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1. To scan an 8 5 by 11 color image in 200 dpi File Format BMP TIFF PDF JPEG GIF File Size 10M 10M 53KB 212KB 1 3M 33 3 4 The Color Dropout Tab Color Dropout is a special type of image processing designed to improve OCR results by removing specific types of background color content Typically this is used in conjunction with specially designed forms that have colored boxes or checkboxes that people fill in Using dropout allows you to remove these specially colored boxes from the image and provides you with better OCR results It can also be used to remove a specific background color if it is causing a lot of noisy speckling O S3 Profile Image ColorDropout Paper Options Information 1 Front Color C Rear Color Color Dropout Front Gray Rear Gray IV Advanced Processing Filter Threshold Or 20 Rear B amp W Background Level 5247 Red gt 128 Green Q 128 Blue 128 Default Scan Exit Preview Window 34 Color Dropout Tolerance The Color Dropout dropdown list allows you drop either of the red blue or green color channel in your scanned image You may also click Custom to specify your desired color channel to be removed by entering its RGB Red Green and Blue value respectively Note This function applies only when outputting black amp white or gray images Origin2. f Stop Scanning after Multi Feed Multi Feed Alarm pray Sean CBee Preview windows 38 3 5 1 Choosing Your Desired Paper Size and Orientation Paper Size Orientation Choose your desired paper size with the Paper Size drop down list box Or you may select a custom paper size by choosing Custom and enter your desired length and width value Choice Automatic US Letter 8 5 x 11 US Legal 8 5 x 14 ISO A4 21 x 29 7 cm ISO A5 14 8 x 21 cm ISO A6 10 5 x 14 8cm ISO A7 7 4 x 10 5 cm ISO B5 17 6 x 25 cm ISO B6 12 5 x 17 6 cm ISO B7 8 8 x 12 5 cm JIS B5 18 2 x 25 7 cm JIS B6 12 8 x 18 2 cm JIS B7 9 1 x 12 8 cm Scanner Maximum Custom Automatic Automatically adjusts the cropping window according to different document sizes and automatically straightens your skewed image Use this option for batches of mixed sized documents Units Define the primary measurement system Inches Millimeters and Pixels are available Choose your paper orientation Choice Portrait Landscape Portrait Landscape 39 The following options are only available when Fixed to Transport is selected X Offset the distance from the left end of the scanner to the left edge of the scanning area Y Offset the position from the top end of the document to the top end of the scanning area Width the width of the scanning area Length the length of the scanning area 40 3 5 2 U
3. 600 dpi US Letter 8 5 x11 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On 51 F200 Button Settings Button Profile Name Description Name Predefined Scan Settings Buttons Normal This scans letter size documents in black and white at Document One 300 dpi Sided Front B amp W 300 dpi US Letter 8 5 x11 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On Button 2 Normal This scans letter size documents in color at 200 dpi Documents in Front Color 200 dpi US Letter 8 5 x11 PDF Edge Color One Sided Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On Buon s Mixed Sized This scans any size document in black and white at Document 300 dpi automatically detecting the size Front B amp W Rear B amp W 300 dpi Auto Crop PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On Button Photo in Color This does a color scan and automatically detects the photo size Front Color 300 dpi Auto Crop JPEG Edge Cleanup Off Blank Page Removal On Despeckle Off Buttons Business Card This scans a business card in grayscale Front Gray 300 dpi Auto Crop PDF Edge Cleanup Off Blank Page Removal On Despeckle Off Button 6 Text Searchable Normal Documents One Sided This scans letter size documents in black and white at 300 dpi Front B amp W 300 dpi US Letter 8 5 x11 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle
4. detected yet no Warning dialog box will be displayed If Stop Scanning after Multi Feed is selected the scanner will stop the feeder If Stop Scanning after Multi Feed has not been selected the scanner will continue to scan till the end of your document Action 1 If Stop Scanning after Multi Feed is selected follow the action described in the preceding section Stop Scanning after Multi Feed on the previous page to complete your job 2 If Stop Scanning after Multi Feed has not been selected rescan the pages where multi feed is detected How to add the sound alarm 1 Click the Browse button on the right side of the speaker icon The Open dialog box appears 2 Choose your wave file 3 Click the Open button The wave file is added 42 3 6 The Options Tab The Options tab allows you to set following additional image processing settings Profile Image Color Dropout Paper Information Rotation Degree None 4 V Blank Page Removal Threshold 50 Edge Fill Left 1 g Top 1 8 i B Tn B millimeters Bottom 1 Despeckle zz Noise Number 20 B Noise Radius 5 8 pixels Enable Energy Saver 15 B minutes Image Count 4 3 1 B Transport Timeout Q 0 B seconds C Scan C Exit Preview Window gt gt 43 Rotation Rotate your image Degree Choice None 90 Degrees CCW 90 Degrees CW 180 Degr
5. the dmg file is opened the scanner driver will be displayed in Finder eoo 15300 Oo Back View Quick Look Acti Search lil apsuser E 3501289 GB All V PLACES cumen Dropbox Y SEARCH FOR 5 Today Yesterday Past Week G Al Images Z All Movies All Documents X 1 of 2 selected 34 9 MB available di 5 To install the scanner driver on your computer drag the scanner icon to your Applications folder You can either use the alias we provide as seen above or the folder on the left Once it s done copying the scanner driver will be displayed in your list of Applications as seen below In the example below is the S300 driver ga Address Book gt Adobe Bridge Adobe Bridge CS3 Adobe Photoshop CS2 Adobe Help Viewer 1 1 Adobe Illustrator CS2 Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 __ Applications 1 3 Connecting the Scanner to Your Mac Before connecting make sure the power switch if any is off 1 If your scanner comes with a power adapter plug the small end of the power adaptor into the power jack of your scanner Plug the other end to an appropriate power outlet 2 Connect the square end of the USB cable to the USB port of your scanner Connect the rectangle end to the USB port of your Mac 3 For the S400 F200 and F600 scanners after the power cable and the USB cable have all been connected press the power switch to the position to turn on the scanner To turn off the scan
