Canon CanoScan 9900F - User Manual

COPYRIGHT  2002 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 8000F REV.0 OCT. 2002 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) I. INTRODUCTION ........................ 5-1 A. Initial Check ....................... 5-1 B. Others ................................. 5-1 II. TROUBLESHOOTING FLOWCHART ........................................

COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) CHAPTER 1 GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS I. SPECIFICATIONS ....................... 1-1 II. PARTS CONFIGURATION ........... 1-2 A. Front View .......................... 1-2 B. Back View ........................... 1-...

CHAPTER 1 1 - 2 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) q Document Cover w Protective Sheet e Film Adapter Unit r Document Glass t COPY Button y SCAN Button u FILE Button i E-MAIL Button o Alignment Mark !0 Lock Switch II. PARTS CONFIGURATION A....

CHAPTER 1 1 - 3 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) B. Back View Figure 1-2 q Power Connector w FAU Cable e FAU Connector r IEEE-1394 Connector t USB Connector 5 4 3 1 2

CHAPTER 1 1 - 4 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) q Lock Switch B. Unlocking the Lock Switch Scanning unit is locked by the lock switch to prevent a damage during transport. Unlock thelock switch by pushing it toward the “unlock” mark to u...

CHAPTER 1 1 - 5 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) q USB Connector w IEEE-1394 Connector e Power Connector r USB Cable t IEEE-1394 Cable y AC Adapter C. Connecting Cables CanoScan 9900F needs to be connected to the USB port on the host comp...

CHAPTER 1 1 - 6 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) q Alignment Mark D. Scanning 1. Scanning Original 1) Place an original face-down on the document glass by aligning its top edge with the alignment mark. Figure 1-5 2) Close the document cov...

CHAPTER 1 1 - 8 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) q FILM Mark 3) Place the loaded film guide by aligning its leading tab with FILM mark on the document glass and close the document cover. Figure 1-8 4) Send the scan command from the host c...

CHAPTER 1 1 - 9 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) IV. CUSTOMER’S DAILY MAINTENANCE Dirt on the document glass may result in an unclear image or lines on an image. Clean thedocument glass according to the following steps. 1) Disconnect all ...

COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) CHAPTER 2 OPERATION AND TIMING I. BASIC OPERATION .................... 2-1 A. Functions ............................ 2-1 B. Electrical System ................ 2-2 C. Main PCB Input and Output . 2-4 D. Docu...

CHAPTER 2 2 - 3 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) 2. Functions of Main PCB 1) Analog IC Converts the image signals (analog signals) read by CCD into digital data. - CDS (Correlated Double Sampling) - AGC (Auto Gain Control) - 8-bit A/D con...

CHAPTER 2 2 - 4 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) JP6-1 -2 -3 -4 Power LED H o m e P o s i t i o n S e n s o r "H" when scanning unit is in home position Drive motor drive signal JP2-1 -2-3-4-5-6-7-8 Scanner button Button PCB HOTKE...

CHAPTER 2 2 - 5 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) Standby Scanning Unit forward Drive Motor Sequence Home Position Sensor Scanning Lamp ON Signal Interface Signal Scan Command Setup Standby Scanning Unit backward (Scans 9 lines for RGB eac...

CHAPTER 2 2 - 7 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) Host Computer ASIC GND CCD PCB GND Inverter PCB Scanning Lamp Main PCB LAMP CCD Document Glass Lens FARE Unit Scanning Unit B. Lamp Lighting Circuit 1. Scanning Lamp Lighting Circuit When t...

CHAPTER 2 2 - 8 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) 2. FAU Lamp Lighting Circuit Figure 2-7 is a FAU Lamp Lighting Circuit diagram.When the host computer sends a film scanning command, ASIC turns off the scanning lamplighting signal (LAMP) a...

CHAPTER 2 2 - 9 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) C. FARE (Film Automatic Retouching and Enhancement) 1. Outline When scanning a film, it is difficult to obtain a clean image because of dirt and scrach on thefilm. CanoScan 9900F is equippe...

CHAPTER 2 2 - 10 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) Figure 2-9-1 Figure 2-9-2 Figure 2-9-3 2. Operating FARE Function Two light sources mounted in CanoScan 9900F have different frequencies ( the FAU lamp(cold cathode fluorescent lamp): 380-...

CHAPTER 2 2 - 11 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) D. Motor Control Circuit Figure 2-10 is a motor drive circuit diagram. Control program analizes a command sent from the host computer, and sends a motor clockgeneration command to ASIC. Ga...

