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Setting Up the Scanner .......................... 1-1
System Requirements........ .............................................. 1-1
Unpacking the Scanner .................................................... 1-1
The Scanner Parts ............................................................ 1-1
Unlocking the Scanner ..................................................... 1-2
Locking the Scanner ........................................................ 1-3
Installing the Scanner to a PC .......................................... 1-3
Installing the Scanner Driver ........................................... 1-6
Running the Scanner Test ................................................ 1-6
Configuring the Software ................................................ 1-7
Scanning Tutorial .................................. 2-9
Power Up the Scanner ..................................................... 2-9
Position the Document ..................................................... 2-9
Acquire the Scanner TWAIN Driver ............................. 2-10
The Dialog Box .............................................................. 2-11
The Main Folder ............................................................ 2-12
The Enhancement Folder ............................................... 2-14
The Preview Window .................................................... 2-16
Prescan the Image .......................................................... 2-17
Set Up the Scan Parameters ........................................... 2-17
Execute the Scan Command .......................................... 2-18
Using the Scanner Driver .................... 3-19
Scanner Features ........................................................... 3-19
Scan Modes ................................................................... 3-19
The TWAIN Driver ....................................................... 3-20
The Dialog Box ............................................................. 3-20
The Preview Window .................................................... 3-21
The Preview Window Buttons ....................................... 3-21
Control Settings ............................................................. 3-22
Scan Mode ..................................................................... 3-23
Resolution ...................................................................... 3-24
Destination ..................................................................... 3-24
Quality Factor ................................................................ 3-24
Descreen ......................................................................... 3-24
Output Matching ............................................................ 3-25
Width and Length .......................................................... 3-25
Output Scaling ............................................................... 3-25
Image Size ..................................................................... 3-25
Enhancement Folder ...................................................... 3-25
Filters Folder .................................................................. 3-28
About Folder .................................................................. 3-29
Using Batch Scan ........................................................... 3-29
The Batch Scan Dialog Box .......................................... 3-29
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Setting Up the Scanner ......1-1 Using the Scanner Driver ....3-19 System Requirements............1-1 Scanner Features ............3-19 Unpacking the Scanner ............ 1-1 Scan Modes ..............3-19 The Scanner Parts ............1-1 The TWAIN Driver ............3-20 Unlocking the Scanner ............. 1-2 The Dialog Box ............. - Page 2 Appendix A: ........A-32 Activation of Power Saving Feature ......A-32 To Return to the Scanning Mode ........A-32 Appendix B: ........A-34 Appendix C: ........A-35 Cleaning Procedures ............. A-35 Determining Error Messages ......... A-35 LED Ready Indicator Messages ........A-35 Other Troubleshooting ..........
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Page 3: Setting Up The Scanner
The Scanner Parts Setting Up the Scanner System Requirements Document Cover • IBM PC/AT with a 200 MHz Pentium-based prosessor or better • 64MB system memory (minimum) Scan Window Glass • VGA, Super VGA, high color or true color graphics card and appropriate monitor •... -
Page 4: Unlocking The Scanner
• LED Ready Indicator transparency adapter. • Carriage Lock When scanning or warming up, the LED ready indicator will keep flashing. When the scanner is The carriage lock prevents the scanner’s internal available for scanning, the LED ready indicator mechanism from moving during shipment. Unlock will remain lit. -
Page 5: Locking The Scanner
Locking the Scanner Installing the Scanner to a PC 1. Power off and open the computer. In case you need to ship the scanner for any reason, be sure to lock the carriage. Failing to do so may cause damage to the unit’s scanning mechanism. To lock the scanner, push the carriage lock down as shown in the illustration. - Page 6 6. Connect the other end of the scanner cable to 4. Insert the interface card firmly into the empty slot the interface card you installed and also tighten and screw in the card’s metal plate.(You may the screws. replace the computer cover after you have successfully installed the scanner driver.) 7.
- Page 7 8. Power on the scanner and wait until the ready light stops flashing and remains lit. 9. Power on the computer. 10. Install the scanner driver by referring to the next section.
