User manual MICROTEK SCANMAKER I320

About ScanWizard 5 ScanWizard 5 is Microtek's scanning software developped exclusively for Microtek scanners. ScanWizard 5's unique dual interface has features that both the novice and experienced scanner users will love. ScanWizard 5's two interface are named ScanWizard 5-Standard Control Panel and the ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel. Learn more about the Standard Control Panel Learn more about the Advanced Control Panel Switching Between Standard and Advanced Quick Start-up Scanning sequence is done in five easy steps. Step 1. Install Microtek ScanWizard 5 Step 2. Position your original material Step 3. Launch ScanWizard 5 Step 4. Scan your material Step 5. Save your scan material Step 6. Exit ScanWizard 5 Step 1. Install Microtek ScanWizard 5 Install the ScanWizard 5 scanner driver (included in your Microtek CDROM) as instructed in the Installing and Getting Started booklet (a separate document that came with your scanner package). For ScanWizard 5 to work properly after installation, the correct scanner model should be properly connected to your host beforehand and it needs to be "powered on" before launching the software. Step 2. Position your original material Place your material face down on the scanner bed. Step 3. Launch ScanWizard 5 A. Launching ScanWizard 5 as a stand-alone program Double-click the ScanWizard 5 icon on your desktop; or B. Launching from an image-editing application Windows: Go through the Windows menu - click Start, Programs, Image-editing software. Macintosh: Launch your image-editing software from its folder. Step 4. Scan your material As soon as you launch ScanWizard 5, it will automatically detect, configure, scan, and perform a fast preview of the scan material and displays it in the preview area of the panel. To set and make adjustments to the image, use the Tool buttons (Original, Scan Type, Purpose, Scale Output, or Adjust). Step 5. Save your scan material You need to click the Scan to button if you wish to store the scanned image(s) into a file and easily retrieve it for future use. Click the Scan to button to save, print, or deliver your image(s) directly to another application (web, E-mail, or OCR). Step 6. Exit ScanWizard 5 Windows: Macintosh: To quit ScanWizard 5, simply click on the Exit button located at the top right corner of the Standard Control Panel. The Exit button is located at the top left corner of the Standard Control Panel. Standard Control Panel The ScanWizard 5 - Standard Control Panel offers a simple and easy way to complete a scanning session. It has a balloon tutorial that can guide you through the actual steps to help you accomplish your first scan. To obtain a larger view and find out more about the functions behind the Standard Control Panel, click either one of thumbnails below: Windows Macintosh Standard Control Panel To view a brief information about the functions of the Standard Control Panel, position the cursor over any button, icon, or bar on the panel, and then click the grabber pointer to activate associated pop-up information dialog box. Select the topic you wish to view from the links below to get a hold of a more specific explanation: The Preview window - Scan Frame - Tool Buttons - Final Scanning Buttons - Control Buttons Standard Control Panel To view a brief information about the functions of the Standard Control Panel, position the cursor over any button, icon, or bar on the panel, and then click the grabber pointer to activate associated pop-up information dialog box. Select the topic you wish to view from the links below to get a hold of a more specific explanation: The Preview window - Scan Frame - Tool Buttons - Final Scanning Buttons - Control Buttons Standard Control Panel Preview window By default, ScanWizard 5 - Standard Control Panel automatically detects and creates a preview image of your original material in the preview window when you first launch the program. If you have disabled the auto-preview function under the "Preferences" dialog box, you will need to manually click the Preview button to prescan and preview your material. Scan Frame Plotting, Moving, Re-sizing Toolbar commands Original, Scan Type, Purpose, Scale Output, Adjust, Reset, Preferences Final Scanning buttons Control buttons Scan, Scan to, E-mail, Copy, OCR, To Web Panning tool, Zoom controls, i [Info], Arrow, Switch, Scanner info, Help [?], Exit Scan frame A Scan frame is a floating dotted-line border around a selected image. Plotting Moving Resizing Plotting To plot a scan frame, point at any corner of your intended scan frame. When the crosshair pointer appears, drag diagonally until you have the desired image selection enclosed in a frame, and then release the mouse. Your actual scan frame border now turns into cascading lines. To create a new scan frame over an existing one or in another location of the same preview image, follow the steps in plotting a scan frame. When you release the mouse, however, the previous scan frame will be discarded. Resizing Point at any border of the scan frame until a two-way arrow pointer appears. Drag horizontally or vertically until you have achieved the desired width and height adjustments. Moving If you wish to use an existing scan frame dimension to select another area of the scan image, simply move the existing scan frame over to the new area by pointing anywhere within the existing scan frame. When the four-way arrow pointer appears, drag the scan frame to the target area. Toolbar commands Windows Macintosh Original Scan Type Purpose Scale Output Adjust Reset Preferences The Standard Control Panel's Toolbar commands are designed for selecting your scan-setting requirements. There is no order or sequence required for using the Toolbar commands in defining various aspects of your image. Original button The Original button lets you select the type of material to be scanned. ScanWizard 5 - Standard Control Panel determines the best scanning parameters to automatically configure your original material. Options for selecting the type of scan material under the Original button include: Photo, Text Document, Illustration, Printed Material, Film, etc. Scan