User manual NIKON LS-10 INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR MACINTOSH

[. . . ] Nikon® Coolscan™ Installation and Basic Operation Guide for Macintosh™ Nikon® ELECTRONIC IMAGING (f) Coolscan™ Installation and Basic Operation Guide for Macintosh™ FCC Radio Frequency Interference Statement for Coolscan This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. [. . . ] Termination on Macintosh HEx systems requires the proper black terminator, supplied by Apple. Do not use the gray terminator supplied with Coolscan. In this case, both the SCSI host side of the bus and the SCSI target device side of the bus must be terminated, as shown in Figure 3. 10. Page 26 Nikon Coolscan Installation Guide for Macintosh Chapter 3 The SCSI Interface Connecting Multiple SCSI Devices In many cases, more than one SCSI target device will be connected to the SCSI bus. When this is true, the chain of SCSI cables must connect or 'daisy chain' each device together, even though the devices will typically only communicate directly with the Macintosh, not with each other. In this example, Cools can is placed at the end of the SCSI chain. This daisy chaining configuration, as shown in Figure 3. 11, minimizes the number of cables and connectors required. Card Slots ComputerSCSI Host (internally terminated) SCSI Cable- Scanner~ SCSI Target ~: : DeVIce SCSI Terminator = c::=s --je ( SCSI Cable - - - - - - - - Ih, , =d) == - Other SCSI - Target Device - (no termination) Figure 3. 11 D aisy chaining SCSI devices. The rear view of your system may not be the same. Procedure (using a Centronics 50-pin to Centronics 50-pin SCSI cable): 1. Make sure that the Macintosh and all other SCSI devices are powered off. 2. Remove the SCSI terminator from the last device in the SCSI chain. Insert one end of the unused SCSI cables into the top SCSI connector on the back of Coolscan. Connect the other end of the unused SCSI cable to the free SCSI connector of the neighboring SCSI device. Connect the SCSI terminator to the bottom SCSI connector on the back of Coolscan. Nikon Coolscan Installation Guide for Macintosh Page 27 The SCSI Interface Chapter 3 It is equally possible to configure the SCSI chain with Coolscan in the center of the chain. In this case, the SCSI terminator would reside on the optional device, as opposed to Coolscan. Please proceed to the section "Important Information About the SCSI Interface. " Setting Up the SCSI Chain - LS-l 0 The LS-10 can reside at any point in the SCSI chain. There are essentially two possible SCSI chain configurations, the two SCSI devices configuration, and the muLtipLe SCSI devices configuration. Connecting Two SCSI Devices In the simplest case, only two devices share the SCSI chain - the SCSI host and the SCSI target device. In our case, the SCSI host is the Macintosh and the SCSI target device is the scanner. This simple configuration is shown in Figure 3. 12. (a) Computer SCSI Controller ----------. , . Computer Internal SCSI Termination Computer SCSI Connector --------~=---+'LU::::::::;:::::;;:: Unused center ------------------------__________--' SCSI Connector (b) SCSI Cable ---------------------------:::::, . . . . . . . =:;. . ~~ (c) . Coolscan SCSI Connector SCSI termination S WItCnl----------------------------~ Figure 3. 12 The Macintosh internal SCSI Bus. (a) The Macintosh motherboard's SCSI connector and internal SCSI cable. (c) The Coolscan SCSI connector and termination DIP switch. Procedure (Use the SCSI cable supplied with Coolscan): 1. Make sure that the Macintosh is powered off. 2. Connect one end of the flat SCSI cable to the Macintosh's SCSI connector, makPage 28 Nikon Coolscan Installation Guide for Macintosh Chapter 3 The SCSI Interface ing sure that they are properly aligned. Connect the opposite end of the flat SCSI cable to the SCSI connector on the back of Coolscan, making sure that the connectors are properly aligned. [. . . ] If system appears to be properly terminated, rearrange devices in SCSI chain until system boots correctly. Problem: lines or dark bands through image, scan is slow or crashes system. Solution: Set Virtual Memory and File Sharing to OFF, set Disk Cache to minimum (32k) , and allocate 80% of available RAM to Photoshop or other host application, with a minimum of 8Mb System RAM installed. Problem: Scanning is too slow. Cause: Scan pitch setting may be non-integer number, or there may be a memory management problem. Solution: Set pitch setting to an integer value. Check that File Sharing and Virtual Memory are turned off, and that disk cache is set to 32k. Page 58 Nikon Coolscan Installation Guide for Macintosh Troubleshooting Problem: TIFF files created by Cooiscan Control cause "parse errors" in other software when trying to open file. [. . . ]