UMAX Technologies Astra 2100U manual

Astra 2100U OWNER’S GUIDE[...]

Trademarks UMAX is a tradem ark of UMAX Tec hnologies, I nc. As tra is a tra dem ark of UMAX T echnolog ies, Inc. I BM PC/A T is a tradem ark of International Busi ness Machines Corpora tion. MS-Win dows , Window s, a nd MS-DO S are tra dem ark s of Micr osoft C orporatio n. Ph otoDelux e is a tra dem ark of Adobe Sys tems, Inc . Presto! Page Manag[...]

iii TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. GETTING STA RTED .............................. 1 Introduction............................................................................................... 1 Unpacking the Scanner............................................................................. 1 Package Conten ts ......................................[...]

iv CHAPTER 3. SCA NNING BASICS ............................ 17 Setting VistaScan Preferences ............................................................... 17 General ................................................................................................. 17 Scan Destination ................................................................[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide v CHAPTER 6. HOW TO GET HEL P ............................ 79 Using Online Manuals ............................................................................ 79 Accessing the UMAX VistaScan Online Manu al ................................. 79 Accessing th e Adobe PhotoDelu xe Online Manu al ........................[...]

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1 CHA PTER 1. Getting Started Introduct ion Thank y ou for purchasing the UMAX Astra 2100U sc anner. This versatile unit is perfec t for th e hom e or office. U se thi s scanne r to add variety and flair to your do cuments, o r to help y ou share imag es with oth ers. The Astra 2100U sc anner is equ ipped with a USB connec tor that allows you to m [...]

2 • UMAX Scanner CD- ROM. This CD-ROM conta ins software for UMA X VistaScan , VistaA ccess, V istaShut tle (PC), C aere ® Om niPag e ® LE OCR, NewSoft ® Pre sto ! Pa geMa nage r, NewSoft ® Presto! PhotoAlbum ™ LE, NewSoft ® Presto! PageType™ (PC), UMA X Copy Util ity (PC ), Presto! Imag eFolio LE (PC) Getti ng to Know Your Sc anner To g[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 3 System Require me nts This sec tion def ines the m inimum system requirements nec essary to operate ei ther th e Astra 2100U s canner. P lease refer to the s ection below that app lies to y our scanne r and com puter type. PC Re qu ireme nts • An IBM-com patible PC with 80 486, Pent ium proces sor or higher • [...]

4 Installing Phot oDeluxe on Your PC NOTE: PhotoDeluxe is com patible wi th Windows 98, 9 5 and higher. Use the fo llowing steps to in stall your scann ing softw are rather than using the add/ remov e programs to instal l the so ftware. 1. Insert the CD- ROM labeled “PhotoDelux e” into y our computer’ s CD-ROM driv e. Your computer should aut[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 5 11. When a sc reen app ears asking if y ou want to rest art your computer t o finish t he instal lation pr ocedure, select Yes and click the OK button. NOTE: To access these file s you m ust click on the “S tart” b ar, select “Prog r ams,” and then se lect “A dobe.” A cascad ing file appears wi th “R[...]

6 Install VistaScan a nd Bundle S oftware (Presto ! PageManager, Pre sto! Photo Album, Presto ! PageType, Presto ! ImageFolio, OmniPage LE and Online Manuals) 1. Insert the U MAX Scann er CD into your computer ’s CD-R OM drive a fter you hav e finished install ing the sof tware on the PhotoDeluxe CD. FOR PC USERS : If y our com puter does not au [...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 7 About Scanner Conn ectors USB Connectors Many newer computers , both PC and Ma cintosh, re ly on USB technolog y as the prim ary method of comm unication be tween the computer an d its per ipherals. W ith this new USB “plug -and-play ” technolog y y our computer au tom atically configur es periphe rals. If you[...]

8 Connecting the Hardw are Interf ace Cables If your com puter has a USB port, fo llow the ins tructions in the Connecting the USB Cable sect ion to connec t the s canner to y our computer. Connecting the USB Cable The inst ruction s for c onnecting the hardw are int erface cab le are different fo r PC and Mac intosh use rs. Refer to the sec tion b[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 9 Connecting the Pow er A dapter 1. Plug the s canner’s pow er adapt er in to an elect rical out let. 2. Insert the other e nd of th is cab le into the power adapter receptacl e on the rear panel of the scann er. The power indicat or on the front panel o f the scanne r should now be il lum inated.[...]