CHAPTER 2 2 - 12 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) III. IMAGE PROCESSING A. Outline Image processing system consists of the CCD, analog IC, and ASIC. Analog signal read by theCCD is converted into digital data, and the digital date is sent...

CHAPTER 2 2 - 14 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) 3. Calibration When scanning a document of even density, the image signal corresponding to each pixel maybe uneven due to the following reasons: * Uneven light intensity of the scanning la...

CHAPTER 2 2 - 15 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) 1) Interpolation Processing When scanning at higher resolution, the image quality tends to be reduced. This is becauseone pixel output from the CCD is treated as two image data in the hori...

CHAPTER 2 2 - 17 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) IV. CONTROL SYSTEM A. Control System Diagram Figure 2-17 B. Main PCB The scanner is not equipped with CPU. Control program in the device driver installed in thehost computer includes a con...

CHAPTER 2 2 - 18 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) 2. Signal Definitons USB uses only two identification signal lines (D+ and D-) to communicate with the hostcomputer. Table 2-2 3. Interface Connection USB connector has two plugs: A plug f...

CHAPTER 2 2 - 19 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) B. IEEE 1394 1. Outline of IEEE 1394 Standard IEEE is a standard for high-speed serial interface called "Firewire" or "i.LINK"Features of IEEE 1394 includes: 1. No host com...

COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) CHAPTER 3 MECHANICAL SYSTEM I. PARTS REPLACEMENT .............. 3-1 A. Precautions ......................... 3-1 II. EXTERNALS .............................. 3-2 A. Removing the Film Adapter Unit ............

CHAPTER 3 3 - 2 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) q FAU Cable w Film Adapter Unit II. EXTERNALS A. Removing the Film Adapter Unit 1) Disconnect the FAU cable.2) Lift the film adapter unit as shown in Figure 3-1 to remove it. Figure 3-1 1 2

CHAPTER 3 3 - 3 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) q Screw w Top Cover e Hook B. Removing the Top Cover and the Document Glass Unit 1) Remove two screws that hold the Top Cover .2) Remove the Top Cover by holding the front part of the cover...

CHAPTER 3 3 - 4 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) Figure 3-3 3) Slide the document glass unit backward and lift it. Remove the glass from the scanner. q Document Glass Unit 1 C. Attaching the Front Panel 1) Make sure that corners of the To...

CHAPTER 3 3 - 5 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) D. Removing the Front Panel 1) Remove the Front Panel from the scanner. (Refer to III-A Removing the Main PCB)2) Remove the Top Cover and the Document Glass.3) Remove the Carriage Unit and ...

CHAPTER 3 3 - 6 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) 6) Press two hooks on both sides of the front panel inward. Remove the front panel and the button PCB unit from the main frame. q Front Panel w Button PCB Unit e Hook Figure 3-5 3 2 1 3

CHAPTER 3 3 - 7 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) 7) Cut off cable bands and disconnect cables from the main frame. Remove the button PCB unit. q Cable Band Figure 3-6 1

CHAPTER 3 3 - 8 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) 8) Remove three screws and remove the button cable board. q Screw w Button PCB e Lower Button Cover Figure 3-7 1 3 2

CHAPTER 3 3 - 9 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) E. Attaching the Front Panel 1) Pass the button cables through the main frame.2) Fix cables to the main frames with cable bands as shown in Figure 3-8 q Cable Band Figure 3-8 1

CHAPTER 3 3 - 11 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) q Screw w Main PCB III. PCBs A. Removing the Main PCB 1) Turn the scanner over and remove four screws. Figure 3-10 1 2

CHAPTER 3 3 - 12 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) 2) Lift the main PCB as shown in Figure 3-11 and disconnect the button cable and the motor unit cable. q Motor Unit Cable w Button Cable Figure 3-11 1 2

CHAPTER 3 3 - 13 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) 3) Turn the main PCB over. Remove screw that holds grounding and the flat cable. Remove the main PCB from the main frame. q Main PCB w Flat Cable e Screw Figure 3-12 1 3 2

CHAPTER 3 3 - 14 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) IV. OPTICAL SYSTEM A. Removing the Scanning Unit Note: Lens and mirrors of the scanning unit are factory adjusted. Do not touch the lamp, mirrors, and CCD PCB (shaded area shown in Figure ...

CHAPTER 3 3 - 17 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) 5) Remove two screws that hold the gear plate 2 . Remove spring from the gear plate 2.6) Remove screw that holds grounding. q Grounding Cable w Screw e Spring r Gear Plate 2 Figure 3-16 No...

