ScanShop ® Users Guide Scan, print, store, retrieve and display your images. ScanShop makes your scanner easy to use! For version 4.
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Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to Image Processing.............................................. 1 Overview..........................................................................................1 About Scanners ................................................................................1 About Resolution .............................................................................1 Matching Scan to Output .................................................................
Table of Contents The ScanShop Menu Bar ...............................................................35 File .................................................................................................36 View ...............................................................................................38 Edit.................................................................................................40 Rotate ......................................................................................
Table of Contents Appendix B: Troubleshooting ................................................................... 137 Overview......................................................................................137 Getting Help.................................................................................137 Identifying the Problem ...............................................................137 How to Get a License...................................................................143 Patches ........
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Image Processing Overview In operation, ScanShop uses some underlying concepts that are basic to image scanners, scanning, and processing the scanned image. About Scanners Image scanners are computer peripheral devices that scan and convert images into digital data which are often referred to as bitmap or raster data. These scanned image data can then be processed and reproduced by computers and other devices.
Chapter 1:Introduction to Image Processing Monitor Resolution Monitor resolution is the measure of the dpi which can be displayed on your monitor screen. A critical fact of scanning is that no matter how high your scan resolution is, you will only be able to view the image at the dpi supported by your monitor. Scanner Resolution Scanner resolution on the other hand, is the number of dots per inch that a scanner is capable of capturing.
Chapter 1:Introduction to Image Processing per pixel, the more information there is that can be used to represent an image, and the larger the resulting file size. Black and white line art, for instance, has only 1 bit per pixel, that is, a bit in the image can be either 1 or 0 (black or white). Gray scale output, on the other hand, may have 4, 6 or 8-bits per pixel, yielding from 16 to 256 shades of gray.
Chapter 1:Introduction to Image Processing Gamma Tables Gamma tables are useful for improving the appearance of scanned images or for removing undesirable components of scanned originals. This effect is attained by substituting values for pixels different from those read by the scanner’s image sensor. Monitors and output devices, being different kinds of devices, have different physics associated with their display of images — monitors transmit light; paper printouts absorb and reflect light.
Chapter 2: Before You Begin ScanShopType Conventions Different kinds of typefaces used throughout this manual indicate text that will appear on the screen or need to be entered by the user. Type: Indicates text is: courier courier bold text generated by the computer text typed in by user text to be replaced by user When asked to enter commands preceded by a pound sign (‘#’), the user should be in super-user mode or ‘root’ first.
Chapter 2:Before You Begin Manufacturer Operating System / CPU Linux: RedHat, Caldera, etc. Linux x86 (Kernel 2.0 and higher) SGI IRIX MIPS Table 1: Supported Platforms If your platform is not listed above, you can contact Vividata, Inc. to see if your platform has been added since this printing of the manual. - When printing a PostScript file you will need additional space in your temporary directory equal to the output size of your image.
Chapter 2:Before You Begin Customer Support You can reach the Vividata, Inc. technical support staff by: • Email: support@vividata.com • Fax: USA (510) 658-6597 • Telephone: USA (510) 658-6587 • World wide web: http://www.vividata.com/SupportShop Customer Service is available from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (PST/PDT).
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Chapter 3: Software and Hardware Installation Overview This section describes the installation procedures for ScanShop, including the License Manager and scanner hardware. Please consult the release notes supplied with this product for any last-minute information relevant to your particular system.
Chapter 3:Software and Hardware Installation SCSI Cable Lengths If you have a SCSI bus with SCSI-1 and SCSI-2 devices that do not operate in fast SCSI mode, the bus's total physical cable length should not exceed 6 meters (19.6 feet). On a bus with fast SCSI devices, the length should not exceed 3 meters (9.8 feet). On a bus with Ultra SCSI (SCSI-3) devices, the length should not exceed 1.5 meters (4.9 feet). At longer lengths, data integrity and transmission speed can be degraded significantly.
Chapter 3:Software and Hardware Installation Installing ScanShop Installing ScanShop on your system consists of a few simple steps. If you obtained your software from the Internet or on tape, proceed directly to “Internet or Tape Distribution” below. If you have your software on CD-ROM, you should skip the “Internet or Tape Distribution” section and proceed directly to “Running the Installer”.
Chapter 3:Software and Hardware Installation File Name File Contents .desc Contains installation information for the Installer. Do not edit this file. .tar.Z A compressed product archive file used by the Installer to install the software onto your system. Do not uncompress this file yourself. Running the Installer The Vividata Installer is a Motif-based graphical user interface (GUI) tool that will aid in the installation of Vividata's products onto your system.
Chapter 3:Software and Hardware Installation you need to first disable X server access control as the owner of the X session by entering: % xhost + If you get an error message such as: ld.so.1: ./installer: fatal: libXm.so.3: can't open file: errno=2 either you do not have the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable set properly or you do not have Motif 1.2 installed on your system. If Motif is not on your system, you need to install it.
Chapter 3:Software and Hardware Installation Using the Installer When you run the Installer, a welcome screen will be displayed. Figure 3-1 Installer Welcoming Screen Click Next, unless you have already installed the software and are re-running the Installer in order to enter your license keys (in which case, click Jump to Licensing, and go to “Installing the License Keys” on page 14). The Installer will detect all available Vividata software packages and select all the packages it finds.
Chapter 3:Software and Hardware Installation Figure 3-2 Your lmhositd information If you have already received your license keys from Vividata, click Next. Otherwise, note your lmhostid, as this and your host name will be used to generate your license keys. Key requests should be e-mailed to keys@vividata.com.
Chapter 3:Software and Hardware Installation If you have your license key ready, you can select “Enter by hand” in which case you will be presented with a dialog as shown in Figure 3-4. This will allow you to enter your key or drag and drop it from an e-mail program. When finished press “Next”. Figure 3-4 Enter by hand Dialog If you choose “Select saved e-mail or text” the Installer will search the file you designate for the key data and display it in the License(s) box as shown in Figure 3-5.
Chapter 3:Software and Hardware Installation Figure 3-5 Select File Dialog Installing the Kernel SCSI Driver for SunOS 4.x, HP-UX 10.x & AIX Now you are ready to invoke the installation script. This script will lead you step-by-step through the kernel driver installation, prompting you where necessary. To begin, go to the ScanShop directory and enter: # ./bin/vv_install The install script installs device drivers into the current kernel of the system.
Chapter 3:Software and Hardware Installation Configuring the Environment Please see “# rm -r Vividata_directoryConfiguring the EnvironmentEnvironment Variables” on page 19 for details on setting up your environment. Installation Complete You are now ready to use ScanShop. Demo Mode If desired, you can verify your ScanShop installation before you get your license key(s) from Vividata, by running ScanShop in “demo” mode.
Chapter 3:Software and Hardware Installation # rm -r Vividata_directoryConfiguring the EnvironmentEnvironment Variables A number of environment variables affect the operation of PostShop (and the applications that may use PostShop). These are normally either unnecessary or set automatically during installation, but you may want to change their default values if you are customizing your system. If you would like to check on their settings, you can inspect the wrapper script(s) in $VV_HOME/bin.
