ArcSoft Photoprinter 2.0 SE User Guide

Contacting ArcSoft

Main:

ArcSoft,Inc. M-F 8:30AM - 5:30PM (PST)
46601 Fremont Blvd. Phone: [phone]
Fremont, CA 94538 Fax: [phone]
USA Email: [e-mail]

Technical Support:

Phone:[phone] M-F 8:30AM - 5:30PM (PST)
Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

Websites:

www.arcsoft.com
www.photoisland.com

Internet options:

PhotoPrinter can link you directly to ArcSoft’s PhotoPrinter webpage, where you can find the latest additions to your program
(e.g. templates, more frames), as well as new product info and customer support.Just click on the ArcSoft logo on any
PhotoPrinter screen.You will see another ArcSoft logo. Click on that logo to go to the webpage. There is also a “Web Services”
option in the Start Menu.Web Services contains helpful ArcSoft services, such as tips and technical support.You’ll find it’s easy
to stay in touch with ArcSoft!

How to Register:

Mail or fax the built-in registration form to receive technical support and information on new products and releases.
Windows 95, 98 or NT users: Go to Start/Programs/ArcSoft PhotoPrinter/Register & Upgrade.
ArcSoft Imaging Suite users: Please refer to the ReadMe documentation enclosed in the ArcSoft Imaging Suite.

Copyright 1998 by ArcSoft,Inc. All rights reserved.PhotoPrinter is a trademark of ArcSoft,Inc.
Kodak and Digital Science are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company.
Avery and all Avery codes are registered trademarks of Avery Dennison Corporation.
All other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respectives holders .

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PhotoPrinter 2.0 SE Quick Start Guide

Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to PhotoPrinter.................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..3

System Requirements.....................................................................................3

Installing and Starting PhotoPrinter.............................................................3

GETTING ACQUAINTED

Quick Start Tutorial................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..4

Navigation Diagram..................................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

USING PHOTOPRINTER

Main Preview Screen..................................................................................... 5

Associated Screens..........................................................................................6

- Album Manager Screen.................................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

- Crop Screen........................................................................... . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .7

- Edit Screen......................................................................... . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

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INTRODUCTION

Welcome to ArcSoft PhotoPrinter 2.0 SE, where printing digital images has never been easier! This 32-bit program is a versatile
printing utility that lets you quickly print multiple copies of an image or several different images on a single sheet of paper.It’s as
simple as opening your image, selecting from an assortment of templates and clicking Print!

Special features include:

• Fun,easy-to-use interface screens to guide you through your projects

• TWAIN-compliance for importing images from digital cameras and scanners

• ArcSoft’s exclusiveAlbum Manager for organizing your digital photos

• Image editing tools for cropping,rotating,color adjustment

• Support for KODAK DIGITAL SCIENCE Inkjet Photo Paper Templates

• Support forAvery products

• Support for popular image file formats including BMP, TIF, JPG, GIF,
PCD (read only), PCX, TGA and FlashPix

System Requirements

• Windows 95, 98 or NT

• CD-ROM drive for installation

• 486-based PC (Pentium recommended)

• VGA monitor w/16-bit color (or better) display

• 12 MB hard disk space

• 16 MB RAM (32 MB recommended)

• Mouse

Installing and Starting PhotoPrinter

Windows 95, 98 and NT users: To install, insert the PhotoPrinter CD in your CD-ROM drive.Click Start/Run and type D:\Setup.exe
(where“D”is your CD-ROM drive). Click OK. Follow the instructions on the screen. To start, click Start/Programs. Go to the ArcSoft
PhotoPrinter folder and click PhotoPrinter.(To uninstall, click Start/Programs. Go to the PhotoPrinter folder and click Uninstall.)

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GETTING ACQUAINTED

Quick Start Tutorial

In addition to this Quick Start Guide, PhotoPrinter provides you with online Help which can be accessed by clicking the online
Help icon at the top right corner of any screen. Online Help includes a Quick Start Tutorial that leads you through a sample
project, as well as visual help to provide a quick viewing guide that makes learning the program screens and controls
as easy as the click of your mouse!

Help Index Screen

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Navigation Diagram

The following diagram shows how each of PhotoPrinter’s five interface screens relate to one another.As you can see, the Main
Preview Screen acts as your “home base”. From the Main Preview Screen, you have access to all of PhotoPrinter’s functionality.

Album Manager Screen

Main Preview Screen - your "home base"

Crop Screen

Edit Screen

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USING PHOTOPRINTER

Main Preview Screen

The Main Preview Screen is the introductory point to PhotoPrinter and your “home base”.It contains buttons that let you quickly
access the Album Manager,Crop,and Edit. The Main Preview Screen is where you may select a print layout,preview and arrange
your page for printing,select printer settings and set the number of copies you wish to print.

