Canon CanoScan D1250U2F ScanGear CS-U 6.3 User’s Guide

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ScanGear CS-U 6.3
User’s Guide
for CanoScan D1250U2/D1250U2F Color Scanners
for Windows
Contents Glossary
Copyright Notice
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Chapter 1 Before You Begin ........................................................ 4
Welcome to ScanGear CS-U 6.3 ............................................................. 5
System Requirements ............................................................................. 6
Chapter 2 Simple Mode and Advanced Mode........................... 7
Switching between the Simple and Advanced Modes ......................... 8
Simple Mode Main Window .................................................................. 9
Advanced Mode Main Window ........................................................... 10
Chapter 3 What is on the Screen? ............................................ 11
Main Window ....................................................................................... 12
Toolbar .................................................................................................. 13
Scanning Buttons .................................................................................. 15
Simple Mode ......................................................................................... 16
Advanced Mode.................................................................................... 23
The Main Sheet.............................................................................. 23
The Settings Sheet ......................................................................... 27
The Tone Sheet .............................................................................. 32
Contrast/Brightness Sheet ..................................................... 35
Gamma Sheet....................................................................... 36
Histogram Sheet ................................................................... 38
Special Tone Curves Sheet..................................................... 40
Editing a Special Tone Curve Directly ..................................... 41
The Halftone Sheet ........................................................................ 42
Chapter 4 Multi-Photo Scan ...................................................... 43
Multi-Photo Scan .................................................................................. 44
Multi-Photo mode (Simple Mode) ....................................................... 45
Multi Crop (Advanced Mode) .............................................................. 47
Chapter 5 Settings in the Windows Control Panel ................. 49
Opening the Scanners and Cameras Properties Dialog...................... 50
General Settings ................................................................................... 52
Events Settings ...................................................................................... 53
Preferences Settings ............................................................................. 55
Color Management Settings ................................................................ 57
Glossary .................................................................................... 58
Index ......................................................................................... 65
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Welcome to ScanGear CS-U 6.3
System Requirements
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Welcome to ScanGear CS-U 6.3

Welcome to Canon ScanGear CS-U 6.3. ScanGear CS-U 6.3 (hereafter referred to as ScanGear CS-U) will provide flexible, efficient image enhancement tools for scanning with your CanoScan D1250U2/D1250U2F Color Scanner by providing an interface with a variety of software applications. ScanGear CS-U has a number of powerful features that help you achieve peak performance with your scanner. Using ScanGear CS-U, you can preview and adjust an image before the image is scanned and acquired by the parent software application.
Normally when you start a scanning job, you will see the ScanGear CS-U main window with its toolbar, Preview Area, and tabs. However, some software applications may not open the ScanGear CS-U main window. When this occurs you cannot use the settings described in this User’s Guide because the host software application will provide the settings so you can change the image after it is acquired. When a software application uses ScanGear CS-U without opening the ScanGear CS-U main window, this is called the windowless mode.
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Refer to the Quick Start Guide for instructions to install and start ScanGear CS-U.
•To Uninstall the ScanGear CS-U, use the CanoScan Setup Utility CD-ROM and its “Uninstall the Software” menu.
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System Requirements

The hardware and software listed below is required to use ScanGear CS-U.
Computer: IBM PC/AT compatible with built-in USB port(s)
OS: Windows XP (Home Edition, Professional)
Windows Millennium Edition Windows 2000 Professional Windows 98
Free Hard Disk Space: Approx. 10MB or more (before installation)
Display: 800 x 600 pixels or greater
Medium (16 bit)/ High Color (16 bit) or greater
Interface: USB2.0/1.1
On Windows 98, USB2.0 performance not guaranteed
CD-ROM Drive: Required
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• Performance with USB2.0 expansion cards is only
limited with the ones Canon Inc. guarantees. Please refer to the “Notes Regarding the USB2.0 Interface” sheet.
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Simple Mode and Advanced Mode
Switching between the Simple Mode and
Advanced Modes
Simple Mode Main Window
Advanced Mode Main Window
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Switching between the Simple
and Advanced Modes
You can switch between the Simple and Advanced Modes simply by clicking a button.
• In the Simple Mode main window, click the Advanced Mode button to open the Advanced Mode main window.
• In the Advanced Mode main window, click the Simple Mode button to open the Simple Mode main window.
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Simple Mode
Advanced Mode
• If you change the settings in either the Simple Mode or Advanced Mode, the changes will be reflected in the settings of the other mode.
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Simple Mode Main Window

