Canon 3 manual

Operation Guide ENGLISH Capture Perfect 3.0[...]

2 Preface Thank y ou for purc hasing a Canon Document Sc anner. Captu rePerfect 3.0 is an ISIS-com patible applicati on program th at enables the com puter to ac quire images from the Canon Docum ent Scann er. To full y understa nd the Capt urePerfect 3 .0 functio ns and to be able to use th em effect ively, plea se read thi s guide and the ISIS/ T[...]

3 Disclaimer • Reprod uction of the contents of this g uide, in p art or in who le, without prior permi ssion is p rohibited. • This gu ide is s ubject to change wi thout notic e. • Ever y effort has b een made to ensure the accur acy of the information in this guide. However, Canon Electronics Inc. and its subsidiari es assume no r e sponsib[...]

4 Contents Preface ............. ............. ............. .................... ............. ............ .................... ............. 2 Before Us ing ................ ............. ............. .................... ............ ............. .................... 5 About the CapturePerfec t Window .............. ................. ........[...]

5 Before Using Please r ead the fol lowing description s befo re using Ca pturePerfect . • About the CaptureP erfect Wind ow ( → P. 6) : Des cribes th e menus in t he Captu rePerfect w indow. • Scanner Selection and Set tings ( → P. 16) : Describ es scan ner selectio n and setu p proc edures. • About Sav ing Image Fi les ( → P. 18) : De[...]

6 About the CapturePerfect Window The f ollowing w indow app ears wh en Captu rePerfect la unches. The items in the w indow's menu and status bar ar e de scri bed here. File menu Scan menu Edit menu View me nu Page men u Options me nu Help menu Status Bar File menu File menu Scan m enu Edit menu View me nu Page m enu Options menu Help menu St [...]

7 Note If secu rity is en abled for a PDF file , you are re quired to enter a pas sword to open the file. Setting PDF File S ecu rity Op tions ( → P. 71) Save Page As or button This pro cedure sa ves open image fi les wi th a spec ified nam e. Saving an Ima ge ( → P. 58) Close Close s the ope n image f ile. Close All the Files Close s all ope n[...]

8 Scan menu File menu Scan m enu Ed it menu View m enu Page m enu Opti ons me nu Help menu Stat us B ar Select S canner Selects the scan ner to be u sed. Scanner Se lection ( → P. 16) Scanner Setting or button Sets up t he scann er. Scanner Settings ( → P. 16) Scan Page or button Scans a nd displa ys a si ngle docu ment pag e. Scan Page ( → P[...]

9 Note In an env ironmen t with a p rojector c onnected to the co mputer, su ch as a p resentati on meetin g, paper docume nts can b e scann ed and ins tantly pr ojected o nto the sc reen for de scription . Scan JOB or button Select a job tit le from the JOB list bo x and cl ick to e xecute th e scan job. Scan JOB (Scan Accordin g to a Previ ously [...]

10 Redo Execute s the opera tion that was last u ndone. Brightness Display s the Br ightness Adjustme nt dialog box for ad justing b rightness and con trast of the display ed image. Adju sting Brig htness of the Dis played Imag e ( → P. 64) Copy Copies th e images s elected b y Select A ll or in the area speci fied by Poi nter - Select ion to the[...]

11 View menu File menu Scan me nu Edit menu View me nu Page menu Opt ions me nu Help menu Stat us Ba r Toolbar Switch es displ ay of the toolbar on and off. Statusbar Switches the Status Bar ( → P. 15) on and off. Zoom In or button Magnifi es the vi ew of th e image. Each tim e you se lect Zoom In in the View menu o r click the Zoom I n button, t[...]

12 Rotate Left or button Rotate s the page image(s ) specifi ed in the s ubmenu countercl ockwise. Rotate Right or button Rot ates the p age image(s) sp ecified in the sub menu cl ockwis e. Split V iew Splits th e image display window in to two or fou r scree ns. Split View ( → P. 56) Thumbnail By openi ng the thu mbnail win dow, op en images can[...]

13 Page menu File menu Scan me nu Edit menu View m enu Page me nu O ptions m enu Help menu Stat us Ba r Next page or button Display s the ima ge of the n ext page . Prev. page or button Displ ays the ima ge of the p revio us page. Last Pag e Display s the ima ge of the l ast page . First Page Display s the image of the f irst page. GoTo Page Displ [...]

