Mustek ScanExpress S324 User Manual

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ScanExpress S324

Standalone A4 Photo Scanner

User Manual

Contents

Safety Information.........................................................3

Package Contents.........................................................4

Scanner Parts................................................................5

Preparation...................................................................6

- Connecting to Power.........................................................................6

- Inserting a SD/MMC Card.................................................................7

- Turning the Power on........................................................................7

Scan and Playback........................................................8

- Scanner Setting...............................................................................8

- Using the Photo Protective Sleeve....................................................9

- Scanning Images.............................................................................9

- Playing back and Scanned Images...............................................10

- Zoom.........................................................................................11

- Playback Setting.............................................................................12

Transferring the Scanned Images to PC....................13

- Disconnecting the Scanner from PC...............................................13

Cleaning and Calibrating the Scanner.......................14

Speciﬁ cation...............................................................16

Helpful Hints............................................................16

Safety Information

• Keep away from water or moisture and dusty areas.

• Never store in hot and very cold areas.

• Only use attachments/accessories speciﬁ ed by the manufacturer.

• No objects ﬁ lled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on apparatus.

• Avoid dust contamination when the scanner is not in use.

• When left unused for a long period of time, the unit should be disconnected from the power supply.

• Avoid environments where the scanner would be exposed to direct sunlight (or any other source of excessive heat) for long periods of time.

• Protect the scanner from potential liquid spills such as soda, coffee, tea, etc.

• Be carefully to keep it without dropping it or strong impact.

• Operate the scanner on a level, well-grounded work surface, free of excessive vibration.

• Don’t open the scanner case alone without technical support because there is danger of electrical shock.

• Position the equipment near a power outlet where it can be easily accessed when plugged in.

for purchasing this Standalone A4 Photo Scanner. With this new standalone scan-and-view technology, there’s no longer a need to install drivers and operate on a PC for scanning. You can view the scanned images directly on the 2.4” display screen, and then store the scanned images to a MMC or SD memory card. It makes your scanning experience easier and more enjoyable. You can also transfer the scanned images to your PC via mini USB port. Read the following instructions for more details.

Power Adapter

User Manual

Package Contents

mini USB Cable

Calibration and Cleaning Paper

Cleaning StickPhoto Protective

Sleeve

Thank you

Quick Guide

SCAN

Scanner Software CD

Scanner Parts

Top View

Rear View

Names

Descriptions

1 Paper guide • Adjustable paper guide makes easy for guiding

paper.

2 Feed slot

• Feeds the paper or photo for scanning.

3 2.4” LCD screen

• For viewing the scanned images.

Power (

) /

• Press to turn the power to on or off.

•

Press for 3~5 seconds to turn off the scanner.

• Press to display the setting menu.

OK (

)

• Press to make or conﬁ rm selections in the menus.

Down (

)

• Moves down in the menus.

• Moves down in the thumbnail mode.

Right ( )

• Moves right in the menus.

• Moves to the next scanned image.

Zoom (

)

• Zoom the scanned image.

Left (

)

• Moves left in the menus.

• Moves to the previous scanned image.

Up ( )

• Moves up in the menus.

• Moves up in the thumbnail mode.

Scan (

SCAN

)

• Press to enter the Scan mode.

12 Mini USB port

• Connects to PC for ﬁ le transfer and power supply.

13 SD/MMC • Accommodates a SD/MMC card. 14 Paper exit slot • Outputs the paper after scanning. 15 DC-IN 5V jack

• Connects to the supplied AC power adapter.

5 7

2 3

SCAN

1312 14 15

SCAN

Preparation

2. Press Power (

) button to bring up the USB Mode menu.

USB Mode

Mass Storage

USB Power

3. Press UP

( )

/ DOWN

( )

button to select USB Power, then press

(OK

)

button.

Connecting to Power

Using AC adapter

Connect one end to the scanner’s DC IN jack, and the other end to a power socket.

Using mini USB cable

1. Connect the mini USB connector to the scanner, and the other 2 regular USB connectors to laptop or PC.

To DC IN 5V

To wall socket

mini USB cable (supplied)

Laptop

Inserting a SD/MMC Card

Insert your SD or MMC card into the card slot with the gold contacts facing up.

Rear View

Turning the Power on

Press Power (

) button to turn on the scanner.

