User manual SAMSUNG SF-5100PI

Laser Printer, Scanner, PC-Fax User's Guide SF-5100P About user's guides Your machine is packaged with two user guides: · This user's guide, which provides you with information on installing the supplied CD-ROM to use your machine as a printer and scanner. This guide also provides the basic description on using the supplied multi-function application programme, Samsung SmarThru, which allows you to scan and edit images, send E-mail and PC-fax. You will also find a brief description on automatic text recognition programme, AnyPage Lite. · Laser facsimile user's guide, which provides you with all of the detailed information you will need to install, send and receive a fax, maintain and troubleshoot your machine. Trademarks · SmarThru, ScanThru, ImageThru, CopyThru, FaxThru, MailThru, DocuThru are trademarks of Samsung Electronics. · AnyPage Lite is a trademark of Samsung Electronics. · Windows, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 3.x are trademarks of Microsoft corporation. · IBM is a trademark of International Business Machines. · Centronics is a trademark of Centronics Data Computer. · Other names and trademarks mentioned in this manual are trademarks of their respective holders. Contents Chapter 1 Installation Installing SmarThru software ________________________ 1.1 About SmarThru software ___________________________ 1.1 System requirements _______________________________ 1.2 Hardware requirement _____________________________ 1.3 Installation procedure ______________________________ 1.4 Uninstalling SmarThru software _____________________ 1.12 Chapter 2 Printing Printing ____________________________________________ 2.1 Printing a document _______________________________ 2.1 Loading paper ____________________________________ 2.2 Paper guidelines ___________________________________ 2.6 Printer settings ____________________________________ 2.7 Canceling a print job _______________________________ 2.11 Chapter 3 Using SmarThru Introducing Samsung SmarThru _____________________ 3.1 Scanning with Samsung ScanThru ____________________ 3.2 Samsung ScanThru window ________________________ 3.5 Scanning with the Samsung TWAIN for Scan window __ 3.6 Samsung TWAIN for Scan window___________________ 3.7 Scanning for automatic text recognition ______________ 3.8 Working with ImageThru ____________________________ 3.11 Overview _________________________________________ 3.11 Opening the Samsung ImageThru window ___________ 3.12 Samsung ImageThru toolbar overview _______________ 3.14 Editing images ____________________________________ 3.15 Working with images in browse mode ________________ 3.19 Copying a scanned image ____________________________ 3.21 Overview _________________________________________ 3.21 Copying a scanned image with CopyThru ____________ 3.21 Samsung CopyThru window ________________________ 3.23 i Working with E-mail messages _______________________ 3.24 Overview _________________________________________ 3.24 Creating and sending E-mail messages _______________ 3.25 Scanning a document and sending it by E-mail ________ 3.27 Other ways to access Samsung MailThru _____________ 3.29 Reading E-mail messages ___________________________ 3.29 Finding a message _________________________________ 3.32 Using address book _________________________________ 3.33 Overview _________________________________________ 3.33 Opening the address book __________________________ 3.34 Using the address book _____________________________ 3.36 Working with fax messages __________________________ 3.37 Overview _________________________________________ 3.37 Sending a fax with Samsung FaxThru ________________ 3.38 Scanning a document and sending it by fax ___________ 3.41 Other ways to access Samsung FaxThru ______________ 3.42 Fax browsing _____________________________________ 3.43 Fax cover editor ___________________________________ 3.44 Installation Printing Using SmarThru Chapter 4 Using AnyPage Lite Using AnyPage Lite _________________________________ 4.1 Overview _________________________________________ 4.1 How to recognize a text or table______________________ 4.3 AnyPage Lite window overview _____________________ 4.10 Using AnyPage Lite Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Overview __________________________________________ 5.1 Printer problems_____________________________________ 5.1 Print quality problems________________________________ 5.3 Scanning problems___________________________________ 5.5 PC-fax problems ____________________________________ 5.8 OCR problems ______________________________________ 5.9 Troubleshooting Appendix Index ______________________________________________ A.1 ii 1 Installation Installing SmarThru software About SmarThru software You must install the SmarThru CD-ROM to print, scan, or to send and receive faxes through PC. The SmarThru CD-ROM includes the following: · MFP driver · SmarThru software · OCR software (AnyPage Lite) For details on the drivers, refer to each item's description. Installation MFP driver To use the machine as your printer, or scanner, or to send and receive faxes through PC, you must install the MFP driver. SmarThru software The SmarThru software contains: ScanThru It lets you scan documents and images quickly and easily. With the ScanThru, you can set image type and resolution for the scanner, adjust brightness and contrast, perform a colour correction, and so on. CopyThru It lets you make a copy of the scanned documents or images. With the CopyThru, you can change the resolution and image type used for copying, and so on. Installing SmarThru software 1.1 FaxThru It helps you to create fax covers and send faxes through PC. DocuThru General form to work with messages. With DocuThru, you can perform all the operations of the SmarThru system. ImageThru It is an image database manager and image editor programme. With the ImageThru, you can search the database for images, adjust parameters of an image, such as brightness, contrast and saturation, and apply different effects, such