14 Replace Page Repla ces a page i n the open image fi le. Repla cement page s are read from the s canner or sel ected from existin g files. Re placing a Pa ge in an Image Fi le ( → P. 68) Options menu File menu Scan me nu Edit menu View m enu Page menu Options Help menu Stat us B ar TIFF File Selects TIFF as the file save t ype. Setting TI FF Fi[...]

15 OCR Settings Display s the OCR Se ttings di alog box for setting the langu age for ch aracter recogn ition. About OCR Functio ns ( → P. 29) Help menu File menu Scan me nu Edit menu View m enu Page menu Opti ons me nu Help St atus Bar About Shows CapturePerfec t version information. Help or button Shows this Help f or CapturePerfe ct. Image Inf[...]

16 Scanner Selecti on and Settings Scanner Selection Before us ing Capture Perfect, fol low the proc edure bel ow to selec t a scanner to use with it. The se lected scanne r setting is retaine d until anoth er scanne r is selecte d. Impo rtant Verify that yo ur scanner is properly conn ected to th e c omputer, and that the scanne r and co mputer ar[...]

17 2 Make the appropriate se ttings for your s canning cond itions. For help related to these set tings, click t he Help button in t he dialog box to ref er to the dri ver he lp. 3 Click the O K button to exi t the sett ings dialog.[...]

18 About Saving Image Files Image fi le types , file nam e requirem ents and multi-pag e file s that ca n be save d with Ca pturePerfect are descri bed here. About File Types Images scanned with Capture Perfect can be s aved as TIFF (*.tif ), BMP (*.bmp), JPEG (*.jp g) or PDF (*.pdf) files. H owever, pl ease note that th e JPEG file type can be sel[...]

19 Setting TIFF File Compression Options When TIFF file (*.tif) i s selected for the file type in Save Page As d ialog box , the compres sion format spec ifie d here is ap pli ed. 1 Click TIFF F ile in the O ptions menu. The TI FF File Sett ings dia log box a ppears. 2 Select the image ty pe (Black and White, o r Graysc ale or Color). 3 Select the [...]

20 Sett ing JP EG File Imag e Q ualit y Select th e image quality t o be ap plied when saving scanning images as JPEG f iles. The file size d epends on th e select ed image quality. 1 Click JPEG File in the Optio ns menu. The JPEG File Setting d ialog box appears. 2 Make the following settin gs: Qualit y Select th e quality of files to be sav ed fr[...]

21 Setting PDF File Savin g Options When saving scanned images a s PDF (*.pd f) files, s et the co mpress ion and OCR obje ct langua ge sa ving options . 1 Click PDF File in the Optio ns menu. The PDF File Settin g dialog box appears. 2 Make the following settin gs: •M o d e Select t he PDF file c ompression ratio. – High Com pression Files a r[...]

22 • Languag e for OCR When the Apply OC R che ck box is selected , you can select f rom the list box the lang uage of the text to be sc anned. •A p p l y O C R Select t his chec k box to cause pri nted char acters in the image to be rec ognized a nd save d as text data atta ched to the reco gnized a rea. Not e – For PDF files (*.pdf ) with a[...]

23 When BMP or JPEG is Selected Only S ingle Page is avai lable in t he list b ox, and on e image is saved per file. Also, the Sc hema Setti ngs button i s enable d, and sc anning in formation can be in cluded i n the spec ified Fil e Name . About Sche ma ( → P. 24) When TIFF or PDF is Selected • Single Pa ge Multip le scann ed page i mages are[...]

24 About File Naming Requi rements a nd limita tions of file name s assig ned to im ages sca nned and saved by Capture Perfect are descri bed here. About File Name Settings • After sel ecting th e BMP, JPEG, TIF F, or PDF fi le type a nd specifyi ng Single Page as th e MultiPag e Setting, the charac ter string specifie d for Schem a Setting is au[...]

25 Schema Settings Selecti ng the che ck boxe s in the Sc hema Sett ings dial og box caus es the c hecked info rmatio n to be auto maticall y added t o the name s of fi les to be saved. • The example file name reflects the effect s selec ted by the check b oxes. • When Sc hema sett ings are p erformed wi th MultiStre am settings , "Pri&quo[...]

