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Mobile Scanner User’s Manual Regulatory model: FF-2110B 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: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference,...
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User’s Manual European Union Regulatory Notice Products bearing the CE marking comply with the following EU Directives: Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EC EMC Directive 2014/30/EC Restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances (RoHS) Directive 2011/65/EU This product satisfies the Class B limits of EN55032, EN55035, and safety requirements of EN62368-1.
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User’s Manual Disposal of Waste Equipment by Users in Private Union This symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that the product can not be disposed of with your other household waste. Instead it should be sent to appropriate facilities for recovery and recycling in an effort to protect human health and the environment.
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User’s Manual Product Safety Guide Please clearly read all these instructions, and follow all instructions and warnings before installing and using the device. The following indications are used in this document to obviate any chance of accident or damage to you and/or the device. WARNING Indicates potentially hazardous situations, which if instructions are not followed, could result in...
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User’s Manual Unplug the device and the USB cable, and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions: Liquid has entered the device. Object has entered the device. The device has been dropped, or the case has been ...
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User’s Manual 1. Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the color sheet-fed image scanner. Avision is one of the leading companies to make high quality color image scanner. Before you install and operate the new scanner, please take a few minutes to read through this manual.
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User’s Manual Top view Item Name Description Insert original into the feed slot, Feeder slot printed side UP and aligned with left edge the left edge to begin scanning. Feed your original to the slot. Feed slot Slide the guide up to the right edge of the original before Sliding inserting original into the feed slot...
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User’s Manual Blinking The scanner is in green power-saving mode. Press the Power button to wake from sleep. Green The scanner is ready to Status scan. Indicator Light Blinking An error has occurred. Top cover is opened or the document is jammed.
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User’s Manual Rear view Item Name Description Connect to a computer via USB Type-C a micro USB cable.
User’s Manual 2. Scanner Installation 2.1 Precautions 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. ...
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User’s Manual 2.2 Removing the Protective Tape Remove the protective tapes on the scanner and inside the document feeder as illustrated in below. ...
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User’s Manual 2.3 Connecting to the Computer Connect the USB connector to the USB port of the scanner. Connect the other USB connector to the USB port on your computer. The computer should detect a new USB device and prompt a “New Hardware Found”...
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User’s Manual 2.4 Turning on the Power Press the Power button on the front panel, the Power LED will flash. When it is finished and ready to scan, the LED indicator will stop flashing and become steadily on. To turn off the scanner, press the Power button for about 3 seconds, the Power LED will be off.
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TWAIN-compliant image editing software application to select a TWAIN or WIA user interface. You may also launch Microsoft’s Scanner and Camera Wizard to scan via a WIA user interface. Download [Avision Update] at http://www.avision.com/install. Run [Avision Update.exe]. The End User License Agreement screen will be prompted.
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User’s Manual After your scanner has been recognized, click [Next] to continue. The available software applications will be prompted. Select the applications to install. Click [Install] and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. *The list of available software applications varies according to your product type.
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PaperAir: To use the buttons on the scanner, you need to install PaperAir. AVScan X/PaperPort: To scan and organize your multi-page document(s), you can install the software application to manage them easily and effectively. Alternatively, You may also download driver and manual at www.avision.com/download.
User’s Manual Completing Your First Scan Suitable and unsuitable original types Suitable Original The scanner is designed to obtain the best scanning results with the following types of originals: Photos and documents (3”x5”, 4”x6”, 5”x7”, 8.5”x14”) (76 x 127mm, 102 x 152 mm, 127 x 177 mm, 216 x 356 mm) Business cards [standard 3.5”x 2”...
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User’s Manual Insert Your Document Important! Insert only one page at a time, and insert the next one only when the previous one is done. Otherwise, the scanner may malfunction. The paper detector is quite sensitive. Please do not push ...
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User’s Manual 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 Type your desired folder name and file name in the File Path box. (Default is C:\My Scan\Image.) Note: If you do not wish to save the scanned image, deselect the Save button since default is Save Enable. In this case, the thumbnail view will be disabled.
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User’s Manual Place your document face down on the document glass or face up in the auto document feeder. In the Scan Validation dialog box, click the Scan button ) or choose Scan from the File menu. 10. The document will be scanned and displayed in the Scan Validation screen.
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User’s Manual A Glance of the Scanner Properties Dialog Box 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 Box 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. In this chapter, all options are available based on a duplex (double-side) scanner.
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User’s Manual 4.1 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. Cancel Click the Cancel button to leave the Scanner Properties dialog box.
