2 Definitions
Acronym
Meaning
GEM
Grain Equalisation and Management – see section 6.1.2.4.
ICE
Image Correction and Enhancement – see section 6.1.2.4.
Image Editor
Generic term for any program capable of manipulating image files, e.g.
Silverfast, Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Irfan View etc.
JS
Josef Stark – publisher of website
www.jostark.de
(German)
ROC
Restoration of Colours – see section 6.1.2.4.
3 Cyberview Software and Firmware
For a new purchase, the current version of software is on the CD that comes with the scanner.
The subject of firmware will come as a complete surprise to anyone who has only seen the official
Cyberview Instruction Manual. There is just one obscure reference to firmware which says “the
latest files may be downloaded from our website” but does not even give the website address.
Although marketed as the Reflecta DigitDia in Europe, the scanner is actually an American product
manufactured by Pacific Image Electronics
www.scanace.com
. The scanner is called the Power
Slide 3650 in the US. I am not sure if that is the equivalent of the DigitDia 4000 or 5000, but both
use the same software and firmware.
The link for the DigitDia 5000 is
www.scanace.com/download/drv_ps3650.htm
.
After installing the software, the scanner seemed to work satisfactorily, so I assumed that the latest
version of firmware must be preloaded. I contacted Native Digital, the UK distributor for the
scanner, they confirmed I did not need to download firmware, and Reflecta Support confirmed that
the latest version of firmware is pre-loaded (but see section 7.2.2).
JS comments that Scanace often have firmware with the same version number but a newer date
than before.
The current software (Nov 2008) is Cyberview 1.18a and the latest firmware on the website is
Version 1.10, dated 16 April 2008.
4 Installation of Cyberview
4.1 Pre-Requisites
The Cyberview Instruction Manual recommends that you install the supplied Adobe Photoshop
Elements before installing Cyberview. As stated in section 1, there are many other Image Editors
available, e.g. Irfan View. In theory, you can make all adjustments in Cyberview before you scan,
and not use any other software at all.
Even if not using Photoshop Elements, the official advice appears to be that whatever Image Editor
is being used, it should be installed before Cyberview. I presume this is to ensure that the
Cyberview driver overwrites any other scanner driver that the Image Editor may have installed.
Various problems with installation have been reported (see section 4.3), but one official
recommendation is that other scanner drivers, e.g. for a flatbed scanner, should be uninstalled.
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