26 • When pe rforming Au to Color Detection, a conversio n exampl e of the de tected type is append ed. • The Co unter item ad ds a seri al counte r specified by Digit Num ber, Start Val ue and Ste p Number. • The cou nter st arts from Start Va lue. When scannin g with th e "Renew the starting v alue" c heck box is selec ted, the st[...]

27 About MultiStream Functions If your s canner s upports Mult iStream fun ctions, you can sca n two differe nt types of image data (such as color a nd blac k and w hite or grayscale a nd blac k and w hite) at once, an d output the diffe rent types of ima ge data for t he front an d back of a page. The Mul tiStream Set tings dialog bo x is ava ilab[...]

28 • File Ty pe Select t he type (TIFF, BM P, PDF or JPEG) for saving file s. However, JPEG is d isplayed whe n the Image F ormat is set to 256-lev el Gray or 2 4-bit Col or. About Saving Im age File s ( → P. 18) • Multi Pa ge Setting Set the M ulti Page a nd Schema s ettings to suit the file type. Multi Page Settin gs ( → P. 22) 4 Click th[...]

29 About OCR Functions Captur ePerfect pro vides O CR functions that can recognize c haracters in scan ned imag es as tex t informa tion. Cha racter rec ognition i s activated when th e Enable chec k box i s selected in the OCR Settin gs dialog box . Not e • When OCR functi ons are en abled, de skewin g is perfo rmed on th e scanne d image. •R [...]

30 3 Select the language of th e text to be re cognized from the list box . Note Chine se character recogniti on resu lts display correctl y only i n Chinese environments . 4 Click th e Area button. The OCR Area Settin gs dialog box appe ars. 5 Enter the area in whi ch to search for text. 6 Load on e documen t page on wh ich characte r recognitio n[...]

31 Note • The displayed image size c an be chang ed by t he Zoom In and Zoom Out butto ns so tha t char acters in the ima ge can be comp ared with re cogni tion resul ts. • The a rea for OCR can be changed b y draggin g the mou se diagonal ly on the preview ed image. 7 Click the O K button to clos e each dia log box and f inish OC R settings.[...]

32 About Log Files The resul ts of recogni tion perf ormed with the ba rcode detec tion function or OCR functi on can be saved as a log file in the CSV fo rmat. To save a lo g file, sele ct the Write Log File check box in the appropri ate tab of the Barcode/OCR LogSetting dialog box show n below, and then s pecify a desti nation lo g file. Not e ?[...]

33 About Barcode/OCR Modification The barc ode and O CR recog nition res ults are s aved in a log file . About Log Files ( → P. 32) In the M odify Barc ode/OCR dialog bo x, you c an display and mo dify the recogniti on results stored in a log file, as needed. Not e • Modifi cations to the reco gnition re sults are applied t o the log file. • [...]

34 About Other Function s Captur ePerfect prov ides the "Save Rotate d Image" and "Save As Two Ima ges" functi ons that s ave scan ned images after spe cified rotati on, or after s plitting into top a nd bottom or left and right halves , respect ively. Select the "Save Rotated Image" or "Sav e As Two Image s"[...]

35 Rotate Right 9 0°: Scanned im ages are ro tated 9 0° clockwis e before s aving. Rotate 180°: Scanned ima ges are rotated 180° befo re saving . Save As Two Images By spli tting an i mage, two s eparate imag es are cre ated from each one scanned, by spli tting it ei ther horizon tally or v ertically b efore savi ng. This is usefu l for documen[...]

36 3 Select the split orien tation. divide up and down: Split s the sca nned image horizonta lly into two separate images. divide right and left: Splits the scanned image vertic ally in to two sepa rate image s. Note When sa ving spl it images , the nam es of the si ngle-page files are applied i n the or der top-bot tom or left - right. Capacity Wa[...]

37 1 Select Capa city Warning Se ttings in the O ptions men u. The Ca pacity Warni ng Settings dialog b ox appea rs. 2 Select a fo lder numbe r (1 to 5) to monitor for the Register Fo lder item. 3 Specify which folder to moni tor. 4 Enter the warning threshold (MB). 5 Select the Display W arning Dial og check box . An asteri sk appea rs with the Re[...]

