Mustek ScanExpress 2400, ScanExpress 2400 USB User Manual

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ScanExpress 2400 USB

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Part No. 82-086-00050

Contents

Welcome ................................................................................................. 1

Getting Help ............................................................................................ 2

Unpacking the Scanner ........................................................................... 2

Installing Drivers .................................................................................... 3

The Scanner Parts ................................................................................... 4

Installing Hardware ................................................................................. 4

Just in Case it Happens ............................................................... 5

Using the Scanner Buttons on the Control Panel ................................... 6

Scanner Hardware Buttons Settings ............................................ 6

• Scanner (non-changeable) Default Settings ................ 7

Scan ............................................................................................. 8

Copy ............................................................................................ 8

Fax ............................................................................................... 9

Email ............................................................................................ 10

Panel ............................................................................................ 11

• BearPaw Panel Settings ............................................... 11

BearPaw Panel (non-changeable) Default Settings 11

• Scan ............................................................................. 12

• Copy ............................................................................ 12

• Fax ............................................................................ 13

• Email ............................................................................. 14

• OCR ............................................................................. 14

• Personal Style .............................................................. 15-7

Personal Style (non-changeable) Default Settings 17

• Help ............................................................................. 17

Other Settings ......................................................................................... 18

Green Function ............................................................................ 18

Using the TW AIN Dialog Box ................................................................ 19

Specifications ......................................................................................... 20

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In the document below, the „Company“ refers to the maker of this Scanner.

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Welcome

Welcome to the wonderful world of the Scan Express 2400 USB scanner. With this scanner, all the things you previously did with your scanner will be easier and faster, and what you’ve always wanted to do is now possible.

This booklet introduces you to the Scan Express 2400 USB scanner and gets you up and running quickly. It shows you how to do the most common tasks, provides you with tips, and points you to some of the fun and exciting new features that come with your BearPaw scanner.

If you want to explore this scanner in more depth or learn about some of the more technical aspects of your scanner, the first topic in this section, “Getting Help,” points you to other sources of information.

Certain newer functions were supported by our bundled software only. Other scanner-compatible software is supported via the standard software interface (TW AIN). They are compatible with this scanner, but do not support our latest functions. Fully compatible software is listed below:

SCAN - Photo Express™ SE 3.0, Photo

Deluxe™, Imaging™, MustBinder™ and PhotoShop LE™ (optional).

FAX - only compatible with our provided fax

utility software when you installed the software drivers

OCR - FineReader™ OCR

EMAIL - Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0,

Netscape® Communicator 4.5, Lotus cc:Mail

8.2, Outlook, Eudora®, AOL, Lotus Notes.. Make sure to setup your E-mail client properly. Refer to the documentation that came with your E-mail client or consult your system administrator if any problem exists.

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Getting Help

Help on procedures

Help is the primary source of information for the scanner. The following illustration shows where you can find Help.

There are various ways of obtaining troubleshooting and customer care information.

1. Click on Start on your Windows® taskbar , then Programs to select your scanner model. Click on Help System, or

2. Select Scanner Help on the Direct Scan icon of your Windows® taskbar, or

3. Click on the Help button found on the Panel.

Unpacking the Scanner

Unpack the package and inspect the items closely to make sure no item is damaged. The package should include:

! The Scanner ! Power Adapter ! Scanner User‘s Guide ! Installation CD ! Scanning Utilities Manual (either included in

the Installation CD or printed separately)

Installing Drivers

Please complete the software drivers installation before installing the scanner . Do not connect

the power adapter to the scanner at this stage.

1. Insert the Driver Installation CD into your disk drive.

2. Follow all on screen instructions.

If, after inserting the Driver Installation CD into your disk drive, the Driver Installation Welcome screen does not appear, do the following:

1. Click on Start and select Run.

2. In the Run dialog box, type drive:\run where drive is your CD-ROM drive and click OK.

When you are presented with the option of whether to restart Windows® after completing the software drivers installation please choose

Yes.

