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Avision BF-1008S User Manual

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  • Page 1 Intelligent Flatbed Scanner User’s Manual Regulatory model: BF-1008S 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.
  • Page 3 CE Warning This product satisfies the Class B limits of EN55022, EN55024 and safety requirements of EN 60950. ® As an ENERGY STAR Partner, Avision Inc. has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency.
  • 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: Table Of Contents

    User’s Manual Table of Contents Introduction ...............1-1 The Package Contents........1-2 Knowing the Control Panel......1-3 Installation .................2-1 Connecting to Power........2-1 Turning on the Power ........2-1 Installing the Scanner Driver ......2-2 Connecting to Computer .......2-4 Connecting to a USB Flash Disk......2-5 Completing Your First Scan .........3-1 Placing your document on the flatbed glass..3-1 Scanning to a Flash Disk .......3-2 Scanning to a Computer........3-1...
  • Page 6 Maintenance...............7-1 Cleaning the Glass........7-1 Troubleshooting ...............8-1 Questions and Answers .........8-1 Technical Service .........8-2 Specifications ..............9-1 Index ....................a...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Congratulations on your purchase of the intelligent flatbed scanner. The product allows you to save the scanned image to a USB flash disk or a computer. Avision is one of the leading companies to make high quality color image scanner.

  • Page 8: The Package Contents

    1.1 The Package Contents Scanner main unit Quick guide/CD USB cable Power cord/ Power adapter Note: 1. Only use the AC adapter (HEG42-120130-7L made by Hitron) included in the machine. Using other AC adapters may damage the machine and void the warranty. 2.

  • Page 9: Knowing The Control Panel

    User’s Manual Knowing the Control Panel The Power button: Turn on or off the Power of the scanner. The Scan button: Press to start scanning. Function Selector button: Used to select a button number preset via the supplied Button Manager software.
  • Page 10 The File format button JPEG: Select JPEG as image file format. PDF: Select PDF as image file format. ( PDF file format allows you to save an image in a single file.) MPDF: Select MPDF as image file format. (MPDF file format allows you to save your multi- page images in a single file.) The Image Merge button...

  • Page 11: Installation

    User’s Manual 2. Installation 2.1 Connecting to Power Plug the small end of the power adaptor into the power jack of your scanner. Insert the other end to an appropriate power outlet. 2.2 Turning on the Power After the power cable has been connected, press the power switch button on the panel to turn on the scanner.

  • Page 12: Installing The Scanner Driver

    2.3 Installing the Scanner Driver NOTE: To ensure your computer can identify the USB scanner, please install scanner driver first before connecting the scanner to your computer. Place the supplied CD-ROM onto your CD-ROM drive. The software installation graphic appears. If not, run “setup.exe”.
  • Page 13 User’s Manual Install Scanner Driver: To communicate with your scanner, you need to install the scanner driver. After installing the Button Manager software, click Install Scanner Driver to install the scanner driver on your computer. Install Adobe Reader: To view the user’s manuals for the scanner and Button Manager, you need to use Adobe Reader to open and view the manuals in pdf file format.

  • Page 14: Connecting To Computer

    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”...

  • Page 15: Connecting To A Usb Flash Disk

    User’s Manual 2.5 Connecting to a USB Flash Disk Insert a flash disk to the flash disk USB port on the scanner. In a while, the File Format button will be flashing and then stay on steadily. The File Format Button...

  • Page 17: Completing Your First Scan

    User’s Manual 3. Completing Your First Scan 3.1 Placing your document on the flatbed glass Place your document with the text FACE DOWN on the glass and align the document in the bottom-right corner. Text face down...

  • Page 18: Scanning To A Flash Disk

    3.2 Scanning to a Flash Disk By plugging a flash disk into the flash disk USB port of the product, the product allows you to scan your document and save the scanned images to your USB flash disk with predefined scan settings. The predefined scan settings include resolution: 200 dpi, image mode: color, auto crop and deskew.
  • Page 19 User’s Manual Note： When a scanned image is being saved to your flash disk, the File Format LED will be blinking until the scanned image is successfully saved to your flash disk. When the scan is completed, the scanner will automatically create a folder with its subfolder titled “DCIM\PHOTO”...
  • Page 21 User’s Manual 3.2.2 Making An ID Card Scanning To make an ID Card Scan, 1. Select a file format for your output image by pressing the File format button. Choice includes JPEG, PDF, MPDF. 2. Select ID Scan by pressing the Image Merge button until the ID Scan LED is illuminated.
  • Page 22 6. Press the green Scan button to scan the other side. Note the delay time is 15 seconds. This means if you have not pressed the Scan button, after 15 seconds, the scanner automatically begins scanning the other side of the ID card. 7.
  • Page 23 User’s Manual 5. When the scanning is done, the Function Display will be flashing the next document number. Open the document cover to remove the current page and place the next page on the glass. 6. Press the green Scan button to begin scanning. (If the 4- in-1 option is selected, you will repeat the current and previous steps more times.) 7.