38 Scanning Meth ods The f ollowing s canning methods are avail able wit h CaptureP erfect. Sel ect the s canning met hod as occas ion dema nds. • Scan Pag e ( → P. 39) : Scans a documen t to a sing le page i mage. The scanned image can be saved or prin ted as needed. • Scan Batc h to File ( → P. 40) : Scanne d images are sav ed to the fi l[...]

39 Scan Page Scan Page scans o ne page of a documen t. You can s ave or prin t the scan ned image as needed . Saving an Image ( → P. 58) , Printing an Ima ge ( → P. 62) 1 Select Scan ner Setting in the Scan m enu or click the button to op en the scan ner's setup dialog box . 2 Set the sca n criteria. For help related to these settings, cli[...]

40 Scan Batch to File (Saves scanned images to a specified file) Scan Batc h to File saves s canned i mages to a fi le or file s with a name and type sp ecified b efore sca nning. Scan Batc h to File is perform ed by the fol lowing steps: 1 Click the b utton, or click Scan Batch to F ile in the Sca n menu. The Scan Batch to Fi le Setting dialog bo [...]

41 Scanner Supports Patch Code Search •N o n e Disab les bat ch sepa ra tion. • Scan, C ontinue Sc anning When a patc h code sheet is found, the imag e on the patch code sh eet is saved, regardle ss of t he type of pa tch code , and scanni ng co ntinues. • Skip, C ontinue Sc anning When a "Patch II" patch code sheet is foun d, the i[...]

42 When no documen ts remain in the scanner, scannin g is inter rupted and the Conti nue Scannin g dialog box appears . Note • If the specified file na me is the same as th at of an ex isting fi le, a dia log box p rompts to confirm overw riting the e xisting file. Clic k the OK b utton to ov erwrite t he file. • When "U se Contin ue Scann[...]

43 Scan Batch to P rinter (Pri nts scanned images) With Sca n Batch to Printer sca nning, sc anned im ages are printed dir ectly to t he spe cified pr inter. (Imag es are not s aved with Scan Batch to Printer.) Not e To sav e and pr int scan ned imag es, use Scan Batch to Fi le ( → P. 40) to print the scanned im ages after savin g. Scan Batc h to[...]

44 3 Click Printer Se tting to selec t the printer to us e. The Print d ialog bo x appears . Note To set p rinter de tails, clic k the Prope rties butt on. The di alog box for the curre nt printer d river appe ars. For detai ls about settings, refer to the user's manua l for your p rinter driv er. 4 Click Scann er Setting a nd set the scan con[...]

45 Scan Batch to Mai l (Attaches scanne d images to email) Scan Batc h to Mail attaches s canned i mages to em ail for se nding. (Im ages are n ot saved with Scan Ba tch to Mail .) Not e • To use Scan Batc h to Mail, a MAPI (Micr osoft Mess aging Applicati on Programmi ng Interface) -co mpliant email applicat ion program must be installe d on the[...]

46 6 Click the O K button. The doc uments a re scanne d. When no documen ts remain in the scanner, scannin g is inter rupted and the Conti nue Scannin g dialog box appears . Note When "Use Continue Scanning dialog" is disabled (a chec k m ark does not app ear in front of it) i n the Scan menu, the scan procedure ends when no documents rem[...]

47 Scan To Presentation (Displays scanned images full-scree n) Scan To Presentatio n displa ys a scann ed image full-scre en. Useful in an env ironment wh ere the co mputer is con nected to a big-scree n display o r projec tor, such as for pres entations , documen ts can be scanned and displa yed as th ey are des cribed. Scan To Presentatio n opera[...]

48 3 When t he loaded do cument is fin ished, scan ning stops. 4 To cont inue scanni ng, load anot her document. When finishe d, click "× " at the top rig ht. Note • You can press the ESC key on the keybo ard to exit Sc an To Presenta tion. • Scanned images can be s aved as o ccasion demands w hen exi ting Scan To Presenta tion. Scre[...]

49 Exit Scan To Presentati on Exit Scan To Presen tation mode by pressi ng the Esc key on the keybo ard, or by clicking Exit Sca n To Presenta tion on the submen u. When ex iting Sc an To Pres entation mode, a messag e asks if you want to s ave ima ge files . Save th e image files a s occas ion dema nds.[...]