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USB cable

Power Outlet

The Scanner Parts

Installing Hardware

Refer to the following illustration and steps to connect your scanner:

1. With the power to your PC on, connect the scanner’s USB cable to the USB port of your PC.

2. Connect the power adapter to the scanner and plug it into an appropriate power outlet.

Upon connecting the power adapter, the Windows® operating system would automatically detect your scanner and update your system configuration.

Just in Case it Happens

Upon installing the software drivers and connecting the power adapter if the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears, perform the following steps:

1. Click on the Next button.

2. On the next screen select the following option and go into the Win98 directory of your installation CD.

3. Click on the OK button and on the next screen Windows® will confirm that it has found the driver for your scanner.

4. Click the Finish button to exit.

Back of the scanner

Document cover

Control panel

LED lamp

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Using the Scanner Buttons on the Control Panel

Make sure that the Direct Scan is enabled (shown) on your Windows® taskbar in order for the scanner buttons to work. If in case Direct Scan is disabled and user wants to enable it, perform the following:

1. Click on Start on your W indows® taskbar .

2. Click on Programs and select your Scanner Model.

3. Click on Direct Scan.

Scanner Hardware Buttons Settings

Upon right-clicking the Direct Scan icon located on your Windows® taskbar, the following menu appears:

Click on Scanner Settings and the following appears allowing you to make changes to your scanner’s control panel buttons’ settings.

Scanner (non-changeable) Default Settings

Direct Scan

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Phone Book icon

Dial button

Fax

To perform a fax, do the following:

1. Place the document with the image you want to fax face down on your scanner window glass.

2. Press the FAX button. After scanning, fax console will appear on screen.

3. Click on the number you want to dial or click on the phone book icon to open your telephone directory to select the number to dial.

4. Click on the dial button. If in case line is busy system will redial and LED panel will show the current status.

To enhance your overall BearPaw experience, this function was designed to work only with the Mustek® fax utility software provided when you installed the software drivers. Make sure you have a valid fax modem connection. In case your fax modem is connected to a PBX (Private Branch Exchange) system, first dial the number to get an outside line before dialing the telephone number (e.g., 0 then 1234567). FAX Cover: Click “F AX Cover” to add a text-only

cover page before sending out your document. A cover page is a page that describes the document's sender, reciever, title and notes. ISDN users: If you experience any trouble, please run Faulty Fax Fixer (FaxFixer.exe) to setup your ISDN connection.

Click the Panel button and the scanner Panel appears on your computer screen.

Click the Custom button to enact the function that you have chosen earlier in your scanner settings(see Direct Scan).

Scan

To perform a scan, do the following:

1. Place the document with the image you want to scan face down on your scanner window glass.

2. Press the SCAN button. Screen display will show scanning progress. Upon attaining 100%, your system will automatically load your preferred image editor from the supported list

This function is only compatible withPhoto Express™ SE 3.0, Photo Deluxe™, Imagine™, MustBinder™ and PhotoShop LE™ (optional).

Copy

To perform a copy , do the following:

1. Place the document with the image you want to copy face down on your scanner window glass.

2. Press the COPY button. Screen display will show copying progress. Upon attaining 100%, your system will automatically send your image to your printer for printing.

Make sure that your printer is connected properly and turned on. This function can only print one copy at a time. To make multiple copies, use the COPY button located on the Panel.

Advanced performance with fast, two-button operation right at your finger tips.

FAX Cover

Panel Custom

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Panel Settings

Clicking on the Settings button located on the Panel will show the following screen allowing you to make changes to your Panel settings.

E-mail

To perform an E-mail, do the following:

1. Place the document with the image you want to E-mail as an attachment face down on your scanner window glass.

2. Press the E-MAIL button. Screen display will show E-mailing progress. Upon attaining 100%, your system will automatically load your default E-mail client and place your scanned image as a JPEG file format attachment.

This function was designed to work only with Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0, Netscape® Communicator 4.5, Lotus cc:Mail 8.2, Outlook, Eudora®, AOL, Lotus Notes. Make sure to setup properly your E-mail client. Refer to the documentation that comes with your E-mail client or consult your system administrator if any problem exists.

Panel

To use the Panel, press the PANEL button and the Panel will appear on screen.

