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  • Page 1 QMS SC-100 User's Manual...
  • Page 2 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. Copyright All rights reserved.
  • Page 3 Warranty The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. The manufacturer 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. The manufacturer 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.
  • Page 4 FCC Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    2.1 PRECAUTIONS ... 2-1 2.2 UNLOCKING THE QMS SC-100... 2-2 2.3 CONNECTING THE CABLE ... 2-3 2.3.1 CONNECTING QMS SC-100 TO WORK AS A COPIER. 2-3 2.3.2 CONNECTING QMS SC-100 TO WORK AS A SCANNER2-4 2.4 DOCUMENT PLACEMENT ... 2-5 3.

  • Page 6: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of QMS SC-100. QMS SC-100, as the name suggests, is a scanner and a digital copier. Integrated with the module of scanner and copier, QMS SC-100 allows you to edit your image and produce a far better printing quality than a normal copy machine.
  • Page 8 Package Contents 1. Software CD 2. Power Adapter 3. QMS SC-100 Cable 4. Quick Installation Guide 5. QMS SC-100 main unit...

  • Page 9: Qms Sc-100 Installation

    Keep the QMS SC-100 out of direct sunlight. Direct exposure to the sun or excessive heat may cause damage to the unit. Ÿ Do not install the QMS SC-100 in a humid or dusty place. Ÿ Be sure to use the proper AC power source.

  • Page 10: Unlocking The Qms Sc-100

    To protect the scanning head from damage during shipment, the QMS SC-100 is designed with a lock switch under the main unit. Therefore, before using the QMS SC-100, it is required to unlock QMS SC- 100 by moving the lock switch to the Use position.(See Figure 2-1) 1.

  • Page 11: Connecting The Cable

    CONNECTING THE CABLE 2.3.1 CONNECTING QMS SC-100 TO WORK AS A COPIER Connect the power cable and signal cable as shown below. 1. QMS SC-100 main unit 2. “To Printer” port 3. Printer Cable 4. Power Jack 5. Power Adapter 6.

  • Page 12: Connecting Qms Sc-100 To Work As A Scanner2-4

    2.3.2 CONNECTING QMS SC-100 TO WORK AS A SCANNER 1. QMS SC-100 main unit 2. Power Adapter 3. QMS SC-100 Cable 4. PC Parallel Port Printer Cable Figure 2-3 QMS SC-100 Cable Connection...

  • Page 13: Document Placement

    DOCUMENT PLACEMENT As shown in Figure 2-3, place the document on the glass with the text facing away from you. 1. Document Cover 2. Home Position Mark 3. Document 4. Document Glass 5. Control Panel Figure 2.4 Document Placement...

  • Page 14: Qms Sc-100 Driver Installation

    QMS SC-100 DRIVER INSTALLATION To run QMS SC-100 at optimum speed, the following minimum requirements are recommended: IBM compatible PC 386/486, Pentium or later; Microsoft Windows 3.1,Windows 95, Windows One printer port available (enhanced parallel port recommended); Megabytes of available hard disk space for installation;...
  • Page 15 In Windows 95 or Windows NT 3. Press the Start button, choose RUN, type d:\driver\SC- 100.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.

  • Page 16: Uninstall The Qms Sc-100 Driver

    3.2 UNINSTALL THE QMS SC-100 DRIVER You can uninstall the QMS SC-100 driver by selecting Start>Programs>QMS SC-100 and double clicking on the Uninstall command from the QMS SC-100.

  • Page 17: Using Qms Sc-100 As A Copier

    4. USING QMS SC-100 AS A COPIER 4.1 THE CONTROL PANEL Message Display window: Display current settings. Background Remove: Set “Background Remove” on to print your document without the background color or off to print your document with the background color.
  • Page 18 Copy Count: Choose the number of copies from 1 to 99. Increase the value of the numeric entries by the ( Select: Select your printer model. (Currently QMS SC-100 supports only PCL printer, therefore, as long as your printer has PCL emulation, it is not necessary to select printer model.)
  • Page 19 Quality, 100% ratio. IMPORTANT! PRINTER MEMORY To make good use of QMS SC-100, it is recommended to install at least 1 MB of memory in your printer. If you want to print your document using Quality mode - 600 dpi as your Copy Quality, you need to add more RAM for your printer as using this feature requires more processing time and memory.
  • Page 20 Normal Letter Legal Size Quality Letter Size Legal Size If there is not enough memory in your printer, you may probably encounter the following results: The printer does not print. The Printing quality is bad. Min. Printer Memory 1 MB...

