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CLICK Pro User Manual User Manual CLICK Pro CLICK Pro - User Manual v 1.0 (October 2005) 2 v. 1.
CLICK Pro User Manual CONTENTS OF THE MANUAL 1 – FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION 1.1 – General Description 1.2 – Product target 1.3 – Handling the system 1.4 – Image capture 1.4.1 – Digital inputs 1.4.2 – Supported Files 1.4.3 – Paper and film inputs 1.5 – Image processing 1.6 – Print out 2 – TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 2.1 – Scanner 2.1.1 – Approved and Tested Scanners 2.1.2 – Film Scanner for Index Print. 2.1.3 – Flatbed scanner 2.1.3.1 – Others 3 –STARTING UP THE SYSTEM 3.1 – Initializing equipment and software 3.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.3.9.2 – Red Eyes 4.3.9.3 – Cloning 4.3.9.4 – Paint 4.3.9.5 – Filling 4.3.10 – Decoration 4.3.10.1 – Fusion 4.3.10.2 – Calendars and Frames 4.3.11 – Multiple printing 4.3.11.1 – How to make “Academy” compositions 4.3.12 – Carrousel 4.4 – DIGITAL CAMERA, DVD/CD AND MOBILE PROCESSING 4.4.1 – How to read and print images from a digital camera card 4.4.2 – How to read and print images from a DVD/CD–ROM. 4.4.2.1. Management of big images 4.4.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.11.4 – Deleting and recovering Jobs 4.11.5 – Print out Adjustments: Sharpness, Colour Gamma and Mode 4.11.6 – Print out Adjustments: Colour 4.11.6.1 – Basic Colour Adjustments 4.11.6.2 – Advanced Colour Adjustments 4.11.6.3 – Colour Management Options 4.11.6.4 – Parameters 4.12 – STATISTICS 4.12.1 – General Configuration 4.12.2 – Personalised queries 4.12.3 – Reset Statistics Data 5 – PHOTOCLICKCD. 5.1 – On–screen buttons. 5.2 – Menu bar functions. 5.3 – Right mouse button.
CLICK Pro User Manual 1. FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION 1.1 – General Description CLICK 5000 is a unit for installing in a photoshop for use by the operator of the establishment. It prints digital or paper pictures or films/slides from different sources, including standard photoshop digital media available on the market (SmartMediaTM, Compact FlashTM, Memory StickTM, SDTM/Multimedia CardTM and CD–ROM) or opaque and transparent scanners. 1.
CLICK Pro User Manual 1.5 – Image processing The equipment features different levels of Image processing: Colour and luminosity – Colour balance: RGB. – Brightness, contrast and colour saturation control. – Manual and automatic histogram adjustment – Auto colour – Sharpness. – Conversion into B/W and Sepia. Image Correction – Cropping – Correction of Red Eyes: · Easy selection of the circular area. · Different levels of correction: bright and dark red eyes. – Area cloning: · Mouse–selectable brush size.
CLICK Pro User Manual 2. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION 2.1 – Scanner 2.1.1 – Approved and Tested Scanners The system is only guaranteed to work with scanners approved and tested by the manufacturer, and which operate by FIRE WIRETM connection (IEEE 1394) or USB, and TWAIN communication protocol. The basic difference between the Approved and the Tested Scanners is that the former can work in Basic Mode and the latter only in Advanced Mode. Section 4.7.1.
CLICK Pro User Manual 3 –STARTING UP THE SYSTEM 3.1 – Initialising equipment and software. WARNING: for the system to work properly, you must observe the following order when switching on the equipment. – Steps to follow: a) For SCSI connection switch on the printers and scanners first. Switching on the printers first is more important if they use the SCSI bus to communicate with the rest of the equipment. In this case, make sure that they are in ON LINE mode before proceeding to the next step.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4. THE CLICK PRO SOFTWARE 4.1 – MAIN SCREEN This screen provides access to the different services of the program and its settings. It then details what section the user should refer to depending on whether the customer requests the processing of digital camera images, copy to copy, make a calendar with a picture, index print from a film strip, etc.
