User manual PLUSTEK IPCAM P1000

[. . . ] If this is not the case, we suggest you learn more about Microsoft Windows by referring to your Microsoft Windows manual before using your scanner. Chapters II provides an overview of the software bundled with your scanner and is a useful companion to the help menus found within the software applications themselves. Conventions of this Guide 1. Bold -- Important note or first use of an important term in a chapter. 2. ALL CAPS -- Represents commands or contents on your computer screen. A Note About Icons This guide uses the following icons to point out information that deserves special attention. Danger A procedure that must be followed carefully to prevent injury, or Danger accidents. Caution. [. . . ] The second way to alter the tone map (and possibly the most useful) is to click on the diagonal line on the graph and while keeping the mouse button pressed, move the mouse. Let the cursor hover over a single point on the graph while keeping the button pressed to give your computer time to recalculate the changes, and the results will show up on the prescanned image in the Prescan Area. All other color tones will also 15 be remapped to create a smooth curve in order to keep the color of the image smooth. This action provides the most flexibility in adjusting the tone map and can be repeated on other parts of the line to create up to 20 remapping points. Clicking on the Default button removes any changes you have made and resets the tone map to the original values. Image Gamma Image Gamma is used to adjust the colors in the image that will be scanned into the computer. By adjusting the gamma, you can change the tonal range of the selected color channel. Adjusting the gamma on the Master channel affects the tonal range for all colors equally. And adjusting the gamma for the individual Red, Green or Blue channels only affects pixels containing that color. Click on a color channel and then drag the slider bar near the bottom of the window to adjust the image gamma. Figure 9. Gamma settings Remember, you can immediately view the effects of any changes you make in the Prescan Area by first prescanning the image. Clicking on the Default near the bottom of the window causes the gamma values in all color channels to be reset at 1. 00. 16 Note: By changing the gamma values you affect the image data, and influence how the image displays on your computer's monitor, and printer. Scanning Tips Determining the Correct Amount of Resolution · More is not always best. By clicking on this button, copies of documents placed in the scanner will appear in your printer. 18 The OCR button is used to convert images of text documents that are created by the scanner into text files that can be edited within a word processor. Action Manager 32 Popup Menu Clicking on the buttons with the right mouse button opens a pop-up menu that contains the following options: Always on Top: Checking this option by clicking on it keeps the Action Manager 32 (AM32) window on top of all other windows that may be open on your desktop. Button Detection: This option will appear if your scanner has the four buttons, PC Fax, E-mail, Scan and PC Copy on the front panel. Help: Clicking on this option runs the on-line help which gives detailed explanations on your computer of the functions and use of the AM program. Scanner Buttons The scanner comes equipped with four buttons located on the front panel as shown below. The buttons are labeled PC Fax, E-mail, Scan and PC Copy. Pressing one of the buttons runs the appropriate Action Manager 32 utility. The Fax Utility About the Fax Utility The Fax Utility (figure 11) is used to quickly scan and fax documents and images. Like the Copy Utility, it does this without permanently saving the scanned image on your computer and does not give you a preview of what the output will look like. For these advanced features, you should use the image-editor to scan and fax the document or image. The Fax Utility was designed to operate much like a normal fax machine - load a piece of paper, press a couple of buttons and the fax is sent. 19 Fax Setup Select Fax Paper Size Start Button Brightness Scan Mode Figure 11. Fax Utility Using Fax Utility Before using the fax utility, please make sure that your fax/modem and fax software are properly installed in Windows and working properly. Click on the Fax Utility button (second from left). Make sure the fax software you wish to use is being displayed in the box at the top of the Fax Utility window that will automatically open (click on the down-arrow to change fax drivers). Adjust any settings if needed (see below for details about the settings). [. . . ] By using the TextBridge Instant Access button from the toolbar of your word processor (e. g. , Microsoft Word). To Use OCR via Action Manager 32 1. The following window will appear (the word processors listed may differ, according to the word processors installed in your computer): 2. Select a word processor and then click on OK button. 29 3. The following window will appear: 4. Click the MORE PAGES or OTHER SIDE button to add another page to the final document, or click the NO MORE button when there are no more pages to add. Follow the on screen instructions to finish the OCR processing. 5. All documents that are scanned through the OCR program will automatically appear in the word processing program you have selected. Remember to save the new text document that has been created! To Use OCR Directly from TextBridge Program 1. [. . . ]