ScanCopier User's Manual (D/N 250-0183-E Rev. B) Avision Inc.
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Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION..........................................................1-1 2. SCANCOPIER INSTALLATION.................................2-1 2.1 PRECAUTIONS......................................................................... 2-1 2.2 UNLOCKING THE SCANCOPIER ........................................... 2-2 2.3 CONNECTING THE CABLE .................................................... 2-3 2.3.1 CONNECTING SCANCOPIER TO WORK AS A COPIER ......................................................
1. INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of Avision ScanCopier. Introducing an innovative digital solution, ScanCopier produces better printing quality and is free maintenance compared with a traditional copy machine. Its high printing quality, free maintenance and affordability makes ScanCopier the best copier solution for office. The following sections introduce the unpacking, hardware and software installation, the operation, and maintenance information to you.
Package Contents 1. Software CD 2. Power Adapter 3. ScanCopier Cable 4. Quick Installation Guide 5.
2. SCANCOPIER INSTALLATION 2.1 PRECAUTIONS Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Keep the ScanCopier out of direct sunlight. Direct exposure to the sun or excessive heat may cause damage to the unit. Do not install the ScanCopier in a humid or dusty place. Be sure to use the proper AC power source. Place the ScanCopier securely on an even, flat surface. Tilted or uneven surfaces may cause mechanical or paper-feeding problems. Retain the ScanCopier box and packing materials for shipping purposes.
2.2 UNLOCKING THE SCANCOPIER To protect the scanning head from damage during shipment, the ScanCopier is designed with a lock switch under the main unit. Therefore, before using the ScanCopier, it is required to unlock ScanCopier by moving the lock switch to the Use position.(See Figure 2-1) 1. “Shipping” Position 2.
2.3 CONNECTING THE CABLE 2.3.1 CONNECTING SCANCOPIER TO WORK AS A COPIER Connect the power cable and signal cable as shown below. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
2.3.2 CONNECTING SCANCOPIER TO WORK AS A SCANNER 1. 2. 3. 4. ScanCopier main unit Power Adapter ScanCopier Cable PC Parallel Port 5.
2.4 DOCUMENT PLACEMENT As shown in Figure 2-4, place the document on the glass with the text facing away from you. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Document Cover Home Position Mark Document Document Glass Control Panel Figure 2.
3. SCANCOPIER DRIVER INSTALLATION To run ScanCopier at optimum speed, the following minimum requirements are recommended: • • • • • • • • 3.1 IBM compatible PC 386/486, Pentium or later; Microsoft Windows 3.1,Windows 95, Windows NT; One printer port available (enhanced parallel port recommended); Megabytes of available hard disk space for installation; Megabytes of RAM (16 Megabytes or higher recommended); A video graphics array (VGA) monitor; A Microsoft Windows-compatible pointing device (e.g.
In Windows 95 or Windows NT 3. Press the Start button, choose RUN, type d:\driver\scancopy.exe (d: the CD-ROM drive in use), and then click O.K. (See Figure 3-1,3-2) 4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Fig. 3.1 Fig. 3.
3.2 UNINSTALL THE SCANCOPIER DRIVER You can uninstall the ScanCopier driver by selecting Start>Programs>ScanCopier and double clicking on the Uninstall command from the ScanCopier.
4. USING SCANCOPIER AS A COPIER 4.1 THE CONTROL PANEL 10. Message Display window: Display current settings. 11. Background Remove: Set “Background Remove” on to print your document without the background color or off to print your document with the background color. 12. Paper Size: Select your output paper size from A4, Letter, or Legal. 13. Lighter/Darker: Lighten or darken your image. Increase level of brightness or darkness by the ( ) button. Decrease level of brightness or darkness by the ( ) button.
1. Copy: Press to start copy. 2. Power/Copy LED: The LED indicator turns green when power is on and turns flashing during copying. 3. All Clear: Clear your current settings and return to the default settings. 4. 5. Copy Quality: Select your Copy quality: Normal (300 dpi), or Quality (600 dpi). 6. Select: Select your printer model. (Currently ScanCopier supports only PCL printer, therefore, as long as your printer has PCL emulation, it is not necessary to select printer model.) 7.
select other options. (For example, when you choose paper size with the Paper Size button, if the Message Display window shows A4 and you prefer Letter, you can just press the Paper Size button again to select it.) Note: (1). An item message in the Message Display Windows ending with a “∗ “ means the last setting. (2). The default settings are: Letter Size, Normal Print Quality, 100% ratio.