CLICK Pro User Manual The pictures will be copied temporarily to system memory to avoid changing the card data. Once the images have been loaded the customer must remove the digital card and all the work will be done with this copy. The pictures will be deleted automatically at the end of the session unless they are exported. DO NOT REMOVE THE CARD UNTIL PROMPTED TO DO SO BY THE PROGRAM DVD/CD Processing Enter here to read and process DVD/CD-ROM media.
CLICK Pro User Manual Mobile Choose this option to receive images via Bluetooth. Then you can operate like Digital Camera Processing. 4.1.1 – Common buttons There are buttons that appear on most of the screens and have the same function on all of them: Back to the previous screen. If you have made any changes, a dialogue box will appear for you to confirm them. Accept changes made and back to previous screen.
CLICK Pro User Manual A) Folder Explorer area. This box provides access to the different folders of the input device (digital camera card, for example), by clicking on them to open them and view their content. B) Image file exploration area. This area shows all the files in the folder open in area A. C) Preview of the selected image. The miniature image of the last file selected in the B or F area will be loaded.
CLICK Pro User Manual On main screen, application bar allows you to access CLICK Pro Settings, Statistics or Shutdown the terminal, too. Settings Settings of the CLICK Pro application. From here you can change the general parameters of the application. Statistics Statistics on the use of the CLICK 5000 equipment. Exit Quit the CLICK Pro application. 4.3. COMMON FUNCTIONS 4.3.
CLICK Pro User Manual A B C A: Information Bar B: Image number C: Image Quality Two items of information are given at the left bottom of each miniature: the number that identifies it and the quality of the image. The second data item is important in order to know whether the resolution of the image is sufficient to be able to print it in a given format.
CLICK Pro User Manual The functions of the different screen buttons are detailed below. The first page button takes the user straight to the first page of loaded images. The previous page button takes the user back a page. The Resume / Pause buttons are for resuming or interrupting the loading of images on the present page. It is not necessary to finish loading one page to access the next one. This button is used only to refresh the browser content.
CLICK Pro User Manual Carrousel: Click this button to launch the current folder as a Carrousel. Carrousel allows you to show sliding images from a folder in a secondary screen (if available). For more information see section 4.3.12. Record DVD/CD. Back–ups can be made of images saved to the machine or PhotoClickCDs can be recorded for the end user. This also allows you to format re-writable media.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.3.2 – The on–screen keyboard A B C A: Display Area B: Special Character Selection C: Capitals/small The on–screen keyboard may be used to enter alphanumeric data, when necessary. To do so click the icon which is available on all the screens of the CLICK Pro program when text has to be input. On pressing certain keys on the screen, such as vowels, new symbols will appear in the special character selection area.
CLICK Pro User Manual The Export option is also useful for saving half–finished work while other more important jobs are carried out. You can choose between saving the images to the work folder or any subfolder. The equipment does not permit exporting to digital camera memory cards. This is to maintain the integrity of the end customer’s images. If you have chosen only one image to save you can change the name the file will be saved with. To do so use the on–screen keyboard button.
CLICK Pro User Manual You can define the number of copies for each print using the Copies counter. You can also choose which Size the images will be printed in, and can choose between ‘Size A’, ‘Size B’ or ‘Size C’, defined in the ‘Configuration’ screen. On the other hand, it is possible to choose ‘Others’, too, in order to use some of the supported sizes not defined by Size A, B or C.
CLICK Pro User Manual When the recording process starts, automatically the burning application will minimize to Application Bar. There, it will be showed the burning DVD/CD icon and, next to it, an status led will appear with a progress bar. In this way, user always can see how the progress works, while doing other tasks on CLICK Pro. A click on the Application Bar icon will maximize DVD/CD Burning form, and a click on “hide” button on DVD/CD Burning dialog will minimize it again.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4) Press this button to record a PhotoClickCD. The recorder drive tray will open automatically for an empty recordable DVD or CD to be inserted. 5) The user will be prompted for a name, which will be the general title that will appear on screen in the customer's home when he views the pictures (This text is limited to 37 characters at most). 6) Once you have entered the title you will be prompted to confirm.
