iVina 1200P User manual

User’s Manual
For iVina 1200P Color Image Scanner
Doc. No.250-0227-E Rev. 1.0
iVina Inc.

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iVina 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.
iVina 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.
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.
FCC CAUTION: To assure continued compliance, (example - use only shield interface cables
when connecting to computer or peripheral devices). Any changes or modifications not expressly
approved by the manufacture of this device could void the user's authority to operate the
equipment. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device
must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Responsible Party: iVina INC.
732 Sussex Place, Milpitas, CA 95035,
USA
Telephone Number: [phone]

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EC Declaration of Conformity
Manufacturer's Name: iVina Inc.
Manufacturer's Address: 732 Sussex Place, Milpitas, CA 95035, USA
declare that the product
Model Number : iVina 1200P
conforms to the following Product Specifications:
Emission: EN 50081-1 (1992)
EN 55022 (Class B) (1994) (Conducted/Radiated)
EN 61000-3-2 (Hormonics)(1996)
EN 61000-3-3(Flicker) (1995)
Immunity: EN50082-1 (1992)
IEC 1000-4-2 (ESD) (1995)
IEC 1000-4-3 (RS) (1995)
IEC 1000-4-4 (EFT/Burst) (1995)
IEC 1000-4-5 (SURGE) (1995)
Safety:
Compliance: Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC
UL , C-UL , TUV/GS

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TABLE OFCONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................ 1-1
CHAPTER 2 SCANNER INSTALLATION ............................................................... 2-1
PRECAUTIONS............................................................................................2-1
UNLOCKING YOUR SCANNER...................................................................2-1
CONNECTING THE CABLES.......................................................................2-2
PLACING YOUR ORIGINAL.........................................................................2-2
CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ............................................................ 3-1
SYSTEM REQUIREMENT............................................................................3-1
THE INSTALLATION PROCEDURES ..........................................................3-1
CHAPTER 4 CUSTOMIZING YOUR BUTTON PREFERENCES............................ 4-1
A GLANCE OF THE BUTTONS ...................................................................4-1
BUTTON FUNCTION ...................................................................................4-1
COPY BUTTON .................................................................................4-1
OCR BUTTON....................................................................................4-1
SCAN BUTTON..................................................................................4-1
EMAIL BUTTON.................................................................................4-1
CUSTOMIZNG YOUR BUTTON PREFERENCES........................................4-2
CUSTOMIZING YOUR COPY PREFERENCES.................................4-2
CUSTOMIZING YOUR OCR PREFERENCES...................................4-3
CUSTOMIZING YOUR SCAN PREFERENCES .................................4-5
CUSTOMIZING YOUR EMAIL PREFERENCES ................................4-6

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CHAPTER 5 WORKING WITH THE PUSH BUTTONS........................................... 5-1
MAKING YOUR FIRST COPY......................................................................5-1
SCANNING YOUR TEXT TO AN OCR APPLICATION.................................5-2
SCANNING YOUR PHOTO TO PAPERPORT .............................................5-2
SENDING YOUR IMAGE TO AN EMAIL APPLICATION..............................5-3
CHAPTER 6 SCANNING FROM WITHIN A TWAIN COMPLIANT APPLICATIONS 6-1
STARTING YOUR FIRST SCAN FROM WITHIN A TWAIN APPLICATION.6-1
USING IVINA TWAIN WINDOW ..................................................................6-3
IMAGE TYPE .....................................................................................6-3
SCANNING PARAMETERS & IMAGE CONTROL..............................6-6
SCANNING ......................................................................................6-12
CHAPTER 7 CARE AND MAINTENANCE .............................................................. 7-1
CLEANING...................................................................................................7-1
CHAPTER 8 TROUBLESHOOTING....................................................................... 8-1
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS...........................................................8-1
TECHNICAL SUPPORT...............................................................................8-2
CHAPTER 9 SPECIFICATIONS.............................................................................. 9-1
MODEL: IVINA 1200P...................................................................................9-1
INDEX...............................................................................................................................A