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11 CHA PTER 2. Your Fi rst Scan Before you beg in your f irst scan, y ou m ust instal l the sc anner an d the bundled so ftware. R efer t o the Quick Start Guide for instal latio n and scanner t est in structio ns. You can perf orm a bas ic scan using any of the sof tware applications bu ndled with th is sc anner. For y our first s can, we sugg est[...]

12 9. Click the Choose Scanne r icon. Click on the VistaScan entry in the input source list. The VistaS can input source is hi ghli ght ed . Clic k OK . ( NOTE: You only need to do th is one time.) C lick the Mode tab. Click the Custom icon. The VistaScan w indow opens. Vis taScan softwa re contro ls the various functions o f the scanne r and prov [...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 13 15. Click the Prev iew bu tton on the right sid e of the VistaSc an Beginner window. The scanner beg ins a low- resolution s can of the item. 16. When the preview scan is com plete the preview im ag e is display ed in the Prev iew w indow (on the lef t side of the VistaScan w indow). You can chang e the v iew of [...]

14 21. Click on t he Save & Send ic on. Choose sav e from the drop- down menu. Click the Save bu tton to sav e the im age. 22. Close the Vis taScan window by click ing Exit . Scanning an I mage from the M acintosh 1. Double-click the Hard Dr ive icon. 2. Double-click the Adobe PhotoDeluxe 2.0 folde r. 3. Double-click the Adobe PhotoDeluxe appli[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 15 9. Click the Prev iew bu tton on the right sid e of the VistaSc an Beginner window and the scanne r begins a l ow-resolut ion scan. 10. When the preview scan is com plete the preview im ag e is display ed in the Prev iew w indow (on the lef t side of the VistaScan w indow). You can chang e the v iew size o f the [...]

16 Turning the Sc a nner La mp On a nd Off For PC Users Only: You can turn the scanne r lam p on and off using the Ast ra 2100U’s built- in Power Sav ing utility . The lam p remains on w henev er the scann er has pow er, unless you tu rn it o ff using the UMAX P ower Sav ing utili ty. Turning off th e scanner lamp when y ou are not s canning prol[...]

17 CHA PTER 3. Scanning Basics VistaScan is the prim ary prog ram or driv er you use to scan with your Astra 2100U s canner. I t is a TWAIN-com pliant prog ram, which means t hat it can be r un from other prog rams that s upport scanning, lik e PhotoDeluxe, Om niPage, and others. I t is also a stand-alone program , which al lows you to scan im ages[...]

18 Color Mat ching/Correction Color Match ing all ows you to fine- tune the colors of scann ed imag es so that th ey em ulate the co lors o f your or igina l source documents a s closely as possib le. This is accom plished us ing MagicMatc h. When you c lick on the MagicM atch check box (so a c heckm ark appears) th e Profile L ist displ ays. A pro[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 19 Sho w Rule r The Show Ruler co mmand displ ays or h ides the ru lers that border the top an d left sides of the P review window. These ru lers correspond to the ru lers on y our sca nner' s object gla ss. Click ing on the Show Ruler checkbox turns of f (rem oves the c heckm ark) and hides th e ruler. Cl icki[...]

20 File To set the lo cation for your sto red images: 1. Click on t he Fi le ico n. The fi le prefer ences ap pear to the rig ht of the Sca n To icon set. 2. Enter the di rectory in which y ou want to s tore the sc anned imag e file, in t he File D irectory text box. If y ou are not sure of the direct ory path , click the Browse button to locate th[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 21 E-mail To specify whi ch e-mail appli cation to u se when you e-ma il scanned images: 1. Click on t he E-mail icon. The e- mail pref erences app ear to the right o f the Sc an To icon set. 2. Click on the bu tton nex t to the e- mail software y ou are using (Microsof t Exchang e or Lotu s cc:M ail). 3. Select the[...]

22 2. Enter the app lication name to whi ch you want to s end the scanned im age fil es (such as P r esto! PageManag er) in the Application Name text box. 3. Enter th e file name of t he appl ication ex ecutable in th e File Name text box. I f you are no t sure o f the dir ectory path, click the Bro wse butto n to loca te the co rrect path. 4. Sele[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 23 The inform ation includes: • Scanner M anufactur er • Scanner Mo del • Firmware Ve rsion • Vista Scan Ve rs io n • Maximu m Scan Wid th and Length • Ma x imu m Re s o lu ti o n VistaScan Beginne r Window Features The VistaScan Beg inner window app ears when you l aunch VistaScan. The features o f the [...]

