UMAX Technologies Astra 4000 manual

Astra 4000U Owner’s Manual Trademarks UMAX is a trademark of UMAX Technologies, Inc. Astra is a trademark of UM AX Technologies, Inc. IBM PC/AT is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporations. MS-Windows, Windows, and MS-DOS are trademarks of Micr osoft Corporatio n. PhotoDeluxe is a trademark of Adobe System s, Inc. Presto! PageMa[...]

Table of Contents CHAPTER 1. GETTING STARTED………… …………………………………… …………..4 Introduction………… …………………………………… ……………………………… ………………….4 Unpacking the Scanner………………… ………………………………………… …………?[...]

Creating an Album with Presto! PhotoAlbum………………………… ……………………………… ...35 Opening PhotoAlbum……………………… ……………………………… ……………………...35 Creating a PhotoAlbum……………… ……………………………… ……………………………36 CHAPTER 5[...]

CHAPTER 1. GETTING STARTED Introduction Thank you for purc hasing the UMA X Astra 4000U scanne r. This high-res olution 120 0 x 2400 dpi scanne r is perfect for your many scanning needs. The Astra 4000U scanner is eq uipped with a USB connector that allows you to make a fast and easy connection to the USB port on your PC, or USB- equipped Macintosh[...]

Astr a 400U Back P anel System Requirements This section de fines the m inimum system requi rements nec essary to opera te the Astra 40 00U scanner. Please refer to the section below that ap plies to your scanner an d computer type. PC Requirements • An IBM-compatible PC with 80486, Pentium processor or higher • Microsoft® W indows 98 , 95 OSR[...]

7. Clic k on Setup.exe to highlight it, and click the OK button. The path to the Setup.ex e file appears in the Open text box in the Run dialog box . 8. Clic k OK to launch the Set up file. Foll ow the screen p rompts. 9. When t he User Inform ation dialog box appears, e nte r your pe rsonal information and the software serial number that appears i[...]

About Scanner Connectors USB Connectors Many newer computers, both PC and Macintosh, rel y on USB technology as the prim ary method o f communication w ith computer p eripherals. W ith this new US B “plug-and -play” technology your compu ter automatically configures itself to work with USB peripherals. If your computer has a USB port, you must [...]

1. Locate the USB cable that is provided. First, plug one en d of this cable firmly into th e USB port on the back of the scanner. 2. Second, plug the other end of this cable into the port located on the back panel of the computer. Macintosh Connection 1. Locate the USB cable that is provided . Plug one end of it firmly into one of the USB ports. I[...]

CHAPTER 2. YOUR FIRST SCAN Before you begin y our first scan, you m ust install the scan ner and the bundled soft ware. Refer t o the Quick Start Guide for installation and scanner test instru ctions. You can pe rform a basi c scan using any of the so ftware appl ications bun dled with thi s scanner. For your first scan, we suggest using the PhotoD[...]

7. In the Click to Scan section of th e VistaScan Beginner window , click the icon that corresponds to the type of im age you are scanni ng. For exampl e, to scan a col or photograp h, choose “Col or Phot o”. To scan t ext or a blac k and whit e drawing, choose “Text/Lineart”. The im age is s canned a nd you return to the P hotoShop LE wind[...]

CHAPTER 3. SCANNING BASICS VistaScan is the primary program or driver you use to scan with your Astra 4000U scanner. It is a TWAIN-com pliant pro gram, which m eans that it can be run from other programs that support scan ning, like PhotoDeluxe, OmniPage, an d others. It is also a stan d-alone program , which allo ws you t o scan images for a varie[...]

Show Ruler The Show Rul er comma nd displays o r hides the rulers that border the top and left sides of the Preview window. These ruler s correspond to th e rulers on your scanner’s object glass. Clicking on th e Show Ruler checkbox turns off (removes the checkmark) and hides the ruler. Clicking on the checkbox a gain turns the feature on (displa[...]

