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Avision BF-0606H User Manual

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Regulatory model: BF-0606H
Avision Inc.

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  • Page 1 Flatbed Imaging Scanner User’s Manual Regulatory model: BF-0606H 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 As an ENERGY STAR® Partner, Avision Inc. has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency.

  • 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 Removing the shipping lock ......2-2 Installing the Scanner Driver and Cables ..2-3 Completing Your First Scan........ 3-1 Loading Your Paper ........3-1 Verifying Your Scanner Installation ....3-2 A Glance of the Scanner Properties Dialog Box 3-6 Using the Scanner Properties Dialog Box..
  • Page 7 User’s Manual Using the Buttons ..........6-1 Installing Button Manager......6-2 Checking the Button Configurations Before Scanning............6-2 Scanning From One Touch of the Buttons ..6-4 CARE AND MAINTENANCE........7-1 TROUBLESHOOTING..........8-1 Frequently asked Questions ......8-1 Technical Service ........... 9-1 10. Specifications ............10-1...

  • Page 8: Introduction

    User’s Manual 1. Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the color image flatbed scanner. With this scanner, you can quickly scan documents in duplex (double-sided) mode 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 Note: 1. Only use the AC adapter (SA148A-24V by Sino-American/ HEG42- 240200-7L 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: Removing The Shipping Lock

    2.1 Removing the shipping lock Unlock the scanner by moving the lock switch beneath it to the “Unlock” position. (Refer to the Lock/Unlock figure on the right side.) Lock Unlock...

  • Page 12: Installing The Scanner Driver And Cables

    User’s Manual 2.2 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. 2.2.1 Connecting to Power Plug the small end of the power adaptor into the power jack of your scanner.
  • Page 13 2.2.2 Turning on the Scanner The power is controlled by a toggle switch on the side of the scanner. To turn on the scanner, press the switch toward "1". 2.2.3 Installing the Scanner Driver Place the supplied CD-ROM onto your CD-ROM drive. The software installation graphic appears.
  • Page 14 User’s Manual Choose Install Scanner Driver to install the scanner driver. 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. USB cable 2.
  • 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 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

    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. 3.

  • 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 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 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 User’s Manual 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 4-13...
  • Page 35 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 36 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”...
  • Page 37 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 38: The Compression Tab

    User’s Manual 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 39 The Compression tab dialog box 4-18...

  • Page 40: The Color Dropout Tab

    User’s Manual 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 41 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 42 User’s Manual Remove Blue, Threshold: 20, Background: Remove Blue, Threshold: 20, Background Level: 210 4-21...

  • Page 43: 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 4-22...
  • Page 44 User’s Manual 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 45 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 46 User’s Manual 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 4-25...
  • Page 47 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 48 User’s Manual Choose “Unlimited” 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 49 Example：Additional Length Detection：Set Additional Length to be 2.02 inches 2.02” 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 if multi- feed is detected. Sound Alarm on Multi-Feed: If this is selected and a wave file is added, the scanner will produce a sound alarm if multi-feed is detected.
  • Page 50 User’s Manual 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 51 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 52 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 selected The Image image Selection A black rectangular Click the Preview button to view the entire image in low resolution to correctly crop your relative scan area.
  • Page 53 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 4-32...

  • Page 54: The Options Tab

    User’s Manual 4.6 The Options Tab The Options tab allows you to set following additional image processing settings. The Option tab dialog box 4-33...
  • Page 55 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 56 User’s Manual 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 57 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 right and left side of your image.
  • Page 58 User’s Manual 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 59: The Setting Tab

    4.7 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 60 User’s Manual 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 61 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.” Save Settings Check to save your scanner properties after Closing settings after leaving the dialog box.

  • Page 62: The Information Tab

    User’s Manual 4.8 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 63 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 64: Isis Interface Operation

    User’s Manual 5. 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 65: Using The Buttons

    User’s Manual Using the Buttons The following picture shows the 3 buttons and 1 function screen on the scanner. Function Screen Function-Select Button Cancel/Stop Button Scan Button...

  • Page 66: Installing Button Manager

    6.1 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 67 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 68: Scanning From One Touch Of The Buttons

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

  • Page 69: Care And Maintenance

    User’s Manual 7. CARE AND 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. 1.

  • Page 70: Troubleshooting

    User’s Manual 8. TROUBLESHOOTING If you have problems with the operation of your scanner, please check the following troubleshooting hints. 8.1 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 71 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 72: Technical Service

    User’s Manual 9. Technical Service Technical support for Avision scanner is provided at 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, etc.)The name and version of your software application...

  • Page 73: Specifications

    User’s Manual Specifications All specifications are subject to change without notice. Model Name BF-0606H Scanner Type Flatbed Desktop scanner Scanning Mode 24-bit color 256 shades of gray scale Line Art Error Diffusion Optical Resolution 600 dpi Light Source Cold cathode fluorescent...

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