AVScan X

Version 1.0

User Manual

Avision Inc.
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Material scanned by this product may be protected by governmental laws and

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Contents

Introduction ......................................................................... 5
System Requirements .......................................................... 6
Hardware Requirements ............................................................... 6
Software Requirements ................................................................ 6

Installation........................................................................... 6
Uninstallation ....................................................................... 8
Starting AVScan X ................................................................ 8
Main window of the software ............................................... 8
Main window................................................................................. 8
Menus ........................................................................................... 8
The “Scan” Menu....................................................................... 9
The “File” Menu........................................................................10
The “Edit” Menu .......................................................................11
The “View” Menu ......................................................................12
The “Image Processing” Menu ....................................................15
The “Tools” Menu .....................................................................17
The “Help” Menu ......................................................................17
Scan Area.................................................................................... 17
Scan Mode .................................................................................. 18
Button Bar .................................................................................. 19
Documents Directory .................................................................. 20
Image-display Area .................................................................... 20
1-Page Display.........................................................................21
2-Page Display.........................................................................21
4-Page Display.........................................................................21
8-Page Display.........................................................................22

Software Operations........................................................... 22
Image-scanning.......................................................................... 22
Select a scanner ......................................................................22
Select the destination object ......................................................23
Set scan parameters .................................................................23
Start to scan ...........................................................................25
Image-Editing Features .............................................................. 29
Import or Export images ...........................................................29
Move images ...........................................................................32

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Copy image .............................................................................33

Delete image ...........................................................................34
Image editor ...........................................................................34
Image processing ....................................................................... 36
Crop Selected Area...................................................................36
Erase......................................................................................37
Manual Deskew ........................................................................38
Split Horizontally......................................................................39
Split Vertically..........................................................................40
Merge Vertically .......................................................................41
Merge Horizontally ...................................................................42
Rotate Canvas .........................................................................43
Clear Inside and Clear Outside ...................................................44
Remove Margins ......................................................................46
Clear Black Edging....................................................................47
Hole Removal ..........................................................................47
Auto Deskew ...........................................................................48
Invert .....................................................................................49
Remove Noise..........................................................................49
Image Enhancement.................................................................50
Image Weakness......................................................................50
Adjust Brightness and Contrast ..................................................50
Binarization .............................................................................52
Gray Level Transformation .........................................................54
Stamp ....................................................................................56
System Settings .......................................................................... 58
The More Tab...........................................................................60

Appendix: TWAIN UI .......................................................... 62

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Introduction

Thank you for choosing the easy-to-use document management software

application, AVScan X V1.

AVScan X V1 provides the following features:

1. Image Import and Export

Import and export batches of images in various file formats including
TIFF, JPEG, PDF, and searchable PDF.
2. Tree View
Show directories and images in a tree view to easily add or delete
directories or images, select multiple images, and drag and drop
images among directories.
3. Document Separation
Provide several ways to split a batch document including by a specific
page number, a blank page, or a barcode.
4. Image Enhancement
Provide image enhancement or weakening tools including many levels
of sharpening or blurring effects.
5. Binarization
Scan documents in color and create binarized or gray images that can be
improved with brightness or threshold settings.
6. New Stamp Tool
Add stamps on your images with a WYSIWYG (What you see is what you
get) effect.
7. TWAIN Interface
Display a scanner TWAIN user interface for more advanced scan
settings.
8. Barcode Detection
Recognize 1D (1 dimensional) or 2D (2 dimensional) barcode types,
correct and export the recognized barcode data, and name your files
based on the barcode data.

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System Requirements
Hardware Requirements

CPU: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo or higher

Memory: 32 bit: 2 GB
64 bit: 4 GB

Optical Drive: DVD-ROM Drive

Software Requirements

Compatible Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP (SP3), Windows

Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.x (32-bit / 64-bit)

Installation
Please follow these steps to complete the installation:

Notes
1. Please use the "system administrator" to log on Windows to install
AVScan X V1 software.
2. Before installation, please prepare the following items:
TWAIN Driver for scanner
AVScan X installation CD

Steps
1. Please first install the scanner’s TWAIN driver.

2. Insert the installation CD to your CD-ROM drive, and double-click

“Setup.exe” to launch the installation.

3. On the next screen you can choose the installation language.

4. Set your desired destination folder. The default folder is “C:\Program

Files\AVScan X”. After completing this setting, click “Next”.

5. Confirm the installation information and then click “Install” to start the
installation.

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Confirm installation information

The installation process

6. Click “Finish” to complete the installation.

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Uninstallation

1. To uninstall AVScan X, please choose “Start”>“All programs”>“AVScan

X”>“Uninstall AVScan X” in succession on Windows.

2. Click “Yes” to confirm the uninstallation on the following dialog box.

3. Click “OK” to complete the uninstallation of AVScan X.

Starting AVScan X
To start AVScan X, double-click the following AVScan X icon on your desktop.

