User’s Manual Regulatory model: FF-0506
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User’s Manual FCC Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communication.
System Requirements Windows ¾ IBM compatible PC 586, Pentium or higher ¾ Microsoft Windows 98 / 98SE / Me / 2000 / XP ¾ USB port 2.0 (compatible with USB 1.
User’s Manual Table of Contents 1. Introduction ............................................................. 1-1 2. Scanner Installation.............................................. 2-1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 3. Completing Your First Scan................................ 3-1 3.1 3.2 4. Installing the ADF Paper Tray Unit ..................2-2 Installing the Output Paper Tray.....................2-6 Connecting the Cables ..................................2-7 2.3.1 Connecting to Power ..................
4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 The Color Dropout Tab ................................ 4-16 4.4.1 Color Dropout Selection ..........................4-16 4.4.2 Other Color Dropout Options..................4-17 The Paper Tab ........................................... 4-19 4.5.1 Cropping .....................................................4-20 4.5.2 Other Paper Selection ..............................4-23 The Options Tab......................................... 4-27 The Setting Tab .....................................
User’s Manual 1. Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the color sheet-fed image scanner. Avision is one of the leading companies in the world to develop high performance sheet-fed scanners. 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, operate and maintain the scanner. The following figure indicates the package contents. Please check all the items against your checklist.
1 2 3 4 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 5 Scanner Main Unit ADF (Auto Document Feeder) Paper Tray Output Paper Tray USB Cable Power Adapter Power Cord 6 Note: 1. Only use the AC adapter (SAL124A-2410U-6 by SINOAMERICA) 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 checklist. If any items are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer immediately.
User’s Manual 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 uneven surfaces may cause mechanical or paper-feeding problems. Retain the scanner box and packing materials for shipping purposes.
2.1 Installing the ADF Paper Tray Unit Attach the Paper Support to the ADF (Auto Document Feeder) Paper Tray.
User’s Manual 2. Pull out the Paper Jam Clearing Button to open the front door to the left.
3. Insert four protrusions on the bottom of the ADF Paper Tray into the holes on the front of the scanner.
User’s Manual 4. Insert two protrusions in the middle of the ADF Paper Tray into the holes on the top of the scanner.
2.2 Installing the Output Paper Tray Insert the right and left protrusion of the Output Paper Tray into the holes on the front of the scanner.
User’s Manual 2.3 Connecting the Cables Make sure the power of scanner is off. 2.3.1 Connecting to Power Plug the small end of the power adaptor into the power jack of your scanner. Insert the other end to an appropriate power outlet. Power Cable 2.3.2 Turning on the Power After the power cable and the USB cable have all connected, press the power switch to the “I” position to turn on the scanner. To turn off the scanner, please press the power switch to the “O” position.
2.4 Installing the Software NOTE: 1). The Windows system CD may be required when installing on some PC’s. 2). To ensure your computer can identify the USB scanner, please install scanner driver first before connecting the scanner to your computer. 1. Place the supplied CD-ROM onto your CD-ROM drive. 2. The software installation graphic appears. If not, run “cdsetup.exe”. 3. Choose Install TWAIN Driver to install the scanner driver. 2.5 1.
User’s Manual 2. The computer should detect a new USB device and prompt a “New Hardware Found” message. (Windows 9X/Windows ME) 3. In Windows 9X or Windows ME, confirm 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 installation. 4. 5. When the Finish dialog is prompted, click the Finish button.
User’s Manual 3. 3.1 Completing Your First Scan Loading Your Paper 3.1.1 Notice on Using the ADF Before using the ADF, please make sure that your paper meets the following specifications: • Document(s) can range in size from 3.5 by 2 inches to 8.5 by 14 inches (Legal). • Document(s) can range in weight from 16 to 28 lbs • Document(s) should be square or rectangular and in good condition (not fragile or worn). • Document(s) should be free of curl, wrinkle, tears, wet ink, or punch holes.
3.1.2 Placing Your Document in the ADF Paper Tray Fanning Your Document Standard paper size should feed easily through the scanner. To avoid occasional paper jam when automatically feeding multiple documents, loosen the paper before loading. Document feeding Place your document with the text face down on the ADF Paper Tray. Align the two sides of the document with the slide guides. Please note that the ADF Paper Tray can hold up to 50-page document at a time.
User’s Manual 3.2 Scanning with Image Editing Software The scanner driver is not a stand-alone program, it has to be started from within a TWAIN-compliant or plug-in 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. 1. 2. Start a TWAIN compliant software application such as Roxio PhotoSuite which is bundled in the CD. Click Get>Scanner (TWAIN). 3.