Chapter 3:Software and Hardware Installation VVNET enables ScanShop to access the manuals via the internet. Setting this variable (e.g. assigning it the value 1) activates linking to the completeScanShop documentation in HTML via Netscape (version 3.0 or later), and switches On-line Help to use HTML files within Netscape as well. VVPRE_FILTER is similar to the VVP_FILTER, but different in that it is applied before any of the usual file format readers (or VVP_FILTER for that matter) are applied.
Chapter 3:Software and Hardware Installation Operating System Directory SunSolaris 2.x /etc/lp/interfaces SunOS 4.x OSF/1, AIX /usr/vividata/config HP-UX 10.x /etc/lp/interface HP-UX 9.x /usr/spool/lp/interface IRIX 5 & 6 /var/spool/lp/interface The name of the script is identical to the name of the printer, except that on some systems, an “.if” extension is added. The following section describes user configurable environment variables in the printer interface script.
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Chapter 4: Starting Up ScanShop Overview The ScanShop application can be run with or without the graphical user interface or GUI. Both ways are covered in the following sections: • Running ScanShop • Command Line Options Running ScanShop To run ScanShop using the GUI and the current default settings, simply go to the directory where you installed ScanShop and type: .
Chapter 4:Starting Up ScanShop scanshop [options] Without graphical user interface: sshop_cli [options] ScanShop options may be specified in any order in any or all of the following ways (in decreasing priority): • On the command line, • In an ifs settings file • In the user’s .scanshoprc file. Only the first three letters of options are matched. The values assigned to options are either numbers, filenames, or dimensions.
Chapter 4:Starting Up ScanShop -mode=n Scan images in mode n, depending on whether image composition is text or photographs, etc. (use in conjunction with bits option). Table 1: =n option Resulting Mode 0 binary 1 halftone 2 gray 3 color (special binary) 4 color (special halftone) 5 color -bits=n Scanner will return n bits per pixel (use in conjunction with mode option). -xres=n Scan resolution (x direction) is n dots-per-inch. Default is 200.
Chapter 4:Starting Up ScanShop -scanarea=size Set scan area to standard paper size. This is equivalent to specifying values for ulx, uly, width, and length for standard paper sizes. Note that when feeder or xfeed:yfeed values are specified, the scanarea and ulx:uly:width:length values default to the same area as that of the feeder. Table 2: Size Dimensions letter 8.5" x 11" letterL 11" x 8.5" legal 8.
Chapter 4:Starting Up ScanShop -feeder=xfeed:yfeed Enable automatic document feeding of custom page size xfeed by yfeed. A suffix of m, i, t, or p on xfeed or yfeed specifies units, otherwise twelfths, (1/1200 in), is assumed. -xfeed=n See above. -yfeed=n See above. -double Scan in duplex or double sided mode on duplex scanners.. -compress=n Perform compression on the image data, using compression hardware in the scanner, if available. Use in conjunction with “format=0” (tiff format).
Chapter 4:Starting Up ScanShop -bright=n Sets level of brightness used during scanning to n. -thresh=n Level at which scan data is converted to binary data is n. The default, 0, indicates automatic thresholding; otherwise, values from 1 to 255 indicate increasing threshold levels. -binfilter=n Binary filtering parameter (emphasis) is n.
Chapter 4:Starting Up ScanShop -mirror=n Return horizontal reflection (n=1), or normal image (n=0). -format=n Output file format is n, taken from the following list: Table 5: =n option File Format 0 tiff 1 ras 2 epsi 3 x11 15 pal_tif 17 gif 19 jpeg 20 mtiff (multipage) 21 png 22 xwd 23 rgb (Silicon Graphics) 24 rgb-rle (SGI) 28 pdf (Adobe) -log=filename ScanShop will append a control/status (text) record for each scan to file filename. Default is to record no log.
Chapter 4:Starting Up ScanShop into a single (multi-page TIFF or PDF) file. The exit code of sshop_cli will be the number of pages scanned. -start=n1 See above. -stop=n2 See above. -step=n3See above. -ifile=filename When the GUI version of ScanShop is launched, pre-loads the base window canvas with image data from file filename. -ofile=filename Write resulting scan data to file filename. Default name is “scan.tmp”.
Chapter 4:Starting Up ScanShop bits length wid ofile xres yres 1 10in 8in tmp.ras 200 200 To enable automatic document feeding, and scan ten pages to files named page01, page02, …, page10: % sshop_cli -ifs=letter.ss -feed=letter -number=1:10 \ -ofile=page%02d Many users find it handy to have ScanShop come up running with the same settings they had in their previous session.
Chapter 4:Starting Up ScanShop File Locking For back-to-back integration with other programs such as OCR APIs, Databases, etc., ScanShop applies file-locks to the image files. The locks are released as each image file is completed. In this way, an application waiting to open image files that appear in a directory can be automatically awakened by the OS when ScanShop releases the lock. This feature is somewhat OS-dependent and may not be supported on any particular platform.
Chapter 5: Using ScanShop Overview This section provides full details on the ScanShop main screen, including scanning and printing images. The Main Screen When ScanShop is run with the graphical user interface, the main screen appears. Figure 5-1.
Chapter 5:Using ScanShop Following is a brief summary of the main components of this screen, described in order from top to bottom: Title Bar Displays the name of the currently displayed file, if the file has been saved. Menu Bar Contains all controls for scanning and printing images, as well as controls for image manipulation and viewing, and file handling. The on-line help system is also here. Page Select For multi-page images, lets you select which image is being displayed.
Chapter 5:Using ScanShop The ScanShop Menu Bar Summary Figure 5-2 ScanShop Menu Bar Following are descriptions of the various selections available under each of the menu headers. File Has the options for opening files, saving files (and saving as different file outputs) and exiting the program. Edit Has the edit, undo and crop functions to manipulate image output. View Has the fit to window, size controls and zoom functions.
Chapter 5:Using ScanShop File The FILE menu offers the commands that allow you to read and write ScanShop’s image files, as well as to exit ScanShop. Figure 5-3 File Menu Open Open will allow you to bring any supported image into ScanShop, automatically reading in appropriate file format information. If you have been scanning and editing an image prior to invoking the load command, ScanShop will ask you if you want to save your image before loading a new one.
Chapter 5:Using ScanShop Exit Selecting Exit will cause ScanShop to exit normally. If you have specified the “ofs” command line option, a ScanShop settings file will be written.
Chapter 5:Using ScanShop View The VIEW menu provides controls that change the appearance of the image ScanShop is displaying. Figure 5-4 View Menu Fit to Window This view option will scale your image to fit in the current window. Additionally, every time you resize the window or crop your image, your image will be rescaled accordingly. Note: Windows cannot be shrunk below a minimum window size. 400%, 200%, 100%, 50%, 25% These are the built-in zoom options for viewing.
Chapter 5:Using ScanShop Zoom In, Zoom Out These are the built-in zoom level steps for viewing. For a given viewing zoom, Zoom In enlarges the image area and Zoom Out shrinks the image. Important Note: The View options only modify the appearance of the image on the screen, not the actual size of the image data.