Double-click the icon of AVScan X on desktop

Main window of the software

This section describes the elements in the main window including the menu,
toolbar, button bar of the software.

Main window

Menu
Scan Area

Scan mode

Button Bar

Image
Display
Document area
Directory

Main window of software

Menus
The main menus of AVScan X include: Scan, File, Edit, View, Image
processing, Tools and Help.

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The “Scan” Menu

“Scan” Menu

Items Description

Show a dialog box to select the scanner

Select Scanner
connected to PC.

When selected, this indicates to use the local

Use TWAIN TWAIN interface to scan or create a profile. Make
Interface sure to select the “Scan” button to initiate
the TWAIN interface.

When selected, this indicates to use the scan

Use Profile
settings of the application to start a scan.

This menu includes five sub-menus such as:

Scan Image: When selected, start to scan;
Stop: When selected, stops a scan;
Insert Scan: When selected, this allows user to
scan and insert the image before the chosen
page on the image-display area.
Rescan: This feature allows you to scan and
replace the selected image on the image-display
area.
Scan Mode
Flatbed Auto scan: After the 1st scan job is
completed, the scanner starts auto scan from the
flatbed within a specified amount of time.
ADF Auto scan: After the 1st scan job is
completed, the scanner starts auto scan from the
ADF within a specified amount of time.

*The amount of time to start auto scan can be

set in the [system Settings] option from the
[Tools] menu.

Import one or a batch of images to software from

Import Images
a local PC.

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Export one or a batch of images to PC from the

Export Images software in the file formats of Tiff BMP JPEG
High-Compress PDF PDF M-PDF formats.

Print Print the selected image(s)

Exit Exit the application.

The “File” Menu

“File” Menu

Items Description

Add Batch Add a new batch into documents directory.

Delete Batch Delete a selected batch in documents directory.

Split Batch Split one batch into two batches.

Merge Batch Merge two batches into one new batch.

Select Images Select images in image-display area.

Delete Images Delete the chosen image(s).

Delete images from the chosen image to the end

Delete To End
of the batch.

Delete blank images in the current batch. Users

Delete Blank can set threshold of removing blank pages in the
Page “Tool” menu > “System Settings” > “Options”
button.

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The “Edit” Menu

“Edit” Menu

Items Description

Perform cutting operation on designated objects.

These objects can be either an entire batch, one or
Cut
multiple images in batches, or a selection on an
image.

Perform copy operation on designated objects.

These objects can be either an entire batch, one or
Copy
multiple images in batches, or a selection on an
image.

Perform paste operation on designated objects.

These objects can be either an entire batch, one or
Paste
multiple images in batches, or a selection on an
image.

Select All Select all images in current batch.

Select other images besides the chosen one in

Invert Select
current batch.

Move Image To Move one chosen image to a destination.

Copy Image To Copy one chosen image to a destination.

Select Odd
Select odd-numbered images in current batch.
Pages

Select Even
Select even-numbered images in current batch.
Pages

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The “View” Menu

“View” Menu

Page Display
Adjust the display mode in the image-display area.

“View” Menu – “Page Display” child-menu

Items Description

Display one image in the image-display area, Ex:

1 Image

Display two images in image-display area, Ex:

2 Images

Display four images in the image-display area, Ex:

4 Images

Display eight images in the image-display area, Ex:

8 Images

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Zoom
Reduce or enlarge the selected image(s) in the image-display area.

“View” Menu – “Zoom” child-menu

Items Description

Move Move a selected page to a difference sequence in a

image batch.

When selected, the cursor becomes a magnifier and

Magnifier users can use it to examine an enlarged view of one
selection.

Zoom In Zoom in (enlarge) the selected image in current batch.

Zoom Out Zoom out (reduce) the selected image in current batch.

Resize images to best fit in the available viewing area

Best Fit
for that page.

Resize images to best fit the width of the page in the

Fit Width
available viewing area for that page.

Resize image size to best fit the height of the page in

Fit Height
the available viewing area for that page.

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Go To
Jump to view other images in a current batch.

“View” Menu – “Go To” child-menu

Items Description

First Page Click to jump to the first page in a current batch.

Previous Click to jump to the image before a selected image in

Page current batch.

When clicked, jump to the image after a selected

Next Page
image in current batch.

End Page Click to jump to the last page in a current batch.

Skip To Skip to a designated page in a batch.

Refresh
Reload images from disk and then return to the initial pages in the
image-display area.

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The “Image Processing” Menu

Items Description

Revert the most recent operation. Users can revert

Undo two operations at most. The operation supports
single or multiple images.

Repeat the last operation that was reversed by the

Undo function. Users can redo two operations at
Redo
most. The operation supports single or multiple
images.

Select the area of images. If this item is selected,

Rectangle Select
users can draw a rectangle area on the image.

Save the selected region of the image and delete

Save Select
the unselected region.

Apply Selection Apply the current selection on the image to all

To All Images images in a batch.