CLICK Pro User Manual Remember that if you have selected the recording simulation option the recording is not a real one. When this is complete, uncheck the Simulation option and press the PhotoClickCD button again if you decide to proceed with the recording. Important note: the PhotoclickCD is closed definitively, which means that no further images can be added.
CLICK Pro User Manual 6) As in point 5 of the previous section of PhotoClickCD, you will be prompted to provide a name. In this case, unlike PhotoClickCD, this name will identify the DVD/CD–ROM label. 7) You will be prompted for final confirmation to begin recording. All the procedures related to Simulating recording, as dealt with in the section on PhotoClickCD, are equally valid for the BackUp CD. 8) The recording will be completed, and the DVD/CD–ROM will be left open to add further sessions.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.3.6.1 – Film Strip Index Print Proceed as follows to make an Index Print from strips of film or slides: 1) First choose ‘Films’ in the main screen of CLICK Pro and scan some images from film. Go to Browser screen. 2) Select images that you want to make Index Print and click this button. You will automatically access the Index Print configuration screen.
CLICK Pro User Manual 2) The number of Copies (A) can be increased and the print–out size (B) chosen. 3) Press Yes (C) to print. 4.3.7 – Explorer You can navigate through subfolders of WorkFolder by clicking this icon. If you access in ’DVD/CD–Rom’ mode you can also browse any folder on the drive with this tool. You can also view a miniature of the image selected if the ‘Preview’ option is checked.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.3.8 – Adjustments You can modify the appearance of the pictures from the Browser screen using the “Adjusts” option. This function allows you to modify the brightness of image, contrast, saturation, RGB colour balance, sharpness, adjust the histogram manually or automatically as well as apply ‘Sepia’ and ‘Black and White’ effects. You can also automatically apply the changes made to an image to all those in the Browser or those which are selected in it.
CLICK Pro User Manual next image selected. You will be asked, too, if you want to apply the same saving options in all images, in order to speed up adjustments (see section 4.3.8.5). To go back to a previous image, press “Back” button (A). Click OK button to exit Adjustments screen. It will appear the same form to validate or discard the changes of the current image. 4.3.8.
CLICK Pro User Manual In the example, the pixels that have the lowest value are not at the top left, and the same occurs with the highest values, but with the top right. This means that the whole dynamic range offered by a digital image is not being leveraged, and not all the possible values are being used. In the following image the adjustment cursors have been moved manually towards the parts of the graphic where information already appears. The effect is to afford the image greater contrast or “depth”.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.3.8.3 – Sepia, Black and White, Auto Color, Sharpness The remaining functions can be accessed in the “More...” section. This button applies the “Sepia” effect to the picture selected. The image on the left remains intact for the purpose of comparison. The sepia adjustments can be changed if required. To do so check the option “Change sepia values” to activate the control bars.
CLICK Pro User Manual The image can be moved to see the results better by using the Zoom and Move options. 4.3.8.5 – Saving changes When you save changes for one image and you decide not to modify but create a new one, you can choose the output format file between TIF, BMP, PSD (these ones with maximum quality) and JPG (high quality and low compression). This is also valid in Decoration and Retouch screens. The default name for the new file is the same as original plus some number added.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.3.9 – Retouch The function of this application is to modify the format and the content of any image by selecting it on the Browser screen and clicking the 'Retouch' button. This tool features the following functions: You can increase or reduce image size to work close–up. Once this action is active you can modify the level of zoom by clicking directly on the image as shown by the cursor icon when moved over it.
CLICK Pro User Manual Press this button to print the image. The buttons Shift, Ctrl and Alt, which can be seen middle right of the screen, have different functions depending on the action activated. 4.3.9.1 – Cropping This function allows you to redefine the size format of the image without distorting it, optimising the size of the image, or making it possible to define it manually using a box, maintaining the proportions if you wish. You can choose from three picture sizes.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.3.9.3 – Cloning Its job is to copy regions of an image from one place to another in diffuse strokes. To do this you can choose between different brush sizes and thicknesses. Mark the starting point on the image and paint in the area where you wish to copy the image. This tool has different options: – By pressing ALT during cloning you can select a new starting point by clicking on the image. – By pressing CTRL (Control) the starting point will not change position during cloning.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.3.9.5 – Filling This tool selects a region for filling it with a given colour by clicking the ‘Apply’ button. There are two modes for selecting a region: – Free hand: on the screen it is the button with a drawing of a hand. You can create a closed shape by free hand. You can choose between an uneven, square or oval outline depending on the active selection. – Magic wand: you need to choose a degree of colour tolerance and then select a colour of the image.
