User manual MICROTEK USING SCANWIZARD 5 ADVANCED CONTROL PANEL

[. . . ] The Scan Material Status icon shows your scan material, whether it's reflective, positive, or negative. The Preview window is where the Overview or Prescan image appears after you click on the Overview or Prescan button. Rulers are located on both sides of the window to help you with measurement and alignment. The ruler unit can be selected The Status bar shows you some information for easier operation. The Menu Bar · The Scanner Menu The Scanner Menu lets you: o Show your scanner model or select a scanner if you have multiple scanners o Get information about your scanner o Get information about the USB chain. Scanner Model The top of the scanner menu displays the scanner model that you are currently using and its USB ID. [. . . ] Prescan Setup This command allows you to set the parameters of scanning a prescan image. The Prescan button only scans the selected scanning frame, resulting a more detailed preview image. To setup your parameters just click on the option you need. 11 a. Fast Prescan, if checked you will get a coarse image at a faster scanning speed; if unchecked, you will get a quality image with the sacrifice of scanning speed. Prescan Image Margin allows you to specify margin around the scan job in the first place, subsequently you can adjust the scan frames slightly in the Prescan mode. Prescan Image Dimension allows you to specify the size of the prescan image. Available options are: 12 Invert This command creates a negative of an image. The Invert effect is applied to all scan jobs, not just the selected scan job. More Commands Keep Overview Image If checked, the image which is prescanned in the overview command remains on the screen until next image acquisition is performed. If unchecked, when you exit from ScanWizard 5, the overview image is deleted. 13 Keep All Prescan Image If check the image which is prescanned in the prescan command remains on the screen until next image acquisition is performed. If unchecked, when you exit from ScanWizard 5, the prescanned image is deleted. Confirmation Message If checked, a confirmation message appears when setting image effect functions such as Rotate or Flip. If unchecked, the message does not appear. Smoked Glass Background This command helps you distinguish the current scan frame from the rest of the preview image for greater visibility of the current scan frame. If turned on, the part of the image with the current scan frame will stand out. While the rest of the image (the "irrelevant material") is relegated to a background resembling smoked glass. Scan Quality Selection: Speed ­ Higher scanning speed results lower image quality Quality ­ if selected, the scan head remains stationary while CCD is exposed to light source. In a result, a better image is achieved. Most scan materials can get a quality scan if this mode is chosed. Best Quality ­ is available for 10- or 12- bit scanners only. This option is useful for scanning bad original and perform image correction without loosing detailed information. Working Directory Lets you specify a place to store temporary working files (e. g. scan job files) during ScanWizard's session. 14 The Tools Button Scan Frame Tool This tool lets you create a scan frame or multiple scan frames in the preview image, which is the active area on which controls and commands can be applied. 15 Magnify Glass Tool This tool enlarges your view of the preview image, allowing you to set the scan frame with greater precision if you need to. [. . . ] · · · If scaling is at 100%, output dimension will be 4" x 5" If scaling is at 50%, output dimension will be halved ­ to 2" x 2. 5" If scaling is at 200%, output dimension will be doubled ­ to 8" x 10" Fixed Scan Frame If checked, will fixed the scan frame tool dimension. You cannot point your mouse pointer in 1 side and drag it to enlarge the scan frame. 21 Fixed Output Size This option if checked will fix the output size to your scan frame. The option of "Output" will also be disabled. Keep Proportion If checked, your scan frame dimensions will be the same in the output dimension. 22 Descreen Allows you to remove the moiré patters in your images. Selection: · Choose Newspaper (85 lpi) if the original image has a coarse dot pattern (like images in a newspaper). · Choose Magazine (150 lpi) for images with a finer dot pattern. [. . . ]