as sharpening, emboss, posterize, mosaic etc. You can also send the images by fax or E-mail. MailThru With Samsung MailThru you can send, receive and easily organise your work with E-mail messages. The system provides you with convenient tools which let you sort and find messages using a number of criteria. OCR software (AnyPage Lite) OCR (Optical Character Recognition) is software that has the ability to recognize most character formats, so that a scanned document can be read and edited on your word processor. System requirements Before you start, make sure you have the following minimum computer setup: · Windows 3.x, or Windows 95/98: 486SX 33MHz or higher processor with 8 MB or higher RAM · Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 3): Pentium 90 or higher CPU with 32 MB or higher RAM · Free disk space of at least 50MB for full installation · CD-ROM drive 1.2 Installing SmarThru software Hardware requirement 1. Turn off both your machine and PC. 2. Connect your machine and PC with the printer cable (IEEE-1284 compatible). Installation 0 0 0 0 00 00 00 00 00 3. Connect one end of the telephone line cord supplied to the LINE jack on the rear of the machine, then connect the other end of the cord to the standard phone wall jack. 4. If your computer modem uses the same phone line, connect one end of the supplied saperated telephone line cord to the EXT. jack on the rear of your machine, then connect the other end to the line jack of the internal/external PC modem. 5. Turn on all the machines. Notes: · You must use the internal computer modem or an external modem for sending or receiving E-mail. You can connect to the Internet using an Internet Service Provider (ISP) or through one of several online services, such as the Microsoft Network or America Online. · If Windows 95/98 users see the "New Hardware Found" screen when your computer turns on, close it by clicking Cancel. Installing SmarThru software 000 0000000 00000000 0000 00 000 000 00 00 00 000000 000000 00 000 1.3 Installation procedure Installing the SmarThru software 1. Insert the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The SmarThru CD-ROM is automatically running and the Samsung SmarThru setup dialogue box will appear. If the Samsung SmarThru setup dialogue box does not appear: 1) Windows 95/98/NT users should select Run from the Start menu. Windows 3.x users should select Run from the File menu. 2) Type D(or E):\Setupint (where `D` or `E` represents the letter designation of your computer's CD-ROM drive), and click OK to start the installation. 2. If prompted, select a language. 3. Click Install the Samsung software on your PC. 1.4 Installing SmarThru software 4. Follow the on-screen instructions and click Next. The SmarThru installation supports two types of setup. Typical setup will be installed with the most common options. Recommended for most users. In Custom setup, you can select components to be installed. Installation If you select the Custom installation, you may choose the options you want to install. MFP driver to print, scan, or to send and receive faxes through PC. SmarThru software to work with scanned images, and electronic documents. AnyPage Lite software to enable OCR. 5. When the installation is completed, you must shut down and restart your computer. If your computer does not shut down and restart automatically, you must shut it down manually and restart it before the changes you have made will be in effect. Installing SmarThru software 1.5 Configuring fax modem and internet connection Note: To configure the internet gate of the SmarThru system, you must enter your e-mail address, SMTP/POP3 server address, POP3 account name and password. Ask your Internet Service Provider or online service provider about the internet gate configuration. 1. After you install the SmarThru software, Windows restarts. Then the Welcome dialogue box appears and allows you to configure the SmarThru system for PC fax and Internet connection. Select the system service you want to use, and click Next. Note: If you select the "I Want SmarThru to receive and send my e-mail", skip to step 6. If you do not select any service, electronic fax and E-mail services of SmarThru will be disabled. 2. The fax modem Wizard dialogue box appears. Click Next. 1.6 Installing SmarThru software 3. Enter the location and area code to which your machine is connected, and select your country from the pull-down list, then click Next. Installation Enter the area name. Note: you can also specify other locations from Samsung DocuThru -> Tools -> Configuration menu. Once it specified under the certain area name, you can change the location information later by selecting the area name from the pulldown list 4. If necessary, set up the dial properties, then click Next. Note : Dial properties gives you the option to enter pre-fix dial out codes such as `9' for an outside line, or `00' for international calls. Installing SmarThru software 1.7 5. The modem configuration process is completed. Click Finish. 6. The Internet Connection Wizard dialogue box appears. Select the way you are connected to the Internet, then click Next. If you are connected to the internet over LAN (i.e. in an office network environment), select "Connection to Internet over LAN" , and go to step 9. 1.8 Installing SmarThru software 7. Click Configure to run Dial-Up Configuration. Installation For details on the Dial-Up Configuration using the Windows Dial-Up Networking setup wizard, please refer to your Windows documentation. 