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TWAIN Dialog Box USB Scanner user manual

1. Blur The Blur filter smoothes the image by lightening the pixels that are in sharp contrast to their neighboring pixels The amount of blur applied is controlled with the plus and minus buttons Sharpen The Sharpen filter enhances the detail in blurry images by improving the focus and increasing the contrast in the image The amount of sharpness applied is controlled with the plus and minus buttons Invert The Invert filter transforms an image to its negative by converting all color values to their opposites whites become black blues become yellow etc Flip The Flip filter creates a mirror image of the original by flipping the image horizontally Unsharp Mask The Unsharp Mask filter detects sharp edges and color boundaries and then emphasizes them 20 Emboss The Emboss filter makes the elements in an image appear raised or sunken by reducing the color within the image and tracing its edges with black About Tab The About tab contains the current driver version number information about the interface device and the copyright notice To access the About tab click About 21 Using Batch Scan Batch Scan Controls Batch scanning is an easy way to multi scan any part of your document using a variety of scan settings Certain application programs do not support this function Using Batch Scan you can specify up to 10 scan regions or scan a single region i several times using different scan m
2. Hue Saturation O z Do d In plain English hue roughly means color red yellow green blue purple and saturation means a color s purity When a maple leaf turns red it changes hue If you place a bright blue cardboard outdoors its color will fade it will be less and less saturated The Hue Slider is composed of two color bars The upper one is static and the lower one movable Slide the latter and you will see the image shifts its overall coloring This function mostly affects loud colors less on mute colors It does not change black whte and gray The Saturation Slider lets you to adjust an image s color purity Slide it to the left the image becomes dull like a black and white photo Slide it to the right the image becomes more colorful These two functions are disabled when scanning in grayscale or 48 bit color 18 The Filters Tab The Filters tab contains special effect controls that allow you to alter the image before making your final scan To access the Filters tab click Filters Main Ennai Ki Filters About _ i Image Settings Original a s ample ae None Blur Sharpen _ Invert _ Flip _ Emboss lt UnSharp Mask The Filters tab also contains two thumbnails of the previewed image Any filter you choose will immediately show its effect in the sample thumbnail 19 None No filter is applied if None default setting is selected
3. isualized se Neuseed saung NS 12 75 dpi 400 Scan Size From the list of available sizes select the size of the document you wish to scan Custom will automatically be selected when you use the Crop Frame to change the image area to be scanned Resolution The Resolution which is measured in dots per inch dpi determines the appearance of the image as it is displayed or printed Images scanned at a higher resolution capture more information and therefore require more disk space for storage You can select from a wide range of preset resolutions 300 dpi 400 ae gt Descreen hy Newspaper Magazine Art Print A tool for reducing moir patterns in scanned images of originals that were created by a halftone process Moir patterns appear as unpleasant interference patterns e None Choose None if you want to scan images of photographic quality e Newspaper Choose Newspaper when the image is made up of coarse dot patterns commonly found in newspaper photos e Magazine Choose Magazine when scanning images whose quality is similar to images found in glossy or wax coated magazines e Art Print Choose Art Print when scanning images from very high quality art prints that show only very fine dots JPEG2000 JPEG2000 is the latest image compression standard that usually provides smaller file size and higher image quality than the original JPEG If you decided to save
4. a file in JPEG2000 format you can send the file to JPEG2000 Viewer to display it a Whiten Background Sometimes you may be copying an aged text that turned brown or a book printed on unbleached recycled paper Doing so often results in light gray background Select this option to get rid of the unpleasant shade that helps to save ink or toner when you print it This function is only applicable when you are scanning text in grayscale A non text original say a photograph when scanned with this box checked can look unnatural i Color Match This is an effective tool for ensuring that the colors captured by the scanner more accurately reflect the actual colors of the original image Without color matching the scanner captures a wider range of colors but these colors may not accurately match the true colors of the original image making the scan appear different from the original Color Balance This tool balances the lightest and darkest areas of an image so that they are evenly distributed Without Color Balance With Color Balance Output 00 B00 i yi Scaling f100 op a Output Scaling Output scaling allows you to enlarge shrink the size of the final output image Adjust the scaling by using the slide bar or typing the desired setting in the Output Scaling box For example setting the Output Scaling to 200 will double the amount of pixels contained in the image Width and Height The Width and Height valu