6. window simply click the Preview Window button again NONA o 5300 Information Profile Page Size Custom 7 Inches i a am Portrait O Landscape ETE ET X Offset 0 28 7 v Offset 2 43 B Width 8 09 7 Length 2 18 B Multi Feed Detection Vl Additional Length Detection 0 00 B V Ultrasonic Detection Cl Stop Scanning after Multi Feed Multi Feed Alarm System Library Sounds Ping aiff Default Scan YC Exit 3 Preview Window lt lt Preview 13 3 2 The Profile Tab The Profile tab allows you to choose your desired profile to fit a variety of your scan tasks zi Image Color Dropout Paper Options Information Business Card in Color Business Card Fine Print Documents Legal Sized Documents Mixed Size Documents Normal Documents Fast Both Side Normal Documents Fast One Sided Normal Documents in Color Both Sides n Normal Documents in Color One Sided Event None E Description Image Front Color Resolution 300 dpi Page Size Automatic Scan Source Auto Document Feeder Path Users 365 Documents Image 001 pdf When file names are the same Increase sequence number 14 3 2 1 Profile Selection Box The Profiles Selection Box provides a number of frequently used scan tasks with predefined scan settings to save your time The default scan profiles are listed in below Profile Name Description Predefined S
7. B 35 Rotate 90 degrees CCW 90 degrees CW 0 180 degrees 56 44 S Scan Source Auto Document Feeder Flatbed Automatic 29 Searchable PDF 33 T TIFF 31 Transport Timeout 46 U Ultrasonic Detection 41 W Windows Bitmap 31
8. F The Tagged Image File Format is a flexible image format container supported by many paint image editing and page layout applications 31 Also virtually all desktop scanners can produce TIFF images There are several different compression types used within the TIFF format some are lossy some are lossless This is recommended for when PDF is not desired and when scanning in black and white Windows Bitmap Bitmap is the standard Windows image format on DOS and Windows compatible computers The BMP format supports RGB indexed color grayscale and Bitmap color modes The BMP format is not compressed and may create large files This is a lossless format PNG PNG Portable Network Graphics format is a lossless format that many newer image editors and viewers can use It is recommended for when PDF is not desired and the scanned item will have a mix between color content and text or other crisp lines 32 PDF Searchable PDF PDF Portable Document Format is a very popular file format used by Adobe You can view PDF files using Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader Searchable PDF allows users to create PDF files with searchable text so they can be indexed by search engines When creating a Searchable PDF Optical Character Recognition is performed by the scanner driver which will increase the processing time based on the content and condition of the page The following table gives you a rough idea of file size vs file format
9. On 52 F200 Button Settings Button Profile Name Description Name Predefined Scan Settings Button 4 Legal Sized This scans a legal size documents in black and white Document at 300 dpi Front B amp W Rear B amp W 300 dpi US Legal 8 5 x14 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On Button B Fine Print This scans letter size documents in black and white Document at 600 dpi Front B amp W Rear B amp W 600 dpi US Letter 8 5 x 11 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On Button 9 Text Searchable Fine Print Document This scans letter size documents in black and white at 600 dpi Front B amp W Rear B amp W 600 dpi US Letter 8 5 x11 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On 53 4 2 Redefining Your Button Settings To redefine your button settings please follow these steps 1 Click on the Profile tab to see the following Profile dialog box pO 300 Image Color Dropout Paper Options Information Business Card in Color Business Card Fine Print Documents Legal Sized Documents Mixed Size Documents Normal Documents Fast Both Side Normal Documents Fast One Sided Normal Documents in Color Both Sides Normal Documents in Color One Sided m AE DIATE N Event None kJ Clear all 4 pi Description Image Front Color Resolution 300 dpi Page Size Automatic Scan Sou
10. Size Automatic E Scan Source Auto Document Feeder EX Profile Custom Hn Image Name Image Seg File Format Searchable PDF 4 Multi Page One File Image Path Users 365 Documents Image 001 pdf The features are described in the following pages 21 3 2 2 Converting Your Image to a Bi tonal Image Binarization This is the process of converting a grayscale or color image to a bi tonal or Black and White image There are several different methods of performing this conversion Options Dynamic Threshold Fixed Processing Halftone 1 5 Diffusion Dynamic Threshold Selecting Dynamic Threshold allows the scanner to dynamically evaluate each document to determine the optimal threshold value to produce the highest quality image This is used to scan mixed documents containing faint text shaded background or color background with a single setting If Dynamic Threshold is selected Threshold Brightness and Contrast are not available Sensitivity of Dynamic Threshold Occasionally your scanned image may contain small dots or speckles To remove these spots increase the sensitivity value by moving the bar to the right The value ranges from 1 to 30 The default is 20 Fixed Processing Used for black and white and other high contrast documents A single level is set to determine the black and white transition The threshold is programmable over the entire density range Fixed Processing sets Contrast to 0 If Fixe
