Table of Contents Introduction ..........1 Scanner Installation ........2 Unlocking your scanner ........2 Installing the Scanner Driver and Connecting the Cables .............3 Completing Your First Scan ......6 Loading Your Paper .........6 Placing paper on the document glass ....8 Verifying Your Scanner Installation ....8 A Glance of the Scanner Properties Dialog Box .
1. Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the color image scanner. Avision is one of the leading companies to make high quality color image scanner. The following figure indicates the package contents. Please check all the items against your checklist.
2. Scanner Installation 2.1 Unlocking your scanner To protect the scanning unit from damage during transportation, a lock switch is designed to keep the scanning unit from moving. To unlock the scanner, move the lock switch to the unlock position as shown in Fig. 2-1. Figure 2-1 Unlocking the Scanner Scanning unit at this position...
2.2 Installing the Scanner Driver and Connecting the Cables NOTE: 1). The Windows system CD may be required when installing on some PC’s. 2). To ensure your computer can identify the USB scanner, please install scanner driver first before connecting the scanner to your computer.
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2.2.2 Turning on the Power Press the Power Switch button on the front panel, the Power LED will be lit. To turn off the scanner, press the Power Switch button for about 3 seconds, the Power LED will be off. 2.2.3 Installing the Scanner Driver Place the supplied CD-ROM onto your CD-ROM drive.
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2.2.4 Connecting to Computer Connect the square end of the USB cable to the USB port of your scanner. Connect the rectangle end to the USB port of your computer. The computer should detect a new USB device and prompt a “New Hardware Found”...
3. Completing Your First Scan 3.1 Loading Your Paper 3.1.1 Notice on Using the ADF Before using the ADF, please make sure that your paper meets the following specifications: Document(s) can range in size from 5.8” x 8.3” (148 x 210 mm) to 11.7”...
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3.1.2 Placing Your Document in the ADF Paper Tray Fanning Your Document Standard paper size should feed easily through the scanner. To avoid occasional paper jam when automatically feeding multiple documents, loosen the paper before loading. Document Feeding Place your document with the text face up and make the top of the page point to the document feeder as shown below.
3.3 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.
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Note: If Avision Capture Tool does not appear on “All Programs” of your Start menu, please access from the following path: C\Windows\TWAIN_32\Avision\Avxxx\Avision Capture Tool.exe The Select Scanner Model dialog box will be displayed. Select your driver type and scanner model and click OK.
The document will be scanned and displayed in the Scan Validation screen. After the scanned images have been displayed, your scanner installation verification is completed. 3.4 A Glance of the Scanner Properties Dialog Box 1. Tab Options Choice: Image, Compression, Color Dropout, Paper, Multi-Feed Detection, Preview, Options, Settings, Information.
4. ISIS Interface Operation * Please refer to the preceding chapter, Scanner Installation, to install ISIS scanner driver. You may start the supplied QuickScan software application to scan via the ISIS user interface. The ISIS driver operation method is similar to the TWAIN’s. Every function on the ISIS interface screen is briefly described as below: Mode: Select one of scan modes, including B&W, gray, color...
5. Using the Buttons 5.1 Installing Button Manager V2 Button Manager V2 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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The Button Panel shows the first five scanning buttons. Right-click the button (function) you wish to check. The Button Properties window appears. Name of the Selected Button Button Name Image Mode Selection Basic Scan Parameters Folder and file name for the scanned image Scan To...
V2, please refer to the user’s manual in the supplied CD. You may also using Button Manager V2 on your desktop by starting Button Manager V2 from All Programs or double clicking the Avision Scanner Utility from the Control Panel.
6. Maintenance 6.1 Cleaning the Glass The procedures Use a clean and lint-free cloth wet with isopropyl alcohol. (95%) Open the document cover as shown in Figure 7-1. Wipe the document glass. Close the document cover. Your scanner is now ready for use.
6.2 Cleaning the ADF The scanner parts may be contaminated with ink, toner particles or paper coatings. As a result, the scanner needs to be cleaned occasionally particularly in the following cases: 1. Documents do not feed smoothly or easily; 2.
7. Troubleshooting 7.1 Removing the abnormal lines on your scanned image If your scanned image is shown with abnormal lines on it, it is probably caused by the dust or toner particle on the strip of document glass. To remove the dust or toner particle, Dip a soft clean cloth with isopropyl alcohol (95%).
Clearing a Paper Jam In the event of a paper jam, follow the procedures below to remove the paper: Gently open the ADF front cover to the left. Carefully pull the paper out of the ADF unit. Close the ADF front cover. The product is now ready to use.
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