Technical Installation Notice
Listed below is additional information that was not included in your
Operation Manual. Please read it before installation.
For Mac users (For Mac OS 9 or later users, please skip this section)
1. If you are using Mac OS 8.6, check to make sure you have version 2.1 or later of the FireWire Support
and FireWire Enabler extensions. Older versions will not function properly with this scanner.
2. If you need to update your FireWire extensions, they can be downloaded from Apple’s website. Please
be aware that there are different versions based on the language used on your system. Make sure the
extensions you download match the language and version of your Mac OS.
3. If you can’t find the FireWire installer for the language system you use, please do the following steps:
a. Delete FireWire Enabler and Support for the language system you use from the Extension folder,
say for example French System, move out the file named Activateur FireWire, Gestion FireWire.
b. Then drop the English version of FireWire Enabler and Support included in MagicScan CD into
Extension folder of System.
For Power Macintosh users using a PCI FireWire card
If you are using a PCI FireWire card, check to make sure you have version 2.3 or later of the FireWire.
Otherwise please go to Apple’s website to download the extension.
For PC users using Windows 2000 or Windows XP
If the message “Digital Signature Not Found” appears when Windows 2000 or Windows XP first detects
your scanner, please continue the installation by clicking the “YES” button.
For PC user on installing the hardware and software, please follow the steps below to install
(Windows 2000/98 SE only).
1. Install the scanner driver (MagicScan) first.
2. Install an OHCI 1394 interface card to your PC.
3. Power on your scanner and wait for the ready light to come on.
4. Power on your PC and boot your Windows.
5. When the system first time detects your scanner, it will take about 30 to 60 seconds to find a proper
driver.
6. Launch the scanner driver (MagicScan).
Warning: Be careful not to do the following…
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Do not attempt to connect the scanner to more than one computer at the same time.
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Do not connect more than one PowerLook 1120 to the same PC if you are using Windows 98.
(Windows 2000 does allow multiple scanners).
Adding or removing other IEEE 1394 devices to your system while “scan” or “preview” functions are
running can cause data transmission errors.
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