User manual PLUSTEK OPTICPRO A320

[. . . ] registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. TextBridge is a registered trademark of ScanSoft, Inc. ZyINDEX is a registered trademark of ZyLAB International, Inc. [. . . ] This setting produces the smallest file size for scanned items. Halftone--scans the image so it appears to consist of gray tones. A pop-up menu appears so you can choose one of the halftone options. Notice that the preview image changes as you select each option so you can see which one is best for scanning. Halftones produce simulated gray tones by using black and white pixels of different sizes and is often used to produce newspaper and magazine images. Use this setting for lower resolution black and white images. The halftone settings also produce small file sizes. 8-Bit Gray--scans the image using up to 256 true shades of gray. Use this setting to scan black and white photographs and other higher quality black and white images. You can also scan a color photo with this setting to turn its colors into gray shades. The file size is about one third the size of a color scan. To move the box, put the mouse pointer inside the box so the pointer becomes a four-headed arrow. The output dimensions change to reflect the new scan area size. Now, when you scan, only the area inside the scan area box is scanned to the PaperPort Desktop. Note: If you want to reset the scan area to the full size of the image again, click the Preview Auto-Area button. ADJUSTING THE IMAGE WITH THE SCAN MANAGER 29 Here's a sample of a manually selected output area: This is the area manually selected for scanning. This is the image that appears on the PaperPort Desktop when the scanning is finished. Lock Scaling MANUALLY SETTING THE WIDTH AND LENGTH The output dimensions at the bottom of the Scan Manager show the Width and Length of the scan area. You can set the area by typing numbers into those boxes. To manually set the width and length: 1. Click in a box and type a new dimension. The scan area box changes to reflect the new size. To maintain the same width to length ratio, click the Lock Scaling icon next to the dimension. With the Lock Scaling locked, when you type a new width or length, the other setting changes so the relative size of the scan area remains constant. 30 PLUSTEK 9650 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE REVERSING THE IMAGE The Scan Manager has an Invert button and a Mirror button for reversing the scanned image. Invert Mirror Invert reverses the black and whites or the colors of an image. [. . . ] Uninstalling does not delete your scanned items, and they remain in the PaperPort Data folder. 50 PLUSTEK 9650 SCANNER INSTALLATION GUIDE HOW TO UNINSTALL YOUR SCANNER To uninstall the Visioneer 9650 scanner, remove the scanner software first, and then remove PaperPort, or other scanner software. STEP 1: UNINSTALLING THE PLUSTEK 9650 SOFTWARE 1. On the Windows taskbar, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. Double-click the Scanners/Camera icon. I For Windows 98SE or 2000: Click the Devices tab, select Visioneer 9650, and click the Remove button to remove the scanner from the list. For Windows ME or XP: Right-click the Visioneer 9650 icon, and select Delete to delete it from the list. I 3. [. . . ]