Microtek ScanWizard Pro Reference Manual Macintosh version i Copyright 2001 by Microtek International, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks Microtek®, AritxTM, and ScanWizardTM Pro are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microtek International Inc. Adobe® and Acrobat® are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Macintosh® and Apple® are 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. Important Documents that you scan may be protected under copyright law. The unauthorized use of such documents could be a violation of the rights of the copyright holder. Microtek bears no responsibility for the unauthorized use of copyrighted materials. To obtain optimal results from the Microtek scanning software and user's manual, you should be familiar with such Windows concepts as pointing, clicking, dragging, and selecting from menus and dialog boxed. If these things are new to you, refer to your Microsoft Windows User's Guide. October 2001 Microtek Microtek Lab, Inc. 3715 Doolittle Drive Redondo Beach, CA 90278-1226 Main: 310-297-5000 Sales: 800-654-4160 FAX: 310-297-5050 BBS: 310-297-5102 Technical Support: 310-297-5151 AutoTech fax back system: 310-297-5101 http://www.microtekusa.com Microtek International, Microtek International, Inc. 6, Industry East Road 3 Science Based Industrial Park Hsinchu, 30077, Taiwan TEL: 886-3-5772155 FAX: 886-3-5772598 http://www.microtek.com Microtek Europe B.V. Microtek Europe B.V. Klompenmaker Str. 76 3194DE Hoogvliet-RT The Netherlands TEL: +31-10-242-5688 FAX: +31-10-242-5699 http://www.microtekeurope.com ii Contents Introduction ....................................................................................... 1 ScanWizard Pro for Macintosh: The Interface ............................................................... 2 Launching ScanWizard Pro ........................................................................................... 3 Exiting ScanWizard Pro ................................................................................................. 3 The Preview Window ......................................................................... 4 Elements of the Preview window ................................................................................... 4 The File Menu .............................................................................................................. 6 The Context Concept ............................................................................................. 7 New ScanWizard Context ...................................................................................... 8 Load ScanWizard Context...................................................................................... 8 Save ScanWizard Context As .................................................................................. 8 SnapTrans Templates .............................................................................................. 9 Show Current Context Path ................................................................................. 10 Quit .................................................................................................................... 10 The Scanner Menu ..................................................................................................... 11 Scanner Model ....................................................................................................12 Current Scanner Info ...........................................................................................12 Scanner Probe ..................................................................................................... 12 Scanner Driver Manager ...................................................................................... 13 To add a scanner ...........................................................................................13 To remove a scanner .....................................................................................14 To update your scanner list ........................................................................... 14 Scanner Controls .................................................................................................15 Lamp Control ............................................................................................... 15 Scanner Calibration Control .......................................................................... 16 The View Menu ..........................................................................................................17 Overview Image and Prescan Image ..................................................................... 18 To obtain the Overview image ....................................................................... 19 To obtain the Prescan image .......................................................................... 19 To obtain multiple Prescan images ................................................................. 19 Resize Window to Fit ...........................................................................................20 Bring Settings Window to Front ........................................................................... 21 Show / Hide ... Window commands ......................................................................21 Show / Hide Low & High Value Markers .............................................................. 21 About .................................................................................................................. 21 iii The Preferences Menu ................................................................................................ 22 Scan Material ....................................................................................................... 22 Color Matching Setup .......................................................................................... 23 White/Black Points Setup ..................................................................................... 27 A. Auto Clipping ........................................................................................... 27 B. Output Levels ........................................................................................... 28 C. High and Low Value Markers .................................................................... 28 Cursor Auxiliary Lines ......................................................................................... 29 Overview Setup ................................................................................................... 30 Prescan Setup ...................................................................................................... 33 Invert .................................................................................................................. 35 Retain Scan Module after Scan ............................................................................. 36 More Preferences... .............................................................................................. 37 A. Smoked Glass Background ........................................................................ 38 B. Working Color Space ................................................................................ 39 C. Scan Quality ............................................................................................. 39 D. Best Quality Multiple Sampling ................................................................. 39 E. Interpolation Mode ................................................................................... 40 F Memory Usage .......................................................................................... 41 . G. Scratch Directory ..................................................................................... 41 The Correction Menu ................................................................................................. 42 The Help Menu ........................................................................................................... 42 The Toolbar ................................................................................................................ 43 Scan Frame tool ................................................................................................... 44 Zoom tool ............................................................................................................ 45 Pane tool ............................................................................................................. 46 Tag Windows tool ................................................................................................ 47 To create a tag window ................................................................................. 47 To close a tag window ................................................................................... 48 Choosing the White & Black points of an image ............................................ 48 Magic Diamonds ........................................................................................... 49 To restore original settings ............................................................................ 50 To display color information for a pixel or an averaged area .......................... 50 To change the sample size of the Tag Windows tool ....................................... 50 Overview, Prescan, and Scan ....................................................................................... 51 Rulers, Unit of Measurement ....................................................................................... 52 Preview Area .............................................................................................................. 53 Auxiliary information and Handy buttons ................................................................... 54 Preview image resolution ..................................................................................... 54 Zoom scale .......................................................................................................... 54 Zoom-out ............................................................................................................ 55 Zoom-in .............................................................................................................. 55 Flasher for High and Low Value Markers ............................................................. 55 iv The Settings Window ....................................................................... 56 Elements of the Settings window ................................................................................. 56 Job ............................................................................................................................. 59 Type ........................................................................................................................... 60 RGB ..................................................................................................................... 60 Grayscale ............................................................................................................ 60 CMYK .................................................................................................................. 60 Lab Color ............................................................................................................ 60 Web / Internet Colors .......................................................................................... 61 256 Colors (Default) / 256 Colors (Custom) ......................................................... 61 Line Art ............................................................................................................... 61 Black-and-White Diffusion ................................................................................... 61 Resolution settings ...................................................................................................... 62 A. Resolution box .................................................................................................62 B. Resolution list box ............................................................................................ 62 C. Resolution unit ................................................................................................ 62 Scan Frame and related settings ..................................................................................64 A. Scan Frame settings ......................................................................................... 64 B. Scaling .............................................................................................................65 C. Output settings ................................................................................................ 66 D. Image size ...................... ...