5. one or more of the following measures e Reorient the receiving antenna e Increase the distance between the equipment and the receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help NOTE 1 The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to oper ate the equipment 2 Shielded interface cables and AC power cord if any must be used in order to comply with the emission limits Table of Contents The TWAIN Dialog BOX ssccsssssscscccccceseeeeees 4 To Acquire the TWAIN Dialog Box 0006 5 Performing a Simple Scan ccccceeesssesseeeeees 6 1 Place the Document Image 060 6 Q2 Preview the IMac sis odes stormanmandermatienes 6 3 Select the Scan SIZE sooner 7 4 Set the Scan ModE rancan 7 5 Set the Resolution cc cc cccccccceeeeeeees 7 6 Execute THES CAM sasicoiiiiisa naa T The TWAIN Dialog Box Details ssseeeees 8 The Preview Window and Buttons 0 9 The Image Setting Buttons 0 0 cc ceceeeees 10 Scan SCUIM OSE cuter tao ial aise nha a athe dan 11 The N EAD says saan eet acne O 11 Coe Enhance TaDosanecspaionirono 15 Lhe GTS Tab resnim a 19 About Tabasa a sos cadaban bie 20 Usine Batch SCAN niet anid sac tienanadn
6. or Line Art images scan at the full resolution of the printer The scanned picture is not clear We recommend that you keep the scan window glass and the document cover clean They should be cleaned on a regular basis The cleaning steps are Turn off the scanner and unplug the power cord Open the document cover and use a cloth dampened with alcohol to clean the scan window glass and the cover separately Use a lint free dry cloth to dry the glass and cover 24
7. value of 127 will make the image appear very dark whereas a value of 127 will make the image appear very bright Brightness 50 Brightness 0 Brightness 50 15 Contrast Control Using 255 steps this tool controls the disparity in tone between the dark and light areas of an image Positive values create greater differences between dark and light areas of the image whereas negative values create greater similarities between the dark and light areas of the image Contrast 50 Contrast 0 Contrast 50 Preview Button Click the Preview button to see any changes made to the image The changes will appear in the Preview window Level You can easily use the level slider to adjust an image s contrast and brightness You can drag the little white triangle to control the amount of hightlights and the black triangle to the shadows if you haven t set the two values using the eyedroppers The gray triangle in the middle controls the image s midtone After the highlight and shadow values are determined use the gray triangle to roughly control an image s contrast You can control each channel s levels if you scan in RGB 16 Original Sample a Eyedropper tools Eyedroppers are used to identify an image s hightlights and shadows Click on the darkest area that still contains detail with the black eyedropper to set the shadow value Any darker parts will be regarded as black And then the lightest are
8. ESTED RESOLUTION MATERIAL SCAN MODE 600 dpi Laser Color Grayscale 150 dpi Printer Grayscale Grayscale 150 dpi Line Art Text Line Art Text 600 dpi Color Inkjet Color Color 1 3 1 2 Printer Grayscale Grayscale of printout Line Art Text Line Art Text resolution Dye Sublimation Color Color Equal to your or Color Laser Grayscale Grayscale preferred printout Printer Line Art Text Line Art Text resolution Space requirements for different scan modes 4 x6 100 dpi 300 dpi 600 dpi Image Scan 234 KB 527KB 2 06MB 8 24 MB 703 KB 1 54MB 6 18MB 24 7 MB A4 Size 200 dpi 300 dpi 400 dpi Document Scan 23 IMPORTANT Certain newer functions were supported by our bundled softwares only Other scanner compatible softwares are supported via the standard software interface TWAIN They are compatible with this scanner but do not support our latest functions Fully compatible softwares are listed below E SCAN PhotoExpress SE 3 0 E FAX only compatible with our provided fax utility software when you installed the software drivers E OCR FINEREADER E EMAIL Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 0 Netscape Communicator 4 5 Lotus cc Mail 8 2 or higher Make sure to setup your email client properly Refer to the documentation that came with your email client or consult your system administrator if any problem exists Appendix B Troubleshooting NOTES e It is not possible to p
