Canon Microfilm Scanner 800II, Installation Manual

Page 1: ...the scanner screen into your PC To ensure that you fully understand the functions of this scanning utility and can make the best possible use of your scanner read these instructions in conjunction with the Microfilm Scanner 800II Instructions This scan ning utility uses its own dedicated scanner driver and does not require an ISIS or TWAIN driver Chapter0 07 2 23 13 24 Page 1 Adobe PageMaker 6 5J ...

Page 2: ...s or damage Indicates additional information that is useful in operating the scanner It is a good idea to read these notes P XX Indicates a reference page The number in the parentheses indicates a page that contains more information about the previous sentence or paragraph Scanner In these instructions the Microfilm Scanner 800II is referred to simply as the scanner IMPORTANT NOTE Chapter0 07 2 23...

Page 3: ... Descriptions 11 Chapter 2 Specifying the Scanner Settings 17 Specifying the Scanner Settings 18 Starting up Scanning Utility 800 18 Scanner Settings 20 Detail Settings 23 Add on Settings 26 Gamma Curve Settings 31 Assigning Function Keys 33 Chapter 3 Using the Scanner 35 Scanning and Saving Images 36 Scan Page 36 Scan Batch to File 38 Opening a Saved File 41 Printing Images 43 Scan Batch to Print...

Page 4: ...r Mode 48 ReaderPrinter Emulation Mode 50 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 53 When an Error Message is Displayed 54 When the Scanned Image is Not Normal 56 Index 57 Chapter0 07 2 23 13 24 Page 4 Adobe PageMaker 6 5J PPC ...

Page 5: ...Utility 800 software and explains its basic operations Installing Scanning Utility 800 6 Before Installation 6 Installing Scanning Utility 800 6 Uninstalling Scanning Utility 800 9 Basic Scanning Utility 800 Operations 10 Startup and Exit 10 Screen Descriptions 11 Chapter1 07 2 28 19 35 Page 5 Adobe PageMaker 6 5J PPC ...

Page 6: ...y 800 uses wnaspi32 dll to control the scanner It should be noted that the scanner will not operate if the wnaspi32 dll is not correctly installed If WINASPI32 DLL is not installed run ASPIEX EXE located in the ASPI folder on the setup disk For details refer to README TXT IMPORTANT Before using Scanning Utility 800 set the scanner to Scanner Mode Using Scanning Utility 800 when the scanner is in t...

Page 7: ...n that appears differs depending on your version of Windows Windows 2000 4 In the Open field type D su800 setup exe and click OK In these instructions the CD ROM drive is designated as drive D The Choose Setup Language dialog box appears 5 Select English United States and click OK The Welcome dialog box appears Chapter1 07 2 28 19 35 Page 7 Adobe PageMaker 6 5J PPC ...

Page 8: ...eck the displayed installation folder and then click Next To change the installation destination folder click Browse and then select a new des tination folder Installation begins 8 Installation ends and the Setup Complete dialog box appears 9 Click Finish to complete the installation Chapter1 07 2 28 19 35 Page 8 Adobe PageMaker 6 5J PPC ...

Page 9: ...allation and Basic Operation of Scanning Utility 800 Uninstalling Scanning Utility 800 To uninstall Scanning Utility 800 click on Add Remove Programs in the Control Panel select Scanning Utility 800 and click Change Remove Chapter1 07 2 28 19 35 Page 9 Adobe PageMaker 6 5J PPC ...

Page 10: ...it Scanning Utility 800 and also describes the Scanning Utility 800 screens Startup and Exit Startup 1 Click the Windows Start button and choose Programs Scan ning Utility 800 Scanning Utility 800 starts up Exit 2 In the Scanning Utility 800 screen select File Exit Scanning Utility 800 shuts down Chapter1 07 2 28 19 35 Page 10 Adobe PageMaker 6 5J PPC ...

