User manual PLUSTEK MINISTATION MFA 500

[. . . ] Please remember to fill out and return the provided registration card. As a registered customer, you will receive customer support, new product information and software upgrades. We hope you will continue to turn to us for additional quality products as your computing needs and interests grow. e Z i n o ¤£ Dww P -n ¨ «þ © F. zeo Dn. c ivm. tw ro r e i r T l a w TABLE OF CONTENTS HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . III CONVENTIONS OF THIS GUIDE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV A NOTE ABOUT ICONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Plustek does not guarantee that the scanner will properly operate with an SPP machine. Installing the Scanner' Hardware s If you have already installed your scanner, please skip this section. The following section describes how to connect the scanner to your computer and printer. Tur n OFF your computer , its r elated per ipher als and disconnect all r elated power cables!Please take a moment to study Figure 1. n o e Z F. zeo Dww Pw l ia r T r ew ivm. t ro Dn. c 2 Rear of Computer 4 Power Adapter 3 Rear of Scanner Rear of Printer 1 Figur e 1. If you have a printer connected to your computer, please disconnect its cable from the rear of the computer. If you have more than one printer port connected to you computer, then locate the printer port that's an enhanced parallel port (EPP). Connect the other end of the SCANNER CABLE into the PC's printer port (see Figure 1, and number 1). Attention: If you do not have a pr inter connected to your computer and ar e not sur e wher e the pr inter por t is, see your computer 's infor mation book and locate the section about the pr inter por t connector . ¨© 6. Next, plug the disconnected printer cable into the rear of the scanner: see Figure 1 and «þ -n number 2. After plugging the scanner and printer cables into their respective locations, plug the power adapter into its power receptor, see Figure 1 and number 3. Plug the power adapter into a standard AC outlet, see Figure 1 and number 4. The TWAIN dialog box also provides you with statistics: such as how«þ¨© an image will be after you scan it (kilobytes) and the scanning big -n area. For example, use contrast to eliminate noise or shading on Black & White and Grayscale scans, or to "clean-up" color scans. Scanning Hints If scanning B/W images, match the DPI of the scanner to the resolution. For example, if you have a 300 dpi scanner, then set the resolution to 300. The Flatbed Scanner is 300 by 600, so set the B/W scanning resolution to 300. When not scanning using B/W, but rather Grayscale, we find that a resolution of 150 works extremely well. Note: Sometimes increasing the brightness and contrast can help improve image quality. n o e Z F. zeo Dww Pw l ia r T r ew ivm. t ro Dn. c Contrast adjusts the tonal range of an image by lowering mid-tone values and increasing 8 When scanning in color, remember that 24 to 30 bits of information can take up a lot of disk space. If you're going to scan a color image and then print it out, scan at 200 dpi. If you are going to scan a color image just to experiment, scan at about 100 dpi to conserve hard disk space. n o e Z ¤£ F. zeo Dww Pw þ n« ¨© l ia r T r ew ivm. t ro Dn. c 9 Chapter IV. Usage and Maintenance n o e Z 10 £¤ F. zeo Dww Pw «þ n ¨© l ia r T r ew ivm. t ro Dn. c Operating the Scanner Your scanner accepts documents as small as business cards and as wide as letter-sized documents. However, some software programs can have limitations as to the of information they can handle. The capacity of the computer's memory, or free hard disk space can also limit the size of the document that you can scan. Testing the Scanner Before testing your scanner, double-check and make sure that all connections are securely fastened. [. . . ] Sometimes when information has to travel a long distance it becomes distorted. Shortening the printer's cable can decrease the possibility of information becoming damaged. · Upgrade printer port, or controller card to an EPP interface. · Enter BIOS and change the printer port to EPP and its address. [. . . ]