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QMS SC-200
User's Manual
(D/N: 250-0234-E )
QMS, Inc

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  • Page 1 QMS SC-200 User's Manual (D/N: 250-0234-E ) QMS, Inc...
  • 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 in a residential installation.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    2.1 PRECAUTIONS... 2-1 2.2 UNLOCKING THE QMS SC-200 ... 2-2 2.3 CONNECTING THE CABLE ... 2-3 2.3.1 CONNECTING QMS SC-200 TO WORK AS A COPIER. 2-3 2.3.2 CONNECTING QMS SC-200 TO WORK AS A SCANNER2-4 2.4 DOCUMENT PLACEMENT ... 2-5 3.USING QMS SC-200 AS A COPIER...3-1...
  • Page 6 5. SCANNER OPERATION & DOCUMENT PRINTING.5-1 5.1 IMAGE TYPE... 5-3 5.2 SCANNING PARAMETERS & IMAGE CONTROL... 5-5 5.3 SCANNING ... 5-11 5.4 PRINTING ... 5-12 6. MAINTENANCE...6-1 7. TROUBLESHOOTING...7-1 7.1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ... 7-1 7.2 TECHNICAL SERVICE ... 7-5 8.

  • Page 7: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of QMS SC-200. The QMS SC-200 produces better printing quality and is free from maintenance, compared with traditional copy machines. Its high printing quality, maintenance-free operation and affordability make QMS SC-200 the best convenience copier solution for office.
  • Page 9 Package Contents 1. Software CD 2. Power Adapter 3. QMS SC-200 Cable 4. Quick Installation Guide 5. QMS SC-200 main unit...

  • Page 10: Qms Sc-200 Installation

    Keep the QMS SC-200 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-200 in a humid or dusty place. Ÿ Be sure to use the proper AC power source.

  • Page 11: Unlocking The Qms Sc-200

    QMS SC-200 is designed with a lock switch beneath the main unit. Therefore, before using the QMS SC-200, it is required to unlock QMS SC-200 by moving the lock switch to the Use position.(See Figure 2- 1. “Shipping” Position 2. “Use” Position...

  • Page 12: Connecting The Cable

    CONNECTING THE CABLE 2.3.1 CONNECTING QMS SC-200 TO WORK AS A COPIER Connect the power cable and signal cable as shown below. 1. QMS SC-200 main unit 2. “To Printer” port 3. Printer Cable 4. Power Jack 5. Power Adapter 6.

  • Page 13: Connecting Qms Sc-200 To Work As A Scanner2-4

    2.3.2 CONNECTING QMS SC-200 TO WORK AS A SCANNER 1. QMS SC-200 main unit 2. Power Adapter 3. QMS SC-200 Cable 4. PC Parallel Port Printer Cable Figure 2-3 QMS SC-200 Cable Connection - 2-4...

  • Page 14: Document Placement

    DOCUMENT PLACEMENT As shown in Figure 2-4, place the document on the glass face (text) down. 1. Document Cover 2. Home Position Mark 3. Document 4. Document Glass 5. Control Panel Figure 2.4 Document Placement...

  • Page 15: Using Qms Sc-200 As A Copier

    3. USING QMS SC-200 AS A COPIER THE CONTROL PANEL 1. Copy(Color): Press to start a color copy. 2. Copy(B/W): Press to start a black-and-white copy 3. Power/Copy LED: The LED indicator turns green when power is on and turns flashing during copying.
  • Page 16 12. Message Display window: Display current settings. 13. Light/Dark: Lighten or darken your image. Increase level of brightness or darkness by the ( ) button. Decrease level of brightness or darkness by the ( ) button. 14. Color Intensity: Intensify the image copied or scanned. Increase level of color intensity by the ( ) button.
  • Page 17 IMPORTANT! PRINTER MEMORY To make good use of QMS SC-200, 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 to add more RAM for your printer as using this feature requires more processing time and memory.
  • Page 18 Letter Size 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 print quality is bad. Min. Printer Memory 8 MB...

  • Page 19: Before Making Copies

    3.2 BEFORE MAKING COPIES QMS SC-200 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 “Letter *”...

  • Page 20: Making Simple Copies

    3.3 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 21: Making Copies With Copy Features

    3.4 MAKING COPIES WITH COPY FEATURES 3.4.1 MIRROR FUNCTION This function allows you to horizontally flip the copied image as if the image were reflected in a mirror. The Operating Steps Place your document face-down on the document glass. Keep on pressing Menu button till the message, “Mirror: off”,appears.

  • Page 22: Enlarging Or Reducing Your Original

    3.4.2 ENLARGING OR REDUCING YOUR ORIGINAL Like a normal copier, the QMS SC-200 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 23: 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 set on the SC-200. The Operating Steps: Repeat the above Enlargement Step 1 & 2.

  • Page 24: Changing Your Copy Density

    3.4.4 CHANGING YOUR COPY DENSITY Copy density refers to the degree of darkness which the QMS SC-200 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.

  • Page 25: Changing Color Intensity

    3.4.5 CHANGING COLOR INTENSITY Color intensity refers to the saturation of color reproduced by SC-200 . There are times when the saturation of the original image doesn’t fit your preference. By making a great use of this function, you could get the most optimal color preference desired.

