Microtek ScanWizard 5 User guide

User's Guide

for Windows

Trademarks

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Important

Documents that you scan may be protected under copyright law. The unauthorized use of such documents could be a violation of the rights of the copyright holder. Microtek bears no responsibility for the unauthorized use of copyrighted materials.

To obtain optimal results from the Microtek scanning software and user's manual, you should be familiar with such Windows concepts as pointing, clicking, dragging, and selecting from menus and dialog boxed. If these things are new to you, refer to your Microsoft Windows User's Guide.

September 1999

Microtek Lab, Inc.

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1. Before You Begin 1-1

What is ScanWizard 5?.............................................................................................. 1-1

Standard & Advanced Control Panels ........................................................................ 1-2

Who Should Use the Standard Control Panel?..................................................... 1-2

Who Should Use the Advanced Control Panel? ................................................... 1-2

Switching between Standard and Advanced Modes ............................................. 1-2

Scanner Control ................................................................................................. 1-3

Power-Saving .............................................................................................. 1-3

Compression Capability............................................................................... 1-4

Scanner Information........................................................................................... 1-5

ScanWizard 5 Help Features...................................................................................... 1-6

On-Line-Help from ScanWizard 5-Standard Control Panel .................................. 1-6

On-Line-Help.............................................................................................. 1-6

Tutorial Guide ............................................................................................. 1-6

About ScanWizard 5.................................................................................... 1-6

On-Line-Help from ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel................................. 1-7

About ......................................................................................................... 1-7

Installation................................................................................................................ 1-7

Installing ScanWizard 5 ...................................................................................... 1-7

Installing Your Image Editor ............................................................................... 1-8

Installing Your E-mail/Web Browser .................................................................... 1-8

2. Introduction to ScanWizard 5 Windows 2-1

ScanWizard 5-Standard Control Panel ....................................................................... 2-1

The ScanWizard 5-Standard Main Window................................................................ 2-2

Instant Help for Beginners......................................................................................... 2-2

On-Line-Help .................................................................................................... 2-3

Balloon Screen Tips ............................................................................................ 2-3

Tutorial, the Beginner's Guide............................................................................. 2-3

ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel...................................................................... 2-4

3. ScanWizard 5-Standard Control Panel Tutorial 3-1

About the Tutorial..................................................................................................... 3-1

Using Windows ........................................................................................................ 3-1

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Windows Basics ................................................................................................. 3-1

Basic Mouse and Keyboard Techniques ........................................................ 3-2

Choosing and Selecting Items ...................................................................... 3-2

Launching ScanWizard 5-Standard Tutorial ............................................................... 3-3

Launching from an Image Application ................................................................ 3-3

Defining Image Source................................................................................. 3-3

Launching ScanWizard 5-Standard from an Image Editor ............................. 3-4

Launching ScanWizard 5-Standard as Stand-Alone Program................................ 3-4

Running from Start Menu ............................................................................ 3-5

Running from Scanner Located Start Buttons ............................................... 3-5

Running from ScanWizard 5 Assistant Buttons ............................................. 3-5

ScanWizard 5-Standard Tutorial Step-by-Step ............................................................ 3-6

Step 1 Preview Button ....................................................................................... 3-6

Step 2 Original Button....................................................................................... 3-6

Step 3 Scan Type Button .................................................................................... 3-7

Step 4 Purpose Button....................................................................................... 3-7

Step 5 Scale Output Button ............................................................................... 3-7

Step 6 Adjust Button ......................................................................................... 3-8

Step 7 Final Scanning Buttons ........................................................................... 3-8

“Scan” Button.............................................................................................. 3-9

“Scan to” Button.......................................................................................... 3-9

Reviewing the Scanning Sequence ........................................................................... 3-11

Quitting ScanWizard 5 ............................................................................................ 3-11

Conclusion ............................................................................................................. 3-12

4. Your First Scan with ScanWizard 5-Standard 4-1

Launching/Exiting ScanWizard 5 ............................................................................... 4-1

When Launching from Scanner Start Buttons and Assistant Buttons .................... 4-1

Previewing Your Original Scan Material...................................................................... 4-2

Create and Manipulate a Scan Frame Selection.................................................... 4-2

Plotting a Scan Frame Area from the Preview Image...................................... 4-3

Re-sizing a Scan Frame ................................................................................ 4-3

Moving Scan Frame ..................................................................................... 4-3

Plotting a New Scan Frame .......................................................................... 4-4

Magnifying Your Preview Image .......................................................................... 4-4

Viewing Hidden Areas of Magnified Image ................................................... 4-4

Resizing Main Preview Window ................................................................... 4-5

Define Type of Output Image..................................................................................... 4-6

Resolution of Output Image ...................................................................................... 4-7

Intended Size of Output Image.................................................................................. 4-8

Improving Image Before Final Scan............................................................................ 4-8

Output Image Setting Information............................................................................. 4-9

Reset and Revert to Default Settings........................................................................... 4-9

Final Scan and Output Image Destinations .............................................................. 4-10

ScanWizard 5-Standard Launched from an Application ..................................... 4-10

ScanWizard 5-Standard Launched as Stand-Alone Program ............................... 4-10

Storing Scanned Output Image to File........................................................ 4-10

Routing the Saved Image to an Application ................................................ 4-12

Batch Saving of Outputs from ADF Equipped Scanners .............................. 4-12

Batch Routing of ADF Outputs to an Application ....................................... 4-12

Copy Output Image to Printer ................................................................... 4-13

Attach Output Image to an E-mail ............................................................. 4-14

Setting Preferences in ScanWizard 5-Standard.......................................................... 4-15

Preference Dialog Box....................................................................................... 4-15

Appearance Dialog Box..................................................................................... 4-16

Saving Your Favorite Color Scheme............................................................ 4-17

5. Your First Scan with ScanWizard 5-Advanced 5-1

Launching/Exiting ScanWizard 5-Advanced............................................................... 5-1

Switching to Advanced Mode .................................................................................... 5-1

The Main Windows of ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel ................................... 5-2

Operating ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel...................................................... 5-3

Scanning a single-bit image (line art or B&W diffusion) ............................................. 5-6

Scanning a grayscale image ........................................................................................ 5-8

Scanning an RGB color image .................................................................................. 5-11

Important scanning notes........................................................................................ 5-14

For previews and scans..................................................................................... 5-14

Using the Scan Frame tool ......................................................................... 5-14

Using the Prescan action button................................................................. 5-15

Fixed Scan Frame ...................................................................................... 5-16

Fixed Output Size ..................................................................................... 5-16

Keep proportion........................................................................................ 5-16

Selecting the correct resolution .................................................................. 5-16

For image correction ........................................................................................ 5-17

For scan job queue........................................................................................... 5-19

Scaling the view of an image .................................................................................... 5-20

Option 1: Enlarging the view ..................................................................... 5-20

Option 2: Reducing the view.....................................................................5-21

Correcting images...................................................................................................5-22

Using the Advanced Image Correction dialog box....................................................5-23

Final Scan and Output Image Destinations..............................................................5-24

ScanWizard 5-Advanced Launched from an Application....................................5-24

ScanWizard 5-Advanced Launched as Stand-Alone Program..............................5-24

Storing Scanned Output Image to File........................................................5-24

Routing the Saved Image to an Application..........................................5-26

Batch Saving of Outputs from ADF Equipped Scanners.......................5-26

Batch Routing of ADF Outputs to an Application................................5-26

Copy Output Image to Printer...................................................................5-27

Attach Output Image to an E-mail.............................................................5-28

6. Reference to ScanWizard 5-Advanced 6-1

TWAIN Compliance..................................................................................................6-1

The Main Windows of ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel...................................6-2

Running ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel........................................................6-3

Quitting ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel........................................................6-3

The Preview Window................................................................................................6-4

The Menu Bar...........................................................................................................6-5

The Scanner Menu.............................................................................................6-6

Scanner Model............................................................................................6-6

Get Current Scanner Info.............................................................................6-6

Scanner Probe.............................................................................................6-7

Exiting ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel...................................................6-8

The View Menu..................................................................................................6-9

Overview Image..........................................................................................6-9

Prescan Image...........................................................................................6-10

Resize Window to Fit................................................................................6-11

Show/Hide commands...............................................................................6-12

The Preferences Menu......................................................................................6-13

Scan Material.............................................................................................6-14

The Scan Material Status icon....................................................................6-15

Color Matching Setup................................................................................6-16

White/Black Points Setup..........................................................................6-19

Cursor Auxiliary Lines...............................................................................6-20

Overview Setup.........................................................................................6-22

Prescan Setup............................................................................................6-23

Monitor Gamma Setup .............................................................................. 6-24

Invert........................................................................................................ 6-25

More command......................................................................................... 6-26

The Help Menu................................................................................................ 6-29

The Tool Buttons.............................................................................................. 6-31

Scan Frame tool ........................................................................................ 6-32

Magnify Glass tool ..................................................................................... 6-35

Pane tool................................................................................................... 6-36

Color Picker tool ....................................................................................... 6-37

Action Buttons ................................................................................................. 6-39

Rulers .............................................................................................................. 6-40

Preview Area .................................................................................................... 6-41

The Settings Window .............................................................................................. 6-41

Output Image Parameters ................................................................................. 6-42

Type (Image Type or Scan Mode)................................................................ 6-42

Resolution................................................................................................. 6-44

Unit selection ............................................................................................ 6-45

Image Dimension controls ......................................................................... 6-46

Rotate and Flip tool ............................................................................ 6-47

How to use the Input-Output dimensions.................................................. 6-48

Scaling ............................................................................................... 6-48

Advanced Image Correction Tools..................................................................... 6-49

Available Image Correction Effects.............................................................. 6-49

Introducing the Image Correction tools...................................................... 6-50

Using the Advanced Image Correction dialog box....................................... 6-50

The Action Buttons in the AIC dialog box ......................................................... 6-51

White/Black Points tool .................................................................................... 6-55

The White/Black Points dialog box (Color/Gray image) .............................. 6-55

The Threshold dialog box (Line-art image)................................................. 6-57

Tone Curve tool ............................................................................................... 6-58

How to read the curve ............................................................................... 6-58

Sample images and their curves ................................................................. 6-60

The Curve screen ...................................................................................... 6-61

Using the Curve buttons............................................................................ 6-63

Using the Curve tool ................................................................................. 6-64

Brightness and Contrast tool............................................................................. 6-65

Color Correction tool ....................................................................................... 6-67

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Using the Color Correction tool................................................................. 6-68

Filters tool ....................................................................................................... 6-69

Blur filters ................................................................................................. 6-70

Sharpen filters ........................................................................................... 6-70

Edge Enhancement filter............................................................................ 6-71

Emboss filter ............................................................................................. 6-71

Descreen .......................................................................................................... 6-72

The Information Window........................................................................................ 6-73

Zoom Level Display.......................................................................................... 6-74

Cursor Locator................................................................................................. 6-74

Output value.................................................................................................... 6-74

Sample size button ........................................................................................... 6-75

Using the Pixel Display..................................................................................... 6-75

The Scan Job Queue Window.................................................................................. 6-76

Multiple Selections ........................................................................................... 6-77

How to read the Scan Job window .................................................................... 6-78

The New button............................................................................................... 6-79

The Duplicate button ....................................................................................... 6-84

The Delete button ............................................................................................ 6-86

The Check button ............................................................................................ 6-86

The Save/Load button ...................................................................................... 6-87

The Up/Down Position Arrows ......................................................................... 6-89

Appendix

Appendix A: Configuring E-mail Software .................................................................A-1

Appendix B: Using the Scanner Test Utility..................................................................B-1

Appendix C: Kodak Color Management System ........................................................C-1

Appendix D: Basic Concepts ...................................................................................... D-1

Appendix E: Troubleshooting ................................................................................... E-1

Appendix F: Glossary ................................................................................................F-1

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Before You Begin

What is ScanWizard 5?