If you press any scanner button when the Panel is open, the Panel will be hidden from view and the scanner button function operates as usual.

Copy

Status and Progress Bar

Personal Style

Settings

OCRE-mailFaxScan

Exit Button

Panel (non-changeable) Default Settings

Help

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Click anywhere on the screen and use the Plus (+) and Minus (–) button to change its value OR Click on this key to bring out the Copy Panel Settings

Copy button

Scan

To perform a scan, do the following:

1. Place the document with the image you want to scan face down on your scanner window glass.

2. Click on the Scan button. Status and Progress Bar area will show scanning progress. Upon completion, your system will automatically load the assigned compatible graphics program.

This function is only compatible with Photo Express™ SE 3.0, Photo Deluxe™, Imagine™, MustBinder™ and PhotoShop LE™ (optional).

Copy

To perform a copy , do the following:

1. Place the document with the image you want to copy face down on your scanner window glass.

2. Click on the Copy button and the following will appear on screen.

3. Make any necessary selection under Mode, Scaling, and Number of Copies (printout).

4. Click on the Copy button and Status and Progress Area will show copying progress. Upon completion, your system will automatically send your image to your printer for printing.

Fax

To perform a fax, do the following:

1. Place the document with the image you want to fax face down on your scanner window glass.

2. Click on the Fax button. After scanning, fax console will appear on screen.

3. Click on the number you want to dial or click on the phone book icon to open your telephone directory to select the number to dial.

4. Click on the dial button. In case the number is busy, fax software will redial and the LED panel will show the current status.

To enhance your overall experience, this function was designed to work only with the fax utility software provided after you install the software drivers. Make sure you have a valid fax modem connection. If your fax modem is connected to a PBX (Private Branch Exchange) system, first dial the number to get an outside line before dialing the telephone number (e.g., 0 then 1234567). FAX Cover: Click “FAX Cover” to add a text-only cover page before sending out your document. A cover page is a page that describes the document's sender, reciever, title and notes. ISDN users: If you experience any trouble, please run Faulty Fax Fixer (FaxFixer.exe) to setup your ISDN connection.

Phone Book icon

Dial button

FAX Cover

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Personal Style

Allows you to make changes to your system’s

startup screen, wallpaper, system logo, icons, cursor, screen saver, shutdown screen, or even recover the default settings to the above men-

tioned items, by doing the following:

To change the startup screen, wallpaper, system logo, screen saver, or shutdown scr een:

1. Place the document with the image you want to

scan face down on your scanner window glass.

2. Click on the Personal Style button and a drop

down menu will appear.

3. Click on the item you want changed and the

Status and Progress Bar area will show its progress. Upon completion, your system will automatically update the system item you want changed.

To change your My Computer, Network Neigh- borhood, Recycle Bin icon (empty and full):

1. Place the document with the image you want to

scan face down on your scanner window glass.

2. Click on the Personal Style button and a drop

down menu will appear.

3. Click on Icon and the following screen on the

right will appear.

4. Click on the icon you want changed and the

Cropping Area screen appears.

5. Use the Magnify button (+ and –) to zoom in or

out and move the cropping marks to your ideal position.

6. V erify on the Preview window if the desired

image area has been selected.

7. Click on the Checkmark button and your

system will automatically update the system icon you want changed. System will revert back to the icon selection screen. To exit, click on the “X” mark button or continue changing another icon.

E-mail

To perform an E-mail, do the following:

1. Place the document with the image you want to E-mail as an attachment face down on your scanner window glass.

2. Click on the E-mail button. Status and Progress Bar area will show E-mailing progress. Upon completion, your system will automatically load your default E-mail client and place your scanned image as a JPEG file format attachment.

To set your default E-mail client, refer to the section Panel Settings. This function was designed to work only with Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0, Netscape® Communicator 4.5, Lotus cc:Mail 8.2, Outlook, Eudora®, AOL, Lotus Notes. Make sure to setup properly your E-mail client. Refer to the documentation that came with your E-mail client or consult your system administrator if any problem exists.

