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Digital Scan Copier DS310F

User's Manual

(D/N: 250-0244-E Rev. 1.0 )

Avision, Inc

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Page 1: ...Digital Scan Copier DS310F User s Manual D N 250 0244 E Rev 1 0 Avision Inc ...

Page 2: ...c mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without the prior written permission of the manufacturer 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 not...

Page 3: ...ore 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 shielded interface cables when connec...

Page 4: ...ark Hsinchu 300 Taiwan R O C declare that the product Model Number DS310F conforms to the following Product Specifications Emission EN 50081 1 1992 EN 55022 Class A Conducted Radiated 1994 Immunity EN 60555 2 Harmonics 1987 EN 60555 3 Flicker 1987 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 ...

Page 5: ...REMOVING ORIGINAL BACKGROUND 3 5 3 4 2 ENLARGING OR REDUCING YOUR ORIGINAL 3 6 3 4 3 AUTO ZOOMING YOUR ORIGINAL 3 7 3 4 4 CHANGING YOUR COPY DENSITY 3 8 3 4 5 CHOOSING YOUR COPY QUANTITY 3 8 3 4 6 ENHANCING YOUR COPY QUALITY 3 9 3 4 7 MAKING COPIES OF A 3D OBJECT 3 10 3 4 8 AUTOMATIC POWER SAVING 3 11 3 4 9 FOCUS ON PHOTO COPY TEXT COPY OR MIXED PHOTO TEXT COPY 3 12 4 USING DS310F AS A SCANNER 4 1...

Page 6: ...CK THE ADF 9 1 9 1 2 INSTALL THE ADF 9 2 9 1 3 UNLOCK THE DS310F 9 4 9 1 4 CONNECT THE CABLES 9 5 9 2 USING THE ADF 9 6 9 2 1 BEFORE YOU BEGIN 9 6 9 2 2 LOAD THE PAPER 9 7 9 2 3 START YOUR FIRST COPY 9 7 9 2 4 START YOUR FIRST SCAN 9 9 9 3 MAINTAINING THE ADF 9 13 9 3 1 CLEAN THE ADF 9 13 9 3 2 REPLACE THE ADF SNAP IN PAD MODULE 9 15 9 4 HOW TO CLEAR THE PAPER JAM 9 17 9 5 ADF SPECIFICATION 9 19 ...

Page 7: ...g sections introduce the unpacking hardware and software installation the operation and maintenance information to you Please spend a few minutes reading through them to keep quality scanning result possible Figure 1 1 shows the package contents Please check all the items against Figure 1 1 If there is any missing or damaged please contact your nearest dealer immediately for the replacement 1 Soft...

Page 8: ...t may cause damage to the unit Ÿ Do not install the DS310F in a humid or dusty place Ÿ Be sure to use the proper AC power source Ÿ Place the DS310F securely on an even flat surface Tilted or uneven surfaces may cause mechanical or paper feeding problems Ÿ Retain the DS310F box and packing materials for shipping purposes ...

Page 9: ...ring shipment the DS310F is designed with a lock switch beneath the main unit Therefore before using the DS310F it is required to unlock DS310F by moving the lock switch to the Use position See Figure 2 1 1 Shipping Position 2 Use Position Figure 2 1 Unlocking the DS310F À Á ...

Page 10: ...ONNECTING THE CABLE 2 3 1 CONNECTING DS310F TO WORK AS A COPIER Connect the power cable and signal cable as shown below Figure 2 2 Connect DS310F to a printer To Printer To Power Outlet Power Cable Printer Cable ...

Page 11: ... 2 4 2 3 2 CONNECTING DS310F TO WORK AS A SCANNER Figure 2 3 DS310F Cable Connection Power Cable Parallel Cable Printer Cable To PC Parallel Port To Power Outlet To Printer ...