Type button The Scan Type button allows you to select the image output to which the original scan material will be converted. The options for choosing the output image type are: True Color, Web Color, Gray, B&W, or JPEG. Purpose button The Purpose button displays a menu for selecting the intended usage of the output image resolution. Different image resolution values are provided for different output applications. The higher the resolution, the bigger memory size required for uploading and downloading images. This is your button for defining image output resolution to match the target application (On-screen Viewing, Normal Screen, Ink-Jet Printing, and Laser). Select from the menu the particular setting that will best match the intended device application for your output image. Different types of originals may have different predefined resolution values as shown on the table below. If none of the predefined resolution matches your need, you may define your own resolution by selecting "Custom" and then enter your own resolution value in the Edit box provided at the bottom of the menu. Remember that the higher the resolution, the larger the file size will be. Text Doc./Photo Normal Screen Fine Screen Ink Jet Printer 300 Laser Printer 600 Laser Printer Fax OCR +/- Film Graphic and Magazine 72 96 300 300 600 200 300 72 96 200 100 150 200 300 72 96 300 300 300 200 300 Scale Output button This button lets you select image output resolution in terms of size/aspect ratio. (50%, 75%, 100%, 150%, or 200 %). Adjust button This button is your basic image enhancement tool for modifying or enhancing image(s) at the scanning stage. It is suggested that you adjust the Brightness, Contrast, Sharpness, Color, and Saturation of the preview image to enhance the output image. Click on the Adjust button, and the Standard Control Panel image correction tool will display. Adjust the image appearance by dragging the slider of each tool along its grooves. Observe the changes from the preview image every time you move each pellet button. Reset button This button will cancel your defined choices or revert to the default settings. Preferences button This button will give you access to the "Preferences" dialog box to set up scanning function, and allows you to repaint or customize the appearance of your Standard Control Panel. The Preferences setup dialog box provides options on how you would like ScanWizard 5 - Standard Control Panel to handle your scan material when the program is launched. To redefine Preferences setup, click on the Preferences button. From the Preferences dialog box, select and choose your preferred options. Automatically previews scan bed when launching ScanWizard 5 If checked, a reflective original overview will be carried out when ScanWizard 5 is launched. If unchecked, no preview is carried out. Auto-detect image type and find edges of photo or document If checked, the scanner detects the image type when a preview is in progress, and performs auto-cropping of the frame for reflective originals. If unchecked, the image type can be chosen by the user, and a scan frame can be set manually for cropping. Hide balloon screen tips If checked, a balloon help pops up while the mouse pointer is on a button, icon, or selection item. If unchecked, the balloon help becomes hidden and inactive. Auto Image Enhancement If the "Auto Image Enhancement" option is checked, resulting image will appear sharper, brighter, more realistic, and more saturated. If the "None" option is selected, no image enhancement is applied. Final scanning buttons Windows Macintosh Scan Scan to E-mail Copy OCR To Web Scan button This is the default button when ScanWizard 5 - Standard Control Panel is launched from an image-editing application. It performs the final scan and sends the scanned image (output) to the application that you are using. Scan to button When ScanWizard 5 - Standard Control Panel is launched as a stand-alone program and is the default setting. This is also the default button on scanners with the "Go" button feature. E-mail button ScanWizard 5 automatically attaches the scanned image to your E-mail message. Point the cursor on the Scan or Scan to (whichever was activated previously) button for a moment, then click and hold the button. Select Email from the drop-down menu. The Save As dialog box appears and prompts you to save the file to your folder and key in a file name. It is recommended that you use either .jpg or .bmp as the file format. Make sure that the check box "Send document to application after saving" has been selected/checked. Make sure your preferred E-mail application is selected from the listed options. Click Save to launch your E-mail editor with the attached image, then start typing your message and hit the Send button. Copy button Point the cursor on the Scan or Scan To button, then click and hold the button for a moment. Select Copy from the drop-down menu. When the Copy dialog box appears, select your default printer or any alternative printer from the options, then specify the number of copies to be made. When you are ready to print, click OK to create a copy of the scanned material directly on your default printer. The function of the Copy button is similar to the E-mail and OCR buttons. OCR button Point the cursor on the Scan or Scan to button, then click and hold the button for a moment. Select OCR from the drop-down menu. When the Save As dialog box appears, key in a file name, then select .rtf, .txt, .xls, .htm, and pdf as the export file format. Make sure that the check box "Send document to application after saving" has been selected/checked. Now, choose the Word processing application from the options, and then click Save. The saved file can now be opened from your chosen application, and is ready to be edited. To Web button Point the cursor on the Scan or Scan to button, then click and hold the button for a moment. Select To Web from the drop-down menu. ScanWizard 5 will check if the image size does not exceed the allowed file size. When the "Microtek ScanWizard 5 - Scan to Web" dialog box appears, save the file in your preferred folder, key in a file name, specify the file