50 Scan JOB (Scan According to a Previously Registered Job) Scan JO B utilize s previous ly registe red scan conditio ns and m ethods (Scan Batch to Fi le, Scan Bat ch to Print or Sc an Batch to Mail) to scan accord ing to the specifi ed job. Job Registration Use th e followin g procedu re to regis ter jobs fo r access by Scan JOB. 1 Select Job in [...]

51 3 Enter a J ob Title. Note Job titl es may c onsist of u p to 64 al phanumeri c characters . 4 Select a Fu nction from the list box. • Scan To PC: Scann ed images a re saved to the specif ied PC. • Scan To Mail: Attac hes scann ed images to an e-m ail. • Scan To Print: Scann ed image s are print ed by the specifie d printer. 5 Click Detail[...]

52 • Scan To Mail: Refer to Scan Batch to Mai l ( → P. 45) for se tting deta ils. • Scan To Print: Refer to Scan Batch to Printer ( → P. 43) for setting deta ils. Note The Detail s of File Settings b utton appe ars in the Scan Batch to File Settin g and Scan Batch to Mai l Setting di alog box es. This b utton is enab led when a file typ e o[...]

53 7 Click the O K button to clos e the Registe r/Edit/Delete dia log box. Not e • Up to 99 jobs can be registe red. • To mod ify the co ntents of a registere d job, se lect it and c lick the Create/Edit b utton. • To dele te a regis tered job, c lick it an d then cli ck the Del ete button . Scan Job Execution 1 Registe r a job by cli cking J[...]

54 Scanned Image Op erations The oper ations you can perform on scanned or opened images are descri bed here. The way sc anned images are viewe d can be c hanged, a nd image s can al so be saved or printed. • Disp laying th e Thumbn ail Windo w ( → P. 55) : Display s the thu mbnail windo w. • Split Vie w ( → P. 56) : Split th e disp lay win[...]

55 Displaying the Th umbnail Wi ndow Thumbn ail (reduc ed) view s of open ed image s are disp layed in the Th umbnail window, a nd the sel ected thumbna il in the Thumbnai l windo w is disp layed in the Image View wind ow. To turn d isplay o f the Thum bnail wind ow on and o ff, click Thu mbnail i n the View m enu. Not e • The thum bnail v iew st[...]

56 Spli t Vie w By spli tting the d isplay w indow, y ou can di splay m ultiple p age imag es at onc e. To spli t the disp lay windo w, sele ct Split Vie w from the Vi ew menu. Yo u can spl it the wind ow into 2 or 4 scree ns. Impo rtant With sp lit vi ew, the siz e of imag es you d isplay o r the numb er of scre ens you d isplay c an use a lot of [...]

57 Two-screen vi ew Four-screen view[...]

58 Saving an Image This pro cedure s aves ope n image f iles wi th a spec ified nam e. Not e If mu ltiple imag e files a re open , all page s are sav ed. Impo rtant If se veral image files ha ve been o pened and a PDF fil e with p assword se curity is among t hem, you cannot save fi les with a new name (Save As). 1 Click th e (Save As) button on th[...]

59 – When th e selec ted file type is JPEG File (*.jpg), the im age qual ity set by the JPEG File s etting i n the Option s menu i s applied. Re fer to Settin g JPEG File Im age Qualit y ( → P. 20) for det ails. Impo rtant If you s elect JPEG file (* .jpg) when a black a nd white image file is open, it is sav ed as a Gray scale Image. 3 When sa[...]

60 Opening an Image File This pro cedure op ens imag e files t hat were sav ed by Cap turePerfect . Not e The foll owing fi le types sav ed by Captu rePerfect c an be opene d: TIFF (*.tif), JPEG (*.jpg), BM P (*.bmp) and PDF (*.pdf) files. 1 Click the butto n on the toolba r. (Or click Ope n in the File menu.) The Ope n dialog box appea rs. 2 Selec[...]

61 Note Multipl e files can be selected to be opened toge ther. By se lecting on e file and hold ing the Shift ke y while select ing anot her file, all fil es in between are sele cted. Multi ple files c an also be se lected by ho lding the Ctrl ke y whil e selecti ng each file.[...]

