Mustek PageExpress 4800 Pro, User Manual

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Page 2: ...or long periods of time Protect the Scanner from potential liquid spills such as soda coffee tea and etc Be carefully to keep it without dropping it or strong impact Operate the Scanner on a level well grounded work surface free of excessive vibration Do not open the Scanner case alone without technical support because there is danger of electrical shock Position the Scanner near the computer wher...

Page 3: ... procedures in Mac 32 Setting ScanMust and Buttons 32 Scanning Using ScanMust and Buttons 36 Continue to Scan More Pages 37 Cancel a Scan 38 Delete the Backup Files 38 Scanning using twain interface in Windows 39 Acquire the Scanner TWAIN Interface 39 The TWAIN Interface 40 The Main Tab 40 The Enhance Tab 41 The Filters Tab 43 The Preview Window and Controls 44 Prescan the Image 45 Set Up the Scan...

Page 4: ...4 unpacking the Scanner Make sure following items are included in this package Scanner AC Adapter see Connecting the Scanner Installation DVD see Installing Drivers and Software Quick Start Guide ...

Page 5: ...tion that enables image scanning via the TWAIN interface For detailed information of this application see the Help file integrated within this application 3 ABBYY FineReader this application converts scanned text into searchable text when using the PDF function For detailed information of this application see the Help file integrated within this application 4 Adobe Acrobat Reader this application ...

Page 6: ... 11 and above Color Display 1024 x 768 resolution or above 1024 x 768 resolution or above RAM 4GB RAM or greater 4GB RAM or greater Free Hard Drive Space 2GB 1GB Drive DVD ROM Drive for software installation DVD ROM Drive for software installation Interface Available USB port Available USB port NOTE The scanning speed and performance are determined by the specifications of your computer The higher...

Page 7: ...your email program For Windows you can select either email or application default MS Paint as the destination of your scan 5 Scan directly to the selected folder 6 Scan directly to the PDF file format 7 For Windows scan directly to either Google Drive or Dropbox shared folder in your computer For Mac scan directly to the selected application default Preview 8 USB Port Connect the USB Cable to a co...

Page 8: ...Return to the installation window to install other software to your computer to enable certain functions Mac 1 Insert the Installation DVD into the DVD ROM drive of the Mac The Autorun disc icon appears on your desktop 2 Double click on the Autorun disc icon The content of the disc is displayed in the Autorun folder as following 3 Double click the Scanner Driver folder then PageExpress 4800 Pro pk...

Page 9: ...om the computer 2 Exit all running applications 3 Insert the Installation DVD 4 Double click on the UninstallDriver icon in the Scanner Driver folder to remove it Uninstall Driver 5 Drag ImageAcquire icon and ScanMust icon from the Application folder to Trash Showing Hiding Tooltips You can show default or hide the tooltips for the iDocScan Touch panel and the settings page when you are familiar w...

Page 10: ... that you click the arrow in the system tray to reveal it b Mac computers will automatically launch the ScanMust software in the menu bar NOTE If your Windows computer does not appear the Scanner icon in the system tray from the Start menu click All Programs PageExpress 4800 Pro iDocScan Touch PE4800 Pro If your Mac computer does not appear the Scanner icon in the menu bar open Finder and then cli...

Page 11: ...Glass and then align the original at the top right corner 3 Close the Scanner Lid NOTE Do not place heavy items on the Scanner Glass or press on the Scanner Glass with too much force as this will cause damage to the glass surface Do not place any objects which may scratch the glass on the scanner ...

Page 12: ...up the iDocScan Touch panel 2 Click Settings by the following 5 scan to functions to open the Settings dialog box Scan to Folder Settings Scan to PDF Settings Scan to Application Settings Scan to Cloud Settings Scan to Print Settings 3 The Settings window appears You can change the settings as following Scan to Folder Settings Scan to PDF Settings A B C D Scan to Application Settings Scan to Cloud...

Page 13: ... choices Auto A4 B5 Letter Select Auto to automatically detect the paper size and crop scanned image When scanning darker originals i e night scenery photos over cropping may occur Original Type Select an option according to the type of original to auto adjust overall brightness and contrast for the scanned image Document Originals with mainly text Photo Originals with mainly color pictures Magazi...

Page 14: ...escreen is enabled In such cases disable the Unsharp Mask Scanning takes longer than usual when you enable the Descreen function scanning procedures in windows Continued Invert This function reverses the colors of the scanned image to the opposite colors Example of black text with white background to be inverted Original Invert applied Example of grayscale picture to be inverted Original Invert ap...

Page 15: ...sult of the value NOTE Brightness is enabled in Color and Gray mode but not in the B W mode Contrast Use the slider to increase or decrease the value 127 127 and to adjust the contrast higher or lower The bigger the value is to set towards 127 the more contrast is between lighter and darker areas You can view the sample image to the right side of the slider for the result of the value NOTE Contras...

