User manual MUSTEK BEARPAW-1200

[. . . ] SCANNER USER'S GUIDE The BearPaw Panel 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 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. FCC Statement This digital equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. [. . . ] When you wish to scan line art or text for OCR (Optical Character Recognition), select Line Art. 17 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. 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 18 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. · 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. After the scanner has scanned the document, the scanned image will appear in the Preview Window. Crop Frame Outlines the scan area or region that will be included in the final scan. · Cropping Tool Clicking this button creates a Crop Frame (dotted rectangle) in the Preview window while in Zoom mode. 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. 19 · Zoom Tools The Zoom In tool increases the magnification (multiple levels ) of the image area. In magnified view, you can drag the Crop Frame to the exact area you want to scan. · Batch Scan Button Clicking this button allows you to create multiple scan areas using different scan settings on the image shown in the Preview Window. · 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 scanner and software functions. · Language Icon Selects the language you would like to view the TWAIN interface in. · Exit Icon Exits the program. 20 The Image Setting Buttons The Image Setting buttons allow you to create your own convenient scan settings. Saving image settings allows you to use the same settings 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. 21 Scan Settings The Main Tab The Main tab allows you to control the scanning parameters, such as scan mode, scan source, resolution, etc. 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. [. . . ] 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 in the image. The amount of sharpness applied is controlled with the plus and minus buttons. Any filter you choose will immediately show its effect in the sample thumbnail. 28 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 The About tab contains the current driver version number, information about the interface device, and the copyright notice. [. . . ]