11. al Remove Blue Color Channel Specify the allowable color range to be removed for the color you selected Specified range 1 100 The large the numeric value the wider the color dropout range is 35 Advanced Processing provides two options that can adjust your scanned image in the best optimal result Filter Threshold Background Level This value is used to determine the color which will be dropped out A lower value will drop more of the selected color out while a higher value will leave more of the selected color in The pixel which is higher than the background value will be adjusted to the lightest point Adjust the value for both the Filter Threshold and Background Level to produce the best optimal result Example slightly adjusting the background value makes your text more clear AM61205 BB HES IRIE Remove Blue Threshold 20 Background 255 36 AM61203265 S DHE SRE WIERWS Remove Blue Threshold 20 Background Level 210 37 3 5 The Paper Tab The Paper tab allows you to adjust the specific area to scan Profile Image Color Dropout Options Information Page Size 9 Portrait Landscape X Offset 0 00 B Y Offset 0 00 8 Width 8 51 l Length 1400 Multi Feed Detection Additional Length Detection 0 00 f Ultrasonic Detection
12. ange between the darkest and the lightest shades in the image The higher the contrast the bigger the difference in grayscale Drag the slider to the right or left to increase or decrease the contrast The range is from 100 to 100 Contrast 50 Contrast 0 Normal Contrast 50 26 3 2 4 Choosing Your Ideal Resolution Resolution Resolution is the value that controls how much information is captured when the scan is performed A higher resolution will capture more information and increase the file size trading off performance for quality Most business documents are best saved in 200 or 300 DPI Dots Per Inch depending on the size and quality of the text For reference a letter size color image scanned at 300 dpi at in color consumes about 25 MB of disk space when uncompressed When OCR Optical Character Recognition is to be performed on a scan 300dpi should be used Choose a resolution value from the drop down list The default value is 200 dpi Available resolutions are 75 100 150 200 300 400 and 600 Or you may use the arrow buttons to select a custom value Resolution 75 dpi Resolution 150 dpi 27 3 2 5 Reversing the Brightness and the Colors of Your Scanned Image Invert Reverses the brightness and the colors in the image The default setting is Black on a White background Reverse mode is White on a Black background For color images each pixel will be changed into its complementary color at the c
13. can Settings Business Card in This scans a business card in color Color Front Color 300 dpi Auto Crop PDF Edge Cleanup Off Blank Page Removal On Despeckle Off Business Card This scans a business card in grayscale Front Gray 300 dpi Auto Crop PDF Edge Cleanup Off Blank Page Removal On Despeckle Off Fine Print Document This scans letter size documents in black and white at 600 dpi This is best for documents with very small or fine print Front B amp W Rear B amp W 600 dpi US Letter 8 5 x 11 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On Legal Sized This scans a legal size documents in black and white at Document 300 dpi Front B amp W Rear B amp W 300 dpi US Legal 8 5 x14 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On Mixed Sized This scans any size document in black and white at 300 Document dpi automatically detecting the size Front B amp W Rear B amp W 300 dpi Auto Crop PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On 15 Profile Name Description Normal Documents Fast Both Sides Predefined Scan Settings This scans letter size documents in black and white at 200 dpi This is good for many documents especially if the text is clear Front B amp W Rear B amp W 300 dpi US Letter 8 5 x11 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On Nor
14. cuments 3 2 7 Choosing Your Scan Source Choose your scan source from the Scan Source drop down list box Note the options may vary based on your type of scanner Scan Source Choice Auto Document Feeder Used to scan multiple pages Flatbed Used to scan a single page For example pages from newspaper clipping paper with wrinkles or curls Automatic Allow the scanner automatically set its scan source If Automatic is selected and there is document in both the auto document feeder ADF and the flatbed then the scan source will be automatically set to ADF If Automatic is selected and there is document only in flatbed then the scan source will be set to flatbed 29 3 2 8 Changing Your Image Name and Location To change where the finished scans are stored from the Image tab click on the More button Path Image Name Enter the path or click Browse to select the path for your scanned image Default Users lt login username gt Documents The image name consists of text and special tokens that automatically generate aname All of the available tokens will be displayed on this window with the current effective value they will have Path Applications Desktop Browser Image Name mage XSeq Sequence Digits 001 YYYYMMDD 20110114 96 HHNNSS 162851 KYYYY 2011 HH 16 YY 11 NN 28 96MM 01 SS 51 MMM JAN Seq 001 DD 14 Example Image 001 When file names are the same Increa
15. d Processing is selected Contrast is not available Halftone In addition to the black and white display Halftone can present a somehow gray shade of image by using different sizes of dots Halftone image looks like the picture we have seen in the newspaper Options include Halftone 1 Halftone 2 Halftone 3 Halftone 4 Halftone 5 22 Diffusion Diffusion is a type of Halftone Diffusion gives good image texture and makes text in images more readable than Halftone AG 3 4 x G SEWE enema Brot Weeks enormous F Michelang Architecture this huge vol sculpture pai photographs ceiling with a illus 120 in 10 3 4 x 14 G NEW Botti Renaissance unprecedente first lifesize m enormous ne Diffusion Image 23 Threshold Used to convert a grayscale image to a bi tonal image The value ranges from 0 to 255 A low threshold value produces a lighter image and can be used to subdue backgrounds and subtle unneeded information A high threshold value produces a darker image and can be used to help pick up faint images Adjust the threshold setting by dragging the Threshold sliding bar to the left or right to achieve the desired threshold setting 200 dpi Threshold 80 200