Chapter 5:Using ScanShop Edit The EDIT menu allows you to crop an image to desired dimensions and to undo the most recent image manipulation. Figure 5-5 Edit Menu Undo Undo will undo the most recent rotation, mirror, or crop operation. Crop Crop allows you to cut away the outer portions of an image, leaving the image you wish to save. Use the selection cursor to drag a selection box around the portion of the image to be saved. Choose Crop and everything outside the box will be deleted.
Chapter 5:Using ScanShop Rotate The ROTATE menu provides commands to rotate and flip the image. Figure 5-7 Rotate Menu 90, 180, 270 To rotate your image counter-clockwise 90, 180 or 270 degrees, choose the appropriate menu selection. Mirror X Mirror X horizontally mirrors your image across a central vertical axis. You could say that it “reverses left and right”. Mirror Y Mirror Y vertically mirrors your image over a central horizontal axis. You could say that it “reverses top and bottom”.
Chapter 5:Using ScanShop Scan The SCAN menu provides access to the scanner set-up section and allows you to execute an image scan. Figure 5-8 Scan Menu Setup… Selecting Setup… opens the Scanner Setup Dialog. (More details are in another section: “Chapter 6: The Scanner Set-up Window” on page 45.) Scan Selecting Scan will initiate an image scan, using the current settings and scan area selection.
Chapter 5:Using ScanShop Print The PRINT menu provides access to the printer set-up section and allows you to print an image. Figure 5-9 Print Menu Setup… Selecting Setup… opens the Print Controls Dialog. (More details are in another section: “Chapter 7: The Printer Set-up Window” on page 53.) Print Selecting Print will print the image, using the current printer settings.
Chapter 5:Using ScanShop Help The HELP menu provides access to the on-line help system and to ScanShop product information. Figure 5-10 Help Menu On-line Help Selecting On-line Help calls up the help library. If the VVNET environment variable has been set, the application will attempt to use HTML versions of the on-line documentation under Netscape (version 3.0 or later).
Chapter 6: The Scanner Set-up Window Overview The Scanner Set-up window appears when you select Setup... from the Scan pull-down menu. The Scanner Set-up window contains a set of standard scanner features and a number of features specific to your particular scanner. ScanShop automatically determines which features are available for your scanner and displays the appropriate control elements. Extended image processing features specific to your scanner are available through the Options... button.
Chapter 6:The Scanner Set-up Window The Scanner Set-up Window Figure 6-1 Scanner Set-up The Scanner Set-up window is divided into two sections. The left half is the scan preview area. It contains an area surrounded by a solid line, which represents the scannable area. Inside this area is a resizable selection box containing the portion of the image to be scanned. By click-dragging the corners of the selection box, you can change the size of the region to be scanned.
Chapter 6:The Scanner Set-up Window Scanner Click on the Scanner menu button to see all the available scanners. If you have no supported scanners connected, the first item in the box will say “No Scanners Available”. The last item will always be “show all devices”. Figure 6-2 Selecting the Scanner The “show all devices” option pops up a dialog which gives you a list of all the SCSI host IDs, the SCSI devices connected to them, and their status.
Chapter 6:The Scanner Set-up Window Dots per Inch The resolution of the scan is user-definable to the extent that the selected scanner allows. The choices are listed in this button menu. When you choose “other”, a pop-up dialog will enable you to set other values and/or separate x and y resolutions (not supported by all scanners). Figure 6-4 Selecting Dots Per Inch Bits per Pixel A bit is the basic atom of information in the computer. The bit resolution is the number of bits used to represent each pixel.
Chapter 6:The Scanner Set-up Window The following table lists the bits per pixel and pixels per byte required for different types of images: Table 1: Image Type Bits/Pixel Line Art/B & W Images 1 Grayscale (16 grays) 4 Grayscale (64 grays) 6 Grayscale (256 grays) 8 Color (16.7 million colors) 24 Remember that the more information stored per pixel and the greater your dpi, the larger your file size will be. An 8.
Chapter 6:The Scanner Set-up Window pixels that are lighter than the threshold to white and all pixels that are darker than the threshold to black. The effects of thresholding are most noticeable when an image with many medium gray shades is scanned. Figure 6-7 Selecting Threshold The Threshold option works in 1 bit/pixel mode only. In gray-scale and color modes, the Threshold option is disabled (i.e. grayed out).
Chapter 6:The Scanner Set-up Window select any of the presets available in the list. Common document sizes are listed here. Table 2: Document Name Inches Millimeters letter 8.5x11 216x297 legal 8.5x14 216x356 A3 11.7x16.5 297x420 A4 8.27x11.7 210x297 A5 5.82x8.27 148x210 B4 9.8x13.9 250x353 B5 6.9x9.8 176x250 To select an area to scan within the preview area, drag the rubber-band selection box around the area you wish to scan.
Chapter 6:The Scanner Set-up Window displays it in the preview area. This is a useful, time-saving feature for the following operations: Checking Scanning Options When you modify the scanning options for your image, you can use Scan Preview to check the results prior to invoking a full-resolution scan. Scan Preview supports all the scanner options except the Automatic Document Feeder (ADF), which must be disabled, and horizontal mirroring.
Chapter 7: The Printer Set-up Window Overview The Printer Set-up window provides controls for the position, orientation, geometry, and general treatment of the image from ScanShop’s Main Window. ScanShop must have an image loaded before it can bring up the Printer Set-up window. Once an image is loaded, select Setup... from the Print pull-down menu. The Printer Set-up window contains a set of standard printer features and a number of features specific to your particular printer.
Chapter 7:The Printer Set-up Window The Printer Set-up Window Figure 7-1 Printer Set-up Window The Printer Set-up window is divided into two sections. The left half is the print preview area. It contains an area surrounded by a solid line, which represents the printable area. Inside this area is a resizable selection box containing the image to be printed. By click-dragging the corners of the selection box, you can change the size of the image to be printed.
Chapter 7:The Printer Set-up Window Printer Selection Available printers fall into three categories: 1. Direct Bus Printers -printers attached locally either via SCSI or GPIB 2. PostShop Printers - supported printers (either local or remote) via any print queues served by PostShop, 3. Postscript Printers - local or remote Postscript-capable printers DIRECT BUS PRINTERS As long as these printers are supported by ScanShop and ScanShop is licensed for printing, these printers should appear in the list.
Chapter 7:The Printer Set-up Window The “show all devices” option in the Printer menu functions identically to that in the Scanner menu in the Scanner Set-up window. For more, please refer to another section, “Scanner” on page 47. Copies The Copies control allows you to specify the number of copies that will be printed when you select the Print button. Orientation The Orientation Control allows you to specify whether your image will be printed with Portrait (default) or Landscape orientation.
Chapter 7:The Printer Set-up Window • Manual This will be the selection indicated if you manually drag the resize handles of the image icon on the left side of the Printer Set-up window, or if you enter values in the numeric fields. The units for entered values can be selected as Inches or Millimeters. Lock X & Y Scale This check box control (on by default) will keep your manual scaling settings applied equally to the height and width of your image when it is selected.
