AGFA E20 manual

A B SnapScan™ e20 Ow ner’s Guide  Prefac e This chapter gives you inform ation about SnapScan and about How to Use this Online Guide .  Chapter 1: Preparing the Sc anner “Preparing the Sc anner” explains how to prepare your SnapScan for installation.  Chapter 2: Installing the Scanner for PC This chapter shows you how to set up y o[...]

Trademark s 2 Trademarks AGFA and the Agfa r hom bus are tradem ark s of Agfa- Gevaert AG. ScanW ise and SnapScan are tr adem arks of Agf a-Gevaert N.V. Acrobat is a tr adem ark of Adobe Systems Inc orporated which m ay be registered in certain juris dictions. Apple, Macintosh, PowerPC and Mac OS are tr adem arks of Apple Com puter Inc ., registere[...]

Contents 3 Contents Preface ........................................................................................................................ ....................... 5 About SnapScan ................................................................................................................. ........ 6 Environm ental Requirem ents ......[...]

Contents 4 Electrom agnetic Com patibility .................................................................................................. .3 4 Federal Com m unications Com m ission Radio Frequency Interferenc e Statement ........... 34 Industry Canada Class A and B Label Requirem ents ....................................................... 34 D[...]

Preface 5 Preface  About SnapScan  Environm ental Requirem ents  Precautions  Cleaning y our Sc anner  How to Use this Online Guide  How to Print this Guide[...]

Preface 6 A bout SnapSc an In this Owner’s G uide, the nam e SnapScan is used f or the SnapSc an e20 (unless s pecified otherwise). The SnapSc an is a one pass f latbed color s canner with a resolution of 600 x 1200 ppi equipped with a cold cathode lam p. It is based on CCD (Charge-Coupled Device) scanning technology. W ith the SnapScan, y ou can[...]

Preface 7 Precautions For your own safety and that of y our equipm ent, respec t consc ientiously the Environm ental Requirem ents and alway s tak e the f ollowing precautions:  Check frequently whether there is no overheating of the AC adapter .  If you do not use y our sc anner for s om e time, pull the AC adapter cable out of the power sup[...]

Preface 8 How to Use this Online Guide To … Click … jum p to another location within or outside the docum ent blue text jum p to a topic in the docum ent click the corr esponding book m ark jum p to the firs t or the last page retrace your steps in the docum ent jum p to the previous or to the nex t page zoom in and zoom out (c ontrol-c lick ) [...]

Preface 9 How to Print this Guide 1 Choose Page Setup fr om the F ile m enu. 2 Choose your paper form at from the Paper popup menu. 3 Select Orientation: Por trait. 4 Click OK. 5 Choose Print f rom the File m enu.[...]

Chapter 1: Prepari ng the Scanner 10 Chapter 1: Preparing the Scanner This chapter helps you to prepare your SnapScan for installation.  Unpack ing the Scanner  Tak ing a Closer Look  Changing the Handle  Unlock ing the Scanner[...]

Chapter 1: Prepari ng the Scanner 11 Unpacking the Scanner 1 Open the pack ing box and car efully unpack all the item s. 2 Check each item to m ake s ure that everything listed on the Packing Lis t (printed on the box) is present. Check if there is no visible def ect. If som ething is mis sing, contact your dealer. 3 Remove the plas tic wrapping an[...]

Chapter 1: Prepari ng the Scanner 12 The f ollowing figure illustrates the location of the dif fer ent parts at the rear of your scanner. 1. Power connector 2. USB Port (labeled with the USB icon ) to m ake a c onnection to your computer Changing the Handle It is possible to c ustom ize y our SnapScan by changing its handle. 1 Rotate the handle cou[...]

Chapter 1: Prepari ng the Scanner 13 Unlocking the Scanner Before you start using the sc anner, you first have to unlock it. 1 Place the scanner on a horizontal, flat surf ace and pull it car efully towards y ou until you can see the lock ing scr ew at the bottom. 2 Rotate the lock ing screw in the direc tion of . Your scanner is unloc ked. ! Note:[...]