24 2. Select wh at you w ant to d o with th e imag e after it is scann ed using the Scan To icons. 3. Specify w hat kind o f imag e you are g oing to sc an, and star t the final scan p rocess using the Cl ick To Scan icons. Performi ng the Preview Scan The Preview featur e lets y ou scan an item at low-resolut ion so yo u can define t he specif ic [...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 25 Move y our cursor into th e Prev iew window and cli ck. The im age enlarg es. To reduc e the v iew size, pre ss the s hift key (the com mand key on the Macintosh) and c lick in the Prev iew window. Fr ame t ool – Lets you s elect the portio n of the imag e display ed in the Prev iew window you want s canned in [...]

26 Print – prints the s canned item on the default p rinter. Fax – faxes the sca nned item using your fax driv er. Applica tion – sends the scanned item to the applica tions specified in the Vi st aScan Pre fer enc es. E-ma il – sends t he scann ed item as a graphic file to y our Microsoft Exchang e or Lotus c c:Mail e-m ail applicat ion. ([...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 27 Clicking on any of these icons autom atically starts the fin al scan process u sing th e pre- defined scan se tting s. The scann ed im age is saved or sent to the device o r applica tion y ou specified by click ing on the Scan To icon. VistaScan Advanced Features The VistaScan Adv anced window giv es you the abi [...]

28 Chan ging th e Origin al Do cumen t Source The Origin al Docum ent Source se tting ide ntifies the item you want to scan. You can choose f rom the follow ing settings: Flatbed Reflective: Scans pap er orig inals (non- transparencies) e.g., photog raphs, docum ents, and brochures. Three oth er setting option s appea r onscre en that ar e not av a[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 29 True Color, CMY K: Conv erts RGB (vide o) colo r data into CMYK (pr inted) col or data using a specia l colo r transform ation process. When scanning is com pleted t he CMYK im age is r eady fo r printing on a CMY K color pri nter. NOTE: Most ink jet prin ters use R GB ra ther th an CMYK p rinting . 256 Colors : [...]

30 Changing the Resolution Settin g Scanning reso lution is m easured in dots p er inch (DPI ). Resolution determ ines the am ount of in form ation the scanner w ill captu r e in a scanned im age. The higher t he resolu tion, the fin er the im age detai l, and the larg er the file siz es. Vis taSca n let s you choo se fr om th e foll owin g res olu[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 31 The table below giv es you an ide a of the file siz es you can exp ect based on th e origina l imag e size and the reso lutio n setting you specify . These values are based on scanning imag es in 24- bit, True Color RGB mode. I mage siz es shown below are g iven in me ga by te s . Ta ble 1. R eso lutio n/F ile-S [...]

32 Table 2. Recommended Resolutions Image Use Recommend ed Resolution Printing 300 – 600* Viewing on the Sc reen 72 Viewing on the W eb 72 OCR, B/W 300 Pre-Press 600 Enlarging or reducing 600 * Depending on the resol ution of y our prin ter Using Custom Reso lution Sett ings You can also spe cify custom resolution se ttings tha t you can use when[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 33 4. Click OK. Th e setting s you defined appear o n the Resolu tion setting dro p down m enu, under the Cus tom heading. Changing the Descreen Feature The Descree n option hel ps elim inate the patter ns that can appear when you scan p rinted im ages found in mag azines, brochur es, catalogues, etc. This is accom [...]

34 Art pri nt — Specifies 175 lines p er inch. Sm oothes t he fine dot pattern found in high qua lity art print s. Custom – Opens th e Custom Descreen window, which allows you to spec ify a cu stom line screen v alue. R efer to t he Usin g Custom Descreen Se ttings section for inform ation about how to set custom descreen values. Using Custom D[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 35 VistaScan provide s the fo llowing fi lter opt ions: No Filter — Use this option when you do no t want to sh arpen or blur the imag e. Sharpen — Use this option to sharpen lines that m ay be fuz zy or not clean in the or iginal im age. Sharpen More — Use this optio n when you want to sharpen the imag e more[...]