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Appendix A: Scanner and Printer Specific Features Bell & Howell Scanners SCANNER MODELS SUPPORTED INCLUDE: • Copiscan 4000 series • Copiscan 3338A, 6338, etc. (all models) with RSC-11 or 21 • Copiscan 8000 series • (500 FB - see Ricoh Aficio IS-01) • (1000 FB - see Ricoh IS-420) • (1500 FB - see Ricoh IS-430) SCANNER SETUP The ScanShop Scanner Setup window provides controls for the scan area, resolution, and other settings.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features To operate ScanShop with your Bell & Howell scanner, a remote SCSI controller is required. Figure 0-1 Bell & Howell Scanner Scanner Selection The Scanner menu shows the scanners that are available. If you don’t have any scanners available, then this fact will be indicated. The last item on this list is always “show all devices”. Dots Per Inch The following choices of dpi are typically available: 200, 240, 300, and “other...”.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Bits Per Pixel Bell & Howell scanners scan at 1 bit/pixel for black and white. Current scanner/controller models do not support gray scale or color scanning. Brightness The brightness slider bar varies the brightness of the image, ranging from darkest on the left to lightest on the right. Threshold The threshold slider bar allows you to select the level, below which all pixels are set to black, and above which all pixels are set to white.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Document Size In selecting the size of the area to be scanned, the following standard document sizes are typically offered: • letter • letter (land) • legal • 11” x 17” • B5 • B5 (land) • B4 • A5 • A5 (land) • A4 • A4 (land) • A3 All document sizes are in portrait mode (narrower side on top), unless indicated by a “land” designation.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features SCANNER SETUP OPTIONS This window provides access to scanner-specific settings. Figure 0-2 Bell & Howell Settings Photo Invert Selecting this control will let you scan the “negative” of your images. Horizontal Mirror This option allows you to do a scan which mirrors the image over a vertical axis down the center of the image, thus reversing the image left-to-right.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Compression When built-in compression hardware is present, this control allows you to select the type of compression that will be recorded in the image’s Settings file, for use when scanning directly to a file. Note that images scanned to a displayed window will not be compressed. ACE Sensitivity & ACE Function These controls allow selection of Advanced Contrast Enhancement functions to improve image contrast.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Canon Scanners SCANNER MODELS SUPPORTED INCLUDE: • CJ-10 with IPU-SS (scan and print) • CLC-10 with IPU-SS (scan and print) SCANNER SETUP The ScanShop Scanner Setup window provides controls for the scan area, resolution, and other settings. Many of the controls are available for all scanners, while others are model-specific. ScanShop automatically enables the controls which are applicable to your scanner.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Figure 0-3 Canon Scanners Scanner Selection The Scanner menu shows the scanners that are available. If you don’t have any scanners available, then this fact will be indicated. The last item on this list is always “show all devices”. Dots Per Inch The following choices of dpi are typically available: 50, 72, 75, 80, 90, 100, 120, 144, 150, 160, 180, 200, 240, 300, 320, 360, 400, and “other...”. (One bit/pixel has only 400 dpi available.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Bits Per Pixel Three levels of bits per pixel are offered: 1 bit/pixel for black and white, 8bits/pixel for gray scale, and 24 bits/pixel for color. Brightness The brightness slider bar varies the brightness of the image, ranging from darkest on the left to lightest on the right. Threshold The threshold slider bar allows you to select the level, below which all pixels are set to black, and above which all pixels are set to white.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Note: No SCANNER SETUP OPTIONS are available with the CJ-10. CJ-10 PRINT CONTROLS The ScanShop Print Controls window provides controls for the position, orientation, geometry, and general treatment of the image from ScanShop’s main window. ScanShop must have an image loaded before you will be able to bring up the Print Controls window. Figure 0-4 Canon Print Controls Printer Selection The Printer menu shows the printers that are available.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Copies The Copies control allows you to specify the number of copies that will be printed when you click on the Print button. Orientation The Orientation control allows you to specify whether your image will be printed with portrait (default) or landscape orientation. The icons used to represent these two orientations are the house standing up (portrait) and the house turned 90 degrees counter-clockwise (landscape).
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Lock X & Y Scale This check box control (on by default) will keep your manual scaling applied equally to the height and width of your image when it is selected. If you uncheck it, then your manual scalings will not necessarily be symmetric. In other words, your printed image may look squashed or stretched.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features PRINT CONTROLS OPTIONS This window provides access to printer-specific settings. Figure 0-5 Canon Print Options Sensitometry Table This menu lets you select a “treatment” of your image as it goes to the output medium such as CIO Paper, etc.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features automatically sensed, so that the treatment choices available in this menu will depend on the printer selected and its output media. Paper Size Different paper sizes or sources may be selected through this menu.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Epson Scanners SCANNER MODELS SUPPORTED INCLUDE: • Action scanner II, ES-300C, ES-300GS, ES-600C, ES-800C, ES-1000C, ES-1200C, ES-8000 • GT-1000, GT-300, GT-4000, GT-5000, GT-5500, GT-6000, GT-6400, GT-6500, GT-8000, GT-8500, GT-9000, GT-9500, GT-12000 • Expression 636, Expression 836XL, Expression 800C SCANNER SETUP The ScanShop Scanner Setup window provides controls for the scan area, resolution, and other settings.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Scanner Selection Figure 0-6 Epson Scanners The Scanner menu shows the scanners that are available. If you don’t have any scanners available, then this fact will be indicated. The last item on this list is always “show all devices”. Dots Per Inch The following choices of dpi are typically available: 50, 60, 72, 75, 80, 90, 100, 120, 133, 144, 150, 160, 175, 180, 200, 216, 240, 300, 320, 360, 400, 480, 600, and 800.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Bits Per Pixel Four levels of bits per pixel are offered: 1 bit/pixel for black and white, 4bits/pixel for gray scale, 8bits/pixel for gray scale, and 24 bits/pixel for color. Auto Document Feeder If the ADF is installed, its checkbox will appear “solid.” When available, clicking on this checkbox alternately enables and disables use of the ADF for scans.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features • A4 • B5 All document sizes are in portrait mode (narrower side on top), unless indicated by a “land” designation. X0, Y0, Width, Height The document size may also be set manually, either by dragging a rectangle in the preview area or by entering the settings directly into the X0, Y0, Width, and Height text fields. The setting units may be specified as Inches, Millimeters, or Pixels (“Pels”).
