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Color Image Scanner User’s Manual Regulatory model: BS-1005S manual-en-250-0786-E-a5plus-v1 Avision Inc.
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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.
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User’s Manual FCC Radio Frequency Interference Statement This product has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: this device...
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EMC Directive 2004/108/EC CE compliance of this product is valid if powered with the correct CE-marked AC adapter provide by Avision. *This machine is certified as Class 1 LED product. This means that this machine does not produce hazardous laser radiation.
User’s Manual ® As an ENERGY STAR Partner, Avision Inc. has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency. System Requirements IBM compatible PC 586, Pentium or higher Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 USB port 2.0 (compatible with USB 1.1)
User’s Manual Table of Contents Installing the Scanner ..........1-1 Preinstallation Information........1-1 Checking the Package Contents......1-2 Installation............1-3 1.3.1 Connecting to power .......1-3 1.3.2 Turning on the Power......1-4 1.3.3 Installing the Scanner Driver....1-4 1.3.4 Connecting to computer ......1-6 Completing Your First Scan........2-1 Placing Your Original..........2-1 Verifying Your Scanner Installation ......2-2 A Glance of the User Interface ......2-6...
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User’s Manual The Setting Tab ..........3-57 3.10 The Imprinter Tab ........3-60 3.11 The Information Tab........3-64 Using the Buttons ............ 4-1 Installing Button Manager V2 ......4-1 Checking the Button Configurations Before Scanning4-1 Using the Buttons..........4-3 Maintaining Your Scanner........5-1 Cleaning the Glass..........5-1 Frequently Asked Questions........5-2 Technical Service ..........5-4...
User’s Manual Installing the Scanner Preinstallation Information • 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. •...
User’s Manual Checking the Package Contents Gently open your box and check the package contents. If there is anything missing or damaged, please call your dealer. Scanner main unit USB cable Power Adapter/Power Cable Software CD/Quick guide Note: Please keep all the packing material in case you may have to return the scanner for repair.
User’s Manual Installation NOTE: The Windows system CD may be required when installing on some PC’s. To ensure your computer can identify the USB scanner, please install scanner driver first before connecting the scanner to your computer. 1.3.1 Connecting to power Plug the small end of the power adaptor into the power jack of your scanner.
User’s Manual 1.3.2 Turning on the Power After the power cable has been connected, press the power switch button on the panel to turn on the scanner. The LED indicator will be lit up. To turn off the scanner, press the power switch button again.
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User’s Manual Place the supplied CD-ROM onto your CD-ROM drive. The software installation graphic appears. If not, run “setup.exe”. Contents on the installation graphic: Install Button Manager V2: To use the buttons on the scanner, you need to install Button Manager V2. To ensure Button Manager V2 works properly, please FIRST install Button Manager V2 before installing the scanner driver.
User’s Manual View Manual: Click “View Manual” to view or print the detailed user manual for the scanner and Button Manager V2 respectively. Click Install Button Manager V2 to install the Button Manager V2 software and then click Install Scanner Driver to install the scanner driver on your computer.
User’s Manual Completing Your First Scan Placing Your Original Open document cover. Place your document with your text FACE DOWN on the glass. Make sure the upper right corner of your original near the home position as marked in the scanner. 1.
Verifying Your Scanner Installation To verify if your scanner installation is correct, Avision provides you a useful test program called Avision Capture Tool. With this tool, you can perform simple scans and view the captured images. In addition, it helps you complete your scan at a rated speed.
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User’s Manual Actual Page Size Save File Path File Format Scan Setup Choose your desired file format from the File Format drop down list box. (Default is BMP, other choice includes TIFF, GIF, and JPEG.) Type your desired folder name and file name in the File Path box.
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User’s Manual Image Selection From the Image Selection Box, choose your desired image type for your scanned image. (Default is Front B&W) If you have a duplex scanner, choose Front and Rear to scan both sides of your document. Click OK to quit the Scanner Properties dialog box. learn more details about the Scanner Properties dialog box, please see the subsequent chapter, Using the Scanner Properties Dialog Box.)
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User’s Manual Fit Page View Status Bar Thumbnail View You can view the scanned image in Fit Page ( ) or Actual Size (100%) button ( ) from the Viewing toolbars at the right side. Click the Close box or Quit from the File menu to exit the Scan Validation Tool.
User’s Manual A Glance of the User Interface 1. Tab Options Choice: Image, Compression, Color Dropout, Paper, Multi-Feed Detection, Preview, Options, Settings, Information. 2. Image Choose your image type and the side of Selection document you wish to scan. Options vary based on type of scanner.