The ScanGear CS-U main window in the Simple Mode has only one sheet named “Simple Mode”. All you have to do is select one Image Type setting, which sets up the scanning job for you automatically. You can accept the settings and start the scanning job, or you can make small adjustments to the settings before you begin.
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Advanced Mode Main Window

The ScanGear CS-U main window in the Advanced Mode has more sheets to perform the settings for scanning.
In the Advanced Mode, click the Main tab, Settings tab or the Tone tab (or Halftone tab), to open the Main sheet, Settings sheet or Tone sheet (or Halftone sheet). You can use precise settings to select the scanning area in the Preview Area, adjust the Color Mode and Resolution, and take advantage of the wide selection of Tone options (adjust the Contrast/ Brightness, Gamma, Histogram, Special Tone Curve, and Threshold). If you select Black and White for the Color Mode on the Main sheet, the Tone tab is replaced with the Halftone tab.
• If you select Text Enhanced for the Color Mode on the Main sheet, neither Tone tab nor Halftone tab is displayed.
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Main Window
Toolbar
Scanning Buttons
Simple Mode
Advanced Mode
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Main Window

Preview Button
Scan Button
Toolbar
Close Box
Clear Button
Preview Area
Status Area
Mode Switching Button
Window Resize Corner
Simple Mode
Tabs
Advanced Mode
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Toolbar

Buttons on the toolbar help you to perform important tasks like cropping images, moving images and zooming.
Crop Button
Click the Crop button and drag the pointer in any direction to draw a rectangle around the area you want to select for scanning. This reduces the time it takes to scan an image because you are pre-scanning or scanning only the necessary section of the image, not the whole area. To un-crop the image simply click outside the cropped area.
Move Image Button
Use the Move Image button to scroll the image up/down or left/right when the previewed image has been enlarged with the Zoom Tool button and is too large to be viewed all at once. Click the Move Image button and drag the image with the hand image pointer.
Zoom Tool Button
Click the Zoom Tool button and then click the left or right mouse button to change the size of the Preview image.
•To increase the magnification of the image, click the Zoom Tool button then click the left mouse button on the area of the previewed image to view. You can repeat this procedure to magnify the image up to 4 times its previewed size.
•To decrease the magnification of the image, click the Zoom Tool button then click the right mouse button on the magnified image.
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Auto Crop Button
After clicking the Crop button and drawing a rectangle around the part of the image that you want to scan, click the Auto Crop button to size the rectangle for the best fit around the object enclosed by the rectangle.
Negative/Positive Button
Click the Negative/Positive button to invert the colors and create a negative of the image.
Mirror Button
Click the Mirror button to flip the image horizontally like a mirror image.
Rotate Left Button
Click the Rotate Left button to rotate a scanned image left 90 degrees (counterclockwise). Click this button repeatedly to continue rotating the image left.
Rotate Right Button
Click the Rotate Right button to rotate a scanned image right 90 degrees (clockwise). Click this button repeatedly to continue rotating the image right.
Rulers Button
Click the Rulers button to display a ruler in the Preview Area to help with sizing and cropping the image. To select the gradations for rulers, click the down-arrow for Units on the Main sheet and then select the units of measure from the drop-down list.
Help Button
Click the Help button to display the ScanGear CS-U on-line Help.
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Scanning Buttons

Preview Button
Click the Preview button to pre-scan the image and display it in the Preview Area so you can decide whether the image needs any adjustments or if you want to apply any special effects. Zoomed Image: Click this button after cropping the previewed image to perform the enlarged preview. You can repeat this operation up to 15 times. When you click [Cancel] button, the enlarged preview image will be reset to the original preview.
Scan Button
Click the Scan button to scan the image on the scanner with any special effects or adjustments that have been applied and send the scanned image to the software application from which you launched ScanGear CS-U.
• After you click the Scan button, the Scanning dialog box is displayed. Click the Cancel button in this dialog box to
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Click the Clear button to clear the settings for the preview image displayed in the preview area. Does not clear (delete) the image itself.
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cancel the scan operation.
Clear Button
• Clicking the Clear button while pressing the [Ctrl] key clears the image in the preview area.
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Simple Mode