CLICK Pro User Manual To insert text, click on this button and then define a box on the image at the place where you want the text to be. You can then write the contents. To do so click the on–screen keyboard button). Text style is user–configurable, as can be seen in the image: you can change font or typeface, size, mode (normal, bold, italic) as well as the colour of the text simply by clicking on the colour box.
CLICK Pro User Manual Backgrounds. The image you are working with becomes an object that will float on the background selected in the list. You can combine both objects by a soft transition between the two images. Motifs. In this mode there are different motifs or decorative figures to choose from with the common characteristic of having a plain background colour, which allows you to have transparent outline figures. Calendars.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.3.10.1 – Fusion When you press this button to apply the fusion effect on an object on the ‘Decoration’ screen, the fusion configuration dialogue box will appear. Here you can define its degree and choose a mask or create it again. To apply the fusion effect you must define the degree of fusion and select a mask from the list of available masks. There are also other options: You can create new masks to add to list of available masks.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.3.10.2 – Calendars and Frames The frame or calendar selected will appear on the picture that is being decorated in a preview screen. You can adjust the position of the image with the following tools: You can increase and reduce size of the picture, adjusting it to the transparent region of the frame or calendar. Press the arrows to move the area behind the frame or calendar. Clicking on these icons will rotate the image to fit it squarely into the frame or calendar.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.3.11 – Multiple printing (Multiprint) This screen is used to configure the print sheet on the basis of the combination of several pictures. Different types of layouts can be chosen depending on the size format chosen. You can also adjust the fit of a picture in the print area: this is very useful if you wish to print the whole image instead of bleed printing and losing part of it. 1 3 6 7 2 4 8 5 1: Fitting area rotation. 4: Save printing area (composition). 7:Browse.
CLICK Pro User Manual Transfer: It copies the image selected on Image Panel to the Adjustment Area. Transfer: It copies the contents of the adjustment box to one of the boxes of the layout or to all of them if thus specified, activating the ‘Transfer to all‘ Option. To select certain composition boxes check with the pointer while holding down the Ctrl key on the keyboard. Layouts: Use this option to choose between different modes to compose the pictures. Each size format has its own layouts.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.3.11.1 – How to make “Academy” compositions You can compose your own “Academy” pictures in Multiprint. 1) You should choose the 20x25 paper size.and look for “Academy” in Layouts. 2) In Layout Area, select the background in red. 3) Now you can drag in the background of the Layout Area a picture you have prepared previously. You can search for it through Browser button. 4) Drag each picture to the desired position.
CLICK Pro User Manual If you launch Carrousel from Browser, working path will be set automatically. You can select a Background Image that will be showed at the beginning of the slide-show. This image can be taken from any source (digital camera card, CD-ROM, etc). It is possible to select the background colour, the font, colour, and shadow colour for the image number, interval between images, and fading time (in seconds).
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.4 – DIGITAL CAMERA, DVD/CD AND MOBILE PROCESSING This application has everything you need to print, quickly and easily, pictures taken with any digital camera using standard market formats. You can view the images comfortably and apply all kind of modifications that CLICK Pro offers. 4.4.1 How to read and print images from a digital camera card.
CLICK Pro User Manual 9) Depending on the type of images being loaded, all the miniatures will be displayed or else a slower one–by–one loading process will take place. This is due to the characteristics of the original images and not the CLICK Pro system. 10) The images loaded are distributed in different pages of the main panel of the Browser screen. 11) You need not complete the miniature loading process on a page if you do not want to.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.4.2 – How to read and print images from a CD–ROM. Proceed as follows when a customer delivers images taken with a digital camera and saved to a DVD/CD–ROM. Proceed as follows. 1) Firstly, in the main screen, choose the DVD/CD Processing. DVD/CD Processing 2) Open the DVD/CD–ROM drive tray with the eject button normally located to the right of the drive face at the front of the equipment.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.4.2.1. Management of big images Some customers are going to photo-shops with DVD/CD-ROM with big image files with big resolutions (each file 100Mb, for example). Once the file is loaded after a few minutes, if you try to adjust the colours or make some decoration with the image, is very hard to work with it. As the maximum resolution needed for CP3020 is 25Mb, you can reduce those big files to 30Mb if you want.