Page 16: ...enabled up to 600 dpi This option to compress 1200 dpi is not available Compression Quality slider When JPEG PDF or TIFF Compression JPEG file is selected in the File Type the Compression Quality slider is enabled Use the slider to compress a file to reduce the total size in High Medium or Low The higher the compression level the lower the file size and vice versa NOTE The Compression Quality is o...

Page 17: ... default MS Paint as the destination of your scan To add a new application click Add and navigate to the exe files in the Program folder then select it to add in the application list To delete the application select it from the dropdown menu then click Delete to remove the application NOTE Please make sure the application supports the File Type selected The default application MS Paint cannot be d...

Page 18: ...nt scan status 3 After scanning completes the scanned image is saved and opened according to the scan to function you select as below Scan to Folder The specified folder opens automatically with the scanned image selected in it Scan to PDF The scanned image is saved in the PDF format and opened automatically in the Acrobat Reader Scan to Application The scanned image opens automatically in the spe...

Page 19: ... Dropbox and Google Drive must be installed on your computer and has been logged in prior to scanning Scan to Print The computer s print dialog box opens up with the image in it Use the print dialog box to set the available settings of the printer driver to print the scanned image Setting iDocScan Touch Advanced Scan The Advanced Scan is only available by using the iDocScan Touch panel It includes...

Page 20: ...cedures in windows Continued 5 Compression When TIFF file is selected in the File Type the Compression format is enabled with following choices None No compression is used LZW LZW is a compression method that results in no loss of data The file size is closer to the actual size of the color data JPEG JPEG is a lossy compression method that results in some data is lost This method is best used to r...

Page 21: ... backup file dialog box after the scanning process completes asking if you want to delete the backup file Click Delete to delete the backup file Click Cancel not to delete the file 10 Scan to Folder Select Scan to Folder as the destination of your scan 11 Open with Application Select Open with Application default MS Paint as the destination of your scan To add a new application click Add from the ...

Page 22: ...e Settings window 17 Default Reset Destination and Scan Settings to the default settings Scan Settings Tab 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 20 19 16 1 Scan Settings Tab Click the Scan Settings tab to display the settings options 2 Scan Mode Color Select it to scan the color photographs documents and items containing colors in full color Gray Select it to scan the image in grayscale using ...

Page 23: ... in the Preview Window 5 Scan Resolution Select the resolution of the image to be scanned with following choices 100dpi 200dpi 300dpi 600dpi 1200dpi 2400dpi 4800dpi The higher the resolution the bigger the file size 100dpi is disabled when OCR Text Searchable is checked NOTE The change of Scan Resolution will apply to the selected cropping frame only 6 Original Type Select an option according to t...

Page 24: ...e when scanning in B W or Multi color Output B W mode You can convert the scanned image in black and white using following method Auto Threshold It finds an adequate threshold value automatically to obtain a clear image and remove dark backgrounds from the image Original After processed Manual Threshold You may manually adjust the Threshold value 127 127 until you are satisfied with the result Hal...

Page 25: ...cted color and toward Minimum to keep more selected color in NOTE Color Dropout can only be specified in Gray and B W mode Color Dropout may not remove all of the contents for the selected color when scanning colored backgrounds or colored paper 11 Invert This function reverses the colors of the scanned image to the opposite colors Example of black text with white background to be inverted Origina...

Page 26: ...ly when deskewing dark images This function cannot work with a large skew angle 13 Descreen Descreening helps to reduce moire patterns in magazines or other printed materials After descreening the image may appear blurry Example Descreen applied Original NOTE If the Unsharp Mask function is enabled some moire pattern may not reduce even when the Descreen is enabled In such cases disable the Unshar...

Page 27: ... accurately reflect the actual colors of the original image Color Match is only enabled when the Scan Mode set to Color 16 Photo Refresh This function helps to automatically lighten and sharpen the scanned image Photo Refresh is only enabled when the Scan Mode set to Color 17 Scan Click to scan the final image using the current settings 18 Preview Click to preview the image using the current setti...

Page 28: ...e the cursor within the cropping frame the cursor will change to Click and drag the cursor to move the entire cropping frame to the desired area Move cursor If more than one originals are placed on the Flatbed all images will be contained in one cropping frame click the in the Preview toolbar to adjust the frame size and add another cropping frame to the image Multiple Cropping Frames 4 You can ma...

Page 29: ...o E Mail The scanned image opens automatically in the default email application The default email application opens up with the scanned image attached in a blank email NOTE Maximum of 20 files can be attached within an email If the total file size is exceeded the attachment size limit set at the mail server the file cannot be sent Applications that do not support multi page scanning will open and ...

