Avision AVA6 User Manual

Color image Scanner

User Manual

Avision Inc.

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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.

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, t he implied warrant ies
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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EC Declaration of Conformity

According to EN45014

Manufacturer's Name: AVISION INC.
Manufacturer's Address: No. 20, Creation

Road I, Science-Based
Industrial Park,
Hsinchu, Taiwan,
R.O.C.

declare that the product
Model Number : AVA6

conforms to the following Product Specifications:
Emission: EN 50081-1 (1992)

EN 55022 (Class B)
(Conducted Radiated) (1994)
EN 60555-2 (Harmonics) (1987)
EN 60555-3 (Flicker) (1987)

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)

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System Requirements

Windows

¾ IBM compatible PC Pentium III 600 or higher
¾ Microsoft Windows 98 / 98SE / Me / 2000 / XP
¾ USB port (Hi-Speed with USB 2.0 card only)

(Compatible with USB 1.1)

¾ At least 100 MB of free hard disk space
¾ At least 128 MB of system memory

¾ A CD-ROM drive

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Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................1-1

2. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION .................................2-1

2.1 INSTALLING THE CD SOFTWARE.............................2-1

3. SCANNER INSTALLATION....................................3-1

3.1 REMOVING THE SHIPPING LOCK ..............................3-2

3.2 CONNECTING THE CABLES....................................3-3

4. COMPLETING YOUR FIRST SCAN ......................... 4-1

4.1 LOADING YOUR PAPER ........................................4-1

4.2 SCANNING WITH IMAGE EDITING SOFTWARE ...............4-2

5. EDITING YOUR IMAGE ........................................ 5-1

5.1 USING THE BASIC FEATURES.................................5-1

4.2 USING THE ADVANCED FEATURES ..........................5-11

4.3 USING OTHER TOOLS......................................... 5-19

6. USING THE BUTTONS .......................................... 6-1

6.1 CUSTOMIZING YOUR BUTTON SETTINGS.....................6-1

6.2 USING THE BUTTONS..........................................6-3

7. TECHNICAL SERVICE...........................................7-1

8. SPECIFICATIONS ................................................8-1

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1. Introduction

Congratulations on your purchase of the AVA6 color image
scanner. Avision is one of the leading companies in the
world to develop high performance sheet-fed scanners.

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.

The following figure indicates the package contents. 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. AVA6 Main Unit

2. USB Cable

3. Power Adapter/cord

4. Quick Guide/CD

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2. Software Installation

2.1 Installing the CD Software

1. Insert the supplied CD into your CD-ROM. The installation
menu appears, as shown below:

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.

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2. Click “Install Scanner Driver” to install the TWAIN driver.

3. Click “Install AVCapture” to install the application

software.

4. Follow the on-screen instructions to install applications

respectively.

5. Restart the PC after installing all software applications

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3. 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 or
paper-feeding problems.

 Retain the scanner box and packing materials for

shipping purposes.

 Use only the SINO-AMERICAN AC adapter (SAL124A-2410U-

6) included with the machine. Using other AC adapters may
damage the machine and void the warranty.

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3.1 Removing the shipping lock

Unlock the scanner by moving the lock switch beneath it to the
“Unlock” position. (Refer to the Lock/Unlock figure as below.)

lock

unlock

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3.2 Connecting the Cables

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Make sure the power of scanner is off.

3.2.1 Connecting to Power

Plug the small end of the power adaptor into the power jack of
your scanner. Insert the other end to an appropriate power
outlet.

Power Cable

3.2.2 Connecting to Computer

1. 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

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2. The computer should detect a new USB device and prompt a
“New Hardware Found” message.

(Windows 9X/Windows ME) (Windows 2000/XP)

3. In Windows 9X or Windows ME, confirm that the “Search
for a better driver.” is selected and click the “Next”
button.

In Windows XP, click the Next button to continue.

4. During the process, the Windows XP certification screen
will appear. Ignore the contents and choose “Continue
Anyway” to complete the installation.

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5. When the Finish dialog is prompted, click the Finish
button.

(Windows 9X/Windows ME) (Windows 2000/XP)

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4. Completing Your First

Scan

4.1 Loading Your Paper

Align the document to the reference mark, as indicated.

reference
mark

Document

(the text
face down)

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4.2 Scanning with image editing software

The scanner driver is not a stand-alone program, it has to be
started from within a TWAIN-compliant or plug-in software
application and then the scanner driver is able to scan and load
the image to your computer. The command to start the
scanner driver may vary due to different software applications.

1. Start a TWAIN compliant software application such as

Roxio PhotoSuite 4 SE which is bundled in the CD.

