Nikon COOLSCAN V ED Quick Start Manual

Quick Start Guide Quick Start Guide
35mm/APS(IX240) Film Scanner
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P r e p a r a t i o n
Step 1

Check the package contents

Remove the scanner from the box and confi rm that you have all the items listed
below.
³ SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED or COOLSCAN V ED
fi lm scanner
· MA-21 slide-mount adapter
» SA-21 strip-fi lm adapter
¿ Power cable
´ USB cable
² CD-ROM
• Nikon Scan CD (Yellow)
• Nikon Scan Reference Manual / Easy Scanning
Guide CD
• Nikon View CD (Yellow)
• Nikon View Reference Manual CD
¶ Warranty
º User's Manual
¾ Quick Start Guide (this guide)
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35mm/APS(IX240) Film Scanner
35mm/APS(IX240) Film Scanner
Warranty
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Quick Start Guide Quick Start Guide
If you need help:
Visit http://www.nikontechusa.com/ or call 1-800-NikonUX
(for users in the U.S.A.)
Vist http://www.europe-nikon.com/support
(f or users in Europe)
Visit http://www.nikon-asia.com/
(for users in Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa)
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Step 2

Install Nikon Scan

Before connecting the scanner, install Nikon Scan as described below.
Supported operating systems
Windows • Windows XP Home Edition/Professional
• Windows 2000 Professional
• Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
• Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)
Macintosh • Mac OS X (version 10.1.5 or later)
• Mac OS 9 (version 9.1 or later)
Other system requirements are detailed on page 10 (Win-
dows), 15 (Macintosh) of the User's Manual.
Adapter slot
Status LED
MA-21 slide-
mount adapter
Power switch
Windows
a Turn the computer on and wait for Windows to start up. Do not connect the
scanner.
Windows XP Home Edition / Windows XP Professional / Windows
2000 Professional
When installing or uninstalling Nikon Scan, log in as the "Computer
Important administrator" (Windows XP Home Edition/Windows XP Professional)
or "Administrator" (Windows 2000 Professional).
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Earlier Versions of Nikon Scan
Before installing Nikon Scan 4, uninstall any earlier versions of Nikon
Scan. See "Uninstalling Nikon Scan" on pages 62–64 of the User's
Important
Manual.
b Insert the Nikon Scan CD in the CD-ROM drive.
·
After a brief pause, a language selection dialog
will be displayed. Select a language and click
Next.
c The "Install Center" dialog will be displayed.
Click the "Software" tab and click Install.
d The opening dialog of the Nikon Scan installer
will be displayed. Click Next.
Before You
Begin
Setup
Basic Scanning
Nikon Scan
Technical Notes s
e After reading the license agreement, click Yes to
accept the agreement and proceed with installa-
tion.
f The default install location for Nikon Scan (c:
\Program Files\Nikon\Nkscan4) is displayed un-
der "Destination location." To choose a differ-
ent location, click Browse... and navigate to the
desired folder. Click Next to begin installation.
The dialog shown at right will be displayed.
Click Yes to create the destination folder for
Nikon Scan.
g When prompted to select the scanner drivers,
confi rm that LS- 40/50/5000 is selected and click
Next.
Windows 2000 Professional
The dialog shown at right will be displayed;
click Yes (if the dialog is displayed twice,
Note
click Yes each time).
h Click Yes to create a shortcut to Nikon Scan on
the desktop.
Associating Image Enhancement Extensions with Nikon Scan
If Nikon Capture or other Nikon software is
already installed on the computer, a dialog
will be displayed requesting permission to
Note
Continued associate image enhancement settings fi le
above at
extensions with Nikon Scan. Click Yes.
right
P a r t s o f t h e S c a n n e r
Film gate
Feet
(5000 ED only)
AC connector
AC connector
USB interface
connector
i The opening dialog of the color space selection
wizard will be displayed. Click Use Wizard.
j Click Windows.
k A list of color-space profi les will be displayed.
Select sRGB (recommended) and click OK. For
more information on color-space profi les, see
page 88 of the Nikon Scan Reference Manual
(on CD).
Windows 98 SE
If the computer displays a message stating that an IEEE 1394 update
Important is required, click OK.
l Click Finish to exit the Nikon Scan installer.
