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VF3240 / VF3120 A3 High Speed Flatbed Scanner User's Manual V1.4 For Windows ® Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. www.viisan.com...
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Make sure following items are included in this package. If any items are missing or damaged, contact the dealer where you purchased the scanner. Scanner 北京维山科技有限公司 BEIJING VIISAN TECHNOLO GY CO., LTD Quick Start Guide Warranty Card Power Adapter USB Cable...
Scanner Parts Parts Functions Scanner Lid Opens to reveal the Flatbed Glass. Power Button Turns the power on or off. Emits blue light when the Scanner is turn Power LED Scan directly to your printer to make copies Print Button of a scan.
System Requirements Following minimum system requirements are recommended to achieve the best performance from the scanner. • Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz Processor or Higher • DVD-ROM • USB 2.0 Jack • At least 2GB RMB (Recommended 4GB) • 2GB Available HDD Space •...
Installation Installing the software NOTE: Please install all of the applications to ensure all functions of the Scanner work properly. NOTE: Do NOT connect the scanner to computer before 3. Click [Easy Installation]. installing the software. You If you want to reinstall only must install the scanner driver specific software that you first then connect the scanner...
Installation (Continued) Connecting the Scanner: 3. Press and hold [POWER] to turn on the scanner until the Power LED lights up in blue. NOTE: Only use the USB cable and the power adapter supplied with scanner. Use of other cables may lead to a malfunction.
Placing the Originals 1. Open the Scanner Lid. 3. Close the Scanner lid gently so that your original does not move. 4. If you are scanning books or other thick documents, you can lift the scanner lid straight up or remove it. 2.
3rd-party TWAIN-compliant application like Adobe Photoshop. Launching ViiScan Click system Windows icon then [All apps] select [ VIISAN] folder to open ViiScan program. 4. When the pre-scanned image appears, you can resize the scan area by dragging the marquee handles around the image to frame the desired area of the image.
Scanning Using ViiScan (Continued) About the ViiScan interface Adjusting the Setting Tabs of ViiScan There are three settings dialog in the ViiScan panel includes Scan The TWAIN interface is divided into two sections: the right section where Settings, Image Processing, and Page Settings tabs. The following are most of the control settings are located, and the left section, which is the the function descriptions and examples of the available settings.
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Scanning Using ViiScan (Continued) Favorite Create new scan profiles with your favorite settings Settings and save them for future use. Select the resolution of the image to be scanned with following choices: "100dpi", "200dpi", Specify an original type including "Photograph", Original Type "300dpi", "600dpi", "1200dpi", "2400dpi".
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Scanning Using ViiScan (Continued) NOTE: This function is only available when In this settings you can adjust the color tone of an scanning in B/W, or Multi-color Output (B/W) mode. image by selecting the channel of color, You can You can convert the scanned image in black and white Adjust the R.G.B channels as combined or adjust using following method: specified channel.
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Scanning Using ViiScan (Continued) Hue: Brightness: Move the slider to increase or decrease the value Move the slider to increase or decrease the value (-100 ~ 100) to adjust the Hue. (-100 ~ 100) to adjust the image brighter or darker. Darkened Original Brightened...
Scanning Using ViiScan (Continued) The Image Processing Tab Auto Level helps automatically adjusts both the color and contrast of scanned image, based on the You can using the features on the Image Processing tab to scan your shadows, midtones, and highlights that it finds. originals in ViiScan.
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Scanning Using ViiScan (Continued) This function can remove the round-shaped punch holes This function helps to emphasize edges in the image more clearly for an overall sharper image. around the edges of the documents. The punch holes around the edges are replaced with the color closest to the document.
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Scanning Using ViiScan (Continued) This function fills the missing edges with a color which Example 2: matches to the image. It also adds white or black edges Add white or black edge on the border of scanned onto the borders of the scanned documents. document.
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Scanning Using ViiScan (Continued) The Page Settings Tab Select a rotation angle to rotate the image. Choices: "None", "90° CW", "90° CCW", "180°" The "Page Settings" includes Rotation, Mirror, and Invert settings. You can make changes as following examples: Rotation Select a mirror type for your document.
Scanning Using ViiScan (Continued) Preview Window Controls Select scanning area Your can move the cursor to a corner or an edge of There are several useful tools in the Preview toolbar to assist you to the crop frame (the cursor will change to check the details of the preview image.
Scanning Using ViiScan (Continued) Thumbnail Window Controls Using Thumbnail View There are several useful tools in the thumbnail toolbar to assist you to • Cropping frames are specified according to the originals size, and thumbnails of scanned images are displayed. check or uncheck the thumbnail.
Scanning Using ViiScan (Continued) Continuous Scanning Cancel a Scan When “Continuous Scanning” is checked in the Setting, a dialog box To stop the scanning process, click [Cancel] during scanning. appears after the previous scan finishes, asking if you want to scan the next document.
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Scanning Using ViiScan (Continued) Selecting File Save Settings Send to Select a desination for your scan file. Click below folder icon on the right bottom corner of ViiScan control Save In Select and edit file save path for your scan file. panel to bring up the File Save Settings windows.