User’s Manual 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. Note: In this chapter, all options are available based on a duplex (double-side) scanner.
User’s Manual 3.1 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 Scan button start...
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User’s Manual The following table shows the default settings: Tab name Default settings Image 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:0.00 Unit:Inch Multi-Feed None...
User’s Manual 3.2 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.
User’s Manual 3.2.1 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.
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User’s Manual 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 Rear Front Image Type Description Color Choose Color if you wish to scan a color image for your original in color. Gray Choose Gray image if your original contains actual shades of gray.
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User’s Manual Front/Rear Auto Color Detection: Click to automatically detect and scan the front or the rear page of your color document in color image mode. If your document is in colors, the scanner will automatically scan the document into a color image. If your document is non-color, you can choose the output to be either B&W or Gray from the Non-Color Selection option.
User’s Manual 3.2.2 Other Image Options Binarization This is the process of converting a grayscale or color image to a bi-tonal image. There several different methods of performing this conversion. Options: Dynamic Threshold, Fixed Processing, Halftone 1~5, Error Diffusion. Dynamic Threshold: Selecting Dynamic Threshold allows the scanner...
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User’s Manual Fixed Processing: Used black-and-white and other high contrast documents. single level determine the black-and-white transition. The threshold is programmable over the entire density range. Fixed Processing sets Contrast to 0. If Fixed Processing is selected, Contrast is not available. Halftone: In addition to the black and white...
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User’s Manual 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, used subdue backgrounds subtle, unneeded information. A high threshold value produces a darker image, and can be used to help pick up faint images.
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User’s Manual Gray Document Type: Choice: Normal, Photo, Document Three options of document type are provided when you choose Gray as the image type for your scanned document. Choice: Normal, Photo, Document. • Document: Choose Document if your original contains pure text or a mixture of text and graphic since it is an optimal setting for regular business document.
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User’s Manual Normal Photo Document (Threshold: 230) Normal Photo Document (Threshold: 230) 3-13...
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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. The range is from –100 to +100. Contrast Adjusts the range between the darkest and the lightest shades in the image.
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User’s Manual Resolution A good control of the resolution results a good detail of an image that scans. resolution is measured by dots per inch (dpi). Normally, greater 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.
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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.
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User’s Manual Scan Choice: Source Auto Document Feeder: Used to scan multiple pages. Flatbed: Used to scan a single page. For example, pages from newspaper clipping, paper with wrinkles or curls. Flatbed (book): Used to scan several inside pages from book. Automatic: Allow scanner...
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User’s Manual Select the “Merge Vertically” option to merge the front side and the rear side of a page into one image vertically. If the “Merge Vertically” option has not been selected, the front side and the rear side of a page will be merged into one page horizontally.
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User’s Manual Color The purpose of Color Matching is getting the Matching accurate color. This option uses the default parameters (ICC profile) to adjust the colors of the image. Choice: None, Document, Photo • None: Choose “None” to disable this option.
User’s Manual 3.2.3 Scanning color images The following options are available for scanning color images. Brightness Contrast Resolution Invert 3.2.4 Scanning grayscale images The following options are available for scanning gray images. Brightness Contrast Resolution Invert 3.2.5 Scanning B&W images The following options are available for scanning B&W images.
User’s Manual 3.2.6 Editing Profiles The Scanner Properties dialog box allows you to change and save your frequently used scan settings into a profile. You can edit these profiles by renaming or deleting them. To add a new profile, Customize your settings. (For example, change your resolution, image type, cropping method, scan size, or other scan settings.) Click the Image tab and then choose “Profiles”...
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User’s Manual To load a profile, From the Image tab dialog box, choose your favorable profile from the “Profiles” dropdown list box. Your favorable profile will be immediately loaded and displayed on Scanner Properties dialog box. To delete a profile, From the Image tab dialog box, click “Profiles”...
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User’s Manual To rename a profile, From the Image tab dialog box, click “Profiles” to prompt the Edit Your Profile dialog box. Choose the profile you want to rename from the dropdown list box and then click the Rename button. Enter new name for the profile.
User’s Manual 3.3 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.
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User’s Manual The Compression tab dialog box 3-25...
User’s Manual 3.4 The Color Dropout Tab 3.4.1 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.
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User’s Manual The Color Dropout dialog box 3-27...
User’s Manual 3.4.2 Other Color Dropout Options Advanced Processing provides two options that can adjust your scanned image in the best optimal result. Filter This value is used to determine the color Threshold 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.