CLICK Pro User Manual If a customer is coming with more than one file greater than 50 or 60Mb saved into a CD there is a trick you can use to work faster with those files: Start loading the files from CD as usual, but when you see the first image is loading, press pause button. Make double click in the background to select all empty boxes, and export them to the hard disk. After this, loading progress starts again but you can cancel it. Go back and enter through Work folder option in sources screen.
CLICK Pro User Manual 3) Once you have detected CLICK Pro system in the Bluetooth device of the customer and sent any image to it, CLICK Pro will warn you about new received images. 4) When all images are sent, you can accept and automatically all the images will be loaded in Browser screen. 5) Refer to section 4.4.2 if you want to print these images. 4.5 – PHOTO ID This tool allows you to make ID/passport–type pictures from a digital camera.
CLICK Pro User Manual A B J H C G D F I E A:Adjustment Area. B:Rotation mode. C:Pre-defined layouts. D:Delete Picture. E:Convert to Black & White. F:Back to Main. G:Preview. H:Layout area. I:Print. J:Image Panel 8) On the right of the screen is the Image Panel (J). The images are transferred from there towards the Adjustment Area by Transfer button. (It is also possible drag and drop it, also to the Layout Area directly), although the format to be adjusted must be known before doing so.
CLICK Pro User Manual Zoom: This tool allows you to modify the portion of image that will be displayed in the layout, increasing or reducing its size, but without modifying its proportions. Move: It moves the picture in the box that will later be part of the layout. Transfer: It copies the image selected on Image Panel to the Adjustment Area.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4) When “Sending image” message appears on DIS900D LCD screen, you should see how automatically the image appears in the image panel and it’s also composed inside layout area. 5) Refer to Section 4.5.1) to go on with ID composition process. 4.7 – COPY TO COPY This tool is designed to obtain, quickly and simple, copy to copy and enlargements of pictures that have already been processed on, by taking images from a flatbed scanner.
CLICK Pro User Manual If you access with the Advanced mode deactivated (see section 4.10.3 of the manual), the following options will be offered: Preview: It displays a preview box with a low–res image of a DIN–A4 size scanning area. Scan: This obtains the image through the scanner and adds it to the work folder. The ‘Browser’ screen is then accessed. Sizes: There are different output size formats for Print out: 10x15, 13x18, 15x23 and Other sizes.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.8 – FILMS This utility allows you to make a batch scanning of full or cut film strips and slides, mainly to make an Index Print for fast and simple access later. It is based on rapid processing, but it also allows you to work with the images later, print them separately or record a DVD/CD–ROM with them, depending on the scanner. On settings, you can configure a film scanner in advanced mode.
CLICK Pro User Manual Film Strip Type: this option tells the application the format of the negative film, specifying whether it is cut into fragments of 4, 5 or 6 pictures, or whether you wish to explore an uncut film of 24 or 36 pictures. 4.8.
CLICK Pro User Manual It ejects the film from the Scanner. To quit Film Index Print screen. Index Print: once in the Browser screen click the Index Print button to bring up the corresponding menu, already dealt with in section 4.3.1. As you are working with strips of film, it may be necessary to identify the reel associated with the Index Print that is to be printed. To do so, complete the “A” space. This information will be printed on the paper of the Index Print.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.8.3 – Pakon™ Film scanners (F135 & F235) Pakon™ F135 and F235 are full integrated in CLICK Pro. That means you don’t have to run any kind of external software to use these film scanners. The screen that appears when using Pakon™ scanners consists of a browser-based interface. The biggest part of the screen will be used to show the thumbnails of the scanned photographs. On the bottom you will find the buttons necessary to operate with the scanner.