CHAPTER 3 3 - 20 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) 9) Slide the slidng rod backward and lift it as shown in Figure 3-19. Disconnec the motor connector. Remove the sliding unit first and the scanning unit out ofthe main frame. q Document Sc...

CHAPTER 3 3 - 21 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) 10) Remove the sliding rod and the timing belt from the scanning unit. q Scanning Unit w Sliding Rod Figure 3-20 1 2

CHAPTER 3 3 - 22 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) B. Removing Motor Unit 1) Remove the main PCB.2) Remove the top cover and the document glass.3) Remove the scanning unit.4) Remove a screw that holds the sliding rod to the motor unit. q S...

CHAPTER 3 3 - 23 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) Figure 3-22 C. Attaching the Motor Unit 1) Apply grease (EM-50L) to the shaft of the gear when attaching the motor unit to the main frame. Make sure that no grease be applied to other part...

COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) CHAPTER 4 MAINTENANCE AND SERVICING I. PERIODICAL REPLACEMENT PARTS ....................................... 4-1 II. CONSUMABLE PARTS DURABILITY .............................. 4-1 III. PERIODICAL SERVICING ...

CHAPTER 4 4 - 1 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) I. PERIODICAL REPLACEMENT PARTS None II. CONSUMABLE PARTS DURABILITY None III. PERIODICAL SERVICING None IV. SPECIAL TOOLS None V. SOLVENTS AND LUBRICANTS Grease used for disassembly and re...

COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) CHAPTER 5 TROUBLESHOOTING I. INTRODUCTION ........................ 5-1 A. Initial Check ....................... 5-1 B. Others ................................. 5-1 II. TROUBLESHOOTING FLOWCHART ..............

CHAPTER 5 5 - 1 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) I. INTRODUCTION A. Initial Check Check if the operating environment conforms to the following conditions. * Line voltage is within ±10% of the rated value. * Ambient temperature and humidit...

CHAPTER 5 5 - 2 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) II. TROUBLESHOOTING FLOWCHART A. Power LED Failure Figure 5-1 Unlock Lock Switch Connect AC Adapter Power LED is ON ? Connect USB cable No Yes Table 5-1 Figure 5-2

CHAPTER 5 5 - 3 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) B. Communication Failure Figure 5-2 Scan Communication failed ? Scanning Unit failed to move ? Yes Table 5-2 Yes Table 5-3 Yes Table 5-4 No Poor image quality ? No Acoustic noise originated...

CHAPTER 5 5 - 4 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) Possible Cause Related Parts Check Method Corrective Action USB cable connection failure Scanner communication failure Scanning unit failure USB cable Main PCB Scanning unit Visual check Tr...

CHAPTER 5 5 - 5 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) Possible Cause Related Parts Check Method Corrective Action Drive belt broken or worn Gears broken or worn Scanner button failure Drive motor failure Drive belt Pulley Unit Button PCB Motor...

CHAPTER 5 5 - 6 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) IV. CANON SCANNER TEST A. Outline Canon Scanner Test is a utility software to check if faulty operation of CanoScan 9900F iscaused by the hardware or the communication with the host compute...

CHAPTER 5 5 - 7 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) C. Functions 1. USB Information (Windows only) Information of the scanner connected to the USB port on the PC is displayed. Ifcommunication between the scanner and the host computer fails, ...

CHAPTER 5 5 - 8 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) D. Functions Descriptions 1. USB Information (Windows only) Select “USB Information” from the “Function” menu. The window shown in Figure 5-3 willappear. Figure 5-3 * Vendor Description : M...

CHAPTER 5 5 - 9 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) 2. Scanner Information Select “Scanner information” from the “Function” menu The window shown in Figure 5-4(Windows) or Figure 5-5 (Macintoch) will appear. Figure 5-4 Figure 5-5 * Vendor ID...

CHAPTER 5 5 - 13 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) * Scan count Set the number to be scanned ranging from 1 to 100. * Resolution (dpi) When the resolution for scanning an image is set at 67/200/400dpi, the entire area of the document glass...

CHAPTER 5 5 - 16 COPYRIGHT  2003 CANON INC. CANOSCAN 9900F REV.0 FEB. 2003 PRINTED IN JAPAN (IMPRIME AU JAPON) E. Error Message 1. “Unable to find the scanner. Check if the cables are connected properly.” Cause : Scanner is not detected by the host computer.Corrective Action : Refer to the “II. Tro...