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USER MANUAL AV260C AVISION

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Warranty The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Avision makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of fitness for a particular purpose. Avision shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.

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. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by tuming the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to ty to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increasethe separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. CAUTION: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacture of this device could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

Congratulations on your purchase of Avision AV260C color image scanner. The AV260C is designed in a exact A4 size and less weight in an aim to save more space possible and at the same time maintain the quality scanned image as well as quality optical resolution at 300 x 600 dpi. You can scan both normal printing material including photographs as well as the transparency to store them into your computer. Then you can modify them for your keen purpose on your computer and enjoy the wonderful world of image. The following sections introduce the unpack, hardware and software installation, the operation, and maintenance information to you. Please do take a few minutes to read through them to keep quality scanning result possible. Figure 1-1 shows how the scanner is packed. Please check all the items against your checklist contained in the box or against Figure 1-1. If there is any missing or damaged, please contact your nearest dealer immediately for the replacement.

Figure 1-1 Scanner packing

2.1. Precautions + Keep the scanner out of direct sunlight. Direct exposure to the sun or excessive heat may cause damage to the unit. + __ Do notinstall the scanner in a humid or dusty place. + __Besure 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

2.2. Unlocking the Scanner As shown below, unlock the scanner by turning the scanner lock to theUse position. @ [l

1. “Shipping” Position 2. “Use” Position

Figure 2-1 Unlocking the Scanner 2-2

2.3. Connecting the Cable Connect the power cable and signal cable as shown below.

1. Scanner 2. Power Supply

3. D25P Cable 4. PC Parallel Port

Figure 2-2 AV260C scanner cable connection 2-3

As shown in Figure 2-3, place the document on the glass with the text facing away from you.

To run at optimum speed, the AV 260C color image scanner is recommended to have the following minimum requirements:

• 20 Megabytes of available hard disk space for installation;

• À CD ROM drive. 3.1. Auto-Installation Program Installation procedures of AV260C Scanner driver with Avision Auto-installation Program are as follows:

1. Start Windows 3.1 or Windows 95.

2. Insert PaperCom Deluxe for AV260C CD into your

CD ROM drive. In Windows 3.1 or higher

3. From the File Menu, choose RUN, type

d:\driver\A V260C.exe (d represents the letter for your current CD ROM drive). Click OK. 3-1

d:\driven\A V260C.exe (d: the CD ROM drive in use), and then click OK. (See Figure 3-1,3-2)

4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the

3.2. Uninstall the Scanner You can uninstall the scanner by selecting Start. .Programs. Avision Scanner AV 260C and double clicking on theUninstall command from theA vision Scanner A V260C 3-4

Scanner Operation & Document Printing Scanning Images from within an Application (TWAIN)

1. Open your application and choose Select

Source from the File menu. If the Select Sourœ menu options are not available from the File menu, see the user guide of your application to leam how the TWAIN link is used.

2. A dialog box appears containing the different

TWAIN sources that you can choose from to bring an image into your application.

3. Select AV260C/xx V3.XX as the source.

4. When you have used the dialog box to select a

different source, you will need to select AV260C as the source again before you can reuse theA vision A V260C scanner.

5. Place the image to be scanned face down on the

7... AV260C TWAIN user interface will pop up on the screen. Click on the Preview or Scan button to get the image.

AV260C TWAIN user interface:

Al. Image Type AV260C provides five image types as explain in below: AIRE % Halftone Scanning Source Gray Scale 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. Error Diffusion While taking up but a minimumtsrage space, error diffusion gives good image texture and excellent image details. Gray (256 levels gray scale) Gray presents a 256 shades of gray in an image.

256 Color The 10 bits color information presents 256 colors and gives more tonal range and subtlety in an image. True Color(16.7 million colors) The 30 bits True Color presents 16.7 million color and give much more tonal range and details in a color image.

CRE © © 4 | 0 D: Resolution: The number of dpi (dots per inch) that AV 260C uses for ascan Usually the greater the number, the higher the resolution. Y et up to a certain level, the resolution will not be visually increased but the disk space will be increased. Brightness: A djusts the lightness or darkness of an image. The higher the value, the brighter the 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.

Auto Level Auto Area Descreen | Color Match Invert Calibration Quality Mode Speed Mode Set Gamma Pixel/Inch/CM 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 pattes commonly found in printed matter.

Color Match: A djusts the color quality of the image to make it Reset: Invert: Calibration: close to the original. This function uses default parameters to adjust the image. Resets the scanning parameters you set. The invert command reverses the brighiness and the color in the image. For color images, each pixel will be changed into its complementary color at the command ofInvert DefinesBrightnessfor the scanner. Users are recommended to calibrate the light source if the scanned image looks undesirable or comes out to be too dark. Quality/Speed Mode: Users can select the mode to perform scanning according to their own need. Select quality mode scanning if your emphasis is on the quality of the scanned image. Or you can select speed mode scanning if you want to speed up the scanning process. Pixel/Inch/Cm: Set Gamma: Represents the different measuring systems to be used in each scan. 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. 4-9

Preview: Previews your image roughly and allocates the area to be scanned. Scan: Execute theScans 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.