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Page 8: Installing The Scanner Driver
Installing the Scanner Driver Running the Scanner Test Upon completion of the scanner driver installation, it is 1.Insert the Driver Installation CD into your important that you run the Scanner Test program. This disk drive. is to ensure that the scanner and the scanner driver are 2.Follow all on-screen instructions. -
Page 9: Configuring The Software
Configuring the Software 2. In the dialog box that opens, select the interface card for your scanner and click on the TEST In order to scan with your scanner driver, you must button. first configure the TWAIN-compliant application software that came with your scanner or which was purchased separately. - Page 10 command (usually under the File menu) and choose Select Source to display the Select Source dialog box. 5. From the list of sources, choose your scanner as your image source and click Select. You will return to the main screen of the host application. Software configuration is now complete.
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Page 11: Scanning Tutorial
Scanning Tutorial Position the Document Power Up the Scanner For the best possible image scans, it is important that you position your documents correctly and carefully. For this tutorial, use a paper-based document such as 1. First, power up the scanner by pushing the power a color photograph. -
Page 12: Acquire The Scanner Twain Driver
Acquire the Scanner TWAIN 2. Run the host TWAIN-compliant software (e.g. Photoshop) Driver 3. Call up the TWAIN Data Source by selecting Acquire from the File menu. (In some programs, The TWAIN driver is the scanning module provided the Acquire command will appear in a submenu with your scanner. -
Page 13: The Dialog Box
The Dialog Box The TWAIN dialog box is divided into two sections: the left section where most of the control settings are located and the right section, which is the Preview Window. Folders Contain different control settings Preview Window Used for viewing the prescan image and selecting the final scan area... -
Page 14: The Main Folder
The Main Folder Scan Mode Scan Source Sets the scanner to read Sets the media type of color, grayscale, lineart, the document to be Resolution etc. scanned. Sets the resolution in dots Quality Factor per inch (dpi). Enabled only if a halftone printer is the destination. - Page 15 Load Button Save Button Reset Button Loads previously saved Info Button Saves current settings to Returns settings to their settings. Shows the current a file. default values. control settings. Previous Button Sets settings to previous values. Prescan Button Cancel Button Scan Button Quick Help Button Quickly scans the entire...
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Page 16: The Enhancement Folder
The Enhancement Folder Thumbnails Are used to see the effects of any changes in Channel Selector Highlight Control the control settings. Selects the channel to Adjusts the overall be modified. amount of brightness in the image. Histogram Shadow Control Shows the distribution of Adjusts the overall the brightness levels in amount of shadows in... -
Page 17: The Filters Folder
The Enhancement Folder (Second Page) This second page of the Enhancement folder is available only if the image is color. The Filters Folder Color Wheel Thumbnails Selects the hue to be affected Color Balance Are used to see the by the saturation control. None effects of the selected Controls... -
Page 18: The Preview Window
The Preview Window Single Scan Button Zoom Tool Button Allows only one Crop Magnifies the image in the Preview Window. Frame or scan region. Highlight Eyedropper Button Preview Resolution Button Sets the highlight level to the pixel under the mouse Sets the resolution of the preview cursor. -
Page 19: Prescan The Image
Prescan the Image Only the area inside the Crop Frame will be included in the resulting scanned image when you A Prescan is a quick low-resolution scan of the entire click Scan. The size information at the bottom of the original image. -
Page 20: Execute The Scan Command
the scanner is to capture in a scan. A higher resolution results to a sharper image but requires more disk space for file saving. For this session, set the resolution to 300 dpi. 5. Select the destination. The destination is the output device you will use for the scanned image. -
Page 21: Scanner Features
Using the Scanner and can reproduce your documents into six types of images: 36-bit color images, 24-bit color images, TWAIN Driver CMYK, 8-bit grayscale images, 8-bit fast gray images, and 1-bit text or line-art images. The choice of scan mode and image type depends on your output require- ments and system configuration. -
Page 22: The Twain Driver
The TWAIN Driver CMYK This scan mode is best used when you want to output The TWAIN driver is the scanning module the image to a color printer. In this scan mode, a three- provided with your scanner. TWAIN is an channel image (i.e. -
Page 23: The Preview Window
3. Locate and click the Select command. Note that The dialog box consists of two sections - the left in most programs, the Select command can be section where most of the control settings are found found under the File menu. The Select Source and the right section, which is the Preview window. -
Page 24: Control Settings
• Preview Resolution Button • Zoom Tool Button Clicking on this button will change the Clicking on the Zoom tool button resolution of the image in the Preview magnifies the image in the Preview window. This window only. The final scan will not be affected. allows you to position the Crop Frame with There are only two resolution settings - high and precision. -
Page 25: Scan Mode
24 bits of infomation per pixel or over 16.7 million be scanned, displayed or printed. colors. Scan Mode • CMYK The Scan mode determines When you wish to output your scanned image to how the scanner will read the a color printer, you can use this mode to convert original image or document. -
Page 26: Resolution
• Reflective Destination The Destination is for selecting the Use Reflective when you wish to scan a paper- output device you will use for the based document such as photographs or text. scanned image. Choose Monitor (default) if you want •... -
Page 27: Output Matching
Width and Length unsightly interference patterns. Choose the Descreen setting most appropriate to the document you wish to The Width and Length values scan. show the dimensions of the image • None area inside the Crop Frame in the Preview window. If you want to, you can change the Choose None if you wish to scan images of measurement unit to inches, pixels, centimeters, or photographic quality. - Page 28 • Highlight Control your final scan. Using these preprocessing controls, you can change or improve the appearance of the final The Highlight control output image. To view the Enhancement folder, click allows you to adjust the the Enhance tab. overall amount of brightness in the image. The Enhancement folder •...