SCAN

Scan and Playback

Scanner Setting

1. Press MENU(

) button to enter the

scanner setting menu.

2. Press LEFT

( )

/ RIGHT

( )

button

to select Scan( ) or Setup( ) .

3. Press UP

( )

/ DOWN

( )

button to

select an option from the submenus.

Note: Press MENU(

) button

repeatedly to go to the upper level, or exit the Scan menu.

Menus Sub-menus Descriptions

Scan( )

Color Mode(

)

Selects a scan mode: Gray(

), Color( ).

Color Optimum( )

This function provides a color optimization mechanism which will achieve the best color match possible based on the actual color content of the image. Note 1: Scanning will take longer

than normal with this setting. Please be patient and wait until the process is ﬁ nished.

Note 2: This setting is set to its

default of “OFF” after the scanner is restarted.

Setup(

)

Language( )

English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish.

Format(

) Deletes all the data stored in the

SD/MMC card.

Calibration(

)

Select “OK” to calibrate the scanner. Note: Refer to page 14 for

detailed procedures.

Factory Default(

)

Restores the scanner settings to the default settings.

It is recommended to use the supplied photo protective sleeve for photo scanning. Please place the photo inside the protective sleeve. Make sure the sealed end goes ﬁ rst into the feed slot for scanning.

Note: Do not place the photo into the protective sleeve if the photo you

wish to scan has been laminated.

Scanning Images

Note: “Please insert a SD/MMC card”. A reminder message will

appear if you did not insert a SD or MMC card to the scanner.

1. Insert the photo, or document facing DOWN into the feed slot, adjust the paper guide against the edges of the photo if necessary.

Note: To avoid the paper jams, align the photo, or document against

the right side of the feed slot if it is smaller than A4 size.

Using the Photo Protective Sleeve

Photo facing down

Paper guide

Note 3: When scanning images with a dark

background , the scanner may not be able to detect the images, or may crop the images in an undesirable way.

Memory Full

3. The scanned image will appear on the screen of the scanner and will be saved into the inserted memory card.

Note 2: When the memory card is full,

a “Memory Full” warning will appear.

Note 1: By default the folder \DCIM\100NVtim will be created in the

inserted memory card. All scanned images will be saved in the 100NVTIM folder. When the counter reaches 9999 it will be automatically generated another new folder in a sequential order.

Note: The scanner will enter the playback mode after scanned, or

press OK

(OK

)

button.

1. Press LEFT

( )

/ RIGHT

( )

button to browse forward or backward

through the scanned images at a full screen.

2. Press OK

(OK

)

button to enter the thumbnail mode from the browse mode. All scanned images stored in the SD/MMC card will be displayed in the thumbnail mode.

Playing back the Scanned Images

1/15

2. Press Scan(

SCAN

) button, the photo or document will be pulled

through and scanned. Note: Do not press any button when the screen is still showing “Scanning...” message. Wait until scanning is complete.

3. Press LEFT

( )

/ RIGHT

( )

button repeatedly to move to the

previous or the next page.

4. Press UP

( )

/ DOWN

( )

/ LEFT

( )

/ RIGHT

( )

button to select

an image, and then press OK

(OK

)

button to view the image in full

screen.

1. Press ZOOM( ) button to zoom in an image. Each time of the button is pressed, the image will be enlarged in the sequence of x2, x3, x4, and x5.

2. Press UP

( )

/ DOWN

( )

/ LEFT

( )

/ RIGHT

( )

button to move

the pointer to view the zoom-in image at the pointed area.

Note: This function only works in the Zoom-in view.

Zoom

Playback Setting

Menus Sub-menus Descriptions

Playback( )

Delete(

)

Delete the scanned image(s): One(

), All( ).

Rotate(

)

Rotate the scanned image(s): Normal( ), 90 degree( ),

180 degree( ), or 270 degree ( ).

Note: The orientation of the

scanned images remain unchanged when transferring images to PC, although they have been rotated with this setting.

Setup(

)

Language(

)

English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish.

Format(

)

Deletes all the data stored in the SD/MMC card.

Calibration( )

Select “OK” to calibrate the scanner. Note: Refer to page 14 for detailed

procedures.

Factory Default (

)

Restores the playback settings to the default settings.

1. Press MENU(

) button to enter the

playback setting menu.

2. Press LEFT

( )

/ RIGHT

( )

button

to select Playback(

) or Setup

(

) .

