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- Page 3 Software Reference for Scanners...
- Page 5 ("Nikon Device Driver Software") only under the terms stated in this agreement. This license is not a sale of the Nikon Device Driver Software and you do not become owner of it. Nikon retains ownership of Nikon Device Driver Software and all copies of it, and reserves all rights not expressly granted to you under this agreement.
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- Page 8 Department Development & Marketing Group in collaboration with the Technical Support Section and the 4th Designing Section of Nikon Corporation. Nikon would also like to thank all those who helped test the LS-3510AF and its software. This manual may not, in whole or in part, be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, or converted to any electronic or machine readable form without prior written consent of Nikon Inc.
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Page 9: Table Of Contents
Read This First ... i Software Installation... 1-1 Installing the Plugin Modules on the Macintosh ... 1-1 Configuring and Testing the GPIB... 1-2 Installing the Plugin Modules under Windows 3.1 ... 2-1 Interface Hardware for PC Compatibles ... 2-3 Getting Started on the Macintosh ... 3-1 Launching the Application ... - Page 10 Launching the Application ... 4-1 Scanning a Preview Image ... 4-2 Final Scan... 4-3 Conclusion ... 4-4 Using the Macintosh Scanner Plugin ... 5-1 The Main Dialog ... 5-1 Controls and Indicators ... 5-2 Software Reference for Scanners Status Line... 5-2 Film Type ...
- Page 11 Using the Windows 3.1 Scanner Plugin ... 6-1 The Main Dialog ... 6-1 Controls and Indicators ... 6-1 Scanning Speed ... 5-10 Grayscale/Color Preview... 5-11 Interface Buttons ... 5-11 Digital and Analog Controls... 5-11 Digital Mode... 5-12 Analog Mode ... 5-12 Auto Exposure/Auto Mode ...
- Page 12 Table of Contents Scanning for Reproduction ... 7-1 Gamma ... 7-1 Color Balancing ... 7-1 Color Reproduction Background Information ... 7-2 Glossary of Computer Imaging Terms... 8-1 Software Reference for Scanners Scanning Speed ... 6-7 Color Adjustment Controls ... 6-7 Film Types ...
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Page 15: Read This First
If any of the above are missing, please contact your Nikon Electronic Imaging Dealer immediately. User Registration If you would like to receive the latest information and updates from Nikon, please fill in the User Registration and mail it today! Minimum Macintosh Scanning System Requirements •... -
Page 16: Before You Begin
Before you begin, make sure that you have the minimum system requirements for a functional scanning system. In particular, if you are using your scanner with a GPIB interface, you must have a GPIB interface card installed in your computer, or have one ready to install. -
Page 17: Software Installation
Letraset. After you have installed and tested your image processing application, you are ready to install the Nikon Plugin modules. If you are using Photoshop v 2.0, they should be placed in the Photoshop Plugins folder within the Adobe Photoshop application folder. -
Page 18: Configuring And Testing The Gpib
DB25 to SCSI II cable adapter to the rear panel connector on the Mac and then to the Mini 50 pin connector on the Nikon scanner. If this is the only unit on the SCSI bus, connect a terminator to the second plug on the scanner. Restart your Macintosh and go on to Using the Plugin Scanning Module. - Page 19 Control Panels folder. If so, you can use the IBCONF utility usually supplied with your National Instruments NB- GPIB board to add the Nikon configuration to your old Init, or you can modify the new one with the control panel shown above to include your other devices, such as film recorders and other scanners.
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Page 21: Installing The Plugin Modules Under Windows 3.1
If you are using another application, then follow the installation routine specified by the manufacturer. After you have installed and tested your image processing application, you are ready to install the Nikon Plugin modules. If you are using PhotoStyler they should be placed in the PhotoStyler directory. >Note This plugin works with PhotoStyler 1.0 or later... - Page 22 PhotoStyler Directories Enter your source and target directories. To install only the Scanner Plugin or the Nikon CP-3000 printer export, check the Update box before pressing the OK button. Choosing Setup All will install all the plugins on the disk.