CLICK Pro User Manual Frames per strip: Full roll: Use this if you want to scan a full roll of images. 4, 5, and 6: chose one of them if you have strips of 4, 5 or 6 images, respectively. Resolution: Base 4: use this to print up to L size. Base 8: use this to print up to W size. Base 16: use this to print up to A4 size (F235 only). Colour: Negative: check this to scan negative films. Positive: use this to scan positive films (F235 only). B&W: use this to scan Black and White films (F235 only).
CLICK Pro User Manual If you have chosen scanning strips, you can insert them sequentially. Every time you have a strip scanned, the progress bar will increment a step. To finish scanning strips, you have to press Cancel button or wait scanning time out. It is possible that during the scan process you were warned with a message like this: You can choose not show the message again (only for warning messages). To hide message, press OK button.
CLICK Pro User Manual With this button you can view all Pakon messages showed in this session. To save definitively the images you want, select them on browser and click this button. This dialog will appear in order to choose in which place you want to save your images. You can delete or create folders into Pakon folder, by using these buttons: Pakon folder is a child of Working Directory, so you can access it from browser screen.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.9– EXTERNAL JOBS External Jobs is a service that allows receiving print requests from other Mitsubishi terminals, like KIOSK or other CLICK terminals, using the Mitsubishi Protocol. In this way, CLICK Pro can be used as a small processing laboratory. These jobs that we can receive are closed: we can’t modify them. It is the reason why becomes necessary that printing sizes of the received requests be the same that we have configured.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.10– CLICK PRO CONFIGURATION ‘Settings’ Screen This button of the Application Bar (only from Main screen) is used to access the Configuration screen, where the different parameters of the program can be configured. 4.10.1 – General. This section configures the general options of the application, such as language, the type of format you wish to print with, etc. 62 LANGUAGE Selects the language of the application.
CLICK Pro User Manual CLICK ProArts: through this icon it is possible to start an updating procedure of new ClickArts CD, DPSCalendars CD, etc. if a new CD is available. You can acces this icon whatever settings screen tab is selected. PhotoClickCD: through this icon is possible to launch the application on a PhotoClickCD. You can use it to test a PhotoClickCD after burning. You can acces this icon whatever settings screen tab is selected. Update…: only for updating procedures. 4.10.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.10.3 – Copy to copy On this screen you will select the scanner type for each mode, be it flatbed scanner or 35mm/slides. It also lists all the scanners installed on the system. To the right of the box of the flatbed scanner and the film scanner selected you can also check whether you wish to work with it in Advanced Mode (see section 4.7.1.2). It’s also possible to set the path where the .exe file of the scanner is. For some scanners it’s better to work directly with its own .
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.10.4 – Decoration This tool can be used to add new backgrounds, motifs, calendars and frames, which can later be used in the ‘Decoration’ screen. Backgrounds, Motifs: + button: Opens a browser (see section 4.10.4.1 – Add Image) to choose the Background or Motif to be inserted. Once chosen, this will be added to the Background or Motif collection. - button: Eliminates the selected Background or Motif from the collection.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.10.4.1 – Add Image This allows you to select an image to be added to the collection you are working with. This screen previews the image selected. 4.10.4.2 – Selection of transparent colour Select the colour to be used as transparent colour on inserting Calendars or Frames. To select the colour, click on the colour on the image chosen. 66 v. 1.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.10.5 – Index Print Option for configuring the parameters for the IndexPrint. Print Parameters: 67 Show Name: If activated, the Index Print will show the name of the image file. Comment: Add a text to the Index Print, for example the name of the establishment where it was made. Logo: To insert the logotype (image) of the photo studio. To change it click the image and the menu will appear to be able to read the corresponding image file. See section 4.10.4.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.10.6 – Recording CDs This menu configures the parameters for Recording CDs. CD label: write the name (label) to identify the CD–ROM recorded by the equipment. Shop name: this will write the name of the photo shop which will appear on the main screen of the PhotoClick CD software when the end customer views it on his PC. PhotoclickCD web: this link will appear on your PhotoClick CDs.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.10.7 – Sources (Image reading devices) Types of devices or media from which the pictures or images taken can be read. In this section you can indicate the drive and path where they are located on the system. It is default–predefined for the CLICK Pro equipment drives and need not be changed unless absolutely necessary. In “Custom File Extensions” box you can also set the new file extensions to be readable by CLICK Pro.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.10.8 – Compositions This menu allows you to configure the formats of the compositions and import them from files. Import Composition Use this button to load composition files (.ini) Measure Selecting “Cm” or “Inch” allows to change the measure units. Save Composition This button saves the current settings of the compositions.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.10.9 Colour management It is possible to use screen colour management, in order to use it in combination with new Print Server colour management. What does colour management means? Colour management, also called colour matching, involves making some image adjustments in order to obtain, in paper, colour results as close as possible as screen colours. To make these adjustments you have to enable some print profiles, in combination with screen ones.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.10.10 – Adjust This tab allows you to configure Adjustment options: Sepia Allows you to choose the RGB values of the sepia effect. If you click the 'Default' button the factory settings will be loaded. Adjust mode You can change here which kind of adjustments screen do you want. You can choose between Classic Adjust and Sequential Adjust. For more information see section 4.3.8. 4.10.
