Ostec KoPa A99 User manual
KoPa Scanner
A99
User's Manual
Ver 1.0
SHENZHEN OSTEC OPTO-ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.
http://www.ostec.com.cn
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Content
Chapter 1 Start ................................................ 1
1.1 Safety Warnings and Precautions ........................... 1
1.2 Installation Instructions .................................. 2
1.3 Functions of Device ..................................... 6
Chapter 2 Introduction of Software Interface ......................... 8
2.1 Video Mode ........................................... 8
2.1.1 Real Time Preview Toolbar................................................9
2.1.2 Real-time Scan Toolbar.....................................................15
2.1.3 Menu.................................................................................16
2.1.4 Preview Screen Adjustment..............................................18
2.2 Document Work Mode .................................. 21
2.2.1 Document Editing Toolbar................................................21
2.2.2 Menu.................................................................................28
2.2.3 Document Preview Picture Adjustment............................29
2.2.4 Document Thumbnail Box................................................30
Chapter3 Help ............................................... 31
3.1 Fix Camera Height ..................................... 31
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3.2 Other Purposes ........................................ 31
3.3 Security Exit .......................................... 31
Chapter4 Tips ................................................ 32
4.1 How to improve the character recognition rate? .............. 32
4. 2 How to Edit Text File? ................................. 32
4. 3 Scanned Documents with Spots? .......................... 32
Chapter 5 Common Questions and Resolutions ...................... 33
KoPa Scanner A99 cannot work regularly ...................... 33
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Chapter 1 Start
1.1 Safety Warnings and Precautions
1) To avoid danger or damage incurred to the lens, do not touch the lens
directly with your fingers.
2) To avoid failure or electric shock hazard and so on, do not disassemble
or modify the internal structure of the device.
3) Do not plug in or unplug the USB when hands are wet.
4) Do not use alcohol and other organic solvents to clean the device.
5) If the lens are dirty or damp, you should better use dry and non-linen
fabric or professional lens tissue to wipe them. To avoid scratches on the
surface, do not touch the lens with your fingers. Wipe the lens lightly.
6) The products are not specifically designed for an outdoor use. Do not
expose it to outdoor environment without any protection. Excessive
temperature and humidity will damage the lens.
7) Please use in the following environment: Temperature: 0℃～ 40℃;
relative humidity: 45% ～85%.
8) If any foreign matter, water or liquid enter into the device by accident,
disconnect the USB cable immediately. Please send it to the maintenance
center and do not use the hair dryer to dry it by yourself.
9) To prevent the device from being tripped over or dropped, please put
away the device's USB cables in use or standby.
10) To avoid electric shock by accident, please power off the device before
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you move your PC or laptop.
1.2 Installation Instructions
Step 1: Start the computer and put the installation disk into the CD-ROM.
Step 2: Select "KoPaCam.exe" file. When the following window appears,
please choose the language and click .
Step 3: When the window"Welcome to the KoPaCam Setup Wizard"appears,
please click .
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Step 4: When the following window "Select Destination Location" appears,
click "Browse" to choose the file installation path.
Step 5: When you confirm the file installation path, click to
continue.
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Step 6: When the following window appears, click to confirm
your chosen file folder and then click .
Step 7: When the following window appears, please tick the shortcut you
need and then click .
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Step 8: Make sure whether the "Destination Location", "Start Menu
Folder"and"Additional Tasks" are installed correctly. After
confirming, please click .
Step 9: The progress bar will appear during the installation .When the
following window appears, the software is installed successfully.
Click to complete the installation. After the window
closes, check the KoPaCam icon on your desktop. If you cannot find
it, check "Start" →"All Programs".
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Step 10: Take the device’s USB port to connect to the PC or laptop. Then,
"Found a New Device" will appear on the screen, the driver
installation will be automatically completed by the system.
Step 11: Run "KoPa Scanner A99" on the desktop or "Start"→"All
Programs".
Tip 1: The system might prompt you to install a patch of "Microsoft .NET
Framework 4.0", when you are installing "KoPa Scanner A99".
Please follow the notice to download and install.
Tip2: Make sure that the KoPa scanner A99 has been connected with the
computer’s USB port before you run this device at the first time.
Otherwise, you can only operate . is invalid.
Tip 3: If the device is connected to the more than one USB port for the first
time, the system will automatically complete the driver installation
for every USB port.
Tip 4: Please close "KoPa Scanner" program first before unplug USB cable
from the KoPa scanner A99.
1.3 Functions of Device
After taking KoPa scanner A99 from the packing carton, please set up
the device with reference to the schematic diagram on the packaging tray.
Then connect the KoPa scanner to the computer correctly and open KoPa
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Scanner program. The software will automatically open and capture the
current scene. The preview interface is shown as below:
Tip 1: "KoPa Scanner" is only designed for KoPa scanner A99 and it may
not run or display abnormal for non-KoPa scanner A99.