Crop Selected
Crop the selected region on image.
Areas

Erase Use white color to fill the selected rectangle region.

Manual Deskew Manually deskew with the selected image(s).

Split Horizontally Horizontally split one image to two images.

Split Vertically Vertically split one image to two images.

When two images are selected, users can use this

Merge Vertically
command to merge two images vertically.

Merge When two images are selected, users can use this
Horizontally command to merge two images horizontally.

Rotate images. It includes four menu items such as

Rotate Canvas rotate 90deg CCW, rotate 90deg CW, flip
horizontally and flip vertically.

Clear the contents in the selected region, and fill

Clear Inside the region with average color of the current
selection sides.

Clear the contents in the unselected region, and fill

Clear Outside the region with average color of the current
selection sides.

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Remove Margin Remove the margins on all sides of a page.

Clear Black
Clear black edging of the image(s).
Edging

This operation can remove holes on color or B/W

Hole Removal
images and fill holes with the color of borders.

Correct the tilt of image(s). This function also can

Auto Deskew flip the image(s) automatically according to the
text-direction of image(s).

Invert The image is inverted to the opposite color.

Noises will appear on images during scanning. This

Remove Noise
operation can remove noises.

Image
Enhance the display effect of images.
Enhancement

Image Weakness Weaken the display effect of images.

Adjust Brightness
Manually adjust the image brightness and contrast.
and Contrast

Binarization Convert color images to B/W images.

Gray level
Convert color images to grayscale images.
transformation

Place a stamp on the designated position on

Stamp
selected image(s).

Select an image which contains a barcode and then

Barcode and choose this option to detect the barcode. After
Detection the detection is finished, the barcode data will be
displayed in a text file.

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The “Tools” Menu

Items Description

System Settings Set system configuration.

Language Change the language of interface.

The “Help” Menu

Items Description

Help topics Show help document of this software.

Show version and copyright information of this

About
software.

System info Show information of operation system.

Scan Area

“scan area” toolbar

Items Description

Start to scan, same as the function on the “Scan”

menu -> “scan Image”

Stop scanning, same as the function on the “Scan”

menu -> “Stop”

Import images, same as the function on the “Scan”

menu -> “Import Images”

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Scan Mode

“Scan Mode” toolbar

Items Description

Use the settings of the application to start a scan.

Or you may choose Scan Mode from the Scan
menu.

Use the scanner’s TWAIN interface to start a scan.

Or you may choose Start TWAIN interface from the
Scan menu.

Select a scan profile. You can save settings to

create a new profile or delete a current profile.

Import images from local disk to software.

Jump between several batches.

Jump in several images of current batch,

depending on the amount of images in
image-display area.

Rotate images left by 90 degrees; Flip Horizontally.

Rotate images right by 90 degrees; Flip vertically.

Select to scan the front or the rear side of

document in color.

Select to scan the front or the rear side of

document in grayscale.

Select to scan the front or the rear side of

document in black and white.

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Choose a proper resolution to scan

Set value of brightness and contrast. When you

select B/W or Gray mode to scan, the contrast for
image(s) can not be adjusted and it is set
automatically; When you select color mode to
scan, the contrast for image(s) can be adjusted
manually.

Select the region to scan, including photo, B5, A5,

B4, A4, Legal and Letter and etc..

Button Bar

Items Description

Display your batch in 1, 2, 4, or 8 images.

Zoom-out and zoom-in tools.

View images that fit both width and height of the

page. Fit the width of the page. Fit the height of the
page.

Zoom in the selected area.

Magnifier. When selected, the cursor becomes a

magnifier and users can use it to examine an enlarged
view of one selection.

Use this tool to move the position of an image to view

Insert scan. This allows user to scan and insert the

image before the chosen image on image-display
area.

Rescan. This allows user to scan and replace the

chosen image on the image-display area.

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Delete the chosen image(s) of current batch.

Confirm deleting image.

Split current batch.

Merge two batches.

Move the image to your desired sequence in a batch.

Launch the image editor.

Save or Export images to disk.

Rotate images left by 90 degrees; Flip image

vertically; Rotate images right by 90 degrees.

Documents Directory

Documents directory

Show all batches and images in tree view.

Image-display Area
Display images of current batch in 1-page, 2-page, 4-page, or 8-page
window.

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1-Page Display

Display 1 image in one panel (Shortcuts: Ctrl+1)

2-Page Display

Display 2 images in one panel (Shortcuts: Ctrl+2)

4-Page Display

Display 4 images in one panel(Shortcuts: Ctrl+4)

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8-Page Display

Display 8 images in one panel(Shortcuts: Ctrl+8)

Software Operations
This section describes how you can use AVScan X V1 to capture and manage
documents in step-by-step instructions to perform tasks such as image
capturing, image editing, image processing, and image upload.