Page 30: ...the Scan Resolution to all cropping frames 6 Delete the selected cropping frame s 7 Rotate the image 90º counterclockwise 8 Rotate the image 90º clockwise 9 Preview Area Display the preview image 10 Thin dashed lines Represent the unselected cropping frame 11 Moving thick dashed lines Represent the currently selected cropping frame You can enlarge or shrink the cropping frame by dragging the corne...

Page 31: ...s checked in the Settings a dialog box appears after the scanning to Email application or printer asking if you want to delete the scanned image To confirm the deletion click Delete To keep the scanned image without deletion click Cancel Cancel a Scan To stop the scanning process click Cancel during scanning A Scan has been cancelled dialog box appears and the scanned image is cancelled Click OK t...

Page 32: ...ngs window appears in which you can change settings for each Scan to function in the Destination and Scan Settings tabs Destination Click the Destination tab to bring up the setting page for the Scan to option selected You can make change as following Scan to Folder 6 7 8 9 1 4 5 2 3 Scan to PDF 6 7 8 9 1 4 5 2 3 Scan to Application 6 7 8 9 1 10 4 5 2 3 Scan to Email 6 7 8 9 1 4 5 11 12 2 3 Scan t...

Page 33: ...ormat to save scanned image Availability of the File Type may vary in different scan to destination Choices JPEG TIFF Single page TIFF Multi page PDF Single page PDF Multi page PNG NOTE PDF Single page and TIFF Single page are used for saving originals into single page PDF and TIFF files PDF Multi page and TIFF Multi page are used for combining multiple scans into one file The Continuous Scanning ...

Page 34: ...w 10 Application The system detects and displays the applications installed in your computer which support to open the File Type To add a new application click Add and navigate to the exe files in the Application s folder then click Add to add it to the application list To delete the application select the application then click Delete NOTE Make sure to add the application which can open the File ...

Page 35: ...ze given here is only an estimate The actual file size can be different than the estimate 4 Scan Resolution Select the resolution of the image to be scanned Choices 100 200 300 600 1200 NOTE The higher the resolution the bigger the file size 5 Image Adjustments Brightness Use the slider to increase or decrease the value 100 100 and to adjust the image brighter or darker You can view the test image...

Page 36: ... settings you changed and close the Settings window Scanning Using ScanMust and Buttons 1 Place the original on the Flatbed Glass see Placing the Originals 2 Click a scan to function from the ScanMust menu to start scanning to the destination with the Settings you previously configured see Setting ScanMust and Buttons Scan to PDF Scan to Application Scan to Cloud Scan to Print Scan to Folder Alter...

Page 37: ...not be opened scanning procedures in Mac Continued Scan to Email The default email application opens automatically with the scanned image attached in a blank email Use the send email method of the email application to send the scanned image NOTE If the file size of the scanned image exceeds the attachment size limit set at your mail server then the image cannot be sent Scan to Email only supports ...

Page 38: ...celled Click OK to close the dialog box If you cancel a scan during the continuous scanning process the following cancel dialog box appears asking if you want to save the image already scanned before cancelling the scan Click Yes to save the file otherwise click No to discard the file Delete the Backup Files When Delete Backup File of Scanned Image is checked in the Settings a dialog box appears a...

Page 39: ... Open the Start menu then open Presto PageManager from All Program list 2 Click File then Select Source Select PageExpress 4800 Pro from the Select Source list PageExpress 4800 Pro 3 Click File Acquire Image Data The TWAIN interface appears as following The TWAIN interface contains control settings which you must set prior to scanning a document The basic steps to scan a document are 1 Click on th...

Page 40: ...he Main Tab Scan Source Sets the media type of the document to be scanned Scan Mode Determines how the scanner will read the image and refers to how the image will be reproduced after it is scanned Scan Size Refers to the size of the image or document that you are about to scan JPEG2000 Scan The latest image compression standard that usually provides smaller file size and higher image quality than...

Page 41: ...kground Removes the unpleasant background shade This function is available in Gray mode The Enhance Tab Brightness Contrast Control Brightness Control Allows you to adjust the overall amount of light in the image through a range of values 127 0 127 Contrast Control The Contrast Control allows you to adjust the overall amount of black areas or white areas in the image through a range of values 127 ...

Page 42: ...taneously Preview Button This button allows you to see the effect of any changes made to the image Curve Control Curve Control Applying a curve to an image enhances favored brightness ranges at the cost of others Add Anchor To make a curve simply place an anchor on the diagonal line and adjust its position Add more anchors if you have to make a more complex curve Curve Control Remove Anchor You ca...