type, and choose the website address from the options given. The scanned image will automatically be uploaded directly to the default/chosen website. Control buttons Windows / Macintosh Pan tool / Zoom controls i [Info] Arrow Switch Scanner info Help [?] -Minimize Exit Pan tool Pans or moves around a magnified preview area Zoom controls (+) Zoom in button to magnify preview image (-) Zoom out button to shrink preview image i [Info] The Info icon or status bar will show a summary of current configuration settings on the current image and also becomes a progress bar during scanning. Click this icon for more detailed configuration info. Arrow This is your button for resizing the preview window. Simply drag the Arrow icon (located at the bottom right corner of the panel) to adjust the size of the window. Switch This icon enables you to change/switch to the Advanced Control Panel and the Standard Control Panel, respectively. Scanner info Click the Scanner info icon to access the "Scanner Control and Scanner Information" options menu. ScanWizard 5 is constantly in touch with your scanner, monitoring scanner availability and serviceability, as well as its make and mode. To see how your scanner is doing, simply click this icon from the title bar. Help [?] On-line help: To access On-line help, click on the Help icon, then select Help. Tutorial Guide: To access the balloon tutorial, click on the Help icon, then choose Tutorial Guide. About ScanWizard 5: To learn more about the version and release date of your ScanWizard 5, click on About from the Help icon. The ScanWizard 5 splash screen will appear. Minimize Windows: Macintosh: To minimize ScanWizard 5, click on the Minimize at the top right corner of the Control Panel. (Not available) located Exit Windows: Macintosh: To close ScanWizard 5, click on Exit located at the top right corner of the Control Panel. Exit is located at the top left corner of the Standard Control Panel. Take note that when you exit, you quit from both standard and advanced modes of ScanWizard 5. Advanced Control Panel The ScanWizard 5 - Advanced Control Panel provides users the power to specify, correct, and improve the image at the scanning stage. Learn how to use the basic functions in the Advanced Control Panel to scan like a pro. To learn more, click any of these four windows--related to your computer's Operating System (OS). Windows Macintosh Advanced Control Panel Preview window To view information about the functions of the Advanced Control Panel, position the cursor over any button, icon, or bar on the panel. Click the grabber pointer to activate associated help information. Or select the topic that you wish to view from the links below: Preview area, Menu bar, Control buttons, Final Scanning buttons, and Toolbar. The Advanced Control Panel, Settings, Info, and Scan Job Queue windows appear when ScanWizard 5 Advanced Control Panel is activated for the first time. Settings window Info window Scan Job window Advanced Control Panel Preview window To view information about the functions of the Advanced Control Panel, position the cursor over any button, icon, or bar on the panel. Click the grabber pointer to activate associated help information. Or select the topic that you wish to view from the links below: Preview area, Menu bar, Control buttons, Final Scanning buttons, and Toolbar. The Advanced Control Panel, Settings, Info, and Scan Job Queue windows appear when ScanWizard 5 - Advanced Control Panel is activated for the first time. Settings window Info window Scan Job Queue window Advanced Control Panel Preview window The Preview window is the main window of the four windows. The Preview window is where your image appears after you click on the Overview or Prescan button. Preview area Preview image information Menu bar Scanner, View, Preferences, Correction, Help Control buttons Overview, Prescan, Scan Material, Switch, Unit of Measurement/Ruler, Exit, Minimize, Shrink Final scanning buttons Scan, Scan to, E-mail, Copy, OCR, To Web Toolbar Scan Frame, Zoom, Pan, Pickers Preview area The preview area is where the preview image appears. The dimensions of the preview area vary, depending on your scanner model. The size of the preview area can be modified through the Overview Setup command in the Preferences menu. You can increase the size of the preview area to see more detail in your image, or you can reduce the preview area to fit more information on your monitor. Menu bar The menu bar includes the different menus for setting up the scanner. Scanner menu View menu To view the status and technical information about your scanner To modify the ScanWizard 5 windows Preferences menu Correction menu To customize how the image is processed Contains the Advanced Image Correction items Help menu To access on-line help Control buttons The Control buttons generate a specific action from the scanning software. The buttons include: Overview, Prescan, Scan Material, Switch, Unit of Measurements/Rulers, Status bar, Resize, and Exit. Windows Macintosh Overview Prescan Scan Material Switch Unit of Measurement/Ruler -Exit Minimize (Shrink for Macintosh) Overview button The Overview button creates a low-resolution preview. Prescan button The Prescan button creates a high-resolution preview. Unit of Measurement/Rulers The rulers on both sides of the preview window assist you in measurement or in checking the alignment of your image. The unit of measurement in the ruler can be selected in two ways: in the Image Dimension controls located in the Settings window, or by clicking on the ruler unit button at the 0,0 point of the rulers in the Preview window. Depending on your selection, the rulers can mark off measurement in these units: inch, centimeter, millimeter, point, and pixel. The pixel option is dimmed if the selected resolution unit is lpi, and vice versa. To select the unit of measurement for the rulers: Click on the unit box in the Settings window, or click on the ruler unit button at the 0,0 point of the rulers in the Preview window. When the submenu appears, select the unit of measurement. Scan Material icon Access the Scan Material menu by using the Scan Material icon, located to the left