Page 11: ... Opens an image saved by Scanning Utility 800 The four image formats that can be opened by Scanning Utility 800 are TIFF tif BMP bmp JPEG jpg and JBIG jbg P 41 Opening a Saved File Save Page As Saves the displayed page under a new name When the open file includes multiple pages undisplayed pages are not saved P 36 Scan Page and P 41 Opening a Saved File Toolbar Menu bar Status bar The scanned imag...

Page 12: ...canner P 18 Specifying the Scanner Settings Scan page Scans the image currently shown on the screen P 36 Scan Page Scan batch to file Scans an image and saves the image to the specified file P 38 Scan Batch to File Scan batch to printer Scans an image and then prints the image on the printer currently set as the Normally used printer P 43 Scan Batch to Printer Cancel Scan Cancels the current scan ...

Page 13: ...tes that it is hidden Zoom In Enlarges the image each time it is clicked Once the image is displayed at 100 scale this menu is grayed out and the image cannot be enlarged further Zoom Out Reduces the image each time it is clicked Best Fit Displays the entire page so that it fits in the window Fit to width Matches the image width to the width of the window Rotate Left Rotates the image left counter...

Page 14: ...the currently displayed page under a different name When the open file includes multiple pages undisplayed pages are not saved Print Prints an image Fit to width Matches the image width to the width of the windows Best Fit Displays the entire page so that it fits in the window Zoom In Enlarges the image each time it is clicked Once the image is displayed at 100 scale this menu is grayed out and th...

Page 15: ...as the file format and multiple pages are scanned Set Scanner Sets the scanner Scan batch to file Scans an image and saves the image to the specified file Converter mode Scans an image and then saves the image to the speci fied folder with the film address as the file name or folder name ReaderPrinter Emulation mode A mode in which the Scanning Utility 800 software emulates the scanner s ReaderPri...

Page 16: ...Chapter 1 Installation and Basic Operation of Scanning Utility 800 16 Chapter1 07 2 28 19 35 Page 16 Adobe PageMaker 6 5J PPC ...

Page 17: ...hapter describes how to specify the settings for Scanning Utility 800 Specifying the Scanner Settings 18 Starting up Scanning Utility 800 18 Scanner Settings 20 Detail Settings 23 Add on Settings 26 Gamma Curve Settings 31 Assigning Function Keys 33 ...

Page 18: ...settings used to scan images Starting up Scanning Utility 800 Begin by switching the scanner and PC on and then start up Scanning Utility 800 1 Switch the scanner on 2 Switch your PC on and start up Windows Windows starts up 3 Click the Start button and select Programs Scanning Utility 800 Scanning Utility 800 starts up ...

Page 19: ...ting dialog box P 20 Gamma dialog box P 31 Add on dialog box P 26 Detail Settings dialog box P 23 Function key dialog box P 33 4 Select File Scanner setting or click on the Toolbar The Scanner setting dialog box appears 5 Select the desired settings screen and specify the required set tings ...

Page 20: ...ions Black and White Picture Best for photos and images that contain halftones Error diffusion is used to simu late and reproduce halftones Grayscale 4 16 256 level Imports the scanned image using multiple values Used for situations where multi value data is required such as processing of the scanned image on a PC Grayscale images can only be displayed if additional memory has been installed in th...

Page 21: ...fied size a black margin will be shown around the scanned image If Detect Image Size P 24 is specified in the Detail Setting dialog box this setting is ignored Frame Area Selects the reference position for scanning Center Scans the specified page size using the center of the screen as the reference position Setting the Scanning Position in the Microfilm Scanner 800II In structions Left Scans the s...

Page 22: ...level on the scanner and giving a brighter image Smaller values de crease the exposure level and produce darker images Contrast When the Brightness adjustment is set to Manual the contrast in the image can also be adjusted to any value between 1 and 255 If Brightness adjustment is set to Automatic the contrast cannot be adjusted Buttons OK Applies the selected settings and closes the dialog box Ca...

Page 23: ...image and prints a positive image Posi Film Prints positive film as a positive image Auto Automatically detects whether the film is negative or positive and prints a positive image Batch type This mode can be used to select consecutive scanning when the FS Controller III is used Refer to the FS Controller III Instructions for details Page Specifies consecutive scanning one page at a time File Spec...