9. USB Scanner USER GUIDE The TWAIN Dialog Box Appendices Copyright Information All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted stored in a retrieval system or translated into any lan guage in any form by any means mechanical optical electronic re cording or otherwise without our written permission We reserve the right to revise this manual and to make changes to any or all parts at any time without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions and changes All other brand or product names mentioned in this manual are trade marks or registered trademarks of their respective owners FCC Statement This digital 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 when the equipment is operated in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio fre quency energy and if it is not installed and used according to the in struction manual it may cause harmful interference to radio communi cations However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment causes harmful interfer ence to radio or television reception which can be determined by turn ing the equipment off or on you are encouraged to try to correct the interference by
10. a with the white eyedropper to set the hightlight This is the first step to control an image s overall tonal range Curve If your original is too dark or too light you lose vital detail after scanning You can fix them up using curves Curve function is applicable to grayscale and 24 48 bit color images Simply put if you knew how to use Adobe Photoshop or any other equivalent softwares curve function you can safely skip this section Advanced Settings Original Sample aa __ Master add remove anchors L Applying a curve to an image is to enhance favored brightness ranges at cost of others Like you can enhance the shadow at cost of the highlight and midtone If done properly you can energize a dull image using curves without sacrificing the overall image quality To write a curve simply place an anchor on the diagonal line and adjust its position Add more anchors if you have to write a more complex curve You can also remove anchors To emphasis shadow raise the anchor to emphasis highlight lower the anchor to emphasis midtone write an S shaped curve to decrease contrast write an inverted S curve Experts apply curves to individual channels to color correct an image Usually this is done to a CMYK image to be printed 17 Hue Saturation If you knew HSB colorspace you can also skip this section But if you don t know it there s nothing wrong with you Advanced Settings
11. e Scan Mode Color 24bit ioe Color 48bit l scanner will view the image Select js i f Color 24b Color to capture images in color Select Gray y Gray to capture images in shades of ee gray When you wish to scan line art or text for OCR Optical Character Recognition select Line Art The Scan Mode determines how the 5 Set the Resolution The Resolution which is measured in dots per inch dpi determines the effect of the image as it is displayed or printed Images scanned at a high resolution capture more information However high resolution images require more memory See Scan Tips on Appendix A 6 Execute the Scan The scan button is used once you have completed the preview determined the scan region and have selected the final scan settings to be used for the scan Congratulations You ve scanned your first image In the following sections We ll show you how to modify settings so this scanner meets your needs better The TWAIN Dialog Box Details The TWAIN dialog box consists of two sections the left section where most of the TWAIN control settings are found and the right section which is the Preview window For more detailed or additional information regarding the features and g functions of your scanner software please refer to the on line help system by clicking on the Help icon Scan Settings Batch Scan Allows up to 10 scan Magnifies
12. es show the dimensions of the image area inside the Crop Frame You can change the measurement unit to centimeters or inches Image Size Image Size displays the amount of disk space needed to display or save the image outlined by the Crop Frame The Image Size information is automatically updated anytime you change any of the scan settings or resize the Crop Frame 14 The Enhance Tab The Enhance tab contains preprocessing controls that can be applied to the image before making the final scan To access the Enhance tab click Enhance The Enhance tab contains two picture thumbnails Original and Sample of the preview image several control settings and a histogram of the image Alterations made to the enhance settings appear in the sample thumbnail The image that appears in the thumbnails will Advanced Settings P m Thumbnails Brightness SE LE Ag es Contrast RR cc D automatically be replaced with the Preview image If you wish to see the effects of your changes in the Preview Window click on the Preview button Channel Selector Master v Channel refers to the red green and blue colors that make up a color image You can choose to change the channels individually or choose Master to change all channels equally and simultaneously An image in Gray Mode has one channel Brightness Control Using 255 steps this tool allows you to adjust the overall amount of light in the image A