  • Page 21: Befroe Making Copies

    BEFROE MAKING COPIES QMS SC-100 provides three paper sizes, A4, letter, and legal. Check or select the paper size to match your paper supply to ensure smooth operations. To check or select paper size, Press the Paper Size button. The Message window displays “A4...

  • Page 22: Making Simple Copies

    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%”...

  • Page 23: Making Copies With Copy Features

    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”.
  • Page 24 ENLARGING OR REDUCING YOUR ORIGINAL Like a normal copier, QMS SC-100 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%”.
  • Page 25 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”...
  • Page 26 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.
  • Page 27 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. ã Note: Another option to change your copy quantity is to press the “s”...
  • Page 28 ENHANCING YOUR COPY QUALITY QMS SC-100 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.
  • Page 29 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”.
  • Page 30 QMS SC-100 features automatic power saving without unplugging the power cable. If you have not used QMS SC-100 over an hour, the QMS SC-100 automatically turns into power saving status to save the power. At this moment, the Message window displays “Power Saving…”...

  • Page 31: Scanner Operation & Document Printing5-1

    TWAIN sources that you can choose from to bring an image into your application. Select QMS SC-100 /32 VX.xx as the source. When you have used the dialog box to select a different source, you will need to select QMS SC- 100 as the source again before you can reuse the QMS SC-100.
  • Page 32 Place the image to be scanned face down on the glass. 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. The TWAIN user interface:...

  • Page 33: Image Type

    IMAGE TYPE The QMS SC-100 provides five image types as explain in below: Scanning Source 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.
  • Page 34 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.

  • Page 35: Scanning Parameters & Image Control

    5.2 SCANNING PARAMETERS & IMAGE CONTROL Resolution: The number of dpi (dots per inch) that the QMS SC-100 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.
  • Page 36 Auto Area Auto Level 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 Descreen Matching...
  • Page 37 For color images, each pixel will be changed into its complementary color at the command of Invert. Calibration: Defines Brightness for the QMS SC-100. Users are recommended to calibrate the light source if the scanned image looks undesirable or comes out to be too dark.
  • Page 38 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.

  • Page 39: Scanning

    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.

  • Page 40: Printing

    Printer Cable Figure 5.1 QMS SC-100 Cable Connection Caution: 1. Be sure to power on the QMS SC-100 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.

  • Page 41: Maintenance

    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 QMS SC-100 is now ready for use.
  • Page 42 1. Document Cover 2. White Sheet 3. Document Glass Figure 6-1 Cleaning...

  • Page 43: Troubleshooting

    Can I speed it up? Answer: Set you PC printer port to the EPP mode from BIOS setting. Question: Why does my QMS SC-100 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.
  • Page 44 It is suggested to add a second printer card for printing purpose, or you may call your authorized local dealer for further support. Question: Does it take long for the QMS SC-100 to initialize? Answer: If your printer port supports SPP mode only, it takes about two minutes for the QMS SC-100 to initialize.
  • Page 45 It may be that you fail to power on the QMS SC-100. When doing pass-through printing, please be sure to power on the QMS SC-100. Else, without power, the QMS SC-100 can not transfer the printing data/signals to the printer.
  • Page 46 Question: Why some parallel port devices and software’s keypro do not work with the QMS SC-100? Answer: The QMS SC-100 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.

  • Page 47: Technical Service

    TECHNICAL SERVICE Technical support for QMS scanner is provided at the QMS Technical Assistance 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); Ÿ...
  • Page 48 QMS United Kingdom and Ireland QMS Netherlands and all unlisted countries Internet QMS Japan General Contact Internet (+44) 1784-442255 (+31) 346-551333 http://www.qms.nl (+81)-3 3779-9600 (+81)-3 3779-9650 http://www.qmsj.co.jp...

  • Page 49: Specifications

    9600 dpi Black & White mode Halftone mode (64-step) Error diffusion Grayscale(10 bits) Color(30 bits) A4, B5, A5, business card Printer port (supports SPP/EPP for PC) 100Vac~240Vac, 50~60Hz, external 18 watts 356 x 457 x 91 (mm) 3.7kg (8.1 lbs)

  • Page 50: Ec Declaration Of Conformity

    Product Specifications: Emission: Immunity: Date: QMS, Inc. QMS, Inc. 1 Magnum Pass Mobile, AL 36618 QMS SC-100 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)

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