Image-scanning
This section describes step by step procedure to capture image.
1. Select a scanner that is connected with a PC.
2. Select the destination object to store images. You can select one batch
or establish a new one.
3. Set scan parameters: scan with TWAIN user interface or profile set by
the application.
4. Start to scan: scan, insert scan, rescan, flatbed auto scan or ADF auto
scan.

Select a scanner
Before scanning, please first select a scanner that is connected to a
computer. Choose [Select Scanner] from the [Scan] menu and a [Select
Scanner] dialog box will be prompted. Choose your scanner model and click
[OK].

Select a scanner connected to a computer

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Select the destination object

Users can choose an existing batch or create a new batch to store images. To
create a new batch, select the root directory in the documents directory and
then click the menu “File” -> “Add Batch”. A dialog box will appear and you
can enter the batch name and click “OK” to complete the work.

Input name for new batch

A new batch has been added to directories.

Set scan parameters

Users can use TWAIN settings to scan or directly use profile settings to scan.
To scan with TWAIN settings, click “scan” menu -> “Start TWAIN Interface”
or click the “TWAIN” button on the “Scan Mode” toolbar. And then users must

click the button on the “Scan Area” to display the TWAIN user interface.
To use profile settings, users only need to adjust the scan parameters on the
“Scan Mode” toolbar.

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Use the TWAIN user interface

Use TWAIN UI to scan

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Use profile settings

If you prefer to scan with profile settings, you can set scan mode,
duplex/simplex, resolutions, brightness and contrast and scan region on the
“Scan Mode” toolbar.

Use profile settings to scan

NOTE:
When you select black and white or gray mode to scan, the contrast can not
be adjusted and it is set automatically. When you select color mode to scan,
the contrast can be adjusted manually.

Users can change the scan settings and save settings as a profile or delete a
current profile. First set the scan parameters on “Scan Mode” toolbar and
select “save as a profile” item in the profile list-box, then enter the name of
the profile in the shown dialog box.

Users also can delete a profile. Select “delete a profile” in the profile list-box,
and select the profile you wish to delete.

Start to scan

After configuring the scan settings, click the button to start scanning. If
the menu-item “Insert Scan” under “Scan”-“Scan Mode” menu is checked,
your document will be scanned and inserted the scanned image(s) before
the chosen image; And if the menu-item “Rescan” under “Scan”-“Scan
Mode” menu is checked, your document will be scanned and the selected
page will be replaced.

Insert scan
Scan and insert image(s) before the selected image in the current batch.

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Select one image before scanning

Insert a new
image

Insert a new image before the selected image

Rescan
Scan new image to replace the selected image in current batch.

NOTE:
Only the first new scanned image will be used to replace the selected page.

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Select one image before scanning

New image
replaces the
selected
image

The chosen image will be replaced by new scanned image.

Flatbed Auto Scan

With this feature, the scanner allows you to achieve continuous scan from
the flatbed. If you have many separate documents need to be scanned at the
same scan settings, this feature is especially useful.

To use this feature, please first set the amount of time the scanner needs to
wait after completing your first scan. (Use the timeout period to place your
2nd document to the feeder.) The amount of time can be set by choosing
“System Settings” from the “Tools” menu and sliding the bar on the “Auto
Scan Timeout Period” option.

With this function, the flatbed scanner can achieve continuous scan. Users
can set the amount of timeout period to insert next page and start scan
without clicking the scan button each time.

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Note:
Please note “Auto Scan” is available only using preset scan profile.

1. Choose “System Settings” from the “Tools” menu.

2. On the “Auto Scan Timeout Period” option, set the amount of time the
scanner will wait and then start auto scan after the first scan job is
completed. (This means the length of time to place paper on the
flatbed platen.) The default is 5. The value ranges from 1 to 180
seconds.
3. Select “ADF Auto Scan” from the “Scan” menu.

4. If the scan settings are satisfactory, press the button to start your
first scan.
5. After first scan is finished, place your documents on the flatbed platen.
6. After the timeout period, the scanner starts auto scan.
7. To disable the function, deselect “Flatbed Auto Scan” from the “Scan”
menu.

ADF Auto Scan

With this feature, the scanner allows you to achieve continuous scan from
the ADF. If you have many separate documents need to be scanned at the same
scan settings, this feature is especially useful.

To use this feature, please first set the amount of time the scanner needs to
wait after completing your first scan. (Use the timeout period to place your
2nd document to the feeder.) The amount of time can be set by choosing
“System Settings” from the “Tools” menu and sliding the bar on the “Auto
Scan Timeout Period” option.

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Image-Editing Features

This section describes the steps to import or export images, move, copy,
delete and edit image with the image-editor.

Import or Export images

Import images

To import image,
Select one batch and then choose “Import images” from the “Scan” menu

or click to import images. AVScan X V1 allows you to import one or

multiple images at a time.

Export images
This section is used if you want to export selected objects. The object can be
a leaflet, multiple images, or a whole batch.

