User manual UMAX ASTRA 2100U

[. . . ] Astra 2100U OWNER'S GUIDE Trademarks UMAX is a trademark of UMAX Technologies, Inc. Astra is a trademark of UMAX Technologies, Inc. IBM PC/AT is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. MS-Windows, Windows, and MS-DOS are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] Click the Copy button to make the copies, then click Exit when you are finished. UMAX Copy Utility Features Brightness: Lets you select the brightness levels to use when you print the copies of the scanned image. If the image is too dark, click the up arrow to lighten the copy. If the image is too light, click the down arrow to darken the copy. Original Image: Lets you specify the type of image to be copied -- Color, Gray or B/W. The Single Photo option automatically crops unnecessary white space around the image (no matter where the image is placed), reducing memory storage space and speeding up the scanning. Printout Quality: Choose Normal for draft quality, or choose Best for high quality images. 49 · · · B/W images -- Selecting Best or Normal produces the same output. Gray images -- Selecting Best uses an enhanced filter to improve image quality but slows down the print speed. Color image -- Selecting Normal uses an enhanced filter to improve color quality; selecting Best uses the MagicMatch function to produce the best image quality. Printer Setup -- Opens the Printer Setup dialog box. Reset -- Returns any settings you have modified to the default settings. Exit -- Returns you to the desktop window. Numeric Buttons -- Lets you specify the number of copies by clicking on the desired number. Scaling -- Sets the printout size of your scanned image; the default is 100%. Copy/Stop -- Copy your scanned image by clicking the Copy button. When copying begins the button text changes to read Stop. To stop printing copies, click the Stop button. 50 CHAPTER 4. Push Button Scanning The defining feature of the Astra 2100U is its push button functionality. You can scan an image to e-mail, perform OCR (optical character recognition), or even use the scanner as a copy machine by pushing one of the three buttons on the front panel of the scanner. You can increase your productivity by accessing all of the normal scanner functions without having to launch the software applications through the onscreen interface. Before you can use these time-saving functions, you need to configure the settings for each button. Follow the appropriate set of instructions below to configure the variables for each button. Configuring the Push Buttons To access the configuration utility for the push buttons, follow the appropriate instructions below: For PC Users: 1. Click the scanner icon in the Task bar using your right mouse button. [. . . ] 5) All scanners and transparency adapters need to be locked or restrained prior to transport. Failure to lock or restrain these items could cause serious damage to the product and void the warranty. 6) Ship to UMAX via a traceable shipping method and retain the tracking number. This warranty is only valid within the boundaries and territories of the USA and Canada. [. . . ]