Avision AV360CS User manual

AV360CS
Color
Image Scanner
User's Manual
Version 1.0
(Doc. No. 250-0079-E)
 AVISION INC. 1997

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Trademarks
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Machines Corp.
Other brands and product names herein are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective holders.
Copyright
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any
language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic,
mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual, or otherwise, without the
prior written permission of 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.

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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.

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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 communication. However, there is no guarantee that interference
will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause
harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be
determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to
try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
* Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
* Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
* Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to
which the receiver is connected.
* Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for
help.
CAUTION: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the
manufacture of this device could void the user's authority to operate the
equipment.

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
Chapter 2 SCANNER INSTALLATION
2.1 Installation of the Scanner............................................................. 2-1
2.2 Unlocking the Scanner................................................................... 2-2
2.3 Installation of the SCSI card.......................................................... 2-3
2.4 Connecting the Cable..................................................................... 2-5
2.5 Document Placement..................................................................... 2-9
Chapter 3 SCANNER DRIVER INSTALLATION
Chapter 4 SCANNER OPERATION
4.1 IMAGE TYPE.....................................................................................4-2
4.2 RESOLUTION CONTROL................................................................... 4-3
4.3 IMAGE CONTROL ............................................................................ 4-6
4.4 SCANNING .................................................................................... 4-7
Chapter 5 MAINTENANCE
Chapter 6 TROUBLESHOOTING
6.1 Q&A ............................................................................................. 6-2
6.2 Technical Service .......................................................................... 6-3
Chapter 7 SPECIFICATIONS
Model: AV360CS................................................................................ 7-1
Appendix Detailed Procedure for installing SCSI Driver

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Chapter 1 Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of Avision AV360CS color image scanner.
Avision Inc. is one of the leading companies in the world to develop high
performance scanners.
Before you install and operate the new scanner, please take a few minutes to
read through this manual. It provides you with the proper instructions on
how to unpack, install, operate and maintain the scanner.
Figure 1-1 shows how the scanner is packed. Please check all the items
against your checklist. If you do not receive all the items, please contact
your authorized local dealer immediately.

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1. Manual, Driver kit CD, AC power cord, D25P cable, etc.
2. Scanner 3. Cushion 4. Carton
Figure 1-1 Scanner packing

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Chapter 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. Tilted or uneven
surfaces may cause mechanical problem.
*Keep the scanner box and packing materials in case you may need to ship
the scanner back in good condition.
2.1 Installation of the Scanner
Please unpack the scanner box carefully, and check the items against
the checklist. If any item missing or damaged, please contact your
dealer immediately.

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2.2 Unlocking the Scanner
As shown below, unlock the scanner by turning the scanner lock to the
“Use” position.
1. "Shipping" position 2. "Use" position
Figure 2-1 Unlocking the Scanner

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2.3 Installation of the SCSI Card
Hardware Installation
1) Power off your computer.
2) Plug the SCSI card in an available slot of your computer.
Be sure to screw it firmly.
3) Power on your computer.
Software Installation
In Windows 3.1
1) If your SCSI card is bundled with Avision AV360CS,
then installing the scanner driver will at the same time
complete the installation of the SCSI card driver.
2) If your SCSI card is not bundled with Avision
AV360CS, then please follow the installation sheet
contained in your SCSI card.
In Windows 95
1) Press Start Setting Control Panel. And then double
click "Add New Hardware". Select SCSI Adapter.
2) Choose Have disk and type "d:\DTCSCSI"(d means the letter
indicating your current CD-ROM drive)
3) Choose Finish and restart Windows 95.

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In Windows NT
1) Press Start Setting Control Panel. And then double
click "Add New Hardware". Select SCSI Adapter.
2) Choose Driver tag and Add new SCSI Adapter.
3) Choose Have disk and type "d:\DTCSCSI(d means the letter
indicating your current CD-ROM drive)
4) Choose Finish and restart Windows NT.
• If your SCSI card is bundled with Avision AV360CS,
you can refer to the Appendix for more details in
regards to the installation of the SCSI driver.
• If your SCSI card is not bundled with Avision
AV360CS, then you can refer to the installation sheet
contained in your SCSI card or ask for details from your
SCSI card vendor.

