Avision FS-5900C User manual

PaperCom
Quick Selector
User's Guide
(DOC No.: 250-0175-E Rev. A)
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IINTRODUCINGNTRODUCING QQUICKUICK SSELECTORELECTOR......................................................................................................................................................11
IINSTALLING THENSTALLING THE SSOFTWAREOFTWARE ..................................................................................................................................................................33
CONFIGURING YOUR SYSTEM............................................................................................................................3
INSTALLING QUICK SELECTOR...........................................................................................................................4
UNINSTALLING QUICK SELECTOR......................................................................................................................5
QQUICKUICK TTOUR TOOUR TO QQUICKUICK SSELECTORELECTOR ..............................................................................................................................................66
STARTING QUICK SELECTOR.............................................................................................................................6
COMPONENTS OF QUICK SELECTOR MAIN WINDOW...........................................................................................7
HOW TO USE QUICK SELECTOR.........................................................................................................................8
EXAMPLE I : SCANNING TO IMAGE EDITOR(BASIC)..................................................................................8
EXAMPLE II : SCANNING TO IMAGE EDITOR (ADVANCED)......................................................................11
EXAMPLE III : SCANNING TO OCR........................................................................................................13
EXAMPLE IV : TURNING YOUR SCANNER TO A FAX MACHINE................................................................15
THREE WAYS TO USE QUICK SELECTOR FEATURES........................................................................................17
UUSING THESING THE PPUSH BUTTONSUSH BUTTONS ................................................................................................................................................................1818
USING THE PREVIEW BUTTON..........................................................................................................................19
USING THE GO BUTTON...................................................................................................................................20
USING THE SELECT BUTTON............................................................................................................................21
CCUSTOMIZINGUSTOMIZING QQUICKUICK SSELECTORELECTOR..................................................................................................................................................2222
BRINGING UP THE SETUP DIALOG ....................................................................................................................22
CUSTOMIZING QUICK SELECTOR.....................................................................................................................22
CUSTOMIZING YOUR APPLICATION SETTING..........................................................................................23
CUSTOMIZING YOUR SCANNER SETTING...............................................................................................23

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UUSINGSING QQUICKUICK SSELECTORELECTOR........................................................................................................................................................................2828
FINDING YOUR FILE.........................................................................................................................................28
FILING YOUR IMAGE TO DOCUMENT MANAGER................................................................................................30
EDITING YOUR SCANNED IMAGE......................................................................................................................32
E-MAILING YOUR SCANNED IMAGE...................................................................................................................34
PRINTING YOUR SCANNED IMAGE.....................................................................................................................36
FAXING YOUR SCANNED IMAGE.......................................................................................................................37
CONVERTING YOUR IMAGE TO TEXT ................................................................................................................38
PASTING YOUR IMAGE TO WWW.....................................................................................................................40
VIEWING THE ON-LINE HELP............................................................................................................................41
EXITING QUICK SELECTOR..............................................................................................................................42
IINDEXNDEX ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................4343

Quick Selector Introducing Quick Selector
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Introducing Quick Selector
Welcome to the Quick Selector. Quick Selector, as the name suggests, is an easy-to-use
application that makes light work of tasks. With a single click or one push of the button,
Quick Selector immediately scans your image or text document and send it to a variety of
scanning applications such as Copy, Fax, E-mail, OCR(Optical Character Recognition),
Image-editing application, or even the Internet Browser.
Above all, Quick Selector provides an impressive live preview function. With the live
preview, you can get a quick preview image and select an area you want to send to your
scanning application.
The following sections provides a comprehensive explanation on how to use the Quick
Selector effectively. The information covers:
• Installing the software - Describe the step in installing the software.
• Quick Tour to Quick Selector - Introduce the main components of Quick Selector
window and provide several examples to quickly learn and take advantage of Quick
Selector.
• Using the Push button of your scanner - Describe what you should know to use the
buttons.
• Customizing the Quick Selector - Describe how to setup your scanner for your
scanning application.
• Using Quick Selector - Presents how to use the Quick Selector efficiently.

Quick Selector Installing Quick Selector
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Installing the Software
Configuring your System
To operate Quick Selector well, it is recommended that your system meets the following
minimum requirements:
• IBM compatible PC 486, Pentium or later
• Microsoft Windows95
• One printer port available (enhanced parallel port recommended)
• 20 Megabytes of available hard disk space for installation
• 8 Megabytes of RAM (16 Megabytes or higher recommended)
• A video graphics array (VGA) monitor
• A Microsoft Windows-compatible pointing device (For example, mouse);
• A CD-ROM drive

Installing the Software Quick Selector
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Installing Quick Selector
Installing Quick Selector is extremely easy. Just follow the procedure described below:
1. Start your Windows 95.
2. Place the CD into your CD-ROM drive. An installation menu will automatically pop
up.
3. If the installation menu does not automatically pop up, go to the Start button and
choose Run. Type d:\setup.exe (d: your CD-ROM drive in use) and follow the
instruction on the screen to complete the installation.
4. In the final Installation screen, choose Finish and then restart your Windows 95.
5. If the installation program has been installed successfully, a Quick Selector Controller
appears in the lower-right corner of the taskbar.
6. Install Fax/E-mail software and modem if you wish to use Quick Selector Fax/E-mail
features.
Note:
Once you have completed the software installation, the Scanner Driver, MGI
PhotoSuite(the image-editing application), PaperCom Document Manager,(the document
management application), and PaperCom Quick Selector(the scanning assistant
application) appears in your Programs groups.
Quick Selector Controller icon