8. Click Add. The available Windows system Dial-Up connection list is displayed. Select one from the list for using in the SmarThru, then click OK. If no connection is available, you cannot use the system Dial-Up in Samsung SmarThru. If you want to modify the Dial-Up connection properties, click "Dialling Properties". Installing SmarThru software 1.9 9. Enter your E-mail address, which was assigned to you by your internet service provider then click Next. 10. Enter the addresses of your incoming and outgoing mail servers, then click Next. 1.10 Installing SmarThru software 11. Enter your POP3 account name and password to access your internet mail server, then click Next. Your internet service provider must give you this information. Installation 12. Click Finish to enable internet E-mail service. Note: If you wish, you can enable or reconfigure the internet connection later. Open the Samsung DocuThru, and select Configuration from the Tools menu. Installing SmarThru software 1.11 UnInstalling SmarThru software Uninstallation is only required if you are upgrading the software, or if your installation was not successful. In Windows 95/98/NT 1. Start Windows if not already started. 2. If you find the SmarThru icon and/or the SmarThru engine icon on the right corner of the taskbar at the bottom of your screen, the SmarThru application and the SmarThru engine are running. Close the application and the engine following this procedure: Right-click each of the icons. When the pop-up menu opens, select Close. SmarThru Engine icon SmarThru icon 3. From the Start menu, select Programs. 4. Select Samsung SmarThru, then select Uninstall. The uninstall dialogue box appears. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete uninstallation. 1.12 Installing SmarThru software In Windows 3.x 1. Start Windows if not already started. 2. Close all applications which are running, if any. 3. From the Program Manager, double click Samsung SmarThru. Installation 4. In the SmarThru windows, double click the Uninstall icon. The uninstall dialogue box appears. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete uninstallation. Using the SmarThru CD-ROM You can uninstall the MFP driver and the SmarThru software with the CD-ROM you have used to install the software. 1. If you find the SmarThru icon and/or the SmarThru engine icon at the bottom of your screen, the SmarThru application and the SmarThru engine are running. Close the application and the engine following this procedure: Click each of the icons. When the pop-up menu opens, select Close. 2. Insert the SmarThru CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The SmarThru installation programme will begin. If the programme does not start, select Run from the Start menu (for Windows 95/98. For Windows 3.x, select Run from the File menu), then type D (or E) : \setupint, and click OK to start the programme. 3. If prompted, select a language. 4. When the Samsung SmarThru setup dialogue box appears, click Uninstall the Samsung software on your PC, and follow the on-screen instructions. Installing SmarThru software 1.13 5. Click on the check boxes to select the components you wish to uninstall. Click Next. 6. The uninstallation procedure will remove all messages and address book from your computer. You can backup your data and restore it later using SmarThru backup utility and agent `Export' option. Please select backup options and backup folder then click Finish. The selected components will be uninstalled. You must shut down and restart your computer to complete the uninstallation process. If your computer does not shut down and restart automatically, you must shut it down manually and restart it. Otherwise the changes you have made will not be in effect. 1.14 Installing SmarThru software Making a driver diskette The samsung SmarThru software is supplyed with CD-ROM only. If necessary, make a copy of the MFP driver onto a floppy diskette. Installation 1. Please prepare six (6) 3.5" folppy diskette. 2. Insert the supplied SmarThru CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. 3. From the Start menu, select Run. Windows 3.x users should select Run from the File menu. 4. Type D (or E) :\english\makedrv (where `D` or `E` represents the letter designation of your computer's CD-ROM drive), and click OK to start the installation programme. 5. Then, insert floppy diskette according to the on screen instructions. Installing SmarThru software 1.15 2 Printing Printing Printing Printing a document This procedure describes the general steps required for printing from various Windows applications. The exact steps for printing a document may vary depending on the application programme you are using. Refer to your software application's documentation for the exact printing procedure. 1. Make sure that your machine is properly connected to the computer. Make sure that you have installed the MFP driver contained on the supplied setup CD-ROM. See `Installing SmarThru software' on page 1.1. 2. Create or open the document you want to print. 3. Choose Print or Print Setup from the File menu. Make sure that your printer is selected as the default printer. 4. Click Properties or Setup if you want to make any adjustments that are appropriate for printing your document. (See `Printer settings' on page 2.7.) 5. Select OK to close the open dialogue box. 6. After making any necessary changes to the printing parameters, select OK to start the printing job. Printing 2.1 Loading paper For best results, use high quality xerographic copier paper. Using the automatic paper feeder You can stack paper or transparencies in the automatic paper feeder to feed automatically. The automatic paper feeder can hold a maximum of 150 sheets of plain paper. The maximum capacity may be reduced, depending on the thickness. Note: If you experience feeding problems, try printing one at a time from the manual paper feeder. See page 2.5. 1. Pull the paper tray on the automatic paper feeder all the way up. Paper tray Automatic paper feeder Manual paper feeder 2. Prepare the print material for loading. · For paper : - Flex or fan the paper back and forth. Do not fold or crease the paper. Straighten the edges on a level surface. 2.2 Printing · For transparencies: - Hold the transparencies by the edges and avoid touching the print side. Printing - Fan the stack of transparencies to prevent feeding failures. Be careful not to scratch or leave fingerprints on the print sides. 