User manual MICROTEK MAC M SW5 0999

[. . . ] User's Guide for Macintosh Copyright © 1999 by Microtek International, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks Microtek, ScanMaker, and ScanWizard 5 are trademarks of Microtek International, Inc. IBM PC is the trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Other product or company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Important Documents that you scan may be protected under copyright law. The unauthorized use of such documents could be a violation of the rights of the copyright holder. [. . . ] Go to the Scanner menu in the Preview window, and choose Scanner Driver Manager. Click the Remove button to delete the scanner model from your scanner list. Click the Close button to close the dialog box. Update Scanner Menu 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. Reference 5-7 The View Menu The View Menu lets you do the following: · Select an overview or prescan view of an image · · · · Resize the preview window to fit current preview window Bring the Settings window to the front Show or hide the Information and Scan Job Show the ScanWizard 5 splash screen To obtain the Overview image: With the image(s) placed on your scanner, click the Overview button. Select the area to be prescanned by drawing a frame around the area in the Overview image. Click the Prescan button. 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 multiple Prescan images: 1. Define your scan jobs in the scan job window (see the scan job window section for more details). To select multiple scan jobs, press the Shift key and click on the jobs to be selected in the Scan Job or 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. Overview viewing mode Prescan viewing mode 5-8 Microtek ScanWizard 5 User's Guide (Macintosh version) 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. Before resizing After resizing To use this feature: Choose the command Resize window to Fit. You can also do this by pressing Command + R (the Apple Command and R keys) simultaneously. To verify the zoom level, open the Information window (choose Show Info Window command from the View menu), and look up the zoom level. Zoom level shown here Reference 5-9 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 covers the Settings window. Show / Hide . . . Window commands These commands allow you to toggle between showing or hiding the Settings, Scan Job and Information windows of ScanWizard 5, as the case may be. About This command displays the ScanWizard 5 splash screen and shows program version and copyright information. 5-10 Microtek ScanWizard 5 User's Guide (Macintosh version) The Preferences Menu The Preferences menu lets you do the following: · Choose the desired scan material · · · · · · Specify color matching parameters Set up white / black points Show / hide cursor auxiliary lines to help you with alignment of the scan frame Control the size of your preview window Keep your scan module after you finish scanning Create effects like invert and mirror Scan Material This command allows you to select your scan material -- whether it is Reflective (photographs and prints), Positive Transparency, or Negative Film. If you are using a dual-bed scanner such as the ArtixScan 2020 or ScanMaker 4, all three scan material options will be available for you to choose from. If you are using a flatbed scanner, the Positive Transparency and Negative Film options will not be available for selection unless you use a Transparency Media Adapter with the scanner, which will then let you scan transparencies and film media. Alternatively, you can also click the Scan Material icon (beside the Scan button), and then choose the correct scan material from the drop-down menu that appears. · Activates the smoked glass background effect to help distinguish the active scan frame(s) · Set other options, such as specifying a working directory for files Reference 5-11 The appearance of the Scan Material icon will change, according to your choice. Appearance of the Scan Material icon for Reflective materials. Appearance of the Scan Material icon for Positive Transparency. Note the "perforations" on the top and bottom to distinguish this from the Reflective icon. Appearance of the Scan Material icon for Negative Film. 5-12 Microtek ScanWizard 5 User's Guide (Macintosh version) Color Matching 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). [. . . ] 2) From the resulting menu, choose Fast JPEG Color . Application Notes · JPEG format is supported only when ScanWizard 5 is launched as a stand-alone program. The feature is disabled when ScanWizard is run from an image application (e. g. , Photoshop). ScanWizard 5 will not perform interpolation where resolution defined for JPEG images exceeds that of the scanner's capability. The overflow is auto-reset to maximum acceptable resolution. Click Scan Type and choose Fast JPEG Color · 3) Then define JPEG image quality. [. . . ]