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Trademarks Microsoft is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Windows and MS-DOS are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. IBM, PC, AT, XT are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corp. Other brands and product names herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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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 instructions,...
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Product Specifications: Emission: Immunity: QMS, Inc. QMS , Inc. 1 Magnum Pass Mobile, AL 36618 334-633-4300 SC-110 EN 50081-1 (1992) EN 55022 (Class A) (Conducted Radiated) (1994) EN 60555-2 (Harmonics) (1987) EN 60555-3 (Flicker) (1987) EN50082-1 (1992) IEC 1000-4-2 (ESD) (1995)
2. INSTALLATION...2-1 2.1 PRECAUTIONS...2-1 2.2 UNLOCKING THE SC-110...2-2 2.3 CONNECTING THE CABLE...2-3 2.3.1 CONNECTING SC-110 TO WORK AS A COPIER ...2-3 2.3.2 CONNECTING SC-110 TO WORK AS A SCANNER/COPIER..2-4 2.4 DOCUMENT PLACEMENT...2-5 3. USING SC-110 AS A COPIER ...3-1 3.1 THE CONTROL PANEL...3-1 3.2 BEFORE MAKING COPIES...3-4...
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6. MAINTENANCE...6-1 7. TROUBLESHOOTING...7-1 7.1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ..7-1 7.2 TECHNICAL SERVICE...7-5 8. SPECIFICATIONS ...8-1 9. SC-110 AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDE (ADF) USER’S GUIDE...9-1 9.1 INSTALLING THE ADF...9-1 9.1.1 UNPACKING THE ADF...9-1 9.1.2 INSTALLING THE ADF...9-2 9.1.3 UNLOCKING THE SC-110 ...9-4 9.1.4 CONNECTING THE CABLES...9-5...
INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of SC-110. The SC-110 produces better printing quality and is free from maintenance, compared with traditional copy machines. printing quality, maintenance-free operation and affordability make SC- 110 the best convenience copier solution for office. The following sections introduce the unpacking, hardware and software installation, operation, and maintenance information.
Keep the SC-110 out of direct sunlight. Direct exposure to the sun or excessive heat may cause damage to the unit. Ÿ Do not install the SC-110 in a humid or dusty place. Ÿ Be sure to use the proper AC power source.
UNLOCKING THE SC-110 To protect the scanning head from damage during shipment, the SC-110 is designed with a lock switch beneath the main unit. Therefore, before using the SC-110, it is required to unlock SC-110 by moving the lock switch to the Use position.(See Figure 2-1)
CONNECTING THE CABLE 2.3.1 CONNECTING SC-110 TO WORK AS A COPIER Connect the power cable and signal cable as shown below. Printer Cable To Printer Figure 2-2 Connect SC-110 to a printer To Power Outlet Power Cable...
2.3.2 CONNECTING SC-110 TO WORK AS A SCANNER/COPIER Printer Cable To Printer Figure 2-3 SC-110 Cable Connection To PC Parallel Port - 2-4 SC-110 Parallel Cable Power Cable To Power Outlet To optional ADF...
DOCUMENT PLACEMENT As shown in Figure 2-4, place the document on the glass face (text) down. Figure 2.4 Document Placement Document Cover Home Position Mark Document Document Glass...
3. USING SC-110 AS A COPIER THE CONTROL PANEL Paper Size: Select your output paper size from A4, A3, B4, Letter, or Legal. Background Remove: Set “Background Remove” on to print your document without the background color or off to print your document with the background color.
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10. Normal/Quality: Select your Copy quality: Normal (300 dpi), or Quality (600 dpi). 11. Auto/Text/Photo: Press to respectively concentrate on photo, text, or auto copying. 12. All Clear: Clear your current settings and return to the default settings. 13. Select: Press to select your desired setting. (A star sign, "*", will appear to indicate the selection is done.) 14.
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IMPORTANT! PRINTER MEMORY To make good use of SC-110, it is recommended to install at least 4 MB of memory in your printer. If you want to print your document using Quality mode - 600 dpi as your Copy Quality mode, you need more RAM for your printer as using this feature requires more processing time and memory.
“ * “ sign will appear on the right-hand side of the word “Legal”. ã ã Note: Each time when you press All Clear button or power off the SC-110, the SC- 110 automatically returns to the factory default setting. As a result, you have to change any setting that you have customized to your environment after pressing the All Clear button.
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SC-110. An asterisk will appear next to the printer model name. Note: If the printer model connected to SC-110 is not any of QMS Print or PageWork systems currently supported, specify PCL Emulation.This is a generic printer model that will work with most laser printers that support the PCL Emulation.
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The following table includes available copying-feature preference options of all printer models supported. As for the detailed direction of copying features, please refer to respective printer user manuals. Printer QMS 2060 Feature Input Tray Multipurpose Upper Optional Output Bin Duplex (Button on control Tumble...
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Quick Note of copy-feature terms: Duplex button: Double-sided copying is available when the original is fed only through ADF of SC-110. Long/On Short/Tumble Offset Stacking: If the output bin selected supports offset stacking, then the output jobs will be offset from each other when enabled.
