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Avision BS-0801S User Manual

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Regulatory model: BS-0801S
Avision Inc.

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  • Page 1 Color Image Scanner User’s Manual Regulatory model: BS-0801S Avision Inc.
  • Page 2 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 3 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, this...
  • Page 4 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.

  • Page 5: System Requirements

    User’s Manual System Requirements IBM compatible PC 586, Pentium or higher Microsoft Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP USB port 2.0 (compatible with USB 1.1) At least 100 MB of free hard disk space At least 128 MB of system memory A CD-ROM drive...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction ..............1-1 Scanner Installation ..........2-1 Installing the Scanner Driver and Cables ..2-2 2.1.1 Connecting to Power ........2-2 2.1.2 Installing the Scanner Driver ....2-3 2.1.3 Connecting to Computer ......2-5 Completing Your First Scan........3-1 Loading Your Paper ........3-1 Verifying Your Scanner Installation ....3-2 3.1.1 A Glance of the Scanner Properties Dialog...
  • Page 7 User’s Manual The Options Tab........4-36 The Setting Tab ........4-41 The Information Tab ........4-44 Using the Buttons ............5-1 Installing Button Manager......5-2 Checking the Button Configurations Before Scanning............5-2 Scanning From One Touch of the Buttons ..5-4 Maintenance..............6-1 Troubleshooting............

  • Page 8: Introduction

    User’s Manual 1. Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the color sheet-fed image scanner. With this scanner, you can quickly scan documents to increase productivity. Before you install and operate the new scanner, please take a few minutes to read through this manual. It provides proper instructions for you to unpack, install, operate and maintain the scanner.
  • Page 9 Scanner Main Unit USB Cable Power Adapter & Power Cord Software CD Note: 1. Only use the AC adapter (PSAA15W-120 by Phihong / HEG42- 120130-7L by Hitron) included in the machine. Using other AC adapters may damage the machine and void the warranty. Please unpack the packing carefully, and check the contents against the checklist.

  • Page 10: Scanner Installation

    User’s Manual 2. Scanner Installation 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. Be sure to use the proper AC power source. Place the scanner securely on an even, flat surface.

  • Page 11: Installing The Scanner Driver And Cables

    2.1 Installing the Scanner Driver and Cables Note: The Windows system CD may be required when installing on some PC’s. To ensure your computer can identify the USB scanner, please install scanner driver first before connecting the scanner to your computer. 2.1.1 Connecting to Power Plug the small end of the power adaptor into the power jack of your scanner.

  • Page 12: Installing The Scanner Driver

    User’s Manual 2.1.2 Installing the Scanner Driver Place the supplied CD-ROM onto your CD-ROM drive. The software installation graphic appears. If not, run “setup.exe”.
  • Page 13 Contents on the installation graphic: • Install Button Manager: To use the buttons on the scanner, you need to install Button Manager. To ensure Button Manager works properly, please FIRST install Button Manager before installing the scanner driver. • Install Scanner Driver: To communicate with your scanner, you need to install the scanner driver.

  • Page 14: Connecting To Computer

    User’s Manual 2.1.3 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. USB cable 2. The computer should detect a new USB device and prompt a “New Hardware Found”...
  • Page 15 In Windows 98SE, Windows ME, or Windows 2000, confirms that the “Search for a better driver.” is selected and click the “Next” button. In Windows XP, click the Next button to continue. When the XP certification screen appears, click Continue Anyway to complete the installation.

  • Page 16: Completing Your First Scan

    User’s Manual Completing Your First Scan Loading Your Paper Place your original face down on the document glass. Align the document to the reference mark, as indicated. Reference mark...

  • Page 17: Verifying Your Scanner Installation

    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.
  • Page 18 User’s Manual Actual Page Size Save File Path File Format Scan Setup Choose your desired file format from the File Format drop down list box. (Default is BMP, other choice includes TIFF, GIF, and JPEG.) Type your desired folder name and file name in the File Path box.
  • Page 19 Image Selection From the Image Selection Box, choose your desired image type for your scanned image. (Default is Front B&W) If you have a duplex scanner, choose Front and Rear to scan both sides of your document. Click OK to quit the Scanner Properties dialog box. (To learn more details about the Scanner Properties dialog box, please see the subsequent chapter, Using the Scanner Properties Dialog Box.)
  • Page 20 User’s Manual Status Bar Fit Page View Thumbnail View 11. You can view the scanned image in Fit Page ( ) or Actual Size (100%) button ( ) from the Viewing toolbars at the right side. 12. Click the Close box or Quit from the File menu to exit the Scan Validation Tool.

  • Page 21: A Glance Of The Scanner Properties Dialog Box

    3.1.1 A Glance of the Scanner Properties Dialog Box 1. Tab Options Choice: Image, Compression, Color Dropout, Paper, 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.