Page Preview Window

Control Buttons

Get Photos

Crop Photo

Edit Photo

Clear Page

Template Menu

Template Preview Window

Setup

Print

Copies(+/-)

Cells

Information Bar

Print
Control
Buttons

Page Preview Window

This window gives you a preview of how your printed page will look. It functions as a page layout area where you can copy an image
from one cell to another by dragging and dropping. You can also right-click on an image to take advantage of the Rotate, Cut,Copy
and Paste options. Images can be originals or ones you have cropped, or edited.

Cell

A cell is one of the rectangular areas in a template that can contain a single image.

Size Adjuster

This tool, to the right of the Information Bar, can be used for adjusting the size of the white space between images
along with the image size.

Information Bar

By holding your cursor over a cell, the Information Bar will display the size of the image contained in that cell. If the cell is blank,
the bar will display the size of the cell.

Template Menu

This menu allows you to choose from a variety of template categories (e.g. Landscape, Portrait, One-Size and Mixed). Using the
down arrow button lets you view and select a category. Once the category is selected, the corresponding templates will be shown in

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the Template Preview Window.See online Help to learn more about template categories.

Template Preview Window

This window shows the available templates (up to five at a time) for the selected template category. To view more templates,
use the up/down arrow buttons.To choose a template,simply click on it. The selected template will be highlighted and
will appear in the Page Preview Window.

Get Photos Button

This button takes you to the Album Manager Screen where you can manage image files and select them for printing.

See “Album Manager Screen” on page 7.

Crop Photo Button

This button brings your selected image to the Crop Screen where you can trim it to meet your needs. See “Crop Screen” on page 7.

Edit Photo Button

This button brings your selected image to the Edit Screen where you can enhance or modify the image with special effects.

See “Edit Screen” on page 7.

Clear Page Button

This button removes all images from the Page Preview Window, allowing you to begin a new project.

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Control Buttons

These four buttons are displayed throughout all PhotoPrinter screens.
Tips - let you turn ToolTips off/on. (ToolTips identify the name of a button when your cursor pauses over it.)
Click once to turn off, click again to turn on.

Help - opens online Help. Click “Index” or “Search”to look up specific PhotoPrinter functions.
This is a great resource for learning more about the program!

Minimize - leaves PhotoPrinter running in the background
so you can work in other programs.

Exit - closes PhotoPrinter completely.

Printer Control Buttons

The following buttons control your printer output:

• Print Setup - gives you standard Windows printing options: printer type,

paper size and layout orientation (portrait or landscape).

• Copies (+/-) - lets you set the number of copies you want to print.

• Print - begins the print job.

Associated Screens

In order to move from the Main Preview Screen to other screens, and vice-versa,
you will need to have a good understanding of how to use the Save As, OK

and Cancel buttons.Please read the following:

SAVE AS - opens the standard Windows SaveAs dialog box so you can save your image with the changes you’ve made.

Note: If you want to keep the original, remember to save the modified image under a different name.

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OK - returns you to the Main Preview Screen and places the selected image, with changes you’ve made,
in the Page Preview Window.

Note: OK will not permanently save the changes you’ve made to an image. To keep any changes,
you must first use Save As.

Cancel - returns you to the Main Preview Screen without applying or saving any of the changes made.

Album Manager Screen

Clicking the Get Photos button on the Main Preview Screen takes you to the Album Manager Screen where you can
select image(s) for printing. Here you will find buttons that make it easy to create new photo albums,delete thumbnails
from your albums and acquire photos from TWAIN-compliant cameras or scanners. See online Help to learn more about

creating and naming albums.

Note:AnAlbum is made up of thumbnails, which are small representations of image file.

Crop Screen

Clicking the Crop Photo button on the Main Preview Screen brings your selected image to the Crop Screen. Here you
can trim your image, keeping just the portion you want to print. Simply use the Crop Menu arrow at the top left corner
to choose between Landscape and Portrait crop orientations. Use the scrollbar to browse the available choices,and then
click on your desired choice. Adjust the position and scale of the crop selection box with your cursor. When you like
what you see, click the OK button to automatically return to the Main Preview Screen with the newly cropped image. See

online Help to learn more about cropping.

Edit Screen

Clicking the Edit Photo button on the Main Preview Screen brings your selected image to the Edit Screen.Here you can
enhance your image instantly.Just use the Edit Menu arrow at the top left corner to choose between Enhancements and
Effects. Use the scrollbar to browse available edit and enhancement options, and then click on your desired choice.
Adjust the intensity of the selected enhancement or effects by holding down the +/- slider.When you like what you see,
click the OK button to automatically return to the Main Preview Screen with the modified image.See online Help to

learn more about edit options.

Notes:

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