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Avision AV6240 User Manual

1-pass color image scanner
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AV6240
1-pass Color
Image Scanner
User's Manual
Version 1.0
(Doc. No. 250-0048-0)
AVISION INC. 1998

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  • Page 1 AV6240 1-pass Color Image Scanner User's Manual Version 1.0 (Doc. No. 250-0048-0) AVISION INC. 1998...
  • Page 2 Avision Inc. Material scanned by this product may be protected by governmental laws and other regulations, such as copyright laws, the customer is solely responsible for complying with all such laws and regulations.
  • Page 3 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.

  • Page 4: Fcc Radio Frequency Interference Statement

    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 instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    ..........5-1 LEANING THE OPYBOARD LASS 6. TROUBLESHOOTING..............6-1 6.1 Q .............. 6-2 UESTIONS AND NSWERS 6.2 T ............... 6-4 ECHNICAL ERVICE 7. SPECIFICATIONS ................7-1 7.1 M : AV6240................7-1 ODEL APPENDIX DETAILED PROCEDURE FOR INSTALLING SCSI DRIVER ................a...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    1. Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of Avision AV6240 1-pass color flatbed image scanner. Avision Inc. is one of the leading companies in the world to develop high performance image scanners. Before you install and operate the new scanner, please take a few minutes to read through the manual.
  • Page 7 Figure 1-1 Scanner packing...

  • Page 8: Scanner Installation

    2. Scanner Installation Precautions * Keep the scanner out of 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. * Be sure to use the proper AC power source. * Place the scanner securely on an even, flat surface.
  • Page 9 Figure 2-1 Remove the shipping retainer. Figure 2-2 Fix the shipping retainer at the “use position.”...
  • Page 10 Refit the shipping retainer: Please follow the instructions below if you are to transport the scanner. 1. Turn off the scanner. 2. Open the document cover so that the copyboard glass and the reading engine comes visible in sight. 3. Turn on the scanner. At this, the reading engine should move a few inches forward and stay there for a few seconds.

  • Page 11: Installation Of The Scsi Card

    If the assignment conflicts with an existing SCSI device, please select a new ID. (See Figure 2-4) Note: The factory setting for Avision AV6240 scanner is ID 6. Usually, ID 0 is assigned to an internal hard disk drive, and ID 7, to SCSI adapter or host.
  • Page 12 Figure 2-3 Adjust the SCSI ID setting.

  • Page 13: Software Installation

    (3) Select Have disk and type "d:\DTCSCSI(d means the letter for your current CD-ROM drive) (4) Select Finish and restart Windows NT. Note: For more details on how to install the SCSI driver, please refer to the Appendix or your SCSI card manual if you purchased it separately from Avision.

  • Page 14: Document Loading

    2.3 Document loading For flatbed scan, see Figure 2-4. Figure 2-4 Put documents on the scanner.

  • Page 15: Connecting The Cable

    The power is controlled by a toggle switch on the left side of the scanner. To turn on the scanner, press the switch toward "1." At this, the POWER LED should light on. If not, please check the power. Figure 2-5 AV6240 cable connection...
  • Page 16 Connecting the SCSI cable to the scanner If the scanner is the only (or final) SCSI device connected to your host computer, you have to plug the Regular End Terminator into the unused SCSI connector on the scanner (See Figure 2-6). The scanner will not function properly unless every SCSI connector is either connected or terminated.
  • Page 17 Single -Device Configuration Figure 2-6 In the single-device configuration, the SCSI connection terminates at the scanner. SCSI Chain Configuration Figure 2-7 In the SCSI chain configuration, the scanner is connected to the host computer; a second SCSI cable then connects the scanner with other devices, such as a printer.
  • Page 18 Scanner Diagnostics The scanner has a built-in self-diagnostic function to detect system errors. The self-test is initiated each time the scanner is turned on. During the test, the READY LED and ERROR LED will light on. At the end of the test, if no error occurs, the READY LED should stay solid while the ERROR LED should extinguish.

  • Page 19: Scanner Driver Installation

    3. Scanner Driver Installation To run AV6240 1-pass color scanner at rated speed, the following minimum requirements are recommended. * IBM compatible PC 486, Pentium, or higher; * Microsoft Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 or Windows NT; * DOS 5.0 or higher;...
  • Page 20 For Windows 95 or Windows NT4.0 (See Figure 3-1,3-2) 3. Press the Start button, choose RUN, type type d:\driver\AV6240.exe (d: the drive in use), and then click 4. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation (usually just clicking OK will complete the installation).

  • Page 21: Scanner Operation & Document Printing

    In that case, you will need to select Mrscan/32-Expert Vx.xx as the source again before you can resume your use of AV6240 scanner. Place the image to be scanned face down on the scanner. From the File menu, select Acquire.
  • Page 22 Avision TWAIN user interface...

  • Page 23: Scanning Source

    4.1 Scanning Source: AV624 scans two types of original source, the document as well as the transparency. Select either one from the Source drop-down list box as shown in the following Figure. Note: To make transparency scanning work, you have to purchase the transparency unit separately.