62 Printing an Im age The f ollowing p rocedure p rints th e image dis played i n the wi ndow: 1 Click Printer Se tting on the Fil e menu. The Print S etup dialo g box app ears. 2 Select the printer, pap er and printing ori entation as n eeded, and click the OK button. Note To set p rinter de tails, clic k the Prope rties butt on. The di alog box f[...]

63 4 Click the button o n the toolbar. (O r click Print i n the File menu.) The Print d ialog bo x appears . 5 Verify the settings, and c lick the OK button.[...]

64 Adjusting Brightness of the Displayed Image You can adjust th e brightnes s and c ontrast of t he displ ayed ima ge. Select Bri ghtness in the Edit menu to o pen the Bri ghtness Ad justmen t dialog b ox. Movin g the slid ers left a nd right ad justs the brightnes s and co ntrast of th e displa yed ima ge. Not e • For gr ayscale an d color im a[...]

65 Inserting/Adding Pages to an Image File Pages c an be inserte d and add ed to TIFF o r PDF files. For the imag e to insert/ad d, you can spe cify an ima ge from the scanne r or a file saved with CapturePerf ect. 1 Open the TIFF or PDF file i n which to inse rt the page . Note • Pages c annot be a dded to BMP or JPEG files . • To add a p age [...]

66 When "fro m Scan ner" i s sel ected 1) The Appen d Page dia log box i s displa yed. 2) Select th e locatio n to add o r insert the page, make the Scanne r Settings, and clic k OK. Scanning begins, and pages are added or inserte d. 3) When ther e are no more doc uments, scanning stops. When "from Fil e" is selec ted 1) The Ope[...]

67 2) Select th e image f ile to add or insert, and clic k Open. The Inse rt/Add from t he file dialog b ox appear s. 3) Select th e locatio n to add o r insert the page, the image file pag e to be insert ed, and click OK. 5 When f inished inse rting/adding the page, confirm that the page was adde d or inserted i n the specified loca tion. Not e ?[...]

68 Replacing a P age in an Image File You can repl ace a page in a s aved multi -page TIFF or PDF file. For the re placement im age, you can specify an ima ge from the scanner or a file s aved with CapturePer fect. 1 Open the TIFF or PDF file i n which to inse rt the page . 2 Click Replac e Page in the Page menu t o display the submenu. The Re plac[...]

69 4 Replac e the page. When "fro m Scan ner" i s sel ected 1) The Rep lace Page dialog b ox is displ ayed. 2) Set t he Sc anne r Sett ing s, and cli ck OK. Scanning begins, and pages follow ing the disp layed pa ge are re placed. 3) When ther e are no more doc uments, scanning stops. When "from Fil e" is selec ted 1) The Ope n [...]

70 2) Select th e image f ile conta ining the image to be repl aced, and cl ick Op en. The Rep lace the page from the file d ialog box ap pears. 3) Confirm the repla cement ima ge(s) in th e image f ile by clic king Ne xt Page an d Prev. Page , specify the page range f or replaceme nt, and cl ick OK. Pages fol lowing the display ed page a re replac[...]

71 Setting PDF File Security Options Set the s ecurity opti ons to res trict viewi ng, printi ng and pag e editing of PDF files . Security Settings Open a PDF file, an d click Password Set tings in t he Edit me nu to open the Passwo rd Settings dialog b ox. 1 Select check boxe s to set pas swords. • Passw ord to open docume nt The Do cument Ope n[...]

72 • Forbid u sers to Prin t Prohibits printing of the P DF file. • Forbid u sers to Edi t Prohibits page ope rations (a dd, insert and replace). Important When se tting autho rity, s et the Permis sions Pas sword t o prevent users from cancel ing secu rity. 3 Enter the same pass word in Pass word Confi rmation tha t you enter ed in Passwor d S[...]

73 Index A Adding (Pa ges) ............... .. 65 Adjusti ng Brig htness ......... 64 B Barcod e/OCR Modi fication 33 C Capacity Warnin g Settings 36 E Edit menu ........... ............. .... 9 F File menu .................. .......... 6 File Name ..... ................... .. 24 File Nam e Limitati ons . 26 File Types ..... ................... .. 1[...]