User’s Manual 3.5 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). The Paper tab dialog box 3-30...
User’s Manual 3.5.1 Cropping Cropping allows you to capture a portion of the document being scanned. Choice: Automatic, Fixed to Transport, EOP (End of Page) Detection, Automatic Multiple, Relative to Documents. Options Description Automatic Automatic adjusts the cropping window according to different document sizes. Use this option for batches of mixed-sized documents.
User’s Manual Automatic This option allows you to place various Multiple sized documents such as photos, ID Cards, business cards flatbed available) and lets you create multiple individually cropped images in one scan. Note: To correctly create multiple images, please make sure there is at least 12mm (0.5”) of space between each document.
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User’s Manual Relative to Document: (used for batches of same-sized documents) This option allows you to crop different areas on your documents and deliver these images in B&W, Gray, or Color separately. For example, there are applications which require you to store the entire document in B&W and a part of the document in color to save storage space.
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User’s Manual Click the Preview tab to display the Preview window. A black rectangular box appears to indicate the max. scan size your have just selected. The Image The selected Selection image A black rectangular Click the Preview button to view the entire image in low resolution to correctly crop your relative scan area.
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User’s Manual A Cross Sign Relative Area Check the B&W image from the Image Selection box to scan the entire document. Click the Scan button to start scanning the document in two image types and sizes. (See the result in below.) The entire document in B&W The relative area in color 3-35...
User’s Manual 3.5.2 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.
User’s Manual Choose “Unknown Length” if you have a batch of long page document with unknown length. Choose “Enter Length” to enter the length and width of your documents or your desired scan size on documents. This is useful when you have a batch of documents with the same scan size or a batch of same-sized documents.
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User’s Manual Note: Within the specified timeout period, if you load your document to the feeder, the scanner starts scanning automatically. If your scanner has a flatbed option and you place your paper on the flatbed, after the timeout period, you need to click the Scan button on the TWAIN user interface to start scanning.
User’s Manual 3.6 The Multi-Feed Detection Tab 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.
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User’s Manual 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. The Display window will show the size of the document as you change the value. A value of 0 indicates no additional length detection.
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User’s Manual By Length (Paper/Object)+Position: When a multi-feed is detected for the first time, the scanner memorizes the length of the document, the length and position of the object (photo or label) attached to the document. When you perform next scanning, this pattern of multi-feed will be bypassed.
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User’s Manual Detection Area This option allows you to specify a multi-feed detection area. To specify a multi-feed detection area, Choose Disable from the Intelligent Mode. The Detection Area will be enabled. Choose Inside the Range or Outside the Range. The detection area will be highlighted.
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User’s Manual Ultrasonic Detection Ultrasonic Detection allows you to set overlapped document by detecting paper thickness between documents. Note: The availability of the function varies based on type of scanner. There are two options available if Multi-Feed is detected. Stop Scanning after Multi-Feed If this is selected, the scanner will stop the feeder and display the following Warning dialog box if multi-feed is detected.
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User’s Manual Clear the Multi-Fed Paper: Auto If this is checked, once multi-feed is detected and scanning operation is stopped, the scanner will automatically clear the transport of the multi-fed paper. If this is not checked, once multi-feed is detected and scanning operation is stopped, you need to manually clear the transport of the multi-fed paper.
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User’s Manual 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.
User’s Manual 3.7 The Preview Tab The Preview tab allows you to preview (a low-resolution scan) your image before final scan. This preview image lets you allocate your scan area. You can choose your scan area by the “Scan Area” drop down list box or placing your cursor on the Display window and dragging it diagonally on the Display window.
User’s Manual 3.8 The Options Tab The Options tab allows you to set following additional image processing settings. The Option tab dialog box 3-48...
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User’s Manual Flip Side Select “fanfold” to rotate the image Rotation of the reverse side to 180 degrees. This applied double-sided document which viewed portrait are sometime fed into the scanner in landscape or vice versa. Choice: Book, Fanfold. If “Book” is selected, the image of the reverse side will not be rotated.
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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°, Auto based on contents. Auto rotate every even page. Original Rotate 90°CW Rotate 180° Rotate 90°CCW Auto based on contents: When...
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User’s Manual Blank Page Check if you wish to remove the blank page Removal and move the slider to the left or right to your desired threshold. Edge Check White or Black if you wish to add white or Fill black edge on the border of your scanned image.
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User’s Manual Image Check the Mirror box if you wish to reverse the right Control and left side of your image. Option Original The Mirror Effect 3-52...