3. Load the print material in the automatic paper feeder. Do not load too much print material. Do not mix types. See the following directions to load each type of print material. · Load paper or transparencies with the print side facing you. Place the print side facing you. Printing 2.3 · Load letterhead paper with the design facing you. The top edge of the sheet with the logo should enter the printer first. 4. Adjust the paper guides to the width of the print material. Slide the guides until they lightly touch the stack of print material. Do not bend the print material. Paper guide Note: If you print a job on a special print media, select the correct paper size and type in your application before printing. See page 2.8. 2.4 Printing LET T ERH EAD Using the manual feeder If you want to print manually, one piece of media at a time, use this manual paper feeder. Manual paper feeder Printing Notes: · Make sure that you select the Manual Feeder source and the correct paper size from your software application before starting your print job. See page 2.8. · When you use the manual paper feeder, the paper must be loaded in the automatic paper feeder to prevent the paper jam which might occur in the manual paper feeder. 1. Place the paper in the manual feeder and adjust the paper guides to the width of the print material. Make sure that the paper is as far down as it will go. For envelope, load it with the flap side facing away from you. The stamp area is on the left side. The end of the envelope with the stamp area enters the feeder last. Note: Do not feed stamped envelopes. The stamp is shown for placement only. 2. In your computer, start printing of the document you want to print. The LCD window on your machine displays PC PRINTING and PRESS START alternatively. 3. Press Start to start manual feeding. If you have more than one page to print, press Start for each page. Printing 2.5 Paper guidelines When selecting or loading paper, envelopes, or other special media, keep these guidelines in mind: · Attempting to print on damp, curled, wrinkled, or torn paper can cause paper jams and poor print quality. · Use cut-sheet paper only. You cannot use multipart paper. · Use only high quality, copier grade paper. Avoid paper with embossed lettering, perforations, or texture that is too smooth or too rough. · Coloured paper should be of the same high quality as white photocopy paper. The pigments must withstand the printer's fusing temperature of 392 oF (200 oC) for 0.1 second without deterioration. Do not use paper with a coloured coating that was added after the paper was produced. · Pre-printed forms must be printed with non-flammable, heat-resistant inks that do not melt, vaporize, or release hazardous emissions when subject to the printer's approximately 392 oF (200 oC) fusing temperature for 0.1 second. · Store paper in its ream wrapper until ready to use. Place cartons on pallets or shelves, not on the floor. Do not place heavy objects on top of the paper, whether it is packaged or unpackaged. Keep it away from moisture, or other conditions that can cause it to wrinkle or curl. · During storage, moisture-proof wrap (any plastic container or bag) should be used to prevent dust and moisture from contaminating your paper. · When you choose envelopes, use only well-constructed envelopes with sharp, and well creased folds. - DO NOT use envelopes with clasps and snaps. - DO NOT use envelopes with windows, coated linings, self-stick adhesives, or other synthetic materials. - DO NOT use damaged or poorly made envelopes. 2.6 Printing Printer settings You can use your machine with all your Windows 3.x or Windows 95/98, or Windows NT applications. Be sure to set your printer as the default printer for all your Windows operations. Most Windows software applications allow you to make changes to the printer settings. This changes the number of copies, sequence of the pages, and paper orientation. If you click Properties, Setup, or Options in the print dialogue box, you'll access the printer driver's dialogue box. It allows you to change additional printer settings. Settings changed in the software application will usually override settings made in the printer driver. Your printer driver's properties dialogue box includes three tabs (four tabs on Windows NT): · Basic · Print Quality · Advanced (available on Windows NT only) · About Printing Printing 2.7 Basic tab Menu Option Copies (1-999) Scaling (10-200%) Paper Orientation Functions Sets the number of copies to be printed. Scales the image size on the print page. Sets the orientation (printing direction) of the print media. Portrait orientation is used for most books, and Landscape orientation is used for envelopes, spreadsheets, and transparencies. Sets the input source from which print media is pulled into the printer. Manual Feeder source is used when printing to special media which is fed into the manual feeder. For information on manual feeder, see page 2.5. Sets the print media size. Set the type of media to be used for a print job. If you use thick or high cotton paper, set this to Thick Paper. If you use thin paper (60g) or the air is humid, set this to the Thin paper. If you use transparency film, set this to Transparency paper. Paper Source Paper Size Paper Type Print Quality Tab Menu Option Toner Save Mode Functions To get the most from your toner supply, turn the checkbox on. If set to ON, print quality may be reduced. At high altitude, turn this checkbox on to ensure a proper print quality. Displays the paper information (orientation, size, source, type) which is currently set under the Basic tab. Altitude Correction Paper Setup Summary 2.8 Printing Advanced Tab This tab is available on Windows NT only. Menu Option Color Document Functions If you find that you are not getting correct grays on your printout from an application, turn the Color Document checkbox on. If performance when rendering complex graphics is either very slow, or yields unsatisfactory output, try toggling this setting. With each of these checkboxes selected, your printer gives you accurate grays even if it has to dither them. You will get exactly what you ask for. However, small dithered text