ScanWizard 5 is scanning software that provides both amateur and professional levels of color image reproduction and scan stage image editing for printed material, 35mm color slides and filmstrips.

You can launch ScanWizard 5 from any TWAIN-compliant program or from your image editing programs (e.g., Adobe Photoshop, Ulead PhotoImpact, etc.) where scanned image is transferred to your image editor. You may further edit the image in the image editing program if needed.

In addition to launching from your image editor, you can also run ScanWizard 5 as a stand-alone program. Under this stand-alone mode of operation, you can:

• Send the scanned image to your printer

• Open your e-mail processor and auto-attach the image file to your new message

• Open your web browser and view the scanned image or create HTML documents

• Open an image software program with the scanned image already inserted and ready for use.

ScanWizard 5 consists of two programs bundled together, namely the ScanWizard 5-Standard Control Panel (also known as “SW 5-Standard” throughout this manual) and the ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel (also known as “SW 5-Advanced” throughout this manual). Either control panel can be accessed easily and you can switch from one mode to another as well (no need to exit one mode in order to start the other). The Standard mode suggested for novice scanner users while the Advanced mode is designed for experienced users. Both programs support most models of Microtek scanners.

Before You Begin 1-1

Standard & Advanced Control Panels

Who Should Use the Standard Control Panel?

If you are new to the world of image scanning, the ScanWizard 5-Standard Control Panel was designed for you. The SW-Standard Control Panel will give you the power to scan photos or documents without having to learn the art of professional digital imaging. It provides a simple but straightforward control over the look of your preview image before they are scanned. It integrates a “follow-me” tutorial that guides beginners through an actual step-by-step scanning session. This easy-to-follow tutorial is an instant educator for anyone who wants to learn the basics of producing digital image from an original photo or document. And though it is simple to operate, it uses advanced artificial intelligence programming to automate the scanning process.

Who Should Use the Advanced Control Panel?

The ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel provides advanced color image enhancement tools tailored for those already familiar with the scanning process. You can scan originals individually or scan them in multiple batches. The scanned image can be reproduced optimally using the Advanced Image Correction (AIC) tools. The ability to perform correction at scan stage eliminates the need of exporting output image to an image application program for further editing.

Switching between Standard and Advanced Modes

To switch between Standard and Advanced Modes, click on the Switch icon on the Title bar (see right figure). Within a few seconds, the current program exits and switches to the other control panel mode.

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Click this icon to switch control

panels between Standard &

Advanced modes

Scanner Control

Power-Saving

An energy saving feature is built into recent scanners models, in which the scanning lamp switches to power-saving mode when the scanner remains idle for a defined period of time. The scanner reverts to full power mode as soon as

Preview, Scan, Scan to, Copy, or E-mail button is executed. Aside from

the saving power, the feature also helps extend the service life of the lamp and prevents caking and deformation of your film original resulting from long exposure to lamp heat.

Click Scanner icon for

Standard mode (top), or

Scanner menu for

Advanced mode (bottom),

then choose Scanner

Control. The energy

saving dialog box will then

appear

Each scanner model has its own default idle time to induce the scanning lamp into power-saving mode and factory set time for warm-up, revert to full power, and start scanning operation. You may define your own idle time or disable the feature altogether by clicking on the Scanner icon from the Title bar in Standard Mode or from the Scanner menu of the Menu bar in Advanced Mode. Then from the resulting menu, choose

Control dialog box will then display to allow you to change the default settings.

Scanner Control. The following Scanner

NOTENOTE If your scanner does not support the 'Power-Saving'

and 'Compression' features, "Scanner Control" will not display from the menu.

If only 'Power-Saving' is supported ('Compression' not supported), "Compression" is grayed out (disabled) from the dialog box. Likewise, if "Compression" is enabled, but only either "Lossless" or "Lossy" compression mode is supported, only the supported mode is enabled. The non-supported mode is grayed out.

Before You Begin 1-3

Define idle time interval for

Power-Saving mode to take

effect (60 minutes maximum)

Uncheck this box to

disable PowerSaving feature

Compression

Pane is

enabled

only if the

scanner

supports

compression

feature (see

next page)

Advanced Mode

Standard Mode

Compression Capability

Compression is supported in certain models of scanners. If your scanner does not support any of the compression modes (

Compression pane in the Scanner Control dialog box is grayed out (see figure

in previous page).

Lossless or Lossy), the

Lossless compression is available, the scanner will scan and compress the

If image before sending the image data to ScanWizard 5. The image data is then automatically decompressed without losing its image quality by ScanWizar 5.

Lossy compression is supported, the scanner will scan and compress the

If image before sending the image data to ScanWizard 5 where it is automatically decompressed. The level of compression and decompression is dictated by the setting provided in the compression, the lower is the image decompression quality, and vice versa.

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Lossy slide meter. Take note that the higher the

Scanner Information

Click Scanner menu

bar (Advanced mode,

top) or Scanner icon

(Standard mode,

bottom), then choose

scanner information

from their respective

menus to display the

Scanner Information

ScanWizard 5 is constantly in touch with your scanner, monitoring the scanner availability, serviceability, as well as its make, and model. To see how your scanner is doing, simply click the Scanner menu from the SW 5-Advanced Menu bar, or click the scanner icon from the SW 5-Standard Title bar (see figure above). From their respective menus, choose the item pertaining to scanner information. The Scanner Information dialog box will then display as shown below.

window

Advance Mode

Standard Mode

Before You Begin 1-5

ScanWizard 5 Help Features

On-Line-Help from ScanWizard 5-Standard Control Panel

Aside from on-line-help, the Help [ ? ] icon on the Title bar also provides access to Tutorial Guide program and SW 5-Standard version information.

Click Help [?] icon to access

on-line-help, Tutorial, and SW

5-Standard version information

On-Line-Help

To access on-line-help, click on the Help [?] icon. When the Help menu displays, choose

Tutorial Guide

SW 5-Standard has simple but effective tutorial that guides you through stepby- step scanning.

Help.

To access tutorial, simply click on the Title bar (see figure on top of this page), then choose resulting menu. See Chapter 3 for more details on the tutorial.

About ScanWizard 5

To learn more about the version and release date of your ScanWizard 5, click

About from the menu

on under the Help icon. The following splash screen will appear.

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Help [?] icon near the right end of the

Tutorial Guide from the

On-Line-Help from ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel

The on-line-help of SW 5-Advanced mode is accessed through the bar.

The Help menu uses standard Windows conventions for obtaining on-line help. If you are not familiar with this procedure, refer to your Microsoft Windows user's guide.

About

This command provides same the information as in the Standard mode and displays the same splash screen shown in previous page.

Installation

This section emphasizes the important areas that should be taken into consideration when installing ScanWizard 5 and other TWAIN-compliant software interfacing with ScanWizard 5. For full installation details, refer to the Installation Guide that came with your scanner package.

Help menu on the Menu

Installing ScanWizard 5

Install the SW 5-Standard driver program as instructed in the Installation Guide that comes with your scanner.

NOTE NOTE For SW 5-Standard to work properly after installation,

the correct scanner model should be properly connected to your host beforehand (as described in the Installation Guide). The Scanner needs to be powered on before you start ScanWizard

Before You Begin 1-7

Installing Your Image Editor

If you intend to deliver your scanned image to an image editing program such as Adobe Photoshop, you also need to install that particular image editing program.

The table below lists the image editing programs supported by ScanWizard 5.

Supported Image Processors

Photoshop PhotoDeluxe PhotoImpact Photo Express Microsoft Imaging ImageStar III

PageKeeper Standard MS Picture It

Installing Your E-mail/Web Browser

If you are going to send out your scanned image via e-mail or wish to view the scanned image with a web browser (e.g., Microsoft IE or Netscape Navigator), you will also need to install your Internet program. Refer to the table below for web browser and e-mail programs supported by ScanWizard 5. Installation and setup details for these programs are described in the Appendix section of this manual.

Embedded in the ScanWizard 5 is a modest “Internet Mail” mail program that will allow you to send scanned images via the Internet without the hassle of going through commercial Internet e-mail programs. See details of this function in Chapter 4.

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Web Browsers E-Mail Processors

Netscape Navigator Netscape Messenger 4.6 Internet Explorer QualComm Eudora Pro 3.x

Outlook Express Microsoft Outlook 97/98

Introduction to

ScanWizard 5 Windows

ScanWizard 5-Standard Control Panel

SW 5-Standard is a single-window program that offers a simple and straightforward way of navigating a scanning session. It is a program designed for neophyte scanner users or for those who wish to accomplish scanning jobs quickly. Despite its simplicity, SW 5-Standard offers the essential tools for adjusting and enhancing your original image before final scanning.

When ScanWizard 5 is launched from an image editing application, the scanned output image is directly delivered to your image processing application. When it is run on its own or as a stand-alone program from your program manager (or run from the scanner located “ Assistant buttons), you are provided with options to either store the output image to a file, copy it to your printer, or attach it to an e-mail. You can also instruct SW 5-Standard to auto-invoke your image and web browser applications and have the recently saved image opened in it.

Go” or “Scan” start button, or from its desktop

Aside from the “ may be launched from scanners equipped with “ buttons. The “ destinations, “ functions respectively. You may however change the predefined destinations to assign other destinations before final scanning.

Integrated with SW 5-Standard is a “follow-me” tutorial that will guide firsttimers on a step-by-step scanning. The easy-to-follow tutorial will instantly educate new scanner users on how to produce a digitized image from a printed graphic through the scanner.

Go” or “Scan” start button, SW 5-Standard also supports and

Copy” and “E-mail” start

Go” or “Scan” start button provides access to all available

Copy” and “E-mail” provide short-cut access to printer and e-mail

Introduction 2-1

The ScanWizard 5-Standard Main Window

Click to perform final

scan and select a

destination for the

scanned image

Click to prescan

and preview

scan material

Zoom up (+) button to

magnify preview image

Preview image with the

scan selection

enclosed in a scan

frame

Click on Zoom Scale to

resize preview image

(magnify toward the top)

Status bar showing

summary settings for

output image. Click icon

for detailed info. The

status bar also serves

as a progress bar when

scanning is in process

Click to flip to

ScanWizard 5-

Advanced mode

Zoom down (-)

button to shrink

preview image

Click for scanner info

and power-save &

compression control

Click and hold Panning Button to pan around a

magnified preview

image

Click for on-linehelp/SW 5 Standard info/tutorial

Drag this corner

to resize

preview window

Click to define category of the original (scan material)

Click to select output image type (color, gray, or B&W)

Click to define image resolution to match your target application

Click to select a size (in aspect ratio) for the output image

Click for image enhancement tools

Click to cancel your defined choices and revert to default settings

Click to access "Preferences" dialog box to set up scanning functions and repaint SW 5-Standard window

Instant Help for Beginners

The SW 5-Standard offers two types of instant help on line. One is through the on-line-help system and the other is through the balloon-shape screen tips which display hints on the function of each buttons as you hover your mouse pointer over the buttons.

To help beginners, an easy to learn "follow-me" tutorial is also included in the program that will instantly educated first timers on how to produce a digitized image from a printed graphic through the scanner. Chapter 3 of this manual discusses the details of the tutorial.