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User’s Manual Punch You can remove punch holes from the output Hole scanned image when scanning punched document. Removal Note availability this feature varies depending on your scanner model. Original Output Punch holes can not be removed when: • Resolution is set lower than 150dpi •...
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User’s Manual Despeckle Occasionally small dots or specks appear in the background of a scanned image. Remove unwanted speckles provides a cleaner image (Optical Character Recognition) processing, and also helps to reduce compressed file size. Define the speckles (also known as image noise) you wish to remove by specifying its number (size) and radius (range).
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User’s Manual Note: • The function is currently available for Black and White image only. • To scan at rated speed, it is recommended to set the noise radius up to 10 pixels. 3-55...
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User’s Manual Background This option allows you to set your scan Setting background. Choice: White Background, Black Background. Note: For a sheet-fed scanner with an auto document feeder, this option is currently available only in the “Auto crop” mode. For a scanner with a flatbed platen, this option is available either in the “Auto crop”...
User’s Manual 3.9 The Setting Tab The Setting tab allows you to set the following settings: The Setting tab dialog box Energy Saving Check the Enable Energy Saver box Control and move the slider to set the amount of time to start the energy saver after your last action.
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User’s Manual Cache Mode: None, Page Number, Memory Size. This option allows you to assign a specified memory size from the available RAM to process the image data. By specifying a smaller memory size, you can free more memory for other applications you are running.
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User’s Manual Show Scanning Check and the scanning progress bar Progress will be shown during scanning. Show Warning Check to show the warning messages Message such “ADF count exceeds 50,000 scans (the number varies based on type of scanner). Please replace the ADF pad and reset the pad count.”...
User’s Manual 3.10 The Imprinter Tab The Imprinter tab allows you to print alphanumeric characters, date, time, document count and custom message on your scanned image if digital imprinter is selected or at the back of your document if external imprinter is selected. Choice: External Imprinter, Digital Imprinter.
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User’s Manual Contents Print All Check Print All to automatically print the text at all pages of your documents. Uncheck Print All to print the text for the first page of your documents only. Custom Enter your custom text to be included in your print string.
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User’s Manual String Choose your string orientation. Orientation Choice: Normal, Rotated, Vertical, Vertical Inversion, 90 degrees CW, 90 degrees CCW Normal Rotated Vertical Vertical Inversion 90 degrees CW 90 degrees CCW If you check the digital imprinter to stamp text on your scanned image, the illustration of normal and rotated string is shown below: Rotated Normal...
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User’s Manual Print Choose the position you wish to print your Position string. Move the slider to the right to increase the value or to the left to decrease the value. Range: 0~355mm, default:0 mm The value indicates the height from the bottom of your paper to the last letter of your string.
User’s Manual 3.11 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.
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User’s Manual 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.
User’s Manual Using the Buttons Installing Button Manager V2 Button Manager V2 provides you an easy way to scan your document and then link the scanned image to your designated software application. All this can be done by a simple touch of the button on the scanner.
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User’s Manual The Button Panel shows the first three scanning buttons. Right-click the button (function) you wish to check. The Button Properties window appears. Name of the Selected Button Button Name Image Mode Selection Basic Scan Parameters Folder and file name scanned image...
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User’s Manual Using the Buttons Print/Button #3 iScan/Button #1 E-mail/Button #2 1. Press the button you desire. iScan/Button #1: Scan a document and insert the scanned image to your application which is already launched and your mouse cursor has just clicked. E-mail/Button #2: Scan a document and send the image from your default e-mail software to an e-mail recipient as an attachment.
User’s Manual Maintaining Your Scanner Cleaning the Glass The Cleaning Procedures Moisture a piece of soft cloth with some isopropyl alcohol. (95%) Open the document cover as shown below. Gently wipe the document glass. Close the document cover. Your scanner is now ready for use.
User’s Manual 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 “unlocked” position. If this is the case, pull the scanner status switch to its “unlocked”...
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User’s Manual Question: While scanning, the scanner often makes noises, or it scans back and forth. Answer: Usually this means the memory of your computer is not enough or the speed of your CPU too slow. Please try to increase your memory to at least 32M or replace your CPU with Pentium or later.
User’s Manual 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);...
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User’s Manual Specifications All specifications are subject to change without notice. Model Number BS-1005S Scanner Type Flatbed Scanning Mode Color/Grey/Black & White Optical Resolution 1200 dpi Light Source Interface High Speed USB 2.0 Power Requirement 12Vdc, 1.25A Power Consumption < 11 watts (operation) <...
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