Copy Quality Normal Quality Document Size Letter Legal Size Letter Size Legal Size Min. Printer Memory 1 MB 2 MB 4 MB 5 MB If there is not enough memory in your printer, you may probably encounter the following results: 1. The printer does not print. 2. The Printing quality is bad.
4.2 BEFROE MAKING COPIES 1. 2.
4.3 MAKING SIMPLE COPIES The Operating Steps: 1. Place your original face down on the document glass. 2. Press the Copy button. The Message window displays “Copy…” and the Ready LED is flashing. 3. Within a few seconds, the copying is done. The Message window then displays “1 Copy @100%” and the Ready LED is now steadily on until next task.
4.4 MAKING COPIES WITH COPY FEATURES REMOVING ORIGINAL BACKGROUND If your original comes with color background, you can remove the background to sharpen your text. The Operating Steps Place your document face down on the document glass. Press the “Background remove” button. The Message window displays “Background remove on”. 3. Press the Copy button. The printout shows the background is removed and the text become more clear and sharp. 1. 2.
ENLARGING OR REDUCING YOUR ORIGINAL Like a normal copier, ScanCopier also features auto enlargement/reduction function to resize your original. The Operating Steps: Place your document face down on the document glass. Press the “Reduce/Enlarge” button, the Message window displays “Ratio:100%”. 3. Repress the button to see more options. For example, if you need 150% enlargement, select “141%” then press the “s” button to increase the percentage to 150 in 1% increment. 4. Press the Copy button.
AUTO ZOOMING YOUR ORIGINAL Auto Zoom is a convenient function to resize your original without giving additional thought to whether the magnification or reduction will be larger than the existing paper size. The Operating Steps: Repeat the above Enlargement Step 1 & 2. Repress the “Enlarge/Reduce” button until the Message window displays “Auto Zoom”. 3. Press the Copy button. The printout shows your original automatically scale to your paper size. 1. 2.
CHANGING YOUR COPY DENSITY Copy density refers to the degree of darkness which the digital copier has reproduced. There are times when your original is unsatisfactorily darker or lighter. It is a great advantage using the density feature to compensate the unsatisfactorily original. The Operating Steps: Place your original face down on the document glass. Press the “Lighter/Darker” button. The Message window displays the default degree of darkness. 3.
CHOOSING YOUR COPY QUANTITY The Operating Steps: Place your original face down on the document glass. The default copy count is 1. If you need to make 3 copies, for example, press the “Copy Count” button and the Message window displays “2 copy @100%”. 3. Repress the “Copy Count” button and the Message Window displays “3 copy …”. 4. Press the Copy button. After a few seconds, you have 3 copies from your printer. 1. 2.
ENHANCING YOUR COPY QUALITY ScanCopier provides “Quality mode” option to improve your copy quality particularly when your original comes with a photo in it. Quality mode allows your printout impressively reveals more image(photo) details. The Operating Steps: Place your document face down on the document glass. Press the “Copy Quality” button. The Message window displays “Normal mode”. 3. Repress the “Copy Quality” button and the Message window displays “Quality mode”. 4. Press the Copy button.
MAKING COPIES OF A 3D OBJECT The digital copy solution improves your copy reproduction significantly and even makes a 3D object copies amazingly clear. The Operating Steps: Place your 3D object on the document glass. Press the “Copy Quality” button and the Message window displays “Normal mode”. 3. Repress the “Copy Quality” and the Message window displays “Quality mode”. 4. Press the Copy button. Your 3D object copy is done. 1. 2.
AUTOMATIC POWER SAVING ScanCopier features automatic power saving without unplugging the power cable. If you have not used ScanCopier over an hour, the ScanCopier automatically turns into power saving status to save the power. At this moment, the Message window displays “Power Saving…” while the Ready LED is flashing. To resume the ready status, press any one of the button on the Control Panel. The Message window displays “Warming up…” and then “1 Copy @100%”, the ready status.
5. SCANNER OPERATION & DOCUMENT PRINTING Scanning Images from within an Application (TWAIN) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Open your application and choose Select Source from the File menu. If the Select Source menu options are not available from the File menu, see the user guide of your application to learn how the TWAIN link is used. A dialog box appears containing the different TWAIN sources that you can choose from to bring an image into your application. Select ScanCopier /32 Vx.xx as the source.