  • Page 25: Scanning To A Computer

    3.3 Scanning to a Computer 3.3.1 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.
  • Page 26 Select your driver type and scanner model and click OK. The following Avision Capture Tool dialog box will be displayed. Actual Page Size Save File Path File Format Scan Setup Choose your desired file format from the File Format drop down list box.
  • Page 27 User’s Manual 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 28 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 29 User’s Manual 3.3.2 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 31: Using The Scanner Properties Dialog Box

    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 32: 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 33 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 Rotation Degrees：None...

  • Page 34: 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 35 4.2.1 The Image Selection Box The Image Selection box includ the image type and document s option. If you wish to scan both t front side and the rear side of yo color document, you can check bo Front Color and Rear Color at t same time.
  • Page 36 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 Selection Rear Front 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 contain actual shades of gray.
  • Page 37 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.
  • Page 38 4.2.2 Other Image Options This is the process of converting a Binarization grayscale or color image to a bi-tonal image. There are several different methods of performing this conversion. Options: Dynamic Threshold, Fixed Processing, Halftone 1~5, Error Diffusion. Dynamic Threshold: Selecting Dynamic Threshold allows the scanner to dynamically evaluate each document to determine the optimal threshold value...
  • Page 39 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.
  • Page 40 Error Diffusion Image 4-10...
  • Page 41 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 42 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.
  • Page 43 Normal Photo Document (Threshold: 230) Normal Photo Document (Threshold: 230) 4-13...
  • Page 44 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 45 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 46 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 47 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 48 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. • 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.
  • Page 49 4.2.3 Scanning color images The following options are available for scanning color images. Brightness Contrast Resolution Invert 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...
  • Page 50 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, 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”...
  • Page 51 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 52 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. Choose “Save”...

  • Page 53: 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 54 The Compression tab dialog box 4-24...

  • Page 55: 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 56 The Color Dropout dialog box 4-26...
  • Page 57 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 58 Remove Blue, Threshold: 20, Background: Remove Blue, Threshold: 20, Background Level: 210 4-28...

  • Page 59: The Paper Tab

    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 4-29...
  • Page 60 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, Automatic Multiple, Relative to Documents. Options Description Automatic Automatic adjusts the cropping window according to different document sizes. Use this option for batches of mixed-sized documents.
  • Page 61 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.
  • Page 62 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 63 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 64 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 65 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 66 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 67 Note: Within the specified timeout period, if you load your document to the feeder, the scanner starts scanning automatically. If your scanner has a flatbed option and you place your paper on the flatbed, after the timeout period, you need to click the Scan button on the TWAIN user interface to start scanning.

  • Page 68: The Multi-Feed Detection Tab

    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. 4-38...
  • Page 69 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.
  • Page 70 By Length+Position: When a multi-feed is detected for the first time, the scanner memorizes the length and position of the paper attached to the document. When you perform next scanning, this pattern of multi-feed will be bypassed. To use the intelligent mode, Choose your desired multi-feed detecting method to bypass by.
  • Page 71 Detection Area This option allows you to specify a multi-feed detection area. To specify a multi-feed detection area, Choose Disable from the Intelligent Mode. The Detection Area will be enabled. Choose Inside the Range or Outside the Range. The detection area will be highlighted. Drag your mouse pointer on the top or the bottom of the detection area to specify your area in the display window.
  • Page 72 Detection Area: Outside the Range, Box, Top: 3”, Bottom: 7” 4-42...
  • Page 73 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 74 Clear the Multi-Fed Paper: Auto If this is checked, once multi-feed is detected and scanning operation is stopped, the scanner will automatically clear the transport of the multi-fed paper. If this is not checked, once multi-feed is detected and scanning operation is stopped, you need to manually clear the transport of the multi-fed paper.
  • Page 75 How to add the sound alarm： 1. Click the Browse button on the right side of the speaker icon. The Open dialog box appears. 2. Choose your wave file. 3. Click the Open button. The wave file is added. Units Defines the primary measurement system.