Page 43: ...w Button This button allows you to see the effect of any changes made to the image Scanning using twain interface in Windows Continued The Filters Tab The Filters Tab allows you to adjust the individual effects of the scanned image by applying various filters to the image prior to scanning Emboss Makes the elements in the image appear raised or sunken Thumbnails Are used to see the effects of any ...

Page 44: ...Saves the current image settings Previous Button Returns the most recent selection to its previous setting Reloads the last saved image settings Reset Button Returns settings to their default values Info Button Lists information about the current settings being used Batch Scan Button Allows creation of up to 30 scan regions or Crop Frames for multiple scanning Language Setting Allows you to select...

Page 45: ...ting scanned image when you click Scan The size information at the bottom of the dialog box is automatically updated when the Crop Frame is resized 2 Select the scan source Since we are going to scan a color photograph choose Reflective Reflective when scanning paper based documents such as photographs or text magazines books or images 3 Select the desired scan mode The Scan Mode determines how th...

Page 46: ... part of your document using different scan modes and resolutions In batch scanning you can specify up to a maximum of 30 scan regions or you can scan a single region several times using different combinations of scan modes and resolutions To activate batch scanning click on the Batch Scan button This will bring up the Batch Scan dialog box The Batch Scan Dialog Box The Batch Scan dialog box conta...

Page 47: ...se to create a crop frame c Reposition or resize the crop frame if necessary 3 Set the desired scan mode and resolution for the current scan region 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 if you wish to create additional scan regions NOTE Using the Batch Scan arrows allows you to view the different batch jobs 5 Click Scan The scanner will begin to scan the batch jobs one after the other The Batch Box contains the ...

Page 48: ...ation folder and then double click on it 2 Select the Scanner model from the Image Acquire window and then click Acquire to open the TWAIN interface NOTE In some programs the Acquire command will appear in a submenu under the Import command Select PageExpress 4800 Pro Acquire 3 The TWAIN interface appears as following The TWAIN interface contains control settings which you must set prior to scanni...

Page 49: ...an Source Sets the media type of the document to be scanned Scan Mode Sets the scanner to read color grayscale lineart etc Scan Size Refers to the size of the image or document that you are about to scan Width and Length Show the dimensions of the image area inside the Cropping Frame Resolution Sets the resolution in dots per inch dpi Color Matching Control Color Matching allows the scanner to mor...

Page 50: ... that make up a color image You can choose to change the channels individually or choose master to change all channels equally and simultaneously Gamma Control Adjusts the brightness level in the highlights midtones and shadows of the image 0 1 7 9 Reset Button Returns settings to their default values The Filters Tab The Filters folder contains preprocessing controls that allow you to apply specia...

Page 51: ...an the Image A Preview is a quick low resolution scan of the entire original image From this low resolution scan you can get a clearer idea of the image area you want to include when you click Scan To Preview the steps are 1 Place the document face down on the scan window glass 2 Click the Preview button in the dialog box After the scanner has scanned the document the scanned image will appear in ...

Page 52: ...produce up to 256 shades of gray Lineart 1 bit is used for text documents or black and white images 4 Select the desired resolution Resolution is a measure of how much image detail information the scanner is to capture in a scan A higher resolution results to a sharper image but requires more disk space for file saving For this session set the resolution to 300 dpi Execute the Scan Command When yo...

Page 53: ...hift key press the left mouse button and drag the mouse to create a crop frame c Reposition or resize the crop frame if necessary 3 Set the desired scan mode and resolution for the current scan region 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 if you wish to create more scan regions You can have up to 10 scan regions If you want to duplicate the current scan region simply click on the Duplicate Batch Button 5 Click S...

Page 54: ...es to clean the Scanner Doing so may damage it Do not press on the Scanner Glass with too much force as this will cause damage to the glass surface 1 Unplug the USB Cable 2 Use a clean soft cloth moistened with water or mild detergent to clean the outside of the Scanner 3 Use a clean soft cloth moistened with a small amount of glass cleaner to remove dust grease and stains on the Flatbed Glass Wip...

Page 55: ...all the Photoshop TWAIN plug in prior to use Refer to Using TWAIN in Photoshop CS4 CC version pdf in the Installation DVD Scanned image edges are cropped Make sure your original is placed correctly for scanning When scanning darker originals i e night scenery photos over cropping may occur Text created by the OCR software is incorrect Select a resolution of minimum 300 dpi in the software settings...

Page 56: ...mm 8 5 x 11 68 Optical Resolution 4800 dpi x 4800 dpi Effective Pixels 11744 11744 pixels at 4800 dpi Scanning area in the Advanced Mode of iDocScan Touch will be restriced if the Scan Resolution setting is large Enhanced Resolution 19200 dpi x 19200 dpi Enhanced Resolution is available in the TWAIN interface only Interface USB 2 0 Scanner Buttons 5 Function Buttons Power Supply by USB Bus Power 5...

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