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On-Line-Help

On-line-help can be accessed by clicking on the Help [?] icon near the right end of the Title bar (top bar of the SW 5-Standard window). Then Choose

Help

from the resulting menu.

Click [?] icon to access on-line-help

and choose Help from menu

Balloon Screen Tips

When you bring the mouse pointer over any of the capsule shaped buttons, a balloon-shape callout (containing hints on function and information of the button) will display. You may disable this feature from the box (see Chapter 4).

Balloon screen tip providing tips on button function and other information

Preferences dialog

Tutorial, the Beginner's Guide

SW 5-Standard has something unique for neophytes in scanning technology. It provides a simple but effective Tutorial that actually guides you, step-by-step on the basic stages of scanning with most Microtek scanners in the market today.

To access tutorial, simply click on the Title bar (see figure on top of this page). Then choose resulting menu. The tutorial will guide you thereon.

Help [?] icon near the right end of the

Tutorial Guide from the

Introduction 2-3

ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel

The ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel has four major windows consisting of the Preview, Settings , Information , and Scan Job Queue windows.

Settings window

where output

image parameters

are defined and

includes the

Advanced Image

Correction (AIC)

enhancing images

tools for

at scan stage

Scan Job

Queue

window

provides

management

of scan jobs

Preview window

has the commands and tools for interfacing with the scanner

Information window

provides sampling of pixels of the prescan images

The Preview and Settings windows will always appear automatically whenever ScanWizard 5 is started up. The Information and Scan Job Queue windows will appear when you bring up ScanWizard for the first time but will not reappear if you have hide these windows the last time you ran ScanWizard. You may show (or hide again) the Information and Scan Job Queue window by clicking on the

(or Hide) Info/Scan Job Window.

See Chapter 5 for more detailed information.

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View menu (on Preview window menu bar) and click on Show

ScanWizard 5-Standard

Control Panel Tutorial

About the Tutorial

This tutorial is embedded in the ScanWizard 5 driver program. To access the tutorial, you need run to ScanWizard 5-Standard. A powered-up scanner should also be connected and configured with your host computer (refer to the Installation Guide) before running the SW 5-Standard. You also need to place a scan material (original image) on your scanner to obtain a scanned output image at the end of the tutorial.

The tutorial is intended as a hands-on guide for those with no previous background on scanning graphic images. In fact beginners can easily produce an output by running the tutorial and let it do the almost hand-free scanning for him.

Using Windows

The tutorial assumes that you are familiar with Windows operation. Some Windows basics are explained below, but if you are unfamiliar with such things as using a mouse, choosing a command from a menu, opening multiple windows, entering text, selecting options, choosing actions, or sizing windows, you should run the Windows tutorial before proceeding. The Windows tutorial is on the Help menu of the Program Manager window.

Windows Basics

This section highlights some of the basic skills you need in order to work with the SW 5-Standard window. If you are already familiar with Windows, skip to the section on Launching SW 5-Standard Tutorial (page 3-3).

Tutorial 3-1

Basic Mouse and Keyboard Techniques

This following explains some of the basic terms that are used in this manual.

Term Meaning

Click To quickly press and release mouse left button

Double-click To click mouse left button twice in rapid succession

Drag To hold down mouse left button while you move the mouse

Click To click mouse left button twice in rapid succession

Choosing and Selecting Items

In any Windows application, the terms choose and select have different, and specific, meanings. Selecting an item usually means marking it with the selection cursor, which can appear as a highlight, a dotted rectangle, or both. You also select check boxes in dialog boxes. Selecting alone does not initiate an action.

NOTE NOTE A dialog box is a window that appears temporarily to

request information. Many dialog boxes have options you must select before SW 5-Standard can carry out a command.

One way to select an item is to point at it and click. You choose an item to carry out an action. For example, choosing an icon

might start an application, open a window, or carry out a command. You can also choose an item from a menu, or choose a command button in a dialog box.

One way to choose an item is to point at it and double-click. Menus and dialog boxes are discussed in great detail in the Microsoft Windows

User’s Guide.

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Launching ScanWizard 5-Standard Tutorial

NOTE NOTE Be sure you have the original image (or scan material)

properly placed on the powered on scanner before launching tutorial.

Launching from an Image Application

You will need to launch SW 5-Standard from an image editing application (e.g., Photoshop, PhotoImpact, etc.) if you wish to immediately deliver your output image to your application for further processing.

Note that for saving your output to a file, or sending it to a printer or an Internet browser, or as attachment to an e-mail, or saved it to a file before sending it to your image processor; you need to launch SW 5-Standard as a stand-alone program from your program manager as explained in the next page.

To launch SW 5-Standard from your image processor, follow the steps below:

Defining Image Source

1. The first time you launch SW 5-Standard from your TWAIN-compliant application, you need to tell your application program where to source the image. The defined source is automatically saved in your application, and you need not repeat the procedure the next time you enter SW 5-Standard through the same application.

To define the image source after invoking your image editing program (Adobe Photoshop is used in this example), click on the the resulting pull-down menu, click on

TWAIN_32 Source... as illustrated below.

the Import item and select Select

File menu. From

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2. From the resulting dialog box, select

Microtek ScanWizard 5 as the source of

your image. Click

Select to exit from

the dialog box and to auto-save the image source setting.

Launching ScanWizard 5-Standard from an Image Editor

With the image source defined, you may directly invoke SW 5-Standard from the application (i.e., Photoshop) menu bar. Click on the

Import. From the resulting dialog box, choose TWAIN_32 ... (see figure below).

Wait for the SW 5-Standard window to display.

File menu and select

Launching ScanWizard 5-Standard as StandAlone Program

You need to launch SW 5-Standard as a stand-alone program if you want to save your output into a file, or have it printed, or save it and immediately attach the file to an e-mail, or view the output image with your browser, or image processor. You can launch SW 5-Standard as an stand-alone operation by doing one of the following:

• Launching from your Start menu.

• By pressing the “

(whichever is available). If your scanner is also equipped with the

Copy” or “E-mail” start buttons, you may also launch SW 5-Standard

“ from such buttons.

• Click on the desktop Assistant buttons.

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Go” or “Scan” start button from your scanner

Running from Start Menu

To launch SW 5-Standard from Start menu, click on-

1. Start button

2. Program

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4. ScanWizard 5

Running from Scanner Located Start Buttons

If your scanner is equipped with either the "Go", or a combination of "Scan",

Copy", and "E-mail" start buttons, you may remotely launch SW 5-Standard

" from the scanner by pressing any of the available buttons.

Note that these start buttons start SW 5-Standard as if it were launched from Start menu. Hence, all SW 5-Standard functions are supported, but the “

E-mail” start buttons will cause the final scanning button to default at

and “

Copy” and “E-mail” respectively. That is -

“

Copy” SW 5 Standard is ready to perform final scan and send output image to

“

Copy”

your printer.

E-mail” SW 5 Standard is ready to perform final scan, then

“

save output image to a file. It then opens and attaches the image to your e-mail editor.

Running from ScanWizard 5 Assistant Buttons

The "Scan", "Copy", and "E-mail" buttons of the desktop Assistant buttons functions the same way as with the remote scanner located start buttons described above.

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ScanWizard 5-Standard Tutorial Step-by-Step

When the SW 5-Standard main window appears, click on the help [?] icon at top right of the window, and then choose menu.

Click (?) to access Tutorial and

choose Tutorial Guide from menu

Step 1 Preview Button

You are now prompted (by the pointer position) to click the balloon screen tip on its function. Click the

Preview button and observe your scanner

starting to perform pre-scanning. You can monitor the progress of the scanning process through the Progress Status Bar at the bottom of the window. When the preview image appears, the pointer automatically moves to the Original button or Step 2 below.

Scanning process

Progress Status Bar

Preview button with a

Tutorial Guide from the resulting

Step 2 Original Button

A screen tip appears again to provide hints

Original button function and scan

on the material information. Click on the button and a menu displays from which you have to select the appropriate category of your scan material. This will help SW 5Standard determine the best in-house scanning parameter to accommodate your original.

When selection is made, the pointer automatically moves to button or Step 3.

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Original

Scan Type

Step 3 Scan Type Button

You are now prompted to click the Scan

Type button while a balloon screen tip again

provides hint on its function. Click

Type button and select into what image

Scan

output category you wish to convert your original scan material.

After the type of output image is selected, the pointer auto jumps to

Purpose button

or Step 4.

Step 4 Purpose Button

With a screen tip providing functional information on the button, click on the

Purpose button and a menu displays from

which you have to select the intended usage of the output image to determine output image resolution. Different values of image resolution are provided for different output applications. The higher the resolution, the bigger is the memory size required.

a purpose is defined, the pointer

When automatically goes to or Step 5.

Scale Output button

Observe pertinent resolution (DPI) value in the Edit box as you point on each item in the menu

Step 5 Scale Output Button

With pointer on the Scale Output button and a balloon screen tip again providing hint on its function, click button. From the resulting menu, select the size (in % scale) you want for your output image.

the output image size is selected, the

When pointer now auto jumps to button or Step 6.

Scale Output

Advance

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Step 6 Adjust Button

The screen tip on this button suggests you may adjust (color toning, image brightness, etc.) the preview image to provide an enhanced output image. Click on the

Adjust button and the SW

5-Standard image correction tool panel displays. Adjust image appearance by dragging the pellet button of each tool along its grooves. Observe the live update taking place with the preview image as you reposition each pellet.

Click anywhere outside the image correction tool panel to exit the panel, or press the

Enter key.

The pointer then auto points to the final scanning button (Step 7).

Step 7 Final Scanning Buttons

This is the last step of your scanning tutorial session where the final scanning is performed. The final scanning button designated function will differ depending on how the SW 5-Standard was launched as explained below.

Scan button This is the resulting button (default) when SW 5-Standard is

Scan to button This is the resulting button (default) when SW 5-Standard is

Copy button This is the resulting button (default) when SW 5-Standard is

E-mail button This is the resulting button (default) when SW 5-Standard is

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launched from an image processor.

launched from program manager or from scanner located

Go” or “Scan” start button, whichever is available.

“

remotely launched from scanner “

Copy” start button.

E-mail” start button.

"Scan" Button

If SW 5-Standard was launched from an image editing application, the final scanning button is designated as

Scan. Its sole

function is to deliver the output image to the image application from which SW 5-Standard was launched. From your image processor, you may further edit and save the image. No option is available to deliver the output image to other destinations.

"Scan to" Button

This is the default final scanning button when SW 5-Standard is launched as a stand-alone program from program manager or from the scanner “

Scan” start button, (whichever is available).

or “ The Primary function is to save output image to a file, with options to deliver the saved image to an image processor, an e-mail editor, or to a web browser.

Scan to button may be instantly switched

The

Copy or E-mail button (to change button

to designation and function ) by holding the mouse pointer on the

Scan to button for about 2 seconds or until an image

destination menu appears. Then select the new button designation from the menu. If you click on the (same effect when you click on

Scan to button, a Save as dialog box will display

Scan to from menu as detailed below).

Go”

Scan Image

Destination

Scanning Image to File

Choose Scan to from the menu (or click on the Scan to button directly) if you want to save output image to a file. A

Save As dialog box (see right

figure) will then display and prompts you for a filename.