16. dius 10 Note e The function is currently available for Black and White image only To scan at rated speed it is recommended to set the noise radius up to 10 pixels Move the slider to set the amount of time to start the energy saver after your last action The range is from 1 to 240 minutes The default is 15 minutes This control may be unavailable for some scanners M80 S300 Defines the scan job size The scanner will scan the entire contents of the Automatic Document Feeder when this is set to 1 which is the default To force the scanner to only scan a certain number of pages at a time set this number to the desired value For example to scan 10 pages at a time and automatically stop scanning set this to 10 Set the amount of time the scanner will wait and then start resume scanning after the ADF is empty If you have many separate documents need to be scanned at the same scan settings this feature is especially useful The default is 0 The value ranges from 0 to 30 seconds 46 3 7 The Information Tab The Information tab displays the following scanner information The information is very helpful when you report a problem to the service center Profile Image Color Dropout Paper Options Informati Scanner Model S300 Serial Number CN01234567891234 Version 1 00 0113 11 1 O Driver Version 2010 11 30 F W Version 1 21 47 Using the Scanner Buttons If your scanner comes with b
17. dpi Brightness 0 Threshold 170 Brightness 0 Gray Document Type Normal Photo Document Three options of document type are provided when you choose Gray as the image type for your scanned document Choice Normal Photo Document Document Choose Document if your original contains pure text or a mixture of text and graphic since it is an optimal setting for regular business document When using Document only Threshold can be adjusted Photo Choose Photo if your original is a photo or similar to reproduce your photo in vivid grayscale image When using Photo Threshold and Contrast are locked Normal When using Normal Threshold Brightness and Contrast can be adjusted 24 Threshold The value ranges from 0 to 255 The default is 230 A low threshold value produces a lighter image and can be used to subdue backgrounds and subtle unneeded information A high threshold value produces a darker image and can be used to help pick up faint images Adjust the threshold setting by dragging the Threshold sliding bar to the left or right to achieve the desired threshold setting Normal Photo Normal aii Document Threshold 230 25 3 2 3 Adjusting Your Brightness and Contrast Value Brightness Adjusts the lightness or darkness of an image The higher the value the brighter the image Drag the slider to the right or left to increase or decrease the brightness The range is from 100 to 100 Contrast Adjusts the r
18. e software please first make sure your scanner is turned on and is connected correctly to your Macintosh 2 2 Starting and Exiting the Scanner s User Interface 1 To start the scanner driver double click the scanner model from your Applications for example S300 The S300 appears on your Dock menu and begins searching for supported scanner eco i Applications V DEVICES Dropbox vPreview ZA Macintosh HD B DVD Player Ei iDisk Ej Evernote LJ 5300 ExactScan L M80 Gi Expos Firefox vig Font Book 1035 amp Front Row liil 4f f020 printse amp GarageBand lll ap00225 fih iCal Name 5300 Kind Application iChat Bl sostesti H as Size 171 9 MB on disk apsuser Created Yesterday at E as01289 amp Image Capture 2 33 PM A iMovie Modified Yesterday at av00087 nb T iPhoto 2 33 PM B all n Last opened Today at 5 48 PM iSync R D iT Version 1 0 0 13 Y PLACES T More info m Desktop H Web PURI 2d ai ji NSIOS P Microsoft PowerPoint E Dropbox W Microsoft Word Y SEARCH FOR M Photo Booth rd pa Preview We oat QuickTime Player Yesterday 5300 Past Week 00 Scan dmg All Images 69 safari All Movies E spaces 33 All Documents 75 Stickies E System Preferences 7 TextEdit 4 Time Machine v Utilities gt i 2 The following main window will be displayed Your scanner model will be indicated on the top of the window Options Information C Front Color
19. ees 123 m o3 Original Rotate 90 Degrees CW en N Gol m Rotate 90 Degrees CCW Rotate 180 Blank Page Check the Blank Page Removal box to delete your blank Removal page and move the slider to the left or right to define your desired threshold to detect the blank page 44 Edge Fill Check White or Black if you wish to add white or black edge on the border of your scanned image Enter the value from 0 to 5 mm Default value is 1 mm Original Edge Fill 5mm Black Despeckle Occasionally small dots or specks appear in the background of a scanned image Remove unwanted speckles provides a cleaner image for OCR Optical Character Recognition processing and also helps to reduce compressed file size Define the speckles also known as image noise you wish to remove by specifying its number size and radius range The measuring unit is pixel The higher the number the more speckles will be removed A plague on thee Hast thou never an eye in thy head Canst not hear The First Part of King Henry the Fourth 2 1 26 27 A carrier to Gadshill the host of a tavern Before Despeckle noise number 0 noise radius 1 45 Enabler Energy Saving Image Count Transport Timeout OE plague on thee Hast thou never an eye in thy head Canst not hear The First Part of King Henry the Fourth 2 1 26 27 A carrier to Gadshill the host of a tavern After Despeckle noise number 22 noise ra