To export images,

1. Choose “Export Image” from the “Scan” menu or right-click the object
in the directory tree and select "Export Image".
2. In the pop-up dialog box titled "Save As", select the local directory to
export the images to, enter the file name to save, select the file format
to preserve, and finally click "Save" to complete the export process.

Notes:
In order to export all batches one-time, please follow these steps:
First select the root-directory, and then execute the “Export Images”
command.
In addition, users can set the exporting mode in System-Settings from
the Tools menu. In the “Root export form settings”, if “For each batch”
is checked, each batch will be exported to multi-page files such as TIFF
or PDF. If “all batch” is checked, all images in all batches will be
exported to one multi-page file such as TIFF or PDF.

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The application supports the following file formats such as TIFF, MTIFF, BMP,
JPEG, single-page PDF, and Multi-page PDF.

When you export images to TIFF, or jpeg, you can set the compression ratio.
Click the “Option” button in “save as” dialog box and set the compression
ratio for these files.

Option for exporting JPEG file(s)

Users can set the compression ratio for JPEG files in this option. The default
compression ratio for JPEG files is 75.

The compression settings for JPEG files

Option for exporting TIFF file(s)

Users can select the compression level for TIFF files in this option. Color
TTIFF can be compressed in LZW, or JPEG mode and black and white TIFF
can be compressed in G4 mode.

The compression settings for TIFF files

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Option for exporting PDF file(s)

Users can export files to searchable PDF file format. Click the “Option”
button in “Save as” dialog box.

1. Increase your compression level by moving the compression slider to

the right or decrease your compression level by moving the slider to the
left. Note: The higher compression level, the lower the image quality.

2. If you wish to convert your file to searchable PDF, check “Enable” from
the “OCR Language” option and choose your OCR language.

3. If you wish to add security to your file, check “Enable” from the
“Password” option and type your password.

4. If you wish to save your file as a PDF/A file, check the “PDF/A” option.

5. Click the “OK” button to save your settings and leave the “PDF
Properties” dialog box.

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Move images
Move current image to different sequence in a batch.
To move images,
1. Select the image you wish to move.
2. Choose Move Images to from the Edit menu. This will open the “Move
Pic to” dialog box.
3. In the “Move Pic to” dialog box, you can select the destination within a
certain batch by browsing the up and down arrow to scroll through the
pages. The location can be within the same batch or another batch in
the root directory and can be indicated to move either before or after
the designated location.
4. Click OK to complete.

Or you may drag and drop the images to a different location in the
“Documents Directory” tree panel,

Move Images To

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Copy image
To duplicate image,
1. Select the image you wish to duplicate.
2. Choose Copy image to from the Edit menu. The “Copy Pic to” dialog box
appears.
3. In the “Copy Pic to” dialog box, you can select the destination within a
certain batch by browsing the up and down arrow to scroll through the
pages. The location can be within the same batch or another batch in
the root directory and can be indicated to move either before or after
the designated location.
4. Choose OK to complete.

Or you may right-click the image(s) and select "copy" and "paste" command
to copy the image(s).

Copy Image To

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Delete image
Users have the options to delete multiple images (Using the Ctrl or Shift to
select multiple images) or the entire batch if needed.

To delete images,
1. Select the image(s) you wish to delete. (Using the Ctrl or Shift for
multiple files)
2. Choose Delete Image from the File menu or click the “Delete image”
button and then the “Recycle bin” button.
3. Both will prompt a confirmation dialog box. Choose “Yes” to delete or
“No” to cancel.

Users can also choose “Delete to End” from the File menu to delete all
images from the selected image to the end of the batch.

Image editor

Select one image and click the image editor button ( ) to launch the
image-editor. With the image editor, users can make a selection, copy,
paste, cut, rotate, move and save selected operation. If no image is
selected, the editor will pick up the first image by default. Users can change
to different page to edit within the editor.

Image editor

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Tools Descriptions

The view tools.

Cut, copy, paste, delete and undo.

Crop image, redo operation and rotate images

tools.

Selection, dropper tool, drag and move the

selection

Jump between pages in a batch.

Save image.

Color indicator

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Image processing
This section describes how to use the “Image Processing” tools.

Crop Selected Area

To crop a selected area,
1. Select the image you wish to crop.
2. Choose “Crop Selected Area” from the Image Processing menu or you
may right-click on the selected image and then choose “Crop selected
area”. Your cursor becomes a cross sign.
3. Draw a rectangular region on your image and then release your
left-mouse button. The selected area will be crop. To disable the
function, click the option again.

Original

Select and Cut

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Erase
Erase the selected rectangle region and fill it with white color.
To erase a portion of image,

1. Select the image.

2. Choose “Erase” from the “Image Processing” menu or right click the
selected image and choose “Erase” from drop down menu. Your cursor
becomes a cross sign.
3. Draw a rectangular region on your image and then release your
left-mouse button. The selected area will be erased and fill with white
color. To disable the function, click the option again.

