User`s manual

4-10 Microtek User's Guide for Windows
Important scanning notes
Here are some tips to help you with scanning. If you're not familiar with the
scanning process, review the preceding pages on the individual scanning tasks to
get a feel for the software and how it works. Also, if some of the concepts
discussed in these pages are not familiar to you, see the Reference section of the
manual for a detailed discussion.
For previews and scans
• Select the image type correctly when you do a preview or scan. For instance,
if you're only previewing or scanning grayscale images, do not select a color
mode, as this slows down the process and creates bigger files than is
necessary. If you're only previewing grayscale images, you can turn off the
Live Preview option in the Preview Setup command.
• Scan Frame tool: At its simplest, the tool is used to crop preview images for
final scanning. However, you can also use the Scan Frame tool to create
multiple scan frames, and with the creation of multiple scan frames, this
means you're actually creating duplicate scan jobs (based on the current scan
job). Each scan frame (and by extension, each scan job) can have its particular
settings, so that one scan job can be in grayscale; another in color with a
certain brightness setting; and yet another in color with a filter.
• Zoom Preview tool: Use this tool to enlarge a part of the preview image and
then previewing it in high resolution. The enlarged view obtained from the
zoom preview tool is NOT the same as the view obtained from the
Magnifying Lens tool, which is simply an enlarged view (but not in high
resolution).
• Input-Output dimensions and Aspect Lock: Use the input dimensions to
specify your scan frame; or if you wish, you can simply drag on the scan
frame to whatever size you want, and the dimensions will be reflected
automatically in the boxes for input width and height. The input dimensions
can be changed only if your Aspect Lock is OFF.
The output dimensions, on the other hand, determine the width and height of
your image when output to a monitor or printer. The output dimensions can be
changed only if the Aspect Lock is ON. The output dimensions are calculated
dynamically, and the system looks at other variables such as your resolution
and scaling to determine the final output dimensions. This means that you
may specify output dimensions of 5" x 7", but because of intervening
variables, the actual output dimensions may be 4.85" x 6.9" — which is the
closest the system can produce given your other variables.
• Before scanning an image, select the correct resolution setting. Remember
that overly high settings slow down your scanning and create huge
unmanageable files. For more details, see the discussion on resolution in the
Basic Concepts and the Reference section.