Umax ASTRA 1600U User Manual

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Color scanner

Operation Manual

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This operation manual contains all the information that you can not find in

Quick Start Guide. For quick installation instructions, see the Quick Start

Guide accompanying your scanner.

! Make sure the power is OFF before installing.

Trademarks

IBM PC/AT is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
MS-Windows, Windows, and MS-DOS are trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation. Mac OS, iMac , Power Macintosh and Mac Series are
trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Photoshop is a trademark of Adobe
Systems, Inc. Other names and trademarks appearing herein are trademarks
of their respective holders.

Copyright

Copyright 1999 UMAX Data Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. No part of
this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a
retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in
any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical,
chemical, manual, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of
UMAX Data Systems, Inc.

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Important Safeguards

♦♦ Read all of the instructions.
♦♦ Save these instructions for later use.
♦♦ Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product.
♦♦ When replacement parts are required, be sure that service technicians

have used replacement parts that conform to at least the same safety
standards with regard to fire, electric shock, or other hazards.

♦♦ Do not use this product near water or in rainy/moist environment.
♦♦ Do not place the scanner on an uneven surface. This may cause serious

damage to the scanner.

♦♦ The product should be operated using only the type of power source

indicated on the product label.

♦♦ Do not attempt to service this product yourself as opening or removing

the enclosure may expose you to dangerous voltage or other hazards.

♦♦ This unit has input circuitry suitable for a 12V DC supply.
♦♦ The sound pressure level at the operators position according to IEC

7041:1982 should be less than or equal to 70dB(A).

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Contents

A Glance at Your Scanner....................................................................5

Completing your first Scan ................................................................... 6

Troubleshooting................................................................................. 14

Maintenance....................................................................................... 16

Specifications..................................................................................... 18

Glossary............................................................................................. 19

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The Front View

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Document Cover

The plastic cover
over the object glass
which can be raised
and lowered over a
document.

The Rear View

4-Pin USB Connector

Object Glass

The glass surface
on which the
document or image
should be placed.

Power Indicator

Illuminates to indicate
that the scanner is
powered on.

Power Adapter
Receptacle

The power adapter is plugged
in here.

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Before proceeding with the steps below, please finish the hardware and
software installation first. Refer to Quick Start Guide.

Testing Your Scanner (For PC only)

1. Turn on your scanner.

2. Run Windows and open the VistaScan program group.

3. Click the “Scanner Test” icon to begin self-testing.

If the scanner test fails, please refer to the Troubleshooting

section of this manual for a solution.

Original Image Placement

1. Raise the scanner’s document cover.

2. Place the document (graphic, text or photo) face down on the scanner.

Center the document along the triangular mark.

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3. Lower the document cover.

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Start Your Scan by Using VistaScan

Note It is important to realize that different applications

may use different methods of acquiring an image and
only the most general case is given here. Please refer
to your application's user documentation for details
on its usage.

For Windows users

There are two ways to initiate VistaScan.

A. Using Application programs to invoke VistaScan

1. From Microsoft Windows, launch the application that will be used to

call VistaScan. (e.g. Presto! PageManager or Adobe PhotoShop).

2. Pull down the "File" menu.

3. Choose “Select Source”. Remember the specific wording of parameters

may vary among different applications.

4. Select “VistaScan” as the data source. (You only need to do this once).

5. Pull down the “File” menu again.

6. Select “Acquire” to activate the scanning dialog box as shown in next

page.

7. Place the image you will scan on top of scanner's object glass.

8. From the four modes on the “Click to Scan” panel, click a scan mode

button that best suits the required scan. For example, if you wish to
scan a color photograph, click the Color Photo button in order for the
image to be scanned in true color. Scanning will commence upon
selection of a button.

9. Click "Exit" to close VistaScan when scanning is complete. The scanned

image will be placed on the application's desktop ready to be edited.

10. Edit the scanned image using the application. (e.g. Presto!

PageManager or Adobe PhotoShop).

For more details about scanning the image, please refer to

the on-line help of VistaScan

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