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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 Note: The availability of this option varies due to scanner model.
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User’s Manual Showing or Hiding Tabs The [Scanner Properties] dialog box is displayed in default with three basic tabs - Image, Paper, and Information. To show more tabs, click the [Scanner Properties] icon to access more scan settings. To show more tabs, Click the [Scanner Properties] icon ( ) on the upper left corner, and choose [Tab] to show available tab...
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User’s Manual 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.
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User’s Manual 4.3.1 The Image Selection Box The Image Selection box includes the image type and document side option. 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, the other in color Side/Image Front Rear Selection 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.
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User’s Manual Sensitivity of Auto Color Detection If your documents contain primarily B&W text and small amount of light or pale colors and you do not wish them to be recognized as color image to save the file size, you can increase the sensitivity value by moving the bar to the right to let these images to be detected as B&W.
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User’s Manual Same settings on both sides: Click to apply same scan settings for both sides of your documents. After checking this option, any settings you have changed will automatically applied to both the front side and the rear side. For example, if you choose your ideal resolution to be 300 dpi, this will be applied both to the front side and rear side of your document.
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User’s Manual 4.3.2 Other Image Options Binarization This is the process of converting a grayscale or color image to a bi-tonal image. There are several different methods of performing this conversion. Options: Dynamic Threshold, Dynamic Threshold (AD), Fixed Processing, Halftone 1~5, Error Diffusion.
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User’s Manual Fixed Processing: Used for black-and- white and other high contrast documents. A single level is set to 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.
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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, and can be used to subdue backgrounds and 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) 4-17...
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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. The resolution is measured by dots per inch (dpi). Normally, the greater the dpi number, the higher the resolution and the image file size.
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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.
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User’s Manual If you have purchased a duplex sheet-fed scanner, choose [Merge Two Sides] on the [Scan Source], then the scanner is able to scan both sides of your document and merge them into a single image. If “Merge Two Sides into One Image” is selected, its choice will be available including “Merge Horizontally”, “Merge Vertically”, “Merge Vertically (Back Side Flip)”.
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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.
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User’s Manual 4.3.3 Scanning color images The following options are available for scanning color images. Brightness Contrast Resolution Invert 4.3.4 Scanning grayscale images The following options are available for scanning gray images. Brightness Contrast Resolution ...
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User’s Manual 4.3.6 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.
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User’s Manual 4.4 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 Compression: To complete your scan at a rated speed, the scanned image is compressed by default during transmission. However, if you wish to obtain the highest image quality, you can choose to uncompress the image data before it is outputted. Scanned Scanned Image...
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User’s Manual 4.5 The Color Dropout Tab 4.5.1 Color Dropout Selection The [Color Dropout] tab allows you to select either green, red, blue, or a color of your choice to remove the details of the selected color from a scanned image. This feature is used to sharpen your text when using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software.
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User’s Manual Auto/Remove Green Original (normal mode) Remove Green (quality Remove Red (normal mode) mode: Threshold: 18) Preview the color dropout result: To preview the color dropout result, please follow these steps: Click the [Scanner Properties] icon ( ) on the upper left corner, and choose [Tab] to show available tab names.
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User’s Manual Move your cursor over the preview image. Your mouse cursor now becomes an Eyedropper. Click to select a color which you wish to remove. Click and hold your mouse button to view the result after removing the specified color. If the result is satisfactory, click [OK] to close the Preview window.
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User’s Manual To select a color on the Color palette, Click the Color Dropout tab from the Scanner Properties dialog box. Choose Gray or B&W from the Image Selection box and click “Custom” from the Color Dropout drop-down menu. The Color palette appears.
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User’s Manual Move your cursor over the palette. The cursor becomes a cross sign. Click to choose a color. The RGB values are changed simultaneously. 4-36...
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User’s Manual 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 4-37...
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User’s Manual 4.6.1 Cropping Cropping allows you to capture a portion of the document being scanned. Choice: Automatic, Automatic (36”), Fixed to Transport, EOP (End of Page) Detection, Automatic Multiple, Relative to Documents. Options Description Automatic adjusts the cropping window Automatic according to different document sizes and automatically straighten a skewed...
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User’s Manual Automatic This option allows you to place various Multiple sized documents such as photos, ID Cards, or business cards on the flatbed (if 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 The Adjustment option is available when Automatic is selected. Adjustment —adds a positive/negative margin value Top/Bottom or toward left/right of the image. Adjustment is used when the automatic document feeder is used. Adjustment reduces the possibility of corner clipping on skewed images.