In the Simple Mode, only the Simple Mode sheet is available in the main window.
Image Source
Specifies the source of the original.
Platen Scans photos or documents.
Film Scans films. (CanoScan D1250U2F only)
• Changing the Image Source clears the image from the Preview area and clears all settings set with the Toolbar
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Image Type
When you select the Image Type based on how you intend to use the scanned image, the Color Mode and Resolution settings are selected for you automatically for optimum scanning results. Here is a summary of the available Image Type settings for the image Color Mode and Resolution.
When Platen is selected for Image Source
•Color Screen (Color, 75 dpi):
Use this setting to scan the original as it appears on the monitor.
Color Photo (Color, 150 dpi):
Use this setting to scan color photographs.
•Color Photo Fine (Color, 300 dpi):
Use this setting to scan color photographs for best quality in the scanned image.
•BJ Printer (Color, 360 dpi):
Use this setting to scan a color original that you intend to print on a Bubble Jet printer for maximum quality in the printed image.
•B/W Photo (Grayscale, 150 dpi):
Use this setting to scan black-and-white photographs with varying shades of gray.
•B/W Photo Fine (Grayscale, 300 dpi):
Use this setting to scan black-and-white photographs with varying shades of gray for best quality in the scanned image.
•Line Art (Black and White, 300 dpi):
Use this setting to scan black-and-white originals containing graphics.
•Laser Printer (Black and White, 600 dpi):
Use this setting to scan a black-and-white original that you intend to print on a black-and-white laser printer.
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FAX (Text Enhanced, 200 dpi):
Use this setting to scan an original that you intend to send by facsimile.
•OCR (Text Enhanced, 300 dpi):
Use this setting to scan pages of text that you intend to capture with an OCR software application.
•Custom
Use this setting to specify Color Mode (Black and White, Grayscale, Color or Text Enhanced) and Resolution (75 dpi to 2400 dpi) as required.
When Film is selected for Image Source (CanoScan D1250U2F only)
•Color Screen (Color Negatives, 600 dpi):
Use to scan the color film as it appears on the monitor.
•Color Print (Color Negatives, 1200 dpi):
Use to scan the color film that you intend to print.
•B&W Screen (B&W Negatives, 600 dpi):
Use to scan the B&W film original as it appears on the monitor.
•B&W Print (B&W Negatives, 1200 dpi):
Use to scan the B&W film that you intend to print.
•Custom
Use this setting to specify Film Type (Color Negatives, Color Positives, B&W Negatives or B&W Positives) and Resolution (300 dpi to 2400 dpi) as required.
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Color Mode
This item is displayed only when [Platen] has been selected for the Image Source. Displays the Color Mode setting for the currently selected Image Type. The Color Mode shown here can be changed. If you change it, you create a new Image Type that can be saved under a new name.
Black and White The image is scanned in black and white.
Grayscale The image is scanned in black and white but if the original is in color most of the colors will be shaded.
Color The image is scanned in color.
Text Enhanced Converts grayscale images to black and white using Canon’s unique technology. This setting produces sharper text that is easier for OCR software to read.
• The Text Enhanced selection requires more time than the Black and White setting because digitization of the
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scanned image is performed after scanning it in Grayscale.
• Selecting the Color Mode setting automatically resets the Advanced Mode Tone tab settings.
• Selecting Black and White or Text Enhanced sets the Resolution setting to 300 dpi. If you select any setting other than Black and White or Text Enhanced, the Resolution setting is reset automatically to the base setting for the Image Type selection.
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Film Type (CanoScan D1250U2F only)
This item is displayed only when [Film] has been selected for the Image Source. Specifies the film type to be scanned.
Color Negatives, Color Positives, B&W Negatives, B&W Positives
Resolution
Displays the Resolution setting for the currently selected Image Type. The Resolution shown here can be changed to one of the previously registered settings. If you change it, you create a new Image Type that can be saved under a new name.
Edit Image Type Button
Click the down-arrow for Image Type and select Custom (or select a previously saved custom selection) and click the Edit Image Type button to open the Image Type Settings dialog box. You can create and save up to 12 custom settings of your own. When selected [Film] for Image Source, you can edit Film Type in the settings dialog box.
• The Edit Image Type button is not enabled until you select Custom (or a custom setting previously saved)
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from the Image Type drop-down list. This button is also enabled after you select one of the pre-defined Image Types and change the Color Mode or the Resolution setting.
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Paper Size
This item is displayed only when [Platen] has been selected for the Image Source. Specifies the paper size of the image to be scanned.
Business Card, L Portrait, L Landscape, Postcard, LL Portrait, LL Landscape, Statement, B5, Executive, A4, Letter, Full Platen
• Changing the Paper Size clears the Preview area and clears all settings set with the Toolbar and Tone sheet
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Width
Displays the width of the scanning area currently selected in the Preview Area. You can change the units to measure the scanning area.
Height
Displays the height of the scanning area currently selected in the Preview Area. You can change the units to measure the scanning area.
Size
Displays the estimated file size of the image in the Preview Area.
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