m Click Yes to restart the computer.
Macintosh
a Turn on the computer and wait for it to start up. Do not connect the scan-
ner.
Mac OS X
Administrator privileges are required to install or uninstall Nikon
Important Scan.
Mac OS 9
CarbonLib 1.5 or later is required to install
Nikon Scan 4. If the installer detects an
earlier version, a message will be displayed.
Important Click Install to upgrade to a new version of
CarbonLib. Be sure to restart the computer
before continuing the installation.
b Insert the Nikon Scan 4 CD in the CD-ROM drive. Double-click the Welcome
icon ( ) in the root directory of the Nikon Scan 4 CD.
c A language selection dialog will be displayed.
Select a language and click Next.
d The "Install Center" dialog will be displayed.
Click the "Software" tab and click Easy Install.
Mac OS X
Clicking Install displays the "Authenticate"
dialog shown at right. Enter the administra-
Note
Continued
tor name and password and click OK.
above at
right
e After reading the license agreement, click Ac-
cept to accept the agreement and view the Re-
adMe fi le. Take a few moments to read this fi le,
which may contain important information that
could not be included in the product manuals.
Click Continue... to proceed to the next step.
f Click Install to begin installation.
Nikon Scan 4 will be installed to the folder shown
under "Install Location." In Mac OS X, Nikon
Scan 4 is installed to the "Applications : Nikon
Software" folder on the start-up disk.
default install location for Mac OS 9 is the "Ap-
plications (Mac OS 9) : Nikon Software" folder on
the OS 9 start-up disk.
If Multiple Copies of Photoshop Are Installed (Mac OS 9 Only)
If a copy of the Nikon Scan plug-in is installed
in the plug-ins folders for supported versions
of Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop can be used
to acquire images directly from the scanner. If
more than one copy of Photoshop is installed
Note
on the computer, a list of plug-ins folders will be displayed. Select
the plug-ins folders for the copies of Photoshop that will be used to
acquire images and click Continue to copy the Nikon Scan plug-in to
the selected folders.
Feet
The opening dialog of the color space selection
USB interface g
wizard will be displayed. Click Use Wizard.
connector
h Click Macintosh.
i A list of color-space profi les will be displayed.
Select Apple RGB (recommended) and click OK.
For more information on color-space profi les,
see page 90 of the Nikon Scan Reference Manual
(on CD).
Click Yes to add Nikon Scan 4 to the Dock (Mac
j
OS X) or create an alias of Nikon Scan 4 on the
desktop (Mac OS 9).
Click Quit to exit the installer.
k
l Click Restart to restart the computer.
Nikon Scan Reference Manual /
Easy Scanning Guide CD
This CD contains the Nikon Scan Reference Manual, which provides complete infor-
mation on Nikon Scan, and the Easy Scanning Guide, an animated guide introduc-
ing such basic scanning tasks as setting image size and resolution.
Windows †
· Viewing the Nikon Scan Reference Manual
Double-click the manual.pdf icon on the reference manual CD. Adobe Acrobat
Reader will start and a language selection screen will be displayed; click the ap-
propriate link to view the manual in the desired language. Note that Adobe Ac-
robat Reader 4 or later is required to view the Reference Manual; Windows users
can install Acrobat Reader 5 from the "Acrobat Reader" folder on the reference
manual CD.
· Viewing the Easy Scanning Guide
Double-click the easy_guide.exe icon (Windows), easy_guide_OSX icon (Mac OS X),
or easy_guide_OS9 icon (Mac OS 9). The Macromedia Flash Player will start and a
language selection screen will be displayed; click the appropriate link to view the
guide in the desired language. The Easy Scanning Guide can also be copied to the
computer hard disk for ease of reference. Copy the "easy_guide_main" folder
and easy_guide.exe (Windows), easy_guide_OSX (Mac OS X), or easy_guide_OS9
(Mac OS 9) to the desktop
* Users of Mac OS X should ensure that the start-up disk is named using only
letters and numbers (the default name for the start-up drive is "Macintosh
Continued
HD"). The guide may not start if the volume name contains punctuation or
above at
other non-alphanumeric characters.
right
The
Mac OS X Mac OS 9
See Other Side
Easy
Scanning
Guide *
Nikon Scan
Reference
Manual
Macintosh
* Icons may differ.
† Extensions may not be displayed in some
environments.
* .