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Digital Research Technologies DRSCAN36EPPR User Manual

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  • Page 1 DRSCAN36EPPR User’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome ...4 Chapter 1: Installing the Scanner ...5 What You Need ...5 Unpacking the Box...6 The Hardware...6 The Software and the User s Guides...7 Setting Up the Scanner ...7 Plugging it in ...8 Installing the TWAIN Driver and ScanOffix Pro...9 Carriage Lock...
  • Page 3 The Control Panel... 21 Managing Scan Jobs with the Job Manager ... 22 Appendix A: Care and Maintenance... 25 Safety Precautions... 25 Cleaning the Scanner... 26 Appendix B: Frequently Asked Questions ... 27 Appendix C: Scanner Specifications ... 33 Glossary... 36...

  • Page 4: Welcome

    Welcome Congratulations on your new color scanner! We've designed this scanner to be easy to install, fast-working, flexible and stylish, but at the same time to provide you with all the powerful scanning capabilities you need. You'll soon bring polish and crispness to all of your reports, letters, presentations and e-mails with your new color flatbed scanner.

  • Page 5: Chapter 1: Installing The Scanner

    ROM, and the TWAIN driver is included on the floppy disk that came with your scanner. What You Need To use the scanner and the included software, you must have the following: IBM PC 486 compatible or higher. Windows 95, 98 or Windows NT.

  • Page 6: Unpacking The Box

    An available enhanced parallel port. Optional: A laser, ink-jet, or dye-sublimation color printer. Note: The software included with this scanner works only in true color (24-bit) or high color (16-bit) modes. To use this software make sure your computer supports these modes by opening up the Display control panels, clicking on the settings tab, and changing your color mode in the color palette to 16 or 24-bit color.

  • Page 7: The Software And The User S Guides

    "Scanner Getting Started" and "ScanOffix Pro Getting Started." Setting up the Scanner There are three easy things you need to do to get your new scanner up and working. They are: Attaching the scanner to your computer...

  • Page 8: Plugging It In

    To connect the scanner to your computer, do the following: 1. Turn off the power to your computer. 2. If you have a printer and want to plug it into the scanner, make sure the printer is turned off and unplugged from the computer.

  • Page 9: Installing The Twain Driver And Scanoffix Pro

    4. Plug your printer's cable into the printer port on the scanner (if you wish). 5. Plug the scanner's power adapter into an AC (wall) outlet. 6. Plug the power cable into the power jack on the back of the scanner.

  • Page 10: Carriage Lock

    Before you can begin scanning, you need to release the carriage lock, which protects the scanning head during shipment by immobilizing it. The carriage lock is found underneath the scanner inside one of the front feet. Slide the carriage lock in the direction indicated to release it.

  • Page 11: Chapter 2: Scanning Items

    CHAPTER 2 Scanning Items Now that you've set up your scanner and installed all the software, you're ready to begin scanning. This chapter will explain how to scan and how to adjust your scanning in order to get the best possible image.
  • Page 12 ScanOffix Pro’s Command bar. The first thing you’ll see is a message telling you to allow the scanner to warm up for at least thirty seconds. If you don’t wait, the scan might be of poor quality. This only happens if the scanner needs warming up.
  • Page 13 To scan, do the following: Place a photograph onto the scanner's glass plate, lined up with the front right-hand corner of the plate. To prescan, click on the Preview button.

  • Page 14: Scanning To Get The Best Image

    Selection box. To perform the final scan click on the Scan button. As the scanner performs the final scan, you can watch the scan- engine indicator on the body of the scanner to monitor the progress of the scan sensor.

  • Page 15: Image Resolution

    scanned image. All the instructions that follow assume that you've already chosen the New Scan command from the ScanOffix Pro File menu, and that you have the TWAIN screen in front of you. Image Resolution When you scan, the result is an image that is made up of dots (also called pixels), like on a TV screen.

  • Page 16: Brightness And Contrast

    Color - The Color button is only for scanning color images. By clicking on this button before you prescan or scan, you allow your scanner to reproduce the colors found in the original, and the scanner can reproduce over a trillion colors! Gray - The Gray Scale button uses a 256-bit grayscale to produce images like black &...
  • Page 17 the difference between relatively dark and light portions of the image. To change the brightness or contrast, do the following: After prescanning, click on the Brightness/Contrast Setting button. The Brightness/Contrast Setting screen is displayed. Master Green button button button If you scanned a color image, select the color you wish to change by clicking on the appropriately colored button (click on the Red button to change red, click on the Blue button to change blue, etc.).

  • Page 18: Shadow And Highlight

    Shadow and Highlight Using the Shadow/Highlight Setting, it is possible to make changes to the image that will affect the brighter parts of the image without influencing the darker parts, or conversely, affect the darker parts of the image without influencing the brighter parts. To change the shadow or highlight values of an image, do the following: After prescanning, click on the Shadow/Highlight Setting...

  • Page 19: The Descreen Button

    The Auto Levels button is at the bottom right hand corner of the Preview Window. Clicking on the Auto Levels button changes the settings to the document to the default settings your scanner The Gamma Curve When you adjust the gamma curve, you make adjustments to the middle range of tones in the image, and the shadow and highlight remain relatively unaffected.