Page 12: ...2 5 2 4 DOCUMENT PLACEMENT As shown in Figure 2 4 place the document on the glass face text down Figure 2 4 Document Placement 1 Document Cover 2 Home Position Mark 3 Document 4 Document Glass 1 4 2 3 ...

Page 13: ...n to print your document without the background color or off to print your document with the background color 13 Paper Size Select your output paper size from A4 Letter or Legal 14 Lighter Darker Lighten or darken your image Increase level of brightness or darkness by the button Decrease level of brightness or darkness by the button 15 Reduce Enlarge Reduce enlarge or auto zoom your original docum...

Page 14: ...Text Photo Press to respectively concentrate on photo text or auto copying 5 Normal Quality Select your Copy quality Normal 300 dpi or Quality 600 dpi 6 Copy Count Choose the number of copies from 1 to 99 Increase the value of the numeric entries by the button or decrease the value by the button 7 Select Press to select your desired setting A star sign will appear to indicate the selection is done...

Page 15: ...NTER MEMORY To make good use of DS310F it is recommended to install at least 1 MB of memory in your printer If you want to print your document using Quality mode 600 dpi as your Copy Quality mode you need to add more RAM for your printer as using this feature requires more processing time and memory See the following chart for printer memory recommendations It is strongly recommended that you refe...

Page 16: ...nged the default size to letter If legal size is your current paper supply please repress the Paper Size button The Message window displays Legal Press the Select button to change the default size to Legal ã ã Note Each time when you press the All Clear button on the DS310F the DS310F automatically returns to the factory default setting As a result you may have to reconfigure the factory default s...

Page 17: ...und to sharpen your text The Operating Steps 1 Place your document face down on the document glass 2 Press the Background remove button The Message window displays Background remove on 3 Press the Copy button The printout shows the background is removed and the text becomes clearer and sharper Before Background remove on After Background remove on ...

Page 18: ...button to see more options For example if you need 150 enlargement select 141 then press the s button to increase the percentage to 150 in 1 increment 4 Press the Copy button And then the printout shows enlargement of 150 of your original Ratio 100 Ratio 150 ã Note Another option to reduce your original is to firstly repeat the enlargement or reduction steps 1 to 3 and then press the t button to d...

Page 19: ...ation or reduction will be larger than the existing paper size set on the DS310F The Operating Steps 1 Repeat the above Enlargement Step 1 2 2 Repress the Enlarge Reduce button until the Message Window displays Auto 3 Press the Copy button The printout shows your original automatically scales to your paper size Before Auto Zoom Ratio 100 After Auto Zoom ...

Page 20: ...ess the s to increase the level press the t button to decrease the level 4 Press the Copy button Your printout shows the darkness or brightness has been compensated 3 4 5 CHOOSING YOUR COPY QUANTITY The Operating Steps 1 Place your original face down on the document glass 2 The default copy count is 1 If you need to make 3 copies for example press the Copy Count button and the Message Window displ...

Page 21: ... 2 Press the Normal Quality button The Message Window displays Normal mode 3 Repress the Normal Quality button and the Message Window displays Quality mode 4 Press the Copy button The copying begins processing with the Quality mode See following photo text reproduction between normal copier v s DS310F in quality mode Make copies with a Make copies with normal copier a DS310F in quality mode ã Note...

Page 22: ...gly clear The Operating Steps 1 Place your 3D object on the document glass 2 Press the Normal Quality button and the Message Window displays Normal mode 3 Repress the Normal Quality and the Message Window displays Quality mode 4 Press the Copy button Your 3D object copy is done The 3D copy The amazing 3D copy using a normal copier using the DS310F ...

Page 23: ...310F over an hour it automatically turns into power saving status At this moment the Message Window displays Power Saving while the Ready LED is flashing To resume the ready status press any one of the button on the Control Panel The Message Window displays Warming up and then 1 Copy 100 the ready status The Ready LED now turns steadily on ...