- Page 29 With the histogram, you can selectively adjust The second page of the Enhancement folder contains the brightness level in the shadows, midtones, and the same thumbnails of the prescan image, a color highlights of the image. To adjust the histogram, wheel, and additional control settings for adjusting the click on the Histogram button and then click on color balance and saturation.
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Page 30: Filters Folder
To go back to the previous page, click the The Filters folder contains two thumbnails of a sample left arrow. image. Any filter you choose will immediately show its effect on the sample thumbnail. Filters Folder • None The Filters folder contains preprocessing controls that The None setting means no filter is applied. -
Page 31: About Folder
The Batch Scan Dialog Box • Emboss The Emboss filter makes the elements in an image The Batch Scan dialog box contains several controls appear raised or sunken. that make batch scanning simple and easy to use. It About Folder will also display the number of batch jobs that you make when you create the scan regions. - Page 32 • Switch Batch Button • Cancel Batch Button Click on this button to switch the order Click on this button to cancel batch of the batch jobs. scan and exit the Batch Scan dialog box. • Load Batch Button • Trash Batch Button Click on this button to load previously Click on this button to delete the...
- Page 33 Scan is equipped with an auto crop function that is not available in the regular scanning mode. Batch Scan auto-detects the borders of the images or paper edges of the documents, allowing you the option of scanning any or all of these images/documents without having to manually select, and scan them individually (as required in the regular mode).
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Page 34: Appendix A:
Appendix A: The Power Saving To Return to the Scanning Mode 1. To re-engage the scanner to the regular power Feature mode simply click the scanner toolbar or the scanner icon. To increase the life of your scanner, this system has been equipped with a power smart, power saving function. -
Page 35: Appendix B:
Appendix B: Specifications* Brightness Control 255 adjustable steps (software controlled) Scanner Type Flatbed Contrast Control 255 adjustable steps (software controlled) Scan Modes Host Interface Built-in SCSI port for Microsoft True Color: 36-bit/pixel (68.7 billion colors) Windows PC 24-Bit Color: 24-bit/pixel (16.7 million colors) Data Transmission Connector50-pin SCSI connector Gray Scale:... -
Page 36: Appendix C:
Appendix C: Maintenance Cleaning Procedures 1. Power off the scanner and disconnect the power Ensure that your flatbed scanner operates at optimum cord. performance by observing the following: 2. Gently wipe the scan window glass with a soft lint-free cloth and mild liquid detergent to remove •... -
Page 37: Determining Error Messages
Appendix D:Troubleshooting 2. Make sure the scanner is unlocked. The carriage lock is located at the right side of the scanner housing. Drive the carriage lock counter- Determining Error Messages clockwise to horizontal to release the carriage. 3. If the scanned image appears dark, check if the When the scanner is turned on, it will automatically scanner lamp is on. -
Page 38: Appendix E: Technical Support
Appendix E: Technical Support Note: • We cannot be held responsible for any product returned without an RMA number. • Users must return the products to their point of purchase for a refund or credit, according to the dealer’s policy. •...
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