36 • 10% • Custom You can also spe cify a cus tom scale factor by choosing the Cu stom option from the Scaling drop down menu. See the Using Custom Scaling Set tings sect ion for more inf ormation about sp ecify ing a custom sca le factor. Using Custom Scal e Settings You can specify custom scaling settings to use when you sc an. To define the [...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 37 Using the A uto Adjustment Feature Auto Adjustm ent prov ides a sim ple way to ad just th e light and dark values o f a colo r or grayscal e im age y ou want to sc an. To autom atica lly ad just the l ight and d ark v alues: 1. Place th e item y ou want to scan o n the sc anner ob ject glas s. 2. Click the Prev i[...]

38 Selecting th e Scan to Dev ice or Applica tion To specify the dev ice or appl ication t o which you want t o send the scanned item : 1. Click on the a rrow abov e the Scan To t ext on the Sca n Contro l unit. The Scan Con t rol un it pane l slides b ack to display the Scan To icons. Click on t he icon tha t represen ts the device o r applica tio[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 39 The Mult iple Fram e tool al lows you to cre ate two o r more se lection frames in the Prev iew Wind ow. To crea te m ore than one selec tion fram e: 1. After y ou have scanned a n im age in Prev iew scan m ode, click on the Mu lt iple F ra me tool. 2. Select the a rea y ou want contain ed in th e first frame by [...]

40 Preview window asso ciate d with the thum bnail, changes to a dashed outli ne. 3. Click on the “ X” button, locate d in th e bottom- left corner of the thumbnail, to rem ove the frame. Using the Color A djustment Features The Color Ad justment features a llow you to m ake adjustments to the colo rs and/o r tones in an im age. Th e foll owing[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 41 Using th e Brigh tness Ba r This s etting determ ines the overa ll intens ity lev el (g ray lev el) of an imag e. Moving the slider on the sc roll b ar to the right increa ses the brightne ss. Mov ing it to the left decrease s the brig htne ss. Th e default se tting is zero 0. The maxim um brightness s etting is [...]

42 Gamma B ar The Gamm a bar alters the m id- range gray tones in the sc anned imag e. All optical dev ices, su ch as m onitors and sc anners, h ave some v ariance in their light sens itiv ity cha racteris tics. To g et a scanned im age with g ood resu lts, Vis taScan prov ides gamm a adjustm ent capab ilities so y ou can com pensate fo r this v ar[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 43 Click R eset to can cel the chang es and re turn th e value to t he defau lt setting. A djusting the C olo r Bala nce The Color Ad justment feature con trols the hue and s atura tion of a particu lar colo r. When you c lick on the C olor B alance tab from the Color Adjustm ents panel, a con tinuous col or spec tr[...]

44 The follow i ng li sts the pos sible rotate and flip sel ections: • Flip/R otate H oriz ontally — flips th e im age horiz ontally and rotates i t 90 deg rees coun ter clock wise. • Flip Horiz ontal — f lips the imag e horizontally. • Rotate 90 CCW — ro tate s the im age 90 deg rees coun ter clockwise . • Rotate 90 C W — rota tes [...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 45 To use Vi staAcce ss from the PC: a) Click on t he Start bar. Cl ick on the Progr ams option. When the Prog rams pop- up menu appear s, click th e VistaScan option. The Vis taScan pop- up menu appear s. Click the VistaAcces s option to disp lay the sc anner i con in the W indows Task bar (nea r the tim e display [...]

46 3. Click the Find/Re fresh Scanner option to re- init ializ e the scanner. C lick th e Help option to view VistaAccess onlin e help. Click the Exit option to rem ove the scanne r icon from the Finder area and close V istaAcces s. Using VistaShuttle VistaS huttle is a PC -based app lica tion th at prov ides an easy way for you to create g reeting[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 47 “Zoom Tool” and the “Frame Selectio n Tool.” To find out more about how to use these to ols, click on the us er tips text that appear s when your cursor p auses ov er the too l. NOTE: You must have a browse r instal led in o rder to v iew the VistaS can online h elp . 5. Click the icon th at m ost closely[...]

48 10. You can m odify the fon t type, font size, font sty le (bold, italic, underlined) , text alig nment (lef t, rig ht or ce ntered), a nd text color by selecting an optio n from the dropdown lis ts or by clicking on the asso ciated ic on from the butto n bar a t the top of the E-Card window. 11. Click the Finis h butt on to place the tex t on t[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 49 To use the copy u t ility : 1. Click on t he Start bar. Click the Programs option. When the Program s pop- up menu appears, click the Vis taScan option. The VistaScan pop- up menu appear s. Click the U MAX Copy Utility se lect ion to open th e program . 2. The UMAX Copy Utility window appe ars. 3. Select your c o[...]