  • Page 24: Image Type

    4.2 Image Type You can select the Type menu for the mode you want to use with your document or image. Line art Line art includes only black and white areas. There are no intermediate shades of gray in between. Halftone In addition to the black and white display, Halftone can create the illusion of shades of gray...
  • Page 25 Gray (256 levels gray scale) Scanner recognizes each point in the image as a shade of gray (continuous tone). 8-bit gray gives more detailed information about the image. 256 Color 256 Color presents 256 colors in a color image. True Color (16.7 million colors) Color image have continuous tones along with its color hues.

  • Page 26: Resolution Control

    4.3 Resolution Control Resolution: A good control of the resolution results a satisfactory detail of an image. The resolution is measured by dots per inch(dpi). Normally the greater the dpi number, the higher the resolution and the image file size. Yet the greater resolution takes more time, memory and disk space, therefore, up to a certain degree of dpi, the resolution will not visually be improved, on the contrary, it makes your files...

  • Page 27: Image Control

    4.4 Image Control Brightness Contrast Gamma Highlight Shadow Intensity Saturation Brightness: Adjusts the lightness or darkness of an image. The higher the value, the brighter the image. Contrast: Adjusts the range between the darkest and the lightest shades in the image. The higher the contrast, the bigger the different gray scales.
  • Page 28 Hue: Adjust the hue up to 360 by clicking your desired color on the Color wheel or clicking the up or down arrow button. (Note the level of intensity will be changed simultaneously when the hue adjustment is made.) Intensity: Adjust the color strength by clicking the up or down arrow button.
  • Page 29 comes close to that of the original. This function uses default parameters to adjust the image. Sharpen: Sharpens the scanned image. Look for more selections under this item.
  • Page 30 Descreen: Eliminates the moire patterns commonly found in printed matter. Before Descreen After Descreen 4-10...

  • Page 31: Scanning

    4.5 Scanning Preview: Previews your image roughly and allocates the area to be scanned. Scan: Scans the area with the parameters you have set. Exit: Cancel the current job. As shown in the figure below, in the Preview window, you can define the area to be scanned by dragging the cursor auxiliary lines with the mouse.

  • Page 32: Maintenance

    5. Maintenance 5.1 Cleaning the Copyboard Glass Your scanner is designed to be maintenance free. However, it still needs to be cleaned from time to time to ensure optimum image quality and performance. The scanner document glass may be contaminated with ink, toner particles or paper coatings.
  • Page 33 The Document Glass Cleaning the document glass Fig. 5-1...

  • Page 34: Troubleshooting

    6. Troubleshooting The scanner will automatically perform a simple self-test each time it is turned on. This helps spot major system errors in the scanner itself. During the test, the READY LED and ERROR LED will light on and the scanner reading head will move a bit forward. Once the test is finished and if no error occurred, the READY LED will stay solid and the ERROR LED will extinguish and the scanner reading head will back to its leftmost position.

  • Page 35: Questions And Answers

    6.1 Questions and Answers Question: The LED indicates that the scanner is ready, but the scanner does not act to the Scan command from the host computer. Answer: Please check that the signal cable is firmly seated, and invoke the Scan command again. If there is still no response, please reboot the host computer as well as reset the scanner by turning it off and then on again.
  • Page 36 3) If the fuse is burned again after the changing, it means the invertor of the lamp is burned. Call your local dealer or distributor to replace the invertor. Question: To get image from the scanner is no problem. But when scanning, the scanner or the system will often crash.

  • Page 37: Technical Service

    6.2 Technical Service Technical support for Avision scanner is provided at the Avision Technical Assistance Center (ATAC). Before contact with ATAC, 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...);...
  • Page 38 Note: You can find the latest driver and documents in our homepage located in World Wide Web(WWW) with our web site: http://www.avision.com...

  • Page 39: Specifications

    7. Specifications All specifications are subject to change without notice. 7.1 Model: AV6240 Scanner Type: 1-pass 30-bit color flatbed Optical Resolution: 600 dpi * 1200 dpi (H*V) Max Resolotion: 19200 dpi * 19200 dpi Scanning modes: Black & White mode...

  • Page 40: Ec Declaration Of Conformity

    EC Declaration of Conformity According to EN45014 Manufacturer's Name: AVISION INC. Manufacturer's Address: No. 20, Creation Rd. I, Science-Based Industrial-Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. declare that the product Model Number : AV6240 conforms to the following Product Specifications: Emission: EN 50081-1(1992)

  • Page 41: Appendix Detailed Procedure For Installing Scsi

    Appendix Detailed Procedure for installing SCSI Driver Continue on subsection 2.2.2 Installation of the SCSI Card, In Windows 95, please: The "New Hardware Found?" dialog box will be displayed. Choose Driver from hard disk provided by the hardware manufacturer or choose Do not install a driver. If you choose Driver from hard disk provided by the hardware manufacturer, please follow the following procedure.
  • Page 42 Restart the Windows 95. In Windows 3.1, please: If your SCSI card is bundled with Avision AV260CS, then install the scanner driver will simultaneously install the SCSI card driver. If your SCSI card is not bundled with Avision AV260CS, then please follow the installation sheet contained in your SCSI card.

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