of the Switch button. The appearance of the Scan Material icon changes, depending on whether your scan material is reflective, positive, or negative. If you are scanning reflective materials (such as photos or printed material), this is the appearance of the Scan Material icon. When you click on the icon and hold down the mouse, you will see the Reflective option checked. Appearance of the Scan Material Status icon when scanning reflective materials Positive transparency or filmstrip If you are scanning a positive transparency or filmstrip, this is the appearance of the Scan Material icon. When you click on the icon and hold down the mouse, you will see the Positive Film option checked. Negative transparency or filmstrip If you are scanning a negative transparency or filmstrip, this is the appearance of the Scan Material icon. When you click on the icon and hold down the mouse, you will see the Negative Film option checked. Switch icon This icon enables you to change/switch to the Advanced Control Panel and the Standard Control Panel, respectively. Exit [X] To close ScanWizard 5, click on the Exit button located at the top right corner of the Control Panel for Windows, or select Quit from the File menu for Macintosh. Take note that when you exit, you quit from both standard and advanced modes in ScanWizard 5. Minimize/Shrink Windows: Macintosh: To minimize ScanWizard 5, click on the Minimize button located at the top right corner of the Control Panel. To shrink Advance Control Panel, click on the Shrink button located at the top right corner of the Control Panel. Status bar The status bar provides helpful tips when you click any button on the panel. Resize Simply drag the bottom right corner of the Advanced Control Panel to adjust the size of the Preview window. Final scanning buttons One of ScanWizard 5's great features is the productivity tools under the Scan button. Click and hold the mouse button to activate the options menu and select either Copy, E-mail, OCR, or To Web. Windows Macintosh Scan Scan to E-mail Copy OCR To Web Scan button This is the default button when ScanWizard 5 - Advanced Control Panel is launched from an image-editing application. It performs the final scan and sends the scanned image (output) to the application that you are using. Scan to button When ScanWizard 5 - Advanced Control Panel is launched as a stand-alone program and is the default setting. This is also the default button on scanners with the "Go" button feature. E-mail button ScanWizard 5 automatically attaches the scanned image to your E-mail message. Point the cursor on the Scan or Scan To (whichever was activated previously) button, then click and hold the button for a moment. Select Email from the drop-down menu. The Save As dialog box appears and prompts you to save the file to your preferred folder and key in a file name. It is recommended that you use either .jpg or .bmp as the file format. Make sure that the check box "Send to application after saving" has been selected/checked. Make sure your preferred E-mail application is selected from the listed options. Click Save to launch your E-mail editor with the attached image, then type your message and hit the Send button. Copy button Point the cursor on the Scan or Scan To button, then click and hold the button for a moment. Select Copy from the drop-down menu. When the Copy dialog box appears, select your default printer or any alternative printer from the options, then specify the number of copies to be made. When you are ready to print, click OK to create a copy of the scanned material directly on your default printer. The function of the Copy button is similar to the E-mail and OCR buttons, but the image goes directly to your default or selected printer. OCR button Point the cursor on the Scan or Scan To button, then click and hold the button for a moment. Select OCR from the drop-down menu. When the Save As dialog box appears, key in a file name, then select .rtf, .txt, xls, .htm, or .pdf as the export file format. Make sure that the check box "Send document to application after saving" has been selected/checked. Then choose the word processing application from the options, and click Save. The saved file can now be opened from your chosen application and is ready to be edited. To Web Point the cursor on the Scan or Scan to button, then click and hold the button for a moment. Select To Web from the drop-down menu. ScanWizard 5 will check if the image size does not exceed the allowed file size. When the "Microtek ScanWizard 5 - Scan to Web" dialog box appears, save the file in your preferred folder, key in a file name, specify a file type, and choose the website address from the options given. The scanned image will automatically be uploaded directly to the default/chosen website. Note: If you have not created an account with iMira.com -- you can do so now by clicking the "Create a new account for photo Sharing" button from the same dialog box to enable access and to speed up the process of uploading images directly to the Web. Toolbar The Toolbar commands simplify the performance of certain tasks. The Toolbar commands include Scan Frame, Zoom, Pan, and Pickers. Windows Macintosh Scan Frame Zoom Pan Pickers Scan Frame tool The Scan Frame lets you create a single scan frame or multiple scan frames in the preview image, which is the active area on which controls and commands can be applied. The Scan Frame can also be used to create batch scans. The current scan frame is indicated by a marquee (cascading border). The current scan frame can be more easily distinguished if you turn on the Smoked Glass Background command (in the Preferences menu). Zoom tool The Zoom tool enlarges your view of the preview image, allowing you to set the scan frame with greater precision if you need to. Only your view of the preview image is changed; the actual output size of the image remains unaffected. Each click of the Zoom tool magnifies or reduces image view by a factor of 2. Thus, the magnification levels increase from 100% to 200%, to 400%, and to the maximum of 800%. Note: If the Info window is open, the zoom level will be indicated. This means you can also zoom in