50 • B/W images — S electing Best or No rmal produ ces the same output. • Gray images — Se lecting Best u ses an enhanc ed filte r to improv e im age quality but s lows down th e prin t speed. • Color ima ge — S electing Norm al uses an enhanced filter to improv e color qual ity; sel ecting Bes t uses th e MagicMa tch function to produc[...]

51 CHA PTER 4. Push Button S can ning The defin ing featur e of the Ast ra 2100U is i ts push butto n function ality. You c an scan an imag e to e-m ail, perform OCR (optical c haracter recog nition), o r even use the scann er as a copy machine by pushing one of the thr ee butt ons on th e front pan el of the scann er. You can inc rease your p rodu[...]

52 For Macin tosh Users: 1. Click on t he Finder in the upper right corn er of the Desk to p. A drop down menu app ears which conta ins: • Hide VistaA c ces s • Hide Others • Show All • Finder • VistaA ccess 2. Click on t he Push Button Configura tion opt ion. The Push Button Conf iguration window appe ars. NOTE: There are thr ee icon s i[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 53 Configuring the Scanner Button Values 1. When the Pu sh Button Conf iguration u tility opens, th e scanner settings are autom atically disp layed. S elect the im age editing software y ou want to sc an to when y ou press the Scan push button, by cl icking on the arrow to the rig ht of the Scan Destin ation fie ld[...]

54 5. Select the desired resolu tion by cl icking on the ar row to th e right o f the Reso lution field and choos ing one o f prese ts from the drop- down menu. 6. Select a sca nning in tensi ty level ( brig htness) by clicking on the arrow to the right o f the Brig htness f ield and choo sing th e desired br ightness lev el fr om the drop- down me[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 55 2. Select the printe r driv er you want to use to prin t the cop ies, by clicking on the arrow to the right of the Copy Destinat ion fie ld. Choose one of the avail able prin ters that is conn ected to your computer f rom the drop- down menu. 3. Select the type of imag e you are scann ing by clicking on the arrow[...]

56 Configuring the Custom Button Values 1. Click on t he Custom icon to open the window tha t contains the variables y ou are ad justing . NOTE: T he Custom icon contro ls the valu es for both the E- mail and O CR (op tical cha racter r ecognit ion) feat ures. You configure t he vari ables for e ach fun ction sepa rately . To configure the values f[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 57 2. Select the e- mail application ( only Mi crosoft Exc hange and Lotus cc:Mail are suppor ted) to send the scanned im ag e to, by clicking on the arrow to the right of the Ma il De st ina tion field . 3. Select the type of imag e you are scann ing by clicking on the arrow to the right o f the Docum ent Type f ie[...]

58 To configure the values for the OCR (optica l character recognition ) function: 1. If the OCR icon i s not sele cted (e nclosed in a red box ), click the OCR icon. 2. Select the text ed iting appl ication to use by clicking on the arrow to the right o f the OCR Destina tion field. Choo se an application f rom the drop- down menu. 3. NOTE: You do[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 59 To scan using one of the scanner push buttons: 1. Press the Scan, Copy, or Cus tom (i.e. e- mail or OCR) button. 2. A Scan Progress wi ndow appears sh owing y ou the status of the scanning task . 3. When the scan is complete, th e imag e you scanned appears in the applica tion you spe cified when y ou config ured[...]

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61 CHA PTER 5. Sca nni n g Projects The UMAX Astra 2100U sc anner in cludes b undled softw are to help you with a v ariety of task s. This chapte r show s you how to make a perso naliz ed calen dar, creat e Web- ready im a ges, and ev en turn a pag e of text into an onl ine text doc ument tha t you can edit. Using VistaSc an to S can an d Print Ima[...]

62 Or you can also : a. Double-click the Hard D rive icon. b. Double-click the UMAX VistaScan fol der . c. Double-click the UMAX Vist aScan applic ation i con to launch VistaScan. 2. The VistaScan Beg inner window app ears. Lift the sc anner’s document cov er and place your docum ent face-down in the center of t he scann er’s objec t glass. 3. [...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 63 Using VistaSc an to S can a P hoto to E-mail Scanning an imag e to e-m ail is sim ilar to the pro cedure d escrib ed in the Using V istaScan to Scan a nd Print Images sect ion earlie r in this guide. Follow s teps 1 throug h 3 as listed in the Scan and Print instruct ions, then proceed wit h the fo llowing steps:[...]