7. Click Exit to return to the main screen and click Open Library and Photos at the upper-right corner to open your scanned image.
User’s Manual 3.2.1 A Glance of the Scanner Properties Dialog Box 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Tab Options Choice: Image, Compression, Color Dropout, Paper, Options, Settings, Information. 2. Image Choose your image type and the side of Selection Box document you wish to scan. Options vary based on type of scanner. 3. Brightness: Adjust the brightness level from –100 to +100. 4. Contrast Adjust the contrast level from –100 to +100. Determine the quality of the scanned image. 5.
User’s Manual 4. Using the Scanner Properties Dialog Box The Scanner Properties dialog box allows you to configure the scanner’s settings. It consists of several tabbed windows each of which will be described in this chapter.
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 to leave the Scanner Properties dialog box.
User’s Manual The following table shows the default settings： Tab name Image Default settings 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 Cropping：Automatic Deskew：Yes Orientation：Portrait OverScan：0.
4.2 The Image Tab The Image tab allows you to choose the front side and (or) the rear side of your document, the type of image, and to set several basic scan settings. Note that except for the resolution, you can set individual scan settings for the front side and the rear side. For example, all settings in the Image tab, Compression tab, Color Dropout tab can be set individually for the front and the rear side.
User’s Manual 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 rear 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 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 Image Type Color Gray B&W B&W Front Rear Description Choose Color if you wish to scan a color image for your original in color. Choose Gray image if your original contains actual shades of gray. Choose B&W if your original contains only text, pencil or ink sketch.
User’s Manual 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 scanner to dynamically evaluate each document to determine the optimal threshold value to produce the highest quality image.
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 threshold value produces a darker image, and can be used to help pick up faint images. Adjust the threshold setting by dragging the Threshold sliding bar to the left or right to achieve the desired threshold setting.
User’s Manual Brightness Adjusts the lightness or darkness of an image. The higher the value, the brighter the image. Drag the slider to the right or left to increase or decrease the brightness. Contrast Adjusts the range between the darkest and the lightest shades in the image. The higher the contrast, the bigger the different grayscale. Drag the slider to the right or left to increase or decrease the contrast. The range is from –100 to +100. The range is from –100 to +100.
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 resolution 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 information, an A4 size color image scanned at 300 dpi at True Color mode consumes approximately 25 MB of disk space.
User’s Manual 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.
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 there is document in both the auto document feeder (ADF) and the flatbed, then the scan source will be automatically set to ADF.
User’s Manual 4.2.5 Scanning B&W images The following options are available for scanning B&W images.
4.3 The Compression Tab The Compression tab allows you to compress your scanned image and choose the level of compression. 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 right or left to increase or decrease the level of compression. Note the greater the compression level, the lower image quality. Default is 50%.
User’s Manual The Compression tab dialog box 4-15
4.4 The Color Dropout Tab 4.4.1 Color Dropout Selection Color Dropout tab allows you to drop either of the red, blue, or green color in your scanned image. If your image contains red color watermark or background, choose the R (Red) channel then any red watermark or background will be removed. This feature is used to sharpen your text when using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software. Note that this function supports only black & white and gray images.
User’s Manual 4.4.2 Other Color Dropout Options Advanced Processing provides two options that can adjust your scanned image in the best optimal result. Filter Threshold This value is used to determine the color which will be dropped out. A lower value will drop more of the selected color out, while a higher value will leave more of the selected color in. Background Level The pixel which is higher than the background value will be adjusted to the lightest point.
Remove Blue, Threshold: 20, Background: 255 Remove Blue, Threshold: 20, Background Level: 210 4-18
User’s Manual 4.5 The Paper Tab The Paper tab allows you to define values relating to image output (i.e., Auto Crop or not, Scan Area, OverScan, Multi-Feed Detection).
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 feature allows you to define the area or zone to be imaged. Use for batches of same-sized documents.
User’s Manual The following options 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 — the length of the scanning area. y Center: automatically calculates the x-offset for centerfed feeding based upon document size selected.
Example： Redefine your scan area ( x-offset: 2.25 inches；y-offset:1.
User’s Manual 4.5.2 Other Paper Selection Deskew Use this option to automatically deskew a document. Note: If the skew angle is too great, some of the image may be cut off. Scan Area Choose your desired paper size with the drop-down list box. Or you may select a custom paper 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 Lega – 8.5” x 14”, ISO A4 – 21 x 29.7 cm, ISO A5 – 14.8 x 21 cm, ISO A6 – 10.5 x 14.8cm, ISO A7 – 7.