Page 24: ...roportion of the photo image is almost the same as that of text in the original to be copied it is recommended to utilize the Auto function from Document Type button in order to get the most optimal printout with photo and text mixed The Operating Steps 1 Place your document face down on the document glass 2 Keep on pressing Auto Text Photo button to select one of these 3 document type functions c...

Page 25: ...able EPP enhanced parallel port 20 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 4 1 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE Installation procedures of DS310F driver are as follows 1 Start Windows 98 Windows 95 or NT 2 Insert software CD into yo...

Page 26: ... 4 2 3 Press the Start button choose RUN type d driver DS310F exe d the CD ROM drive in use and then click O K 4 Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation ...

Page 27: ...4 3 4 2 UNINSTALL THE DS310F DRIVER You can uninstall the DS310F driver by selecting Start Programs DS310F and clicking the Uninstall driver icon from DS310F group ...

Page 28: ... 2 A dialog box appears containing the different TWAIN sources that you can choose to bring an image into your application 3 Select DS310F 32 Vx xx as the source 4 When you have used the dialog box to select a different source you will need to select DS310F as the source again before you can reuse the DS310F 5 Place the image to be scanned face down on the glass 6 From the File menu select Acquire...

Page 29: ... 5 2 The TWAIN user interface ...

Page 30: ...mage in black and white only and there are no intermediate shades of gray in between Halftone In addition to the black and white display Halftone can present a somehow gray shade of image by using different size of dots Error Diffusion While taking up but a minimum storage space error diffusion gives good image texture and excellent image details Color Halftone Gray Error Diffusion Lineart Scannin...

Page 31: ...vels of gray scale 12 bit Gray presents a 4096 shades of gray in an image Color Internal 68 7 billion colors The 36 bit True Color internally presents 68 7 billion color levels with much more tonal range and color image details ...

Page 32: ...p to a certain level the resolution will not be visually increased but the disk space will be increased Brightness Adjusts the lightness or darkness of an image The higher the value the brighter the image Contrast Adjusts the range between the darkest and the lightest shades in the image The higher the contrast the bigger the different gray scales Resolution Brightness Contrast ...

Page 33: ...as the scan area no matter what its size Descreen Eliminates the Moire patterns commonly found in printed matter Before descreen After descreen Invert Advance Settings Quality Mode Speed Mode Measurement Unit Set Gamma Value Auto Level Auto Crop Descreen Color Matching Reset Image Information ...

Page 34: ...or at the command of Invert Advance Settings The Advance Settings provide several functions such as Dynamic Background Removal and Color Drop out These functions are briefly explained as below 1 DBR Dynamic Background Removal Apply exclusively when you need to scan as an Lineart image The DBR function incorporates a few enhanced options to allow you to remove background color to sharpen your text ...

Page 35: ...r will be removed On the other hand if your original contains various color data then check the Neutral Gray to retain all the color data in gray since removing either one of the red green or blue color will inadvertently affect the rest color data as every color contains different elements of each of the red green and blue channel See the result below Your original with blue color background Afte...

Page 36: ... scanned image Or you can select speed mode scanning if you want to speed up the scanning process Pixel Inch Cm Represents the different measuring systems to be used in each scan Set Gamma Adjusts the midtone of the image yet without losing details of the lightest and the darkest areas at the same time Image Information Gives related information of the scanned image ...

Page 37: ...xit Cancels the current job Document Size To designate the size of your document just click on its icon on the margin of the preview window As shown in the figure below in the Preview window you can define the area to be scanned by dragging the four cursor auxiliary lines Document Size Cursor Auxiliary Lines Preview Window ...

Page 38: ... you want to do pass through printing 2 Do not scan and print at the same time 3 If your PC does not support EPP mode or has pass through compatibility problem please contact your authorized local dealer for an EPP card or an additional interface card Power Cable Parallel Cable Printer Cable To PC Parallel Port To Power Outlet To Printer ...