  • Page 20: The Auto Settings

    NOTE: The Gamma Curve button is an option only if you have chosen Color or Gray as your image mode. To adjust the gamma curve, do the following: After prescanning, click on the Gamma Curve button on the TWAIN screen. A graphical mapping of the gamma curve is displayed.

  • Page 21: The Control Panel

    You can use the Auto Settings button to have the TWAIN screen decide for you which settings are best for the document you will scan. For example, if you are scanning a business card and click on the Business Card Setting, the image mode will automatically be set at Line Art (black &...

  • Page 22: Managing Scan Jobs With The Job Manager

    Selection box.). Lock—Use this button if you plan to move or travel with the scanner. It will lock the internal mechanism so that it won’t get jarred during movement. This lock is functional for certain models only. If the lock is grayed out then disregard it.
  • Page 23 You will see a screen with Job 1 highlighted. Job 1 stands for the current scan you are working on—thus any settings that you changed in the TWAIN screen have been memorized by Job 1. You now have two choices. You can duplicate your current job, which will create another Selection box exactly where you've positioned the first one;...
  • Page 24 To delete a job, make sure it is the selected job by clicking on it, then click on the Delete current job button. When you are done making jobs, click on the scan button. Once the scanner has scanned all the jobs, it sends them all to the ScanOffix Pro desktop.

  • Page 25: Appendix A: Care And Maintenance

    Do not install the scanner in a humid or dusty place, nor in a place where vibrations might occur. To ensure proper ventilation, allow at least two inches (5 cm) free space around each side of the scanner, and four inches (10 cm) at the back of the scanner.

  • Page 26: Cleaning The Scanner

    Spray any household glass cleaner onto a soft, clean, lint- free cloth and then gently wipe the glass window. CAUTION: Do not spray directly onto any part of the scanner, as the components inside could be harmed. Wipe the body of the scanner with a moist towel and mild detergent.

  • Page 27: Appendix B: Frequently Asked Questions

    The scanner features a D-25 port (marked TO PRINTER on the rear of the scanner) which enables a printer to be connected to the scanner. If your computer has only one parallel port, simply connect your scanner to the computer's parallel port, then connect the printer to the scanner’s D-25 port.
  • Page 28 SETUP/BIOS (Usually done by pressing “delete” key during power up.) c) Enter the TWAIN screen and access the scanner. Do a test scan to ensure no error messages are received. d) If error messages are received, or scanner still doesn’t work.
  • Page 29 Check all the connections between your computer, scanner and printer. Ensure they are properly connected to the correct parallel port. Ensure scanner is plugged in and power is ON. How do I access the scanner’s TWAIN User Interface (TWAIN screen) in ScanOffix Pro?
  • Page 30 The UI will appear. In this manual we refer to the TWAIN User Interface as the “TWAIN screen.” My scanner is a 36-bit scanner but the color depth of my images is in a 24-bit file format. Why? Your 36-bit scanner can produce 36 bit color images, but most application software on the market today can only support 24-bit data.
  • Page 31 into text and open the application for you. If you want to perform OCR on a foreign language, you should first choose OCR Setup from ScanOffix Pro’s File menu in order to change dictionaries. Is there a proper way to close the TWAIN screen or ScanOffix Pro? Yes! To make sure your program doesn’t crash, be sure to first close the TWAIN screen (a.k.a.
  • Page 32 Can I plug the scanner into a SCSI card? No, you can only plug the scanner into your Enhanced Parallel Port (printer port). Do I need to let the scanner warm up? Yes, the scanner needs to warm up at least thirty seconds before scanning, but you will always receive a message advising you of this when it is necessary.

  • Page 33: Appendix C: Scanner Specifications

    APPENDIX C Scanner Specifications Scanner type Scanning method Scan speed Brightness Maximum scan size Interface Light Source Color CCD line sensor Single pass flatbed type 19.5 ms per line 200 levels in single-step increments (software definable) 216 mm x 297 mm (8.5 x 11.7 )
  • Page 34 Color Gray scale Optical resolution Scanning resolution Operating environment Dimensions (W x H x L) Weight 36-bit RGB 12-bit Single-bit line art or halftone patterns 600 (H) x 1200 dpi (V) Up to 9,600 dpi, with software enhancement Temperature: 10° - 35° Celsius (50 - 95 Fahrenheit) Humidity: 20% - 80% RH 297 mm x 60 mm x 488 mm...
  • Page 35 Power consumption Noise 12 W Maximum Under 55 dB (operating)

  • Page 36: Glossary

    The measure of the intensity of the tones of an image. color image One of four possible image types. When you choose color as the image type, your scanner can produce an image with over one trillion colors. See also grayscale image, halftone image, line art image.
  • Page 37 One of four possible image types. When you choose halftone as the image type, your scanner will mix black and white to give the illusion of tone, just as in a newspaper photo. See also color image, halftone image, line art image.
  • Page 38 All scanned images are made up of many pixels, each of which is one particular color (or white, gray, or black).
  • Page 39 The mechanism that enables you to converse with your scanner; interface a screen which looks like a compact disk player, where you find all the buttons that tell your scanner what you want it to do. In this user’s guide it’s called the TWAIN Driver screen for short.

  • Page 40: Copyright Information

    The information described in this document is subject to change without any notice. Safety Regulations This scanner is designed to comply with UL1950-D3 UL Safety Statement For your personal safety, besides the general maintenance mentioned in the manual, do not try to remove any mechanical parts or any electronic devices.

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