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The Scan Dialog Box

Appendices

The TWAIN Dialog Box

SCANNER

USER’S GUIDE

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Page 1: ...The Scan Dialog Box Appendices The TWAIN Dialog Box SCANNER USER S GUIDE ...

Page 2: ...perated in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if it is not installed and used according to the instruction manual it may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment causes harmful interference to radio or television re...

Page 3: ... 2 Preview the Image 11 3 Select the Scan Size 12 4 Use the Crop Frame 12 5 Set the Scan Mode 12 6 Set the Resolution 12 7 Execute the Scan 12 The TWAIN Dialog Box Details 13 The Preview Window and Buttons 14 The Image Setting Buttons 16 Scan Settings 17 The Main Tab 17 The Enhance Tab 20 The Filters Tab 23 About Tab 24 Using Batch Scan 25 Batch Scan Controls 25 Batch Scan Status 26 To Perform a B...

Page 4: ...can an image The Scan dialog box which is ideal for quick and simple scans and the TWAIN dialog box which offers more control over the output The following pages contain more details about these different scanning methods Scan Dialog Box TWAIN Dialog Box ...

Page 5: ... you wish to use by clicking on the appropriate page icon and the corresponding menu page will appear Be sure to make the proper adjustments in regards to Paper Size Scan Mode and or Resolution before clicking on the Scan icon Scan Page Icon Copy Page Icon E Mail Page Icon OCR Page Icon Fax Page Icon Exit Help Information Mailing Icon Menu Page Scan Icon ...

Page 6: ...ows desktop and locate the name of your scanner model under Programs Then double click the item Scan Dialog Box The Direct Scan Icon Double click the Direct Scan icon located in your Windows taskbar and the Scan dialog box opens To Acquire the Scan Dialog Box OR ...

Page 7: ...lick the Scan icon to begin scanning CopyPage Copy an image or document to your printer Prior to scanning use the Print icon to select the appropriate printer from within your computer Clickthe Scaniconto begin copying Function Buttons ScanIcon Initializes the function of the Menu page currently selected e g Copy Page Copy Fax Page Fax Exit Exits the Scan dialog box Help Enters the scanner s on li...

Page 8: ...ditional destination addresses to your e mail Click the Scan icon to begin sending your information across the Internet OCR Page Convert an image document to a text file using TextBridge Click the Scan icon to execute the OCR function TextBridge will automatically open showing an image thumbnail of the scanned document Save the document as desired then open the document using your word processing ...

Page 9: ...at allows scanning directly into any TWAIN compliant software It eliminates most compatibility problems associated with software and input devices supplied by different vendors You can access the TWAIN dialog box from within most image editing software such as the application software bundled with the scanner e g Photo Express ...

Page 10: ...unch Windows 2 Launch Photo Express TWAIN compliant program 3 Under the File menu open the Acquire command and choose Scanner OR Click the Scanner icon The Select Data Source dialog box appears 4 Choose your scanner in the Select Data Source dialog box If there is only one source available it is automatically selected 5 Click the Acquire button The Select Data Source dialog box closes The TWAIN di...

Page 11: ...ossible image scans it is important that you position your documents correctly Please follow these steps a Lift the document cover b Place the document face down on the glass and in the upper right corner where the alignment arrow is located c Slowly lower the document cover making sure the document remains in position Note Remove the document after scanning is complete 2 Preview the Image A Previ...

Page 12: ...e image area you wish to scan Click one of the sides or corners of the Crop Frame and drag it to the desired length and width To move the entire Crop Frame position the mouse cursor inside it and drag with the left mouse button Only the area inside the Crop Frame will be included in the resulting scanned image when you click on the Scan button 5 Set the Scan Mode The Scan Mode determines how the s...

Page 13: ...of your scanner software please refer to the on line help system by clicking on the Help icon Cropping Tool Allows for Crop Framecreationin the Zoom mode Zoom Magnifies or shrinks the image in the Preview Window Batch Scan Allows up to 10 scan regions or Crop Frames for multiple scanning Preview Window Crop Frame Outlinestheimage area that will be included in the final scan Exit Exits the program ...

Page 14: ...s the image area you wish to scan Click one of the sides or corners of the Crop Frame and drag it to the desired length and width To move the entire Crop Frame position the mouse cursor inside it and drag with the left mouse button Use the cropping tool with the zoom tools to set the exact image area you wish to include in your final scan ThePreviewWindow Buttons The Preview window is where the pr...

