Installing and Getting Started for the ScanMaker® 5700 Version Version FireWire - Windows 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Mac G3/G4 and iMac DV USB - Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Mac G3/G4 and iMac This document provides information on how to install your Microtek scanner on a PC or Mac using the scanner's FireWire or USB interface and describes the features of the scanning. Installation for PC and Macintosh 1. Unpack scanner Open your scanner package and check major components while referring to the Packing List. If any item is missing, contact Microtek Customer Service. Your Microtek ScanMaker 5700 scanner comes with FireWire and USB built-in interfaces. See the figure below to locate the different ports at the back panel of the scanner, including the scanner's accessory port. 2. Unlock the carriage 1. With the scanner turned off, tilt the scanner on its side to locate the carriage lever safety lock (located at the bottom left side). 2. Slightly pull the lever towards you until you hear a "click" which indicates that the scanner carriage has been unlocked. Power switch Power port USB port Accessory port Pull to unlock carriage safety lock FireWire ports Trademarks Microtek®, ScanMaker®, ScanWizard®, FilmViewTM are registered trademarks of Microtek International Inc. Macintosh®, Apple®, FireWire® and FireWire logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Windows® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other products or name brands are trademarks of their respective holders. Copyright © 2000 Microtek International Inc. http://www.microtek.com I49-002920, August 2000 3. Install software For PC Users 1. Turn on your computer. 2. Insert the Microtek CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. This includes the ScanWizard 5 scanning software application for capturing images from your scanner. The Microtek Software Installer screen should automatically come up. NOTE: If the Microtek Software Installer screen does not For Macintosh Users 1. Turn on your computer. 2. Install the image-editing software, which is a separate CD-ROM included with your scanner package. 3. Install all the software on your Microtek CD-ROM. To install each software, open the software program's folder, and then click the "Installer" icon. Follow the screen instructions until installation is completed. · Microtek ScanWizard 5 is the scanner controller program for capturing images from your scanner and delivering it to your image-editing application. NOTE: For iMac users, please visit Apple's website come up automatically, double-click the following in succession: "My Computer" on your Windows desktop; the CD-ROM icon; and cdsetup.exe to start the installer program. 3. When the Microtek Software Installer screen appears, click each software program in the order that it appears on the screen to install all software components. (Your software includes programs for image editing, OCR text editing, and the Adobe Acrobat Reader program for reading and printing the manuals on the CD-ROM). For each software, follow the on-screen instructions during installation. Default values are specified at every point during installation; simply accept these values to continue installation until you finish. NOTE: You may be prompted to restart the computer at at http:// www.apple.com to download and install any iMac updates you may need. · Install the Acrobat Reader for reading and printing the manuals on the CD-ROM. 4. Restart your computer. this point. Do not restart your computer until all the software has been installed. In some applications, auxiliary information (such as the Readme file) may be displayed after that particular program finishes installing. Simply click the "X" close box at the upper right corner of the displayed window to return to the Microtek Software Installer. 4. After all the software has been installed, click EXIT on the Microtek Software Installer screen 5. If any other image-editing software is bundled with your scanner, install them now. Note: The software may be on a separate CD-ROM. 6. Restart your computer. 2 4. Connect scanner 1. Check if the FilmView cover is properly installed with its connector securely connected to its port. Mac FilmView cover FireWire port (labeled with " " logo) B . USB cable connections Connect one end of the USB cable to your computer, and connect the other end of the cable to the scanner's USB port. 2. Plug the power adapter into the back of the scanner, and plug the other end into a wall outlet or power source. PC Mac 3. Connect either the FireWire or the USB cable to your computer and scanner. (You can use only one Y time.) interface at a time. A. FireWire cable connections If your system is FireWire-ready, connect one end of the FireWire cable to your computer, and connect the other end of the cable to the scanner's FireWire connector (either one is applicable). If your system is not FireWire-ready, you will need to install a FireWire card. For more details on how to install the FireWire card, please refer to the FireWire Installation Guide on a separate sheet included with the FireWire card. PC USB port (labeled with USB " " logo) 4. Turn on the Power switch. The green light on the scanner front panel will blink for a few seconds and then stays lit. At the same time the FilmView and scanner lamps also light up. ON OFF 5. The system will detect your scanner automatically. IMPORTANT NOTES: If the system encounters problems, see the Troubleshooting file in the Techinfo folder on your Microtek CD-ROM. For users who are using FireWire interface on Windows 98 SE, SE and are having problems in activating their FireWire scanner connection, follow the supplemental steps as described on the next page first. If the scanner still doesn't work, see the Troubleshooting file in the Techinfo folder on your Microtek CD-ROM. 3 Supplemental steps to connect your FireWire scanner on Windows 98 SE 1. Open the System Properties dialog box by doing the following in succession: Start Settings Control Panel Start, Settings, Panel, and then double-click the System icon. 2. From the System Properties select the Device Properties, Manager tab, then double-click [?] IEEE 1394 SBP2 Device to open its Device properties dialog box. 4. A series of dialog boxes will appear one at a time -follow the instructions on the screen as shown below, and then click Next respectively. Click Browse to locate C:\WINDOWS\INF, and then click Next (where C:\WINDOWS is your system folder). 