Microtek ArtixScan DI 5230, Start Here Manual

 9

Basic Scanning for Mac Users

1. Load the document to be scanned either on the scanner glass surface or into the ADF’s

document feed tray.

WARNING

: Do not place photo paper or fragile sheets of paper on the feed tray, as doing this will

damage the original photo or frail papers during the feeding process.

2. Launch 

ScanPotter

 as a stand-alone by clicking on the program icon, or by selecting it from

the application folder in your Mac OS X system.

3. In the 

Scan Source

 options menu, choose 

ADF-Simplex 

or

 ADF-Duplex

 for as your input

image device.

Please note that if the document to be scanned is placed on the scanner’s glass surface,

select 

Flatbed

.

4. Specify your scanning requirements in the 

Scanner Settings

 column.

a) Select the appropriate image type (e.g., RGB Color) in the 

Color Type

 as your image

output type.

-  Select 

RGB Color

 to scan the image in RGB color.

-  Select 

CMYK Color

 to scan the image in CMK color.

-  Select 

Grayscale

 to scan the image in grayscale.

-  Select 

Black & White

 to scan the image in black-and-white.

b) Select a desired resolution in the 

Resolution

 for your image output resolution.

c) Select 

Automatic Detection 

or a desired dimension in the 

Scan Frame

 as your preview

image size.

5. If necessary, click the 

Preview

button to perform a preliminary scan of the image in the

Preview window. Then, reload the document into the feed tray.

6. If necessary, resize the scan frame (floating dotted rectangle) around the image by

dragging on the square spots on the edge or on the corner of the scan frame to determine

the final size of the actual scan.

7. If necessary, specify file settings for your output image files, using the options offered in

the 

File Saving Settings

 column.

8. If necessary, click the

 Image Settings

 button to switch to a window in which you can

select an image effect to the image directly or adjust image quality manually by using the

additional image correction tools.

9. Click the 

Scan

 button to start scanning.

NOTE

: For more details on using ScanPotter, refer to the ScanPotter Reference Manual in the Microtek

Software CD/DVD.