Original

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Manual Deskew

Manually straighten a skewed image.

To manually deskew an image,

1. Select an image which you wish to straighten.
2. Choose “Manual deskew” from the Image Processing menu or Right click
the selected image and choose “Manual Deskew”. The Manual Deskew
dialog box appears.
3. Move the angle slider or click the arrow key to straighten your image by
1 degree increment.
4. Click OK to save your settings. To disable the function, click the option
again.

Original

After manual deskew

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Split Horizontally

Split one image to two images horizontally.

To split an image horizontally,

1. Select an image you wish to split and then choose “Split Horizontally”
from the Image Processing menu or Right click on selected image and
choose “Split Horizontally” from drop down menu.
2. Place your cursor on the image. The cursor will become a yellow line.
3. Move the split line to the place you wish to split the image.
4. Double click your left mouse button. The image will be split horizontally
into two images. To disable the function, click the option again.

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Split Vertically

Split one image to two images vertically.

To split an image vertically,

1. Select the image you wish to split and then choose “Split Vertically” from
the Image Processing menu or Right click on selected image and choose
“Split Vertically” from drop down menu.
2. Place your cursor on the image. The cursor will become a yellow line.
3. Move the split line to the place you wish to split the image.
4. Double click your left mouse button. The image will be split vertically into
two images. To disable the function, click the option again.

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Merge Vertically

To merge two images vertically,

1. Select one image and then press and hold the Ctrl key to select the
other image.
2. Choose “Merge Vertically” from the Image Processing menu.
3. The two images will be merged into a single image. To disable the
function, click the option again.

Select two images to merge

After merging images vertically

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Merge Horizontally

To merge two images horizontally,

1. Select one image and then press and hold the Ctrl key to select the
other image.
2. Choose “Merge Horizontally” from the Image Processing menu.
3. The two images will be merged into a single image horizontally. To
disable the function, click the option again.

Select two images to merge

After merges images horizontally

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Rotate Canvas

The rotation tools can be used to rotate images left by 90 degrees, rotate
images right by 90 degrees, flip horizontal and flip vertical.

To rotate one image,

1. Select the image you wish to rotate.

2. Choose your desired rotation angle from the Image Processing menu. Or
right-click the selected image and choose your desired rotation angle
from the drop down menu.
3. The image will be rotated accordingly. To disable the function, click the
option again.

Original image

Rotate 90deg CCW Rotate 90deg CW

Flip horizontally Flip vertically

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Clear Inside and Clear Outside

Clear Inside

Clear the contents inside the selected region, and fill the region with the
average color of the edge of the selected region.

To clear the inside contents of an image,

1. Choose “Clear Inside” from the “Image Processing” menu. Or right click
any image and choose “Clear Inside” from drop down menu.
2. Your cursor now becomes a cross sign. Place the cross sign on the place
you wish to clear the contents or picture and then draw a rectangle box
on the image.
3. The contents within the rectangle box will be cleared. To disable the
function, click the option again.

Clear Outside

Clear the contents in the unselected region, and fill the region with average
color of the edge of the selected region.

To clear the outside contents of an image,

1. Choose “Clear Outside” from the “Image Processing” menu. Or right-click

any image and choose “Clear Outside” from drop down menu.
2. Your cursor now becomes a cross sign. Place the cross sign on the place
you wish to clear the contents or picture and then draw a rectangle box
on the image.
3. The contents outside the rectangle box will be cleared. To disable the
function, click the option again.

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Draw a selection on logo area of this image

Clear inside Clear outside

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Remove Margins

Intelligently remove the margins on all sides of an image and straighten a

skewed image.

To perform “Remove Margins”,

1. Select the image you wish to perform this function.

2. Choose “Remove Margins” from the “Image Processing” menu. Or
right-click the selected image and choose “Remove Margins” from drop
down menu.
3. The margins of an image will be removed. To disable the function, click
the option again.

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Clear Black Edging

Clear dark edge of the scanned images.

To clear black edging of an image,

1. Choose “Clear Black Edging” from the “Image Processing” menu.

2. Right click the selected image and choose “Clear Black Edging” from the
drop down menu. To disable the function, click the option again.

Hole Removal

This operation can clear holes on color or black and white images and fill the
holes with the color of borders. This operation can be processed on one or
multiple images at one time.

To remove hole on the scanned image,

1. Select the image you wish to remove the holes.

2. Choose “Hole Removal” from the “Image Processing” menu. Or right click
the selected image and choose “Hole Removal” from the drop down
menu.
3. The holes will be filled with the color of the borders. To disable the function,
click the option again.

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Auto Deskew

Automatically straighten a tilted image. “Auto Dekew” can also flip the
image(s) automatically according to the text-direction of the image(s).

To straighten a skew image,

1. Select the image you wish to straighten.

2. Choose “Auto Deskew” from the “Image Processing” menu. Or right click
the selected image and choose “Auto Deskew” from the drop down menu.
3. Your image will be straightened. To disable the function, click the option
again.

