Genius COLORPAGE VIEW PRO User Manual

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Table of Contents

Getting Started with TWAIN Source

Opening the TWAIN Source Window..................................................3

Main Page ............................................................................................ 4

Settings in Main Page...................................................................... 5

Destination............................................................................. 5

Scan Mode............................................................................. 6

Filter ...................................................................................... 6

Resolution.............................................................................. 7

Brightness.............................................................................. 7

Contrast.................................................................................. 7

Control Buttons in Main Page ......................................................... 8

Advance Page....................................................................................... 9

Image Enhancement Tools – Image Box......................................... 9

Zoom.................................................................................... 10

Mirror .................................................................................. 10

Invert.................................................................................... 10

Descreen.............................................................................. 11

Gamma................................................................................. 11

HSV..................................................................................... 12

Tone Adjustment................................................................. 13

Auto Color Control.............................................................. 14

Color Correction.................................................................. 14

Image Enhancement Tools – Special Effect.................................. 15

Blur...................................................................................... 15

Blur More ............................................................................ 15

Sharpen................................................................................ 15

Sharpen More ...................................................................... 15

Preference Page.................................................................................16

Prescan Setting............................................................................... 16

Auto Scanning Setting................................................................... 17

Destination Default Setting............................................................ 18

Monitor Calibration ....................................................................... 18

Scanner Calibration .......................................................................20

Error Message................................................................................ 21

TroubleShooting ............................................................................ 23

Appendix........................................................................................ 25

Getting Started with TWAIN Source

Opening the TWAIN Source Window

There are two ways to open the scanner TWAIN source wind ow.

To request the TWAIN source from application programs:

1. Choose the "Select Source" command from the File menu of the your application. The Select Source dialog box will be displayed. If you only have installed this TWAIN Source, y ou can skip this step and step 2. The host application will automatically select it as the default TW AIN source.

2. Select the ColorPage-View Pro TWAIN source from the "Sources" list box.

3. Click the "Acquire" command to activate the TWAIN Source.

To activate the TWAIN source directly from Windows (standalone mode):

1. Click the Windows “Start” bu tton to open the Start menu.

2. Choose Programs > ColorPage-View Pro > ColorPage-View

Pro from the menu to run TWAIN source.

NOTE:

Not all application softwares put their "Select Source" and "Acquire" commands under the File menu. If you couldn't locate these two commands, please check other menus for them. For best results, make sure the Document Cover is closed before performing scanning.

There are four property pages available in the TWAI N source window:

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Main page

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Advance page

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Preference page

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About page

Main Page

This page lets your scanner work in the basic mode. All the control settings available here are fundamental to the scanning process. These settings include scanning destination, scan mode, filter, resolution, brightness, and contrast. The Main page window is shown as fol lows.

Property pages

You can select any property page by clicking the page tag.

Ruler Switch

Click here to switch among ruler units.

Ruler

Three measure units are available: Inch, Cm and Pixel.

Scan Rectangle

You can define the image area that will be comprised in the final scan.

Scanner Control Settings

Preview Window

You can preview the prescan image. The maximum size of the preview window is A4.

Control Buttons

Settings in Main Page

Destination

Destination is the location where you want your final scanned image to be sent. There are six options ava ilable: Application, Disk, Printer, Mail, Fax, and Clipboard.

Send to Application

Click this button to send the scanned image to your application program.

Send to Printer

This selection lets you send your scanned image directly to the printer for a printout.

Send to Fax

This lets you send your scanned image to other people through fax. Please go to the Preference page to set up the fax driver.

Send to Disk

You can save your scanned image in a disk.

NOTE

Make sure that the MS Exchange, MS FAX, Modem and its driver are setup properly. Please refer to Microsoft’s web site (http://www.microsoft.com) for instructions about setting MS Exchange and MS FAX.

Send to Mail

This function lets you send the scanned image to others through e-mail. Please go to the Preference page to set up the e-mail address.

Send to clipboard

Click this button to save the scanned image in the clipboard and wait for your further application.

Scan Mode

Scan mode lets you decide how the scanner will interpret y our image. Three choices are available in the TWAIN source: Color mode, Gray mode, and Black/White mode.

Gray mode

Select Gray mode for images that contain 256 shades of gray.

Color mode

Select this for 24-bit color images.

Line Art mode

Select Line Art for texts and illustrations that contain onl

black/white without gray shading.

Filter

Filters are provided to produce dropout effects, i.e., to drop the part of the image that is in a color difference from the specified fil ter. Four options are available: True gray, Red, Green, and Blue filter.

Green Filter

True Gray Filter

Red Filter

Blue Filter

Please note that the filter option will be unavailable if you select the “Color mode” in Scan Mode. The disablemen t of the filter is shown as follows.

Resolution

The resolution is measured in dots per inch (dpi), which is used to represent the image detail in a given area. The available resolution ranges from 50 to 19200. Generally, the higher the resolution is, the sharper and higher the quality of the scanned image gets. However, in some cases, high resolution is not necessary because resolution is determined or limited by many factors: image type, the original image's resolution, the output device's resolution, the available memory space in your hard disks, etc.

Pointer

You can adjust the resolution by dragging the pointer to the desired resolution , directly key the value in the Edit box, or choose the value by clicking on the pull-down button.

Edit box

Brightness

Brightness refers to the intensity of light reflected from or transmitted through an image. The larger the brightness value, the brighter the image appears. You can either drag the pointer, key the value into the Edit box to change the value, or choose the value by clicking on the pull-down button.

Contrast

Contrast refers to the differences in the brightness between the light areas and the dark areas of an image. The larger the contrast value, the higher the differentiation between the light and the dark areas.You can either drag the pointer, key the value in the Edit box to change the value, or choose the value by clciking on the pull-down button.

Control Buttons in Main Page

Scan Button

Click the Scan button to perform the final scan and send the result to the destination determined by you.

Prescan Button

Click the Prescan button to perform a prompt low-resolution scan. The prescan image will be displayed in the Preview window.

Reset Button

Click this button to return to the default setting.

Help Button

Click this button to

et on-line help.

Exit Button

Close this TWAIN source window.

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