Check if you wish to redirect

output image to your image

processor/e-mail/browser

application (Photoshop in this

sample figure) after saving it to file

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Enter a filename on the 'Filename' pane if the default filename does not suit you. Click the the scanned output image

Save button to store

Enter a filename here

into your disk. If you do not assign a preferred directory, the image is saved by default in the

Data' folder located under

' the same directory where your SW 5-Standard program is located, or in Windows\ Twain_32\ScanWiz5.

At this juncture, if you wish to redirect the output image to your image editor, e-mail, or web browser after saving it to file, you can do so by simply ticking the check box for this feature and selecting the target application you wish to work with from the combo box (see above figure). Clicking the

Save button with the

checkbox enabled, will save the output image into a file, followed by an autoexecution of your selected application. When the application is invoked, it auto-opens the recently saved image from file. More details are provided in the following sections.

Copy Image to Printer

Choose Copy from the destination menu if you wish to print a hard copy of the output image. A

Print dialog box (see right

figure) will display to prompt you for the print setup.

Note that the dialog box provides a print position setup to facilitate proper placement of your image in a print page.

Click the

Ok button to

start printing. Notice that

Scan to button now

the becomes the

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Copy button.

Select "Fit to Page" to print and fill whole page (image is enlarged and printed full page, but may not print proportionally)

Select "Center Horizontally" to print image at the center of right and left edges of the page

Select "Center Vertically" to print image at the center of top and bottom edges of the page

Attach to E-mail

Choose E-mail from the menu if you wish to send out a copy of the output image as attachment to an e-mail. Notice that the

Scan to button now

becomes the button. When the Save

As dialog box appears

(with application check box enabled by default), click the Watch the final scan being performed and the resulting output image is saved to file. Then your e-mail editor (Netscape Messenger, Microsoft Outlook, etc.) is automatically launched with the saved output file already attached to it.

E-mail

Save button.

If you have not installed any e-mail editor, e-mail processor embedded in the SW 5-Standard) will default and provide you with the facility to send the output image by e-mail.

Internet Mail (the Microtek provided

Reviewing the Scanning Sequence

To review the proper scanning sequence only (without performing actual scanning) of SW 5-Standard, you may run the tutorial again and press the ESC key each time the pointer hovers on each button. Observe how the pointer jumps from one button to the next in accordance with its working sequence.

Quitting ScanWizard 5

To exit from ScanWizard 5, just click on the Exit [X] icon from the top right corner of the SW 5-Standard window. Note that when you exit, you quit from both standard and advanced modes.

Click to quit

SW 5-Standard

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Conclusion

This ends your tutorial session. You may now go through it again to gain a deeper understanding of SW 5-Standard scanning steps and its basic features.

Once you master the tutorial, go to Chapter 4 for an actual scanning session and for more details on SW 5-Standard not covered in this chapter.

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Your First Scan with

ScanWizard 5-Standard

Launching/Exiting ScanWizard 5

Launch ScanWizard 5 as described in the preceding chapter (see page 3-3). Be sure to launch from your image processor if you wish to further edit or manipulate the scanned image with your application. Launch from your scanner start buttons, ScanWizard 5 Assistant button, or Start menu if you are going to save, print, browse, or e-mail the output image.

To quit ScanWizard 5, simply click on the [ SW 5-Standard window.

When Launching from Scanner Start Buttons and Assistant Buttons

If your scanner is equipped with the “Go”, or the combination of “Scan”,

Copy”, and “E-mail” start buttons, you may launch SW 5-Standard by pressing

“ any of the buttons (or clicking from the desktop Assistant buttons). SW 5Standard will run as a stand-alone program, but varying default output image destinations will result in each type of button:

Go”/“Scan” start button runs SW 5-Standard as if it were launched from Start

“

menu. The last function defined for the scan button will default for the next scanning session. You may change output image destination as you please.

Copy” start button runs SW 5-Standard with the primary purpose of

“

printing your output image. Hence, you are prompted with a printer setup dialog box before final scanning. You may however abort printing and redirect output image to other destination as in regular operation.

E-mail” start button runs SW 5-Standard with the intent of attaching the

“

output image to your e-mail composer. Hence, you are prompted with a dialog box where “ possible destinations for the output image after it is saved to file. You may however abort the e-mail processing and redirect output image to other destination.

X] button at top right corner of the

E-mail” or “Internet Mail” are the only

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Previewing Your Original Scan Material

By default, SW 5-Standard automatically detects and creates a preview image of your original in the SW 5-Standard preview window when you first launched the program.

If you have disabled the auto preview function in the (see section on Setting Preference in SW 5-Standard in this chapter), you need to manually click the material into the SW 5-Standard window.

If you have disabled the auto detect function as well, SW 5-Standard will prescan your original as you have defined in the previous scan session. If the resulting type of the preview image does not match with your original, you need to tell SW 5-Standard the actual type of your original by clicking on the button. From the resulting menu (see figure at right), select the nearest scan material category that matches your original.

NOTE NOTE There is no order of sequence required for using the image setup buttons in defining various aspects of your image, i.e., Original, Scan Type, Purpose, Scale Output, and Adjust buttons.

Preview button to prescan and preview your original scan

Original

Preferences dialog box

Create and Manipulate a Scan Frame Selection

If you wish to scan only a segment of your scan material, you can do so by plotting a scan frame (or a scan job selection) around the chosen area within the preview image. The area outside the scan frame is excluded from the final scanned output image.

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Plotting a Scan Frame Area from the Preview Image

To plot a scan frame, point at any corner of your intended scan frame. When the crosshair pointer appears, drag diagonally until you have the desired image selection enclosed in a frame, then release the mouse. Your actual scan frame border now turns into cascading lines.

Crosshair pointer

Scan Frame

Re-sizing a Scan Frame

You may adjust the size of your scan frame by pointing at any side of the scan frame. When

the 2-way arrow pointer appears, drag horizontally or vertically until you have achieved the desired adjustment of the width and height of the scan frame.

You can also adjust the scan frame width and length together by pointing at any corner of the scan frame. When the diagonal 2-way arrow pointer appears, drag diagonally until you achieve the desired adjustment to the scan frame.

2-way arrow pointers

Moving Scan Frame

When you wish to maintain or use the existing scan frame size to select another scan image selection within the same preview image, just move the existing scan frame over to the new scan job area. To accomplish this, point anywhere within the existing scan frame.

When the 4-way arrow pointer appears, drag the scan frame to the location of the new selected image area.

4-way arrow pointer

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Plotting a New Scan Frame

You can always create another scan frame over

Previous selection or

existing scan frame

an existing one or at another location of the same preview image. Like your previous scan frame, point at any corner of your intended new selection. When the crosshair pointer appears, drag diagonally until you have the new desired image selection enclosed in a frame. When you release the mouse button, the previous scan frame is discarded.

Drag crosshair pointer

to plot a new scan

frame selection.

(Previous selection is

discarded.)

Magnifying Your Preview Image

SW 5-Standard allows magnification of your preview image to as much as four times (4x) the size of your original. The zoom scale bar (located at the right side of your preview image) is provided to easily accomplish zooming of your preview image. To magnify image, click toward the top (or the plus [+] button) of the bar, image is zoomed up to an increment of 100% to the maximum of 400%. To shrink image, click toward the bottom (or minus [-] button) of the bar, image is zoomed down at same increment, to its original size as minimum.

Viewing Hidden Areas of Magnified Image

When the magnified image becomes too large to be accommodated within the preview window, click and hold on the Pane tool (see right figure above). A panning frame occurs displaying a miniaturized replica of the whole original image. Start panning the pane pointer toward the direction of the hidden area in the miniaturized image. Observe the live or realtime effect in the preview window which synchronizes the exposures of the hidden area .

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To magnify image, click on plus (+) button or on higher scales

To shrink image, click on minus (+) button or on lower scales

To view hidden area of magnified image, click Pane tool (left). When panning frame occurs, drag pane pointer (right) toward hidden area of image

Resizing Main Preview Window

Another option to view the hidden area of a zoomed up image is to directly expand the size of the preview window. Simply point at the bottom-right corner of the window. When the diagonal 2-way arrow pointer occurs, drag the corner down diagonally to expand the window.

If you have a small-size original (e.g., pocket book photo, match box, slide, etc.), expanding the preview window before clicking the will allow you to view a larger size and a clearer preview of your original. This will make selection of a scan frame from the preview image easier.

Preview button

way arrow pointer downward diagonally

to expand preview window and expose

Point at this corner. Then drag the 2-

hidden area of magnified image

Image on preview under default

preview window size

(unexpanded)

Image on preview under

expanded (full screen height)

preview window

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Define Type of Output Image

With your original properly displayed in the preview window, you have to specify the image category in which you wish to convert and output your original. To do this, click the Standard offers four options of image conversion formats as shown at right. However, not all categories of the originals listed in the button menu can be converted into all of the listed conversion formats as shown in the table below.

Scan Type button. SW 5-

Original

Text Document

Graphics

Photo

Magazine

Art Magazine

Newspaper

Positive Film

Negative Film

True Color Gray

X X X ü

ü ü ü ü

ü ü ü ü ü ü ü X ü ü ü X

Web Color

Black & White

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Resolution of Output Image

Click and use the resulting menu that pops up when you click the the resolution for your output image. SW 5Standard provides default or predefined resolutions (based on the ultimate purpose or application, e.g., screen display, printing, etc.) that closely match with the image type of your original scan material (as defined under

Original button menu).

Select from the menu the particular setting that will best match with the intended device application for your output image. Different types of original may have different predefined values of resolution for certain device applications as shown in the following table.

Purpose button to define

Select "Custom" and enter custom resolution in the Edit box

Photo and

+ / - Film

Graphic and

Magazine

Normal Screen

Fine Screen

Ink Jet Printer 300 Laser Printer 600 Laser Printer

Fax

OCR

Text

Document

72 dpi 72 dpi 72 dpi 96 dpi 96 dpi 96 dpi

300 dpi 200 dpi 300 dpi 300 dpi 100 dpi 300 dpi 600 dpi 150 dpi 300 dpi 200 dpi 200 dpi 200 dpi 300 dpi 300 dpi 300 dpi

If none of the predefined resolution matches with your need, you may define your own resolution by selecting '

Custom' and then enter your own resolution

value in the Edit box provided at the bottom of the menu. Remember that the higher the resolution, the larger the resulting file will be.

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Intended Size of Output Image

By default, SW 5-Standard scans your original into an actual size (100%) output image. To change the output image dimension, click on the

Scale Output button. From the resulting menu,

select the predefined scaled size that best matches your intended image output dimension.

Improving Image Before Final Scan

When you scan your original image without making any adjustments of your own, SW 5Standard will auto process to enhance the quality of your digitized image by using its default image editing settings. If you are not satisfied with what SW 5-Standard has done for you (as reflected in the preview image), you may modify the default artwork and apply your own image manipulation before final scanning by using the image correction tools panel under

Adjust button.

the Click the

correction panel displays, adjust the preview image by dragging the pellet button of each tool along its groove. Observe a live update taking place with your preview image as you manipulate each of the image correction tools. To reset a correction tool back to its original position, click on the reset icon at right end of each tool (see figure at right).

Adjust button. When the image

Reset icon. Use this icon to individually reset the adjustment you have made to each image correction tool, back to its default setting.

Note that the new settings are automatically saved and will remain in effect for the subsequent scanning sessions (after a reboot) unless otherwise redefined or if they are reset to default settings (as explained in the following section).

