PrimaScan 2600 -, Installation Manual

Page 1: ...USB Scanner Installation Guide F O R W I N D O W S...

Page 2: ...ING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON INFRINGEMENT ARE EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED AS A RESULT EXCEPT AS SET OUT ABOVE THE PRODUCT IS SOLD AS IS AND YOU ARE ASSUMING THE E...

Page 3: ...talling the Software 5 Setting Up the Scanner 7 Scanning an Item 9 Adjusting Scanner Settings 12 Selecting a Predefined Scanner Setting 13 Selecting Scan Configuration Options 14 Customizing a Scanner...

Page 4: ...nic images on your computer WHAT S IN THE BOX Before starting the installation check the contents of the box to make sure that all parts are included If any items are missing or damaged contact the de...

Page 5: ...wer left corner Reference frame Place items face down within this frame Markings for inches and centimeters appear along the border of the frame Universal Serial Bus USB port Plug the scanner end of t...

Page 6: ...rt on your computer 32 megabytes MB or more of available internal memory RAM 70 MB of free hard disk space A VGA or SVGA monitor Recommended settings for your monitor are as many colors as possible Hi...

Page 7: ...puter yet Later after Windows 98 or Windows 2000 finds the scanner you can install the other applications on the CD Note You must install the scanner software before connecting the scanner to your com...

Page 8: ...e into the USB port on the back of the scanner If the plug does not attach easily make sure that you are plugging it in correctly Do not force the plug into the connection Note You do not have to shut...

Page 9: ...at the USB scanner has been found The scanner is now correctly installed 3 From the CD install the other software applications to your computer Make sure to install the application named MGI PhotoSuit...

Page 10: ...set up the scanner with the MGI PhotoSuite III SE application 1 From the Windows Desktop click the Start button select Programs and select MGI PhotoSuite III SE 2 After the MGI PhotoSuite III applica...

Page 11: ...THE SCANNER 8 The panel on the left side of the window shows several buttons for getting photos or other images 3 Click the Scanner Twain button The panel shows options for choosing the scanner and fo...

Page 12: ...all business cards to A4 sized pages Your USB scanner also has special settings for scanning color photos and text documents For more information about scanner settings see Adjusting Scanner Settings...

Page 13: ...ning In the example above the selected setting is Color Document Faster 4 Click the Preview button The scanner scans a preview of the item on the scanner glass and displays it in the Scan Manager In t...

Page 14: ...lect only a certain area of an item to scan Selecting an appropriate scan area can result in a faster scan and a smaller file size The scanned image s file size and available space on your computer s...

Page 15: ...Choose Open from the PhotoSuite File menu and open the scanned image file See the PhotoSuite help information for more details about opening scanned images If you re using another application to scan...

Page 16: ...e articles receipts forms and other text items Provides the fastest scan time and smallest file size Black White Photo Grayscale 100 dpi Black and white photos Provides the best setting for black and...

Page 17: ...the selections indicate their mode setting Choose one of the modes for scanning from the list Res This is the resolution setting for the scan in dots per inch dpi The higher the dpi the sharper the im...

Page 18: ...wo passes the first pass senses the item s size and the second pass scans the image This option overrides the selections for Size Adv Settings Click this button to see advanced settings for scanning S...

Page 19: ...ss and contrast at which grayscale and color items are scanned You can also adjust the brightness for black and white items To adjust brightness and contrast 1 Click the Adv Settings button on the Sca...

Page 20: ...s of the rectangle click the rectangle and then drag the borders of the rectangle to resize it This effectively allows you to crop the item The dimensions of the selected area appear in the Scan Confi...

Page 21: ...er dimensions Height 3 4 inches 8 5 cm Width 11 4 inches 29 0 cm Length 17 5 inches 45 0 cm Weight 5 6 pounds 2 5 kg Operating temperature 50 104 F 5 35 C without condensation Relative humidity 20 80...