is difficult to read, and fine dithered lines appear dashed instead of solid. With these options off, your printer maps text and lines to the nearest gray. For black & white output, grays that are darker than about 50% map to black; lighter grays map to white. For color, colors map to the nearest gray. When an application sends a bitmap fill pattern (also called 'pattern brush') to the printer, the expected, standard size is 8 pixels square. Some applications are able to send larger patterns. If the Large Bitmap Pattern checkbox is selected, you encounter output where your bitmap fills have repeating pattern anomalies in them, try to turn the checkbox off. Your printer has a process that automatically enlarges the bitmap fill patterns so that the output more closely matches the screen. For example, with the default setting '0', patterns that come from a VGA system (96x96 logical pixels per inch) are enlarged three times to (almost) match the 300x300 dpi of a laser printer. If you set the scale to '1', your printer can handle the brush patterns exactly as they come from the application's scaling. You can also force your printer to scale by 2, 3, 4, or more times by entering larger numbers. Graphics Printing Dither Text and Dither Line Large Bitmap Pattern Scale Printing 2.9 Menu Option TrueType Functions If you find a problem with your printer when the document uses typefaces installed in Adobe Type Manager (ATM) software or TrueType, use this feature. If you have both font engines, you could also run into substitution problems. Turning the TrueType checkbox on speeds up handling of TrueType fonts by sending them as text. With this option off, fonts are handled as graphics. This can be useful if you are printing over a network to a server that does not have the same typeface you are using on your workstation PC. Since the data is sent as graphics, you do not run into font substitution problems. If you are printing with characters found in languages like Japanese or Chinese (also called 'double-byte characters'), the TrueType checkbox should be off. If you find a problem with your printer when the document uses typefaces installed in Adobe Type Manager (ATM) software or TrueType, use this feature. If you have both font engines, you could also run into substitution problems. The Adobe Type Manager checkbox accesses a "back door" to ATM. Turning this option on uses this back door to speed up handling of Type 1 PostScript fonts by handling them as text. With this option turned off, the fonts are handled as graphics. Adobe Type Manager About Tab This tab shows the printer software version. Clicking the image above SAMSUNG WEB SITE links you with Samsung Electronics web site. Using Help Your printer driver includes comprehensive screen help. For detailed information about each setting, press F1 key except Windows 3.x. 2.10 Printing Changing printer settings for all documents Changing the printer settings from your application programme will change them for one document. If you want to change for all documents you print on this printer, open the printer Properties dialogue box as shown below, then change the printer settings. Note: Windows NT users should select properties via application's print menu. Windows 95/98 users should click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers. Then, right-click your printer icon, and then click Properties. Printing Windows 3.x users should double-click Main from the Programme Manager, Control Panel, and then Printers. Then click Setup. Canceling a print job While a document is printing, a printer icon appears next to the clock on the taskbar. Printer icon If you want to cancel or pause the printing of any of the documents you have sent, take the following steps: 1. Double-click the printer icon. The dialogue box appears. You'll view a list of documents waiting to be printed. 2. Select the documents you want to cancel or pause printing by clicking them on the print queue, then from the Document menu select Cancel Printing or Pause Printing. 3. Press Stop on the control panel of the your machine. Note: If you cannot find the printer icon on the taskbar while the printing continues (for example, when you print several copies of a single page), just press Stop on the control panel of the your machine. It cancels the print job. Printing 2.11 3 Using marThru S Multi-function application This chapter tells briefly about the main features of Samsung SmarThru. For more information and the step-by-step instructions, refer to the on-line help. Introducing Samsung SmarThru Samsung SmarThru contains the following services: Using SmarThru · Samsung ScanThru lets you scan documents and images quickly and easily. You can select the area of image where the scanned data will appear, set the image type and resolution. You can also set the scanned document to be automatically recognized using OCR software. · Samsung ImageThru is an image database manager and image editor programme. You can perform a basic editing, such as copying and pasting parts of an image, rotating, cropping, resampling etc. You can adjust parameters of an image, convert images to different colour modes, and apply different filter effects. · Samsung CopyThru lets you quickly make copies of a scanned image. You can adjust scan settings, and scale the resulting image. · Samsung MailThru lets you create and send E-mail messages. You can attach files either made inside the SmarThru system or made with external editor programme. · Samsung FaxThru lets you create and send electronic fax. When the fax is prepared, you can preview the fax before sending it. You can also create and edit a fax cover for your fax. · Samsung DocuThru lets you operate on messages sent and received in SmarThru system. You can also sort and find messages using a number of criteria. Introducing Samsung SmarThru 3.1 Scanning with Samsung ScanThru With Samsung ScanThru, you can convert a photo or paper document into a computer image. Type of documents that you can scan include photos, drawings, magazine pages, newspaper articles, and just about any type of single page image. To scan a document with Samsung ScanThru, take the following steps: 1. Place your document (photo or graphic) into the document feeder of your machine. Place it top down with the image side facing down. Adjust the document guides to match the width of the document. 