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Invert

Change the colors of an image to the opposite colors. This operation can be
processed on one or multiple images at the same time.

To invert the colors of a scanned image,

1. Select the image you wish to invert.

2. Choose “Invert” from the “Image Processing” menu. O right click the
selected image and choose “Invert” from the drop-down menu.
3. The colors of the image will be inverted. To disable the function, click the
option again.

Original After invert

Remove Noise
Occasionally, small dots will be generated during scanning. Using this
feature can remove dots on images.
Noise Removal provides several options in the Noise Filtering dialog box as
shown in below:

Remove noise

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Image Enhancement

Sharpen a blurred image. Choose your desired level of sharpness from a

range of 1~9. Default is 1.

Original Sharpness level: 3

Image Weakness
Weaken images by removing unnecessary dots with a default setting in the
black and white images. This function can be applied only to the black and
white images.

The effect of darken text

Adjust Brightness and Contrast

Adjust the level of brightness and contrast. This function can be processed in
one or multiple images at a time.

To adjust your brightness and contrast,

1. Select the image you wish to adjust.
2. Choose “Adjust Brightness and Contrast” from the “Image Processing”
menu. Or right click the selected image and choose “Adjust Brightness
and Contrast” from the drop down menu.
3. An Adjust Brightness and Contrast dialog box appears. Move the slider to
the right to increase the value or to the left to decrease the value. You
can view the result directly in the dialog box.

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Original image

Adjust brightness and contrast in this panel

The effect of adjustment

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Binarization

Convert your color images to grayscale or black and while. This function can
be processed in one or multiple images at a time.

To use the Binarization feature,

1. Select the image you wish to adjust.

2. Choose “Binarization” from the “Image Processing” menu. Or right click
the selected image and choose “Binarization” from the drop down menu.
This will prompt the Binarization dialog box.
3. Choose your desired option and click OK to complete.

Original image The effect of binarization

Configuration of Binarization

Binarization
This is the process of converting a grayscale or color image to a bi-tonal
image. There are several different methods of performing this conversion.
Options: Dynamic Threshold, Fixed Processing, Halftone 1~4,
Error Diffusion.

Dynamic Threshold: Selecting Dynamic Threshold allows the scanner

to dynamically evaluate each document to determine the optimal threshold
value to produce the highest quality image. This is used to scan mixed
document containing faint text, shaded background, or color background
with a single setting. If Dynamic Threshold is selected, Threshold,
Brightness, and Contrast are not available.

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Fixed Processing: Used for black-and-white and other high contrast

documents. A single level is set to determine the black-and-white
transition. The threshold is programmable over the entire density range.
Fixed Processing sets Brightness to 0. If Fixed Processing is selected,
Brightness is not available.

Halftone: In addition to the black and white display, Halftone can present
a somehow gray shade of image by using different size of dots. Halftone
image looks like the picture we have seen in the newspaper. Options
include Halftone 1, Halftone 2, Halftone 3, Halftone 4.

Error Diffusion: Error Diffusion is a type of Halftone. Error Diffusion

gives good image texture and makes text in images more readable than
Halftone.

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Gray Level Transformation

Convert color images to gray images. This operation can be processed in one
or multiple images at a time.

To convert color images to gray images,

1. Select the image you wish to adjust.

2. Choose “Gray Level Transformation” from the “Image Processing” menu.
Or right click the selected image and choose “Gray Level Transformation”
from the drop down menu. This will prompt the Gray Level
Transformation dialog box.
3. Choose your desired option and click OK to complete.

Original image Gray level transformation

Configuration of gray level transformation

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True Color Image

Convert true color images to gray images.

Brightness
Convert to gray images with a user defined brightness value.

Red Channel
Filter other color channels such as green and blue color channel and keep the
red color channel.

Green Channel
Filter other color channels such as red and blue color channels and keep the
green color.

Blue Channel
Filter other color channels such as red and green color channels and keep
the blue color channel.

Filter Red
Filter the red color and keep the other colors.

Filter Green
Filter the green color and keep the other colors.

Filter Blue
Filter the blue color and keep the other colors.

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Stamp
Add a stamp on the selected images. This operation can be processed in one
or multiple images at a time. The font-size of the stamp can also be set.
What is best, you can view the result directly on the display window.

Stamp settings

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Manually process the barcode detection feature

Users are able to manually process barcode detection on currently scanned

images.

To manually process the barcode detection feature,

1. Select one single image or a batch image.

2. Choose “Barcode Detection” from the “Image Processing” menu.
Or
2. Click the right-mouse button and choose “Barcode Detection” from the
drop-down list.
3. After detection is completed, the recognized barcode data will be shown in
a text file.

Select images and manually process barcode detection

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System Settings

The “Options” tab includes the following options:

“System Settings” -> “Options”

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Items Descriptions

Scan automatically deleted Automatically detect and remove blank

a blank page page during scanning.