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Output Image Setting Information

As you perform adjustments and define various settings for the output of your original image (as reflected in the preview image), SW 5-Standard monitors and makes records of them. Part of the defined settings are displayed in the Status Bar (at the bottom of SW 5-Standard window) as soon as changes are made, while a separate and more comprehensive record of the changes are kept at the same time. To view a complete record of your settings, click on the Information icon [ then appears, listing all the current setting for your output image. If you have not made any adjustment, the default settings will display.

i ] at the left end of Status Bar. The Image Information window

Status bar showing summary settings for output image

Click icon to display detailed info box (right)

Reset and Revert to Default Settings

When you feel like abandoning the adjustments you have just made, you can easily revert to SW 5-Standard default settings and start all over again. Click on

Reset button. All changes you have made in the menus and control panels

the

Original, Scan Type, Purpose, Scale Output, and Advance buttons are

under then reset back to SW 5-Standard defaults.

Drag this corner to resize

preview window

NOTE NOTE The settings you have made to dialog boxes under

Preference and Scan/Scan to/Copy/E-mail buttons are not affected with the execution of the Reset button.

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Final Scan and Output Image Destinations

If you are satisfied with the appearance of your intended output image (as previewed from the preview window), you may now click the final scanning button. Note that the button may be designated as

mail, depending on what environment in which you have launched your SW 5-

Standard (as explained below).

ScanWizard 5-Standard Launched from an Application

If you have launched SW 5-Standard from an image editing application (e.g., Adobe Photoshop, Ulead PhotoImpact, etc.) the final scanning for the output

Scan

image is controlled by the

button. This button offers no option other than to scan your original with the image adjustments you have made (if any). Upon completion, the output image is delivered directly to your image processing application. From your application, you may further edit and save the image.

ScanWizard 5-Standard Launched as StandAlone Program

If you have launched SW 5-Standard from Start menu or from the “Go”, “Scan”,

Copy”, or “E-mail” start button of your scanner, the final destination for the

“ output image will vary. Default at first start up is

Scan, Scan to, Copy, or E-

Scan to.

Go” or “Scan” start buttons invokes SW 5-Standard as if it were launched from

“ Start menu. “ button into the prompt you to send the output to printer, while the your e-mail editor and attach the output image file with it. However, these destinations may be aborted and the output image redirected .

Storing Scanned Output Image to File

You need the Scan to button if you wish to store the output image into a file. If the current button is already set at dialog box (see next page) will immediately display.

If the current button shows as the pointer on the button for about two seconds or until the selection menu appears. When the menu displays, choose immediately displays and the button turns into

to button.

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Copy” and “E-mail” start buttons switches the final scanning

Copy or E-mail button respectively. The Copy button will

E-mail button will invoke

Hold pointer on the button

for about 2 seconds to

display the menu for

Scan to, click button. The Save As

Copy or E-mail, hold

Scan to. The Save As dialog box

Scan

selecting destination of

output image

For batch scanning with an auto

document feeder (ADF) equipped

scanner, you may provide root

filename only. SW 5-Standard will

auto-suffix such root filename with

serial numbers to generate multiple

filenames for the scanned and saved

images in continuous sequence

When your scanner is equipped with

an automatic document feeder (ADF),

ticking this check box will enable the

auto-filename generation for the batch

Check to also invoke your application

(Photoshop in this sample figure).

After image is saved, application is

auto invoked with the saved image

Applications Combo Box. Your

available image and Internet

application programs are auto-

detected and listed here. Select one

to further process your output image

scan-to-file images

opened

You may modify the folder and filename in the Save in and Filename panes respectively, then click the output image is saved to file.

NOTENOTE By default, files are saved in a 'Data' folder located in the same directory as your SW 5-Standard, or Windows\Twain_32\ScanWiz5 directory.

If filenames already exist, the following dialog box will display showing conflicting filenames.

Error message when saving

a single output image

Save button. The final scan is performed and the

Error message when saving multiple output

images from ADF-equipped scanner

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Routing the Saved Image to an Application

If during the save-to-file-stage, you decide to further edit your output image with your image processor, or wish to send the image with your e-mail, or insert the image with your web browser for inclusion in an HTML document, just tick the check box (

Send images to application..). Then select your

application from the Combo Box (see figure in previous page). When you click

Save button, final scanning and saving routine starts. When done, SW

on the 5 Standard auto-launches the application you have selected from the Combo Box. The application then auto-opens the recently saved image into your application. If an

E-mail application was selected, the image file is delivered to

your e-mail composer as an attachment. SW 5-Standard is designed to auto-detect the following image and web proces-

sors from your hard disk and displays them in the application Combo Box:

Image Processor Internet/Mail

Photoshop PhotoDeluxe Netscape Navigator Netscape Messenger 4.6 PhotoImpact Photo Express Internet Explorer QualComm Eudora Pro 3.x Microsoft Imaging ImageStar III Outlook Express

PageKeeper Standard MS Picture It Microsoft Outlook 97/98

Batch Saving of Outputs from ADF Equipped Scanners

If you are using a scanner equipped with the automatic document feeder (ADF) that allows multiple scanning in continuous sequence, you can auto scan and save output images in batches. Just tick the check box (

filename...) to enable this feature before you click the Save button.

Auto generate

SW 5-Standard will auto-assign a serialized filenames for each of the batch images and store them to files after they are scanned in sequence. You may also provide your own root filename. SW 5-Standard will auto-suffix your root filename with serial numbers (e.g., xxxx001.jpg, xxxx002.jpg, xxxx003.jpg, etc.) as filenames for the saved images.

Batch Routing of ADF Outputs to an Application

You can also auto-send your multiple images in a batch to your application after saving them. Tick the other check box ( function and click the to file, the selected application is invoked and the image opened with it. SW 5Standard continues to scan each of the subsequent images in sequence. Each output is saved to file as it is scanned, and opened (in same sequence as they were saved) in your application in cascading formation.

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Send images to application...) for this

Save button. After the first image is scanned and saved

If an E-mail application is selected, multiple windows of the e-mail application will open - one for each of the output files. That is, if you have five output image files, five e-mail composer are opened with an image file attached to each of them.

Internet Mail application was selected, the files are delivered to the

If an Microtek e-mail editor in one batch as multiple attachments.

Copy Output Image to Printer

You need the Copy button to send an image directly to the printer. If the button is currently set at click the button and the

Print dialog box displays.

Otherwise, hold the pointer on the button for about two seconds or until the selection menu appears.

Copy,

When the menu displays, select Copy. The button immediately turns into Copy button, followed by the appearance of the Print dialog box. Click

Ok button

to start printing.

Select "Fit to Page" to print and fill whole page (image is enlarged and printed full page, but may not print proportionally)

Select "Center Horizontally" to print image at the center of right and left edges of the page

Select "Center Vertically" to print image at the center of top and bottom edges of the page

Hold pointer for about 2

seconds to display menu

for selecting destination

of output image

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Attach Output Image to an E-mail

You need the E-mail button to attach the output image to your e-mail. If the

button is currently set at E-mail, click button and the Save As dialog box

displays. Otherwise, hold pointer on the button for about two seconds or until the

selection menu appears (see top-left figure in previous page). Then select

mail from the menu.

The button immediately turns into while the

E-mail button

Save AS dialog

box immediately displays with the application check box enabled by default. Click to select from the combo box which e-mail processor you are going to use (see figure at right).

'E-mail' is the e-mail editor (Netscape Messenger, Microsoft Outlook, etc.) you

have previously installed in your host. If none is installed, only

'Internet Mail'

will be available from the combo box. See Appendix A for proper e-mail editor installation and setup to ensure compatibility with ScanWizard 5.

'Internet Mail' is the Microtek provided e-mail processor embedded in the

ScanWizard 5.

E-

Click the

Save button to execute final scanning, saving output image to file,

and launching of your e-mail application with the output image attached.

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Setting Preferences in ScanWizard 5-Standard

When SW 5-Standard is launched for the first time, it will auto detect, by default, the type of scan material you have placed in your scanner and automatically performs a prescan on the original material. The prescan image is then placed in the preview area of the SW 5-Standard window. At the same time, it has a default window painted in "sky" blue tinted colors. You may change all these default conditions using the options offered in the dialog box described below.

NOTE NOTE The customized settings you have made will remain in

effect at subsequent SW 5-Standard start-ups until redefined.

Preference Dialog Box

The Preferences setup dialog box provides options on how you would like SW 5-Standard to handle your scan material when the program is launched. You may also disable the balloon screen tip feature in this dialog box if you are already well-acquainted with the function of each button.

Preferences

From the dialog box where coloring options are available for repainting your SW 5Standard window. This includes all the buttons and the window background. Left-handed users may also relocate the button pane location from right to left side of the window for added convenience.

To redefine

Preferences dialog box displays, pick your options as illustrated in the

following page.

Preferences dialog box, you can also access the Appearance setup

Preferences setup, click on the Preferences button. When the

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Uncheck to change prescan

image preview from auto to

manual operation

Uncheck to change image

detection and selection of the

original scan material, and

definition of output image type,

from auto to manual operation

Check to disable screen

'balloon' tips function

Change the unit of

measurement for image

selection as displayed in the

status bar (bottom of SW 5-

Standard window)

Appearance Dialog Box

Use this dialog box as your coloring pallet to repaint your SW 5 Standard buttons and window background. If you are left handed, you may reposition the block of frequently used setup buttons from right to left side of the window. Try repainting the window with your favorite colors and add fun to your scanning.

Click to access Appearance dialog box (see below). Use it to repaint SW 5Standard window buttons and background, and to relocate buttons pane location to accommodate left handed user (see below).

You may click directly on the

background or on any other

particular item in the Preview

window you wish to repaint. The clicked item is instantly

reflected on the color

definition pane below. You

may also scroll through the

Item menu to look for the

window item you wish to

repaint.

The Scheme pane contains

predefined coloring pattern

(default and user defined)

selections. Choosing from

these selections allows

instant color changes to the

whole SW 5-Standard

window.

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Click to display the color pallet

from which color is chosen to

repaint the window item

selected at left pane

Preview window where live color updates are shown

Click on appropriate radio button to reposition the row of commonly used buttons to either left or right side of SW 5-Standard window

Use Delete button to delete the no longer needed color patterns (user defined only).

Use Save As... button to save your own defined color patterns and add to Scheme menu.

Click to display color pallet from which color is chosen to repaint the font of the text on selected item

Saving Your Favorite Color Scheme

When you saved the custom color pattern you have just defined, the pattern is added at the bottom of an existing list of color patterns under (see figure at right).

Scheme menu

When deleting color pattern items from the

Scheme menu, you can only delete

the user defined items. The default items can not be deleted.

User-defined pattern

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Your First Scan with

ScanWizard 5-Advanced

Launching/Exiting ScanWizard 5-Advanced

Launch ScanWizard 5 as described in Chapter 3 (page 3-3). Be sure to launch from your image processor if you wish to further edit or manipulate the scanned image with your application. Launch from your scanner start buttons, ScanWizard 5 Assistant button, or Start menu if you are going to save, print, browse, or e-mail the output image.

To quit ScanWizard 5, simply click on the [ SW 5-Advanced window.

Switching to Advanced Mode

When you start ScanWizard 5 for the first time, the Standard Mode panel will default. To switch to Advanced Mode, click on the Switch icon on the Title bar of the Standard Mode window (see figure below). Within a few seconds, the current program exits and switches to the other control panel mode.

X] button at top right corner of the

Click this icon to switch control

panels between Standard &

Advanced modes

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The Main Windows of ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel

The ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel has four major windows consisting of the Preview, Settings , Information , and Scan Job Queue windows.

