User’s Manual For iVina 1200U Color Image Scanner Doc. No.250-0224-E Rev. 1.0 iVina, Inc.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................1-1 2.SCANNER INSTALLATION ........................................................................................................................................2-1 2.1 PRECAUTIONS ...............................................................................................................................................
1. INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of the iVina color image scanner with buttons. Thanks to all of praising responses throughout the world, iVina Inc. honorably launches a USB-compatible bottoned scanner, iVina 1200U. iVina 1200U is a new flatbed scanner with four large and evident push buttons at the front. These buttons feature one-step operation , which makes scanning intuitive, quick, and virtually user friendly.
2. SCANNER INSTALLATION 2.1 PRECAUTIONS 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. Keep the shipping box and the material in case you may need to ship the scanner again.
2.2 UNLOCKING YOUR SCANNER To protect the scanning unit from damage during transportation, a lock switch is designed at the back of the scanner to keep the scanning unit from moving. To unlock the scanner, move the lock switch up as shown in Fig. 2-1.
2.3 CONNECTING THE CABLES Connecting to an iMac as shown in Figure 2-3 1. Plug the small end of the power adaptor into the power jack on the back of the scanner, and insert the other end to a power outlet. 2. Locate a USB port on your computer or its accessories. Suppose you intend to connect to a USB keyboard. 3. Connect the rectangular end of USB cable to the USB port of your computer, and the other square end to the USB port on the back of the scanner. 1 2 6 3 5 4 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
2.4 PLACING AN ORIGINAL Open the document cover and then place your original face down on the document glass as shown in Fig. 2-3. Make sure to align the upper right corner of an original to the alignment mark. 1 2 3 4 1. 2. 3. 4.
3. SCANNER DRIVER & APPLICATION INSTALLATION 3.1 MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENT • • iMac or new Power Macintosh G3 (with USB port) OS 8.5.1 or later version 3.2 THE SOFTWARE INSTALLATION PROCEDURES ARE DEPICTED AS FOLLOWS: Please first install the scanner driver as well as the necessary software applications to your computer then connect iVina 1200U to your computer to ensure a successful installation. Before installation , please : • 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
3.3 INSTALLING BUNDLED APPLICATIONS, TEXTBRIDGE OCR & PAGE MANAGER: 1. Insert the bundled CD into CD-ROM drive on your computer. 2. Click the icon of iVina 1200U CD to get the CD main window including iVina Installer, Install TextBridge 3.0, ReadMe, iVina 1200U user’s manual, PageManager, and iMac Updates. (A) Installation of Textbridge OCR Application Software: 1. Double-click the icon of “Install Textbridge 3.0”, and then textbridge Installer with six languages appears. 2.
4. BUTTON DESCRIPTION AND SETTING 4.1 INTRODUCTION OF BUTTONS iVina 1200U features four push buttons at the front. Each function of the four buttons is described respectively in the following sections. Figure 4-1 Button Outlook 4.1.1 COPY BUTTON With just one click of the Copy button , you can get an immediately copy for your scanned image directly from your printer. 4.1.2 OCR BUTTON With just one touch of the OCR button, you can scan your text document to your OCR software application.
4.2 SETTING UP BUTTON PREFERENCES After opening “Button Manager” icon from the Button-Manager folder on the computer screen, a button-setting window emerges on the screen as shown below. Figure 4-2 Click each of the four buttons to set up individual preferences. Now, suppose the copy button is clicked first. And then, the copy setting sheet comes out as shown below. Figure 4-3 Click the Set button to get a copy setting dialog as shown in below, in which you could choose your various desired settings.
In similar ways , you could respectively get OCR , Photo, and E-mail dialogs as shown below , and choosing a designated application for each is the initial necessary step before doing other individual desired settings(See the following directions). OCR button Setting: Click the button to select your desired OCR application software such as Textbridge (bundled OCR software in provided CD).
5. WORKING WITH PUSH BUTTONS This section provides the operation steps with illustrations to show you how to make the best use of the scanner buttons in making a copy , converting a text to being editable, transferring a photo image to an image-editing application , and attaching an original material to a document-managing application. 5.1 MAKING THE FIRST COPY AS A COPIER 1. Place an original face-down on the document glass. Choose one of the two options of step 2 : 2. Press the Copy push button.
3. Press the Preference button to display the Preference dialog box as shown below. The Preference dialog box allows you to preset the resolution value, paper size, image mode, and Descreen function. Figure 5-2 Copier preferences dialog box Paper Size: Included are Max., Letter, A4, B5, A5, and Auto , among which the Auto is a great function to automatically crop a scanned image to fit a paper supply even if your original is not aligned near the alignment mark.
5.2 MAKING AN ORIGINAL TEXT EDITABLE 1. Place your original on the document glass. 2. Press the OCR button.The scanning message is displayed and then you can send scanned document into TextBridge OCR to convert your original text to an editable one . After saving this editable text file, you could open and edit it in a word processor. Regarding the detailed operation of this installed OCR application, see the relevant on-line help on it.
5.3 SCANNING AN ORIGINAL TO AN IMAGE-EDITING APPLICATION 1. Place your original on the document glass. 2. Press the Scan button. The scanning message is displayed and within a few seconds, your original image is scanned and sent into your selected image-edining application previously set up in the scan button setting dialog box. Note: You can select your existed image-editing application software (such as SOAP, Photoshop etc.) as your Scan button function destination application.
