Microtek ArtixScan DI 5240 Start Here Manual page 7

Basic Scanning for PC Users
1. Load the document to be scanned either on the scanner's 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 as a stand-alone program by clicking on the ScanWizard DI icon on the
desktop.
3. Click the Scan Setup button in the interface to activate the Scan Setup interface.
4. In the Scan Setup interface, follow the steps below to specify your basic settings.
a) Select ADF (Front Side), ADF (Back Side) 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 in the Color Mode 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 in color or
non-color based on the automatic judgement and detection
of the system.
– Select Complex to scan the image in color, grayscale or non-
color based on the customization.
c) Select a dimension in the Paper Size as your preview image size.
d) Select a desired resolution in the Resolution for your image
output resolution.
e) If necessary, select "Text Orientation Recognition" in the Rotate
menu to ensure the scanned images in a readable orientation.
When it is selected, you can select the preferred language used
as an identification in the options menu.
f) 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.
5. Click the Show Preview Window and Show Setting Window tabs in the Scan Setup interface to
display other interfaces which are helpful for your scanning processing.
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