by selecting the appropriate zoom level in the Info window. Pan tool The Pan tool lets you scroll through a preview image, allowing you to move parts of the image into view. The Pan tool can be used for zoomed-in images (enlarged through the Zoom tool), or images not completely displayed within the frame of the preview window (for instance, if your preview image is 7 inches wide and you resized the width of your overview/preview window to only 3 inches). White / Black Point Picker tool The Picker tools allow you to sample color from a particular area in an image, and are useful for designating shadow or highlight point. The White Point Picker ( / ) lets you define the whitest reference point in the preview image. Once you have picked the whitest point, excessive white points are clipped off. The Black Point Picker ( / ) lets you define the darkest reference point in the preview image. Once you have picked the darkest point, excessive black points are clipped off. With the Picker tools, you can determine the color values for any pixel in an image. When you click on the White/Black Picker and pan over a pixel, the value for that pixel is displayed in the Info window, based on the sample size selected in the Info window. Pixel value information is useful especially when you are making color adjustments based on color value. To change the sample size of the Picker tool: 1. Open the Info window by choosing the Show Info Window command in the View menu. 2. Click on the Color Meter Options button located to the right of the RGB values in the Info window. 3. Choose your options. Select the sample size options from the drop-down list. For instance, the 1 by 1 option will display the value of one pixel -- the one in the middle of the Color Output Meter. The 3 X 3 option reads the average value of a 3-pixel by 3-pixel area. To display color information for a pixel or an averaged area: 1. Click on the Picker tool. 2. As you pass over a point in the image, observe the Info window -- the RGB values will be displayed in the Color Output Meter. These values are in turn based on the sample size you selected. Advanced Control Panel>Preview window Menu bar Scanner menu View menu Preferences menu Correction menu Help menu File menu (for Macintosh only) Scanner menu The Scanner menu includes the following: Scanner Model Get Current Scanner Info Scanner Probe Scanner Driver Manager (for Macintosh only) Scanner Model The top of the scanner menu displays the scanner model you are using and its Scanner ID. If you have multiple scanners on your system, all the scanners are shown with their respective Scanner IDs, and the current scanner is indicated by a check. Only one scanner can be accessed at a time. To switch among various scanners, select the scanner to be used. Get Current Scanner Info This command provides information about your current scanner. When you choose this command, a dialog box appears showing the scanner model, Scanner ID number, and firmware version. Scanner Probe This command displays the detected scanner devices. If your scanner does not show in the list, make sure your scanner is connected and turned on, then click on the Probe button in the dialog box. Scanner Driver Manager (for Macintosh only) The Scanner Driver Manager keeps track of the scanners being used on your system and the interface bus/ID numbers occupied by the scanners. By keeping a record of this information, the Scanner Driver Manager allows ScanWizard 5 to start up more quickly, as there is no need to look for devices on the other interface buses. To find a scanner: Follow the hardware installation instructions for connecting a scanner to your system. Then you can use the Scanner Driver Manager in ScanWizard 5 to find the connected scanner in your scanner list. 1. Go to the Scanner menu in the Preview window, and choose Scanner Driver Manager. A dialog box will appear showing the connected scanner and the corresponding interface ID number. 2. Click the Find Scanners button. In case you have added new scanners, the newly found scanners will be appended to the scanner list. If a scanner on the list is not detected (not turned on, not ready, or removed from the system), the model will not be removed from the list but will have a question mark before it. 3. Click the Close button to close the dialog box. To remove a scanner from your scanner list: 1. Go to the Scanner menu in the Preview window, and choose Scanner Driver Manager. 2. Click the Remove button to delete the scanner model from your scanner list. 3. Click the Close button to close the dialog box. Update List This command refreshes the SCSI buses and updates the Scanner menu with the current scanner list. This is most useful when ScanWizard 5 is brought up but one of the scanners is not turned on or has not become ready. Only the current scanner list is used, and ScanWizard 5 will not find or add any new scanners to the scanner list. This is a short-cut command without invoking the Scanner Driver Manager. View menu The View Menu includes the following: Overview or prescan image Resize window to fit Bring Settings window to front Show/Hide (Info, Scan Job Queue windows, and Status bar) About (for Macintosh only) Overview Image and Prescan image These commands select the image obtained with the Overview and Prescan buttons, respectively, and allow you to switch between both viewing modes. The dimensions of the Overview image and Prescan image are controlled by the Overview Setup command and the Prescan Setup command, respectively. For more details, see these commands under the Preferences menu. To obtain the Overview image: With the image(s) placed on your scanner, click the Overview button. To obtain the Prescan image: 1. Click the Scan Frame tool. 2. Select the area to be prescanned by drawing a frame around the area in the Overview image. 3. Click the Prescan button. To obtain multiple Prescan images: 1. Define your scan jobs in the Scan Job Queue window. 2. To select multiple scan jobs, press the Shift key and click on the jobs to be selected in the Scan Job Queue or Preview window. 