3.2 Scanning with Samsung ScanThru 2. To open Samsung SmarThru, double-click on the SmarThru icon of the desktop window. You can also use Start Programs Samsung SmarThru SmarThru menu to open the Samsung SmarThru window. 3. In the Samsung SmarThru window, select Scan. Click to open the Samsung ScanThru. Using SmarThru 4. Choose the scan settings and then click Scan. See page 3.5 for more information on the scan settings. Scanning with Samsung ScanThru 3.3 5. Once the image is scanned, the Samsung ImageThru window opens and you'll see the scanned image is stored under the Incoming folder of the Samsung ImageThru. For information on working with the images in this mode, see page 3.19. 6. To open the image for editing, double-click on the image, or select Edit Image from the Image menu. The opened image will replace the contents of current folder. For information on editing images with ImageThru, see page 3.15. 3.4 Scanning with Samsung ScanThru Samsung ScanThru window The controls of the Samsung ScanThru window are described below. Image Type: Selects an image type used for scanning. Scan To OCR: If this button is checked, the scanned document will be automatically passed to OCR programme for text recognition. Brightness/Contrast: Adjust the brightness to make the image lighter or darker. Also, adjust the contrast to sharpen the image definitions. Resolution: Selects a resolution used for scanning. Save Mode: Minimize Time mode results in less image storage time, while increasing the disk space required to store an image. Minimize Size mode decreases disk space occupied by stored images , while increasing storage time. Save Mode selection is available only when you are scanning images that are stored in Samsung ImageThru. This selection is disabled when scanning to Fax or to E-mail because images are not stored in Samsung ImageThru. Using SmarThru Sample picture The dotted rectangle defines the size and position of image area where the scanned picture should appear. Resets all the controls to their default values. Starts scanning. The scanned image will be saved in Incoming folder of Samsung ImageThru. Scans an image at 75 dpi resolution. This is useful for preliminary testing of scanner setup etc. The scanned image will replace the picture in the sample picture area. Exits Samsung ScanThru. Brings up the help file. Image Area: Allows you to select the size of image area. You can also change the size by resizing the image area marquee in the sample picture area. Left, Top: These settings define a position of the top left corner of the image area. Enter the desired value. (Don't forget to set the appropriate measurements unit using the Unit radio buttons.) You can also change the start position by dragging the image area marquee. Set the cursor inside the marquee (the cursor turns into a four-headed arrow) and drag the marquee to change its position. Scanning with Samsung ScanThru 3.5 Scanning with the Samsung TWAIN for Scan window You selectively can use the Samsung TWAIN for Scan window to scan an image instead of the Samsung ScanThru window. Also, if you have another scanner driver installed on your computer, you can select the desired driver. 1. Double-click on the SmarThru icon on the desktop window. When the Samsung SmarThru window opens, select ImageThru. Or, select Programs from the Start menu, then select Samsung SmarThru, and ImageThru. In Windows 3.x, double-click the Samsung SmarThru from the Program Manager, then double-click the ImageThru icon in the SmarThru window. 2. Select ScanThru Options from the File menu. Note: You can also access the ScanThru Options menu by right-clicking on the SmarThru icon in the right corner of the taskbar in the desktop window. 3.6 Scanning with Samsung ScanThru 3. Click the Show TWAIN UI box to be checked. If you want to use another scanner driver, press Select Source button, then select the desired driver from the Select Source list. 4. Click the OK button. Using SmarThru Samsung TWAIN for Scan window Brief descriptions for the controls of the Samsung TWAIN for Scan window are provided below. Scanner Control Tabs You can adjust the scan settings for the document using the features of the tabs. Preview window Use this button anytime you need information on how to use a particular menu or command. Scanning with Samsung ScanThru 3.7 Scanning for automatic text recognition With Samsung ScanThru, you can scan a document then recognize the document into a text with a help of the OCR programme, AnyPage Lite. 1. Place your document into the document feeder of your machine. Place it top down with the image side facing down. 2. Open Samsung SmarThru window and select Scan. To open Samsung SmarThru, double-click on the SmarThru icon of the desktop window. 3. Choose the scan settings. Set a proper resolution and brightness. Poor quality image source may result in a poor recognition result. 