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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing iVina 1200P color image scanner. iVina is one of the leading company in
the world to deliver high quality image scanner.
iVina 1200P is a new flatbed scanner with evident push buttons at the front. These buttons feature
one-step operation, which makes scanning intuitive, quick, and virtually user friendly.
To ensure the optimum performance of the scanner, please take a few minutes to read through
this manual before you install and operate the scanner. The manual contains valuable information
of how to unpack, install, operate, and maintain the scanner properly. Figure 1-1 below shows the
package contents. Please check if all items are well received. If there is any item missing or
damaged, please contact your nearest dealer immediately for replacement.
Figure 1-1 Package Contents
Note: When unpacking the scanner, retain the packing material and shipping box in case
you may transport the scanner in the future.
1. Scanner main unit
2. Bundled Software CD
& Quick Guide
3. Power adaptor
4. Scanner Cable
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Chapter 2 SCANNER INSTALLATION
PRECAUTIONS
v Keep the scanner out of direct sunlight. Direct exposure to the sun or excessive heat may
cause damage to the unit.
v Do not install the scanner in a humid or dusty place.
v Be sure to use the proper AC power source.
v Place the scanner securely on an even, flat surface. Tilted or uneven surfaces may cause
mechanical problems.
UNLOCKING YOUR SCANNER
To protect the scanning unit from damage during transportation, a lock switch is designed at the
back of the scanner to keep the scanning unit from moving. To unlock the scanner, move the
lock switch up as shown in Fig. 2-1.
“Unlock” position “Lock” position
Figure 2-1 Unlocking the Scanner
Note: When you need to transport the scanner, be sure to move the lock switch to the
“lock position”; otherwise , unexpected damage should cause the scanner malfunction and
void the warranty.

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CONNECTING THE CABLES
Connect iVina 1200P to your computer as shown in Figure 2-2.
1. Plug one end of the supplied scanner cable to the parallel port at the back of the scanner and
the other end into your computer where the printer port cable was plugging.
2. Connect the small end of the power adapter into the power jack on the back of the scanner.
3. Plug the large end of the power adapter to the power outlet. Now, the scanner will be
automatically powered on.
Figure 2-2 Cable connection
PLACING YOUR ORIGINAL
Open the document cover and then place your original face down on the document glass as shown
in Fig. 2-3. Make sure to align the upper right corner of your original to the alignment mark.
Figure 2-3 Placing the original
1. Scanner
2. Host computer
3. Parallel port
4. Power cable
5. Scanner cable(supplied)
6. Printer cable(not supplied)
7. Printer
1. Document cover
2. Original document
3. Alignment mark
4. Document glass
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Chapter 3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
SYSTEM REQUIREMENT
To run iVina 1200P at rated speed, the following minimum requirements are highly recommended:
• IBM compatible PC 486, Pentium or later
• Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT
• One printer port available (EPP/ECP/SPP)
• 100 Megabytes of available hard disk space for installation
• 16 Megabytes of RAM (32 Megabytes or higher recommended)
• A video graphics array (VGA) monitor
• A Microsoft Windows-compatible pointing device (e.g., mouse)
• A CD-ROM drive
THE INSTALLATION PROCEDURES
Before installation, please close all the applications including the anti-virus program running at
your computer.
1. Insert the supplied CD into your CD-ROM. The
Installation menu as shown in Figure 3-1
appears.
Note: If the Installation menu fails to appear, an
alternative method is to click the Start button on
the task bar, choose Run, and type
“d:\cdsetup.exe” (D: your CD-ROM drive in use)
and click O.K.
2. Click “Install Software”. A second menu shown
as Figure 3-2 appears. This menu lists various
software contained in the CD including the
scanner driver and the bundled software
applications such as MGI PhotoSuite, Xerox
TextBridge OCR, and Button Manager, and
PaperPort.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the
scanner driver and all the applications
individually.
4. Restart the computer after the above installation
have been completed done.
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Chapter 4 CUSTOMIZING YOUR BUTTON
PREFERENCES
A GLANCE OF THE BUTTONS
Figure 4-1 A glance of the buttons
BUTTON FUNCTION
COPY BUTTON
A press of the Copy button allows you to get an immediate copy for your scanned image directly
from your printer.
OCR BUTTON
A press of the OCR button allows you to convert your original text into editable text with a word
processor.
SCAN BUTTON
A press of the Scan button allows you to scan your photo and display the image on the desktop of
PaperPort, the powerful document management application.
EMAIL BUTTON
A press of the Email button allows you to send your scanned image to your email application as an
attached file.