Chapter 2: Ins talling the Sc anner for PC 14 Chapter 2: Installing the Scanner for PC This chapter shows you how to set up y our SnapScan f or your PC.  Minimu m System Requirem ents  Installing the Scanner Software  Connecting the Scanner to your PC  Installing Additional Sof tware[...]

Chapter 2: Ins talling the Sc anner for PC 15 Minimum System Requirements  A USB port  A Pentium® process or  A 14 inch color m onitor  A video card that can dis play a minim um of 16 bit high color  32 MB of RAM (64 MB of RAM is rec omm ended)  A CD-ROM drive  W indows® 98  ScanW ise is c ompatible with all IBM™ PCs and[...]

Chapter 2: Ins talling the Sc anner for PC 16 Installing the Scanner Softw are 1 Insert the Agf a ScanW ise CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive. ! Note: If the ScanW ise Ins taller program does not appear autom atically, carry out the following instruc tions: 1 Double-c lick My com puter . 2 Double-c lick the CD-ROM drive. 3 Double-click Setup.exe. 2 Click[...]

Chapter 2: Ins talling the Sc anner for PC 17 You have access to the f ollowing self-help tools which are cus tom ized according to your e- service ac count prof ile: 1. Software downloads 2. Tec hnical k nowledge database (FAQ) 3. On line m anuals and docum entation 4. Access to third-party software suppor t sites 2. Personalized one-to-one techni[...]

Chapter 2: Ins talling the Sc anner for PC 18 Connecting the Scanner to Your PC Caution : For your safety, use the adapter that com es with this product. Do not use any substitute. Misuse of the power adapter can caus e serious dam age to the produc t and a safety hazard w hile using it. ! Note: Check if the AC Adapter c omplies with y our local po[...]

Chapter 2: Ins talling the Sc anner for PC 19 Installing A dditional Softw are If you want to use OCR (Optical Charac ter Recognition) you will have to install Readiris Pro™. Insert the CD-RO M and follow the instruct ions on your screen. To ins tall additional software, ins ert the Corel™ Print O ff ice 2000 CD-ROM and f ollow the instruct ion[...]

Chapter 3: Ins talling the Sc anner for Macint osh 20 Chapter 3: Installing the Scanner for Macintosh This chapter shows you how to set up y our SnapScan f or your Macintosh.  Minimu m System Requirem ents  Installing the Im age Editing Software  Installing the Scanner Software  Connecting the Scanner to the Mac intosh Com puter  Ins[...]

Chapter 3: Ins talling the Sc anner for Macint osh 21 Minimum System Requirements  A USB port  A PowerPC ® proces sor  A 14 inch color m onitor with thousands of c olors f or an accur ate display of color im ages  32 MB of RAM  A CD-ROM drive  Mac ® OS 8 or higher Installing the Imag e Editing Softw are 1 Disable the virus pr ot[...]

Chapter 3: Ins talling the Sc anner for Macintos h 22 Installing the Scanner Softw are 1 Insert the Agf a ScanW ise CD-ROM in the CD-RO M drive. ! Note: If the ScanW ise pr ogram does not appear autom atically, double-click the CD-ROM icon on your desktop. The Agf a ScanW ise window opens. 2 Double-click the Sc anW ise Installer ic on. 3 Click the [...]

Chapter 3: Ins talling the Sc anner for Macintos h 23 1. Software downloads 2. Tec hnical k nowledge database (FAQ) 3. On line m anuals and docum entation 4. Access to third-party software suppor t sites 2. Personalized one-to-one technic al support: Agfa ass ists you on line if you have additional questions about technical iss ues. 3. Autom atic e[...]

Chapter 3: Ins talling the Sc anner for Macint osh 24 Connecting the Sc anner to the Mac intosh Computer Caution : For your safety, use the adapter that com es with this product. Do not use any substitute. Misuse of the power adapter can caus e serious dam age to the produc t and a safety haz ard while using it.  Note: Check if the AC Adapter c [...]

