Mustek 2400 M User Manual
Mustek 2400 M User Manual

Mustek 2400 M User Manual

Mustek 2400 m: user manual

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USER GUIDE

The TWAIN Dialog Box
Appendices

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    Scanner USER GUIDE The TWAIN Dialog Box Appendices...
  • Page 2 Copyright Information All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any lan- guage in any form by any means, mechanical, optical, electronic, re- cording, or otherwise, without our written permission. We reserve the right to revise this manual and to make changes to any or all parts at any time, without obligation to notify any person or en- tity of such revisions and changes.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents The TWAIN Dialog Box ... 4 To Acquire the TWAIN Dialog Box ... 5 Performing a Simple Scan ... 6 (1) Place the Document/Image ... 6 (2) Preview the Image ... 6 (3) Select the Scan Size ... 7 (4) Set the Scan Mode ...
  • Page 4: The Twain Dialog Box

    The TWAIN Dialog Box The TWAIN dialog box is a scanning option provided with your scanner. TWAIN is an industry standard that allows scanning directly into any TWAIN-compliant software. It eliminates most compatibility problems associated with software and input devices supplied by different vendors.
  • Page 5: To Acquire The Twain Dialog Box

    1. Launch Windows®. 2. Launch Photo Express™ (TWAIN-compliant program). 3. Under the File menu, open the Acquire command and choose Scanner. The Select Data Source dialog box appears. 4. Choose your scanner model from the list. 5. Click the Acquire button. The Select Data Source dialog box closes.
  • Page 6: Performing A Simple Scan

    Performing a Simple Scan You’re using this scanner for the first time. We suggest you to test drive it by scanning the whole area. To scan the whole area, please take the following steps: (1) Place the image or document to be scanned.
  • Page 7: Select The Scan Size

    Congratulations! You’ve scanned your first image. In the following sections. We’ll show you how to modify settings so this scanner meets your needs better.
  • Page 8: The Twain Dialog Box (Details)

    TWAIN control settings are found and the right section, which is the Preview window. For more detailed or additional information regarding the features and functions of your scanner software, please refer to the on-line help system by clicking on the Help icon. Settings...
  • Page 9: The Preview Window And Buttons

    To preview, the steps are: 1. Place the document face down on the scan window glass; 2. Click on the Preview button. After the scanner has scanned the document, the scanned image will appear in the Preview Window. • Cropping Tool You can select an area, if you don’t want to scan the...
  • Page 10: The Image Setting Buttons

    TWAIN dialog box. • Help Provides on-line help for the scanner and software functions. • Language Icon Selects the language you would like to view the TWAIN interface in.
  • Page 11: Scan Settings

    Scan Mode The Scan Mode determines how the scanner reads the original image or document. When choosing a scan mode, it is recommended to consider what purpose the resulting scanned image will be used for.
  • Page 12 Scan Source The Scan Source setting is used to select the type of document you will be scanning. • Reflective Use Reflective when scanning paper- based documents such as photographs or text. With the optional Transparency Adapter, you can also scan Positive and Negative transparencies.
  • Page 13 Without color matching, the scanner captures a wider range of colors but these colors may not accurately match the true colors of the original image, making the scan appear different from the original.
  • Page 14: The Enhance Tab

    The Enhance Tab The Enhance tab contains preprocessing controls that can be applied to the image before making the final scan. To access the Enhance tab, click Enhance. The Enhance tab contains two picture thumbnails (Original and Sample) of the preview image, several control settings, and a histogram of the image.
  • Page 15 Contrast Control Using 255 steps, this tool controls the disparity in tone between the dark and light areas of an image. Positive values create greater differences between dark and light areas of the image, whereas, negative values create greater similarities between the dark and light areas of the image.
  • Page 16 Curve If your original is too dark or too light, you lose vital detail after scanning. You can fix this problem by using curves. The curve function is applicable to grayscale and 24/48-bit color images. Simply put, if you knew how to use Adobe® Photoshop®...
  • Page 17 Hue/Saturation If you knew HSB colorspace, you can also skip this section. In plain English, hue roughly means color: red, yellow, green, blue, purple; and saturation means a color’s purity. When a maple leaf turns red, it changes hue. If you place a bright blue cardboard outdoors, its color will fade, it will be less and less saturated.
  • Page 18: The Filters Tab

    The Filters Tab The Filters tab contains special effect controls that allow you to alter the image before making your final scan. To access the Filters tab, click Filters. The Filters tab also contains two thumbnails of the previewed image. Any filter you choose will immediately show its effect in the sample thumbnail.
  • Page 19: About Tab

    Invert The Invert filter transforms an image to its negative by converting all color values to their opposites: whites become black, blues become yellow, etc. Flip The Flip filter creates a mirror image of the original by flipping the image horizontally. Unsharp Mask The Unsharp Mask filter detects sharp edges and color boundaries and then emphasizes them.
  • Page 20: Using Batch Scan

    Using Batch Scan Batch scanning is an easy way to multi-scan any part of your document using a variety of scan settings (Certain application programs do not support this function). Using Batch Scan you can specify up to 10 scan regions or scan a single region several times using different scan modes, resolutions, filters, and more.
  • Page 21: To Perform A Batch Scan

    3. Repeat steps 2 if you wish to create additional scan regions. 4. Click Scan. The scanner will begin to scan the batch jobs one after the other. : Using the Batch Scan arrows allows you to view NOTE different batch jobs.
  • Page 22: Appendix A: Scanning Tips

    Certain newer functions are supported by our bundled software only. Other scanner-compatible softwares are supported via the standard software interface (TWAIN). They are compatible with this scanner, but do not support our latest functions. Fully compatible softwares are listed below: SCAN – PhotoShop ®...
  • Page 23: Appendix B: Troubleshooting

    • It is not possible to print and scan at the same time. • Do not disassemble the device to fix problems! • When not using the scanner for long periods of time, you should unplug the power adapter from the wall socket.

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