Microtek ArtixScan DI 5230 Start Here Manual page 7

Basic Scanning for PC Users
1. Load the document to be scanned on either the scanner glass surface, or into the ADF's
document feed tray.
WARNING: Do not place photo paper or fragile sheets of paper on the feed tray, as doing this will
damage the original photo or frail papers during the feeding process.
2. Launch ScanWizard DI — either as a stand-alone by clicking the program icon, or by using
the File-Import or Scan command from an application program.
3. Specify your scanning requirements in the ScanWizard DI control panel.
a) Select ADF (Odd Pages), ADF (Even Pages) or ADF (Duplex) in the Scan Source drop-
down menu as your image input device.
Please note that if the document to be scanned is placed on the scanner's glass
surface, select Flatbed.
b) Select the appropriate image type (e.g., Black & White) in the Scan Type drop-down
menu as your image output type.
– Select RGB Color (24 bits) to scan the image in color.
– Select Grayscale (8 bits) to scan the image in grayscale.
– Select Black & White (1 bit) to scan the image in black-and-white.
– Select Auto Color Detection to scan the image .
c) Select a dimension in the Paper Size drop-down menu as your preview image size.
d) Select a desired resolution in the Resolution drop-down menu for your image output
resolution.
e) When scanning from ADF, select a suitable paper thickness for the ultrasonic double-
feed detection in the Double Feed drop-down menu to prevent occuring of paper double
feeding.
f) When scanning from ADF, select an appropriate paper thickness in the Paper Type
drop-down menu to prevent occuring of paper jams
g) If "Auto-crop & Auto-deskew" is selected, the scanner automatically detects the size
of the original image, crops the full scan frame to fit the image, and removes unwanted
black borders after the scan, as well as corrects the distorted image for proper
alignment.
4. Select the image type (e.g., Text) in the Attribute drop-down menu as your image type.
– Select Line Art to scan line art images (images in one color or in black-and-white, such
as logos or mechanical blueprints).
– Select Photo to scan color prints.
– Select Text to scan text.
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