2. Click Get>Scanner (TWAIN).

3. Choose AVA6 as your scanning source. (You only need

to do this once.)

4. Place the document FACE DOWN on the document

glass.

5. Click the Scan button to prompt the TWAIN user

interface.

6. Click Preview to get an initial scan of your document.

Allocate your scanned area and choose Scan button to

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scan the document.

7. Click Exit to return to the main screen and click Open

Library and Photos at the upper-right corner to open

your scanned image.

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1. Preview

2. Zoom View

3. Scan

4. Exit

5. Photos

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4.2.1 A Glance of the user interface

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1. Original

Choice: Flatbed

Source

2. Image Type Choice: Black & White, Halftone, 8-bit Gray,

8-bit Color, 24-bit Color.

3. Resolution Choice: 50, 72, 100, 144, 150, 200, 300,

600, 1200 (dpi).

4. Brightness: Adjust the brightness level from –100 to

+100.

5. Contrast Adjust the contrast level from –100 to +100.

6. Further

Tools

Descreen, Sharpen, Color Adjustment, Auto
Level , Advanced Settings (From left to
right).

7. Invert Reverse the color of your scanned image.

8. Mirror

Flap your image.

Function

9. Crop Resize your scanned area.

10. Paper Size Select your paper size from Card 4”x2.5”,

Photo 5”x3”, Photo 6”x4”, A5, B5, A4, Letter,
Legal, or scanner maximum.

11. Measuring

Choice: cm, Inch, and Pixel.

Unit

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5. Editing Your Image

5.1 Using the Basic Features

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1. Scan Method

Choosing Your Scan Method

Choice:flatbed

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5.1.2 Selecting a Proper Image Type

1. Image Type

Please see following
table for a choice of an
ideal image type.

Black & White Choose B&W if your original contains only

B&W text, pencil or ink sketch.

Halftone Halftones are reproduction of image that

gives the illusion gray. An example of
halftone imaged would be the pictures you
see in newspapers.

8-bit Gray 8-bit Gray images contain actual shades of

gray.

8-bit Color 8-bit Color image provides 256 levels of

color hues.

24-bit Color Choose 24-bit Color if you wish to scan a

color image.

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Black & White Halftone Gray

8-bit Color 24- bit Color

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4.1.3 Determining a Proper Resolution

1. Resolution

A proper resolution
reproduces a clear image
with good details. The
resolution is measured
by dots per inch (dpi).

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Resolution: 50

Resolution: 100 dpi

dpi

Note

For your information, an A4 size color image scanned at 300 dpi at
True Color mode consumes approximately 25 MB of disk space. A
higher resolution (usually means over 600 dpi) is only
recommended when you need to scan a small area at True Color
mode.

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4.1.4 Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast

1. Brightness

Adjusts the lightness
or darkness of an
image. The higher
the value, the
brighter the image.

2. Contrast

Adjusts the range
between the darkest
and the lightest
shades in the image.
The higher the
contrast, the bigger
the different
grayscale.

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Decrease

Normal Increase Brightness

Brightness

Decrease Normal Increase Contrast

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Contrast

4.1.5 Enlarging Previewed Image

1. Zoom View

Enlarge your previewed
image to the max. of the
preview window.

Note this function only
enlarging your preview
image. This does not
enlarge your real
image.

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Before Zoom After Zoom

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4.1.6 Inverting and Selecting Your Image

1. Invert

The invert command
reverses the brightness
and the color in the
image. For color images,
each pixel will be changed
into its complementary
color at the command of
Invert.

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Before Invert After Invert

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2. Mirror Function

Reverse the right and left side of your image.

Before Mirror After Mirror

3. Auto Select Image

Automatically set the whole image as your scan area. (Or

you may resize the area by “drag and drop” diagonally.)

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1. Descreen

Eliminates the
patterns* commonly
found in printed
matter.

2. Sharpen

Sharpen the scanned
image.

Before Descreen After Descreen

moire

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Before Sharpen

After Sharpen

*Moire pattern: An undesirable pattern in a color printing
resulting from incorrect screen angle of overprinting halftone.

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3. Color Adjustment

Adjusts the color quality of the image so that it comes
close to the original. This function uses default
parameters to adjust the image.

Normal

After Color Matching

4. Auto Level

Automatically adjusts the highlight and shadow areas of

the scanned image to optimize your image.

Normal

After Auto Level

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4.2.1 The Switch
button

1. Click the button to pop

up the advanced
settings bar at the
right side. The
advanced settings
include
Highlight/Shadow,
Hue/Saturation/Lightn
ess, Curve, Color
Balance, Color Drop­out.