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Sharpness Five levels of sharpness are available on Epson scanners. Select the desired degree of sharpness by clicking on the corresponding control. Halftoning Mode When scanning in 1 bit/pixel-color and 2 bit/pixel-color data format, continuous tone images cannot be properly expressed. Halftoning processes the data to simulate continuous tones. Halftoning is a variation of dithering in which patterns of dots are used to give the impression of gray.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features • Printer A: High Density This setting is suitable for high density printers, such as 24 dot matrix printers and page printers. With this function applied, the image is converted into a light image as it is scanned to compensate for the higher (darker) density of such printers. The same image will look faint when viewed on a CRT display.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features This setting compensates for the characteristics of ink jet printers. Photo Invert Selecting this control will let you scan the “negative” of your images. Scanner Reports This is a small text display area that shows information about the scanner you are using. Information here will include ROM version information and other information that particular scanner models report about themselves.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Fuji Pictrography 3000 and 4000 PRINT CONTROLS The ScanShop Print Controls window provides controls for the position, orientation, geometry, and general treatment of the image from ScanShop's main window. ScanShop must have an image loaded before you will be able to bring up the Print Controls window.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Printer Selection The Printer menu shows the printers that are available. If you don't have any printers available, then this fact will be indicated. The last item on this list is always “show all devices”. Copies The Copies control allows you to specify the number of copies that will be printed when you click on the Print button.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features • Manual This will be the selection indicated if you manually drag the resize handles of the image icon on the left side of the Print Controls window, or if you enter values in the numeric fields. The units for entered values can be selected as Inches or Millimeters. Lock X & Y Scale This check box control (on by default) will keep your manual scaling applied equally to the height and width of your image when it is selected.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Center X and Center Y These controls will position the image so that it is centered on the page, either horizontally or vertically, when it is printed. Their effect is just like clicking on the center of the image selection box and dragging it until it has been centered in the appropriate direction. PRINT CONTROLS OPTIONS This window provides access to printer-specific settings.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Hue The hue slider bar varies the hue of the image. (PG-3000 only) Saturation The saturation slider bar varies the saturation or density of the image. Sliding the slider to the right increases saturation. (PG-3000 only) Red, Green, and Blue Balance The balance slider bars vary the color balance of the image. Each slider allows you to adjust a specific color channel. Color Match This option allows you to use the printer's Color Match function.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Invert This option allows you to print the negative of the image. Printer Reports This is a small text display area that shows information about the printer you are using. Information here will include ROM version information and other information that particular printer models report about themselves.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Fujitsu Scanners SCANNER MODELS SUPPORTED INCLUDE: • ScanPartner 10 • ScanPartner 10C • ScanPartner M3096G+/m • ScanPartner M3096Gx • ScanPartner M3097G (Rev 2 firmware adss grayscale support) • ScanPartner M3099G Duplex scanner SCANNER SETUP The ScanShop Scanner Setup window provides controls for the scan area, resolution, and other settings. Many of the controls are available for all scanners, while others are model-specific.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features For operation with ScanShop, your Fujitsu scanner will need to have the memory option installed. Figure 0-10 Fujitsu Scanners Scanner Selection The Scanner menu shows the scanners that are available. If you don’t have any scanners available, then this fact will be indicated. The last item on this list is always “show all devices”. Dots Per Inch The following choices of dpi are normally available: 200, 240, 300, and 400.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Board is installed. For more information, please see the “Image Processing Circuit Board” section below. Bits Per Pixel Three levels of bits per pixel are offered: 1 bit/pixel for black and white and 8bits/pixel for gray scale. Brightness The brightness slider bar varies the brightness of the image, ranging from darkest on the left to lightest on the right. Contrast The contrast slider bar allows you to vary the image contrast.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Auto Document Feeder If you try to scan with the ADF selected but have no paper inserted in the ADF, an error message will appear at the bottom of your image display window. The Preview function is disabled when the scanner is in ADF mode.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features • A5 (land) • A4 • A4 (land) • A3 All document sizes are in portrait mode (narrower side on top), unless indicated by a “land” designation. X0, Y0, Width, Height The document size may also be set manually, either by dragging a rectangle in the preview area or by entering the settings directly into the X0, Y0, Width, and Height text fields. The setting units may be specified as Inches, Millimeters, or Pixels (“Pels”).
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features SCANNER SETUP OPTIONS This window provides access to scanner-specific settings. Figure 0-11 Fujitsu Scanner Options Dithering Dithering can help make a black-and-white scan represent gray images. It does this by varying the size of clusters of black pixels. When viewed at arm’s length, the dots blur, and the resulting image appears to have gray tones. The list of available dither patterns depends on the particular scanner selected.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features • Characters/Photos 2 Gamma Through the Gamma control, you can adjust the light intensity scale between the original image and output image so that when the image is reproduced on some devices, the tones in the reproduced image may be closer to those in the original image.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Horizontal Mirror This option allows you to do a scan which mirrors the image over a vertical axis down the center of the image, thus reversing the image left-to-right. Note that in portrait mode, this axis cuts through the narrower sides, while in landscape mode, it cuts through the wider sides. Automatic Discrimination The automatic discrimination feature is useful when scanning documents containing both photos and text.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Hewlett-Packard Scanners SCANNER MODELS SUPPORTED INCLUDE: • ScanJet IIC • ScanJet IICX • ScanJet 3C • ScanJet 4C • ScanJet 2P • ScanJet 3P • ScanJet 4P • ScanJet 5P (without “green button” support) • ScanJet 6100C • ScanJet 6200C • ScanJet 6250C SCANNER SETUP The ScanShop Scanner Setup window provides controls for the scan area, resolution, and other settings.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Figure 0-12 Hewlett-Packard Scanners Scanner Selection The Scanner menu shows the scanners that are available. If you don’t have any scanners available, then this fact will be indicated. The last item on this list is always “show all devices”. Dots Per Inch The following choices of dpi are typically available: 50, 60, 72, 75, 80, 90, 100, 120, 144, 150, 160, 180, 200, 240, 300, 320, 360, 400, 480, 600, 800, and “other...”.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Bits Per Pixel Four levels of bits per pixel are offered: 1 bit/pixel for black and white, 4or 8 bits/pixel for gray scale, and 24 bits/pixel for color. Brightness The brightness slider bar varies the brightness of the image, ranging from darkest on the left to lightest on the right. Contrast The contrast slider bar allows you to vary the image contrast. Sliding it to the right increases the contrast.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features • legal • B5 • A5 • A5 (land) • A4 All document sizes are in portrait mode (narrower side on top), unless indicated by a “land” designation. X0, Y0, Width, Height The document size may also be set manually, either by dragging a rectangle in the preview area or by entering the settings directly into the X0, Y0, Width, and Height text fields. The setting units may be specified as Inches, Millimeters, or Pixels (“Pels”).
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features SCANNER SETUP OPTIONS This window provides access to scanner-specific settings. Figure 0-13 Hewlett-Packard Scanner Options Photo Invert Selecting this control will let you scan the “negative” of your images. Horizontal Mirror This option allows you to do a scan which mirrors the image over a vertical axis down the center of the image, thus reversing the image left-to-right.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Filtering Image filtering has the effect of smoothing the image, as local clusters of pixels are averaged. Dithering Dithering can help make a black-and-white scan represent gray images. It does this by varying the size of clusters of black pixels. When viewed at arm’s length, the dots blur, and the resulting image appears to have gray tones. The list of available dither patterns depends on the particular scanner selected.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Kodak Printers SUPPORTED MODELS INCLUDE: • XL-7700 (GPIB or SCSI) • XLT-7720 (GPIB or SCSI) • XLS-8600 (PS, SCSI, ethernet TCP/IP Raster) • DS-8650 (PS, SCSI, ethernet TCP/IP Raster) KODAK PRINT CONTROLS The ScanShop Print Controls window provides controls for the position, orientation, geometry, and general treatment of the image from ScanShop’s main window.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features For GPIB operation, ScanShop requires that a National Instruments GPIB adapter be installed with its GPIB drivers. Figure 0-14 Kodak XL7700 Print Controls Printer Selection The Printer menu shows the printers that are available. If you don’t have any printers available, then this fact will be indicated. The last item on this list is always “show all devices”.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features two orientations are the house standing up (portrait) and the house turned 90 degrees counter-clockwise (landscape). Image Size The Image Size control is one of the most powerful controls in the ScanShop printing software. • Original Image Coordinates Select this to scale your image according to the information about its size from when it was read from an image file or scanned. Not all image files save DPI (dots per inch) dimensional information.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Use Whole Page This control (off by default) will allow you to position part or all of your image upon the non-printing border area of the printer’s page. Normally, these areas are protected, and no part of the image may be placed within them. However, sometimes you may want to print a full page image that was scanned at the same DPI as the printer (for example, with Printer’s Native Resolution selected for Image Size).