  • Page 22: Using The Scanner Properties Dialog Box

    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. The Scanner Properties dialog box...

  • Page 23: Buttons On The Scanner Properties Dialog Box

    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. Scan After all the scan settings are satisfactory, click the Scan button to start scanning your document.
  • Page 24 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 Multifeed Detection：None Unit：Inch Options...

  • Page 25: The Image Tab

    4.2 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.

  • Page 26: The Image Selection Box

    User’s Manual 4.2.1 The Image Selection Box The Image Selection box includes the image type and document side option. If 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.
  • Page 27 Example 2：Scanning a two-sided color document, one in B&W(Drop Blue Color：Threshold：10, Background： 79), the other in color Side/Image Rear Front 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.

  • Page 28: Other Image Options

    User’s Manual 4.2.2 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. Two of the options are Dynamic Threshold and Fixed Processing. Dynamic Threshold: Selecting Dynamic Threshold allows the scanner to dynamically evaluate each document...
  • Page 29 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.
  • Page 30 User’s Manual Adjusts the lightness or darkness of an Brightness 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. Adjusts the range between the darkest and Contrast the lightest shades in the image.
  • Page 31 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. Be aware that greater resolution takes more time to scan, and more disk space for the scanning image.
  • Page 32 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.
  • Page 33 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. Automatic: Allow the scanner automatically set its scan source.

  • Page 34: Scanning Color Images

    User’s Manual Color Adjusts the color quality of the image so Adjustment that it comes close to that of the original. This function uses default parameters to adjust the image. Normal After Color Adjustment 4.2.3 Scanning color images The following options are available for scanning color images. Brightness Contrast Resolution...

  • Page 35: Scanning Grayscale Images

    4.2.4 Scanning grayscale images The following options are available for scanning gray images. Brightness Contrast Resolution Invert 4.2.5 Scanning B&W images The following options are available for scanning B&W images. Binarization (Dynamic Threshold) Resolution Invert Binarization (Fix Processing) Threshold Brightness Resolution Invert 4-14...

  • Page 36: Editing Profiles

    User’s Manual 4.2.6 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, 1. Customize your settings. (For example, change your resolution, image type, cropping method, scan size, or other scan settings.) 2.
  • Page 37 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” to prompt the Edit Your Profile dialog box.
  • Page 38 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.

  • Page 39: The Compression Tab

    4.3 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.
  • Page 40 User’s Manual The Compression tab dialog box 4-19...

  • Page 41: The Color Dropout Tab

    The Color Dropout Tab 4.4.1 Color Dropout Selection Color Dropout tab allows you to drop either of the red, blue, or green color in your scanned image. If your image contains red color watermark or background, choose the R (Red) channel then any red watermark or background will be removed.

  • Page 42: Other Color Dropout Options

    User’s Manual 4.4.2 Other Color Dropout Options Advanced Processing provides two options that can adjust your scanned image in the best optimal result. Filter This value is used to determine the color Threshold which will be dropped out. A lower value will drop more of the selected color out, while a higher value will leave more of the selected color in.
  • Page 43 Remove Blue, Threshold: 20, Background: Remove Blue, Threshold: 20, Background Level: 210 4-22...

  • Page 44: The Paper Tab

    User’s Manual 4.5 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 4-23...

  • Page 45: Cropping

    4.5.1 Cropping Cropping allows you to capture a portion of the document being scanned. Choice: Automatic, Fixed to Transport, EOP (End of Page) Detection. Options Description Automatic Automatic adjusts the cropping window according to different document sizes. Use this option for batches of mixed-sized documents.
  • Page 46 User’s Manual The following options are only available when Fixed to Transport is selected. X-Offset — the distance from the left end of the scanner to the left edge of the scanning area. Y-Offset — the position from the top end of the document to the top end of the scanning area.
  • Page 47 Example： Redefine your scan area ( x-offset: 2.25 inches；y- offset:1.13 inches) Scan Area Display window After Fixed to Original Transport The Redefined Scan Area 4-26...

  • Page 48: Other Paper Selection

    User’s Manual 4.5.2 Other Paper Selection Deskew Use this option to automatically deskew a document. Note: If the skew angle is too great, some of the image may be cut off. 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.
  • Page 49 Choose “Unknown Length” if you have a batch of long page document with unknown length. Choose “Enter Length” to enter the length and width of your documents or your desired scan size on documents. This is useful when you have a batch of documents with the same scan size or a batch of same-sized documents.
  • Page 50 User’s Manual Example：Additional Length Detection：Set Additional Length to be 2.02 inches 2.02” 4-29...
  • Page 51 Ultrasonic Detection Ultrasonic Detection allows you to set overlapped document by detecting paper thickness between documents. Note： The availability of the function varies based on type of scanner. There are two options available if Multi-Feed is detected. Stop Scanning after Multi-Feed If this is selected, the scanner will stop the feeder and display the following Warning dialog box if multi-feed is detected.
  • Page 52 User’s Manual Sound Alarm on Multi-Feed If a wave file is added, the scanner will make a sound alarm if multi-feed is detected yet no Warning dialog box will be displayed. If “Stop Scanning after Multi-Feed” is selected, the scanner will stop the feeder.