Printer To specify whi ch printer t o use when printing sca nned images: 1. Click on the Prin ter icon. The printer cu rrently selected as the default appears to th e right of the Scan To icon set. 2. If you wa nt to chan ge any of t he printer sett ings, click o n the Properties button. The standard Print Setup dialog box open s. Make any change s[...]

Scanner Information The Scanner Information tab displays informatio n about your scanner. The info rmation includes: • Scanner Manufacturer • Scanner Model • Firmware Vers ion • VistaScan Version • Maxim um Scan Width and Lengt h • Maximum Resolution VistaScan Beginner Window Features The VistaScan Beginner window appe ars when you laun[...]

The image is quickly scanned and displayed in the Preview window. There a re three Pr eview tools in the VistaScan Beginner window. Zoom tool – Lets you enlarge or redu ce the view of the im age in the Preview window. To use the Zoom tool: Once the preview im age appears in the Preview window, click on the Magnifying Glass icon. Move your cursor [...]

Defining the Type of Image to Scan The Beginner w indow provides pr e-defined scanning op tions so you can quickly and easily scan any of the following items: • Color Photos – use th is setting when you want to scan color or black and white photos • Printed Matter – use this setting when you want to scan something that has been printed lik [...]

Flatbed Reflective: Scans paper originals (non-tr ansparen cies) e.g., photographs, documents, and brochures. Three other set ting optio ns appear onsc reen that are available with t his scanner: UTA Transmissive, UTA Negative, Automatic Document Feeder. Changing the Image Mode VistaScan can scan a wide variety of image types. True Color, RGB: Scan[...]

NOTE: Not all graphic applications support 36 -bit graphic files. To determine whether the software you want to use is capable of wor king with 36- bit graphics, refer to your software docume ntation. Changing the Resolution Setting Scanning resol ution is m easured in dots per inch (DPI). Resolutio n determi nes the amount o f inform ation the sca[...]

NOTE: Choosing the True Color RGB 36-bit settin g captures more data than the 24-bit setting. This means that the file sizes listed above will be larger if you scanned images using the True Color 36-bit RGB setting. Choosing the B est Resolution for Yo ur Scanning Projec t To choose the best resolutio n for scanning, determine what y ou are going t[...]

To change t he Descreen setti ng: 1. Click the Descreen option to display the drop down menu. 2. Choose one o f the Descreen op tions: No Descreen – No Descreen ing. Magazine – Specifies 133 lines per inch. This option smoot hes the fine dot patter n found in glossy magazines. Newspaper – Specifies 85 li nes per inc h. Smoot hes the coarse gr[...]

VistaScan provides the following filter options: No Filter – Use thi s option when you do not want to sharpe n or blur t he image. Sharpen – Use this option to sharpen lines that may be fuzzy or not clean in the orig inal image. Sharp en More – Use this opt ion when y ou want t o sharpen the image more than the st andard S harpen filter does.[...]

2. Enter the desired scale fact or in either t he Width or Height t ext box. When locked, width and hei ght entries are ide ntical. The widt h and hei ght fields are dynamic, u pdating on e field autom atically changes the other field. If the scale output size is unloc ked, you can se the widt h and height output dimensi ons individual ly. 3. To ch[...]

Selecting the Scan to Devi ce or Applicati on To specify the device or appl ication to w hich you want to s end the scanne d item: 1. Click the arrow above the Scan To text on the Scan Control Unit. The Scan Control Unit panel slides back to display the Scan To icon s. Click on the icon that represents th e device or application to which you want t[...]

To remove a selected fram e: 1. Click on the Job List button. Thumbnails of the selected frames app ear in the job list window. 2. Click o n the thum bnail of the frame you want to remove. A red box appea rs around the s elected thumbnail. The frame in th e Preview window associated with the thu mbnail changes to a dashed outline. 3. Click on the X[...]

