Konica-minolta SC-215 User Manual

SC-215 User's Manual (D/N: 250-0369-E Version 1.0) Minolta-QMS, Inc P/N: 800695-0

- 2-2 2.2 UNLOCKING THE SC-215 To protect the scanning head from damage during shipment, the SC-215 is designed with a lock switch beneath the main

2-3 2.3 CONNECTING THE CABLE 2.3.1 CONNECTING THE SC-215 TO A PRINTER TO WORK AS A COPIER Connect the power cable and signal cable as shown bel

- 2-42.3.2 CONNECTING THE SC-215 TO A WINDOWS WORKSTATION TO WORK AS A SCANNER Figure 2-3 SC-215 Cable Connection Power Cable USB Ca

2-52.4 DOCUMENT PLACEMENT As shown in Figure 2-4, place the document on the glass face (text) down. Figure 2.4 Document Placeme

3-1 3. USING THE SC-215 AS A COPIER To use the SC-215 as a copier, it is recommended that you follow these tips: To use other settings than the one

- 3-2 3.1 THE CONTROL PANEL 1. Contrast: Used to adjust the copied /scanned image contrast . Increase the level of color contrast with the

3-3 10. Select: Press to determine a printer to be used after updating the printer setting with

- 3-4 3.2 BEFORE MAKING COPIES The MINOLTA-QMS SC-215 supports multiple paper sizes from A4/letter to legal on the flatbed and through the Automatic

3-5 3.3 MAKING SIMPLE COPIES The Operating Steps: 1. Place your original face-down on the document glass. 2. Press the Copy button(either Color or

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- 3-63.4 MAKING COPIES WITH COPY FEATURES 3.4.1 MIRROR FUNCTION This function allows you to horizontally flip the copied image as if the image were

3-73.4.2 ENLARGING OR REDUCING YOUR ORIGINAL Like most copiers, the SC-215 also features an enlargement/reduction function to resize your original.

- 3-8 3.4.3 CHANGING YOUR COPY DENSITY Copy density refers to the degree of darkness that the MINOLTA-QMS SC-215 has reproduced. Use the density feat

3-93.4.5 CHOOSING YOUR COPY QUANTITY The Operating Steps: 1. Place your original face-down on the document glass. 2. The default copy count is 1

- 3-103.4.6 ENHANCING YOUR COPY QUALITY The MINOLTA-QMS SC-215 provides a “Quality mode” option to improve your copy quality. This is particularly u

3-113.4.7 ORIGINAL CONTENT MIXED/TEXT/PHOTO COPIES Content can vary widely. The SC-215 can be configured to maximize the copy operation based upon

- 3-123.4.8 MAKING COPIES OF A 3D OBJECT The Operating Steps: 1. Place your 3D object on the document glass. 2. Press the “Normal/Quality” butt

3-133.4.9 AUTOMATIC POWER SAVING The SC-215 features automatic power saving without unplugging the power cable. If you have not used the SC-215 o

4-14. USING THE SC-215 AS A SCANNER To operate the SC-215 at optimum speed as a scanner, the following minimum requirements are recommended: • IBM

iiiFCC Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursu

- 4-2 4.1 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE Installation procedures of the SC-215 driver and utilities are as follows: 1. Start Microsoft Windows. 2. Insert

4-3 4.2 DOWNLOADING A PRINTER COLOR TABLE The SC-215 supports up to six color tables simultaneously and has the latest color tables already install

- 4-45). Follow the instructions on the screen to complete installation of the Download Utility and importing all printer color table files to you

4-5 4.3 TO CUSTOMIZE COLOR TABLES ON SC-215 1). Choose Start>Programs> SC-215 Download Utility> SC-215 Download Utility. The SC-215 Downlo

- 4-65). When the status bar shows 100%, this means you have successfully downloaded the color table to the SC-215. 6). Connect the SC-215 to you

4-7 4.4 UNINSTALL THE SC-215 DRIVER You can uninstall the SC-215 driver by selecting Start>Programs>Minolta-QMS SC-215 and clicking the Unins