CLICK Pro User Manual 4.11 – PRINT MANAGEMENT MODULE: Print Server 4.11.1 – Introduction. The Print Server module performs the Print out function for the CLICK Pro, and frees the latter from managing and sending information through the SCSI or USB bus. This program must be run to be able to print but, anyway, CLICK Pro launches it instead of being launched from Windows start.
CLICK Pro User Manual This button alternates between activated and deactivated by clicking it. The button displays the status you will move to on clicking it. This explores the status of the printers on line and also displays a table describing their status and the port they are connected to. In the event of a problem, the program will display the error type. Run: Menu > Settings > Printers: - In the Error box is possible to check if there is an error in the printer.
CLICK Pro User Manual The ink is different to the format chosen. Check that the type of ink introduced and the print format are the same. 4.11.3 – Checking printers and papers If you wish to check with detail the printers connected to the system, access: Menu > Settings > Printers You can check the Name (model) of the printer, the kind of Connection (SCSI or USB), the Target and Device, the Format (Paper size), the remaining Copies of the printer (if available), and the Status.
CLICK Pro User Manual Select Basic or Advanced Colour Correction option Now press “Setup...” button in Detected Printers List. Each printer of the same kind has its own colour adjustment curve and printer settings (sharpness, mode and gamma). 4.11.6.1 – Basic Colour Adjustments If “Basic” option in Colour Correction menu was previously selected, this screen appears: A B A) This allows you to fine–tune colour by components (R,G,B) either separately or at once (Luminosity).
CLICK Pro User Manual It’s possible to change the color adjustment with these curves. Adjustment can be made through one generic curve or using diferent curves for each color channel. It’s possible to select the printer to adjust, and make differenciation between Color or Black&White adjustment. 4.11.6.3 – Colour Management options From CLICK Pro 4.00 it is possible to configure PrintServer in order to apply Colour management profiles.
CLICK Pro User Manual you enable colour management, flat tables are loaded automatically, and you do not have to worry about them. 4.12- STATISTICS This section provides a very simple way of obtaining a summary of all the jobs carried out with the equipment. It is an extremely useful and effective tool for different purposes: First of all to monitor the average consumption of paper and make for a much more efficient management of your stock of consumables.
CLICK Pro User Manual Total INDEX: number of index prints. B) Paper: It informs us of the consumption of different types of consumables, L / W / X C) Most used papers (this month): The 3 types of paper most used on the equipment in the last month. It also presents the information by frequency of use. D) Most used devices (this month) It informs us of the three most used storage devices over the last month. It also presents the information by frequency of use.
CLICK Pro User Manual Query parameters: Product: products obtained with the CLICK Pro equipment (Print outs, Index Prints, CDs...) Format: possible paper sizes on printing with the equipment (S,M,L,X,W,...) Area: Different business areas. They correspond to the different options that appear on the start–up screen of the equipment. Inputs: Types of image input devices (Compact Flash, SmartMedia, SD, ...