20. essing for S300 Brightness 0 Contrast 0 Resolution 300 dpi 200 dpi for S300 Invert Blank on White Paper Size Automatic Scan Source Auto Document Feeder Profile Normal Documents Both Sides M80 S400 F600 Normal Documents Fast One Sided S300 Normal Documents One Sided F200 Image Name Image_ File Format PDF Image Path Users lt login name gt Documents Color None Dropout Paper Paper Size Automatic Deskew Yes Orientation Portrait Multi Feed Detection None Ultrasonic enabled for F600 Unit Inch Rotation Degrees None Blank Page Removal On Edge Fill White 1 mm Despeckle None Enable Energy Saver Enable 15 minutes after last scan action Image Count 1 Unlimited Transport Timeout 0 second 12 Using the Preview Window The Preview window allows you to preview your image before final scan This preview image lets you allocate your scan area Note If you choose Automatic from the Paper Size drop down list box in the Paper tab or the Image tab manual selection is disabled To select your scan area 1 Click the Preview Window button to open the Preview window 2 Click Preview to perform a preview scan 3 Place your cursor on the Preview window click and drag it diagonally across the Preview window A red rectangle box will appear to indicate the selected area 4 Click the Scan button to scan in your selected size 5 To close the Preview
21. ey eee gt C Rear Color Binarization Fixed Processing F3 Front Gray Threshold 128 Rear Gray Front B amp W Brightness G0 wI Rear B amp W Contrast e Resolution 300 Z 300 8 dpi Invert Black on White E Page Size f Automatic Scan Source Auto Document Feeder Hd Profile Custom i dl File Format Searchable PDF 4 M Multi Page One File Image Path Users 365 Documents Image 001 pdf Scan Ext Preview Window To exit the main window Choose Exit BulletScan from the BulletScan menu or click the Exit button on the bottom to leave the main window 2 3 Scanning a New Document To start scanning follow these steps 1 Place document on the auto document feeder with text face down If you have an F600 or F200 you may instead place your document on the flatbed 2 In the dropdown list of profiles choose one of the preset profiles that matches what you want to scan For example Normal Text Documents Both Sides will select Front B amp W and Rear B amp W as illustrated This means the scanner will scan both the front side and rear side of your document in black and white mode 3 Profile Image Color Dropout Paper Options Information C Front Color M puto C Rear Color inarization Fixed Processing TA ld Front Gray Threshold ono fran 128 1 Rear Gray UE Brightness 3 0 Rear B amp W Contrast x 0 Res
22. iVina BullztScan User s Manual For Mac OS X Copyright Copyright 2011 All rights reserved Information in this document is subject to change without notice The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement or nondisclosure agreement The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of those agreements No part of this publication can be reproduced in any form or by any means without prior written permission of iVina Inc Trademark Mac and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the United States Other names and products mentioned in this document may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies Contents 2 OVGIVICW ina kA a ak QT ko o iko ab a oa iko zaba 1 1 1 Introductions E rr A nun Samus A NA NE ella 1 System RedguiremeniSv ini ii uma E Da Na Nia EC 2 1 2 Installing the Scanner DEVOL an ae o ee bct 2 1 3 Connecting the Scanner to Your Ma nja exeo bea eer ni 4 1 4 Uninstalling the Scanner DriVEF sv jena vse on ies aea a ee 5 Quick TOUT ano ene aa ne ea aa ai 6 Z L Belore You Begner E AE ee ee be RECTA cordi 6 2 2 Starting and Exiting the Scanner s User Interface 6 2 35 Scanning a New DOCUMENE a suje Na Se ke ia 8 Using the Scanner Driver eee eene nennen nnne 10 3 1 Buttons on the User Interface iuditio eite bd i sS daja foh 11 Using the Prev E WWiNdOW c
23. ining Your Button Settings eese 54 Inde 22 50 02 5 2 20 2020280 08 0 20 02 c0 von ka ako aM D EU SO DRE ESRN RES 55 Overview 1 1 Introduction This manual documents how to install and use the iVina BulletScan Mac OS X scanner driver This scanner driver also provides the following features Scan document or photos and save it to popular file formats such as JPEG TIFF Windows Bitmap PDF Searchable PDF with full text OCR and PNG files Automatic page straightening and page size detection Automate your workflows with a variety of user profiles Automatic blank page removal Optimize black and white documents using dynamic thresholding to fade out colored paper while retaining important data This manual provides information and usage information for the following iVina BulletScan scanners BulletScan S300 BulletScan S400 BulletScan M80 BulletScan F200 BulletScan F600 System Requirements Operating System e Mac OS X 10 5 or later Computer Intel Core Solo or Duo Processor recommended Intel Core Duo Processor 1 83 GHz or higher e 512 MB or more of RAM 1 2 Installing the Scanner Driver Insert the iVina BulletScan Disc into your Optical drive 2 When the drive is mounted and shows up on your desktop double click on it to begin installation 3 Select your scanner model from the menu and double click on it 4 This will open the disc image dmg file When
24. ll change to Custom Choose your desired scan settings from the Image dialog box and clicking the Paper tab the Color Dropout tab or the Options tab if required 19 For example choose your file format JPEG from the File Format drop down list box choose your ideal resolution 200 dpi from the Resolution drop down list box and click the Options tab to change the Energy Saver from 15 minutes to 20 minutes 3 After your desired scan settings have been made click the Plus 2 h button next to the Profile drop down list box Type your profile name and click OK and the new profile will be added in the Profile Selection box Add new profile Profile Name Cancel IK 3 2 2 Deleting a Current Profile To delete a profile 1 Choose the profile you wish to delete from the Profile drop down list box 2 Click the Minus button next to the Plus button A Confirmation dialog box is prompted Click OK to delete the selected profile 20 3 3 The Image Tab The Image tab allows you to pick your basic scan settings select your desired file format and change your file name and the location of your scanned image Profile mage ColorDropout Paper Options Information Front Color KD C Rear Color Binarization Fixed Processing 13 E aaa Threshold p 128 Rear Gray Front B amp W Rear B amp W Brightness O 0 Contrast o j Q Resolution 300 HJ 300 B dpi Page