5-15. SCANNER OPERATION & DOCUMENT PRINTING 1. Open your TWAIN scanning application. 2. Pull down the File menu and choose Select Source. If

- 5-2 6. Select the scanning method you want to use in the Scan Method drop-down menu. 7. Select the mode you want to use for your scans in the Im

6-1 6. USER INTERFACE 6.1 SCAN METHOD Select how you want to scan in the Scan Method drop-down menu. Simplex/One-page—use this setting if you are

- iv Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION...1-1 2. SC-215 INSTALLATION...

- 6-26.2 DETERMINING YOUR RESOLUTION A good control of the resolution results in satisfactory detail of an image that scans. The resolution is mea

6-3 Tips: 1. For your information, an A4-size color image scanned at 300 dpi at True Color mode consumes approximately 25 MB of disk space. A hig

- 6-46.3 SELECTING A PROPER IMAGE TYPE Select the image type through the mode from the scanner user interface for your own purpose. Each image ty

6-5 Halftone Halftone simulates gray scale by using different size dots. Particularly when you view the image at a certain distance, it looks ver

- 6-6 8-Bit Gray A single-channel image consists of at least 256 shades of gray. An 8-bit scanner produces a grayscale image with 1024 shades of gray

6-78-Bit Color A 8-Bit Color image provides 256 color hues in the image. The file size of a 256 color image is 1/3 the size of a 24-Bit Color image.

- 6-86.4 ENHANCING YOUR IMAGE Brightness: Adjusts the lightness or darkness of an image. The higher the value, the brighter the image. Incre

6-96.5 CONTRAST Adjusts the range between the darkest and the lightest shades in the image. The higher the contrast, the bigger the different

- 6-10 6.6 INVERT IMAGE The invert command reverses the brightness and the color in the image. For color images, each pixel will be changed in

6-116.7 MIRROR Click on the Mirror button to reverse the image (create a mirror image). Mirror function is off Mirror function is on

v6. USER INTERFACE... 6-1 6.1 SCAN METHOD ...

- 6-126.8 PREVIEW AUTO-AREA Clicking on the Preview Auto-Area button automatically crops the preview scan area to the previewed document. This will

6-13 6.11 DESCREEN Click on the Descreen button to access a drop-down menu that allows you to specify the type of document you are scanning in orde

- 6-14 6.13 COLOR ADJUSTMENT Click on the Color Adjustment button to enable the button for the Hue, Saturation, and Lightness feature. NOTE: The Ad

6-15 Highlight / Shadow This feature is available when 8-Bit Gray, 8-Bit Color, or 24-Bit Color is selected in the Image Type drop-down menu. High

- 6-16Curves When you select the Curves button, a dialog box appears that allows you to adjust the midtone of the image without losing details in t

6-17 Color Balance When you select the Color Balance button, a dialog box appears that allows you to adjust the color of the image so that it comes

- 6-18 Hue /Saturation /Lightness Click on this button to adjust the hue, saturation, and lightness of an image. This button is enabled when the Col

6-19Color Drop-out This feature is available when Black and White, Halftone, or 8-Bit Gray is selected on the Image Type drop-down menu. Click on t

- 6-20Custom Settings Click on the Custom Settings button to access a dialog box where you can save your scan settings and configuration settings.

6-21Configuration Settings The Configuration Settings tab allows you to customize some special settings. Energy Saving Mode—check the Enable box to

- vi8.4 HOW TO CLEAR A PAPER JAM... 8-16 9. TROUBLESHOOTING...