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CUSTOMIZNG YOUR BUTTON PREFERENCES
CUSTOMIZING YOUR COPY PREFERENCES
1. After installing the Button Manager software application and restarting your computer, the
Preferences dialogs box will be automatically displayed as shown in Figure 4-1.
An alternative method to prompt the Preferences dialog box is to double-click the iVina Button
Manager icon at the right corner of your task bar and choose “Preferences” when
a pop-up menu appears.
Figure 4-2
Note: If the iVina Button Manager icon at your task bar contains an exclamation mark like
, this means you have not selected the right scanner. Please click the iVina Button Manager
icon then choose “Select scanner” and select “iVina 1200P”. Finally choose “connect scanner”.
Then, the exclamation mark will be disappeared.
2. To customize the Copy preferences, please refer to the following steps.
Figure 4-3 iVina Copier
1). Check to display the iVina Copier as shown in Figure 4-3 which allows you to operate it
as a normal copier.
To customize your iVina Copier preferences, please refer to next page.
2). Choose proper image type. (See Chapter 6 for more detail about the image type.)
3). Choose proper scan size from a list of Letter, A4, A5, 3”x5”, Business Card, etc.
4). Choose proper resolution. (See Chapter 6 for more detail about the resolution.)
5). Adjust the degree of your brightness by moving the slider to the right or left.
6). Choose your printer.
7). Choose ”OK” to save the above settings.
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CUSTOMIZING YOUR IVINA COPIER PREFERENCES
1. If the item of “Display Copier UI” was previously selected in the Copy preferences dialog box,
after pressing the Copy button, the iVina Copier window as shown below will be displayed.
Figure 4-4 iVina Copier window
2. Press the Preferences button to display the iVina Copy preferences dialog box. The
Preferences dialog box allows you to change the settings to produce the best copy result.
Details in choosing the best setting for your particular original, please refer to Chapter 6.
Figure 4-5 Copier Preferences dialog box
1). Resolution: Select proper resolution. (Refer to Chapter 6.)
2). Scan Size:Select proper scan size including Max., Letter, A4, B5, A5, and
Auto Crop.Among them, the auto crop is a convenient feature to automatically
crop your scanned image to fit your existing paper even if your original is not
aligned near the alignment mark. This is particularly useful if your printer comes
with fit to page feature.
3). Mode: Select proper image mode including Gray, LineArt, Halftone,
Background Removal, Auto.Among them, background removal can
automatically remove the unwanted background color for your original to
sharpen your text. The Auto is an optimized mode regardless of the contents of
your original.
CUSTOMIZING YOUR OCR PREFERENCES
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1. Copy count
2. Brightness
3. Contrast
4. Start Black & White copy
5. Start Color copy
6. Preferences
7. Exit
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1. Repeat step 1 in the previous section Customizing your Copy preferences.
2. In the Preferences dialog shown as Figure 4-2, choose the “OCR” tab to display the OCR
preferences dialog box as shown in Figure 4-6.
3. To customize your OCR preferences, please refer to the following steps.
Figure 4-6 OCR Preferences dialog box
1). Choose proper scan size from a list of Letter, A4, A5, 5”x3”, Business Card, etc.
2). Choose proper resolution (Recommend to choose 300 dpi). (See Chapter 6 for more
detail about the resolution.)
3). Adjust the degree of your brightness by moving the slider to the right or left.
4). Choose the location of your word processor.
5). Choose your desired language for your original text.
6). Choose ”OK” to save the above settings.
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CUSTOMIZING YOUR SCAN PREFERENCES
1. Repeat step 1 in the previous section Customizing your Copy preferences.
2. In the Preferences dialog shown as Figure 4-2, choose “Scan” tab to display the Scan
preferences dialog box as shown in Figure 4-7..
3. To customize the Scan preferences, please refer to the following steps.
Figure 4-7 The Scan Preferences dialog
1). Choose proper image type. (See Chapter 6 for more detail about the image type.)
2). Choose proper scan size from a list of Letter, A4, Business Card, etc.
3). Choose proper resolution. (See Chapter 6 for more detail about the resolution.)
4). Adjust the degree of your brightness by moving the slider to the right or left.
5). Choose ”OK” to save the above settings.
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CUSTOMIZING YOUR EMAIL PREFERENCES
1. Repeat step 1 in the previous section Customizing your Copy preferences.
2. In the Preferences dialog shown as Figure 4-2, choose “Email” tab to display the Email
preferences dialog box as shown in Figure 4-8.
3. To customize the Email preferences, please refer to the following steps.
Figure 4-8 the Email Preferences dialog
1). Choose proper image type. (See Chapter 6 for more detail about the image type.)
2). Choose proper scan size from a list of Letter, A4, Business Card, etc.
3). Choose proper resolution. (See Chapter 6 for more detail about the resolution.)
4). Adjust the degree of your brightness by moving the slider to the right or left.
5). Choose proper Email software application.
6). Click the Help button to follow the procedure to set up proper email software as your
default email software application. Otherwise, the email button can not function properly.
7). Choose ”OK” to save the above settings.
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Note #1: Followings are the respective procedures to set up the default e-mail software application
for several popular e-mail software applications such as Outlook Express, Netscape Messenger, or
Eudora:
Outlook Express
1). Select Options from the Tools menu in Outlook Express.
2). In the Options dialog box, click the General tab.
3). Select the “Make Outlook Express my default e-mail program” option.
4). Select the “Make Outlook Express my simple MAPI client” sub option.
5). Choose “Apply” and close Outlook Express.
Netscape Messenger
1). Select Preferences from the Edit menu in Netscape.
2). From the category list, select Mail Server from the Mail & Groups item.
3). Click the More Option button.
4). From the More Mail Server preferences dialog box, select Use Netscape Messenger
from MAPI-based applications.
5). Close Netscape Messenger.
Eudora
1). Select Options from the Tools menu in Eudora.
2). From the category list, select MAPI.
3). Select “Always from the USE QUALCOMM Eudora MAPI server” option.
4). Choose “Apply” and close Eudora.
Note #2: The following table lists the major default settings for the linked applications:
Setting Copy OCR Scan Email
Image Type Black & white Black & white True color True color
Scan Size Letter Letter Letter 6”x4”
Resolution 100 dpi 300 dpi 100 dpi 100 dpi

