User manual MICROTEK MAC M SW5 0999

[. . . ] User's Guide for Macintosh Copyright © 1999 by Microtek International, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks Microtek, ScanMaker, and ScanWizard 5 are trademarks of Microtek International, Inc. IBM PC is the trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Windows and MS-DOS are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other product or company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Important Documents that you scan may be protected under copyright law. [. . . ] Select the area to be prescanned by drawing a frame around the area in the Overview image. Click the Prescan button. Overview Image and Prescan Image These commands select the image obtained with the Overview and Prescan buttons, respectively, and allow you to switch between both viewing modes. The dimensions of the Overview image and Prescan image are controlled by the Overview Setup command and the Prescan Setup command, respectively. For more details, see these commands under the Preferences menu. To obtain multiple Prescan images: 1. Define your scan jobs in the scan job window (see the scan job window section for more details). To select multiple scan jobs, press the Shift key and click on the jobs to be selected in the Scan Job or Preview window. Click the Prescan button in the Preview window. Multiple prescans are created in the process, corresponding to the number of scan jobs defined, and you can then switch among the various prescan images. Overview viewing mode Prescan viewing mode 5-8 Microtek ScanWizard 5 User's Guide (Macintosh version) Resize Window to Fit This command resizes the Preview window, which you may find helpful for conserving space on your desktop monitor especially after enlarging the Preview window. Before resizing After resizing To use this feature: Choose the command Resize window to Fit. You can also do this by pressing Command + R (the Apple Command and R keys) simultaneously. To verify the zoom level, open the Information window (choose Show Info Window command from the View menu), and look up the zoom level. Zoom level shown here Reference 5-9 Bring Settings Window to Front This command brings the Settings window to the forefront, which is useful if you have the Settings window hidden behind other windows or if you have expanded your Preview window such that it covers the Settings window. Show / Hide . . . Window commands These commands allow you to toggle between showing or hiding the Settings, Scan Job and Information windows of ScanWizard 5, as the case may be. About This command displays the ScanWizard 5 splash screen and shows program version and copyright information. 5-10 Microtek ScanWizard 5 User's Guide (Macintosh version) The Preferences Menu The Preferences menu lets you do the following: · Choose the desired scan material · · · · · · Specify color matching parameters Set up white / black points Show / hide cursor auxiliary lines to help you with alignment of the scan frame Control the size of your preview window Keep your scan module after you finish scanning Create effects like invert and mirror Scan Material This command allows you to select your scan material -- whether it is Reflective (photographs and prints), Positive Transparency, or Negative Film. If you are using a dual-bed scanner such as the ArtixScan 2020 or ScanMaker 4, all three scan material options will be available for you to choose from. If you are using a flatbed scanner, the Positive Transparency and Negative Film options will not be available for selection unless you use a Transparency Media Adapter with the scanner, which will then let you scan transparencies and film media. Choose the Scan Material command in the Preferences menu. From the submenu that appears, select your scan material. Alternatively, you can also click the Scan Material icon (beside the Scan button), and then choose the correct scan material from the drop-down menu that appears. · Activates the smoked glass background effect to help distinguish the active scan frame(s) · Set other options, such as specifying a working directory for files Reference 5-11 The appearance of the Scan Material icon will change, according to your choice. Appearance of the Scan Material icon for Reflective materials. Appearance of the Scan Material icon for Positive Transparency. Note the "perforations" on the top and bottom to distinguish this from the Reflective icon. Appearance of the Scan Material icon for Negative Film. 5-12 Microtek ScanWizard 5 User's Guide (Macintosh version) Color Matching Color Matching is an important feature of ScanWizard 5 that ensures color is displayed consistently -- from the initial input stage when an image is captured by the scanner, to the final output stage when the image is output to your monitor or printer (through either the Kodak CMS or Apple ColorSyncTM technology). Color matching was developed to allow an equivalent "mapping" of colors from one device or from one color space to another, ensuring that no major color shifts occur in the transferrence process. To use the ScanWizard 5 color matching function: 1. Set up the Kodak CMS and Apple ColorSync features correctly at the time that ScanWizard 5 is installed. [. . . ] 2) From the resulting menu, choose Fast JPEG Color . How to Setup Microtek Scanner Configuration MSC) to Perform JPEG Scans To add the JPEG scanning capability into your scanner Action Buttons (Scan, Copy and E-mail), the related Microtek Scanner Configuration (MSC) software utility need to be reconfigured as summarized below. Note that only "Scan" and "Email" are currently supported by the JPEG function. From the Scan and E-mail tabs, click on their respective Scan Type pane. 2) From the resulting menu, select one of the listed image quality under the Fast JPEG Color group. Click Type, then select Fast JPEG Color from the resulting pop-up menu 3) To adjust JPEG image quality, click on Image Quality drop-down arrow at the bottom of the Setting window. [. . . ]