Your First Scan - Microtek Bio-6000 User Manual

This section is to guide you to perform your first scan by using the ScanWizard Bio.
You should familiarize yourself with the basic scanning technique before you
continue further scanning scenarios described in next pages.
1. Launch ScanWizard Bio either as a stand-alone by clicking on the program icon,
2. Place the gel or film to be scanned
3. Go to the Preview window of
4. Click the Overview button to perform a preliminary scan of the image, which will
5. Select the Scan Frame tool from the Toolbar in the Preview window, and choose
6. Click the Prescan button to display a detailed image of area selected by the
7. Specify your scanning requirements in the Settings window.
8. Adjust image quality if necessary, using the Advanced Image Correction (AIC)
9. Click the Scan to (or "Scan") button in the Preview window or on the scanner
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Your First Scan

or by using the File-Import or File-Acquire command from your image-editing
program.
facing down on the scanner glass
surface, with the top end of it toward
the front of the scanner. Remember to
keep the calibration strip clear.
ScanWizard Bio, and choose
Transmissive from the Scan Material
menu.
appear in the Preview window.
the area to be scanned by dragging a rectangle around it. You will see a flashing
frame (marquee) around the selected area.
Scan Frame tool. A thumbnail of the image appears as well in the Scan Job
Queue window.
a) Select a desired image type.
b) Select a desired resolution.
c) Adjust the scan frame settings if necessary.
tools.
unit to start scanning.
• If ScanWizard Bio was launched from an application program, the image is
then delivered to your application, where the image can be saved, printed, or
edited.
U-shaped Ruler