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Page 23: Interface Hardware For Pc Compatibles
Fig. 7 Selecting the active scanner for PhotoStyler You must choose which scanner driver to make active in PhotoStyler. Since only one driver is available, click OK. Your drivers are now installed and you can proceed on to the Getting Started section for the Windows plugins. -
Page 25: Getting Started On The Macintosh
Launching the Application Launch Photoshop or ColorStudio by double clicking the appropriate icon. Pull down the File menu to reach the Acquire... menu item and select Nikon Scanner... from the hierarchical menu. The main scanning dialog will appear as below and the Device: and Address: lines should indicate that there is a scanner connected. -
Page 26: Scanning A Preview Image
Light source Fig. 9 Loading the Scanner Insert the Slide Holder into the scanner so that the slide mount is closest to the lamp. Close the dustproof cover so that the outside light does not affect the scan. The sample slide is a portrait (or a vertical image) but we will leave the default scanning orientation in the horizontal or landscape position. -
Page 27: Final Scan
You should see the green Busy LED light up on the scanner and a message appear in a small dialog. The message should read Performing an autoexposure... -
Page 28: Conclusion
User's Guide following this section. It provides complete descriptions of the plugin controls so you can exploit the full functionality of your Nikon scanning system. Software Reference for Scanners... -
Page 29: Getting Started On The Ibm
Launching the Application Launch PhotoStyler by double clicking the appropriate icon. Pull down the File menu to reach the Scan... menu item and select Nikon Scanner Control... from the hierarchical menu. The main scanning dialog will appear as below and the Device: and Address: lines should indicate that there is a scanner connected. -
Page 30: Scanning A Preview Image
Light source Fig. 15 Loading the Scanner Insert the Slide Holder into the scanner so that the slide mount is closest to the lamp. Close the dustproof cover so that the outside light does not affect the scan. The sample slide is a portrait (or a vertical image) but we will leave the default scanning orientation in the horizontal or landscape position. -
Page 31: Final Scan
You should see the green Busy LED light up on the scanner and a message appear in a small dialog. The message should read Performing an autoexposure... -
Page 32: Conclusion
User's Guide following this section. It provides complete descriptions of the plugin controls so you can exploit the full functionality of your Nikon scanning system. Software Reference for Scanners... -
Page 33: Using The Macintosh Scanner Plugin
Macintosh interface, please consult your owner’s manual. The examples in this reference were used with the LS-3510AF in mind. Other Nikon scanners will vary slightly in their feature set, although all Nikon scanners can be controlled with this software. The Main Dialog In this section we will discuss each menu and dialog box in detail. -
Page 34: Controls And Indicators
This pop-up menu allows the user to specify film type regardless of what kind of film is placed in the scanner. If a monochrome scan of a negative color image is desired, you should choose B & W Negative. The Autoexposure measurements are compensated according to tone range of the average color values. - Page 35 You can store up to 24 custom film types in the scanner. You can delete any of these film types by using the Delete... menu item if you need to make space for a new film type.
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Page 36: Orientation
Depress the button to reveal the portrait icon and the resulting scan will be rotated 90 from the position it was in the scanner film gate. Vertical/Horizontal Flip Fig. -
Page 37: Sizing And Resolution
Fig. 28 Resolution and Size Controls The scanner's total scan area is a 5000 pixel by 5000 pixel scan covering 40 x 40 millimeters. This makes for a direct-reading scan resolution of 3175 pixels per inch, or 125 pixels per millimeter. All lower resolution scans are substituted from this. -
Page 38: Scan Pitch
250, 1000, 4750, 4000; the actual scan would measure 2250 pixels by 1500 pixels tall; or 1/2 the resolution of the scanner's full scan capability at 1588 pixels per inch. The image would still cover the area described above, but every other pixel would be skipped in the scan. - Page 39 Using The Macintosh Scanner Plugin > Note Although the ratio of scanned pixels to output halftone dots is traditionally 2:1, ratios as low as 1:1 can be acceptable in certain applications. We recommend 1.5:1 for most medium to high resolution four color offset reproduction.
- Page 40 That is what locked proportions means. The value in the height edit field changed to 6.4. Software Reference for Scanners Using The Macintosh Scanner Plugin...
- Page 41 Using The Macintosh Scanner Plugin Since you don't want the width to change, unlock the proportions and type 10 into the height field. The crop's length will change, and you will have an 8" x 10" crop area in the main crop selection area. Type 300 into the resolution field, and you have the following: Fig.
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Page 42: Scanning Speed
Fig. 36 Smooth Scaling Checkbox The Highest Quality checkbox will cause the scanner to take the scan in a special slow-speed mode to improve the registration accuracy in low resolution scans (from pitch 5 to pitch 50). In almost all cases, the difference from the normally high-quality fast scans will be negligible. -
Page 43: Grayscale/Color Preview
CCD voltage levels and exposure times; while the digital adjustments work on the data after it has been collected from the CCD and digitized within the scanner. The advantages of using the Fig. 41... -
Page 44: Digital Mode
All these controls alter the gamma in a LUT (Look Up Table) that follows the A/D (analog to digital) conversion in the scanner. The gradation changes are minor but noticeable, and will be simulated in the preview without re-scanning. Best results will be achieved with the optional 12-bit board installed when using these controls. -
Page 45: Auto Exposure/Auto Mode
The autoexposure icon (the icon on the left) will cause the scanner to do what's referred to as a Prescan. That is, the scanner adjusts itself to the image by determining density and contrast. It optimizes it's internal analog levels to make the best scan possible. -
Page 46: The Settings Buttons
If you need assistance in understanding some of the scanner commands, consult the LS-3510AF Technical & Programmer's Reference, available from Nikon. Call your Nikon Electronic Imaging Dealer or Nikon Technical Support if you require further assistance. Software Reference for Scanners... - Page 47 The Send button issues the command to the scanner and the Read button will receive data back. Errors are reported next to the Result: text at the bottom center of the dialog box.