Information window

Settings

window where

parameters are

defined and

Advanced Image

Correction (AIC)

provides pixels of the

prescan

enhancing images

at scan stage

Scan Job

Queue

window

provides

management

of scan jobs

Preview window

has the commands interfacing with the

scanner

View menu (on Preview window menu bar) and click on Show (or Hide) Info/Scan

Job Window.

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Operating ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel

NOTE NOTE Be sure you have the original image (or scan material) properly placed on the powered on scanner before launching ScanWizard 5.

1. Perform a low-resolution preview.

Click on the

Prescan

button

Overview

button

Overview button to scan an image.

Scan Frame tool Scan button

2. Select the required scan area.

Preview area

Click on the Scan Frame tool. With the pointer now a crossbar, move to the image and define the scan frame (by holding down the mouse and dragging it to draw a box). The scan frame will be enclosed by dotted lines and will be the actual area that is scanned when you click on the Scan button.

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3. Select the image type.

Select the image type to be processed and scanned. You can put one image type on the scanner and scan that in its original form, or you can scan it in another form altogether. For example, you may have a color photo and scan it in the same color mode, or you may scan it as a grayscale or line art image.

Resolution

edit box

Image type

Output size

Image correction tools

4. Set output resolution and Output Size.

Output resolution: Enter a resolution setting in the Resolution edit box, then press Enter.

Output size: Enter the Output width/height value, indicating the relationship of the input dimension, scaling, and the resulting image size.

5. [Optional] Perform a high-resolution preview for the current selected scan

area. Click on the Prescan button to show the image in high resolution.

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6. [Optional] Set Advanced Image Correction (AIC).

Click on any of the Advanced Image Correction (AIC) tools in the Settings window. These tools allow you to adjust image features such as brightness and contrast; black and white points; tone curve; hue or saturation; and lets you apply various filters for special effects.

7. Perform the final scan.

Click on the Scan button to scan your selected image. The scanned image is delivered to your application.

NOTE NOTE Refer to section on “Final Scan and Output Image Destinations” at the back of this chapter for other output image destination options.

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Scanning a single-bit image (line art or B&W diffusion)

1. Perform a low-resolution preview.

Click on the Overview button in the Preview window. In moments, a preliminary view of the image appears in the preview area.

Prescan

button

Overview

button

Frame tool

Scan button

Preview area

2. Select the required scan area.

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3. Select the image type.

From the Settings window, at the Type drop-down menu, make your selection.

Image type

Threshold button

Image correction tools

• Choose Line art if you are scanning purely black or white images with no shades of gray, such as pen-and-ink drawings, logos, and sketches. Line art also applies if you're scanning an image with just one color (like a mechanical drawing or blueprint).

• Choose B&W Diffusion if you are scanning black or white images with shades of gray. A B&W diffusion image is similar to the images you see in newspapers — there is only black and white, but the eye is fooled into seeing gray because of the way dots in the image are arranged.

4. Set Output Resolution and Output Size. At the Settings window, set the resolution. For now, select 300 dpi. But for

optimal results, select a resolution that matches the resolution of your output device.

5. [Optional] Set Advanced Image Correction (AIC). For line art only: Click the “Threshold” button in the Setting window.

6. Perform final scan. Click on the Scan button to scan your selected image. The scanned image is

delivered to your application.

NOTE NOTE Refer to section on “Final Scan and Output Image Destinations” at the back of this chapter for other output image destination options.

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Scanning a grayscale image

1. Perform a low-resolution preview. Click on the Overview button in the Preview window. In moments, a

preliminary view of the image will appear in the preview area.

Prescan

button

Overview

button

Scan Frame tool Scan button

Preview area

2. Select the required scan area. Click on the Scan Frame tool. The pointer now becomes a crossbar, move to

the image and define the scan frame (by dragging the mouse to draw a box). The scan frame will be enclosed by dotted lines and will be the actual scan area when you click on the Scan button.

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3. Select the image type. From the Settings window, select the image type to be processed and

scanned.

Image type

Image correction tools

4. Set Output Resolution and Output Size. Output resolution: Enter a resolution setting in the Resolution edit box,

then press Enter. Output size: Enter the Output width/height value, indicating the

relationship of the input dimension, scaling, and the resulting image size.

Printer Type Recommended Resolution Setting

Inkjet (360 dpi) 240 ppi

Laser (300 dpi) 120 - 150 ppi

Laser (600 dpi) 200 - 300 ppi

Dye-Sublimation Match with your printer's resolution

Imagesetter at least 300 ppi

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5. [Optional] Perform a high-resolution preview for the current selected scan area.

Click on the Prescan button to see the image in high resolution.

6. [Optional] Set Advanced Image Correction (AIC). Click on any of the Advanced Image Correction (AIC) tools in the Settings

window. These tools allow you to adjust image features such as brightness and contrast; black and white points; tone curve; hue or saturation; and lets you apply various filters for special effects.

7. Perform final scan. Click on the Scan button to scan your selected image. The scanned image is

delivered to your application.

NOTE NOTE Refer to section on “Final Scan and Output Image Destinations” at the back of this chapter for other output image destination options.

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Scanning an RGB color image

1. Perform a low-resolution preview. Click on the Overview button to preview image.

Prescan

button

Overview

button

Scan Frame tool Scan button

Preview area

2. Select the required scan area. Click on the Scan Frame tool. The pointer now becomes a crossbar, move to

the image and define the scan frame (by dragging the mouse to draw a box). The scan frame will be enclosed by dotted lines and will be the actual scan area when you click on the Scan button.

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3. Select the image type From the Setting window select the image type to be processed and

scanned.

Image type

Resolution

edit box

Output size

Image correction tools

4. Set Output Resolution and Output Size Output resolution: Enter a resolution setting in the Resolution edit box,

then press Enter. Output size: Enter the Output width/height value, indicating the

relationship of the input dimension, scaling, and the resulting image size.

Printer Type Recommended Resolution Setting

Inkjet (360 dpi) 240 ppi

Laser (300 dpi) 120 - 150 ppi

Laser (600 dpi) 200 - 300 ppi

Dye-Sublimation Match with your printer's resolution

Imagesetter at least 300 ppi

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5. [Optional] Perform a high-resolution preview for the current selected scan area.

Click on the Prescan button to see the image in high resolution.

6. [Optional] Set Advanced Image Correction (AIC). Click on any of the Advanced Image Correction (AIC) tools in the Settings

window. These tools allow you to adjust image features such as brightness and contrast; black and white points; tone curve; hue or saturation; and lets you apply various filters for special effects.

7. Perform final scan. Click on the Scan button to scan your selected image. The scanned image is

delivered to your application.

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Important scanning notes

If you are not familiar with the scanning process, you may wish to review the preceding pages first on the individual scanning tasks to get a feel for the software and how it works. Also, if some of the concepts discussed in these pages are not familiar to you, refer to Chapter 6, Reference section of the manual for more detailed discussion.

For previews and scans

Using the Scan Frame tool

Familiarize yourself with the Scan Frame tool. This tool is used to crop preview images for final scanning. You can also use the Scan Frame tool to create multiple scan frames, and with the creation of multiple scan frames, this means you are actually creating duplicate scan jobs (based on the current scan job).

Each scan frame (and its related scan job) can have its particular settings, so that one scan job can be in grayscales; another in color with a certain brightness setting; and yet another in color with a filter applied to it. You can create multiple scan frames in a single image, or you can have several images and have several scan frames spread out among the images.

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Using the Prescan action button

Familiarize yourself too with the Prescan button, which is ideal for enlarging the preview image and previewing it in detailed, high resolution. The enlarged view obtained from prescan is not the same as the view obtained from the Zoom tool, which is simply an enlarged pixilated view in low resolution.

Prescan button

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Fixed Scan Frame

If checked, the size of the scan frame remains the same as the current one. You may, however, move the scan frame in the Preview window.

For previews and scans

Fixed Output Size

If checked, the image size (disk space) and width/height of the output size remain the same. The output size determines the width and height of your image when output to a device such as a monitor or printer. The output size can be changed only if this option is unchecked.

Keep proportion

If checked, the aspect ratio (X:Y) is kept as 1:1.

Selecting the correct resolution

Before scanning an image, select the correct resolution setting. Remember that overly high settings slow down your scanning and create huge unmanageable files.

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For image correction

• Use the powerful image correction tools to improve your image if necessary, and familiarize yourself with the features of the Advanced Image Correction (AIC) dialog box.

Image correction tools

While in the AIC dialog box, you can see thumbnails of the image, make image corrections there, and see the effects of the changes (“before” and “after” versions ) in realtime. If the Preview checkbox is checked, these effects are reflected in realtime in the Preview image.

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You can also switch from one tool to another within the AIC dialog box.

Familiarize yourself too with the various action buttons in the AIC dialog box and how they work. This is important.

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For scan job queue

• Use the flexibility provided by the scan job functions to manage your scan jobs. With the Scan Job Queue Window, you can create new scan jobs, copy settings for a duplicate scan job, save scan jobs as templates, and load the scan jobs templates for future use.

• To master the intricacies of the scan job functions, familiarize yourself with the usage of the Scan Frame tool and the Smoked Glass Background feature, both of which are linked to the functions of the scan job.

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Scaling the view of an image

Click on the Overview button. When the preview image appears, do either of the following:

Option 1: Enlarging the view

1. Click on the Zoom tool. The cursor will change to a magnifying glass pointer with a plus (+) sign in it.

2. Move the pointer inside the image and click. The area where the pointer is positioned is zoomed in, enlarging your view of it. Clicking successively will enlarge your view of the image in ascending order on the zoom scale — from 100% to 200%, to 400%, and 800%.

Zoom tool

Zoom scale

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Option 2: Reducing the view

To reduce your view of the image after it was magnified: While holding down the Shift key on your keyboard, move the pointer to any

portion of the image, and click on the mouse. The magnifying lens will show a minus sign (-) in it, at the same time reducing your view of the image. Clicking successively will continue to reduce the image until it is scaled down to its original size.

1. In the Preview window, choose the Show Info window command from the View menu.

2. Click on the Zoom Level Display in the Information window. From the dropdown list, select your zoom scale — 100%, 200%, 400%, or 800%.

Zoom scale

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Correcting images

The image correction tools are located in the Settings window.

Click on any of the image correction tools to adjust your image. The AIC dialog box will then appear.

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Using the Advanced Image Correction dialog box

When you click on any of the image correction buttons in the Settings window, the Advanced Image Correction (AIC) dialog box appears. In this box, you can do the following:

1. See a thumbnail of the image captured by your scanner, and see how the image changes when adjustments are applied to it. The “before” and “after” images are the left and right thumbnails in the dialog box.

2. Select another image correction tool by clicking on any of the buttons displayed in the vertical toolbar on the right side of the dialog box.

3. Click on an action button to achieve a particular effect.

OK Accepts changes you have made and closes the AIC dialog box. Cancel Abandons all changes and closes the AIC dialog box. Reset Restores settings to default. The Reset dialog box appears, allowing

you to reset your settings.

Revert Cancels out the effects of the currently used tool. If you have used

three tools, for instance, Revert will preserve the changes of the first two tools and ignore the changes made by the third.

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Final Scan and Output Image Destinations

If you are satisfied with the appearance of your intended output image (as previewed from the preview window), you may now click the final scanning button. Note that the button may be designated as

mail,

depending on what environment in which you have launched your SW 5-

Scan, Scan to, Copy, or E-

Standard (as explained below).