13. eset Button Returns the image settings to their default values e Information Button Displays all the current control settings of the TWAIN dialog box 11 Scan Mode Scan Setti ngs The Scan Mode determines how the scanner reads the original image or document When choosing a scan The Main Tab mode it is recommended to consider what purpose The Main tab allows you to control the scanning the resulting scanned image will be used for parameters such as scan mode scan source resolution etc These parameters determine how the original image C Color 24bit i LineArt or document will be scanned I Color 48bit Use this mode to scan text documents 5 for use in OCR Optical Character Main neee a Filters St aa Recognition or when you wish to scan scan Mode Settings pai black and white drawings ZEEE aisia f Lineart Scan Mode Color r 24bit v e Gray P i Scan Source Reflective _ Select Gray to capture images in shades of gray Scan Size i _ A4 8 26x11 69 v l E e Color Resolution 50 Select Color to capture images in color Descreen None v Jap t ve om ae es a Scaling fio0 Sent F Bis width je J6 c He Inches Le Height ji 68 Image Size 2358 KB Scan Source The Scan Source setting is used to select the type of document you will be scanning Reflective x e Reflective Use Reflective when scanning paper based documents such as photographs or tex
14. etorecck 2i Batch Scan Controls acyshecscefesaedvveseeedes vhelvoncrees ZA To Perform a Batch Scan ccccecceecceceees 22 Appendices A Scanning Tips B Troubleshooting The TWAIN Dialog Box The TWAIN dialog box is a scanning option provided with your scanner TWAIN is an industry standard that allows scanning directly into any TWAIN compliant software It eliminates most compatibility problems associated with software and input devices supplied by different vendors Main N Enhance Filters aa ia wg Scan lode Setting SE Scan Mode Color 24bit v Scan Source Reflective w Scan Size A4 8 26x11 69 v Resolution 50 z Descreen None z H 1 De a t a Scaling fioo al D i gt ea Ws dth OM E inches v Image Size 723 58 KB You can access the TWAIN dialog box from within most image editing software such as the application software bundled with the scanner e g Photoshop To Acquire the TWAIN Dialog Box You can acquire the TWAIN dialog box from within any TWAIN compliant software 1 e Photo Express To acquire the TWAIN dialog box using Photo Express as an example the steps are 1 Launch Windows 2 Launch Photo Express TWAIN compliant program 3 Under the File menu open the Acquire command and choose Scanner The Select Data Source dialog box appears 4 Choose your scanner model from the list 5 Click the Acquire button The Se
15. lect Data Source dialog box closes The TWAIN Dialog box appears Scanner Model E To acquire the TWAIN dialog box in other TWAIN compliant image editing software please refer to the On line Help System Software Reference Performing a Simple Scan You re using this scanner for the first time We suggest you to test drive it by scanning the whole area To scan the whole area please take the following steps 1 Place the image or document to be scanned 2 Click Preview to see the image in the Preview Window 3 Select the scan size 4 Select the desired scan mode 5 Select the desired resolution 6 Click the Scan button 1 Place the Document Image To scan a document place your original face down on the scanner s glass plate and then please follow these Steps a Lift the document cover b Place the document face down on the glass c Slowly lower the document cover making sure the document remains in place NOTE Remove the document after scanning is complete Giza 2 Preview the Image m A Preview is a quick scan of the original From this rough scan you learned how the image will look like after it is scanned 3 Select the Scan Size From the list of available paper sizes select the size of the document you wish to scan If you want to scan the whole area select A4 Custom will automatically be selected when you use the Crop Frame to change the image area to be scanned 4 Set th
16. odes resolutions filters Eg and more a Create Batch Scan allows the user to create a new batch scan Duplicate Batch Scan duplicates the selected batch scan settings T Delete Batch Scan deletes a batch scan Exit Batch Scan exits the batch scan box 4 Batch Ahead Back These arrows allow T you to scroll through your batch job list Color Grap 22 46MB 5614 27KB 202 50KB l o The Batch Box contains the thumbnail image DPI scan mode and image size of each batch scan The batch number e g 1 3 number 1 out of three is always displayed at the top of the batch box along with the Batch Scan Status 22 173 To Perform a Batch Scan 3 Repeat steps 2 if you wish to create additional scan 1 Click on the Batch Scan button The Batch oa Scan dialog box appears 600 DPI 2 Inthe TWAIN dialog box set the desired Color scan mode and resolution for the current 22 46MB scan region 4 Click Scan The scanner will begin to scan the batch jobs one after the other NOTE Using the Batch Scan arrows allows you to view different batch jobs NOTE You can assign different scan sizes A4 A5 or custom to each image separately Appendices Appendix A Scanning Tips The following tables provide helpful information you can use when setting the scan mode and or resolution Recommended scanning resolutions for various output devices are listed as follows PRINTER TYPE INPUT SUGG