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None QMS EOD HP EOD Note: The type of End Job Mode set on SC-110 must match that on QMS Print System. 7. Input Tray: This printer mode selects the input tray to pull paper from. Refer to the chart on page 11for your particular printer type and options.
3.3 MAKING SIMPLE COPIES VIA THE FLATBED 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 will flash. 3. Within a few seconds, the copying is done. The Message window then displays “1 Copy @100%”...
3.4 MAKING COPIES WITH COPY FEATURES 3.4.1 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”.
3.4.2 ENLARGING OR REDUCING YOUR ORIGINAL Like a normal copier, the SC-110 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%”.
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 set on the SC-110. The Operating Steps: Repeat the above Enlargement Step 1 & 2.
3.4.4 CHANGING YOUR COPY DENSITY Copy density refers to the degree of darkness which the SC-110 has reproduced. There are times when your original is unsatisfactorily darker or lighter. It is of great advantage to use the density feature to compensate the unsatisfactory original.
3.4.6 ENHANCING YOUR COPY QUALITY The SC-110 provides “Quality mode” option to improve your copy quality particularly when your original comes with a photo in it. Quality mode allows your printout to impressively reveals more image(photo) details. The Operating Steps: Place your document face-down on the document glass.
3.4.7 MAKING COPIES OF A 3D OBJECT The SC-110 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 “Normal/Quality” button and the Message Window displays “Normal mode”.
3.4.8 AUTOMATIC POWER SAVING The SC-110 features automatic power saving without unplugging the power cable. If you have not used the SC-110 over an hour, it automatically turns into power saving status. At this moment, the Message Window displays “Power Saving…” while the Ready LED is flashing.
3.4.9 FOCUS ON PHOTO COPY, TEXT COPY, OR MIXED PHOTO & TEXT COPY If the content in the original is occupied by photo images only or by photo images with a little text on it, press to select the Photo function to get a photo-concentrated image copy.
USING SC-110 AS A SCANNER To run SC-110 at optimum speed, the following minimum requirements are recommended: IBM compatible PC 386/486, Pentium or later; Microsoft Windows 95/98, Windows NT; One printer port available: EPP(enhanced parallel port); 20 Megabytes of available hard disk space for installation;...
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If this happens, choose to install the software utilities and driver from the main menu. Press the Start button, choose RUN, type d:\driver\SC-110.exe (where d: is the CD-ROM drive in use), and then click OK. 4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
UNINSTALLING THE SC-110 DRIVER You can uninstall the SC-110 driver by selecting Start>Programs>SC-110 and clicking the Uninstall driver icon from SC-110 group.
Select SC-110 /32 Vx.xx as the source. When you have used the dialog box to select a different source, you will need to select SC-110 as the source again before you can reuse the SC-110. Place the image to be scanned face down on the glass.
IMAGE TYPE The SC-110 provides five image types as explained below: Scanning Source Two scanning sources are provided- flatbed as well as automatic document feeder(ADF). Line art Line art presents the image in black and white only and there are no intermediate shades of gray in between.
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Gray (Internal 4096 levels of gray scale) 12-bit Gray presents a 4096 shades of gray in an image. Color (Internal 68.7 billion colors) The 36-bit True Color internally presents 68.7 billion- color levels with much more tonal range and color- image details.
SCANNING PARAMETERS & IMAGE CONTROL Resolution: The number of dpi (dots per inch) that the SC-110 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.
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Auto Level Auto Crop 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. Before descreen Color Matching Descreen - 5-6...
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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.
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The Color drop-out function allows you to remove one of the R(Red), G(Green), or B(Blue) color or to convert all the color data into Neutral Gray. For example, if you want to remove the text or background in blue color, simply check the Blue Channel then the text or background in blue color will be removed.
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Quality/Speed Mode: Users can select the mode to perform scanning according to their own need. scanning if your emphasis is on the quality of the scanned image. scanning if you want to speed up the scanning process. Pixel/Inch/Cm: Represents the different measuring systems to be used in each scan.
SCANNING Preview: Previews your image roughly and allocates the area to be scanned. Scan: Executes the scan 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.
To Printer Figure 5.1 SC-110 Cable Connection Caution: 1. Be sure to power on the SC-110 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 has pass-through compatibility problem, please contact your authorized local dealer for an EPP card or an additional interface card.
2. Dip a soft clean cloth with isopropyl alcohol (95%). 3. Gently wipe the document glass and the white sheet beneath the document cover to remove the dust or any toner particles. 4. Close the document cover. The SC-110 is now ready for use. Document Cover Document Glass...
Set you PC printer port to the EPP mode from BIOS setting. Question: Why does my SC-110 scan at a very low speed? Answer: If you have installed Works for Windows, it will install Window Printing System (WPS) in your WIN.INI file.
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Question: Does it take long for the SC-110 to initialize itself ? Answer: If your printer port supports SPP mode only, it takes about two minutes for the SC-110 to initialize itself. If your printer port supports EPP mode, the initialization speed is much faster, about 20 seconds.