SW 5-Advanced Launched from an Application

If you have launched SW 5-Advanced from an image editing application (e.g., Adobe Photoshop, Ulead PhotoImpact, etc.) the final scanning for the output

image is controlled by the Scan button. This button offers no option other than

to scan your original with the image adjustments you have made (if any). Upon completion, the output image is delivered directly to your image processing application. From your application, you may further edit and save the image.

SW 5-Advanced Launched as Stand-Alone Program

If you have launched SW 5-Advanced from Start menu or from the “Go”,

Scan”, “Copy”, or “E-mail” start button of your scanner, the final destination

“ for the output image will vary. Default at first start up is

Scan to.

Go” or “Scan” start buttons invokes SW 5-Advanced as if it were launched

“ from Start menu. “ button into the prompt you to send the output to printer, while the your e-mail editor and attach the output image file with it. However, these destinations may be aborted and the output image redirected .

Storing Scanned Output Image to File

You need the output image into a file. If the current button is already set at dialog box (see next page) will immediately display.

If the current button shows as the pointer on the button for about two seconds or until the selection menu appears. When the menu displays, choose immediately displays and the button turns into

button.

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Copy” and “E-mail” start buttons switches the final scanning

Copy or E-mail button respectively. The Copy button will

E-mail button will invoke

Scan to button if you wish to store the Scan to, click button. The Save As

Copy or E-mail, hold

Scan to. The Save As dialog box

Scan

Hold pointer on button for about 2 seconds to display the menu for selecting destination of output image

For batch scanning with an auto

document feeder (ADF) equipped

scanner, you may provide root

filename only. ScanWizard 5-

Advanced will auto-suffix such root

filename with serial numbers to

generate multiple filenames for the

scanned and saved images in

continuous sequence

Tick this check box to enable the auto-

filename generation for the scan-to-

Check to also invoke your application

(Photoshop in this sample figure).

After image is saved, application is

auto invoked with the saved image

Applications Combo Box. Your

available image and Internet

application programs are auto-

detected and listed here. Select one to

further process your output image.

file images

opened

You may modify the folder and filename in the Save in and Filename panes

respectively, then click the Save button. The Final scan is performed and the

output image is saved to file.

NOTENOTE By default, files are saved in a “Data” folder

located in the same directory as your ScanWizard 5Advanced, or Windows\Twain_32\ScanWiz5 directory.

If filenames already exist, the following dialog box will display showing the conflicting filenames.

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Routing the Saved Image to an Application

Send images to application..). Then select your application from

Save

button, final scanning and saving routine starts. When done, SW 5-Advanced auto-launches the application you have selected from the Combo Box. The application then auto-opens the recently saved image into your application. If

E-mail application was selected, the image file is delivered to your e-mail

an composer as an attachment.

SW 5-Advanced is designed to auto-detect the following image and web processors from your hard disk and displays them in the application Combo Box:

Image Processor Internet/Mail

PhotoShop Photo Deluxe Netscape Navigator Netscape Messenger 4.6 PhotoImpact Photo Express Internet Explorer QualComm Eudora Pro 3.x Microsoft Imaging ImageStar III Outlook Express

Photo Soap MS Picture It Microsoft Outlook 97/98

Batch Saving of Outputs from ADF Equipped Scanners

filename...) to enable this feature before you click the Save button.

Auto generate

ScanWizard 5-Advanced will auto-assign serialized filenames for each of the batch images and store them to files after they are scanned in sequence. You may also provide your own root filename. ScanWizard 5-Advanced will autosuffix your root filename with serial numbers (e.g., xxxx001.jpg, xxxx002.jpg, xxxx003.jpg, etc.) as filenames for the saved images.

Batch Routing of ADF Outputs to an Application

You can also auto-send your multiple images in a batch to your application after saving them. Tick the other check box ( function and click the file, the selected application is invoked and the image opened with it. ScanWizard 5-Advanced continues to scan each of the subsequent images in sequence. Each output is saved to file as it is scanned, and opened (in same sequence as they were saved) in your application in cascading formation.

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Send images to application...) for this

Save button. After the first image is scanned and saved to

Internet Mail application was selected, the files are delivered to the

If an Microtek e-mail editor in one batch as multiple attachments.

Hold pointer on button

Copy Output Image to Printer

You need the

Copy button to send an image directly

to the printer. If the button is currently set at click the button and the

Print dialog box displays.

Copy,

for about 2 seconds to display menu for selecting destination of output image

Otherwise, hold the pointer on the button for about two seconds or until the selection menu appears.

When the menu displays, select Copy. The button immediately turns into Copy button followed by the appearance of the Print dialog box. Click Ok button to start printing.

Select “Fit to Page” to print and fill whole page (image is enlarged and printed full page, but may not print proportionally)

Select “Center Horizontally” to print image at the center of right and left edges of the page

Select “Center Vertically” to print image at the center of top and bottom edges of the page

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Attach Output Image to an E-mail

You need the button is currently set at

E-mail button to attach the output image to your e-mail. If the

E-mail, click the button and the Save As dialog box

displays. Otherwise, hold the pointer on the button for about two seconds or until the

selection menu appears (see top-left figure in previous page). Then select

E-mail

from the menu. The button immediately turns into the

E-mail

button while the Save AS dialog box immediately displays with the application check box enabled by default. Click to select from the combo box which e-mail processor you are going to use (see above figure).

'E-mail' is the e-mail editor (Netscape Messenger, Microsoft Outlook, etc.) you

have previously installed in your host. If none is installed, only

'Internet Mail' will

be available from the combo box. See Appendix A for proper e-mail editor installation and setup to ensure compatibility with ScanWizard 5.

'Internet Mail' is the Microtek provided e-mail processor embedded in the

ScanWizard 5. Click the

Save button to execute final scanning, saving output image to file, and

launching of your e-mail application with the output image attached.

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Reference to

ScanWizard 5-Advanced

This chapter explains in details all the features offered by ScanWizard 5Advanced Control Panel. The reference information is organized into four parts, each showing the four major windows of the program and their respective detailed functions. The sequence of information is as follows:

• Preview window

• Settings window

• Information window

• Scan Job Queue window

NOTE: The ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel is also referred to as "SW 5-

Advanced" throughout this chapter.

TWAIN Compliance

The ScanWizard 5 is a TWAIN-compliant program. This means that it conforms to the TWAIN software industry standard for controlling imaging devices such as scanners, film recorders, and video capture cards.

The TWAIN standard allows software applications and hardware imaging devices to communicate directly. In practical terms, this means that when using an application software that supports TWAIN, you can access the scanner through ScanWizard 5. When a scan is performed, the captured image is automatically delivered to your application. Hence, with a TWAIN-compliant application, you do not have to leave the application you are working in. The scanner captured image does not have to be saved and opened as a separate by your application software. This allows you to scan images right into your favorite image-editing application, word processor, spreadsheet, or any other TWAIN-compliant application that makes use of images.

Reference: The Preview window 6-1

The Main Windows of ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel

ScanWizard 5 consists of four major windows: Preview, Settings, Information, and Scan Job Queue.

The four windows appear automatically after the ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel is started up. The Scan Job and Information windows appear when you bring up ScanWizard 5 at the first time. You may hide or show them from the View menu and click on the commands Show Scan Job Window and

Show Info Window.

window

Settings

scanning

parameters for

image and

includes image

Scan Job

window

provides key

functions in

managing scan jobs

Information window

provides information on the Preview image

Preview window has

commands and tools for controlling the scanner

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Running ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel

To invoke ScanWizard 5, click on Start, Programs , select Microtek ScanWizard 5 for Windows , then ScanWizard 5 .

Alternatively, you may start up your image-editing software first. When the application opens, choose the command for running ScanWizard 5 from your application.

The Preview and Settings windows will always appear automatically whenever the SW 5-Advanced is started up. The Information and Scan Job Queue windows will appear when you bring up SW 5-Advanced for the first time but will not reappear if you have hidden these windows the last time you run SW 5Advanced. You may hide or show them from the View menu and click on the commands Show Scan Job Window and Show Info Window.

Quitting ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel

Quit SW 5-Advanced by clicking on the Close (X) box at top-right corner of the Preview window.

SW 5-Advanced automatically saves the screen display status when you exit from the program. Hence, during subsequent start ups of SW 5-Advanced, the screen display will show the same display as the last time you exited from the software. That is, if you had all four windows displayed the last time you quit, SW 5-Advanced will show the same four windows (with the same on-screen location) at next start up.

Reference: The Preview window 6-3

The Preview Window

The Preview window is the most prominent window of the four major windows, and it includes the various commands and tools for controlling the scanner.

Elements of the Preview window

1 The Menu Bar includes the different

menus for setting up the scanner (Scanner menu), controlling view options (View menu), customizing the software (Preferences menu), Image Correction function (Correction menu), and accessing on-line help (Help menu).

2 The Tool buttons simplify the

performance of certain tasks. The Tool buttons are (left to right) Frame, Magnify Glass, Pane, and Dropper.

3 The Action buttons generate a specific

action from the scanning software. The Action buttons include Overview, Prescan and Scan.

2 4

5 The Scan Material Status icon shows

your scan material, whether it's reflective, positive, or negative.

6 The Preview window is where the

Overview or Prescan image appears after you click on the Overview or Prescan button.

7 Rulers are located on both sides of the

window to help you with measurement and alignment. The ruler unit can be selected by clicking on the arrow at the 0,0 point of the rulers.

8 The Status bar shows you some

information for easier operation.

4 The Switch button allows you to switch

to Standard mode control panel.

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The Menu Bar

Reference: The Preview window 6-5

The Scanner Menu

The Scanner Menu lets you:

• Show your scanner model or select a scanner if you have multiple scanners

• Get information about your scanner

• Get information about the SCSI chain

Scanner Model

The top of the scanner menu displays the scanner model you're using and its Scanner ID. If you have multiple scanners on your system, all the scanners are shown with their respective Scanner IDs, and the current scanner is indicated by a check.

Only one scanner can be accessed at a time. To switch among various scanners, select the scanner to be used.

Some scanner models include multiple scanning lens, one for high-resolution scanning (for specific area) and the other for low-resolution (for general use). If the multiple lens scanner is detected, there will be a sub-menu for lens selection. Choose either one that suites you.

Get Current Scanner Info

This command provides information about your current scanner. When you choose this command, a dialog box appears showing the scanner model, Scanner ID number, and firmware version.

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The scanner with its Scanner ID is displayed. The current scanner is marked by a check.

Scanner Probe

This command allows you to see the SCSI devices on your SCSI chain and the Scanner ID number of the devices.

By default, all numbers are selected by the check boxes. To allow ScanWizard 5Advanced Control Panel to start up more quickly, select only the boxes that match the Scanner ID of your scanner (or scanners, if you have multiple scanners on your system). This will make the ScanWizard 5 bypass the numbers for your other devices and focus effort on simply detecting scanners. If you're not sure about which numbers to specify, check all the boxes.

The SCSI Chain dialog box

SCSI devices are shown with their

Click on the Probe

button to update

information or

mount a SCSI

device if it's not

showing in the

dialog box.

Select your

interface card

here.

corresponding Scanner ID numbers.

To let ScanWizard 5 start up more quickly, check only the boxes that match the Scanner ID of your scanner.

To use the SCSI Chain feature:

1. Choose the Scanner Probe command. The SCSI Chain dialog box will appear.

2. If your scanner does not show, click on the Probe button. Make sure your scanner is connected and turned on.

3. Make sure too that the correct interface card is shown in the card selection box. If not, choose the correct interface card.

