Chapter 6 SCANNING FROM WITHIN A TWAIN COMPLIANT APPLICATIONS The iVina 1200P provides an alternative method to scan your image without pressing the push buttons. You can start iVina TWAIN window from within a TWAIN compliant application to proceed your scanning task. The command to start the iVina TWAIN window may vary due to different software applications. To check the correct command, please refer to the user manual of the relevant software application.
Figure 6-2 iVina TWAIN window 6-2
USING IVINA TWAIN WINDOW IMAGE TYPE The scanner provides several image types as explained in below: True Color Grayscale Halftone Error Diffusion Lineart Line art Lineart presents the image in black and white only and there are no intermediate shades of gray in between. That means each pixel of the image is 100% black or 100% white. Lineart is the best choice of image type if you want to scan text, pen or ink drawing.
Halftone In addition to the black and white display, Halftone simulates gray scale by using different size of dots. Particularly when you view the image at a certain distance, it looks very closely like a gray image yet it consumes the least disk space. Halftone is the picture that we usually see in newspapers or magazines. Since Halftone is one type of black and white image, the disk space required to save a halftone image is 1/24 of that required to save a 24-bit true color image.
Error Diffusion While presenting black & white image and taking up but a minimum storage space(1/24 of that of a 24-bit true color image), error diffusion gives good image texture and excellent image details. Diffusion also minimizes the interference patterns that can occur after scanning halftone images, such as those found in magazines, books, and newspapers. Figure 6-6 An error diffusion image True Color A 36-bit Color image consists of three 12-bit color channels.
SCANNING PARAMETERS & IMAGE CONTROL Resolution Brightness Contrast Resolution : The number of dpi (dots per inch) that the scanner uses for a scan. Usually the greater the number, the higher the resolution. Yet up to a certain level, the resolution will not be visually increased but the disk space will be increased. A higher resolution (over 600 dpi) will only be recommended when you need to scan a small area under True Color mode. Resolution: 150 dpi Resolution: 50 dpi Tips: 1.
Brightness: Adjusts the lightness or darkness of an image. The higher the value, the brighter the image. Decrease your Brightness Normal Increase your Brightness Contrast: Adjusts the range between the darkest and the lightest shades in the image. The higher the contrast, the bigger the difference of the gray level.
Auto Level Auto Area Descreen Color Matching Reset Advance Setting Speed Mode Set Gamma Measurement Unit Quality Mode Invert Image Information Auto Level: Optimizes the scanned image. Before Auto Level After Auto Level Auto Area: Automatically sets the whole document as the scan area, no matter what its size.
Descreen: Eliminates the Moire patterns commonly found in printed matter. Before descreen After descreen Color Matching: Adjusts the color quality of the image to make it close to the original. This function uses default parameters to adjust the image. Before Color Matching After Color Matching Reset: Resets the scanning parameters you set. Invert: The invert command reverses the brightness and the color in the image.
Advance Settings: The Advance Settings provides several functions such as Dynamic Background Removal, Color Drop-out and SRGB. These functions are briefly explained as below: 1). DBR(Dynamic Background Removal) - Apply exclusively when you need to scan as an Lineart image . The DBR function incorporates a few enhanced options to allow you to remove background color to sharpen your text or drawing. Original(Color picture) After applying DBR option 2).
3). SRGB(Standard Red, Green, and Blue) - Apply exclusively when you need to scan a color image The SRGB function allows your scanned image to retain the same image quality among your scanning software, computer monitor, and printing output if both your computer monitor and printer support SRGB. However, the gamma adjustment will be disabled while applying this item since it has been optimized. Note: The factory default setting is SRGB enabled.
SCANNING Preview: Previews your image roughly and allocates the area to be scanned. Scan: Execute the Scans action. Exit: Cancels the current job. Document Size: To designate the size of your document, just click on its icon on the margin of the preview window. As shown in the figure below, in the Preview window, you can define the area to be scanned by dragging the four cursor auxiliary lines.
Chapter 7 CARE AND MAINTENANCE CLEANING There are times the document glass is contaminated with dusk or toner particles. To ensure quality scanning result, please wipe the document glass occasionally. To clean the document glass, 1. Open the document cover as shown in Figure 7-1. 2. Dip a soft clean cloth with isopropyl alcohol(95%). And gently wipe the document glass until the dusty particles are thoroughly removed.
Chapter 8 TROUBLESHOOTING 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 to its “use” position. If this is the case, pull the scanner status switch to its “use” position first. 2) The scanner is not placed on an even, flat desktop surface. This may cause the scanner to malfunction. Question: The scanner is powered on, but the lamp does not light up.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT iVina provides technical support for 1200P at iVina Technical Assistance Center. Before contact with us, please prepare the following information. v v v v Scanner serial & revision number (located on the bottom of the scanner) Hardware configuration (e.g., your host type, RAM size, free disk space, etc.) The name and version of your software application The version of your scanner driver. Please contact us at: iVina Inc. Address: 6815 Mowry Ave.
Chapter 9 SPECIFICATIONS All specifications are subject to change without notice. MODEL: iVina 1200P Scanner Type: Optical Resolution: Maximum Resolution: Scanning Modes: Document Size: Interface: Power Source: Power Consumption: Dimensions: (WxDxH): Weight: Flatbed Scanner with Push Buttons 600 dpi * 1200 dpi (H*V) 19200 dpi Black & White mode Halftone mode Error diffusion Grayscale(12 bits scanning/8 bits output) Color(36 bits scanning/24 bits output) 8.5” x 11.
INDEX LineArt, Halftone, Error Diffusion, Gray, True Color · 6-3 Invert · 6-9 A Advance Settings · 6-10 alignment mark · 2-2 Auto · 5-2 Auto Area · 6-8 Auto Crop · 5-2 Auto Level · 6-8 L LineArt · 6-3 lock switch · 2-1 M B Making your First Copy · 5-1 Brightness · 6-7 button function Copy, OCR, Scan, Email · 4-1 O C OCR · 6-6 OCR button · 4-1 Color Matching · 6-9 Contrast · 6-7 Copy button · 4-1 Copy preferences dialog · 5-1, 5-2 customizing your copy preferences · 4-2 customizing your email prefer