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Why sometimes pass-through printing does not work at all? Answer: It may be that you fail to power on the SC-110. When doing pass-through printing, please be sure to power on the SC-110. Else, without power, the SC- 110 can not transfer the printing data/signals to the...
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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 SC-110 currently uses. It is suggested to use other parallel ports to connect these devices or keypro. For instance, you can connect the SC-110 to LPT1, and connect other parallel port devices to LPT2.
TECHNICAL SERVICE Technical support for the SC-110 is provided at authorized resellers and the QMS Customer Response Center. Before you contact us, please prepare the following information for a quick solution: Ÿ Scanner serial & revision number (located on the bottom of the scanner);...
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QMS EMEA QMS Australia QMS Canada QMS France QMS Germany and Austria QMS Italy QMS Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Denmark QMS Republic of South Africa QMS United Kingdom and Ireland QMS Netherlands and all unlisted countries Internet http://www.qms.nl QMS Japan General Contact Internet (+61) 2-9884-9966...
SPECIFICATIONS Copier specifications without ADF: Copy Resolution Copy Area Copy Features Printer Model Supported Printer Interface Power Source Power Consumption Physical Dimension Weight: Normal: 300x300dpi Quality: 600x600dpi Max. 8.5"x 14.0" (Legal size) Zooming from 25%~400% Auto Zooming Auto Background Removal Auto Photo, Text Separation PCL, QMS 2060/4060/2560 QMS 3260/4032,...
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Scanner specifications: Scanner Type Resolution Enhanced Resolution Scan Speed Scan Method Light Source (CCFL) Scan Area Image Types PC Interface Flatbed Scanner 300 x 600 dpi 9600x9600 dpi 6 PPM /10 PPM(with ADF) at 300dpi, Lineart Color Charged-Coupled Device Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp Max.
DOCUMENT FEEDE (ADF) USER’S GUIDE The SC-110 Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) is a very convenient addition to your SC-110. With the ADF, you can automatically copy or scan up to 25 pages at a time. 9.1 INSTALLING THE ADF 9.1.1 UNPACKING THE ADF 1.
2. Disconnect the power cable, and lock the scanning unit. 3. Remove the document cover by opening the cover and lifting the studs from the hinge holes at the rear of the SC-110. Note: Please store the document cover on a flat surface in a safe place.
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5. Insert the notched corners of the ADF Paper Support to the clip- joints on the ADF Paper Tray. 6. Insert the notched corners of the ADF Paper Tray into the clip- joints on the ADF document cover. Paper Tray Paper Support...
9.1.3 UNLOCKING THE SC-110 Slide the Lock Switch on the bottom of the SC-110 to unlock the scanning unit. 1. “Shipping” Position Á À 2. “Use” Position...
Connect the ADF cable, the power cable, and the printer cable respectively. Printer Cable To Printer 9.1.4.2 CONNECTING SC-110 TO WORK AS A SCANNER/COPIER Connect the ADF cable, the power cable, the SC-110 parallel cable, and the printer cable respectively. SC-110 Parallel Cable Printer Cable...
9.2 USING THE ADF 9.2.1 BEFORE YOU BEGIN Standard paper should feed easily. To prevent occasional paper jams when automatically feeding multi-page documents, fan the paper before loading. Paper which can not be properly fed by the ADF: Paper with clip or staple attached; Paper with ink not totally dry;...
After the installation of the ADF unit is completed and you have properly placed a stack of your document on the ADF Paper Tray, just a touch of the Copy button on the Control Panel of SC-110, then your task is done in a minute.
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Your Original 4. Close the ADF document cover. 5. Press the Copy button on the Control Panel of SC-110. To apply copy features displayed on the Control Panel, please refer to section 3.4, Making Copies with Copy Features.
Choose Acquire from the File menu and click Select TWAIN Source, for example, please select SC-110 V.X.xx. (The command to open the TWAIN source may vary due to different application. Please refer to the user manual of your TWAIN application.)
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The Scan Button 5. Press the Source button to switch the scanning source to ADF at the top of the TWAIN window. 6. Press the Preview button to get an initial scanned image at a low resolution to allocate your selected scan area. 7.
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5. Choose Acquire from the File menu and click Select TWAIN Source, for example, please select SC-110 V.X.xx. (The command to open the TWAIN source may vary due to different applications.
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The Preview Button The Scan Button 9-12...
9.3 MAINTAINING THE ADF 9.3.1 CLEANING THE ADF The SC-110 is designed to be maintenance free. However, it still needs to be cleaned occasionally to ensure optimum image quality and performance. From time to time the pad assembly and feeding rollers may become contaminated with ink, toner particles or paper dust.
9.3.2 REPLACING THE ADF SNAP-IN PAD MODULE 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.
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Assembling Procedure Take out the ADF pad module from the box. Press both arms of the ADF snap-in pad module inwardly with your two fingers Place it into the holes until it snaps into place. 9-16...
2. Gently open the ADF front cover to the left. 3. Carefully pull the paper out of the ADF unit. 4. Close the ADF front cover. Turn on the SC-110 by reconnecting the power cable. Your SC- 110 is now ready to use. 9-17...
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