Multi-Feed Detection Multi-Feed Detection allows you to detect overlapped document that go through the auto document feeder. Multi-Feed usually occurs due to stapled documents, adhesives on documents, or electro-statically charged document. Note： The availability of the function varies based on type of scanner. Additional Length Detection Additional Length Detection allows you to define the length of document being multi-fed. This value indicates the additional length exceeding your scan area.
User’s Manual Example：Additional Length Detection：Set Additional Length to be 2.02 inches 2.02” There are three options available if Multi-Feed is detected. z z Stop Scanning after Multi-Feed If this is selected, the scanner will stop the feeder if multifeed is detected. Multi-Feed Alarm: If this is selected and a wave file is added, the scanner will produce a sound alarm if multi-feed is detected.
How to add the sound alarm： 1. Click the Browse button on the right side of the speaker icon. The Open dialog box appears. 2. Choose your wave file. 3. Click the Open button. The wave file is added. Units Defines the primary measurement system. Inches, Millimeters, and Pixels are available.
User’s Manual 4.6 The Options Tab The Options tab allows you to set following additional image processing settings.
Flip Side Rotation This option allows you to select the orientation of the double-sided documents been fed and if “fanfold” is selected, the image of the reverse side will be rotated to 180 degrees. This is applied to double-sided documents which are viewed in portrait (height is greater than width) but are sometime fed into the scanner in landscape (width is greater than height) or vice versa. In this case, the image of the reverse side has to be rotated additional 180 degrees. Choice: Book, Fanfold.
User’s Manual 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°CCW Blank Page Removal Rotate 90°CW Rotate 180° Check if you wish to remove the blank page and move the slider to the left or right to your desired threshold.
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 Image Control Option Edge Fill: 5mm (Black) Check the Mirror box if you wish to reverse the right and left side of your image.
User’s Manual 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.
Black Background 4-32
User’s Manual 4.7 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 720 minutes. The default is 15 minutes. 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 save your scanner properties settings after leaving the dialog box. Next time when you open the Scanner Properties dialog box, the previously saved settings will be shown.
User’s Manual 4.8 The Information Tab The Information tab displays the following system and scanner information. The Information tab dialog box The “Report” button： If you encounter any error message while using the scanner, click the Report button. A report.txt file (C:\AVxxx) will be generated. Please send this file to the nearest service center for trouble shooting.
The “Reset Pad Count” button」： After scanning approximately 50,000 pages (the number varies based on type of scanner) through the Auto Document Feeder (ADF), the ADF pad may be worn out and you may experience problems with document feeding. In this case, it is highly recommended to replace the ADF pad with a new one. (Please refer to the manual for proper replacing procedure.) For ordering the ADF pad, please consult your nearest dealer.
User’s Manual 5. Using the Buttons The following picture shows the 3 buttons and 1 function screen on the scanner.
To Start Button Capture, After the scanner driver is successfully installed, the Button Capture program should be also installed to your computer. The Button capture is a very useful program which you can customize the button’s function. On your Windows system screen, click Start>Programs>Scanner AVXXX (your scanner model)>Preferences to display the Button Capture dialog box as shown below.
User’s Manual The default settings of Function 1 to 5: Function Number Default Settings Function 1 A4, 200 dpi, Gray, JPEG, C:\temp, Scan to File Function 2 A4, 200 dpi, True Color, PDF, C:\temp, Scan to File Function 3 A4, 200 dpi, True Color, JPEG, C:\temp, Scan to File Function 4 A4, 200 dpi, LineArt, TIFF, C:\temp, Scan to Printer Function 5 A4, 200 dpi, LineArt, PDF, C:\temp, Scan to E-mail Description on the Button Capture dialog box: The above scan settings are quite intuitive.
There are 9 arbitrary item names in the Function Items area, in which all of the 9 item names are changeable. From top to bottom, these arbitrary item names correspond to the 1~9 digits displayed on the Function Screen. In other words, you can pre-define up to 9 different functions for the Scan button, and then select one of them from the Function Screen on the scanner. The following steps show how to define or rename the function button: 1.
User’s Manual The following steps show how to use the one touch button on the scanner: ) on the 1. By pressing the Function-Select button ( scanner, select one of the digit numbers in the Function Display screen, which corresponds to its pre-defined function name. 2. Press the Scan button on the scanner ( ). 3. The scanner starts scanning with all the settings defined on this selected function name.