Tip 2: Do not pull out KoPa scanner A99 when program is running.
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Chapter 2 Introduction of
Software Interface
When program is running, the following software interface is supposed to
appear:
2.1 Video Mode
Open KoPaCam Program. The program defaults to "video" mode. The
software operating interface is shown as above. You can select working mode
in .
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2.1.1 Real Time Preview Toolbar
Open KoPaCam program. The interface presets parameters related to image
display effects in order to be called for practical use.
2.1.1.1Preview Mode Selection
Preview mode has speed priority mode and quality priority mode. The
program defaults to quality priority. You can choose speed priority or quality
priority depending on your needs. Click .
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2.1.1.2Preview Resolution Selection
Preview resolution has mode 640×480，800×600, 1024×768, 1280×720，
1920×1080 and 2592×1944. The default value is 800×600. You can choose
any of them depending on your needs. Click .
2.1.1.3Video Preview-ParameterAdjustment
Users can adjust the corresponding parameters according to their preferences
so as to achieve the best preview and scan effects.
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Single Focus: KoPa Scanner A99 will perform auto focus once when click
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Continuous Focus: When you click , KoPa Scanner A99 will perform
continuous focus according to the environment. That is available
when you click this button once. When you click it again,
continuous focus fails, but you can be adjust it manually through
"Focus".
Focus: Adjust the focus parameter of KoPa Scanner A99 according to
environment. This parameter is adjusted manually and can only be
adjusted manually when "Continuous Focus" fails.
AE(Automatic Exposure): KoPa Scanner A99 can do automatic exposure
according to environment. That is valid when the AE option is
checked. When the option is unchecked, users can adjust it
through"Exposure".
Exposure Parameter Adjustment: Users can modify the exposure parameter
according to environment. This parameter adjusts based on
AE. This function is available when "AE" is unchecked.
Please notice the following samples under different kinds of exposure
parameters:
The exposure value is too low.
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The exposure value is suitable.
The exposure value is too high.
Auto White Balance: KoPa Scanner A99 can do auto white balance
according to environment. This function is available when this
option is checked. When it is not checked, users can make
adjustmentsby"WhiteBalance".
White Balance: Users can adjust white balance parameters according to
environment. This parameter is adjusted based on auto white
balance and is available when "Auto White Balance" option is
unchecked. Please notice the following samples under different
white balance parameters:
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White balance parameter is too low. White balance parameter is suitable.
White balance parameter is too high.
Brightness: The brightness of the whole picture can be changed and is used
with contrast regulation to make the best effect;
Contrast: Contrast between the light and dark of pictures can be changed and
is used with brightness control to make the best effect.
Saturation: Color saturation of the picture can be changed to make the best
effect.
After the completion of the above parameter adjustments, if results are not
satisfactory, press to recover the parameters set during ex-factory.
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2.1.1.4 Video Preview-Mode Selection
Software can preset parameters related to the image display based on
different applications in order to be called for actual use.
Photo (Image Mode): Suitable for most occasions;
Text (Text Mode): Scan and convert the preview screen to black-and-white
images with high-definition and high-contrast;
OCR (OCR Mode): Suitable for scanning text documents in order to improve
the rate of OCR character recognition;
Custom (User Customization Mode): Users can adjust appropriate
parameters according to the actual situation .Parameters are saved
in the second mode for the next call. Press to save.
Note: Parameters set during ex-factory are the same to those in Photo
(Image Mode).
2.1.1.5 LED Lighting Brightness Adjustment
The auxiliary lighting LED lights have six brightness levels. When this
option is checked, the brightness is in first class, as shown in image (1).
When the check is deleted, LED lights will automatically turn off, as shown
in image (2).
（1）（2）
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2.1.2 Real-time Scan Toolbar
Real-time scan toolbar is made up of two parts: Save Resolution and Save
Format.
2.1.2.1Save Resolution
When the preview resolution is 4:3, scan resolution can only be 4:3, 640×480，
800×600,1024×768,2592×1944. The default 4:3 maximum resolution is 2592
× 1944as shown in image (1). When the preview resolution is 16:9, the scan
resolution can only be 16:9, 1280 × 720 and 1920 × 1080. The default 16:9
maximum resolution is 1920 × 1080, as shown in image (2).
(1) (2)
2.1.2.2 Image Format
Image formats have .pdf，.bmp，.jpg and .png.The program defaults to.jpg.
You can choose any of them according to your need.
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2.1.3 Menu
From left to right: Set, Minimize, Maximum, Close.
2.1.3.1 Set
Click . There will be "Advanced Options" and "About" option.
"Advanced Options" is divided into two options "Scan" and "Video".
Scan: You can select the save path of images and PDF documents in this
mode, as shown in image (1).
Video: You can select the save path of video files and whether there is sound
when recording, as shown in image (2).
(1)
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(2)
Click"About". The following information will appear.Click to
exit.
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