Set the threshold of blank page. The default

Blank Page Threshold value is 50. The lower the value, the more
blank pages will be detected and removed.

Automatically deskew Automatically deskew image during

scanned image scanning.

After the images have been exported, the

Automatically deletes
original images will be deleted
images after exporting
automatically.

Automatically select Check this option to start a scan without

previously connected selecting the scanner model again after
scanner AVScan X V1 is closed.

Automatically delete
Check this option to delete empty batch
empty batch when
during image exporting.
exporting images

Display images while Check this option to show the scanned

scanning image while scanning.

Set the file format of the scanned images.

File Format for the Batch
Choice: BMP, JPEG, TIFF.

Set if you wish to keep batch names while

Export Images from the exporting all batches.
Root Directory Choice: With batch names, Without batch
names

File Name Set the rule of file name.

Set the time to wait after the 1st batch is

Auto Scan Interval
scanned.

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The More Tab

The “More” tab provides the following options:

Items Descriptions

Choose the file format for your exported

Export file saving format
images. Choice: JPEG, BMP. TIFF, PDF
Choice:
No Separation – You document will not be
separated.
Separate a batch by page number –
Separate your batch document by the page
number you have specified.
Batch Separation Separate a batch by a blank page –
Choose to keep the blank page in the 1st
batch or in the 2nd batch.
Separate a batch by a barcode – When
this is selected, a new batch will be created
and named after the recognized barcode
data.

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Separate a batch by a patch code –

When this is selected, a new batch will be
created and named after the recognized
patch code data.

A patch code is a pattern of parallel,

alternating black bars and spaces (i.e. a
barcode) that is printed on a document.
Patch code sheet is most commonly used as
a document separator in a stack of
document.

You can find various sizes of patch codes

(PDF) by choosing
[Start] menu>[All Programs]>[Avision
XXX Scanner]>[Patch code] in
succession.
Simply print the PDF file to produce the
patch code sheet. Insert the patch code
sheets to wherever you want the file to
separate.

Patch code
sheet

Choice: For a current batch, For all

batches
For a current batch – Applies the feature
option only for a current batch.
For all batches – Applies the feature for all
Scan and automatically the batches.
export images Directory – Click [Browse] to change the
directory for the batch files of the exported
images. Default: C:\Documents and
Settings\User name\My
Documents\AVScan X\ExportImages

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Appendix: TWAIN UI

This section describes the general features of the TWAIN user interface with
The Avision’s TWAIN user interface as an example.

The Image Tab

“Image” Tab

The Image tab allows you to set basic scan settings including image mode,

simplex or duplex (single side or double sides) of document to scan,

resolution, brightness and contrast. What is best, you can save your desired

scan settings as a profile. These profiles are stored in the folder of your

scanner model of your system drive and you can view the contents through

your Notepad.

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The Compression Tab

“Compression” Tab

The Compression tab allows you to set the compression type for an image. It
is recommended to use JPEG for color image and G4 for the black and white
image.

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The Color Dropout Tab

“Color Dropout” Tab

The Color dropout tab allows you to set the color filter when scanning image
in gray or black and white mode. The color dropout feature can filter the red,
blue, green color channel, and the color channel you have specified.

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The Paper Tab

“Paper” Tab

The Paper tab allows you to use the auto crop and deskew functions.

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The Preview Tab

“Preview” Tab

The Preview tab allows you to get a preview image before final scanning. If
you select a specific size, you can draw a region on the Preview display to
scan.

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The Image Enhancement Tab

“Image Enhancement” Tab

The Enhancement tab allows you to set additional image processing settings.

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The Rotation Tab

“Rotation” Tab

The Rotation tab allows you to set image rotation options.

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The Multi-Feed Detection Tab

“Multi-Feed Dection” Tab

Multi-Feed Detection allows you to detect overlapped document that go

through the auto document feeder. Multi-Feed usually occurs due to stapled

documents, adhesives on documents, or electro-statically charged

document. Note The availability of the function varies based on type of

scanner.

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The Separation Tab

“Separator” Tab

The Separation tab allows you to enable the detection engine to detect the

blank page, barcode, and patch code and then notify the software

application which supports document separation to separate your

multi-page documents. Choices: Blank Page Removal, Barcode Detection,

Patch Code Detection.

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The Setting Tab

“Setting” Tab

The Setting tab allows you to enable energy saver, and set the amount of

time to enter the power saving mode.

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The Imprinter Tab

“Imprinter” Tab

The Imprinter tab allows you to print alphanumeric characters, date, time,

document count and custom message on your scanned image if digital

imprinter is selected or at the back of your document if external imprinter is

selected.

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The Information Tab

“Information” Tab

The Information tab allows you to view the system information, the scan

count, the serial number, the driver and firmware version. The information is

helpful and can be exported to a text file when troubleshooting or repair is

required.

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