44 Printing Connect the printer cable as shown below.

1. Scanner 2. Power Supply

1. Be sure to power on the scanner if you want to do pass-

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. 4-12

Clean the Document Board Glass: As shown in Figure 5-1, wipe the scanner glass with a piece of soft clean cloth to rid the glass of dust or toner particles.

1. Document Board Glass

Figure 5-1 Clean the document board glass. 5-1

Troubleshooting If you have any operational problem, please check the following troubleshooting hints. Questions and Answers Question: Answer: Question: Answer: Question: Answer: Why the scanned image always comes out to be too dark?

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. The scanning speed of my scanner is much slower than that of those installed at other computers. Can I speed it up? Set you PC printer port to the EPP mode from BIOS setting. Why does my scanner scan at a very low speed? If you have installedWorks for Windowsit will install Window Printing System (WPS) in your WIN.INI file. This will take up the printer port time remarkably. Y ou can remove the WPS from your WIN.INI file, as follows: 6-1

From: [MS Text Converters] MSWosWin=Works for Windows 2.0,C:\WINDOWS\MSA PPS\TEX TCONV \worksdos:s, Works forDos 2.0=Works for DOS 2.MSA PPS\TEX TCONV\workswin.comps To: [MS Text Converters] MSWoëksWin=Works for Windows 2.0,C:\WINDOW S\MSA PPSITEX TCONV \worksdos.cnv Works for DOS 2.0=Works for DOS 2.C:\WINDOWS\MSA PPSITEX TCONV \workswin.con Question: Answer: Question: Answer: Question: Answer: The printer does not print the documents. Why? Pass-through printing may pose a problem for some printers. It is suggested to add a second printer card for printing purpose, or you may call your authorized local dealer for further support. Does it take long for the scanner to initialize? If your printer port supports SPP mode only, it takes about two minutes for the scanner to initialize. If your printer port supports EPP mode, the initialization speed is much faster, about 20 seconds. Why sometimes pass-through printing does not work at all? It may be that you fail to power on the scanner. When doing pass-through printing, please be sure to power on the scanner. Else, without power, the scanner can not transfer the printing data/signals to the printer. 6-2

Question: Answer: Question: Answer: Why my GDI printer does not work with the AV260C? Disable theAuto Scanfunction in the application, then your printer will function in normal working condition. Why some parallel port devices and software’ s keypro do not work with the AV 260C? The AV260C can 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 AV 260C currently uses. Itis suggested to use other parallel ports to connect these devices orkeypro. For instance, you can connect the AV260C to LPTI, and connect other parallel port devices to LPT2. Or you can add a data switch to avoid the problem. 6-3

6.2. Technical Service Technical support forA vision scanner is provided at the Avision Technical Assistance Center. Before you contact us, please prepare the following information for a quick solution: + 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: US and Canada Area:Avision Technologies. Inc. Address: 21188 Commerce Pointe Drive Walnut,CA 91789 USA Tel: 909-598-1120 Fax: 909-598-9292 Web Site: http://www.avision.com E-mail: avision@ avision-lab.com Taiwan Area: A vision Inc. Address: No. 20, Creation Road I, Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. Tel: 886-3-5782388. Fax number: 886-3-5777017

1. Y ou can find the latest driver and document in our home

page located at the World Wide Web(WWW) or BBS. Our web site: http:\www.avision.com

2. Y ou would be requested to enter your name and

password each time you enter our BBS. 6-5

Specifications AI specifications are subject to change without notice. 7.1. Model: AV260C Scanner Type: Optical Resolution: Maximum Resolution: Scanning Modes: Document Size Interface: Power Source: Power Consumption: Dimensions: WxDxH) Weight: 7-1 Flatbed Scanner Up to 300 dpi * 600 dpi (XV) 9600 dpi Black & White mode Halftone mode (64-step) Error diffusion 10-bit gray scale 30-bit color A4, B5, A5, business card Printer port (supports SPP/EPP for PC) 100V ac-240V ac, 50-60Hz, external 12 watts (12V dc,1A) 399 x 260 x 73 (mm) 2.7kg (5.961bs)

EC Declaration of Conformity According to EN45014 Manufacturer's Name: Avision Inc. Manufacturer's Address: No. 20, Creation Road I, Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan, R.O.C. declare that the product Model Number : AV260C conforms to the following Product Specifications: Emission: EN 50081-1 (1992) EN 55022 (Class B) (Conducted Radiated) (1994) EN 60555-2 (Harmonics) (1987) EN 60555-3 (Flicker) (1987) Immunity: EN50082-1 (1992) IEC 1000-4-2 (ESD) (1995) IEC 1000-4-3 (RS) (1995) IEC 1000-4-4 (EFT/Burst) (1995) IEC 1000-4-5 (SURGE) (1995) Date: December 1995 7-2