Page 24: ... key switches to the ready state Check the scanned image and then press the Start key to perform the scan After you have checked the scanned image press the Start key to begin scanning If you switch Semi Auto mode on the Detect image size option is also set to ON Margin Scanning Adjusts the margins top bottom left and right for the specified scan size To adjust the margins click the Enable checkbo...

Page 25: ...f gamma data is used the polarity settings are ignored Buttons Addon Opens the Add on Settings dialog box P 26 Use this dialog box to specify the settings for the Add on function that imprints text on scanned images Gamma Opens the Gamma Settings dialog box P 31 The Gamma function reads in and stores the gamma curve data used to modify the settings for representing colors and halftones The stored ...

Page 26: ...ers uppercase or lowercase Spaces Symbols The following symbols are added unchanged _ The characters indicate that the next character is to be added on Thus In addition to these counters times dates arrows and film addresses can be speci fied as special characters Counter To add on a counter specify a number enclosed in brackets The number inside the brackets is taken as the starting number for th...

Page 27: ...es are used as separators between the year month and day For January 20 2000 Input Add on result YMD 2000 01 20 Arrows To add an arrow type one of the following Input Add on result u d l r Film Address When the FS Controller III is used as the carrier this option adds the film address of roll film detected by the FS Controller III To add the film address batch file and page type A The added addres...

Page 28: ...e added text on the screen the specified distance downwards from the top edge of the image using the top left corner of the scanned area as the origin point Pages Selects the page to which text is added Page Adds the text to every page Separator Adds the text to the next page after the file separator Addon Type Selects the way in which add on text is imprinted onto the image Black on White Adds bl...

Page 29: ...le or batch mark on the film Each image Increments the counter at each scanned image None The counter is not incremented The File Mark Batch Mark and File Batch Mark settings are valid when the FS Controller III is used Refer to the FS Controller III In structions for details Increment Sets the amount 0 to 255 by which the counter is incremented Reset Trigger Select one of the following as the tri...

Page 30: ...id when the FS Controller III is used Refer to the FS Controller III In structions for details Reset Value Sets the starting value of the counter 0 to 255 after a reset Buttons OK Applies the selected settings and closes the dialog box Cancel Closes the dialog box without applying the selected settings NOTE ...

Page 31: ...box P 25 1 Prepare gamma curve data matched to the gamma curve P 32 Preparing Gamma Curve Data 2 Open the Gamma Curve Settings dialog box Only Gray can be selected from the Gamma Curve pull down menu Always use the prepared gamma curve data to modify the gamma curve 3 Click Download and select the prepared gamma curve data The file extension for gamma curve data is gmm 4 Click Open to download the...

Page 32: ...e a darker image while larger values produce a lighter image Example of Prepared Gamma Curve Data Normally the gamma curve leans to the right However the leftward leaning gamma curve shown in the lower figure below inverts all the output values so that the result ing image is also inverted 1st line inverted linear gamma curve 2nd line 256 3rd line 255 4th line 254 5th line 253 253rd line 5 254th l...

Page 33: ... the following 15 functions can be assigned to a function key Refer to Function Keys on P 38 of the Microfilm Scanner 800II Instructions for more information on the respective functions New File When you press this key the data from the scanned image is saved to a sepa rate file folder Rotate Right Rotates the image on the screen 90 to the right clockwise Rotate Left Rotates the image on the scree...

Page 34: ...n between 300 and 600 dpi When this key is set to ON the image is scanned at 600 dpi When you change the setting to OFF the scan ning resolution changes to 300 dpi Background Erase When the image mode is set to Black and White or Black and White ED pressing this key automatically clears any speckling in the background of text line draw ings etc Scanner Pressing this key switches the scanner to Sca...

Page 35: ... for using Scanning Utility 800 Scanning and Saving Images 36 Scan Page 36 Scan Batch to File 38 Opening a Saved File 41 Printing Images 43 Scan Batch to Printer 43 Printing the Displayed Image 46 Other Operations 48 Converter Mode 48 ReaderPrinter Emulation Mode 50 ...