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2.4 Connecting the Cable
Make sure the power of scanner is off.
Connecting the SCSI cable to the scanner
The AV360CS scanner is provided with an active terminator
already. As such, if the scanner is the only (or final) SCSI
device connected to your host computer, turn the active
terminator to the on position), and the scanner will function
all right. Do not attach an additional passive terminator to
the connection!
If the scanner is linked in a SCSI chain (between the host
computer and other devices), turn the active terminator to
the off position, plug the SCSI cable from other devices into
the unused SCSI connector of the scanner, and add a passive
terminator to the last device of the SCSI chain (See Figure
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Connect the power cable and signal cable as shown below.
Figure 2-1 AV360CS scanner cable connection

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Figure 2-2 SCSI chain configuration
Figure 2-2 In the SCSI chain configuration, the scanner is connected to
the host computer; a second SCSI cable then connects the scanner with
other devices.

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Setting the SCSI ID
SCSI ID:
If you have several devices on a SCSI chain, you may need to
adjust the SCSI ID selector which is located on the back panel of
the scanner. This action is to make sure each device match with
a unique SCSI ID number. If the ID# you select is duplicate
with an existing SCSI device, then please select a different ID#.
(See Figure 2-3)
Note: The default SCSI ID number for Avision AV360CS is 6.
Usually ID# 0 is assigned to an internal hard disk drive,
and ID# 7, to SCSI adapter or host.
Figure 2-3 Adjust the SCSI ID setting

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2.5 Document Placement
As shown below, place the document upside down on the document board
with the text facing away from you.
1. Document Cover 2. Document Pad
3. Reference Frame 4. Document
5. Glass 6. Document Board
Figure 2-5 Document loading

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Chapter 3 Scanner Driver Installation
MAC Users
The AV360CS scanner must have the following minimum
requirements to run at rated speed as recommended:
* MAC II series; Quadra series, Perfoma series; Power
Macintosh series or later recommended;
* At least 20 M Bytes of free hard disk space;
* A minimum of 8 M Bytes of system memory required;
16 M Bytes or higher recommended;
* Mac compatible display card and monitor with at least 256
colors; thousands colors or million colors display card
recommended;
* System 7 or later.
* A CD-ROM drive
The installation procedures of Avision scanner driver are as follows:
Close all the applications including the anti-virus program.
Install on your computer the image-editing or scanner-
related application you want to use with the scanner, such as
OmniPage, PhotoShop, etc.
Insert “Avision PaperCom Supreme” into your CD ROM
drive. The Avision Driver Kit 3.X.X dialog box as Fig. 3-1
will appear. Read "Read Me First" for some valuable
information which you should note.
Double click on the “AV Kit 3.X.X Installer”icon. AV Kit
3.X.X Installer dialog box will appear as Fig. 3-2.
Click Easy Install icon and drag it to the system icon in the
right side. A "Select a folder for plug-in" dialog box as Fig.

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3-3 will appear. Select your application folder and select the
"plug-ins" folder within the application folder. Click on the
"Choose plug-ins" button. The installation will then be
completed.
Choose Restart to proceed your next step.
7. If you want to use other Optical Character Recognition
(OCR)applications such as OmniPage, Xerox TextBridge,
Type Reader, etc., you have to setup the ISIS driver to
access the scanner. The ISIS driver is a file named “Avision
Scan.”To setup, select “Chooser”command from the “Apple”
menu. A dialog box as Figure 3-4 will appear on the
screen. Select the “Avision Scan”icon, ignore the “Scanner
Model”list and the “Set SCSI ID”button, The list of scanner
model will be displayed. Click on the "Set SCSI ID" button.
The "Scanner ID" window as Fig. 2-17 will appear. Choose
"Detect". The current Scanner ID number will be verified
and highlighted. Press OK button. You can then start your
application to use the scanner, or refer to your application
manual for more details.
Figure 3-1 Avision Driver Kit 3.11

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Figure 3-2 AV Kit 3.3.1 Installer
Figure 3-3 Select a folder for plug-in

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Figure 3-4 Chooser
Note: You can find the latest driver and documents
in our homepage in World Wide Web(WWW). Our
address is: http://www.avision.com