- Page 48 Underneath the interface icons there is a Gamma button which will display the gamma table currently in the scanner. If you press the shift key, you will get RGB. A neutral line is displayed when all three gamma curves are the same. For a better understanding of gamma, consult the section Scanning for Reproduction.
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Page 49: Calibrating The Lamp
Thereafter, you can recalibrate whenever you change a lamp, or if you install a 12-bit board. If you move the scanner to a new location you may want to recalibrate since the bulb may change position in transit and the illumination pattern must be recompensated. -
Page 51: Using The Windows 3.1 Scanner Plugin
Windows interface, please consult your owner's manual. The examples in this reference were used with the LS-3510AF in mind. Other Nikon scanners will vary slightly in their feature set, although all Nikon scanners can be controlled with this software. The Main Dialog In this section we will discuss each menu and dialog box in detail. -
Page 52: Interface
The SCSI board itself is usually set to address 7. Hard drives are usually set to address 0. The scanner will be set to address 5 by default. The default choice is to scan the bus for the scanner. -
Page 53: Scanner Tools
If you need assistance in understanding some of the scanner commands, consult the Technical Programmer's Reference for your scanner, available from Nikon. The Scanner Tools button will be disabled if the plugin cannot establish contact with a scanner. -
Page 54: Calibration
Commands sent to the scanner will be preceded by a ">" symbol and data received from the scanner will be preceded by a "<" symbol. Calibration The lamp should be calibrated when the scanner is first unpacked from the shipping carton. Thereafter, you can calibrate whenever you change the lamp, or if you move the scanner to a new location. -
Page 55: Scan Pitch
Using the Windows Scanner Plugin shown as a gray square with the film area shown in white. The corner coordinates are the actual pixel coordinates of the scanner's pixel array given in (x, y) form. Fig. 60 The Image Orientation Controls The tall/wide scan orientation and the horizontal and vertical "flips"... - Page 56 Using the Windows Scanner Plugin The crop will be adjusted. If the crop reaches maximum size, then the pitch will go down (scan resolution will go up) until it reaches the scanner's maximum scan resolution. The crop will be adjusted. If the crop reaches maximum size, then the resolution will go down.
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Page 57: Scanning Speed
When fractional pitches are used, some scaling must be done. Usually, a line of the image can be scaled while the scanner is scanning the next line. For large images, however, the scanner will have the next line available before the scaling of the previous line is complete and the scan will be slower, overall. -
Page 58: Color Adjustment Controls
This can be used to increase detail in the range of darker areas of a slide where the scanner is more susceptible to detail loss. If no value is specified, the value determined by the last autoexposure is used. - Page 59 The combination of the exposure and color balance controls can produce an effect that the scanner cannot produce. The scanner has a minimum exposure time which will limit the exposure value to about 20. This will vary depending on how dark the slide is, which is determined during autoexposure.
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Page 60: Film Types
New Name text edit field. Place a piece of unexposed color negative film in the scanner and press the Define button. For best result, register the type using a gradated image from black on the bottom to white on the top. -
Page 61: Autoexposure
If successful, the focus position is placed in the manual focus text edit field. The scanner may not be able to focus on a slide if it has low contrast or few sharp details. This should be done for every slide. -
Page 62: Densitometer Readout
& white preview of a color slide. Please note that a color preview can also be done of a black & white slide if you wish to capture a color image of a tinted black and white. Software Reference for Scanners Using the Windows Scanner Plugin... -
Page 63: Defaults
Fig. 80 Status Indicator With No Progress or Cancel Messages include the current scanner condition and routine being performed. For example, when the Autoexposure button is pressed, the message will read Performing an Autoexposure. The time bar allows you to see how far along the routine is. -
Page 65: Scanning For Reproduction
The essential concept here is that you must make use of both types of controls in any digital input system. The Nikon scanner’s auto modes make use of this, and you can control it manually as well. Color Balancing... -
Page 66: Color Reproduction Background Information
up the highlights, would make the shadows overly green. The two extremes must be corrected separately, so we use the gamma curve controls of our image processing application to neutralize (or add magenta to) the greenish shadows and remove or subtract the magenta in the highlights. If the highlights are already too bright, we can add green to them (making them darker and neutralizing the magenta at the same time). - Page 67 Since the reading routines on the Nikon scanner have been tailored to match both positive and negative emulsions, this is no longer a constraint.