3. On the Driver tab, click the Reinstall Driver button. 5. When the driver has been successfully updated, a dialog box will prompt this message: "Windows has Windows finished installing an updated driver for your hardware device Open the System Properties device". Device Manager dialog box (Step 1 and 2), then click the plus (+) sign adjacent to the Imaging Device. The scanner name and model appears on the list -- this means that Windows has detected and re-installed your device successfully. 4 Getting Started 1. Scanning images NOTE: The FilmView cover should remain connected to the Scanning slides and filmstrips 1. To help you select the appropriate slides or films to scan, use the "FilmView" feature on top of the lid to preview your films. accessory port all of the time regardless of which scan material (reflective or transparency) is in use. Scanning photos 1. Position the photo to be scanned face down on the scanner bed. 2. Double-click the ScanWizard 5 icon on your desktop to launch the ScanWizard 5 - Standard Control Panel. When ScanWizard 5 launches, it automatically performs a fast preview of the material and displays it in the preview area. 3. In the preview window, you can resize the scan frame (floating dotted line) around the image by dragging on the edge or corner of the scan frame to determine the final size of the actual scan. 4. Click the Original button, then select Photo. 5. To scan the image, click the Scan to button. The image is then scanned and saved to a file. Aside from saving, you may also deliver the scanned image to an image-editing software, e-mail application, or to your photo sharing community. Hold slide (or film) over "FilmView" to check or select scan material before scanning Save the scanned image to a file, or deliver it to an image-editing program, an e-mail application, or to a photo sharing community. Click on this button to switch to the Advanced Control Panel window ScanWizard 5 for Windows ScanWizard 5 for Macintosh Click here to exit ScanWizard 5 Tool buttons for image settings Tool buttons for image settings Re-size dotted line for size of the actual scan 5 2. To scan slides or films, you will need to place the Transparency Template on top of scanner bed as illustrated below: : Position template with the window end pointed toward the front panel 2. Scan text document for editing The Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a feature of ScanWizard 5 that converts scanned documents into text file format. Output may be saved as file or immediately sent to your word processing application for further editing. NOTE: You can also perform OCR scanning with the one touch OCR button provided in the scanner front panel (see Section, "Smart scanning with one-touch buttons"). 1. Place the text document (text side down) on the scanner bed, then launch ScanWizard 5. 2. Click the following buttons and select the following options if you are scanning text document for OCR purposes: Original: Original Select Text Document. Type ype: Scan Type Only Black & White option is available if you selected Text Document as your Original (previous step). NOTE: When scanning colored documents, you must 3. Place films (or slides) on the scanner bed by locating them within the template window area, then carefully pull down the FilmView cover. Position films (or slides) inside the template window (flip side up) select: Photo and use either True Color/Web Color unless B/W is the chosen output. Purpose: Purpose Select OCR Text. 4. Then follow the procedures (Steps 2, 3, and 5) in scanning photos. For Step 4, select film (for scanning positive film) as your Original. Choose "Positive Film" if original is slide or positive film Choose "Negative Film" if originals are filmstrips 3. Click and hold the Scan to button. When the options menu appears, select OCR. NOTE: For more details on scanning, refer to Microtek's Step-by-Step Tutorial guide included in your package. 6 4. When the OCR: Save As dialog box appears, use the default "Document" file name or key in your preferred name, and select .rtf, .txt, .htm, .xls, or .pdf as the export file format. Click to display and choose a format for the output document 3. Scanning for direct website posting Share your images with the World! With the touch of a button you can scan your photos and then post them in an Internet photo sharing community. NOTE: Your system must have access to Internet before you can use the Scan-to-Web feature. You can also perform Scan-to-Web with the one-touch button provided in the scanner front panel (see Section, "Smart scanning with one-touch buttons"). 1. Place the material on the scanner bed, then launch ScanWizard 5 as stand-alone application. 2. Click and hold the Scan to button. When the options menu appears, select To Web. 3. The Scan to Web dialog box will then Web display to prompt for parameters required to process your image for website posting. Click to start Scan-to-Web scanning. The Scanned image is auto-saved (JPEG format) into the assigned folder under your designated filename. Click to manage your photosharing account. Selecting this check box will add specified file name with serial numbers to generate multiple file names for the scanned and saved images in continuous sequence. Select this check box to automatically send and open the captured document in the corresponding application shown in the combo box 5. Click Save to start OCR scanning and deliver the scanned image to your chosen folder and directly to its corresponding application. 4. From a Microtek provided website, you can easily create or add a photo-sharing account. To create a new account click the "Account Manager button -- click Account Manager" account, Create a new account and then follow the given instructions. After completing the registration process; close the browser and return to the Account Manager window. To activate a registered account, click Account Manager, Add, username Manager click Add key in your user name and password, Close, password click Close and then carry on to the next step. 5. From the Scan to Web dialog box, click Save to start Web scanning. Scanned image (JPEG format) is automatically saved according to the parameters assigned in the dialog box. 7 Smart Scanning with one-touch buttons The ScanMaker 5700 is equipped with five one-touch and fast scanning buttons intuitively located in the front panel. Th ...