Instruction manual

1. Follow steps 1 to 3 in the previous scanning scenarios to place your scan material

(electrophoresis gel, reflective or film), and to launch ScanWizard Bio.

2. Click the Overview button to perform a preliminary scan of the image. If this is the

first time to scan your scan material, you can see a flashing frame (enclosed by

dotted lines) together with a default Auto Focus target sign ( ) appearing on the

preview area. The Auto Focus target sign marks the area where the Auto Focus is

applied to.

3. To apply the Auto Focus function to the image, use either of the ways below:

• The area applied with the Auto Focus function is decided and selected by the

software system automatically.

Click the Overview button to perform a preliminary scan of the image, which will

appear in the Preview window. Immediately, you can see a target sign ( )

appearing on the overview image. The target sign marks the area where the Auto

Focus is applied to. In this case, the software system automatically detects,

calculates and selects the area applied with the Auto Focus function.

Select and apply the Auto Focus function to a specific area of the scan frame

by yourself

a) Select the Scan Frame tool from the Toolbar in the Preview window, and choose

the area to be scanned by dragging a rectangle around it.

b) Select the Auto Focus tool from the Toolbar in the Preview window, and choose

the area in the scan frame to which the AF function will be applied.

A redefined Auto Focus frame (bordered in red) will appear within the scan frame,

labeled with the tag “AF”.