Page 15: ...image shown in the Preview Window For more details please refer to Using Batch Scan on page 25 Scan After determining the exact image area you wish to scan and selecting your desired scan settings click the Scan button to perform the scan When scanning is complete the image will be displayed on the main screen of the host software behind the TWAIN dialog box Help Provides on line help for the scan...

Page 16: ...gs again and again without resetting the image options Load Button Loads previously saved settings Save Button Saves current image settings to a specified location Previous Button Reloads the last saved image settings Reset Button Returns the image settings to their default values Information Button Displays all the current control settings of the TWAIN dialog box ...

Page 17: ... Scan Mode determines how the scanner reads the original image or document When choosing a scan mode it is recommended to consider what purpose the resulting scanned image will be used for LineArt Use this mode to scan text documents for use in OCR Optical Character Recognition or when you wish to scan black and white drawings Gray Select Gray to capture images in shades of gray Color Select Color...

Page 18: ...ally be selected when you use the Crop Frame to change the image area to be scanned Resolution The Resolution which is measured in dots per inch dpi determines the appearance of the image as it is displayed or printed Images scanned at a higher resolution capture more information and therefore require more disk space for storage You can select from a wide range of preset resolutions 75 dpi 400 dpi...

Page 19: ...ightest and darkest areas of an image so that they are equally distributed Without Color Balance With Color Balance Output Scaling Output scaling allows you to enlarge shrink the size of the final output image Adjust the scaling by using the slide bar or typing the desired setting in the Output Scaling box For example setting the Output Scalingto200 willdoubletheamountofpixelscontained in the imag...

Page 20: ... the effects of your changes in the Preview Window click on the Preview button Channel Selector Channel refers to the red green and blue colors that make up a color image You can choose to change the channels individually or choose Master to change all channels equally and simultaneously An image in Gray Mode has one channel Histogram The Histogram graph shows the distribution of brightness levels...

Page 21: ...bright Brightness 50 Brightness 0 Brightness 50 Contrast Control Using 255 steps this tool controls the disparity in tone between the dark and light areas of an image Positive values create greater differences between dark and light areas of the image whereas negative values create greater similarities between the dark and light areas of the image Contrast 50 Contrast 0 Contrast 50 Gamma Control T...

Page 22: ...eas a value of 6 4 would subtract light from these highlight areas The histogram will display these gamma value effects in the top left portion of the histogram graph signifying highlights Gamma 0 6 Gamma 1 5 PreviewButton Click the Preview button to see any changes made to the image The changes will appear in the Preview window ...

Page 23: ...ffect in the sample thumbnail None No filter is applied if None default setting is selected Blur The Blur filter smoothes the image by lightening the pixels that are in sharp contrast to their neighboring pixels The amount of blur applied is controlled with the plus and minus buttons Sharpen The Sharpen filter enhances the detail in blurry images by improving the focus and increasing the contrast ...

Page 24: ...age horizontally Unsharp Mask The Unsharp Mask filter detects sharp edges and color boundaries and then emphasizes them Emboss The Emboss filter makes the elements in an image appear raised or sunken by reducing the color within the image and tracing its edges with black About Tab The About tab contains the current driver version number information about the interface device and the copyright noti...

Page 25: ...s using different scan modes resolutions filters and more Batch Scan Controls Load Batch Scan loads previously saved batch scan settings Save Batch Scan saves the current batch scan settings Create Batch Scan allows the user to create a new batch scan Duplicate Batch Scan duplicates the selected batch scan settings Delete Batch Scan deletes a batch scan Exit Batch Scan exits the batch scan box Bat...

Page 26: ... 1 out of ten is always displayed at the top of the batch box along with the Batch Scan Status To Perform a Batch Scan 1 Click on the Batch Scan button The Batch Scan dialog box appears 2 Create a scan region a Move the cursor inside the preview window b Hold down the Shift key press the left mouse button and drag the mouse to create a crop frame c Reposition or resize the crop frame if necessary ...

Page 27: ...or different scan modes Appendix A Scanning Tips The following tables provide helpful information you can use when setting the scan mode and or resolution Recommended scanning resolutions for various output devices are listed as follows ...

Page 28: ...aking sure that you have the proper driver disks to restore your system to the original settings You should be using a driver that provides 16 million colors and a resolution of at least 800 x 600 4 What resolution should I scan at a You should scan at the resolution of your output device b If you plan to display your scans on a computer monitor Intrenet which has a resolution of 72DPI we recommen...

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