User’s Manual 6. 6.1 Maintenance Cleaning the ADF From time to time the ADF pad and feeding rollers may become contaminated with ink, toner particles or paper dust. In this case the scanner may not feed documents smoothly. If this occurs please follow the cleaning procedures to return your machine to its original state. The Cleaning Procedures 1. Soak a cotton swab with some isopropyl alcohol. (95%). 2. Press the push button on the upper-left. Open the front door slightly to the left.
Paper Jam Release Button Feeding Roller The Cleaning Direction Front Door 6-2
User’s Manual 6.2 Cleaning the Calibration Area As shown below, clean the calibration area (white glass) with an air-blower or a small brush to rid the board of dust or dirt. Please handle with care and dexterity.
6.3 Replacing the ADF Snap-in Pad After scanning approximately 20,000 pages through the ADF, the pad may be worn out and you may experience problems with document feeding. In this case, it is highly recommended to replace the pad module with a new one. For ordering the pad module, please consult your nearest dealer and follow the procedure below to replace it. Disassembling Procedure 1. 2. 3. Press the Paper jam clearing button on the upper-left corner. Gently open the ADF Front cover to the left.
User’s Manual 6.4 Replacing the ADF Roller Please follow the procedure below to replace the ADF roller. For ordering the ADF roller, please consult your nearest dealer. After replacing the ADF roller, be sure to click the “Reset Roller Count” button in the Scanner Properties dialog box to reset the roller count. The Disassembling Procedure 1. Move the end of the yellow clipper face up with a flat screw driver as indicated.
2. Hold and press the roller in the arrow direction as indicated to remove the roller. ADF Roller Note: To install a new ADF roller, please follow the reverse order of the disassembling procedure.
User’s Manual 7. Troubleshooting 7.1 Clearing a Paper Jam In the event of a paper jam, follow the procedures below to remove the paper: 1. Press the ADF Release Button on the left side. Gently open the Scanner Front Door to the left. 2. Carefully pull the paper out of the ADF unit. 3. Close the scanner front door. Your Scanner is now ready to use.
7.2 Questions and Answers Question: Paper becomes jammed during scanning. Answer: 1) Open the scanner front door. 2) Pull out the jammed paper carefully. 3) Close the scanner front door. Question: More than one sheet of paper are fed into the scanner. Answer: 1) Open the scanner front door. 2) Remove the multi-fed sheets of paper. 3) Close the scanner front door. 4)Flatten the corners and edges. Loosen the paper before putting it into the paper guide again. 5) Check the feeding roller condition.
User’s Manual Question: Why is it my scanned image always comes out too dark? Answer: 1) Modify the Gamma setting to 1.8 for your monitor and, when printing, set Gamma to 2.2 for your printer. 2) Use the Brightness setting of the TWAIN user interface to get a brighter image. Question: Sometimes it seems the scanner does not detect paper? Answer: The scanner paper sensor is located at the center of the paper guide.
7.3 Technical Service Before contact Avision, please prepare the following information: 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. Please call us at: Headquarter Avision Inc. No.
User’s Manual 8. Specifications All specifications are subject to change without notice. Model Number： FF-0506 Scanner Type: Desktop sheet-fed Optical Resolution: 600 dpi * 1200 dpi Scanning Modes: Black & White Gray scale Color ADF Capacity: Up to 50 pages Document Size: Letter, legal, A4, B5, A5, business card Max. Document Size: 8.5”x14” (ADF) Min. Document Size: 3.5" x 2" (ADF) Paper Weight: 16 lbs. to 24 lbs. Interface: Hi-speed USB 2.
User’s Manual Index Ａ Ｆ Additional Length Detection, 3- Filter Threshold, 3-17 24 Ｇ Ｂ G4, 3-14 Gray, 3-6 B&W, 3-6 Background Level, 3-17 Binarization Dynamic Threshold, Fixed Processing, 3-7 Blank Page Removal, 3-28 Brightness, 3-9 Ｉ Invert, 3-11 Ｊ JPEG, 3-14 Ｍ Ｃ Mirror, 3-29 Multi-Feed Detection, 3-24 Color, 3-6 Color Dropout Remove Red, Remove Green, Remove Blue, 3-16 Contrast, 3-9 Cropping Automatic, Fix to Transport, EOP Detection, 3-20 Ｏ OverScan, 3-23 Ｒ Reset Pad Count, 3-33 Reset Rol