64 For PC Users: 1. Open the PhotoDelu xe appli cation. Fo r detailed instruct ions on how to start Ph otoDeluxe, re fer to st eps 1-5 from Chapter 2. Your First Scan . 2. The PhotoDelu xe screen app ears. C lick on the Ge t & Fix P hoto tab in the upp er- left corne r, and then se lect the Get Photo button. The Get Photo drop down m enu appear[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 65 6. Click the Prev iew bu tton. The sca nner begins a low-reso lution scan of the im age. The prev iew im age display s in the Pr eview window. 7. Click on t he Web Image ico n in the Click to Scan s ection of the VistaScan w indow. After the imag e is scanned, VistaScan automati cally clos es and y ou return to t[...]

66 For Macin tosh Users: 1. Open the PhotoDelu xe appli cation. The P hotoDelux e window appears. Refe r to Chapter 2. Yo ur First Sca n for in structi ons on how to start PhotoDe luxe. 2. Place the i tem y ou would like t o scan (i.e. a picture, a brochure, etc.) face- down so the top cen ter of the im age alig ns with t he arrow ( ∇ ) a t the t[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 67 7. When the scan is complete, a win dow appear s reque st ing that you sav e the docum ent. Type a nam e in the field tha t appears t o the rig ht of “Sav e this docum ent as:” NOTE: By default the imag e is saved a s “untitled - #” in the Acquire section of the floa ting g allery window. You c an also ch[...]

68 • Click the 4Choose ta b to conv ert th e imag e to eithe r JPEG or GIF form at. A Save window appears. Choose a location in which t o save th e im age. Click the OK butt on in the window that appears to continu e converting the im age to the form at you chos e. 12. Click the 5Done tab to finish. 13. Select Qui t from the File m enu to ex it P[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 69 11. Click and d rag the sca nned form down to the P ageType application i con. Page Type opens and autom atically display s the scann ed form . 12. Fill in the fo rm text desired using the PageTy pe tools. 13. Save the imag e when you have finished editing the form by selec ting Save As from the File menu and ent[...]

70 Crea ting a Calenda r with PhotoDel uxe You can create y our own calend ar using PhotoDeluxe. Th is process differs fo r PC and Ma cintosh us ers. Follow th e approp riate instruct ions for the system that you are usin g. For PC Users: 1. Insert the P hotoD eluxe CD in your CD- ROM drive. NOTE: The PhotoDelux e CD must be l oaded in the CD- ROM [...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 71 6. Follow the onsc reen in structio ns throug h step 5, th en click the Add tab and ch oose the sc anner icon. The VistaSc an Beginner window opens au tomatic ally. 7. Click the Prev iew bu tton to pe rform a low resolu tion scan. 8. Click on the i con tha t most cl osely m atches the item y ou are going to scan [...]

72 For Macin tosh Users: 1. Insert the P hotoD eluxe CD in your CD- ROM drive. NOTE: The PhotoDelux e CD must be l oaded in the CD- ROM drive to access the calend ar tem plates. 2. Open PhotoDelu xe (re fer to Chapte r 2. Your Firs t Scan fo r instruct ions on how to s tart PhotoDeluxe ). 3. The PhotoDeluxe win dow appear s. 4. Click the Cards &[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 73 h. After a m om ent the imag e appears in the My Photos gal lery window. Double- click the thumbnai l to view a fu ll- size, high- resolution s can of the im age in the work area. i. Click the Done tab. 6. Drag the thum bnail from the Acqu ire section of the My Photos dialog box, to the area on the ca lendar whe [...]

74 For Macin tosh Users: 1. Double-click the Hard Dr ive icon. 2. Double-click OmniPage LE . 3. Double-click the OmniPage LE icon. An Om niPage toolbar appears. (I f this toolbar does not app ear, click on the Window menu and sel ect Show Toolbar ). 4. Click Select Scanner f rom the Se ttings m enu. Select UMAX Astra Series then cl ick OK . Convert[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 75 2. From the Om niPage LE window, cl ick the Scanne r icon and select F latbed. Cli ck Done . For PC Users: 1. Choose Acquire Im age from the F ile m enu. Select Fla tb ed from the Pap er Path field in the L oad Scanner d ialog box, then click Scan to scan the im age. When t he scan is c om plete, the text appear [...]