3. Click the Prescan button in the Preview window. Multiple prescans are created in the process, corresponding to the number of scan jobs defined, and you can then switch among the various prescan images. Resize Window to Fit This command resizes the Preview window, which you may find helpful for conserving space on your desktop monitor especially after enlarging the Preview window. To verify the zoom level, open the Info window (choose Show Info Window command from the View menu), and look up the zoom level. Bring Settings Window to Front This command brings the Settings window to the forefront, which is useful if you have the Settings window hidden behind other windows or if you have expanded your Preview window such that it hides the Settings window in the background. Show/Hide windows These commands allow you to switch between showing or hiding the Scan Job Queue and the Info windows. To use this feature, choose the correct command from the View menu for viewing a window. When the window appears, you can hide it by choosing the particular Hide command for it. About (for Macintosh only) This command displays the ScanWizard 5 splash screen and shows program version and copyright information. Preferences menu The Preferences menu includes the following: Scan Material Color Matching Setup White/Black Points Setup Cursor Auxiliary Lines Overview Setup Prescan Setup Monitor Gamma Setup Invert More... Retain Scan Module after Scan (for Macintosh only) (for Windows only) Scan Material This command allows you to select your scan material, which can be one of the following: q Reflectives, such as photographs or prints. q Positives, such as slides. Negatives, such as the negative film you use for your camera. q The default scan material depends upon the scanner you are using, and the choices available to you in the Scan Material submenu will also depend on your equipment. If you are scanning negatives or positives, make sure you specify the correct scan material, or you will get inaccurate scanning results. To select the scan material: 1. Choose the Scan Material command in the Preferences menu. From the submenu that appears, select your scan material. 2. Alternatively, you can also click the Scan Material icon (adjacent to the Switch button), and then choose the correct scan material from the drop-down menu that appears. Color Matching Setup Color Matching is an important feature of ScanWizard 5 that ensures color is displayed consistently -- from the initial input stage when an image is captured by the scanner, to the final output stage when the image is output to your monitor or printer (through either the Kodak CMS or Apple ColorSyncTM technology). Color matching was developed to allow an equivalent "mapping" of colors from one device or from one color space to another, ensuring that no major color shifts occur in the transference process. To use the ScanWizard 5 color matching function: 1. Set up the Kodak CMS and Apple ColorSync features correctly at the time that ScanWizard 5 is installed. For more information on this procedure, refer to your Kodak or Apple system documentation. 2. The first time you launch ScanWizard 5, you will be prompted to set up color matching for your scanner. You may also access the color matching parameters for ScanWizard 5 at any time in the future, by choosing the Color Matching Setup command in the Preferences menu. ScanWizard 5 includes several industry-standard ICC color profiles. Display using monitor compensation This box pertains to how your monitor displays color, relative to the RGB Destination color space. It is best to have this box checked so that there are no unexpected color shifts between your selected RGB Destination space and your monitor. Monitor Windows: This feature lets you select the type of color monitor that is used for displaying RGB data. The monitor profile will be applied only when "Displaying using monitor compensation" option is checked. Note: If the available monitor types do not include the one you have, select Generic P22 or Generic EBU. These two profiles are suitable for most monitors. The monitor selection shown here is the monitor set in your Apple ColorSync Control Panel. To verify this information, go to your Apple Menu, select Control Panel, then Color Sync. Your selected monitor will be shown, which should be the same as the entry in this dialog box. Note: This setting only affects how the image is shown on the screen -- not the final scanned image. Macintosh: RGB Color Matching This box should generally be checked unless you want to scan raw color data, in which case you lose the compensatory effects of the Color Matching system. On the other hand, if this box is unchecked, all images will be scanned without any color matching processing. Note: It is not desirable to scan in raw data and then perform ColorSync data conversion, which will not generate the correct CMS effect. RGB Destination Windows: This feature lets you select the RGB output device (e.g display monitor, or RGB-based printer) for matching RGB Color family images (including RGB colors, 48-bit RGB colors, and 256 colors image types). This feature lets you select the ICC profile in the ColorSync profile folder for outputting images to the RGB color space. You may select from monitor, RGB printer (e.g., inkjet printers), a special color space, or the Adobe Photoshop 5.0 internal color space profile. For Photoshop 5.0 users, this should always be the same as your RGB working space as defined in the Photoshop 5.0 RGB Setup. Color Enhancement (for Windows only) Macintosh: This box has two options: Automatic and None. Before selecting the "Automatic option, the RGB Color Matching option should be checked first. If the Automatic option is selected, a color enhancement algorithm applies to the scanned image, and the resulting image appears brighter, more realistic, and more saturated. If the "None" option is selected, the scanned image will appear as similar as the original. Info/Profile Information button This lets you get information on currently used ICC profiles. Preview check box (for Macintosh only) This immediately updates the Preview window image when a new color profile is selected. This will reflect colors consistent with the newly selected profile. White/Black