User manual BENQ 1220ST

[. . . ] Professional Desktop Scanner User's Manual (PC version) English MiraScan main screen Combo Boxes (page 13) Menu Bar (page 9) Tool Bar (page 24) Job List and Command Buttons (page 22) Preview Area (page 24) Status Area (page 39) Copyright Copyright © 1999 by this company. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of this company. Disclaimer This company makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Further, this company reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without obligation of this company to notify any person of such revision or changes. Brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Openings in the cabinet and the bottom are provided for ventilation; to ensure reliable operation of the product and to protect it from overheating, these openings must not be blocked or covered. [. . . ] The related information will be displayed in the Output Device Profile Info box. I you choose current printer or other devices as the output device, you need to select a color profile to use. A color profile is a file that tells a device how to manage colors so it can reproduce colors more accurately and close to the origin. These profiles are usually provided by the device manufactures or you can use certain color management software to create them. Output Intent According to the output purpose, you can select from 4 color matching methods in this drop-down list box. The table below the output intent and their meanings: Intent Absolute Colormetric Saturation Relative Colormetric Perceptual Meaning Maintain the white point. Used for business charts and other situations in which undithered colors are required. Used for photographs and natural images. 21 English Job List and Command Buttons The Job List and Command Buttons are used to control the scan job flow while you scan images. Job List The Job List provides information on all scan jobs in process. The file size will vary according to the resolution, image type and scan size you specify. Please refer to the table below to get a general concept of file size: 2, 400dpi 10, 592 16, 929 24, 672 69, 757 83, 799 65, 842 938 84, 410 135, 042 196, 924 557, 294 669, 437 526, 014 7, 412 25, 316 405, 042 590, 674 1632, 256 1961, 000 1540, 096 22, 217 Unit:KB For example, if you are scanning a 3"x5" photo in Color mode at 300dpi, the file size of the scanned image will be 3, 959KB, or 3. 959MB. 3"x5" 4"x6" 5"x7" A4 (210x297mm) Legal (8. 5"x14") Letter (8. 5"x11") 35mm film/slide 3"x5" 4"x6" 5"x7" A4 Legal (8. 5"x14") Letter (8. 5"x11") 35mm film/slide 3"x5" 4"x6" 5"x7" A4 Legal (8. 5"x14") Letter (8. 5"x11") 35mm film/slide 75dpi 11 18 26 71 85 67 1 83 133 193 548 656 516 7 248 396 578 1, 641 1, 964 1, 543 21 150dpi 44 69 100 278 334 263 4 331 529 772 2, 181 2, 620 2, 059 29 990 1, 584 2, 310 6, 534 7, 850 6, 168 87 300dpi 170 270 392 1, 101 1, 323 1, 039 16 1, 332 2, 114 3, 082 8, 716 10, 471 8, 227 116 3, 959 6, 333 9, 234 26, 129 31, 389 24, 662 348 600dpi 670 1, 068 1, 553 4, 379 5, 261 4, 133 61 5, 282 8, 448 12, 316 34, 846 41, 860 32, 890 465 15, 829 25, 323 36, 926 104, 497 125, 532 98, 632 1, 390 1, 200dpi 2, 659 4, 245 6, 184 17, 466 20, 981 16, 485 237 21, 111 33, 771 49, 243 139, 344 167, 392 131, 523 1, 855 63, 298 101, 271 147, 680 417, 950 502, 080 394, 491 5, 556 Line Art Gray Color (24-bit) 22 English When you have created multiple scan jobs (see below for how to create a new scan job) in the list, you can check or uncheck the box in front of the job name to decide whether to proceed scanning that specific job(s). By selecting each scan job in the list, you can adjust different scanning settings for each scan job respectively. Duplicate button Click this button to add a new scan job. After you click this button, a new scan area will appear in the preview area, and the new job will appear in the Job List. You can add up to 10 scan jobs in one scan session. Info button The Info button is used to display the detailed information of selected scan job. You can first click to select the job in the Job List and then click this button to display its detailed information: You can either click OK to close this information window or click Save to save the information as a text file for your future reference. Delete button Use the Delete button to delete a scan job. First click to choose a scan job in the Job List, then click this button to delete that job. Preview button Use the Preview button to start previewing the image. Preview proceeds in color or in monochrome depending on the setting in the Image Type combo box. Scan button Use the Scan button to start scanning the image. Exit button Click on the Exit button to exit MiraScan. 23 English Preview Area The Preview Area is where you can see your image in rough quality and point to a pixel to read its value. You can also set the scanning area and view an instant preview of the effects caused by parameter changes from the Image functions. To the left and top of this area, rulers are shown to give you a reference for the dimension of the image. "P" represents pixel; "I" represents inch, and "M" represents millimeter. The Preview Area displays the preview image that is acquired after the Preview button is selected. Also, any parameter change made to the image is instantly displayed in it. Unit button Tool Bar The Tool Bar consists of a series of useful tools that you can use to adjust the image more precisely. Selection button You can first click the Selection button and then adjust the selection area in the Preview Area. [. . . ] 5. 1. 2 When I preview transparent originals, why does the color of the preview image change as I move or adjust the size of the selection rectangle in the Preview Area?Answer: when processing the image data of transparent originals, MiraScan will dynamically optimize the color according to the image enclosed in the selection rectangle. Therefore, when you move the selection rectangle or change its size, a slight color change will occur to the preview image. 5. 1. 3 When I scan films, why does the color sometimes deviate from that of the original? [. . . ]