3.8 Scanning with Samsung ScanThru 4. Select Scan to OCR box check box ( ). The automatic recognition configuration dialog box appears. This dialog box lets you configure several parameters of automatic text recognition. Using SmarThru The controls in this window are described below: Language Text Type It allows you to recognize English only. If you select Auto, the OCR programme will detect the type of text automatically. If you are recognising typewritten or matrix printed texts, set the corresponding text type to increase recognition accuracy. This group of radio buttons defines how your page is formatted. Lets you indicate the layout of your text. If you select Auto, the OCR programme will detect the layout automatically. Select Single Column if your text is formatted as single column. This group of check boxes lets you define formatting of tables. If this check box is selected, the pictures will be kept with text. Page Formatting Text Layout Tables Keep Pictures in Text Text Saving Parameters If you select Organized, the text files will be saved in a folder named according to today's date inside the base folder. Files are named with consequent numbers. You can set path to the base folder using the Base Folder edit field. You can also click Browse... to point the folder using the browse window. If you select Always Ask, you will be prompted for file name each time the programme needs to save a new file. 5. When you finish the configuration, click OK. Scanning with Samsung ScanThru 3.9 6. Click Scan in the Samsung ScanThru window. The system scans, saves, then starts recognition. When the recognition is completed successfully, the result is stored in a specified folder with an RTF format. 7. To view the recognized text, click Yes. 8. The recognized text will be displayed in your text editor application. Check and edit the text if necessary. For details, refer to the documentation of your text editor application. Notes: · For details on the OCR procedure, refer to chapter 4 `Using AnyPage Lite.' · If you want to recognize a batch of documents at once, see page 4.3. · If you want to recognize a table which does not have horizontal or vertical lines, you will need to anlayse the table manually before the recognition begins to achieve a good recognition result. See page 4.7. 3.10 Scanning with Samsung ScanThru Working with ImageThru Overview Using SmarThru Samsung ImageThru is an image database manager and image editor programme. With ImageThru, you can · Organize the images in the database hierarchically using a tree of folders. · Search the database for images by descriptions, dates etc. · Perform a basic editing of images, such as copying and pasting parts of an image, rotating, cropping, resampling etc. · Adjust parameters of an image, such as brightness, contrast, and saturation. · Convert images to different image modes. · Apply different effects, such as sharpening, embossing, posterizing, mosaicking, etc. · Send images by fax or E-mail. · Pass images to external programs using the programs bar. · Import, export, scan, and print images. Working with ImageThru 3.11 Opening the Samsung ImageThru window When you scan an image with Samsung ScanThru, the Samsung ImageThru window automatically opens and displays the scanned image. If you want to open the Samsung ImageThru window manually, do following this procedure: 1. Open Samsung SmarThru window and select ImageThru. To open the Samsung SmarThru window, double-click the SmarThru icon on the desktop window. You can also access ImageThru by selecting Programs from the Start menu, then select Samsung SmarThru, and ImageThru. 2. The Samsung ImageThru window opens. You can browse images. For more information on functions in the image browse mode, see page 3.19. Menu bar and Tool bar See page 3.14 for more information about these buttons. Folder area · You can create new folders, rename folders, or delete them using the Folder menu. · The first folder is a special folder named Incoming. The images scanned with ScanThru will be saved in this folder. You cannot rename or delete this folder, or change its position. Image area Thumbnails of images in current folder Programs Bar You can drag an image onto the Programs bar buttons to have it processed by an appropriate application. · E-mail · Fax · Print · OCR · Shredder Sends the image by E-mail. Clicking this button brings up the Samsung MailThru window. For details on E-mail, see page 3.24. Sends the image by fax. Clicking this button brings up the Samsung FaxThru window. For details on FaxThru, see page 3.37. Prints the image. Sends the image to the optical text recognition programme, AnyPage Lite. Deletes the image. 3.12 Working with ImageThru 3. To open a selected image for editing from the image browse mode, double-click on the thumbnail of the desired image, or select Edit Image from the Image menu. The selected image will replace the thumbnails, taking the whole image area. Toolbox Contains the buttons to select a region and add annotations to the image. Similar to Toolbox menu. The opened image will replace contents of current folder. Using SmarThru While working in the editing mode, you can still use the Programs bar. Current zoom factor Image dimension (in pixel) Memory taken by the image 4. You can enlarge or reduce the image displayed by using the View menu. Now you can perform editing. For more information about the editing functions, see `Editing Image' on page 3.15. 5. To quit the editing, select Browse Mode from the Image menu, or click button on the toolbar. You will be prompted to save the changes. To save the image without quitting the editing mode, select Save Image from the Image menu, or click button on the toolbar. Working with ImageThru 3.13 Samsung ImageThru toolbar overview In the Browse mode, the toolbar contains the following buttons: Opens the Samsung ScanThru window that is used for scanning images. For details on ScanThru, see page 3.2. Allows you to import images. The imported image will appear in the currently selected folder. Allows you to export images for processing in an external application or for other purpose. Opens the Samsung FaxThru window which allows you to send the image by fax. For details on FaxThru, see page 3.38. Opens the Samsung MailThru window which allows you to send the image by E-mail. For details on MailThru, see page 3.25. Opens the Samsung DocuThru window. For details on DocuThru, see page 3.29. Opens the selected image for editing. Opens the previous page of the selected multipage image. For details on multipage image, see page 3.20. Opens the next page of the selected multipage image. Displays the version information. In Editing mode, the toolbar contains several additional buttons: Saves the image without switching to the Browse mode. Quits editing and switches to the Browse mode. Allows you to cut a selected region on the image and place it to a clipboard. Allows you to copy the contents of a selected region to a clipboard. Allows you to paste a clipboard contents into the image. Undo your last action. This is useful if you applied an operation by mistake. Redo you last undone action. Rotates the current image or region 90 degrees clockwise. 