User manual MICROTEK PC M SW5 0999

[. . . ] User's Guide for Windows 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. [. . . ] To resize the scan frame, do either of the following: · Move the cursor to any corner of the frame; the pointer will change to a double-headed arrow. Hold down the mouse, and drag to form a new area, then release the mouse; or Click on the Frame tool again and restart the area-selection process. · Reference: The Preview Window 6-33 Magnify Glass tool The Magnify Glass tool enlarges your view of the preview image, allowing you to set the scan frame with greater precision if you need to. Only your view of the preview image is changed; the actual size of the image remains unaffected. Each click of the Magnify Glass tool magnifies or reduces by a factor of 2. Thus, the magnification levels increase from 100% to 200%, to 400%, and to the maximum 800%. Original image view Image view enlarged with Magnify Glass tool To enlarge the view: 1. Place the pointer -- now a lens with a plus sign inside it -- on the image and click. To reduce the view, hold down the Shift key and click again. The plus sign changes to a minus sign when you hold down the Shift key. Note: If the Information window is open, the zoom level will be indicated. This means you can also zoom in by selecting the appropriate zoom level in the Information window. 6-34 Microtek ScanWizard 5 Pane tool The Pane tool lets you scroll through a preview image, allowing you to move parts of the image into view. The Pane tool can be used for zoomed-in images (enlarged through the Magnify Glass tool), or images not included completely within the frame of the preview window. (for instance, if your preview image is 7 inches wide and you resized the width of your overview/preview window to only 3 inches). Zoomed-in image Scrolled image To use the Pane tool: 1. Move the pointer (now a hand) to the image. Hold down the mouse and move the hand left, right, up, or down, and see portions of the image come into view. You can also use the scroll bars to scroll through the image. Reference: The Preview Window 6-35 Color Picker tool The Color Picker tool allows you to sample color from an area in an image, also useful for designating shadow or highlight point. With the Color Picker tool, you can determine the color values for any pixel in an image. When you click on the Color Picker tool, and pan over a pixel, the value for that pixel is displayed in the Information window, based on the sample size selected in the Information window. Pixel value information is useful especially when you are making color adjustments based on color value. 6-36 Microtek ScanWizard 5 To change the sample size of the Color Picker: 1. Open the Information window by choosing the Show Info Window command in the View menu. Click on the Sample Size button, located to the right of the RGB values in the Information window. For instance, the 1 by 1 option will display the value of one pixel -- the one in the middle of the Color Meter Display. The 3 X 3 option reads the average value of a 3-pixel by 3-pixel area. [. . . ] Please note that greater amounts of JPEG compression result in lower image quality. Click Scanner icon, choose Scanner Control from menu and Compression setup dialog box displays Under scale of 10, drag slider to adjust ratio between compression and quality You may also use the spin arrow to define ratio or directly enter value in the edit box (5 is the default) How to Set up ScanWizard 5 to Perform JPEG Scans Both ScanWizard 5 Standard and Advance Control Panels support JPEG format but need to be reconfigured to align itself for the feature. Advanced Control Panel 1) From the Setting window, click on Type dropdown arrow. 2) From the resulting menu, choose Fast JPEG Color . Click Type, then select Fast JPEG Color from the resulting pop-up menu 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. [. . . ]