  • Page 76: The Preview Tab

    4.7 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 77: The Options Tab

    4.8 The Options Tab The Options tab allows you to set following additional image processing settings. The Option tab dialog box 4-47...
  • Page 78 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. If “Book”...
  • Page 79 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°, Auto based on contents. Auto rotate every even page. Rotate 90°CW Original Rotate 90°CCW Rotate 180° Auto based on contents: When Auto based on contents is selected, images can be rotated to their proper...
  • Page 80 Blank Page Check if you wish to remove the blank page Removal and move the slider to the left or right to your desired threshold. 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.
  • Page 81 Image Check the Mirror box if you wish to reverse the right Control and left side of your image. Option Original The Mirror Effect 4-51...
  • Page 82 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).
  • Page 83 Note: • The function is currently available for Black and White image only. • To scan at rated speed, it is recommended to set the noise radius up to 10 pixels. 4-53...
  • Page 84 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”...

  • Page 85: The Setting Tab

    4.9 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 86 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.
  • Page 87 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 88: The Imprinter Tab

    4.10 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.
  • Page 89 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.
  • Page 90 String Choose your string orientation. Orientation Choice: Normal, Rotated, Vertical, Vertical Inversion, 90 degrees CW, 90 degrees CCW Normal Rotated Vertical Vertical Inversion 90 degrees CW 90 degrees CCW If you check the digital imprinter to stamp text on your scanned image, the illustration of normal and rotated string is shown below: Rotated Normal...
  • Page 91 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.

  • Page 92: The Information Tab

    4.11 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 93 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 95: Isis Interface Operation

    ISIS Interface Operation 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 options. Dither: 5 halftone levels available, can be disabled. Dots per inch: Select your desired resolution.

  • Page 97: Start An Easy Scan With The Buttons

    Start an Easy Scan with the Buttons Function Display & Function Selector are used to select and show a button number preset via the supplied Button Manager software. Function Display Function Selector Scan Button 6.1 Installing Button Manager To use the buttons on the scanner, you need to install the Button Manager.

  • Page 98: Checking Button Configurations Before Scanning

    Button Manager 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. Yet, before you scan, it is recommended to check the button configurations first to ensure a proper file format and a destination application.
  • Page 99 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. The file The destination format of the...

  • Page 100: Scanning From One Touch Of The Buttons

    For details information on how to use the Button Manager, please refer to the user’s manual in the supplied CD. You may also using Button Manager on your desktop by starting Button Manager from All Programs or double clicking the Avision Scanner Utility from the Control Panel.

  • Page 101: Maintenance

    Maintenance Cleaning the Glass The product is designed to be maintenance-free. However, it still needs to be cleaned occasionally to ensure optimum image quality and performance. The procedures Wet a clean and lint-free cloth with isopropyl alcohol. (95%) Open the document cover as shown. Wipe the document glass.

  • Page 103: Troubleshooting

    User’s Manual 8. Troubleshooting 8.1 Questions and Answers Question: Why is it that the scanned image always comes out to be too dark? Answer: 1) Modify the Gamma setting to1.8~2.2 for your monitor and, when printing, set the Gamma setting to 2.2 for your printer. 2) Adjust the Brightness setting from the TWAIN user interface to get a brighter image.

  • Page 104: Technical Service

    8.2 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); The name and version of your scanning software application;...

  • Page 105: Specifications

    9. Specifications All specifications are subject to change without notice. Model Number BF-1008S Scanner Type Flatbed Scanning Mode Color/Grey/Black & White Optical Resolution 1200 dpi Light Source Maximum Scanning Size 8.5” x 11.7” Interface High Speed USB 2.0 Power Requirement 12Vdc, 1.25A...

  • Page 107: Index

    Index Additional Length Detection .. Normal, Photo, Document ..4-12 Dynamic Threshold sensitivity........4-8 Auto Color Detection 4-50 Edge Fill........ sensitivity ........4-7 4-55 Energy Saving....B&W ........... 4-6 4-27 4-27 Background Level... Filter Threshold ....Background Setting ..... 4-54 Fixed Width ......

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