Using the Contrast Bar This setting controls the difference b etween light and da rk areas in an im age. Moving the slider on the scroll bar to the right increases the gray shades between light and dark areas. Moving it to the left decreases gray shades b etween light and d ark areas. The default setting is zero (0). The maxi mum contrast setting i[...]

Click Reset to cancel the changes and return the value to the default setting. Adjusting the Color Balance The Color Adjustment feature controls the hue an d saturatio n of a particular color. When you click on the Color Balance tab from the Color Adjustments panel, a continuous color spectrum wheel appears. When you click in the wheel the image to[...]

The following lists the possible rotate and flip selections: • Flip/Rotate Horizontally – flips th e image horizontally and rotates it 90 degrees coun ter clockwise. • Flip Horizontal – flips the image horizontally. • Rotate 90 CCW – rotates the image 90 degrees counter clockwise. • Rotate 90 CW – rotates the image 90 degrees clockw[...]

2. Click on one of the listed applicatio ns or utilities to launch the software. 3. Click the F ind/Refresh Scanner option to re-initialize the scanner. Click the Help option to view VistaAccess online help. Click the Exit opt ion to rem ove the scanner ic on from the Finder area and close VistaAccess. Using VistaShuttle VistaShuttle is a PC-based [...]

7. Click and drag any of the E-Card template elem ents to move them around , creating y our own E-Card style. 8. Choose the Add text c ommand from the Tex t menu (or cl ick on t he Text butt on from t he left-hand column). The Text Setting win dow opens. 9. Enter the E-Card greeting text in the text box. 10. Yo u can modif y the font type, font si [...]

3. Select your copy settings . Click t he Copy button to make the cop ies, then click Exit when you are finished. UMAX Copy Utility Features Brightness: Lets y ou select the bri ghtness levels t o use wh en you print the copies of the scanned im age. If the image is too dark, click the up arrow to lighten th e copy. If the image is too ligh t, clic[...]

CHAPTER 4. SCANNING PROJECTS The UMAX Astra 4000U scanner includes bund led software to help you with a variety of task s. This chapter shows you how to scan a nd print im ages, and eve n turn a pa ge of text into an onl ine text d ocument that you can edit. Using VistaScan to Scan and Print Images To perform y our first scan: 1. Open the VistaScan[...]

5. Click one of the four icons in the Click to Scan area of the VistaScan Beginner window. Your selection identifies the typ e of image you are about to scan and tells VistaScan how to set the scann er options for the best results. The image type sel ections include: C olor Photos , Text/Line art, Web Images, and Printed Matter settings. Once you c[...]

7. Lift the document cover and place the form you wa nt to scan face-do wn in the ce nter of the object glass of the scanne r. 8. Click the Preview button. 9. Click the Text/Lineart icon in the Click to Scan area to begin the scan. 10. When the scan is complete, click the Exit button at the bottom of the window. The scanned im age of your form appe[...]

Converting Scanned Text to Ed itable Text with OmniPage OmniPage let s you scan an i mage that cont ains text and c onvert it to editable text so you do not have to retype the text . The process differs sli ghtly for PC a nd Maci ntosh users. Follow the a ppropriate instructions for the system that you are using. Opening OmniPage LE For PC Users: 1[...]

2. From the OmniPage LE window, cl ick the Sc anner icon an d select Flatbed. Click Do ne . For PC Users: 1. Choose Acquire Image from the File menu. Select Flatbed from the Paper Path field in the Load Scanner dialog box, then click Scan to scan the im age. When the scan is complete, the text app ears in the OmniPage wi ndow. 2. Click the OCR bu t[...]

d. Select Presto! Phot oAlbum . The Phot oAlbum window appears . For Macintosh Users: a. Double-click the Hard Driv e icon. b. Double-click the Presto! PhotoAlbum application folder. c. Double-click the Presto! PhotoAl bum application icon to launch VistaScan. The PhotoAlbum window ap pears. Creating a PhotoAlbum 1. Click on the Create button, an d[...]