3. Press UP

( )

/ DOWN

( )

button to

select an option from the submenus.

Note: Press MENU(

) button repeatedly to go to the upper level, or exit the Playback menu.

Delete

Rotate

Transferring the Scanned Images to PC

ATTENTION: To get proper connection with your PC and the unit,

please turn the power off before making the connection.

1. Connect the mini USB connector to the scanner, and the master connector to PC.

3. P

ress UP

( )

/ DOWN

( )

button to select Mass Storage, then press

(OK

)

button.

4. Once the connection is established, a “Removable Disk” window will appear on the PC.

5. Enter the Removable Disk in the PC and use the drag and drop method to copy ﬁ les between the Scanner and the PC.

Note: The Removable Disk on the PC shows the ﬁ les stored in the

SD/MMC card which is connected to the scanner.

Disconnecting the Scanner from PC

1. Double click the Safely Remove Hardware icon on the task bar in Windows.

2. Select the USB Mass Storage Device, then click OK to disconnect the scanner from the PC.

Note: Remove the mini USB cable from the scanner when you have

ﬁ nished ﬁ le transfers.

2. Press Power(

) button to bring up the USB Mode menu.

Please insert a SD/MMC card!

USB Mode

USB Power

Mass Storage

Master connector

mini USB Cable (supplied)

• To get high image quality and good recognition results, please perform step 1, 2, 3 in that order prior to use if necessary.

• Make sure the cleaning and calibration paper, and cleaning stick are clean without any dust before use.

• Do not use any solvent to clean the sensor.

1. Put your thumbs in the feed slot and pull the feed slot cover upwards to remove it from the scanner.

2. Insert the thin end of the cleaning stick into the slot of the scanner at the rear side. Move the stick from one side to the other slightly a few times, then remove it.

Step 2: Using the cleaning stick

Insert the supplied cleaning paper into the feed slot of the scanner, then press SCAN

(

SCAN

)

button to rolled through and scanned.

Step 1: Using the cleaning paper

Note: Do not insert the cleaning stick into the feed slot at the front side

of the scanner as this may damage the internal component.

Front side

Cleaning paper

Cleaning and Calibrating the Scanner

Rear side

Cleaning stick

SCAN

Step 3: Using the calibration paper

1. Insert the calibration paper with the white side DOWN into the feed slot.

2. Press MENU

(

)

button to bring up the System Menu.

4. Select OK

(OK

)

to begin the calibration process.

Note: The process will take few minutes to ﬁ nish, and then shut down

automatically. Please turn the power back on again.

3. Align the feed slot cover. Assembly the edge’s two latching tabs with the mounting holes on the scanner. Push the cover back in until it clicks in place.

3. Press LEFT

( )

/ RIGHT

( )

button to select Setup( ) button

then press

( )

/ DOWN

( )

button to select “Calibration”.

SCAN

Speciﬁ cation

Scan Sensor Linear Color CIS Display 2.4” Color TFT LCD (480 x 234 pixels) Scan Size

Minimum: 38.1mm x 50.8mm (1.5” x 2”) Maximum: 216mm x 356mm (8.5” x 14”)

Scan Speed(A4 size) 10 sec at gray 300dpi

15 sec at color 300dpi

Supported OS for Mass

storage

Windows XP / Vista / 7

Mac OS X (10.4 / 10.5 / 10.6) Memory Card Slot MMC / SD (SDHC) (Up to 32GB) I/O DC-in (5V, 1A) / USB mini-B USB port mass storage / power supply File Format JPEG OSD language English, German, French, Italian, Spanish,

Dutch, Portuguese, Polish. Buttons Power/Menu, Scan, Zoom, OK, Up, Down,

Left, Right Dimensions 300 x 86 x 56.2 mm (11.8” x 3.4” x 2.2”) Weight 520g (1.1lbs)

• Check to make sure the mini USB cable is ﬁ rmly plugged into the scanner.

• Please clean and calibrate the scanner if the scan result is poor quality.

• Make sure the paper/photo is gripped and slightly pulled into the feed slot prior to scanning.

Helpful Hints

This symbol on the product or in the instructions means that your electrical

and electronic equipment should be disposed at the end of its life separately

from your household waste. There are separate collection systems for

recycling in the EU. For more information, please contact the local authority or

your retailer where you purchased the product.

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