- Page 68 developed with a tanning agent so the gelatin becomes hard and attracts water. The unexposed areas wash off and the remaining metal surface does not attract water. The plate is wrapped around a printing cylinder and it dips into a water bath. The dark areas of the plate (metal) do not attract water, but the light, gelatin coated areas become water-saturated.
- Page 69 & white carbro and platinum prints to the very expensive dye transfer process, and more recently to the thermal dye sublimation process used in the Nikon CP-3000 Full Color digital printer. This new technique has much in common with the continuous-tone gravure process in that it uses variable-density ink transfer from constant sized dots or “cells”...
- Page 70 overly neutral halftone of medium-percentage black dots., a rainbow effect will appear where the colored dot midtones break above the gray replacement point. Also, in dark areas, where a large percentage of common color YMC inks have been replaced with black, the depth of the ink (the richness) goes flat because there is low ink surface volume on the page.
- Page 71 Scanning for Reproduction If the terminology is beginning to sound confusing, this is because it is confusing and it is now time to turn to the Glossary for some relief. Software Reference for Scanners...
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Page 73: Glossary Of Computer Imaging Terms
. a non-linear function used in analog signal processing. the ratio of width to height in an image. The Nikon scanner permits the selection of different pitch resolutions for X and Y axes, and thus alter the aspect ratio, or ‘stretch’ the image in a vertical or horizontal direction. - Page 74 (+) voltage to signify On, or True, and a lower voltage used to represent Off or False. the Nikon scanner can generate what are known as binary, or bi-level, bit-mapped or high-contrast black and white images with simply two tones, black or white, and a pixel being either on or off.
- Page 75 This is a solid state memory unit with storage cells that can accumulate electron charges. the voltage gain in the scanner's CCD circuit . the voltage limit of the CCD output can be clamped at a particular point, allowing the black level of the image to be established, so that regardless of the exposure increase, the black level stays the same.
- Page 76 contrast decimal daisy chain digitized DIP switch Software Reference for Scanners 1) Luminance (brightness, lightness, darkness, or value): the pixel's shade from dark to light. 2) Hue : the color’s name and relative position in the visible spectrum. 3) Saturation (purity, degree of gray contamination): the color’s strength or intensity resulting from the quantity of neutral that is mixed with the color.
- Page 77 Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory. the useful reading area on the Nikon scanner. The light sensitive coating in photographic film or paper. The side of the film bearing the emulsion or image layer is usually slightly matte (non-reflective) when viewed with an oblique light source, compared to the base or non-emulsion side.
- Page 78 four-color process exposure shift gray balance GPIB HEX or (h) Software Reference for Scanners the use of four subtractive pigment-based primaries, Yellow, Magenta Cyan, and blacK, to reproduce the full spectrum in print. Can also be achieved with three color process, Yellow, Magenta, and Cyan, which are theoretically the compliment (opposite) to the three additive primaries, Blue, Green, and Red.
- Page 79 Glossary handshaking interleaved intensity irradiation high-key HP-IB line-sequential luminance by different descriptors depending on the color model being used. the process of acknowledging transmission and reception of data through hardware or software. refers to a color pixel storage structure where the RGB elements of the pixel are all present in consecutive order at one memory location for that pixel.
- Page 80 low-key palette mapping moiré NB-Handler control panel ND filter non-volatile memory Software Reference for Scanners describes an image where most if not all of the subject matter has a density range from midtones to shadows. A predominantly dark picture. look-up-table — used to transpose one value into another via some predetermined scheme.
- Page 81 Glossary parallel interface photoelectric conversion photometry pixel PostScript® proofs an interface where bits are transmitted side by side on multiple conductors. Transmission speed is much greater than that of serial interfaces but transmission line lengths are extremely limited without considerable amplification. Compare to parallel interface.
- Page 82 Also called “progs”. photometry performed by the scanner before a screen preview. when colors are assigned to monochrome shades to give meaning to areas in the picture. Often used in satellite imagery to define vegetation and geological information.
- Page 83 Glossary refractive index registration resolution reversal films the factor by which a material, such as glass or water, causes light wave/particles to change velocity. This change in velocity is a change in direction rather than speed since the speed of light is constant. The result is that light waves change direction when they pass through a boundary from one material, such as air, to another, such as glass or water.
- Page 84 Serial interfaces require only two conductors and can have very long transmission line lengths. Compare to parallel interface. the CCD element normalization process in a Nikon scanner which compensates for different CCD element sensitivities to light in a linear array.
- Page 85 Nikon scanner. the process of reducing the number of discrete pixels in an image by throwing certain ones away or averaging several together to form a single one.
- Page 87 Notes Software Reference for Scanners...