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features KODAK PRINT OPTIONS This window provides access to printer-specific settings.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Sensitometry Table These radio buttons allow you to choose from the current sensitometry table in the printer, 1 to 1 (“linear”), CIO paper, or upload a new table to the printer. Your printer’s configuration will be automatically sensed, so that the treatment choices available in this menu will depend on the printer selected and its output media. In the XLS-8600 and 8650 Options GUI, a Kodak TableMaker file, also referred to as a .
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Time Stamp Selecting this control places a time stamp on the image when it is printed.(77XX models only) Bell Selecting this control causes an end-of-print tone to sound at the completion of printing.(77XX models only) Annotation Text in this control will be printed at the border of the image.(77XX models only) Printer Reports This is a small text display area that shows information about the printer you are using.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Microtek Scanners SCANNER MODELS SUPPORTED INCLUDE: • ScanMaker 600ZS • ScanMaker II • ScanMaker IIXe • ScanMaker IIHR • ScanMaker III • ScanMaker E3 • ScanMaker E6 • AGFA Arcus II • AGFA DuoScan SCANNER SETUP The ScanShop Scanner Setup window provides controls for the scan area, resolution, and other settings. Many of the controls are available for all scanners, while others are model-specific.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Figure 0-17 Microtek Scanners Scanner Selection The Scanner menu shows the scanners that are available. If you don’t have any scanners available, then this fact will be indicated. The last item on this list is always “show all devices”. Dots Per Inch The following choices of dpi are typically available: 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 240, 300, 450, 600, 900, 1200, and “other...”.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Bits Per Pixel Three levels of bits per pixel are offered: 1 bit/pixel for black and white, 8 bits/pixel for gray scale, and 24 bits/pixel for color. Brightness The brightness slider bar varies the brightness of the image, ranging from darkest on the left to lightest on the right. Contrast The contrast slider bar allows you to vary the image contrast. Sliding it to the right increases the contrast.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features SCANNER SETUP OPTIONS This window provides access to scanner-specific settings. Figure 0-18 Microtek Scanners Options Photo Invert Selecting this control will let you scan the “negative” of your images. Dithering Dithering can help make a black-and-white scan represent gray images. It does this by varying the size of clusters of black pixels. When viewed at arm’s length, the dots blur, and the resulting image appears to have gray tones.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features • 8x8 65 grays • 8x8 33 grays • 6x6 29 grays • 5x5 26 grays • 4x4 17 grays • 3x3 10 grays • 2x2 5 grays The larger the pattern area, the more gray levels that can be represented, but with a grainier result. Dither patterns can also be downloaded to achieve special effects. Shadow, Midtone, and Highlight These sliders can be used to enhance the dynamic range of the images you scan.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Panasonic Scanners SCANNER MODELS SUPPORTED INCLUDE: • KVSS-50 • KVSS-55 SCANNER SETUP The ScanShop Scanner Setup window provides controls for the scan area, resolution, and other settings. Many of the controls are available for all scanners, while others are model-specific. ScanShop automatically enables the controls which are applicable to your scanner.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Scanner Selection The Scanner menu shows the scanners that are available. If you don’t have any scanners available, then this fact will be indicated. The last item on this list is always “show all devices”. Dots Per Inch The following choices of dpi are normally available: 200, 240, 300, and 400. Bits Per Pixel Three levels of bits per pixel are offered: 1 bit/pixel for black and white and 8 bits/pixel for gray scale.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features • B5 (port and land) • B4 (port) “port” is short for portrait mode, which orients the paper with the narrower side on top. Portrait is the default setting. “land” is short for landscape mode, which orients the paper with the wider side on top.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features SCANNER SETUP OPTIONS This window provides access to scanner-specific settings. Figure 0-20 Panasonic Scanner Options Dithering Dithering can help make a black-and-white scan represent gray images. It does this by varying the size of clusters of black pixels. When viewed at arm’s length, the dots blur, and the resulting image appears to have gray tones. The list of available dither patterns depends on the particular scanner selected.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Gamma Through the Gamma control, you can adjust the light intensity scale between the original image and output image so that when the image is reproduced on some devices, the tones in the reproduced image may be closer to those in the original image.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Ricoh Scanners SCANNER MODELS SUPPORTED INCLUDE: • Aficio IS-01 • FS-2 • IS-50 • IS-60 • IS-410 • IS-420 • IS-430 • Digital Equipment Corp. MD-410 • IBM 2456 • Bell & Howell 500 FB, 1000 FB, and 1500 FB SCANNER SETUP The ScanShop Scanner Setup window provides controls for the scan area, resolution, and other settings. Many of the controls are available for all scanners, while others are model-specific.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Figure 0-21 Ricoh Scanners Scanner Selection The Scanner menu shows the scanners that are available. If you have no scanners available, then this fact will be indicated. The last item on this list is always “show all devices”. Dots Per Inch The following choices of dpi are typically available: 50, 60, 72, 75, 80, 90, 100, 120, 144, 150, 160, 180, 200, 240, 300, 320, 360, 400, 480, 600, 800, 1200, and “other...”.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Bits Per Pixel Three levels of bits per pixel are offered: 1 bit/pixel for black and white, and 4 or 8bits/pixel for gray scale. Brightness The brightness slider bar varies the brightness of the image, ranging from darkest on the left to lightest on the right. Contrast The contrast slider bar allows you to vary the image contrast. Sliding it to the right increases the contrast.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features • A4 • B5 The abbreviated menu button for the IS410 displays: • letter • letter (land) • legal • 11” x 17” • A5 • A5 (land) • A4 • A4 (land) • A3 • B5 • B5 (land) • B4 All document sizes are in portrait mode (narrower side on top), unless indicated by a “land” designation.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features SCANNER SETUP OPTIONS This window provides access to scanner-specific settings. Figure 0-22 Ricoh Scanner Options Photo Invert Selecting this control will let you scan the “negative” of your images. Horizontal Mirror This option allows you to do a scan which mirrors the image over a vertical axis down the center of the image, thus reversing the image left-to-right.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Compression When built-in compression hardware is present, this control allows you to select the type of compression that will be recorded in the image’s Settings file, for use when scanning directly to a file. Note that images scanned to a displayed window will not be compressed. Line Art Filtering All of the line art filtering options work only with 1 bit/pixel images (line art, black and white images). • None No filtering will be done.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features This is a filter for boosting fine lines, and thus is effective when black and white line art is scanned. Ricoh Gamma Tables You can download a desired gamma table or you can choose one of the following: • Normal This option gives output closest to the original document. • Smooth This creates an overall loose, soft feeling. • Sharp This option emphasizes the border line between black and white.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Sharp Scanners SCANNER MODELS SUPPORTED INCLUDE: • JX-320s (SCSI) • JX-330 (SCSI) • JX-600 (GPIB and SCSI) • JX-610 (SCSI) SCANNER SETUP The ScanShop Scanner Setup window provides controls for the scan area, resolution, and other settings. Many of the controls are available for all scanners, while others are model-specific. ScanShop automatically enables the controls which are applicable to your scanner.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features For GPIB operation, ScanShop requires that a National Instruments GPIB adapter be installed with its GPIB drivers. Figure 0-23 Sharp Scanners Scanner Selection The Scanner menu shows the scanners that are available. If you don’t have any scanners available, then this fact will be indicated. The last item on this list is always “show all devices”.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Bits Per Pixel Three levels of bits per pixel are offered: 1 bit/pixel for black and white, 8bits/pixel for gray scale, and 24 bits/pixel for color. Transparency Illumination Unit The Sharp JX-600 and JX-610 scanners ship with a transparency illumination unit. Use of this unit is supported in ScanShop automatically when it is installed and connected each time when you start ScanShop.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features • B4 • A5 • A5 (land) • A4 • A4 (land) • A3 All document sizes are in portrait mode (narrower side on top), unless indicated by a “land” designation. X0, Y0, Width, Height The document size may also be set manually, either by dragging a rectangle in the preview area or by entering the settings directly into the X0, Y0, Width, and Height text fields. The setting units may be specified as Inches, Millimeters, or Pixels (“Pels”).