Chapter 3: Ins talling the Sc anner for Macintos h 25 Installing A dditional Softw are If you want to use OCR (Optical Charac ter Recognition) you will have to install Readiris Pro™. Insert the CD-RO M and follow the instruct ions on your screen. For a general over view of the possible work flows, pleas e consult the Navigation Map, which is supp[...]

Chapter 4: Making Y our First S can 26 Chapter 4: Making Your First Scan 1 Place a color photogr aph face down on the glass plate with the top side against the m iddle of the front r uler. The optical perf orm ance of a CCD s canner is always best near the middle of the glass plate. However, the specif ied scan quality is guaranteed for the entir e[...]

Chapter 4: Making Y our First S can 27 5 Click Yes when the sy stem ask s to guide you. 6 Follow the steps desc ribed in the ScanW ise G uide Me mode. For m ore inf orm ation consult the Sc anW ise Application Guide and the Agf a Contacts on your Agfa ScanW ise CD-ROM. Af ter installation you can acces s these docum ents via the Start m enu or via [...]

Appendix A: Troubleshoot ing 28 Appendix A: Troubleshooting This section gives solutions f or som e com m on problem s y ou m ay come acr oss when star ting up or using your SnapScan. There is no USB port fre e for your s canner.  Check if you can use a USB port on the k ey board or m onitor .  Use a USB hub. The status indicator fails to lig[...]

Appendix A: Troubleshoot ing 29 Windows 98 fails to detect the scanner w hen you connect it for the first time (PC ONLY).  Check if the sc anner is connec ted with the USB cable to y our com puter and that the AC adapter is plugged in. It can always happen that a USB port is dam aged, therefor e try the other USB port of your com puter.  Chec[...]

Appendix A: Troubleshoot ing 30 The e-mail function is not working (PC ONLY). ScanW ise PC uses the default MAPI (Mic rosof t Messaging API) client as e-m ail des tination. This means you need a MAPI compatible e-m ail client and it als o has to be conf igured cor rectly. If ScanW ise cannot f ind such a des tination, the e-m ail destination will N[...]

Appendix B: Technic al Inform ation 31 Appendix B: Technical Information Tec hnical specif ications are subjec t to change without notice. Scanne r type: - SnapScan e20 Desk top, flatbed, one pass Maximu m resolution: - optical: 600 ppi horizontal x 1200 ppi vertical - through interpolation: 9600 ppi horizontal x 9600 ppi vertical - Internal sam pl[...]

Appendix C: Regulation Com plianc e 32 Appendix C: Regulation Compliance  Safety Regulations  UL Safety Statement  TÜV: W ichtige Sic herheitshinweise  Electrom agnetic Com patibility  Federal Com m unications Com m ission Radio F requency Interference Statem ent  Industry Canada Class A and B Label Requirem ents  Declaration [...]

Appendix C: Regulation Com plianc e 33 Safety Regulations SnapScan and its options ar e designed to com ply with:  UL 1950  CSA C22.2 No. 950 - M89 D3  VDE 0805  IEC 950  GS approved  EN 60950 UL Safety Statement The SnapSc an and the AC adapter are suited f or indoor use only. Do not use them outdoors. Use the Agfa s upplied AC a[...]

Appendix C: Regulation Com plianc e 34 Electromagnetic Compatibility SnapScan is des igned to com ply w ith:  Emis sion EN55022, class B  Imm unity IEC 801-2, IEC 801-3, IEC 801-4  47 CFR, part 15, subpart B, c lass B Federal Communi cations Commissi on Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and f ound to com[...]

Appendix C: Regulation Com plianc e 35 Declaration of Conformity: SnapScan e20 Manufacter ’s authorized: Johan Berlaen Agfa-G evaert N.V. Septestraat 27 B-2640 Mortsel Declares that the produc t Agfa SnapScan e20 Color im age scanner Complies with the requirem ents of the Low Voltage Direc tive 73/23/EEC, 93/68/EEC The produc t SnapScan e20 com p[...]