Points Setup The White Point is a reference point that specifies the lightest area in an image. The Black Point is the darkest reference area. Auto White Point Clipping This lets you set the percentage of pixels in the highlight region to be truncated. Effective only when "Auto White/Black point" option is selected in the AIC dialog box. Auto Black Point Clipping This lets you set the percentage of pixels in the shadow region to be truncated. Effective only when "Auto White/Black point" option is selected in the AIC dialog box. Minimum Output level This lets you set the minimum output level of the Black Point. The higher the percentage value, the lower the contrast. Maximum Output level This lets you set the maximum output level of the White Point. The lower the percentage value, the lower the contrast. Cursor Auxiliary Lines This command allows you to create horizontal and vertical grid lines with your cursor to help define a scan frame precisely. Using the grid lines, you can also read the measurements of your ruler more easily. To use this feature: 1. Choose the Cursor Auxiliary Lines command in the Preferences menu. From the submenu that appears, select how the cursor lines will appear. q On both x (horizontal) and y (vertical) axes On x axis only On y axis only None (no cursor lines) s s s 2. Click on the Scan Frame tool. To see how the cursor lines work, draw a scan frame. Click on the top left corner of the image as your starting point, then drag down diagonally to form a scan frame. As you draw the scan frame, cursor lines will appear to help you draw the scan frame precisely. When you release the mouse, your scan frame will be aligned with the cursor lines. Overview Setup This command lets you set the area you want to be overviewed of the scan bed, and provides some overview options as well. By default, ScanWizard 5 overviews the maximum scan area as determined by your scanner model's bed size. You can, however, customize the overview area so that the scanner consistently overviews only the specific dimensions you have in mind. For example, if your maximum scan area is 8.5" x 14", you can customize the overview area so that it consistently overviews, say, 4" x 8" of the bed size. As a rule of thumb, it is best to use the default maximum settings. You should change the overview area only if your subsequent overview is too large to be shown in entirety, or too small for reliable previewing. A smaller overview area will increase the overview resolution for clearer image viewing. You may also wish to change the size of your overview to improve performance. Generally, a shorter overview time results from the scanner motor travelling at a lesser distance. Fast Overview/Fast The Fast Overview/Fast option supports faster scanning. If Fast Overview is unchecked, the Overview scanning speed is slow, but a better overview image quality is obtained. Overview Area Choose Maximum Size, other fixed dimensions, or choose Custom Size, then enter the required dimensions. You may also set the Overview Area by dragging the dotted borders. Unit This lets you set the ruler units such as inch, cm, and mm. Preview/Overview button Click this button to get a scanning preview, or to do a new overview. This is helpful if you have specified custom settings or changed the dimensions. Prescan Setup This command allows you to set the parameters for scanning a prescan image. The major difference between Overview and Prescan is that the Overview button scans the area specified in the Overview Setup command for getting a low-resolution preview image, whereas the Prescan button only scans the selected scanning frame, resulting in a more detailed preview image. When the Prescan Setup dialog box comes up, click on the option you need or specify your parameters. Fast Prescan If checked, you get a coarser or lower-quality image is obtained but at a faster scanning speed. If unchecked, a better- quality image is obtained but at a slower scanning speed. Prescan Image Margin This option allows you to specify margin around the scan job in the first place, subsequently you can adjust the scan frame slightly in the Prescan mode. Available options are: None, Small, Medium (default), and Large. Prescan Image Dimension This option allows you to specify the size of the prescan image. Available options are: Full screen, 75% screen, 50% screen, and Fit Preview Window. Size of the Prescan image does not necessarily fit into the specified option, as it is based only on the height/width ratio to get the maximum covered area. Monitor Gamma Setup (for Windows only) The Monitor Gamma Setup command lets you compensate for the linear intensity of the monitor, allowing for consistency between the preview image and the final scanned image. Monitor Gamma Check this box to enable monitor gamma value setting. When the monitor gamma option is checked, click the up/down arrow buttons to make the gray level of the boxes as close as possible. Click OK to confirm. Invert This command creates a negative effect to an image. The Invert effect is applied to all scan jobs, not just the selected scan job. When an image is inverted, the brightness value of each pixel is converted to the inverse value on the 256-step color values scale. For example, a pixel in a positive image with a value of 255 is changed to 0, and a pixel with a value of 5 is changed to 250. Before To use this feature: After Choose the Invert command in the Preferences menu. A check (V) appears next to the command when it is enabled. Retain Scan Module after Scan (for Macintosh only) This command allows you to keep the ScanWizard 5 interface running after scanning is completed and after the image has been delivered to your image-editing software. This way, there is no need to go back to the File-Acquire process to start ScanWizard 5 all over again. Note: This command can be used only in applications (such as Adobe Photoshop) that allow you to retain the scan module after a scan is completed. Some applications may not retain the scan module even if this option is enabled. To use this feature: Choose the command Retain Scan Module after Scan in the Preferences menu. A check (v) appears