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Chapter 5 WORKING WITH THE PUSH BUTTONS
This section provides the simple operation steps with illustrations to make the best of the button
scanner.
MAKING YOUR FIRST COPY
1. Place your original face down on the document glass.
2. Press the Copy button. The scanning message is first displayed, and then in a second the
copying is done through a designated printer.
Or
2. If the item of “Display Copier UI” was previously selected in the Copy preferences dialog
box, after pressing the Copy button, the iVina Copier window as shown below will be
displayed to allow you to access a variety of copy features and operate it just like a normal
copier.
Figure 5-1 iVina Copier window
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1. Copy count
2. Brightness
3. Contrast
4. Start Black & White copy
5. Start Color copy
6. Preferences
7. Exit

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SCANNING YOUR TEXT TO AN OCR APPLICATION
1. Place your original face down on the document glass.
2. Press the OCR button. Your original text will be automatically converted into editable text in
a word processor.
Figure 5-2 A word processor window
SCANNING YOUR PHOTO TO PAPERPORT
1. Place your original face down on the document glass.
2. Press the Scan button. Your scanned image will be displayed in the desktop of PaperPort.
Figure 5-3 PaperPort desktop
Note:
See detailed PaperPort user’s manual to learn to know the powerful document management
tool.
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SENDING YOUR IMAGE TO AN EMAIL APPLICATION
1. Place your original on the document glass.
2. Press the Email button. The scanning message is displayed and within a few seconds, your
original image is scanned and sent to the designated email application as an attached file
shown below (See the following illustration.)
Figure 5-4 Netscape Messenger window
Figure 5-5 Outlook Express window
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Chapter 6 SCANNING FROM WITHIN A TWAIN
COMPLIANT APPLICATIONS
The iVina 1200P provides an alternative method to scan your image without pressing the push
buttons. You can start iVina TWAIN window from within a TWAIN compliant application to
proceed your scanning task. The command to start the iVina TWAIN window may vary due to
different software applications. To check the correct command, please refer to the user manual of
the relevant software application.
STARTING YOUR FIRST SCAN FROM WITHIN A TWAIN APPLICATION
1. Start your TWAIN compliant application such as PaperPort (which is bundled in the CD),
or Adobe PhotoShop after placing the document upside down on the document glass.
2. From the File menu, choose Select Source to select iVina 1200P your Twain source.
Figure 6-1 Select Source dialog box
3. Choose Acquire to prompt the iVina TWAIN window as shown in Figure 6-2.
4. Click the Preview or Scan button to preview or scan your document or image.
*TWAIN: Stands for Technology Without An Interesting Name, an industry-standard protocol which
exchanges information between the application and image acquisition device such as scanner