User manual KONICA MINOLTA DIMAGE 2300 SOFTWARE

[. . . ] · Pentium® is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. · Other company and product names are the trademark or registered trademark of their respective owners. -1- TABLE OF CONTENTS BEFORE YOU BEGIN USER REGISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 TERMS USED IN THIS MANUAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 INSTALLING THE MGI PHOTOSUITE SE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 CONNECTING THE CAMERA TO THE PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 LAUNCHING THE SOFTWARE LAUNCHING THE UTILITY SOFTWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 LAUNCHING THE TWAIN DRIVER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 -2- TABLE OF CONTENTS USING THE SOFTWARE COPYING IMAGE FILES TO THE HARD DRIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 ACQUIRING IMAGES INTO THE APPLICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 DELETING IMAGE FROM THE CF CARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 VIEWING IMAGE FILE PROPERTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 QUITTING THE UTILITY SOFTWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 QUITTING THE TWAIN DRIVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 -3- BEFORE YOU BEGIN USER REGISTRATION Please register this software before you begin using it. Complete both sides of the enclosed user registration card, detach along the perforated line, and mail. [. . . ] 3 USB (Universal Serial Bus) port that each PC maker guarantees to operate without problem. -7- INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE Use the following procedure to install Dimâge 2300 software on your computer. The following explanation refers to the hard disk drive as drive C and the CD-ROM drive as drive D. Turn the computer on to start up Windows®98. Insert the Dimâge 2300 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. · The Choose Setup Language window opens. Select the language for the installation and click on `OK'. · The Dimâge 2300 Setup program opens. · In the event that the Dimâge 2300 Setup program does not open automatically, click on the Start button, and then click on Run. Enter D:\Setup. exe in the text box and click on OK. -8- INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE Click on `Next >'. · The Select Components window will appear. Make sure that the checkbox is marked, then click on `Next >'. · Setup will begin. After copying files, the building of driver information database will start automatically. · After building driver information database, the following window will appear. Remove any disks from their drives, then click on `Finish'. · The Setup program will complete and Windows® will be restarted. -9- INSTALLING THE MGI PHOTOSUITE SE Use the following procedure to install MGI PhotoSuite SE on your computer. Turn the computer on to start up Windows®98. Insert the MGI PhotoSuite SE CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. · After a while, the following screen will appear. Select the language for the installation and click on `OK'. · The MGI PhotoSuite SE Setup program opens. Click on `Next >', then follow the direction on the screen. - 10 - CONNECTING THE CAMERA TO THE PC Connect the Dimâge 2300 and your personal computer. Turn the computer on to start up Windows®98. Turn the Function dial of the camera to PC. Move the lens cover slide to . Press and hold the display/ENTER button. · The camera will be turned on and "PC MODE" will appear in the upper-left corner of the camera's LCD monitor. PC MODE - 11 - CONNECTING THE CAMERA TO THE PC - CONT'D Attach the one end which has wider plug of the USB cable to the Dimâge 2300 USB/Serial connector. Attach the other end of the USB cable to the USB port on the personal computer. · After connecting the Dimâge 2300 to the personal computer, Windows® system will detect the Dimâge 2300 as a new hardware (New Hardware Found window will appear), and will install necessary files automatically. - 12 - LAUNCHING THE SOFTWARE - 13 - LAUNCHING THE SOFTWARE Following explanation is on the assumption that the Dimâge 2300 has already been connected to the personal computer (see pages 11 to 12). LAUNCHING THE UTILITY SOFTWARE Select Start Programs Minolta Dimâge 2300 Utility. Minolta Dimâge 2300 · Dimâge 2300 utility main window shown at the right will appear. - 14 - LAUNCHING THE SOFTWARE If there are a few TIFF files (image files that were taken with SUPER FINE image quality) or too many image files in the CF card, it could take some time the utility software is launched. For example, 300 image files that were taken with ECONOMY image quality saved in the CF card, will take approx. 5 minutes until the utility software is launched. - 15 - LAUNCHING THE SOFTWARE LAUNCHING THE TWAIN DRIVER This example uses MGI PhotoSuite SE as a TWAIN compliant application. The procedure will vary for other applications. See the operating manual for your application. Select Start Programs MGI PhotoSuite SE to launch. MGI PhotoSuite SE · MGI PhotoSuite SE Activity Guide window shown at the right will appear. - 16 - LAUNCHING THE SOFTWARE Click on `Get Photos' in the Activity Guide window. · Get Photos window will appear. Click on `Digital Camera' in the Get Photos window. · After a while, Dimâge 2300 utility main window will be opened on the MGI PhotoSuite SE window. - 17 - LAUNCHING THE SOFTWARE - CONT'D · Dimâge 2300 utility main window will be opened on the MGI PhotoSuite SE window. - 18 - LAUNCHING THE SOFTWARE - CONT'D When the computer is unable to detect a connection to the Dimâge 2300, the following error message opens. In such a case, perform the following troubleshooting operations: Click on `OK' to close the error message window. Check the following: · · · · · Did you turn on the Dimâge 2300?Has the USB cable separated from a connector?Did you set the Function dial of the Dimâge 2300 to PC? After verifying that all of the above have been performed properly, try to connect to the Dimâge 2300 again, following the instructions on pages 11 to 12. - 19 - USING THE SOFTWARE - 20 - USING THE SOFTWARE COPYING IMAGE FILES TO THE HARD DRIVE ACQUIRING IMAGES INTO THE APPLICATION When using Dimâge 2300 Utility software Copy some or all of the image files saved in the compact flash card to your computer's hard drive or other memory device. When using TWAIN driver Acquire some or all of images into the image processing application. Click on the images to be copied or acquired. · The selected image(s) will be highlighted. [. . . ] Click on `No' to cancel the operation. - 27 - USING THE SOFTWARE - CONT'D VIEWING IMAGE FILE PROPERTIES Use the following procedure to view image file properties such as capture date, image size. Click on the image you wish to view the properties. · The selected image will be highlighted. Click on `Photo Info'. · The properties of the selected image file will be displayed. <Dimâge 2300 Utility Software> <TWAIN Driver> - 28 - USING THE SOFTWARE - CONT'D - 29 - USING THE SOFTWARE - CONT'D QUITTING THE UTILITY SOFTWARE Click on `Close' in the Dimâge 2300 utility main window. · The utility software will quit. <Dimâge 2300 Utility Software> - 30 - USING THE SOFTWARE - CONT'D QUITTING THE TWAIN DRIVER Click on `Close' in the Dimâge 2300 utility main window. · The TWAIN driver will quit and the display will return to the TWAIN compliant application (in this case, MGI PhotoSuite SE). <TWAIN Driver> - 31 - A Minolta Austria Ges. m. b. 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