Page 36: ...oject the image on the scanner screen 2 Select File Scan page The image is scanned In Semi auto mode the Start key on the scanner s operation panel glows green and the Start key switches to the ready state Check the scanned im age and then press the Start key to perform the scan 3 Check the scanned image The View menu and Toolbar buttons can be used to check the image Fit to width Matches the imag...

Page 37: ...F tif BMP bmp JPEG jpg and JBIG jbg file formats However the displayed file types differ depend ing on the Mode scanner setting P 20 File Names Specify file names no longer than 59 characters not including the file extension If the file name is longer than 59 characters an error message is displayed 6 Print the scanned image P 46 Printing the Displayed Image NOTE Scan Mode Available File Formats B...

Page 38: ... 3 Specify the file name type format and save destination and then click Save The Start Scan dialog box appears Number of file name characters The maximum number of file name characters to be saved is 59 ex cept for the extension If the number of file name characters has ex ceeded 59 an error message will appear File types You can save the scanned file in the format of TIFF tif BMP bmp JPEG jpg JB...

Page 39: ... File Separator function to separate files folders with sequential numbers 0001 0002 etc are automatically cre ated for each separator and the images are saved into those folders 4 Select the Separator setting Only when an FS Controller III is used None No file separators are used File Mark File marks on the film are used to separate files Batch Mark Batch marks on the film are used to separate fi...

Page 40: ...roller III Instructions for details 8 Check the scanned images The View menu and Toolbar buttons can be used to check the image Fit to width Matches the image width to the width of the window Best Fit Displays the entire page so that it fits in the window Zoom In Enlarges the image each time it is clicked Once the image is displayed at 100 scale this menu is grayed out and the image cannot be enla...

Page 41: ...e saved using Scanning Utility 800 If you have opened a TIFF file containing multiple saved pages multi page TIFF file and then save the file using File Save Page As or the button note that only the currently displayed page is saved Images on other pages are deleted 1 Select File Open or click in the Toolbar The Open File dialog box appears 2 Select a file and click OK The selected image file is d...

Page 42: ...ce the image is displayed at 100 scale this menu is grayed out and the image cannot be enlarged further Zoom Out Reduces the image each time it is clicked Rotate Left Rotates the image left counterclockwise by 90 Rotate Right Rotates the image right clockwise by 90 Next page Displays the image on the next page if TIFF is selected as the file format and multiple pages are scanned Previous Page Disp...

Page 43: ...ent directly to the printer In this mode because the scanned image is not automati cally saved the image should be saved if necessary 1 Project the image onto the scanner screen 2 Check Printer setting 3 Select File Print Format Actual size Prints at the size shown on the screen regardless of the paper used for printing and the resolution at which the image was scanned Fit to paper If the image si...

Page 44: ...canning The screen image is scanned In Semi auto mode the Start key turns green indicating the ready state Check the scanned image and then press the Start key to perform the scan 6 Scanning ends The Start Scanning Continue dialog box appears In Semi Auto mode the scanner s Start key switches to the ready state NOTE NOTE ...

Page 45: ...you can continue scanning simply by pressing the Start key on the scanner To stop the Scan batch to printer operation press the Clear key The Start Scanning Continue dialog box appears and the Scan batch to printer operation ends If you are using the FS Controller III you can perform continuous scan ning from the FS Controller III keyboard Refer to the FS Controller III Instructions for details 8 ...

Page 46: ...for printing and the resolution at which the image was scanned Fit to paper If the image size is larger than the paper size this setting shrinks the image to match the paper size If the image is smaller than the paper size the image is printed at actual size Actual Pixel Prints each dot in the scanned image as one dot on the printer Accordingly the printed image is smaller when it is printed on a ...

Page 47: ...image is printed The Printer Properties screen differs depending on the printer driver used Refer to the printer driver instructions or the help file for details When an image spans multiple pages you can select All to print all the pages in the Pages range or select only specific pages to be printed NOTE ...