6. 7. From the File menu, select Acquire. The TWAIN user interface will pop up on the screen. Click on the Preview or Scan button to get the image.
5.1 IMAGE TYPE The ScanCopier provides five image types as explain in below: Line art Error Diffusion Scanning Source Halftone Gray Color Scanning Source Two scanning sources are provided- flatbed as well as transparency. Line art Line art presents the image in black and white only and there are no intermediate shades of gray in between. Halftone In addition to the black and white display, Halftone can present a somehow gray shade of image by using different size of dots.
Gray (Internal 1024 levels of gray scale) 10-bit Gray presents a 1024 shades of gray in an image. Color (Internal one billion colors) The 30-bit True Color presents give much more tonal range and details in a color image.
5.2 SCANNING PARAMETERS & IMAGE CONTROL Resolution Brightness Contrast Resolution: The number of dpi (dots per inch) that the ScanCopier 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. Brightness: Adjusts the lightness or darkness of an image. The higher the value, the brighter the image.
Auto Level Auto Area Descreen Color Matching Reset Invert Calibration Quality Mode Speed Mode Pixel/Inch/Cm Set Gamma Image Information Auto Level: Optimizes the scanned image. 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.
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. Reset: Resets the scanning parameters you set. Invert: 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. Calibration: Defines Brightness for the ScanCopier.
Set Gamma: Adjusts the midtone of the image yet without losing details of the lightest and the darkest areas at the same time. Image Information: Gives related information of the scanned image.
5.3 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.
5.4 PRINTING Connect the printer cable as shown below. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. ScanCopier main unit Power Adapter ScanCopier Cable PC Parallel port Printer Cable Figure 5.1 ScanCopier Cable Connection Caution: 1. Be sure to power on the ScanCopier if you want to do pass-through printing. 2. Do not scan and print at the same time. 3. If your PC does not support EPP mode or have pass-through compatibility problem, please contact your authorized local dealer for an EPP card or an additional interface card.
6. MAINTENANCE Cleaning: The ScanCopier is designed to be maintenance-free. However, it still needs to be cleaned occasionally to ensure optimum image quality and performance. Procedure 1. Open the document cover as shown in Figure 6-1. 2. Dip a soft clean cloth with isopropyl alcohol (95%). 3. Gently wipe the document glass and the white sheet under the document cover to remove the dust or any toner particles. 4. Close the document cover. The ScanCopier is now ready for use.
1. Document Cover 2. White Sheet 3.
7. TROUBLESHOOTING If you have any operational problem, please check the following troubleshooting hints. 7.1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Question: Why the scanned image always comes out to be 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: The scanning speed of my ScanCopier is much slower than that of those installed at other computers.
From: [MS Text Converters] MSWorksWin=Works for Windows 2.0,C:\WINDOWS\MSAPPS\TEXTCONV\worksdos.cnv,wps Works for Dos 2.0=Works for DOS 2.0 MSAPPS\TEXTCONV\workswin.con,wps To: [MS Text Converters] MSWorksWin=Works for Windows 2.0,C:\WINDOWS\MSAPPS\TEXTCONV\worksdos.cnv Works for DOS 2.0=Works for DOS 2.0, C:\WINDOWS\MSAPPS\TEXTCONV\workswin.con Question: The printer does not print the documents. Why? Answer: Pass-through printing may pose a problem for some printers.
Question: Why sometimes pass-through printing does not work at all? Answer: It may be that you fail to power on the ScanCopier. When doing pass-through printing, please be sure to power on the ScanCopier. Else, without power, the ScanCopier can not transfer the printing data/signals to the printer. Question: Why my GDI printer does not work with the ScanCopier? Answer: Disable the Auto Scan function in the application, then your printer will function in normal working condition.
Question: Why some parallel port devices and software’s keypro do not work with the ScanCopier? Answer: The ScanCopier do pass-through printing all right , but the pass-through printing may not work if you connect the parallel port with devices other than printer. Therefore, if you would like to connect some parallel port devices other than printer, please do not connect them to the same parallel port that the ScanCopier currently uses.
7.2 TECHNICAL SERVICE Technical support for Avision scanner is provided at the Avision Technical Assistance Center. Before you contact us, please prepare the following information for a quick solution: Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ 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.
8. SPECIFICATIONS All specifications are subject to change without notice.
EC Declaration of Conformity According to EN45014 Manufacturer's Name: Avision Inc. Manufacturer's Address: No. 20 Creation Rd. 1, Science- Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan, R.O.C.