76 Crea ting a n A lbum w it h Pres t o! Photo A lbum A variety of tem plates are included in P resto! PhotoAlbum that you can use for a lbums. You can also sav e an album you create and use it later as a templa te for creat ing another album s. T his proces s differs fo r PC and Ma cinto sh users. When a step is diffe rent f or PC or Mac user s, a[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 77 Creating a Photo Album 1. Click on t he Create button, and then click on the Templa te button. 2. Choose an album template categ ory by selecting one of th e category icons in t he colum n on the left. 3. Display the availab le tem plate ou tlines by click ing on the template thum bnail. Browse throug h the t emp[...]

78 11. Click on t he Color Photos icon in the Click to S can area of the VistaScan B eginner w indow. The sc anner pe rform s the fin al, high- resolution s can. For PC Users: After th e scan i s comple te, cli ck the Exit button. 12. A thumbnail o f the im age you just scanned a ppears in the Photo Browser window. 13. Click and d rag th is im age [...]

79 CHA PTER 6. Ho w to Get Hel p The Astra 2100U sc anners h ave been d esigned to be reli able, easy- to-install, and easy- to -use. I f you encounter any prob lems while insta lling or us ing your sca nner, pl ease foll ow the so lutions outlined below. • Consult the on line m anual. • Read the troub leshooting section be low. • Contact UMA[...]

80 For Macin tosh Users: If the Vi staScan app licat ion is al ready open, you can lo cate the manual by clicking on the ? icon lo cated in th e upper right c orner. If VistaScan is not open, follow the ins truct ions bel ow. 1. Double-click the Hard Dr ive icon o n the de sktop. 2. Double-click the UMAX Vist aScan folder. 3. Double-click the Vista[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 81 Accessing the Pre sto! PageM anager Online Manual For PC Users: 1. Click Start. 2. Click Programs . 3. Click Presto ! PageManage r Delux e. 4. Click PageManager Use r’s Manua l. For Macin tosh Users: 1. Double-click the Hard Dr ive icon o n the de sktop. 2. Double-click the Presto! PageManag er 2.31.02 folder .[...]

82 3. Double-click OmniPage Ltd .pdf . (I f you receiv e an error, please ins tall Adobe Acro bat Reade r 3.01. See “I nstalling Acrobat Reader ” below fo r instruc tions.) Installing Acrobat Reader for M acintosh Users To read th e OmniPag e LE online m anual you nee d to use Ado be Acrobat Read er. If it is not al ready installed o n your com[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 83 Prob lem: The scanne r text fa iled. The scanner text u tility is a PC- based utility. Macintosh u sers will not encou nter thi s problem . Solution : Make sure th e interface cabl e is p roperly connected t o the U SB connector por t on your com puter. Find/refresh the scanner afte r reinsert ing the USB c able.[...]

84 If a y ellow exclam ation poin t appears, o r if one or bo th of them are not present, please contact y our com puter m anufacturer. I f the USB section is not shown in the Device Manag er, we recomm end you contact y our com puter manufa cture r to ena ble USB. Prob lem: Your USB port worked wi th other USB dev ices, but doe s not work with the[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 85 5. If you hav e a different versio n, contact y our res eller or Mi cros oft f or a n up grad e. • Windows USB Suppl ement in stalled To check y our system : 1. Click Start on the Windows taskbar. 2. Click Settings . 3. Click Control Panel . 4. Double click the Add/Remove Software icon. 5. You should see a list[...]

86 6. The bottom half of this tab d isplays the I RQ Routing Status. Look for th e following item s: • IRQ Routing enabl ed • IRQ read fr om (where it is read from ) • IRQ Mini-port lo aded suc cessfu lly • IRQ Mini- port data processed su ccessf ully If you see th ese it ems as l isted abov e, IRQ Steer ing is en abled. I f you do not s ee[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 87 Prob lem: Your system resources are low. Your sy stem resources a re the amount of f ree resour ces your system can call on at a giv en tim e. This should be at 90% o r abov e to run a scann er. Anything under 60% will cau se system freezes or link fa ils when y ou attem pt to access the scann er. Solution: Follo[...]

