User manual KONICA MINOLTA SC-215

[. . . ] SC-215 User's Manual (D/N: 250-0369-E Version 2. 0) P/N: 1800744-001A Trademarks Microsoft is a U. S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Windows and MS-DOS are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. IBM, PC, AT, XT are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corp. [. . . ] You need to select the source only once, unless you want to choose another scanner. 4. 5. Place the document to be scanned in the ADF or on the document glass. Pull down the File menu and choose Acquire. A dialog box containing scanning features appears. 5-1 · · · · · Select the scanning method you want to use in the Scan Method drop-down menu. Select the mode you want to use for your scans in the Image Type drop-down menu. Select a scanning resolution in the Resolution dropdown menu. Select the settings for the scanning features (for example, Sharpen, Descreen, etc. ) that you want to use. Click on the Preview or Scan button to preview or scan your document(s). 5-2 - 6. User Interface 6. 1 SCAN METHOD Select how you want to scan in the Scan Method dropdown menu. Simplex/One-page-- Use this setting if you are using the automatic document feeder (ADF) to scan one single-page document at a time. Simplex/Multi-page-- Use this setting if you are using the automatic document feeder (ADF) to scan batches of singlepage documents at a time. Flatbed-- Use this setting if you are using the flatbed to scan one page at a time. 6-1 6. 2 DETERMINING THE RESOLUTION Good control of the resolution results in satisfactory detail of a scanned image. The resolution is measured by dots per inch (dpi). Normally, the greater the dpi number, the higher the resolution and the larger the image file size. Be aware that greater resolution takes more time, memory, and disk space; therefore, up to a certain degree of dpi, the resolution will not visually be improved. On the contrary, it makes your files more unmanageable. Resolution: 50 dpi Resolution: 100 dpi 6-2 - Tips: 1. For your information, an A4-size color image scanned at 300 dpi at True Color mode consumes approximately 25 MB of disk space. A higher resolution (over 600 dpi) is recommended only when you need to scan a small area at True Color mode. You can also refer to the following table to choose a proper resolution for your image. Image Type Scanner Settings Application File, Fax, E-mail Your Document View, Copy, Edit Your Color Picture OCR* Your Document Resolution (dpi) 200 100 300 LineArt True Color LineArt *OCR: Stands for Optical Character Recognition, the process of converting an image to a text format. 6-3 6. 3 SELECTING THE PROPER IMAGE TYPE Select the appropriate image type from the scanner user interface for your specific document. The following image types are available: Line art (Black and White) LineArt presents the image in black and white only, and there are no intermediate shades of gray in between. That means each pixel of the image is 100% black or 100% white. LineArt is the best choice of image type if you want to scan text or a pen or ink drawing. Since only 1 bit of black or white information is required for each pixel*, the disk space required for saving LineArt images is only about 1/24 of that required to save 24-bit true color images. LineArt Image *Pixel: A combination of two words: picture and element. [. . . ] Therefore, if you would like to connect some parallel port devices other than printer, please do not connect them to the same parallel port that the SC-215 currently uses. It is suggested that you use other parallel ports to connect these devices. For instance, you can connect the SC-215 to LPT1, and connect other parallel port devices to LPT2. Or you can add a data switch to avoid the problem. [. . . ]