17. or shrinks ___ Haa regions for multiple the image in the scanning Preview Window Language Box Selects the language ot Exit Cropping Tool Zoom Allows you to selectively scan a portion Main Enhance Filters Al va pi Eene Se Exits the Bei wth ee o ake program Scan Mode Color 24bit Help Reflective Scan Source Scan Size A4 8 26x11 69 eee Resolution 50 v Descreen None ci EA D kouw oE Preview Window Output 1 i ta ag Sealing fT a o rt Width 8 26 nia Inches x v TiN Height fit 68 Image Size ie gt 5 7 S Be x A ap 00000 ND ND ND S NS 723 58 KB Scan Button Preview Button The Preview Window amp Buttons The Preview window is where the preview image appears It is recommended that you preview each document image before scanning Using the preview image you can specify the final image area to be included in the scan and or apply the enhance and filters features e Preview os Preview a quick low resolution scan of the entire original image the image in order to get a clearer idea of the image area you want to include in your final scan To preview the steps are 1 Place the document face down on the scan window glass 2 Click on the Preview button After the scanner has scanned the document the scanned image will appear in the Preview Window fay Cropping Tool f Y
18. ou can select an area if you don t want to scan the whole document This is optional e Zoom Tools 7 The Zoom In tool increases the magnification multiple levels of the image area In magnified view 71 you can drag the Crop Frame to the exact area you want to scan Use the Zoom Out tool to shrink the image on e Batch Scan Button Clicking this button allows you to create multiple scan areas using different scan settings on the image shown in the Preview Window For more details please refer to the topic Using Batch Scan 7 Scan After determining the exact image area you wish to scan and selecting your desired scan settings click the Scan button to perform the scan When scanning is complete the image will be displayed on the main screen of the host software behind the TWAIN dialog box e Help Provides on line help for the scanner and software functions e Language Icon Selects the language you would like to view the TWAIN interface in e Exit Icon Exits the program 10 The Image Setting Buttons The Image Setting buttons allow you to create your own convenient scan settings Saving image settings allows you to use the same settings again and again without resetting the image options e Load Button Loads previously saved settings fal e Save Button 7 Saves current image settings to a specified location e Previous Button Reloads the last saved image settings e e R
19. rint and scan at the same time e Do not disassemble the device to fix problems e When not using the scanner for long periods of time you should unplug the power adapter from the wall socket I The computer fails to recognize the scanner Check to ensure the scanner is correctly connected to the computer Power off your computer and the scanner and reconnect them by carefully following our hardware installation instructions Zz The scan command is not executed The scanner cable may be connected loosely Check to ensure the scanner is correctly connected to the computer 3 Why do my images look blotchy or blurry If your scans are looking bad on screen but printing out satisfactorily 1t could be your video driver that is causing the problem Try changing the resolution and color settings in the Display portion of your Windows control panel after first making sure that you have the proper driver disks to restore your system to the original settings You should be using a driver that provides 16 million colors and a resolution of at least 800 x 600 What resolution should I scan at You should scan at the resolution of your output device If you plan to display your scans on a computer monitor Internet which has a resolution of 72DPI we recommend scanning at 72 DPI If your output device is an inkjet printer e For color images scan at 1 3 the allowable resolution of the printer e For Gray Mode
20. t Positive Negative With the optional Transparency Adapter you can also scan Positive and Negative transparencies e Positive Select Positive when scanning slides or transparencies e Negative Select Negative when scanning film negatives or similar negative transparencies NOTE When scanning negative film choose Negative from the Scan Source item and the following Negative dialog box will appear might not be available on the current version of the TWAIN Dialog Box you are using It allows you to set the brand of negative film you are scanning Kodak Fuji Konica the ASA ISO 100 200 400 and the outlet where you had the film developed Kodak Outlet Fuji Outlet Konica Outlet NOTE When the brand of the negative film you are scanning is not currently available use Simple Inverted Setting instead of User Enhanced Settings Afterwards use your favourite Image Application Software to do any image editing and enhancement Visualized Settings If you have little idea how to adjust the settings you can use the visualization window to setup a negative scan quickly The original is placed in the center Eight variations are around the original Select a better preview from the eight variations you can easily correct a scanned image Negative User enhanced Settings Kodak Fuji Konica Brand Kodak ASA ISO g 200 F Develop Kodak outlet z _ Simple inverted Setting Other brand

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