OCR

To perform an OCR (Optical Character Recognition), do the following:

1. Place the document with the images/characters you want recognized face down on your scanner window glass.

2. Click on the OCR button and the Status and Progress Bar area will show OCR progress. Upon completion, your system will automatically load your default word processing program and place your scanned document on screen with a DOC file format.

To enhance your overall experience, this function was designed to work only with FineReader™ OCR. Y our default word processing program would depend on the application software installed in your computer.

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Personal Style (non-changeable) Default Settings

All images are scanned in color mode.

Help System

Contains invaluable aids in helping you gain a better understanding of the different features and functions of your scanner.

To change your Windows® cursor:

1. Place the document with the image you want to scan face down on your scanner window glass.

2. Click on the Personal Style button and a drop down menu will appear.

3. Click on Cursor and the Status and Progress Bar area will show its progress. Upon completion the following screen will appear.

4. Use the Magnify button (+ or –) to zoom in or out and move the cropping marks to your ideal position.

5. Select a mask from the right side of the panel.

6. V erify on the Preview window if the desired image area has been selected.

7. Click on the Checkmark button and your system will automatically update your Windows® cursor .

To use the Recover feature:

The startup screen, system logo, icons [My Computer, Network Neighborhood, Recycle Bin (empty and full)], cursor, and shutdown screen can be changed to the Windows® default setting.

1. Click on the Personal Style button and a drop down menu will appear.

2. Click on Recover and another drop down menu will appear.

3. Click on the item you want recovered to the Windows® default. The Status and Progress Bar area will show its progress. Upon completion, your system will automatically recover the system item you selected.

Wallpaper and screen saver cannot be recovered to the Windows® default setting using this method.

Mustek WWW- allows you to connect directly with the Mustek website for the latest enhance ments.

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Using the TW AIN Dialog Box

There are three separate methods to scan an image :

1. Scanner Control Panel SCAN button.

2. Screen Panel.

3. TW AIN Dialog box.

Refer to the Scanning Utilities Manual for a description of these to facilitate your use of the scanner; or refer to the on-line manual and help system any time when using the scanner software. This easy-to-use system contains detailed information about the scanner topics and its functions.

To access the TWAIN Dialog box, you can do the following:

1. Launch the TW AIN-compliant program (e.g. Photo Express™ SE).

2. Under the File menu open the Acquire com- mand and choose Scanner OR click on the Get button then the Scanner icon. The Select Data Source dialog box appears.

3. Choose your scanner model from the list.

4. Click on the Acquire button. The Select Data Source dialog box closes. The TW AIN Dialog box appears.

Direct Scan

Other Settings

Green Function

Allows you to set the period of inactivity (1 to 20 minutes) before the lamp inside the scanner shuts down, thereby prolonging lamp life.

1. Click on Start on your W indows® taskbar.

2. Click on Programs and select your Scanner Model.

3. Click on Direct Scan

Upon right-clicking the Direct Scan icon located on your Windows® taskbar, the following menu appears:

Click on Scanner Settings to enable or disable the Green Function item on the Scanner Set- tings screen and set the time (period of inactivity).

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Scanner Type Color Flatbed Scan Area 21.6 cm x 29.7 cm (8.5” x 11.7”) Scan Modes: True Color 36-bit (Internal)

48-bit (software enhanced)

Gray Mode 12-bit (Internal)

8-bit (External) T ext/Line Art 1 bit/pixel (2 levels) Scan Method Single Pass Scanning Resolution Control: Optical 1200dpi (H) x 2400dpi (V) Enhanced 19200dpi x 19200dpi (software controlled) Scanning Data Buffer 16KB (maximum) Interface USB (Universal Serial Bus) Voltage Requirement 100 ~ 240 Vac, 50 ~ 60 Hz Power Consumption 15W max (12V DC), 1.25A switching power adapter Operating Temperature 10°C ~ 40°C (50°F ~ 104°F) Operating Humidity 35% ~ 80% RH, Non-Condensing Storage Temperature -10°C ~ 60°C (14°F ~ 140°F) Storage Humidity 20% ~ 80% RH, Non-Condensing Dimensions 464 x 293 x 97.9 mm (L x W x H) Weight 2.8 Kg(6.16lbs)

Specifications