Quick Selector Installing Quick Selector
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Uninstalling Quick Selector
To remove Quick Selector,
1. Click the Quick Selector Controller icon in the lower-right corner of the taskbar. A
pop-up menu is displayed.
2. Choose Close. The Quick Selector Controller icon disappears.
3. Go to the Start button. Choose Programs and Uninstall from the PaperCom Quick
Selector menu. The Quick Selector program is removed.
Note:
Quick Selector Controller responds to the signals from the Push button located at the
lower-right corner of your scanner. Whether you need to remove Quick Selector or start
Quick Selector, you need to first close or start Quick Selector Controller.
To close Quick Selector Controller,
1. Click Quick Selector Controller at the lower-right corner of the taskbar. A pop-up
menu appears.
2. Click Close on the pop-up menu. Quick Selector Controller disappears.
To start Quick Selector Controller,
1. Click the Start button. Choose Programs and PaperCom Quick Selector. Then
choose Quick Selector Controller.
2. The Quick Selector Controller appear in the lower-right corner of the task bar.
Quick Selector Controller icon
A pop-up menu
Quick Selector
Controller icon

Quick Tour to Quick Selector Quick Selector
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Quick Tour to Quick Selector
If you are new to Quick Selector, this chapter helps you to learn the basic features of
Quick Selector in a short time. From several examples provided here, you can quickly
learn to use Quick Selector and have funs with it.
Starting Quick Selector
You can start Quick Selector by simply pressing any one button of the Push buttons at
the front of the scanner OR by choosing the Start button and Quick Selector from the
Programs menu OR by choosing Restore from the Quick Selector Controller pop-up
menu.
1. Press one of the three push button at the lower-right corner of the scanner or choose
Start>Programs>PaperCom Quick Selector>PaperCom Quick Selector.
2. The Quick Selector main window as shown in below appears on the screen.
OR
1. Click the Quick Selector Controller in the lower-right corner of the taskbar. A pop-up
menu appear.
2. Choose Restore from the pop-up menu to bring up the Quick Selector main window.
A pop-up menu

Quick Selector Quick Tour to Quick Selector
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Components of Quick Selector main window
Quick Selector main window
Find: Search your file stored in Document Manager application.
File: Export your scanned image to Document Manager application.
Edit: Export your scanned image to Image Editor.
E-mail: Export your scanned image to E-mail.
Copy: Print your scanned image.
Fax: Export your scanned image to Fax.
OCR: Export your scanned image to OCR.
WWW: Export your scanned image to WWW.

Quick Tour to Quick Selector Quick Selector
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How to use Quick Selector
Quick Selector is easy to learn and use. The procedure to scan and export your image or
text document to various scanning applications is similar. The following examples show
you how to scan and export your image to one of the application (for example, MGI
PhotoSuite which came with the scanner.) You can also follow the same procedure if
you want to scan and export your image or document to other application(for example, if
you want to export to OCR, click OCR button in step 7.)
Example I : Scanning to Image Editor(Basic)
This example explains how to use the Quick Selector with the default setting.
1. Connect your scanner and PC correctly.(Refer to the user manual of the scanner)
2. Place your image on the document glass of your scanner.
3. Press one push button (either one of the three button located at the front of the
scanner.)
Or
Choose Start>Programs>PaperCom Quick Selector>PaperCom Quick Selector.
4. The Quick Selector main window appear.
5. Click the Preview button. A quick preview image at a low resolution appears in
the center of the Quick Selector window.
6. Click anywhere on the preview image. Hold down your left mouse button and
drag diagonally. A red frame will drawn around the selected area.
7. Click Edit button.
8. The MGI PhotoSuite starts and the portion you selected in step 7 appears in
MGI PhotoSuite screen.
9. Enjoy editing with MGI PhotoSuite.

Quick Selector Quick Tour to Quick Selector
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The MGI PhotoSuite window
Tip:
In Step 6, if you wish to cancel the selected area, just click anywhere outside the selected
area on the preview image again. The selected area (the red framed area) will disappear.
Then, repeat step 6 to create a new selected area.
The Red Frame
The selected image area is displayed in
MGI PhotoSuite.
The Preview Image

Quick Tour to Quick Selector Quick Selector
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Note:
1. Refer to the following figure if you are not familiar with how to create a selection by
dragging your right mouse button:
2. The preceding procedure is a basic steps that follows the default setting of Quick
Selector. If you wish to change your scanner setting to achieve particular scanning
purpose(for example, when you want to change paper size, add another printer, or
another OCR application), please refer to the following Chapter - Customizing the
Quick Selector - to learn to change the scanner and application setting in the Setup
dialog box.

