Scanning Originals Applied With Auto Focus - Microtek Bio-5000 Manual

By default, the Auto Focus function is
activated when your Scan Material is set as
Positive Film or Negative Film. It is disabled
when your Scan Material is set as
Reflective. If you like to apply the Auto
Focus function to your reflective originals,
such as photos or prints, you need to go to
the Preferences menu and to select the
More... command, and then check the Auto
Focus to activate this function.
1. Follow steps 1 to 3 in the previous scanning scenarios to place your scan material
2. Click the Overview button to perform a preliminary scan of the image.
3. To apply the Auto Focus function to the image, use either of the ways below:
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Scanning Originals Applied with Auto Focus

(electrophoresis gel, reflective or film), and to launch ScanWizard Bio.
If this is the first time to scan your scan material, you can see a flashing frame
(enclosed by dotted lines) together with a default Auto Focus target sign (
appearing on the preview area. The Auto Focus target sign marks the area where
the Auto Focus is applied to.
• The area applied with the Auto Focus function is decided and selected by the
software system automatically.
Click the Overview button to perform a preliminary scan of the image, which
will appear in the Preview window. Immediately, you can see a target sign ( )
appearing on the overview image. The target sign marks the area where the
Auto Focus is applied to. In this case, the software system automatically
detects, calculates and selects the area applied with the Auto Focus function.
)
Auto Focus target
sign
Scan frame
(enclosed by dotted
lines)