2. The Advanced Settings
bar

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4.2.2 Adjusting Highlight/Shadow Levels

Highlight refers the lightest point in a scanned
image while shadow refers the darkest point.
Using Highlight and Shadow tool together allows
you to extend the range of color and reveal more
details in a gray or color image.

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1. Shadow: The darkest point of an image.

2. Gamma: The midtones of the image.

3. Highlight: The lightest point of an image.

4. Pointer: Move the pointer to change the value.

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When the value of gamma changes, the image changes
accordingly.

Gamma Value:

1.0

Gamma Value: 1.4

Gamma Value:

2.0

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When the value of highlight and shadow change, the
image changes accordingly.

Highlight: 255/Shadow:
0(Normal)

Highlight: 200/Shadow:0

Highlight: 210/Shadow:10

Highlight: 255/Shadow: 50

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4.2.3 Adjusting the Brightness Curve

Adjusts the midtones of the image without
dramatically altering then lightest and the
darkest areas.

When the curve is moved up or down, the image turn
brighter or darker.

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4.2.4 Changing Color Hue/Saturation/Lightness

Improve your image by changing the level of
hue/saturation/lightness.

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(2)

(3)

(1). Hue Adjust the hue by moving the triangle to

the right or left. (Note the level of
intensity for the color will be changed
simultaneously when the hue adjustment
is made).

(2).
Saturation

Move the triangle to the right to increase
the saturation level or to the left to
decrease the level. The level of
saturation decides if the color is pale or
rich.

(3). Lightness Increase the lightness by moving the

triangle to the right or to the left to
decrease the lightness.

Move the Saturation pointer to the right, the color
turns rich.

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4.2.5 Using Color Balance

The Color Balance allows you to obtain an optimal
image quality.

Move the pointer toward Red, the image turns
into a reddish hue.

Move the pointer toward Green, the image
turns into a greenish hue.

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4.2.6 Color Drop-out

Click the button and a dialog box in below will
be displayed. This dialog allows you to remove
one of the R (Red), G (Green), or B (Blue)
color channel. This function is particularly
useful when you need to convert text using
OCR software.

Note that this function supports only black &
white and gray image. Therefore, be sure to
choose any black & white or gray image type
while applying this function.

The effect on image after removing the G channel.

The effect on image after removing the R channel.

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4.3 Using other Tools

1. Measuring
Unit

A reminder of the measuring system in use.
By clicking the button, you can change the
measuring unit.

Choice: Inch, cm, Pixel.

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2. Paper Size Provide frequently scan sizes.

Choice: Card 4”x2.5”, Photo 5”x3”,
Photo 6”x4”, B5, A5, A4, Letter, and
Scanner Maximum.

3. Image Size Display image size for the scanned area.

4. Lock Image Fix your output width and height.

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6. Using the Buttons

6.1 Customizing your button settings

After you have successfully installed the scanner driver on your
computer, please customize your button settings to use the
buttons properly.

To Customize your Button Preferences,

1. Start your Button program by clicking Start> All
Programs> AVA6 PLUS >Preferences to prompt the

Preferences dialog.

<ID Photo>

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<Scan>

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1. Image Type: Choose a proper image type.

2. Scan Size: Choose your scan size.

3. Resolution: Choose a proper resolution .

4. Image Format: Choose an image format.

5. Image Editor: Choose your favorite image editing

application.

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Press the button you desire.

ID Photo :

Scan and load your scanned image to your default image
editing software application.

Scan:
Scan and load your scanned image to your chosen image
editing software application.

Scan

ID Photo

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7. Technical Service

Before contact Avision, 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);

 The name and version of your scanning software application;
 The version of your scanner driver.

Please call us at:

Headquarter

Avision Inc.

No. 20, Creation Road I, Science-Based Industrial Park,
Hsinchu 300, Taiwan, ROC
TEL: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
E-MAIL: [e-mail]

Web Site: http://www.avision.com.tw

US and Canada Area

Avision Labs, Inc.

6815 Mowry Ave., Newark CA 94560, USA

TEL: [phone]

FAX: [phone]

E-MAIL: [e-mail]

Web Site: http://www.avision.com

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8. Specifications

All specifications are subject to change without notice.

Scanner Type: Desktop flatbed

Optical Resolution: 600 dpi * 1200 dpi

Scanning Modes: Black & White mode

8-bit gray scale

24-bit color

Max. Document Size: 105mmx148mm

Interface: USB

Power Source: 24V, 0.8A

Power Consumption: 12W

Dimensions: (WxHxD) 253 mm x 160 mm x 55 mm

Weight: 0.8 kgs

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