  • Page 53: Relative To Document

    4.5.3 Relative to Document 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.
  • Page 54 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 The selected Selection image A black rectangular Click the Preview button to view the entire image in low resolution to correctly crop your relative scan area.
  • Page 55 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 4-34...

  • Page 56: The Preview Tab

    User’s Manual 4.6 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.

  • Page 57: The Options Tab

    4.7 The Options Tab The Options tab allows you to set following additional image processing settings. The Option tab dialog box 4-36...
  • Page 58 User’s Manual Flip Side Select “fanfold” to rotate the image Rotation of the 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.
  • Page 59 Rotate Image Choose the rotation angle from the drop down list if you wish to rotate your scanned image. Choice: None, 90°CW(clockwise), 90°CCW(counter clockwise), 180°. Original Rotate 90°CW Rotate Rotate 180° 90°CCW Blank Page Check if you wish to remove the Removal blank page and move the slider to the left or right to your desired...
  • Page 60 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) Image Check the Mirror box if you wish to reverse the Control...
  • Page 61 Background This option allows you to set your scan Setting background. Choice: White Background, Black Background. *This option varies based on type of scanner and is available for the front page in the ADF (auto document feeder) only. For the rear page, only the white background is available.

  • Page 62: The Setting Tab

    User’s Manual 4.8 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 the right to set the amount of time to start the energy saver after your last action.
  • Page 63 Batch Scan •Batch Scan Setting To increase the scanning speed, the scanner first scans a few pages of your document and then sends these scanning data to the application. Therefore, during scanning, the numbers of pages been scanned on the scanner is somehow different with the numbers of pages displayed on your computer screen.
  • Page 64 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.”...

  • Page 65: The Information Tab

    4.9 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 (C:\AVxxx) will be generated.
  • Page 66 User’s Manual The “Reset Pad Count” button」： After scanning approximately 50,000 pages (the number varies based on type of scanner) through the Auto Document Feeder (ADF), the ADF pad may be worn out and you may experience problems with document feeding. In this case, it is highly recommended to replace the ADF pad with a new one.

  • Page 67: Using The Buttons

    User’s Manual Using the Buttons The following picture shows the 3 buttons on the scanner. E-mail Copy Scan...

  • Page 68: Installing Button Manager

    5.1 Installing Button Manager To use the buttons on the scanner, you need to install the Button Manager. To ensure the Button Manager work properly, please FIRST install Button Manager before installing the scanner driver. Installing the Button Manager is easy. Insert the supplied CD to your CD-ROM drive and follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation of the Button Manager.
  • Page 69 User’s Manual The Button Panel shows the first five scanning buttons. Right-click the button (function) you wish to check. The Button Properties window appears. Click to select options or setting. The button The scan number and settings for name. the selected button.

  • Page 70: Scanning From One Touch Of The Buttons

    5.3 Scanning From One Touch of the Buttons 1. Adjust the paper guide for the width of paper and load the document with their tops into the automatic document feeder. 2. Check the number on the LED screen to ensure if you are selecting the proper scan settings and destination application.

  • Page 71: Maintenance

    User’s Manual Maintenance Soak a cotton swab with some isopropyl alcohol. (95%) Open the document cover as shown below. Wipe the document glass by moving the swab from side to side. Close the document cover. Your scanner is now ready for use.

  • Page 72: Troubleshooting

    User’s Manual 7. Troubleshooting If you have problems with the operation of your scanner, please check the following troubleshooting hints. 7.1 Frequently asked Questions Question: When the scanner is powered on, it makes noises and won’t stand ready. Answer: There are two possibilities: 1) You might fail to push the scanner shipping lock to its “use”...
  • Page 73 Question: While scanning, the scanner often makes noises, or it scans back and forth. Answer: Usually this means the memory of your computer is not enough or the speed of your CPU too slow. Please try to increase your memory to at least 32M or replace your CPU with Pentium or later.

  • Page 74: Technical Service

    User’s Manual 7.2 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);...

  • Page 75: Specifications

    User’s Manual 8. Specifications All specifications are subject to change without notice. Model Number BS-0801S Scanner Type Flatbed Desktop scanner Scanning Mode 24-bit color 256 shades of gray scale Line Art Optical Resolution 1200 dpi * 1200 dpi (H*V) Interface USB 2.0...

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