Mustek BearPaw 1200, User Manual

Page 1: ...The BearPaw Panel Appendices The TWAIN Dialog Box SCANNER USER S GUIDE...

Page 2: ...rated in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if it is not installed and used according to the instruction manual it may cause harmful in...

Page 3: ...can 15 1 Position the Document 15 2 Preview the Image 15 3 Select the Scan Size 16 4 Use the Crop Frame 16 5 Set the Scan Mode 16 6 Set the Resolution 16 7 Execute the Scan 16 The TWAIN Dialog Box Det...

Page 4: ...ere are two separate methods to scan an image The BearPaw Panel which is ideal for quick and simple scans and the TWAIN dialog box which offers more control over the output The following pages contain...

Page 5: ...ner e g scan copy fax email OCR etc Simply select the function that you wish to use by clicking on the appropriate button Be sure to make the proper adjustments by clicking the Settings button in rega...

Page 6: ...rol Panel The Direct Scan Icon Right click the Direct Scan icon located in your Windows taskbar and select BearPaw Panel the BearPaw Panel opens NOTE If you should press any scanner button when BearPa...

Page 7: ...anel Settings Clicking on the Settings button located on the BearPaw Panel will show the following screen allowing you to make changes to your BearPaw Panel settings BearPaw Panel Default Settings non...

Page 8: ...will show scanning progress Upon completion your system will automatically load Photo Express Copy Toperformacopy do the following 1 Place the document with the image you want to copy face down on you...

Page 9: ...your scanner window glass 2 Cl i ckont heEmail button Status and Progress Bar area will show emailing progress Upon completion your system will automatically load your default email program and place...

Page 10: ...ate the system item you want changed To change your My Computer Network Neighborhood Recycle Bin icon empty and full 1 Place the document with the image you want to scan face down on your scanner wind...

Page 11: ...ckmark button and your system will automatically update your Windows cursor To use the Recover feature NOTE The startup screen system logo icons My Computer Network Neighborhood Recycle Bin empty and...

Page 12: ...to your overall BearPaw experience 2 Bundled Software additional programs bundled with your scanner to enhance your image editing prowess 3 Panel Replacement allows you to change your existing BearPaw...

Page 13: ...at allows scanning directly into any TWAIN compliant software It eliminates most compatibility problems associated with software and input devices supplied by different vendors You can access the TWAI...

Page 14: ...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 C...

Page 15: ...scans it is important that you position your documents correctly Please follow these steps a Li f tt hedocumentcover b Pl acet hedocumentf acedownont hegl a s sa ndi nt he uppe rr i ght cor nerwher et...

Page 16: ...mage area you wish to scan Click one of the sides or corners of the Crop Frame and drag it to the desired length and width To move the entire Crop Frame position the mouse cursor inside it and drag wi...

Page 17: ...your scanner software please refer to the on line help system by clicking on the Help icon Cropping Tool Allows for Crop Frame creation in the Zoom mode Zoom Magnifies or shrinks the image in the Prev...

Page 18: ...ines the image area you wish to scan Click one of the sides or corners of the Crop Frame and drag it to the desired length and width To move the entire Crop Frame position the mouse cursor inside it a...

Page 19: ...mage shown in the Preview Window For more details please refer to the topic Using Batch Scan Scan After determining the exact image area you wish to scan and selecting your desired scan settings click...

Page 20: ...s again and again without resetting the image options Load Button Loads previously saved settings Save Button Saves current image settings to a specified location Previous Button Reloads the last save...

Page 21: ...can Mode determines how the scanner reads the original image or document When choosing a scan mode it is recommended to consider what purpose the resulting scanned image will be used for LineArt Use t...

Page 22: ...ally 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 dis...

Page 23: ...est and darkest areas of an image so that they are equally distributed Without Color Balance With Color Balance Output Scaling Output scaling allows you to enlarge shrink the size of the final output...

Page 24: ...the effects of your changes in the Preview Window click on the Preview button Channel Selector Channel refers to the red green and blue colors that make up a color image You can choose to change the c...

Page 25: ...0 Brightness 50 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...

Page 26: ...t light from these highlight areas The histogram will display these gamma value effects in the top left portion of the histogram graph signifying highlights Gamma 0 6 Gamma 1 5 PreviewButton Click the...

Page 27: ...fect in the sample thumbnail None No filter is applied if None default setting is selected Blur The Blur filter smoothes the image by lightening the pixels that are in sharp contrast to their neighbor...

Page 28: ...ge horizontally Unsharp Mask The Unsharp Mask filter detects sharp edges and color boundaries and then emphasizes them Emboss The Emboss filter makes the elements in an image appear raised or sunken b...

Page 29: ...using different scan modes resolutions filters and more Batch Scan Controls Load Batch Scan loads previously saved batch scan settings Save Batch Scan saves the current batch scan settings Create Bat...

Page 30: ...scan region a Move the cursor inside the preview window b Hold down the Shift key press the left mouse button and drag the mouse to create a crop frame c Reposition or resize the crop frame if necess...

Page 31: ...r functions of the BearPaw Software and Scanner Panel thereby eliminating the need to use others n n SCAN Photo Express 3 0 compatible only n n FAX only compatible with Mustek fax utility software pro...

Page 32: ...tion 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 c...