4. Check the box corresponding to your scanner or scanners. Click OK to close the dialog box.

Reference: The Preview window 6-7

Exiting ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel

To exit ScanWizard 5, click on the close box on the upper right side of the Preview window.

Double-click here to exit ScanWizard 5

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The View Menu

The View menu lets you:

• Get an overview or prescan view of an image

• Resize the Preview window

• Show or hide the Information and Scan Job windows

Overview Image

This command switches to Overview mode, lets you view the Overview image among the scan jobs.

The Overview is a preview of your image as defined by the parameters set in the Overview Setup command (in the Preferences menu). For instance, if your image is 8" x 5" but the dimensions in the Overview Setup are 4" x 3", your overview will be 4" x 3".

The maximum size of the Overview varies, depending on your scanner model. For example, if the scan bed (the glass surface) of your scanner has a maximum size of 8.5" x 11", the maximum Overview will be limited to those dimensions.

The size of the Overview can be changed by setting new dimensions in the Overview Setup command. The new dimensions will take effect, however, only with the next Overview. This means you need to click on the Overview button so that the scanner does a new Overview; only then will you see the new dimensions of the Overview.

Reference: The Preview window 6-9

Prescan Image

By default, the Prescan Image Command does not exist, unless you press the Prescan button. Each prescan image belongs to the respective scan job.

In the above screen, the Untitled1 Prescan Image is resulted ever since you clicked the Prescan button for a scan job named Untitled1.

When you select the prescan image item (e.g., Untitled1 Prescan Image), the preview window switches to the Prescan mode.

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Resize Window to Fit

This command adjusts the Preview window to fit the Overview area. In the example below, the Preview window is larger than the Overview area, as

denoted by the empty space below the vertical ruler. In other instances, the Preview window may also exceed the Overview area if you manually enlarged the Preview window (by dragging on the resize box).

To utilize window space more efficiently, use this command to resize the Preview window.

Before resizing After resizing

To use this feature: Choose the command Resize window to fit in the View menu. This command is available only if the current zoom level is 100%, and is disabled

if zoom is set to other levels. To verify the zoom level, open the Information window and look up the zoom level.

Reference: The Preview window 6-11

Show/Hide commands

These commands allow you to switch between showing or hiding the Scan Job, Information windows, and Status Bar on your screen.

To use this feature, choose the correct command from the View menu for viewing a window. When the window appears, you can hide it by choosing the particular Hide command for it.

The Setting Window always comes with the Preview window. You may bring the Setting Window to the front by choosing it from the View menu.

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The Preferences Menu

The Preferences menu lets you:

• Choose the correct scan material

• Set up color matching system

• Set up White/black point parameters

• Hide/show auxiliary cursor lines

• Set up Overview mode parameters

• Set up Prescan mode parameters

• Fine-tune monitor gamma values

• Invert images on the screen

• Further settings

Reference: The Preview Window 6-13

Scan Material

This command allows you to select the correct scan material. Scan materials can be classified into three types:

• Reflectives, such as photographs or prints.

• Positives, such as slides.

• Negatives, such as the negative film you use for your camera.

The default scan material depends upon the scanner you're using, and the choices available to you in the Scan Material submenu will also depend on your equipment.

For instance, the positive option appears only if you're using a Transparent Media Adapter (TMA) with your scanner.

If you are scanning negatives or positives, make sure you specify the correct scan material, or you will get inaccurate scanning results.

To use the scan material feature: Choose the Scan Material command in the Preferences menu. From the submenu

that appears, select your scan material; a check will appear next to the selected option. The selected option will also be shown in the Scan Material Status icon (discussed below).

Note: If your Preview window is close to the right edge of your monitor, the Scan Material submenu may appear on the left side instead of on the right (as shown above). To resolve this, move the Preview window towards the left to create enough room for the submenu to drop down on the right.

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The Scan Material Status icon

Another way to access the Scan Material menu is to use the Scan Material Status icon, located to the right of the Scan button.

Scan Material Status icon

The appearance of the Scan Material icon changes, depending on whether your scan material is reflective, positive, or negative.

• If you're scanning a reflective (such as a photo or print), this icon will appear in its normal form like an ordinary icon. When you click on the icon and hold down the mouse, you'll see the Reflective option checked.

Appearance of the Scan Material Status icon when scanning reflective materials.

• If you're scanning a positive transparency or filmstrip, this icon will appear in the form of a positive. When you click on the icon and hold down the mouse, you'll see the Positive Film option checked.

Appearance of the Scan Material Status icon when scanning a positive transparency or filmstrip. Notice the perforations on the top and bottom of the icon (characteristic of slides) to distinguish it from the reflective icon.

• If you're scanning a negative transparency or filmstrip, this icon will appear in the form of a negative. When you click on the icon and hold down the mouse, you'll see the Negative Film option checked.

Appearance of the Scan Material Status icon when scanning a negative transparency or filmstrip.

Reference: The Preview Window 6-15

Color Matching Setup

To keep color consistency between the scanner, monitor, and printing device, ScanWizard 5 applies Kodak CMS (Color management system) with ICC (International Color Consortium) profile standards. For more information on Color Management System, see Appendix C.

Color Matching Set Up command lets you select the correct ICC profile for matching with your color monitor and color printer.

When you install ScanWizard 5, the default profiles of color monitor and printer are set to sRGB. You may, however, update your settings from this command.

Monitor

This feature lets you select type of color monitor that is used for displaying RGB data. The monitor profile will be applied only when “Displaying using monitor compensation” option is checked.

Note: If the available monitor types do not include the one you have, select Generic P22 or Generic EBU. These two profiles are suitable for most of the monitors.

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RGB Destination

This feature lets you select the RGB output device (e.g., display monitor, or RGBbased printer) for matching RGB Color family images (including RGB colors, 48bit RGB colors, and 256 colors image types).

Display Using Monitor Compensation

This option controls how the RGB destination data is displayed. If unchecked, the RGB data are displayed directly to the monitor. If checked, RGB data are first compensated according to the selected monitor type, then send to the monitor.

RGB Color Matching

If checked, this option lets you select the type of RGB Destination for matching RGB color image. If unchecked, all images, including RGB colors, 48-bit RGB colors, and 256 colors, will be scanned in the image data without any color matching processing.

Add Profiles

This command allows you add additional ICC profiles normally came with your device (e.g., display monitor or printer).

Reference: The Preview Window 6-17

Select the profiles you need, then click on the Open button to load the profiles to ScanWizard 5. This process takes a while for initialization.

Note: When you purchase color monitor or color printer, check to make sure your supplier provides the corresponding ICC profiles.

Info

This command displays basic profile information for the current selected devices.

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White/Black Points Setup

White point is a reference point that specifies the lightest area in an image, making other areas to be adjusted accordingly. Likewise, black point is the darkest reference area.

Auto White Point Clipping

Lets you set the percentage of pixel in the highlight region to be truncated. Effective only when “Auto White/Black point” option is selected in the AIC dialog box.

Auto Black Point Clipping

Lets you set the percentage of pixel in the shadow region to be truncated. Effective only when “Auto White/Black point” option is selected in the AIC dialog box.

Minimum Output level

Lets you set the minimum output level of the Black Point. The higher the percentage value, the lower the contrast.

Maximum Output level

Lets you set the maximum output level of the White Point. The lower the percentage value, the lower the contrast.

Reference: The Preview Window 6-19

Cursor Auxiliary Lines

This command allows you to create horizontal and vertical grid lines with your cursor to help define a scan frame precisely. Using the grid lines, you can also read the measurements off your ruler more easily.

Cursor auxiliary lines on the x and y axis

To use this feature:

1. Choose the Cursor Auxiliary Lines command in the Preferences menu. From the submenu that appears, select how the cursor lines will appear.

• On both x (horizontal) and y (vertical) axes

• On x axis only

• On y axis only

• None (no cursor lines)

Note: If your Preview window is close to the right edge of your monitor, the Cursor Auxiliary Lines submenu may appear on the left side instead of on the right (as shown above). To resolve this, move the Preview window towards the left to create enough room for the submenu to drop down on the right.

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2. Click on the Frame tool. To see how the cursor lines work, draw a scan frame. Click on the top left

corner of the image as your starting point, then drag down to form a scan frame.

As you draw the scan frame, cursor lines will appear to help you draw the scan frame precisely.

When you release the mouse, your scan frame will be aligned with the cursor lines.

Click on the Frame tool, then define a starting point.

Cursor lines appear to the top and left of the image.

As you drag the mouse down, the scan frame is aligned with cursor lines on the x and y axis (based on your selected option in the submenu).

Reference: The Preview Window 6-21

Overview Setup

Specifies overview scanning speed options and the overview area for executing the Overview command.

Fast Overview

The Fast option supports faster scanning with the sacrifice of overview image quality; on the contrary, if Fast Overview is unchecked, Overview scanning speed is slow, but it obtains better overview image quality.

Overview Area

Choose Maximum Size, other fixed dimensions, or choose Custom Size then enter the required dimensions. You may also set the Overview Area by dragging the dotted boarders.

Unit

Lets you set the ruler units such as inch, cm, and mm.

Preview

Click this button to get a scanning preview.

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Microtek ScanWizard 5 User guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Before You Begin

What is ScanWizard 5?

Standard & Advanced Control Panels

Who Should Use the Standard Control Panel?

Who Should Use the Advanced Control Panel?

Scanner Control

Power-Saving

Compression Capability

Scanner Information

ScanWizard 5 Help Features

On-Line-Help

Tutorial Guide

About ScanWizard 5

Installation

Installing ScanWizard 5

Installing Your Image Editor

Installing Your E-mail/Web Browser

ScanWizard 5-Standard Control Panel

The ScanWizard 5-Standard Main Window

Instant Help for Beginners

On-Line-Help

Balloon Screen Tips

Tutorial, the Beginner's Guide

ScanWizard 5-Advanced Control Panel

ScanWizard 5-Standard

About the Tutorial

Using Windows

Windows Basics

Basic Mouse and Keyboard Techniques

Choosing and Selecting Items

Launching ScanWizard 5-Standard Tutorial

Launching from an Image Application

Defining Image Source

Launching ScanWizard 5-Standard from an Image Editor

Running from Start Menu

Running from Scanner Located Start Buttons

Running from ScanWizard 5 Assistant Buttons

ScanWizard 5-Standard Tutorial Step-by-Step

Step 1 Preview Button

Step 2 Original Button

Step 3 Scan Type Button

Step 4 Purpose Button

Step 5 Scale Output Button

Step 6 Adjust Button

Step 7 Final Scanning Buttons

"Scan" Button

"Scan to" Button

Reviewing the Scanning Sequence

Quitting ScanWizard 5

Launching/Exiting ScanWizard 5

Previewing Your Original Scan Material

Create and Manipulate a Scan Frame Selection

Plotting a Scan Frame Area from the Preview Image

Re-sizing a Scan Frame

Moving Scan Frame

Plotting a New Scan Frame

Magnifying Your Preview Image

Viewing Hidden Areas of Magnified Image

Resizing Main Preview Window

Define Type of Output Image

Resolution of Output Image

Intended Size of Output Image

Improving Image Before Final Scan

Output Image Setting Information

Reset and Revert to Default Settings

Final Scan and Output Image Destinations

Storing Scanned Output Image to File

Routing the Saved Image to an Application

Batch Saving of Outputs from ADF Equipped Scanners

Batch Routing of ADF Outputs to an Application

Copy Output Image to Printer

Attach Output Image to an E-mail

Setting Preferences in ScanWizard 5-Standard

Preference Dialog Box

Appearance Dialog Box