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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 Selection 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 4-43...
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User’s Manual 4.6.2 Other Paper Selection Carrier Sheet Mode: Check this option to automatically crop the scan window according to your document size when scanning non-standard document (fragile, irregular-size document) with a carrier sheet (optional). Note: The availability of this option varies due to scanner model.
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User’s Manual For documents larger than A4/letter size, such as Align the top of the document to the top of the Carrier Sheet (the printed section) and the folded portion to the right edge of the Carrier Sheet so that the document fits into the Carrier Sheet at the upper corner.
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User’s Manual [Carrier Sheet] is available for the models that support the Carrier Sheet. Some functions are disabled when [Carrier Sheet] is checked. This option may not work properly on some applications. 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.
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User’s Manual When Long Page (<118”) is selected, be sure to specify your document size in the Length and Width field. Notice when scanning long page document: Pull out the extension in the ADF Paper Tray. Secure enough space around the Output Tray to prevent the ejected paper from falling off the Output Tray.
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User’s Manual Transport Timeout Set the amount of time the scanner will wait and then start auto scan after the first scan job is completed. If you have many separate documents need to be scanned at the same scan settings, this feature is especially useful. The default is 0. The value ranges from 0 to 30 seconds.
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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”...
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User’s Manual 4.7 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 Continue If the image of the multi-feed Scan(Discard page is not acceptable, select Image): [Continue Scan (Discard Image)] to scan the rest pages yet the multi-feed page will be ignored and you need to rescan the page again. Stop Scan: The scanner stop scans.
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User’s Manual 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.
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User’s Manual The Enhancement Tab The Enhancement tab allows you to set following additional image processing settings. The Option tab dialog box 4-54...
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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 the availability of this feature varies depending on your scanner model. Original Output image Punch holes can not be removed when: ...
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User’s Manual Shadow Removal When 「Flatbed」on the 「Scan Source」 option is selected on the 「Image」tab, the 「Shadow Removal」option will be enabled. Click to remove the shadow on the book spine when scanning a book. Before Shadow After Shadow Removal Removal 4-56...
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User’s Manual Background Processing: The [Background Processing] option allows you to smooth background color or remove it to make image clearer. The option is especially useful for documents with color forms such as invoices. Choices: None (default), Smooth, Removal None - no background processing will be performed (default) Smooth - produces images with a more uniform background color.
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User’s Manual Background Processing: None Background Processing: Background Processing: Smooth Removal Fill Color: White Background color in small zone will not be processed or removed. 4-58...
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User’s Manual Edge Check White or Black if you wish to add white or Fill black edge on the border of your scanned image. Enter the value from 0 to 5 mm. Default value is 0. Original Edge Fill: 5mm (Black) If you want to add a white or black frame on the edges of the scanned image, check "Edge Extension".
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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 for OCR (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 Line Removal: When Black and White image mode is selected on the [Image] tab, the [Line Removal] option will be enabled. Line Removal erases lines on the image and then reconstructs characters so the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) accuracy can be improved. Choices: None, Form, Horizontal, Vertical None –...
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User’s Manual 4.10 The Rotation Tab The Rotation tab allows you to set the following image rotating options: 4-62...
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User’s Manual Rotate Choose the rotation angle from the drop down Image 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: Automatically rotate images based on the contents of...
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User’s Manual Auto rotate every even page: Automatically rotate 180° on every even page. This is especially useful when you scan the inside pages from a book. As a result, if you choose “Flatbed (book)” from the “Scan Source” option, “auto rotate every even page” will be selected as default.
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User’s Manual Split By splitting an image, two separate images are Image created horizontally or vertically. This is useful for documents containing two pages per image when you want to save them as two images (one page for one image). Choice: None, Horizontal, Vertical.
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User’s Manual Flip Side Select “fanfold” to rotate the image of the Rotation reverse side to 180 degrees. This is applied to double-sided document which are viewed in portrait are sometime fed into the scanner in landscape or vice versa. Choice: Book, Fanfold.
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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 4-67...
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User’s Manual 4.11 The Separation Tab The Separation tab allows you to enable the detection engine to detect the blank page, barcode, and patch code and then notify the software application which supports document separation to separate your multi-page documents. Choices: Blank Page Removal, Barcode Detection, Patch Code Detection.
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User’s Manual Barcode Check [Enable] to detect barcode and notify Detection the software application for advanced processing. Please note the whole document will be checked and no specific detection area needs to be designated. When the bar code has been detected successfully,a file [avbarcode.ini] will be created and stored in the following path: Windows XP:...