5.4 SCANNING AN ORIGINAL TO THE E-MAIL APPLICATION , OUTLOOK EXPRESS 1. Place your original on the document glass. 2. Press the E-mail button.The scanning message is displayed and within a few seconds, your original image is scanned to the Outlook Express application for you to easily send the E-mail.
6. SCANNING WITHOUT THE BUTTONS iVina 1200U allows you to operate the scanner from within a plug-in software application like Photoshop. As the scanner driver is not a stand-alone software, it is started from within a Photoshop plug-in compliant software application and then the scanner driver is able to scan and load the image to your computer. The command to start the scanner driver may vary due to different software applications.
6.1.1 DETERMINING OPTICAL RESOLUTION A good control of the resolution results in a satisfactory detail of an image scanned. The resolution is measured by dot per inch(dpi). Normally, the greater the dpi value, the higher the resolution and the bigger 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 be visually improved. And on the contrary, it makes your files more unmanageable.
6.1.2 SELECTING A PROPER IMAGE TYPE There are five types of image modes for you to make your target picture as vivid as possible. Depending on the image complexity and paper quality of an original , a user may utilize these image modes to retouch a scanned image to be as ideal as he/she prefers. Please see Figure 6-4 below and the detailed introductions of each image mode followed.
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.
True Color A 36-bit Color image consists of three 12-bit color channels. The red, green, and blue channels are mixed together to create a combination of one billion(236) colors which give a more true-to-life quality to the image. True Color is the best choice if you want to scan a color photo. Figure 6-9 True-Color Image 6.1.3 ENHANCING YOUR IMAGE Brightness Contrast Gamma Highlight Shadow Hue Intensity Saturation Figure 6-10 Image Enhancement Brightness: Adjusts the lightness or darkness of an image.
Contrast: Adjusts the range between the darkest and the lightest shades in the image. The higher the contrast, the bigger the different gray scales. Decrease your Contrast Normal Increase your Contrast Figure 6-12 Contrast Adjustment Gamma: Adjusts the midtone of the image without losing details of the lightest and the darkest areas. Gamma Value: 1.0 Gamma Value: 1.4 Gamma Value: 2.
Highlight/Shadow: Highlight refers to the lightest point in a scanned image while shadow refers to the darkest point. Using Highlight and Shadow tool together allow you to extend the range of color and reveal more details in a gray or color image.
6.1.4 SPECIAL FUNCTIONS Color Matching Auto Level Invert Image Figure 6-16 Function Button Invert Image: The invert command reverses the brightness and the color in the image. For color images, each pixel will be changed into its complementary color at the command of Invert. Original After Invert Figure 6-17 Invert Effect Color Matching: Adjusts the color quality of the image so that it comes close to that of the original. This function uses default parameters to adjust the image.
Auto Level: Automatically adjusts the highlight and shadow areas of the scanned image to give it an optimal effect. Before Auto Level After Auto Level Figure 6-19 Auto Level Sharpen: Sharpens the scanned image. Look for more selections under this item.
Descreen: Eliminates the moire patterns* commonly found in printed matter. Before Descreen After Descreen Figure 6-21 Descreening Image *Moire pattern: An undesirable pattern in a color printing resulting from incorrect screen angle of overprinting halftone.
6.1.5 IMAGE- VIEWING TOOL Quick Zoom Select Scan Area Zoom Move Image Figure 6-22 Button of image-viewing tools Quick Zoom: Provide frequently used magnification ratios (1x, 2x, 4x, 8x, or view the whole image) to perform a quick enlargement of your preview image. Select Scan Area: Select your desired scan area. (Click the button and place your cursor at the preview area.The cursor turns a cross sign. Hold your left mouse button to create your scan area.
6.1.6 OTHER TOOLS Rescale Image Lock Image Width & Height Quick Choice Scan Size Unit Figure 6-23 Scale: Enlarge or reduce your image in a pre-set proportion (from 50% to 800%). Width: Display current image width. Height: Display current image height. Unit: A reminder of the measuring system in use. By clicking on the abbreviation you can change the measuring system. Lock Image Width & Height: Fixes your output width and height despite of the scan size you have selected.
6.1.7 STARTING FINAL SCAN Preview: Previews your image to allocate the area to be scanned. Scan: Scans the area with the parameters you have set . Done: Cancels the current job. As shown in the figure below, in the Preview window, you can define the area to be scanned by dragging the cursor auxiliary lines with the mouse.
7. CARE AND MAINTENANCE 7.1 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.
8. TROUBLESHOOTING 8.1 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 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.
8.2 TECHNICAL SERVICE Technical support for iVina scanner is provided 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.
9. SPECIFICATIONS All specifications are subject to change without notice. 9.
INDEX 2 Intensity, 6-7 Invert, 6-8 256 colors, 6-4 L A alignment mark, 2-4 Auto, 5-5 Auto Crop, 5-5 Auto Level, 6-9 LineArt, 6-3 Linking scanned image to your Designated Application, 5-7, 5-8 lock switch, 2-2 M B Brightness, 6-5 Making your First Copy, 5-4 MGI PhotoSuite SE, 5-7, 5-8 moire patterns, 6-10 O C Color Matching, 6-8 Color Wheel, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9, 6-10, 6-11 Contrast, 6-6 Copier window, 5-4 Copy preferences dialog, 5-4, 5-5 Custom function, 4-1 OCR, 6-2 OCR(Optical character recognition)