next to the command when it is enabled. If you wish to see the scanned image in your imageediting software after scanning is completed, you will need to quit ScanWizard 5 to see the image. More... command The More... command lets you specify, miscellaneous parameters. Keep Overview Image If checked, the image which is prescanned in the Overview command remains on the screen until the next image acquisition is performed. If unchecked, the overview image is deleted when you exit ScanWizard 5. Keep All Prescan Images If checked, the image which is prescanned in the Prescan command remains on the screen until the next image acquisition is performed. If unchecked, the prescanned image is deleted when you exit ScanWizard 5. Confirmation Message (for Windows only) If checked, a confirmation message appears when image effects such as Rotate or Flip are applied. If unchecked, no confirmation message appears. Smoked Glass Background This command helps in distinguishing the current scan frame from the rest of the preview image for greater visibility of the current scan frame. With the Smoked Glass feature turned on, the part of the image within the current scan frame will stand out, while the rest of the image (the "irrelevant" material) is relegated to a background resembling smoked glass. Before After The Smoked Glass Background, helps you focus on the part of the image within the current scan frame, and is particularly helpful when you are editing a scan frame or applying image-correction controls. This way, the changes can be seen more clearly and stand out from the rest of the material. (See the next section for more details. ) Scan Quality selection During a scan, the following selections are available:Speed, Quality, and Best Quality. Speed: Higher scan speeds are obtained, but lower image quality results in the process. Quality: If "Quality" option is selected, the scanning carriage slows down while the CCD is exposed to the light source. As a result, a better image is achieved. Most scan materials can get a quality scan if this mode is chosen. Best Quality: This option is available for 10- or 12-bit scanners only. The CCD exposure scheme is much the same as the "Quality" option, but image correction is first applied to the 10- or 12-bit image, then the image is converted to 8-bits. RGB Colors (48-bit) image is always scanned in Best Quality option regardless of the option selected. This option is useful for scanning originals of lower quality and for performing image correction without losing detailed information. Note: This option is useful for scanning Line art images to keep edges smooth; e.g., edges of a logo. Working Directory This lets you specify a place to store temporary working files (e.g., scan job files) during a scanning session. If the directory you specify is not found or does not exist, a warning message appears, and ScanWizard 5 will create one automatically for you. If the computer is shared by several users, each user may specify a particular working directory to use.. Memory Usage (for Macintosh only) This option controls the way ScanWizard 5 uses memory. Three options are provided: Auto: This is the default setting. ScanWizard 5 maximizes memory usage from both system and application, looking for memory first from the system heap and then from the application heap. Application: ScanWizard 5 will only use the memory inside the application heap as its image buffer. Make sure you allocate a large number of memory in your application for this purpose; otherwise, ScanWizard 5 may not have enough memory to run. Use this option only if you do not want ScanWizard 5 to use memory outside your application. System: ScanWizard 5 will use the memory in the system heap as its image buffer, with a limited amount of memory used in the application heap. This option is best if you have only a small memory allocation for your application but a large amount of system memory. Scratch Directory (for Macintosh only) The scratch directory is the folder where ScanWizard 5 creates temporary files; these files are deleted at the end of scanning session. You should change to a different folder only if the scratch directory is located in a disk volume that is too small for scanning operations. To specify a new scratch directory, choose Other Directory... from the menu. Correction menu The Correction Menu lets you use the Advanced Image Correction (AIC) features of ScanWizard 5. The commands in the Correction menu correspond to the AIC buttons in the Settings window. Help menu The Help menu lets you access on-line help for ScanWizard 5, and gives you information on the ScanWizard 5 scanning software. File menu (for Macintosh only) The File menu contains one submenu -- the Quit command, which lets you exit ScanWizard 5. Advanced Control Panel Settings window Shows the current scan job, image types selected, output resolution and unit options. Scan Frame settings, Scaling, Output settings, and Unit of Measurement. Scan Frame options and Flip/Transform tool Advanced Image Correction (AIC) tools: · White/Black Points tool for adjusting highlights · Tone Curve tool for controlling gray intensity · Brightness and Contrast tool for balancing light/dark shades · Color Correction tool for adjusting color saturation · Filter tool for applying/creating special effects · Descreen tool for removing moire patterns when scanning magazines/newspapers · Fast JPEG Quality is a compressed true color image which takes up less disk space. · Enable Digital ICE for Photo Prints enables Digital ICE-implemented scanners to automatically remove scratches, cracks, creases, and other defects of the scanned images, resulting in an improved image. Advanced Control Panel Settings window Shows the current scan job, image types selected, output resolution and unit options. Scan Frame settings, Scaling, Output settings, and Unit of Measurement. Scan Frame options and Flip/Transform tool Advanced Image Correction (AIC) tools: · White/Black Points tool for adjusting highlights · Tone Curve tool for controlling gray intensity · Brightness and Contrast tool for balancing light/dark shades · Color Correction tool for adjusting color saturation