25. mal Documents Fast One Sided This scans letter size documents in black and white at 200 dpi This is good for many documents especially if the text is clear Front B amp W 300 dpi US Letter 8 5 x11 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On Normal Documents in Color Both Sides This scans letter size documents in color at 200 dpi Front Color Rear Color 200 dpi US Letter 8 5 x11 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On Normal Documents in Color One Sided This scans letter size documents in color at 200 dpi Front Color 200 dpi US Letter 8 5 x11 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On Normal Documents Both Sides This scans letter size documents in black and white at 300 dpi This is the recommended setting in most cases for scanning documents Front B amp W Rear B amp W 300 dpi US Letter 8 5 x11 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On Normal Document One Sided This scans letter size documents in black and white at 300 dpi Front BRW 300 dpi US Letter 8 5 x11 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On 16 Profile Name Description Predefined Scan Settings Photo in Color This does a color scan and automatically detects the photo size Front Color 300 dpi Auto Crop JPEG Edge Cleanup Off Blank Page Re
26. moval On Despeckle Off Photo in Grayscale This does a grayscale scan and automatically detects the photo size This is recommended for traditional black and white photos Front Gray 300 dpi Auto Crop JPEG Edge Cleanup Off Blank Page Removal On Despeckle Off Text Searchable Business Card in Color This scans a business card in color and runs OCR on it Front Color 300 dpi Auto Crop PDF Edge Cleanup Off Blank Page Removal On Despeckle Off Text Searchable Business Card This scans a business card in grayscale and runs OCR on it Front Gray 300 dpi Auto Crop PDF Edge Cleanup Off Blank Page Removal On Despeckle Off Text Searchable Fine Print Document This scans letter size documents in black and white at 600 dpi and runs OCR on it This is very processor intensive Front B amp W Rear B amp W 600 dpi US Letter 8 5 x11 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On Text Searchable Legal Sized Document This scans legal size documents in black and white at 300 dpi and runs OCR on it Front B amp W Rear B amp W 300 dpi US Legal 8 5 x14 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On 17 Profile Name Description Text Searchable Normal Document Both Sides Predefined Scan Settings This scans letter size documents in black and white at 300 dpi and runs OCR on it Fron
27. ner press the o position For the S300 scanner turn the knob to any of the number positions to turn the scanner on Example connection ports of your scanner ew a t t t o I 1 4 Uninstalling the Scanner Driver 1 Choose your scanner model from your Applications for example S300 Simply drag the icon of your scanner model to your Trash Can Or right click the icon and choose Move to Trash ae Date Modified as01289 M80 Jan 13 2011 2 33 PM F E av00006 pc JE Mail Dec 24 2010 10 30 AM Al VP Microsoft PowerPoint Nov 16 2005 4 00 AM 8 W Microsoft Word Nov 16 2005 4 00 AM 19 D E Photo Booth Dec 24 2010 10 30 AM 16 Ed Desktop F Preview Dec 24 2010 10 30 AM 70 Applications C QuickTime Player Sep 30 2008 3 06 PM 7 Documents Jan 13 2011 2 33 PM El Dropbox Safari Dec 24 2010 10 30 AM 103 BB Space Dec 24 2010 10 30 AM imet S SCE gt Sep 30 2008 3 06 PM Today Doi ee Dec 24 2010 10 30 AM Yesterday Z TextE Get Info Sep 30 2008 3 06 PM Past Week Time Compress S300 Dec 24 2010 10 30 AM Gig Al images gt Utilitie Duplicate Dec 24 2010 10 30 AM i All Movies Make Alias a All Documents Quick Look S300 a H Copy S300 a Label x BSBUSEBE More gt 3 Empty your Trash 4 The scanner driver will be removed from your Macintosh Quick Tour 2 1 Before You Begin Before you begin to use th
28. ns any size document in black and white at Document 300 dpi automatically detecting the size Front B amp W Rear B amp W 300 dpi Auto Crop PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On Button Photo in Color This does a color scan and automatically detects the photo size Front Color 300 dpi Auto Crop JPEG Edge Cleanup Off Blank Page Removal On Despeckle Off Buttons Business Card This scans a business card in grayscale Front Gray 300 dpi Auto Crop PDF Edge Cleanup Off Blank Page Removal On Despeckle Off Button 6 Text Searchable Normal Document Both Sides This scans letter size documents in black and white at 300 dpi Front B amp W Rear B amp W 300 dpi US Letter 8 5 x11 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On 49 S400 Button Settings Button Profile Name Description Name Predefined Scan Settings Button Normal This scans letter size documents in black and white at Documents Both 300 dpi Sides Front B amp W Rear B amp W 300 dpi US Letter 8 5 x11 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On Buttons Normal This scans letter size documents in color at 200 dpi Documents in Front Color 200 dpi US Letter 8 5 x11 PDF Edge Color One Sided Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On Buon s Mixed Sized This scans any size document in black and white at Document 300 dpi au
29. olution 300 4 300 B dpi Invert Black on White E PageSize Automatic n Scan Source Auto Document Feeder Hd Profile Custom i ns Image Name Image Seg File Format Searchable PDF Hd Multi Page One File Image Path Users 365 Documents Image 001 pdf Default Scan Exit Preview Window gt gt 3 Click the Scan button in the main window to start scanning 4 When the scanner has scanned all of the documents in the Automatic Document Feeder it will then convert the scanned pages to your output file The file will be saved in the location shown under Image Path 5 To close the scanner driver press the Exit button Note To perform your first scan we recommend you to use the default scan settings When you become more familiar with the software feel free to create new profiles that fit your own purpose Using the Scanner Driver The user interface of the scanner driver allows you to configure the scanner s settings It consists of several tabbed windows each of which will be described in this chapter ae Profile Image Color Dropout Paper Options Information ma C Front Color i P Rear Color Binarization Fixed Processing 3 Front Gray Threshold G 128 L Rear Gray Brightness amf Contrast 0 Resolution 300 Ex 300 8 dpi Invert Black on White E Page Size Automatic HH Scan Source Auto Document Feeder ie Profile Cus