88 Solution: Many Macin tosh com puters hav e at least two USB ports . We recomm end that you connect y our scanner di rectly to one of these ports. Daisy- chaining the scanner, o r running the scanne r through a hub can cau se the sig nal to be lost befo re it is comm unicated to your com puter. To mak e the trouble shooting process ea sier, d isc[...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 89 Prob lem: The follow ing error messag e appear ed: “Erro r: Not Enough Powe r to Fun ct ion” Solution: The Macin tosh OS g enerates th is m essage if: • A device draws t oo much power from the USB bu s • One or mo re devices p lugged into a hub requ ire m ore power than is available • You attached a sel[...]

90 Prob lem: The follow i ng err or messag e appear ed: "Sc anner no t found " or "Unable t o contro l scanner " Solution: Follow th is proced ure : 1. Confirm the scanner i s plugg ed into the com puter’s USB port. 2. Go to the Apple Sy stem Prof iler, li sted unde r the Apple m enu. 3. Go to the Device s & Volum es tab ([...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 91 Contact ing Technica l Support UMAX As tra sca nners are d esigned to be re liable, e asy- to -instal l, and easy- to-use. I f you encounte r any problem s while installing your scann er: • Check out the UMA X Web site a t www.umax.com /support • E-mail UMAX wit h your t echnical su pport ques tion at : suppo[...]

92 When you call , please be in front of your com puter. You wi ll need to have y our scanner an d the com puter tu rned on. Try to hav e as much inform ation about your p roblem as possible. This inform ation allows th e techn ician to m ore effectiv ely troub leshoot y our problem . Maintena nce With the ex ceptio n of per iodic c leaning, th e s[...]

93 Appendix A . Technical Specifications The fo llowing table d efines the techn ical sp ecifica tions fo r the Astra 2100U Scanne rs. Scann er Speci ficat ions Scanner Type 1- pass color flatbed Scanning Element Color CCD Optical Resoluti on Maximum Resolution 600 dpi x 1200 dpi 9600 dpi x 9600 dpi Color Density 36-bit color Light Source Cold Cath[...]

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95 FCC Declaration of C onformity Declares that the products : Product Name: C olor Scann er M odel No.: A stra 2100U FCC Rules: Tested to com ply with FCC Part 15, Class B Operating Enviro nme nt: Fo r ho me or offic e use: FCC Comp li anc e S tat em ent: This device co mplies with part 1 5 of the FCC Rules. Operation is s ubj ect to the following[...]

96 Warranty One Y ear L imite d War ranty UMA X Te chnolo gie s, Inc. ( UMA X) w arrants this hardw are produ ct ag ains t defe cts i n mater ial a nd w orkma nshi p for a per iod o f ON E (1) Y EAR fro m the orig inal d ate o f pur chas e. Shoul d any def ect(s ) be disco ve red, the pro duct may be r eturne d e ithe r to t he ma nufact ure r or a[...]

97 Index A accessin g o nline manual s , 79 Acroba t reader, insta llation, 82 adjusting brig htness, to ne, col or, 40 Adv anced w indow , 27 album , crea ting w ith PhotoA lbum , 76 applicatio n, ima ge destina tion, 21 archivin g scan ned i mages, 7 6 As tra 2000P ba ckpa nel, 3 As tra 2000U bac kpane l, 2 automatic i mage copi es, 48 B basic sc[...]

98 glossary, 95 grayscale adj ustment , 37 H hardwa re installation, 6 help, how to ge t, 79 help, technic a l su pp or t, 91 how to g et help, 7 9 how to scan a photo to e-mail, 63 how to sca n and pr int with VistaS can, 61 I iMac cabl e co nnect ion, 8 image destinations, 25 image place ment, 12 imag e tone a djustm ent, 42 image type, 13 image [...]

UMAX Astra 2100U Owner’s Guide 99 Presto! Phot oAlbum , installing, 6 Preview button, 13 Previ ew scan, ho w to, 24 Preview tools, Beginner w indow, 24 prin t pr eferences, 19 printers, c hoosing, 20 printing sca nned im age s, 20 problem s and solutions, 82 Q Q & A troublesho oting section, 83 R removing a sel ect ed frame, 3 9 resizing an i[...]

100 usin g V i staScan t o scan a photo t o e-ma il, 63 usin g V i staScan t o scan and p r in t image s, 61 V VistaSc an Beg inner w indow, 13 VistaS can dri ver selectio n, 14 VistaS can features, Advan ced window , 27 VistaS can features, Begi nner window , 23 VistaS can online manu al , accessing, 79 VistaS can, in stalling, 6 VistaShuttle, usa[...]