- 6-22 6.16 MISCELLANEOUS Width : Shows the current image width. Height: Shows the current image height. Size: Shows the current file size of the

6-23 Preview: Click on the Preview button to scan a document so you can review the scanned image. This allows you to specify an area to be scanned

- 6-246.17 PRINTING Figure 5.1 SC-215 Cable Connection Caution: The image scanned to a PC through the SC-215’s USB port can be printe

7-17. MAINTENANCE Cleaning: The SC-215 is designed to be maintenance-free. However, it still needs to be cleaned occasionally to ensure optimum i

8-18. SC-215 AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER (ADF) The SC-215 Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) is a convenient addition to your current SC-215. With the

- 8-28.1.2 INSTALLING THE ADF 1. Turn off your SC-215. Lock the scanning unit on the back. 2. Disconnect the power cable. 3. Remove the do

8-3 5. Insert 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 P

- 8-48.1.3 UNLOCKING THE SC-215 Slide the Lock Switch on the bottom of the SC-215 to unlock the scanning unit. 1. “Shipping” Position 2.

8-58.1.4 CONNECTING THE CABLES 8.1.4.1 Connecting the SC-215 to Work as a Copier Connect the ADF cable, the power cable, and the printer cable (n

1-1 1. INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of a MINOLTA -QMS SC-215. The SC-215 produces better printing quality and is freer from mainte

- 8-6 8.1.4.2 Connecting the SC-215 to Work as a Scanner Connect the ADF cable, the power cable, the included USB cable for connection to the comput

8-7 8.2 USING THE ADF 8.2.1 FANNING PAPER BEFORE USAGE To prevent occasional paper jams when automatically feeding multi-page documents, fan the pa

- 8-88.2.2 LOADING THE PAPER Place your document with the text face up and the top of the page to the left side as shown below. ABC123Top of PageFe

8-98.2.3.2 Scanning Multi-page Documents 1. Place your document with the text face up on the ADF Paper Tray. 2. Start your image editing appli

- 8-105. Press the Source button to switch the scanning source to Simplex/Multi-page at the TWAIN window. 6. Press the Preview button to get an

8-11 8.3 MAINTAINING THE ADF 8.3.1 CLEANING THE ADF The SC-215 is designed to be maintenance free. However, it still needs to be cleaned occasiona

- 8-123. Wipe the pad from top to bottom. Be careful not to hook the pick springs. 4. Close the ADF unit. Your SC-215 is now ready for use. Fe

8-138.3.2 REPLACING THE ADF SNAP-IN PAD MODULE After scanning approximately 20,000 pages through the ADF, the pad may be worn out and you may exper

- 8-14 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

8-15Assembly Procedure 1. Take the new ADF pad module out of its box. 2. Press both arms of the ADF snap-in pad module inwardly with your two fing

- 1-2 1. Utilities & Documentation CD 2. Power Adapter/Cord 3. Parallel Cable for Computer Connection 4. Parallel Cable for Printer Conne

- 8-168.4 HOW TO CLEAR A PAPER JAM In the event of a paper jam, follow the procedures below to remove the paper: 1. Turn the SC-215 off by disconne

9-19. TROUBLESHOOTING If you have any operational problem, please refer to the following troubleshooting hints. 9.1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Que

- 9-2 Question: Why do not some parallel port devices work with the SC-215? Answer: The SC-215 does support pass-through printing, but the pa

9-39.2 TECHNICAL SERVICE Technical support for the SC-215 scanner is provided at the MINOLTA-QMS Technical Assistance Centers. Before you contact

- 10-4For all other offices and world wide directories, please visit the corporate web site, www.minolta-qms.com, for contact information. 10. SPECI

10-5 Weight: Flatbed unit: 4.3 kg (9.5 lbs) ADF unit: 1.4kg(3.1 lbs)

- 10-6 Speed 10 PPM (page per minute) (mono mode)Paper tray capacity 25 pages Document size Max: Legal size (8.5” x 14”) Min: 4.5” x 5.5”

10-7EC Declaration of Conformity According to EN55022 and EN55024 Manufacturer's Name: MINOLTA-QMS, Inc. Manufacturer's Address: 1

2-12. SC-215 INSTALLATION 2.1 PRECAUTIONS Ÿ Keep the SC-215 out of direct sunlight. Direct exposure to the sun or excessive heat may cause da