30. ommand of Invert E am not worthy to have you enter my that is God I beg all my brothers those w e who work manually clerics and lay brothers ards belng humble in all things not to glorify r to become interlorly proud because of good w sometimes says or does in them or through tl ard Do not rejoice in the fact that the de 10 20 Let us be firmly convinced of the fact Black on White I am not worthy to have you enter m that is God I beg all my brothers those v P who work manually clerics and lay brothe rds being humble in all things not to glorify to become Interlorly proud because of good sometimes says or does in them or through y rd Do not rejoice in the fact that the dd 10 20 Let us be firmly convinced of the fa White on Black 28 3 2 6 Choosing Your Paper Size Paper Size Choose your desired paper size with the Paper Size drop down list box Or you may select a custom paper size by choosing Custom to define your desired scan size Choice Automatic US Letter 8 5 x 11 US Legal 8 5 x 14 ISO A4 21 x 29 7 cm ISO A5 14 8 x 21 cm ISO A6 10 5 x 14 8cm ISO A7 7 4 x 10 5 cm ISO B5 17 6 x 25 cm ISO B6 12 5 x 17 6 cm ISO B7 8 8 x 12 5 cm JIS B5 18 2 x 25 7 cm JIS B6 12 8 x 18 2 cm JIS B7 9 1 x 12 8 cm Scanner Maximum Custom Automatic Automatic adjusts the cropping window according to different document sizes Use this option for batches of mixed sized do
31. rce Auto Document Feeder Path Users 365 Documents Image 001 pdf When file names are the same Increase sequence number 2 When selecting a profile if it is linked to an event it will be shown in the Event dropdown To link it to a button number choose the new button number from the Event drop down 3 To release a button number back to the Event drop down list you can manually release each event by selecting the profile it is linked to and when it displays which Event is will be used for change it to None 4 You can also reset all of the Button Numbers using the Clear all button 54 Index A add a new profile 19 Additional Length Detection 41 B Background Level 36 Binarization Dynamic Threshold Fixed Processing 22 Blank Page Removal 44 Brightness 26 C Color Dropout 34 Contrast 26 D default settings 12 delete a profile 20 Despeckle Noise Number Noise Radius 45 Diffusion 23 Document Type Normal Photo Document 24 Dynamic Threshold sensitivity 22 55 E Edge Fill 45 Energy Saving 46 F File Format 31 file formats JPEG TIFF Windows Bitmap PDF M PDF Searcable PDF PNG 1 Filter Threshold 36 G Gray 24 Image Count 46 Invert 28 JPEG 31 M Multi Feed Detection 41 O Orientation Portrait Landscape 39 P Paper Size 29 39 PDF 33 Preview 13 Preview window 11 13 Profiles Selection Box 15 R Resolution 27 RG
32. s poe He fa D pra oa a ee pt ea 13 342 TNE Profile Tab ija eki alpe enei e ajda Oboe Pei LER PU aaa 14 3 2 1 Profile SCIECHON DOX aaa NM aa A ei 15 3 2 1 Adding a NEW PFOTITE znan ole nal ae ae S ea eats RR 19 3 2 2 Deleting a Current Profile uni nosi Nata D CERES 20 2 93 The Image Tab ae an a ea ea P e o ai Co ao A On 21 3 2 2 Converting Your Image to a Bi tonal Image 22 3 2 3 Adjusting Your Brightness and Contrast Value 26 3 2 4 Choosing Your Ideal Resolutio Gai ERR jao 27 3 2 5 Reversing the Brightness and the Colors of Your Scanned Image e teense ee a pega ces bones PN ad sega JJ E Ses 28 3 2 6 Choosing Your Paper Size ss ovens diane a ne Oe 29 3 2 7 Choosing Your Scan SOBFGB ans a o D Na a k d e aq 29 3 2 8 Changing Your Image Name and Location 30 3 2 9 Changing Your File Format soe ente ee rtt Pech 31 3 4 The Color DFOpOut Tabac edet i cepta d ates dosi ux 34 2 9 The Paper Tab ae oleate el Ne Sle a inedia au 38 3 5 1 Choosing Your Desired Paper Size and Orientation 39 3 5 2 Using the Multi Feed Detection Option 41 2 0 the Options TA Dn a S apa oftia er el oba eb aii 43 2 7 Thenf rmation TID oc d M Rb da 47 4 Using the Scanner asocio iuo ina iii ina ia USE k zala 48 BUTTONS ed cec 48 4 1 Pressing the Scanner Button to Start A Scan 48 4 2 Redef
33. se sequence number HA Cancel EC When a scan is performed the tokens are automatically converted to their actual values at scan time For example the default setting of Image Seq will be converted to Image 001 for the first scan Image 002 for the second and so on You may change the default name in the box and it is recommended that you use a counter or a unique identifier so that no two output files will have the same name 30 3 2 9 File Format The following tokens are available for use Token Converts to Numbered Counter YYYY Current Year 4 digits YY Current Year 2 digits MM Current Month 4 digits MMM Current Month JAN DD Current Day 01 31 HH Hour 01 24 NN Minute 01 60 SS Second 01 60 Seq Sequence number 001 999 Changing Your File Format Choose your preferred file format from the File Format drop down list box Choices include JPEG TIFF Windows Bitmap PDF PNG Searchable PDF Check Multi Page One File if you wish to create a multi page PDF file JPEG JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group compression provides the best results with continuous tone color and the smallest file size This is recommended for photos and similar graphics is not recommended for anything with text or crisp lines compression is lossy and may lose some fidelity compared to the original image TIFF TIF