Quick Selector Quick Tour to Quick Selector
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Example II : Scanning to Image Editor (Advanced)
Unlike example I, the following example explains how to make your own scan by
customizing Quick Selector.
Let us take a color photo of 6 x 4 (inch). You want to edit the image with Quick
Selector image-editing application.
A. Choosing your Scanning Application
1. Click the Setup button to display the Setup dialog box.
2. Click Edit application button to display the image-editing application setting as well as
the scanner setting.
B. Choosing your Application Setting
3. Choose .pcx to be your file format.
C. Choosing your Scanner Setting
4. Choose 300 dpi from the Resolution drop-down list box.
5. Choose True Color from the Image Type drop-down list box.
6. Choose 6 x 4 (inch) from the Paper Size drop-down list box.
7. Choose OK to save the setting and return to Quick Selector main window.
D. Placing your Original
8. Place your photo down with the top right corner close to the Scanner Alignment
Mark.
Image Editor icon
Scanner Setting
Application Setting

Quick Tour to Quick Selector Quick Selector
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E. Enjoying Scan
10. Click the Edit application button.
Or
Use the Select button on the Scanner to select the Edit button and then press the Go
button.
Or
Select the Edit application button by pressing the Tab key and then pressing Enter.
11. The MGI PhotoSuite starts and your scanned image is displayed in MGI PhotoSuite
screen.
Tips:
Your recently selected application is saved when you leave Quick Selector main window
or turn off your computer. If you want to scan and link to the recently selected
application again, just press the Go button after turning on your computer and your
scanner. Quick Selector main window appears and for a while your image is scanned and
displayed in the recently selected application main window.

Quick Selector Quick Tour to Quick Selector
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Example III : Scanning to OCR
Follow these procedures to scan your text and perform an optical character recognition
(OCR) using Quick Selector.
Let us take a Portuguese text with an A5 size of paper as our example. We are using
Quick Selector OCR application. The recognized text will then be transferred to your
word processor for further editing.
A. Choosing your Scanning Application
1. Click the Setup button to display the Setup dialog box.
2. Click OCR application button to display the OCR application setting as well as the
scanner setting.
B. Choosing your Application Setting
3. Choose Portuguese from the Language drop-down list box.
C. Choosing your Scanner Setting
4. Choose 300 dpi from the Resolution drop-down list box.
5. Choose Line Art from the Image Type drop-down list box.
6. Choose A5 from the Paper Size drop-down list box.
7. Choose Apply or OK to save the setting and return to Quick Selector main window.
The OCR button
Application Setting
Scanner Setting

Quick Tour to Quick Selector Quick Selector
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D. Placing your Original
9. Place your text document down with the top right corner close to the Scanner
Alignment Mark.
E. Enjoying Scan
10. Click OCR application button
Or
Use the Select button on the scanner to select the OCR application button then press
the Go button.
Or
Select the OCR application button by pressing the Tab key and then pressing Enter.
11. Your text is scanned and displayed in a word processor.
Note:
1. The OCR software supports 12 languages. These languages include English, German,
French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, Portuguese,
and Russian.
2. Your recently selected application is saved when you leave Quick Selector main
window or turn off your computer. If you want to scan and link to the recently
selected application again, just press the Go button after turning on your computer and
your scanner. Quick Selector main window appears and for a while your image is
scanned and displayed in the recently selected application main window.
The text shown in a
word processor.

Quick Selector Quick Tour to Quick Selector
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Example IV : Turning your Scanner to a Fax Machine
If you already installed the fax software on your computer and connected a fax modem to
your computer, you can turn your scanner into a fax machine through Quick Selector.
Let us take a letter-sized document. You want to fax the document to one of your
business associate through Microsoft Fax in Quick Selector. Check if Microsoft Fax has
already been installed. If not, install Microsoft Fax before installing Quick Selector and
then proceed the following steps:
A. Choosing your Scanning Application
1. Click the Setup button to display the Setup dialog box.
2. Click Fax application button to display the Fax application setting and the default
scanner setting.
B. Choosing your Application Setting
3. Choose Microsoft Fax from the Fax Name drop-down list box.
C. Choosing your Scanner Setting
4. Use default scanner setting(Resolution:200 dpi, Paper Size: Letter, Image Type: Line
art) or you may change the scanner setting from the drop-down list box.
5. Choose OK to save the setting and return to Quick Selector main window.
D. Placing your Original
9. Place your typed document down with the top right corner close to the Scanner
Alignment Mark.
The Fax button
Application Setting
Scanner Setting

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E. Enjoying Scan
10. Click the Fax software button
Or
Use the Select button of the scanner to select the Fax software button and then press
the Go button.
Or
Select Fax software button by pressing the Tab key and then press Enter.
11. Your document is scanned and a Printer dialog box appears.
12. Verify your fax driver in the Printer dialog and choose OK.
13. Use Microsoft Fax as you usually do.
Tip:
Your recently selected application is saved when you leave Quick Selector main window
or turn off your computer. If you want to scan and link to the recently selected
application again, just press the Go button after turning on your computer and your
scanner. Quick Selector main window appears and for a while your image is scanned and
displayed in the recently selected application main window.