3.14 Working with ImageThru Editing images To enlarge or reduce the image displayed It may be useful when you need to take a closer look at some parts of the image, or see the whole image. Select a proper sub menu from the View menu. Note: Changing the zoom factoring doesn't change the image itself; it does only change the way of view. To change the size of image itself, you should perform resizing or resampling. Erasing parts of an image To erase a part of image, choose the tool from the toolbox. You can change the size of the eraser. The erased areas will be replaced with a selected background colour. Using SmarThru Transforming images The bottom part of the Image menu contains commands used for transforming images. All these commands (except of Resize, Resample, and Crop) work with either a whole image or with a selected region. The Resize and Resample commands work with the whole image only. The Crop command works only if a region is selected. Rotate: Lets you rotate the image or a selected region. Flip: Flips the image vertical or horizontal. Shear: Lets you shear (skew) the image by arbitrary angle. Crop: Lets you cut a part off trim the image.The contents of the selected part will replace the whole image. Resize: Lets you resize the image. It works only with the whole image. Choose new dimensions in the Width and Height fields. Resample: This function is similar to Resize, but results of the functions slightly differ. While Resize function simply "stretches" pixels when enlarging the image, the Resample function performs some kind of interpolation. This results in more smooth images with anti-aliased colour transitions. Working with ImageThru 3.15 Changing colour mode You can change the image's colour mode using the Color menu. These commands do not work with regions. They are always applied to the whole image. The result of the changes will be immediately shown in the preview area. Halftone: It makes the image look like simulated grayscales using different combinations of 1-bit black and white pixels. Because this image type is only 1-bit, the file size is smaller than grayscale. Grayscale: It converts the image into a grayscale mode. All the colour information will be removed from the image, and the image will look black-and-white. Color Resolution: It changes the colour depth of an image. Colour depth is defined as a number of bits per one pixel of image. The more bits are used to represent one pixel, the more colours you can have in one image. So, when you reduce the colour depth, the number of available colors is reduced too. Note: You can work with an colour image using Samsung ImageThru (by importing the colour image from an external application), but you cannot scan and print the colour image because your machine is a black and white scanner and printer. Adjusting image attributes You can adjust a number of image attributes for an image being edited by using the following submenus from the Color menu. Brightness: You can make your image look brighter or darker. Contrast: The contrast value defines how sharp or smooth the transition between areas of different colour will be. The higher the contrast value, the more pronounced are the changes of colour. Hue: Hue is the wavelength of light reflected from or transmitted through an object. More commonly, hue is identified by the name of colour such as red, orange, or green. Hue is measured as a location on the standard colour wheel and is expressed as a degree between 360o and 0o. Saturation: Saturation, sometimes called chroma, is the strength or purity of the colour. Saturation represents the amount of gray in proportion to the hue and is measured as a percentage from 0% (gray) to 100% (fully saturated). On the standard colour wheel, saturation increases as one approaches the edge of the wheel; saturation decreases as one approaches the center. Gamma Correct: You can adjust the intensity of colors in an image by changing the gamma constant that is used to map the intensity values. Invert: The inverted image is similar to photo film negative; all light areas become dark, dark areas become light, white becomes black, and black becomes white. Stretch Intensity: It automatically adjusts the intensity values based on the 3.16 Working with ImageThru Working within a region of an image Operations can be applied to a region of an image instead of the whole image. Region (also called selection) is an area of image that can be used as target for most operations (with the exception of resizing, rotating and shearing). Toolbox contains the buttons to work with regions. You can also use the Toolbox menu. Selects a rectangular region. Click on the image and drag. You will see a marquee rectangle that defines the region. Selects a freeform region. Click on the image and drag while holding the mouse button. You will see your region contour enclosed into a rectangular marquee. This marquee is used for resizing. To change the position of region marquee, place the cursor inside the marquee and drag. To change the size, place the cursor onto one of the rectangular marquee handles and drag. You can cut, copy, and paste regions using the Edit menu. Using SmarThru Working with annotations In the Edit mode, you can add so-called annotations to the image using the tools in the toolbox or in the Toolbox menu. Annotations are used for adding comments and emphasizing parts of an image. The annotation objects include the following types; Lets you select an annotation to move, delete, resize, cut, copy, or paste. Lets you draw a straight line. Lets you draw a one-headed or two-headed arrow. Lets you draw a square. Lets you draw a rectangle. Lets you draw a rectangle with rounded corners. Lets you draw an ellipse. Working with ImageThru 3.17