Page 39: ...performance Procedure 1 Open the document cover as shown in Figure 6 1 2 Dip a soft clean cloth with isopropyl alcohol 95 3 Gently wipe the document glass and the white sheet beneath the document cover to remove the dust or any toner particles 4 Close the document cover The DS310F is now ready for use Figure 6 1 Cleaning 1 Document Cover 2 Document Glass 1 2 ...

Page 40: ...ightness setting of the TWAIN user interface to get a brighter image Question The scanning speed of my DS310F is much slower than that of those installed at other computers Can I speed it up Answer Set you PC printer port to the EPP mode from BIOS setting Question Why does my DS310F scan at a very low speed Answer If you have installed Works for Windows it will install Window Printing System WPS i...

Page 41: ...rkswin con Question The printer does not print the documents Why Answer Pass through printing may pose a problem for some printers It is suggested to add a second printer card for printing purpose or you may call your authorized local dealer for further support Question Does it take long for the DS310F to initialize itself Answer If your printer port supports SPP mode only it takes about two minut...

Page 42: ... doing pass through printing please be sure to power on the DS310F Else without power the DS310F can not transfer the printing data signals to the printer Question Why my GDI printer does not work with the DS310F Answer Disable the Auto Scan function in the application then your printer will function in normal working condition ...

Page 43: ...with devices other than printer Therefore if you would like to connect some parallel port devices other than printer please do not connect them to the same parallel port that the DS310F currently uses It is suggested to use other parallel ports to connect these devices or keypro For instance you can connect the DS310F to LPT1 and connect other parallel port devices to LPT2 Or you can add a data sw...

Page 44: ...ize free disk space display card interface card Ÿ The name and version of your scanning software application Ÿ The version of your scanner driver Ÿ The brand and model name of your printer AVISION LABS INC 6815 Mowry Ave Newark CA 94560 USA TEL 1 510 739 2369 FAX 1 510 739 6060 Web Site http www avision com E mail support avision labs com AVISION INC No 20 Creation Rd 1 Science Based Industrial Pa...

Page 45: ...8 5 x 14 0 Legal size Copy Features Zooming from 25 400 Auto Zooming Auto Background Removal Auto Photo Text Separation Printer Supported PCL Printer Interface IEEE 1284 bi directional ECP SPP Power Source 100 240V 50 60 Hz Power Consumption 18 W Physical Dimension w o ADF 457 x 356 x 91mm Weight 3 7 kg 8 1 lbs ...

Page 46: ...Speed 10 PPM page per minute at 300dpi color Letter size Scan Method Color Charged Coupled Device Light Source Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp CCFL Scan Area Max 8 5 x 14 0 Legal size Image Types 36 bit color internal 12 bit gray internal 1 bit Lineart Dither Error Diffusion PC Interface IEEE 1284 bi directional ECP EPP SPP ...

Page 47: ...0F Automatic Document Feeder ADF is a very convenient addition to your current DS310F With the ADF you can automatically copy or scan up to 25 pages at a time 9 1 INSTALLING THE ADF 9 1 1 UNPACK THE ADF 1 ADF Document Cover 2 ADF Paper Tray 3 ADF Paper Support 1 2 3 ...

Page 48: ...ent cover by opening the cover and lifting the studs from the hinge holes at the rear of the DS310F Note Please store the document cover on a flat surface in a safe place 4 Hold the ADF document cover and insert its studs to the hinge holes at the rear of the DS310F ADF Cover Studs Document Cover ...

Page 49: ...rt the notched corners of the ADF Paper Support to the clip joints on the ADF Paper Tray 6 Insert the notched corners of the ADF Paper Tray into the clip joints on the ADF document cover Paper Support Paper Tray ...

Page 50: ...9 4 9 1 3 UNLOCK THE DS310F Slide the Lock Switch on the bottom of the DS310F to unlock the scanning unit 1 Shipping Position 2 Use Position À Á ...