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features SCANNER SETUP OPTIONS This window provides access to scanner-specific settings. Figure 0-24 Sharp Scanner Options Photo Invert Selecting this control will let you scan the “negative” of your images. Gamma Through the Gamma control, you can adjust the light intensity scale between the original image and output image so that when the image is reproduced on some devices, the tones in the reproduced image may be closer to those in the original image.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Load Media Load Media (JX-600 and JX-610) is used to help you position the platen of the scanner when the overhead transparency unit is installed. Select “Left” to slide the platen clear of the transparency unit for loading of your image media. Select “Center” to re-position the platen in the normal position for scanning. Scanner Reports This is a small text display area that shows information about the scanner you are using.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features UMAX Scanners SCANNER MODELS SUPPORTED INCLUDE: • PowerLook 2000 • Mirage D-16L • MD 1600 • Vista S-12 • Super Vista S-12 SCANNER SETUP The ScanShop Scanner Setup window provides controls for the scan area, resolution, and other settings. Many of the controls are available for all scanners, while others are model-specific. ScanShop automatically enables the controls which are applicable to your scanner.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Figure 0-25 UMAX Scanners Scanner Selection The Scanner menu shows the scanners that are available. If you don't have any scanners available, then this fact will be indicated. The last item on this list is always “show all devices”. Dots Per Inch Choices of dpi from 50 to 800 are available from the pull-down menu. You can select “other” to specify a higher dpi.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Bits Per Pixel Three levels of bits per pixel are offered: 1 bit/pixel for black and white, 8bits/pixel for gray scale, and 24 bits/pixel for color. Brightness The brightness slider bar varies the brightness of the image, ranging from darkest on the left to lightest on the right. Contrast The contrast slider bar allows you to vary the image contrast. Sliding the bar to the right increases the contrast.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features A5 (land) A4 A4 (land) A3 All document sizes are in portrait mode (narrower side on top), unless indicated by a “land” designation. X0, Y0, Width, Height The document size may also be set manually, either by dragging a rectangle in the preview area or by entering the settings directly into the X0, Y0, Width, and Height text fields. The setting units may be specified as Inches, Millimeters, or Pixels (“Pels”).
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features SCANNER SETUP OPTIONS This window provides access to scanner-specific settings. Figure 0-26 UMAX Scanner Options Photo Invert Selecting this control will let you scan the “negative” of your images. Gamma Through the Gamma control, you can adjust the light intensity scale between the original image and output image so that when the image is reproduced on some devices, the tones in the reproduced image may be closer to those in the original image.
Appendix A:Scanner and Printer Specific Features Scanner Reports This is a small text display area that shows information about the scanner you are using. Information here will include ROM version information and other information that particular scanner models report about themselves.
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Appendix B: Troubleshooting Overview This chapter offers some troubleshooting hints as well as brief pointers to maximize ScanShop’s operation efficiency. Getting Help Read this section of the manual This section of the manual contains useful information on common problems and troubleshooting. If you do not find an answer please go to our website’s support section. Getting Help On-line Vividata now has maintains an on-line knowledge base with Questions and Answers to many of the most common problems.
Appendix B:Troubleshooting Step 1: Verify Licensing is Working Run lmstat to check if the license manager daemon(s) are running: $VV_HOME/bin/lmstat -t If you receive a Status UP then licensing is working correctly. If you do not, then your first step is to verify a key is installed on your system. The file $VV_HOME/config/license.dat is the file that holds the Vividata license keys. It should be an ASCII text file with 644 permissions.
Appendix B:Troubleshooting listed as “Not Open” please see problems and solution section on page page 140. We also include a utility called vvshowdevs that will rescan your SCSI bus for devices that may not have been ready or available at boot. This utility is run from the command line and will display its results for you. Another way of forcing a SCSI rescan is to delete the vvdrc.rc file from the /tmp directory.
Appendix B:Troubleshooting • You have an old vvdrv.rc that could not be deleted. Manually delete /tmp/vvdrv.rc and restart ScanShop. • You are running an HP-UX 10.10 or 10.20 system. With certain system configurations, ScanShop is unable to communicate with the SCSI bus. Details on particular system configurations that fail are not yet qualified. • You have a third party SCSI driver on your system that is incompatible with our software. You may need to remove the other SCSI drivers.
Appendix B:Troubleshooting • Your scanner may be “stuck” in a bad state. Try power cycling the scanner. You must quit and start ScanShop again. • Your scanner may be a supported model, but with ROM ID information that is different from the one that ScanShop’s scanner driver is looking for. Please contact Vividata technical support for assistance in finding a possible workaround. • Your scanner is a clone of a supported model (a scanner that claims to be “compatible with so and so”).
Appendix B:Troubleshooting Possible causes and solutions: • Please see the symptoms above relating to SCSI scanners for possible problems and solutions, substituting “scanner” for “printer” when appropriate. Symptom: Some system printers do not show up in the “Print Controls” window, and you are running Solaris 2.x, HP-UX, or IRIX (System V-style print systems). Possible causes and solutions: • The file $VV_HOME/id/postscript.id does not exist or does not have read permission set.
Appendix B:Troubleshooting • On OSF/1 and SunOS systems, PostShop printers will not show up if the /etc/printcap file references an invalid ID file. • On AIX systems, PostShop printers will not show up if the /etc/qconfig file references an interface script (“backend” file) that references an invalid ID file. How to Get a License You must have a valid license before you can print with ScanShop. If you haven’t yet received a license key from us, you need to get one.