  • Page 26: Choosing Your Copy Quantity

    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 27: Enhancing Your Copy Quality

    3.4.7 ENHANCING YOUR COPY QUALITY The QMS SC-200 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.

  • Page 28: Focus On Photo Copy, Text Copy, Or Mixed Photo & Text Copy

    3.4.8 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. On the contrary, the Text function helps you get a text- concentrated copy.

  • Page 29: Making Copies Of A 3D Object

    3.4.9 MAKING COPIES OF A 3D OBJECT The QMS SC-200 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: Automatic Power Saving

    3.4.10 AUTOMATIC POWER SAVING The QMS SC-200 features automatic power saving without unplugging the power cable. If you have not used the SC-200 over an hour, it automatically turns into power saving status. At this moment, the Message Window displays “Power Saving…”...

  • Page 31: Using Qms Sc-200 As A Scanner

    USING QMS SC-200 AS A SCANNER To run QMS SC-200 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;...
  • Page 32 3. Press the Start button, choose RUN, type d:\driver\SC- 200.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. 3.2 4-18...

  • Page 33: Uninstall The Qms Sc-200 Driver

    4.2 UNINSTALL THE QMS SC-200 DRIVER You can uninstall the QMS SC-200 driver by selecting Start>Programs>QMS SC-200 and clicking the Uninstall driver icon from QMS SC-200 group. 4-19...

  • Page 34: Scanner Operation & Document Printing

    A dialog box appears containing the different TWAIN sources that you can choose to bring an image into your application. Select SC-200 /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- 200 as the source again before you can reuse the QMS SC-200.
  • Page 35 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: - 5-2...

  • Page 36: Image Type

    IMAGE TYPE The QMS SC-200 provides five image types as explained 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 37 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. - 5-4...

  • Page 38: Scanning Parameters & Image Control

    5.2 SCANNING PARAMETERS & IMAGE CONTROL Resolution: The number of dpi (dots per inch) that the QMS SC-200 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 39 Auto Area Auto Level Descreen 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 Reset Matching...
  • Page 40 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.
  • Page 41 2). Color drop-out - Apply exclusively when you need to scan as a black and white image 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.
  • Page 42 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.
  • Page 43 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. 5-10...

  • Page 44: Scanning

    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.

  • Page 45: Printing

    Printer Cable Figure 5.1 QMS SC-200 Cable Connection Caution: 1. Be sure to power on the QMS SC-200 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.

  • Page 46: Maintenance

    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 QMS SC-200 is now ready for use.
  • Page 47 1. Document Cover 2. White Sheet 3. Document Glass Figure 6-1 Cleaning - 6-2...

  • Page 48: 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-200 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 49 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-200 to initialize itself ? Answer: If your printer port supports SPP mode only, it takes about two minutes for the QMS SC-200 to initialize itself.
  • Page 50 It may be that you fail to power on the QMS SC-200. When doing pass-through printing, please be sure to power on the QMS SC-200. Else, without power, the QMS SC-200 can not transfer the printing data/signals to the printer.
  • Page 51 Question: Why some parallel port devices and software’s keypro do not work with the QMS SC-200? Answer: The QMS SC-200 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 52: Technical Service

    Ÿ The name and version of your scanning software application; Ÿ The version of your scanner driver. Ÿ The brand and model name of your printer. Corporate Product Information QMS Technical Support QMS Service Dispatch: Contacts: QMS, Inc. 1 Magnum Pass...
  • Page 53 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) 2-9901 3235...

  • Page 54: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS Preliminary QMS-200 Technical Copier specifications: Scan Type Scan Resolution Print Resolution Print Area Zooming Density Control Color Intensity Control Background Removal Display Specification Flatbed up to 600 x 600 dpi Normal: 300x300dpi/360x360dpi Quality: 600x600dpi/720x720dpi Max. 8.5"x 14.0" (Legal size) 25% up to 400%(1% increment) with 10 pre-settings (100%, 115%, 122%, 141%,...
  • Page 55 Weight: Environment Operating Storage Random Vibration Unpacked non-op: (G^2/Hz) PCL, PostScript, GDI, Esc/p, and BJC capable printer IEEE 1284 (bi-directional) ECP/SPP 100 - 240V (International) 50 - 60 Hz Switching Adapter < 15 W < -1 ~ + 2mm < -1 ~ +2mm <...
  • Page 56 Package: Bump: Drop Acoustic Noise Electrostatic Discharge Safety Regulation EMI regulation Reliability Conditions 1. Monthly Scan Volume 1,500 scans 2. Power-on Time 3. Environment MTBF Scanner Life MTTR 5-200Hz, 0.015 P.S.D. -6dB/oct one hour in 3 major axes Severity: 25g/6ms, 1000times in each direction Must meet NSTA specification Drop Point: 1 corner, 3 edges...
  • Page 57 Scanner specifications: Scanner Type Resolution Enhanced Resolution Scan Speed Scan Method (CCD) Light Source (CCFL) Scan Area Image Types PC Interface Flatbed Scanner 600 x 1200 dpi 9600x9600 dpi 2 PPM (page per minute) at 300dpi, color, Letter size 4 PPM at 300dpi, gray, Letter size Color Charged-Coupled Device Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp...

  • Page 58: Ec Declaration Of Conformity

    Product Specifications: Emission: Immunity: QMS, Inc. 1 Magnum Pass Mobile, AL 36618 334-633-4300 QMS SC-200 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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