Page 48: ... dialog box appears 3 Specify the destination folder for the saved files and the file type then click OK The mode switches to Converter mode Creating New Folders When you want to create a new folder enter a new folder name into Current Folder under an absolute path name and click on Create New button The number of absolute path name characters in this case must not exceed 200 File Types Scanned im...

Page 49: ...is selected a folder with the batch address as the name 00000003B when the batch address is 3B is created in the specified folder and folders with the file address as the name 00000009F when the file address is 9F are created in that folder The images on each page are each then saved as separate files in that folder The file names are automatically assigned in a series 00000001P 00000002P etc When...

Page 50: ... performed from the application software 1 Project the image onto the scanner screen 2 Press the Scan Size key on the scanner to set the paper size to be used for printing 3 Check Printer setting Use a printer that supports the paper size specified on the scanner When you use ReaderPrinter Emulation mode the printer paper is selected automatically However if margin scanning is specified or the Tri...

Page 51: ... the dialog box 6 Check the settings on the operation panel on the scanner and then press the Start key Prints the image on the screen 7 Printing ends The Start key on the scanner glows green indicating that the Start key is again in the ready state 8 To print another image project the image on the scanner screen and press the Start key In ReaderPrinter Emulation mode you can print images repeated...

Page 52: ...Chapter 3 Using the Scanner 52 ...

Page 53: ...apter 4 Troubleshooting This chapter lists the possible causes of errors and describes how to deal with those errors When an Error Message is Displayed 54 When the Scanned Image is Not Normal 56 Index 57 ...

Page 54: ...ner s synchronous transmission settings Message Parameter is not valid Change the parameters Solution An illegal value was specified as one of the scanner settings in the Scanner Settings dialog box or Add on Settings dialog box Change the setting to a valid value Message Scanner reset detected Try again Solution Follow the on screen directions and switch the scanner ON and then OFF again Message ...

Page 55: ...cient available space on the destination media Increase the available space or save the file to a different destination Message File already exists Do you wish to overwrite it Solution A file already exists with the name you are using to save the image file To overwrite the existing file click OK or Replace all To retain the existing file click Cancel and save the file under a different name Messa...

Page 56: ...leshoot ing in the Microfilm Scanner 800II Instructions for information on how to clean the lens For information on cleaning the carrier glass plate refer to the instructions provided with the carrier The scanner settings are incorrect When the scanner settings are not correct the scanned image is unclear or dull and dark Check the Brightness settings Scanning Utility 800 does not run correctly If...

Page 57: ...ter 34 Rotate Left 33 Rotate Right 33 Scanner 34 Setting Assignment 34 Skew Correction 34 Standby Mode 33 Assigning Function Keys 33 B Batch type 23 Batch 23 Index File 23 Page 23 Before Installation 6 Buttons 22 25 30 Add on 25 Cancel 22 25 30 Default 25 Detail 22 Function Key 25 Gamma 25 OK 22 25 30 C Converter Mode 48 Counter Settings 29 Increment 29 Increment Trigger 29 Batch Mark 29 Each Imag...

Page 58: ... Scanning 24 P Page Menu 14 Next page 14 Prev Page 14 Polarity 23 Auto 23 Nega Film 23 Posi Film 23 Preparing Gamma Curve Data 32 Printing the Displayed Image 46 R ReaderPrinter Emulation Mode 50 S Scan Batch to File 38 Scan Batch to Printer 43 Scanner setting dialog box 19 Scanner Settings 20 Black and White 20 Black and White Fine 20 Black and White Picture 20 Grayscale 4 16 256 level 20 Brightn...

Page 59: ...ion mode 15 Rotate Left 15 Rotate Right 15 Save Page As 14 Scan batch to file 15 Set Scanner 15 Zoom In 14 Zoom Out 14 U Uninstalling Scanning Utility 800 9 V View Menu 13 Best Fit 13 Fit to width 13 Grayscale 13 Rotate Left 13 Rotate Right 13 Status bar 13 Toolbar 13 Zoom In 13 Zoom Out 13 W When an Error Message is Displayed 54 When the Scanned Image is Not Normal 56 ...

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