User manual MUSTEK 1200-CU

[. . . ] SCANNER USER'S GUIDE The Scan Dialog Box The TWAIN Dialog Box Appendices 2 Copyright Information All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form by any means, mechanical, optical, electronic, recording, or otherwise, without the our written permission. We reserve the right to revise this manual and to make changes to any or all parts at any time, without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions and changes. All other brand or product names mentioned in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. [. . . ] Custom will automatically be selected when you use the Crop Frame to change the image area to be scanned. (6) Set the Resolution The Resolution, which is measured in dots per inch (dpi), determines the effect of the image as it is displayed or printed. 27) (4) Use the Crop Frame Use the Crop Frame in the Preview Window to outline 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. Only the area inside the Crop Frame will be included in the resulting scanned image when you click on the Scan button. (7) Execute the Scan The scan button is used once you have completed the preview, determined the scan region and have selected the final scan settings to be used for the scan. (5) Set the Scan Mode The Scan Mode determines how the scanner will view the image. When you wish to scan line art or text for OCR (Optical Character Recognition), select Lineart. 13 The TWAIN Dialog Box (Details) The TWAIN dialog box consists of two sections- the left section where most of the TWAIN control settings are found and the right section, which is the Preview window. For more detailed or additional information regarding the features and functions of your scanner software, please refer to the on-line help system by clicking on the Help icon. Cropping Tool Allows for Crop Frame creation in 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. Help Scan Settings Crop Frame Outlines the image area that will be included in the final scan. Preview Window Preview Button Scan Button 14 The Preview Window & Buttons The Preview window is where the preview image appears. It is recommended that you preview each document/image before scanning. Using the preview image, you can specify the final image area to be included in the scan and/or apply the enhance and filters features (pg. 20-24). · Preview Preview (a quick low-resolution scan of the entire original image) the image in order to get a clearer idea of the image area you want to include in your final scan. These parameters determine how the original image or document will be scanned. Scan Mode The 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. Color Select Color to capture images in color. · · 18 Scan Source The Scan Source setting is used to select the type of document you will be scanning. · Reflective Use Reflective when scanning paper-based documents such as photographs or text. With the optional Transparency Adapter, you can also scan Positive and Negative transparencies. · Positive Select Positive when scanning transparencies. 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. slides or 75 dpi 400 dpi · Negative Select Negative when scanning film negatives or similar negative transparencies. Descreen A tool for reducing moiré patterns in scanned images of originals that were created by a halftone process. · None Choose None if you want to scan images of photographic quality. [. . . ] Any filter you choose will immediately show its effect in the sample thumbnail. 24 Invert The Invert filter transforms an image to its negative by converting all color values to their opposites: whites become black, blues become yellow, etc. 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. Flip The Flip filter creates a mirror image of the original by flipping the image horizontally. About Tab Unsharp Mask The Unsharp Mask filter detects sharp edges and color boundaries and then emphasizes them. The About tab contains the current driver version number, information about the interface device, and the copyright notice. To access the About tab, click About. 25 Using Batch Scan Batch scanning is an easy way to multi-scan any part of your document using a variety of scan settings (Certain application programs do not support this function). Using Batch Scan you can specify up to 10 scan regions or scan a single region several times using different scan modes, resolutions, filters, and more. Batch Scan Controls Load Batch Scan: loads previously saved batch scan settings. [. . . ]