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User’s Manual EAN-13 EAN-8 GS1 DataBar Industrial 2 of 5 Intelligent Mail Interleaved 2 of 5 Inverted 2 of 5 IATA 2 of 5 Matrix 2 of 5 PostNet Royal Post 4-State ...
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User’s Manual Choice for barcode zone on a page: Bottom Left Right Bottom Bottom Top Right Top Left Right Left Patch code Detection: Check [Enable] to detect patch codes and notify the software application for advanced processing. A patch code is a pattern of parallel, alternating black bars and spaces (i.e.
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User’s Manual You can find various sizes of patch codes (PDF) by choosing [Start] menu>[All Programs]>[Avision Scanner Series]>[Patch code] in succession. Simply print the PDF file to produce the patch code sheet. Insert the patch code sheets to wherever you want the file to separate.
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User’s Manual 4.12 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 as “ADF pad count exceeds 50,000 scans (the number varies based on type of scanner). Please replace the ADF pad and reset the pad count.”...
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User’s Manual 4.13 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 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.
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User’s Manual 4.14 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 [Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\%PRODUCTNAME%;...
5. Using the Buttons 5.1 Installing PaperAir Download PaperAir software application on our website at http://avision.com. The PaperAir application 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 5.2 Checking the Button Configurations before Scanning Make sure that the scanner driver has been installed on your computer, the scanner has been connected to your computer, and the scanner has been turned on. After the PaperAir software application has been properly installed, the PaperAir will be automatically started.
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User’s Manual Basic Scan settings Parameters If you wish to change the setting, use this window to reset the setting for the file format, destination application, or other scan settings. Click the OK button to leave the window.
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Note: For more detailed information on how to use PaperAir, please refer to the user’s manual. You may download the user’s manual on our web site at www.avision.com/download.
Tool (XXXX indicates your scanner model). The Select Scanner Model dialog box will be displayed. Select your driver type and scanner model and click OK. The Avision Capture Tool dialog box will be displayed. Click the “Setup” button to prompt the TWAIN user interface.
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User’s Manual Click the “OK” button on the “Insert calibration sheet” dialog box to start calibrating the scanner. After the calibration process is finished, the scanner powers off automatically. Warning: If the calibration process failed, the Red LED will be flashing and an error message will be displayed on the screen.
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User’s Manual 6.2 Cleaning the scanner In order to maintain the scanned image quality and prevent dust accumulation, it is recommended that you clean the scanner (outer casing and feed rollers) approximately every 200 scans, or if vertical lines or stripes appear on the scanned image.
User’s Manual 7. Troubleshooting 7.1 Clearing the Error Conditions If there is error during scanning, the LED light will be flashing in red color. Refer to the following table to clear the error conditions. Number of Times the Description How to restore Red LED Blinks Remove paper and try...
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User’s Manual 7.2 Clearing a Paper Jam To clear a jam from the feeder, follow these steps to remove the item: Open the cover by holding the scanner with one thumb placing on the feeder and another thumb placing on the cover.
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User’s Manual 7.3 Questions and Answers Question: Why does not my scanner turn on? Answer: Ensure the micro USB cable is securely connected to the scanner to the USB slot in your computer. Question: Why doesn’t my computer recognize my scanner when it’s connected via USB cable? Answer: Make sure the cable connection is...
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User’s Manual Question: Why there are strange lines on the scanned document? Answer: Please check the following: 1. Are there scratches on the original or is the original clean? 2. Remove any stains or dust from the original before scanning. 3.
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User’s Manual Question: What should I do if the status indicator blinks rapidly and no scan is possible? Answer: Check the following: Is there a jam in the feeder? Open the cover and gently pull out the item. Is the cover open? Make sure the ...
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User’s Manual 7.4 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 US and Canada Area Avision Labs, Inc. 6815 Mowry Ave., Newark CA 94560, USA TEL: +1 (510) 739-2369 FAX: +1 (510) 739-6060 E-MAIL: support@avision-labs.com Web Site: http://www.avision.com China Area Shanghai Technical Support Center 7A, No.1010, Kaixuan Road, Shanghai 200052 P.R.C.
User’s Manual 8. Specifications All specifications are subject to change without notice. Model Number: FF-2110B Image Technology: Contact Image Sensor (CIS) Optical Resolution: 600 dpi Scanning Modes: Black & White/Gray/Color Max. Paper Size: 8.5” x 14” (width x length) Min. Paper Size: 2.0”...
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