11. Click on the Color Photos icon in the Click to Scan area of the VistaScan Beginner window . The scanner perfor ms the final , high-resol ution scan. For PC Users: After the scan is complete, click the Exit button. 12. A th umbnail o f the im age you just scanne d appears i n the Phot o Browser window. 13. Click and drag this image into the spac[...]

CHAPTER 5. HOW TO GET HELP The Astra 4000U scanners have been designed to be reliable, easy-to-install, and easy- to-use. If you encounter any problems while installing or using your scanner, please follow the solutions ou tlined below. • Consult the online manual. • Read the troubleshooting section below. • Contact UMAX direct ly. Using Onli[...]

For Macintosh Users: 1. Place the Adobe PhotoShop LE CD in the CD-ROM drive. 2. Double-click the PhotoSho p LE CD icon on the desktop. 3. Double-click English . 4. Double-click Getting Started.pdf . (If you receive an error, please install Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.01. See “Installing Acrobat Reader” below for instructions.) Accessing the Presto! [...]

Installing Acrobat Reader for Macintosh Users To read the Om niPage LE online m anual you nee d to use Adobe Acrobat Reader. If it is not already installed on your computer, follow th e installation instructions below. 1. Place the VistaScan CD in the CD-ROM drive. 2. Double-click the UMAX VistaScan CD icon. 3. Double-click the Acrobat Reader Insta[...]

Later chipset v ersions inclu de SIS, ALI , and bot h have fully functional chipsets as well as Intel’s 82371AB and 82371AB/EB. Solution: To determine your USB chipset type: 1. Click the My Computer icon usin g the right mouse butt on. A pop- up menu appea rs. 2. Click on Properties com mand usi ng the left mouse button. This brin gs up the Devic[...]

1. Clic k Start on the Windows taskbar. 2. Clic k Settings . 3. Clic k Control Panel . 4. Double-click the Add/Remove Softw are icon. 5. You should see a li sting for “ USB Supplem ent/OSR2”. 6. If you do not see the supplement listed, you must install it fr om the Windows95 CD. Problem: IRQ steering i s disabled. For USB t o functio n properly[...]

4. If it is not presen t, insert the UMAX VistaS can CD-R OM into the CD-ROM drive and reinstall VistaScan. 5. Unplug the scanner ca ble from the back of the c omputer, and then plug it back into the USB port. 6. Verify there is power to the sc anner. 7. If the scanner does not show up , and there i s no change i n the Device Ma nager, try another [...]

Solution: If you are ha ving pr oblems inst alling or usi ng the Ast ra 4000U sca nner, ensure that Macint osh OS 8. 0 or higher is instal led on you r comput er. Problem: The system takes too long to scan. Solution: Disable virtu al mem ory, reboot your computer with the ext ensions di sabled (hol d down the S HIFT key during re-boot) and try agai[...]

Problem: The followin g error me ssage appeared: “Sca nner not fou nd” or “Una ble to control scanner” Solution: Follow this procedure: 1. Confirm the scanner is plugged into the comp uter’s USB port. 2. Go to the Apple Syst em Profil er, listed u nder the Ap ple menu. 3. Go to the Devices & Volumes tab. Verify t he scanner is listed [...]

• The printer and m odel that you are usi ng (if applicable) • The application software packages that you are using • Error codes or messages seen • A description of what you were doing at the time of the malfunction so that the problem can be recreated • Other observations that may aid the technician in identifying the problem and soluti[...]

47 APPENDIX A. TECHINICAL SPECIFICATIONS The following table defines the technical s p ecifications for the Astra 4000U Scann ers. Scanner Specifications Scanner Type 1-pass color flatbed Scanning Element Color CCD Optical Resolution Maximum Resolution 1200 dpi x 2400 dpi 9600 dpi x 9600 dpi Color Density 36-bit color, up to 42-bit output Light Sou[...]