34. sing the Multi Feed Detection Option Multi Feed Detection allows you to detect overlapped document that go through the auto document feeder Multi Feed usually occurs due to stapled documents adhesives on documents or electro statically charged document Note The availability of the function varies based on type of scanner Additional Length Additional Length Detection allows you to define the Detection Ultrasonic Detection length of document being multi fed This value indicates the additional length exceeding your scan area A value of 0 indicates no additional length detection The Additional Length Detection is best used when scanning same size documents in the auto document feeder This feature is disabled if the paper size is set to Automatic Ultrasonic Detection allows you to set overlapped document by detecting paper thickness between documents Note The availability of the function varies based on type of scanner There are two options available if Multi Feed is detected e Stop Scanning after Multi Feed If this is selected the scanner will stop the feeder and display the following Warning dialog box if multi feed is detected Action 1 Follow the instruction on the Warning dialog box to remove the rest pages on the feeder 2 Click OK to close the Warning dialog box 3 Scan the rest pages e Multi Feed Alarm 41 If a wave file is added the scanner will make a sound alarm if multi feed is
35. t B amp W Rear B amp W 300 dpi US Letter 8 5 x11 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On Text Searchable Normal Documents One Sided This scans letter size documents in black and white at 300 dpi and runs OCR on it Front B amp W 300 dpi US Letter 8 5 x11 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On 18 3 2 1 Adding a New Profile Some document types may require you to make custom adjustments If you will use the custom adjustments more than once you can save it as a profile adding it to the list of other profiles even letting you assign it to one of the scanner buttons To add a new profile 1 Start at the Image tab on the main window a 300 Profile Image Color Dropout Paper Options Information O Front Color pea S SUR TO Rear Color Binarization Fixed Processing F3 Front Gray Threshold p 128 C Rear Gray Brightness em Jo Rear B amp W Contrast 0 Resolution 300 HH 300 a dpi Invert Black on White Fed Page Size Automatic kJ Scan Source Auto Document Feeder Profile Custom K Image Name Image Seq File Format Searchable PDF Hd Multi Page One File Image Path Users 365 Documents Image 001 pdf Default Scan Exit Preview Window 2 Once you start changing the scan settings the Profile dropdown wi
36. tom i adi Image Name Image Seg File Format Searchable PDF M Multi Page One File Image Path Users 365 Documents Image 001 pdf Zi Front B amp W Rear B amp W Sean Exit Preview Windows gt 10 3 1 Buttons on the User Interface ius Image Color Dropout Paper Options Information L Binarization Fixed Processing Hn Threshold ap 128 Brightness G 0 Contrast lt a 0 C Front Color C Rear Color 1 Front Gray 1 Rear Gray Rear B amp W Resolution 300 300 8 dpi Invert Black on White bed Page Size Automatic ey Scan Source Auto Document Feeder a Profile Custom k 4 Image Name Image Seq File Format Searchable PDF Hd Multi Page One File Image Path Users 365 Documents Image 001 pdf The buttons on the main window Buttons Description Default Click to revert to the default scan settings Scan After all the scan settings are satisfactory click the Scan button to start scanning your document Exit Click to leave the main window Preview Click to open a Preview window to let you view and set your Window scan area before the actual scan The following table shows the default settings Different scanner models have slightly different default settings Tab name Default settings Image Front B amp W Back B amp W Back is only available on the duplex scanners Binarization Dynamic Threshold Fixed proc
37. tomatically detecting the size Front B amp W Rear B amp W 300 dpi Auto Crop PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On Button Photo in Color This does a color scan and automatically detects the photo size Front Color 300 dpi Auto Crop JPEG Edge Cleanup Off Blank Page Removal On Despeckle Off Button gt Business Card This scans a business card in grayscale Front Gray 300 dpi Auto Crop PDF Edge Cleanup Off Blank Page Removal On Despeckle Off Button 6 Text Searchable Normal Document Both Sides This scans letter size documents in black and white at 300 dpi Front B amp W Rear B amp W 300 dpi US Letter 8 5 x11 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On 50 S400 Button Settings Button Profile Name Description Name Predefined Scan Settings Button 4 Legal Sized This scans a legal size documents in black and white Document at 300 dpi Front B amp W Rear B amp W 300 dpi US Legal 8 5 x14 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On Button B Fine Print This scans letter size documents in black and white Document at 600 dpi Front B amp W Rear B amp W 600 dpi US Letter 8 5 x 11 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On Button 9 Text Searchable Fine Print Document This scans letter size documents in black and white at 600 dpi Front B amp W Rear B amp W
38. uttons on the panel you can directly start a scan by pressing the button to complete your scan Yet before using the scanner button please first make sure the user interface of the scanner driver has been opened Otherwise the button can not work 4 1 Pressing the Scanner Button to Start A Scan The scanners are designed with predefined button settings Simply select your button number and press the Scan button the scanner starts scanning with the predefined scan settings The following tables show the default button settings with various BulletScan scanner models M80 Button Setting Profile Name Description Predefined Scan Settings Normal Documents This scans letter size documents in black and white at 300 dpi Both Sides Front B amp W Rear B amp W 300 dpi US Letter 8 5 x11 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On 48 S300 Button Settings Button Profile Name Description Name Predefined Scan Settings Buttont Normal This scans letter size documents in black and white at Documents Fast 200 dpi One Sided Front B amp W 300 dpi US Letter 8 5 x11 PDF Edge Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On Button 2 Normal This scans letter size documents in color at 200 dpi Documents in Front Color 200 dpi US Letter 8 5 x11 PDF Edge Color One Sided Cleanup 1 mm Blank Page Removal On Despeckle On Buon s Mixed Sized This sca
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