Scanning Using Event Utility About the Event Utility Scan-to destinations The Event Utility panel is consisted of 4 Scan To buttons which act Scan to Folder as the respective Scanner buttons. These 4 Scan To buttons can be Scan directly to a specified folder. When scanning assigned to any of the following predefined destinations to perform one- completes, the scanned data will be saved directly into step scanning, such as scanning to Folder/PDF/Email/Print, creating...
Scanning Using Event Utility (Continued) Launching Event Utility Power Saving When the scanner has been no operation for 15 minutes, the scanner Click Event Utility icon from the system tray to bring up the Event will automatically turn off. Event Utility icon will appear in the system Utility panel.
Scanning Using Event Utility (Continued) Configuring the Scan To Functions 3. Click [OK] to set the selected scan to function with the configuration you changed and exit the settings menu. These 4 buttons on the Event Utility panel are can be changed to other Scan To functions and configured with various settings through the settings dialog.
Scanning Using Event Utility (Continued) Adjusting the Setting Tabs Name Functions Indicates the folder where image files are saved. The settings dialog of Event Untily includes Destination, Scan Settings, Click Browse to specify a file folder to save the and Page Settings tabs to configure the Scan To function. The following scanned image.
Scanning Using Event Utility (Continued) Scan to Folder When TIFF file is selected in the File Type, the Compression Option is enabled with following This function allows to scan to a specified folder. When scanning choices: completes, the scanned file will be saved directly into your folder on •...
Scanning Using Event Utility (Continued) Scan to E-Mail Scan to OCR This function allows direct scan to your E-mail with the files saved in This function allows to scan and convert documents into an editable text the specified folder. When scanning completes, your default E-mail file format accroding to your selected language in the OCR Language application will open and the scanned file will be attached to a blank drop-down list.
Scanning Using Event Utility (Continued) The Scan Settings Tab Name Functions The Scan Source setting is fixed as Flatbed. You cannot Click the "Scan Settings" tab to bring up the setting page for the Scan-to Scan change this setting. option selected. You can make change as following: NOTE: The Scan Source may vary depending on your NOTE: After changing any settings and properties, always make sure Source...
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Scanning Using Event Utility (Continued) *. The following table gives function examples of the Scan Size settings. NOTE: The maximum area of this A3 scanner is 426 x 304mm, please Auto (Multiple Cropping) place the originals within the area in order to make complete scan. Scan and crop the original Crop and deskew scanned Scan Size...
Scanning Using Event Utility (Continued) Adjustments Threshold (B/W Only) : This function is only available when scanning in B/W mode. You use the The "Adjustments" includes Brightness, Contrast, and Threshold slider to adjust the Threshold value (-255 ~ 255) until you are satisfied settings.
Scanning Using Event Utility (Continued) Image Processing Settings This function helps to emphasize edges in the image more clearly for an overall sharper image. The following table gives examples of the image processing settings. Unsharp The Auto Level allows automatically adjusts both the color Mask and contrast of scanned image, based on the shadows, midtones, and highlights that it finds.
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Scanning Using Event Utility (Continued) The Background Color Smoothing function allows to This function fills the missing edges with a color which matches to the image. It also adds white or black edges smooth background color or remove it and make white. onto the borders of the scanned documents.
Scanning Using Event Utility (Continued) The Page Settings Tab Select a rotation angle to rotate the image. Choices: "None", "90° CW", "90° CCW", "180°". The "Page Settings" includes Rotation, Mirror, and Invert settings. You can make changes as following examples: NOTE: After changing any settings, always make sure to click [OK] Rotation at the bottom of the menu.
Scanning Using Event Utility (Continued) Preferences Reset to Default You can make following changes within the preferences menu. To restore all the settings to default values of Event Utility, click [Default] at the bottom of the menu. Exit Event Utility NOTE: After changing any settings, always make sure click [OK] at the bottom of the menu.
Scanning Using Event Utility (Continued) Enable Direct Scan 3. Close the scanner lid. By detecting the cover sensor, the Direct Scan function enables the scanner to scan automatically when the scanner lid is closed as following steps: Open Preferences menu and check [Direct Scan] then select one button to apply with its scan settings.
Maintenance Cleaning the Flatbed Glass 3. Wipe the entire surface of the flatbed glass. Use a clean, lint-free cloth moistened with some isopropyl rubbing alcohol (95%) to clean the flatbed glass. NOTE: Never spray the cleaner directly onto the Scanner. Hold the scanner lid at a 90-degree angle so it stands straight up.
Troubleshooting Scanner lights indicate an error: Scanner displays red light. • Make sure the scanner is connected to your computer properly. • Make sure if the scanner is disconnected, turn off the scanner and turn it on again. • Make sure scanner driver is installed and it appears in "Device Manager" correctly. Scanner non-stop flashing green light.
Troubleshooting (Continued) Scanned image problems: Appear dirt and spots in scanned image. • Clean the scanner glass. See page 37 for more details. • Do not press with too much force on the original or the document cover. If you press with too much force, blurring, smudges, and spots may occur. Appear moiré...
Troubleshooting (Continued) Scanning speed is very slow. • Scanning takes longer than usual when you scan at high resolution and large size. • Set a lower resolution in the Settings to prioritize the scanning speed. • When applying "Descreening" may slow down the scanning process. The file size is too big.
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