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Appendix C: License Manager Commands ScanShop User’s Guide - 145
Appendix C:License Manager Commands Overview Publicly distributed versions of Vividata products use FLEXlm as the license manager. This section will describe the usage of FLEXlm as it pertains to Vividata products, including determining the lmhostid necessary for license keys to be issued, diagnosing the license keys and license server, and additional configuration information.
Appendix C:License Manager Commands License File Format The FLEXlm license file is stored in a user-readable, plain ASCII text format. The following is an example of such a license file: SERVER quint 80782d46 VENDOR vv_d2 FEATURE generic vv_d2 3.20 permanent 1 5DFC16E43C9F ck=107 \ START=1-jan-2000 (Note the backslash ’\’ after the ck=107 indicates a continuation of the third line.) The three fields most pertinent to Vividata products are SERVER, VENDOR, and FEATURE.
Appendix C:License Manager Commands Table 1: lmhostid derivations Platform Source User command Example Linux ethernet address /sbin/ifconfig eth0 and remove colons from HWaddr 00400516E525 AIX 32-bit hostid uname -m then remove last 2 digits, and use remaining last 8 digits 02765131 IRIX 32-bit hostid /etc/sysinfo -s and convert to hex, or prepend with # 69064C3C or #1762020412 SunOS and Solaris 32-bit hostif hostid 170a3472 Windows NT ethernet address Programs:Administrative Tools (c
Appendix C:License Manager Commands Command Reference lmdiag NAME lmdiag – Checks a license file for problems SYNOPSIS lmdiag [-c license file] [feature] DESCRIPTION lmdiag checks a license file to see if all features listed in it are valid. This utility is often helpful in determining the cause of licensing errors that are related to the license key itself, as opposed license manager problems (see lmstat).
Appendix C:License Manager Commands lmdown NAME lmdown – Shuts down the license daemon SYNOPSIS lmdown [-c ] [-v vv_d2] DESCRIPTION lmdown shuts down any running lmgrd processes and associated vendor daemons such as vv_d2. If you are using lmgrd to manage multiple vendor daemons, you can stop specific vendor daemons by specifying the -vendor option.
Appendix C:License Manager Commands lmgrd NAME lmgrd – Main license manager daemon SYNOPSIS lmgrd [-c license file] [-t timeout] [-l logfile] [-s timestamp_interval] [-v] [-x lmdown] [-x lmremove] DESCRIPTION lmgrd is the main FLEXlm daemon responsible for organizing and communicating with the vendor daemons. When lmgrd is run, it must reference a license file (via -c, or use the default file, if it exists). The license file contains information about the vendor daemon and features associated with it.
Appendix C:License Manager Commands lmhostid NAME lmhostid – Prints the lmhostid of the system SYNOPSIS lmhostid [-n] DESCRIPTION lmhostid prints the lmhostid of the system, usually used for generating license keys. The -n option causes program to suppress the header output.
Appendix C:License Manager Commands lmremove NAME lmremove – Revokes a license from a user SYNOPSIS lmremove [-c license file] feature user host display or lmremove [-c license file] -h feature host port handle DESCRIPTION lmremove revokes a license from a user, typically used when the client node crashes and does not automatically free a license. Information about most of the options used with lmremove can be obtained via “lmstat -a”.
Appendix C:License Manager Commands lmreread NAME lmreread – Forces the license daemon to reread the license file SYNOPSIS lmreread [-c ] [-vendor vv_d2] DESCRIPTION lmreread causes the vendor daemon to reread the license file and update itself on any new feature licensing information and start any new vendor daemons. You can stop and restart a single vendor daemon by running “lmdown -vendor ” followed by “lmreread -vendor ”.
Appendix C:License Manager Commands lmstat NAME lmstat – Displays the status of licensing activities SYNOPSIS lmstat [-a] [-A] [-c license_file] [-f feature] [-S vendor] [-s hostname] DESCRIPTION lmstat shuts down any running lmgrd processes and associated vendor daemons such as vv_d2. If you are using lmgrd to manage multiple vendor daemons, you can stop specific vendor daemons by specifying the -vendor option.
Appendix C:License Manager Commands lmutil NAME lmutil – General collection of tools for handling licensing SYNOPSIS lmutil [utility] [options...] DESCRIPTION lmutil contains a set of utilities useful for handling licenses and license daemons. These utilities can be accessed directly if lmutil is renamed to the specific utility (usually via hard links), or they can be accessed by specifying the utility name as the first option.
Appendix D: Glossary Glossary term Term definition ADF Automatic document feeder ASCII An acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A code in which the numbers from 0 to 127 stand for text characters. ASCII code is used for representing text inside a computer and for transmitting text between computers or between a computer and a peripheral device. automatic document feeder (ADF) A device that allows you to scan multiple pages without having to place each page in the scanner.
Appendix D:Glossary Glossary term Term definition driver See device driver monospaced font Any font in which all characters have the same width. For example, in Courier New (a monospaced font), the letter “M” is the same width as the letter “l.” Thus, “MMMMM” is the same width as “lllll”. peripheral At or outside the boundaries of the computer itself, either physically (as a peripheral device) or logically (as a peripheral card). Pixel is short for picture element.
Index Symbols /etc/printcap file (SunOS and OSF/1) command line interface 23 scripts 23 syntax 23 Contacting Customer Support Copies About 56 Crop option About 40 142 A Adobe pdf 29 AGFA Arcus II See Microtek Scanners DuoScan See Microtek Scanners AIX 143 /etc/qconfig file 142 Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) 50 D B Bell & Howell Scanners 59 1000 FB See Ricoh IS-420. 1500 FB See Ricoh IS-430. 500 FB See Ricoh Aficio IS-01. Copiscan 4000 series 59 Copiscan 8000 series 59 Copiscan II series (e.g.
About 37 Extended imaging features About 57 Removing OCR Shop troubleshooting 140 18 I F IBM 2456 See Ricoh IS-410.
ScanMaker III 107 ScanMaker IIXe 107 Minimum RAM 6 Mirror X 41 Mirror Y 41 missing sections 141 R raster 1 Removing OCR Shop 18 resolution 1 Monitor 2 scan 48 value 3 Ricoh Scanners Aficio IS -01 117 FS-2 117 IS-410 117 IS-420 117 IS-430 117 IS-50 117 IS-60 117 ROM ID 141 rotate 41 Rotate Menu Using 41 O On-line Help 44 Open option About 36 Orientation Control About 56 OSF/1 143 Output resolution 2 P Panasonic Scanners 112 KVSS-50 112 KVSS-55 112 patches 143 PATH 23 Pixels 1 Preview scan About 51 Print C
Scan 42 View 38 SCSI conflicting ID 140 device ports 139 Show All Devices option 47 termination 140 See Adobe pdf See Silicon Graphics rgb. sensor 1 Setup Dialog Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) Bits per Pixel 48 Brightness 49 Document Size 50 Dots per Inch 48 Image Size 51 Options 52 Preview 51 Scan 52 Scanner 47 Threshold 49 Sharp Scanners 124 (GPIB/SCSI) 124 JX-320s 124 JX-330 124 JX-600 124 JX-610 124 Silicon Graphics rgb 29 sshop_cli 24 SunOS 143 SunOS 4.1.
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