Page 51: ...ot included respectively 9 1 4 2 CONNECT DS310F TO WORK AS A SCANNER Connect the ADF cable the power cable the parallel cable and the printer cable not included respectively ADF Cable Power Cable Printer Cable To Printer To Power Outlet Power Cable ADF Cable Printer Cable Parallel Cable To Power Outlet To Printer To PC Parallel Port ...

Page 52: ...ched Paper with ink not totally dry Paper with inconsistent thickness such as envelopes Paper with wrinkles curls folds or tears Coated paper Carbonless paper Paper narrower than 4 5 or wider than 8 5 Shorter than 5 or longer than 14 Paper thinner than 0 07mm thicker than 0 15mm Items other than papers such as cloth metal or OHP film Notched paper Paper with an odd non rectangular shape Please use...

Page 53: ...1 COPY MULTI PAGE DOCUMENT After the installation of the ADF unit is completed and you have properly placed a stack of your document on the ADF Paper Tray just a touch of the Copy button on the Control Panel of DS310F then your task is done in a minute To apply copy features displayed on the Control Panel please refer to the previous section Making Copies with Copy Features Copy Button Control Pan...

Page 54: ...e your document face down on the document glass Observe that the top edge of your original near the document alignment as marked by a triangle MAY 0 Y A M A6 A5 B5 LTR A4 LGL A6 A5 B5 A4 LTR 4 Close the ADF document cover 5 Press the Copy button on the Control Panel of DS310F In a minute your copy is done To apply copy features displayed on the Control Panel please refer to the previous section Ma...

Page 55: ...ource may vary due to different application Please refer to the user manual of your TWAIN application 4 In a minute the TWAIN window will be displayed 5 Press the Source button to switch the scanning source to ADF at the top of the TWAIN window 6 Press the Preview button to get an initial scanned image at a low resolution to allocate your selected scan area 7 Open the ADF document cover to take ou...

Page 56: ...9 10 The Preview Button The Scan Button ...

Page 57: ...ation by clicking the Start button on the task bar and select the name of the application 5 Choose Acquire from the File menu and click Select TWAIN Source for example please select DS310F V X xx The command to open the TWAIN source may vary due to different applications Please refer to the user manual of your TWAIN application 6 In a minute the TWAIN window will be displayed 7 Select Flatbed sour...

Page 58: ...9 12 The Preview Button The Scan Button ...

Page 59: ...his occurs please follow the cleaning procedures to return your Scanner to its original state The cleaning procedures 1 Moisten a cotton swab with isoprophyl alcohol 95 2 Gently open the ADF front cover Wipe the feeding rollers by moving the swab from side to side Rotate the rollers forward with your finger and repeat the above cleaning procedures until the rollers are clean Be careful not to snag...

Page 60: ...9 14 Feeding Roller ADF Pad ...

Page 61: ... In this case it is highly recommended to replace the pad module with a new one For ordering the pad module please consult your nearest dealer and follow the procedure below to replace it Disassembling Procedure 1 Gently open the ADF front cover to the left 2 Press both arms of the ADF snap in pad module inwardly with your two fingers to pull out the ADF snap in pad module ADF Pad ...

Page 62: ...9 16 Assembling Procedure 1 Take out the ADF pad module from the box 2 Press both arms of the ADF snap in pad module inwardly with your two fingers 3 Place it into the holes until it snaps into place ...

Page 63: ... below to remove the paper 1 Turn the DS310F off by disconnecting the power cable 2 Gently open the ADF front cover to the left 3 Carefully pull the paper out of the ADF unit 4 Close the ADF front cover 5 Turn on the DS310F by reconnecting the power cable Your DS310F is now ready to use ...

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Page 65: ... 11 6 Weight 1 1 kgs 2 42 lbs Speed 10 PPM page per minute mono mode Paper tray capacity 25 pages Maximum paper size Flatbed or ADF Legal size 8 5 x 14 Minimum paper size ADF 4 x 5 Maximum paper thickness 32 lb bond 120 g m 2 Minimum paper thickness 14 lb bond 50 g m 2 ...

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