CLICK Pro User Manual 5 – PHOTOCLICKCD When recording a PhotoClickCD, not only are the images selected by the user recorded on it, but also a programme that makes it possible to view them comfortably on any PC with a Windows 95/98/MeTM or Windows 2000/NT/XP TM–compatible OS. On inserting the CD–ROM in the drive the auto start–up mode should be activated, the program will run automatically and the screen in the picture will appear.
CLICK Pro User Manual • • • In the middle are the pictures of the customer inserted into a box where they can be selected one by one (clicking each one separately) or all (double–clicking any part inside the frame containing the photos), this selection will be highlighted by a red frame around the each selected picture and the number of pictures selected at all times will be displayed at the bottom. There is also a scroll bar (of there are more than 20 photos) to be able to see any photos that are hidden.
CLICK Pro User Manual Slide Show: it shows a full–screen carousel of all the pictures which are not hidden, keeping the pictures on screen for a certain period. The actions permitted by this function are the same as the Zoom to go from one picture to another. Exit: As its name suggests, it exits and closes the application. This action can also be performed by pressing the CTRL+Z keys at once. 5.2 – Menu bar Functions: • File: Exit: The same action as the “Exit” icon.
CLICK Pro User Manual • Visual Display: in Zoom or Slide Show modes, you can choose between show images with its real resolution (Real Size), centered in the screen, or fit them to the screen size (Display Size). • Hide: if you do not want some of the pictures loaded to be displayed in the carousel and/or in the Zoom, they can be concealed by selecting this option. It will appear with a grid over it on the image panel.
CLICK Pro User Manual • Keyboard functions: This option displays the functions of each key in each one of the actions available in PhotoClickCD. • Language: This option allows to change the language of the application • About... The following screen is displayed: 5.3 – Right mouse button The actions mentioned above can also be accessed via the menu that appears on clicking the picture browser of the application with the right mouse button. 85 v. 1.
CLICK Pro User Manual 6 – INSTALLATION NOTES CLICK Pro has two ways of installing the CLICK Pro program on the system: – CD Installation: This CD contains the CLICK Pro program and the basic collections of Backgrounds, Motifs, Frames, Calendars and Fusion masks. It also has the protection needed to run the application. If the program malfunctioned or images were accidentally lost from collections, you are advised to uninstall the CLICK Pro program and reinstall it from this CD–ROM.
CLICK Pro User Manual 7 – Troubleshooting: 7.1 – Reading Digital Camera images (Smart Media, Compact Flash...) The CLICK Pro system consists of a reader that supports 12 digital media: Smart Media, Compact Flash, Microdrive, Memory Stick, MS Pro / Duo, SD/Multimedia card, mini SD, xD, MMC, RS and supports USB drives too. The reader is connected to the Central Processing Unit by USB port. Often, cards inserted may generate read/write errors, due to how often they have been used, etc.
CLICK Pro User Manual (NOTE 1) Re–installation of the Digital Camera Reader. 1.– Disconnect the device pressing the Windows TM key and then click the right mouse button on the I/O device icon. 2.– Uninstall. Follow steps 1,2,3 from ilustration. 3.– Then disconnect the USB cable from the reader at the rear of the equipment. 4.– Reboot the equipment. 5.– Connect the USB cable of the Reader to the USB1 port once the system has rebooted. 6.– The system will detect the Reader once again 88 v. 1.
CLICK Pro User Manual 7.2 – Problems in image capture from scanners Sometimes, if the system is saturated or even due to wrong operator action, scanner– type devices, such as film and opaque scanners, inputs, stop working properly and lose the connection with the equipment, or else run very slowly. In such an eventuality power off the device in question and reboot the system. Start–up mechanisms in these devices, tend to be rather sluggish. Thus, before starting to work with the Scanners (i.e.
CLICK Pro User Manual Solution: Contact the technical service. 5) Error recording CD –XXX There was an error which was not defined above. XXX indicates the error code. Solution: If the problem persists contact your technical service / Help Desk. 7.5 – Others For any other issues regarding the interaction of peripheral hardware devices, (printer, Scanner, etc...
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