Canon Capture Perfect 3.0 manual

Operation Guide ENGLISH Capture Perfect 3.0[...]

2 Preface Thank y ou for purc hasing a Canon Do cument Sc anner. Captur ePerfect 3.0 is an ISI S-compatib le applic ation pr ogram tha t enables the c omputer to acquire i mages from th e Canon Docu ment Scann er. To fully und erstand the Cap turePerfe ct 3.0 functio ns and to be abl e to use the m effectivel y, please re ad this He lp guide a nd t[...]

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

4 Before Using Please r ead the fol lowing descripti ons befo re using Ca pturePerf ect. • About the Capture Perfect Wind ow ( → P. 5) : D escribes th e menus i n the Ca pturePerfec t window. • Scanner Selection and Set tings ( → P. 15) : D escrib es scanner s electio n and setu p procedu res. • About Sav ing Image Fi les ( → P. 17) : D[...]

5 About the CapturePerfect Window The f ollowing w indow app ears wh en Captu rePerfect launche s. The ite ms in the w indow's menu and status bar ar e des cri bed here. File menu Scan m enu Edit menu View me nu Page men u Options me nu He lp menu Status Bar File menu File menu Scan m enu Edit menu View me nu Page me nu Options menu Help menu [...]

6 Note If se curity is en abled for a PDF file , you are re quired to enter a password to open the file. Settin g PDF File S ecu rity Opti ons ( → P. 68) Save Page As or button This pro cedure sa ves o pen imag e files w ith a sp ecified n ame. Saving an Ima ge ( → P. 55) Close Close s the ope n image f ile. Close All the Files Close s all ope [...]

7 Scan menu File menu Scan m enu Edit menu View me nu Page me nu Options menu Help menu S tatus Bar Select S canner Selects the scan ner to be u sed. Scanner Se lection ( → P. 15) Scanner Setting or button Sets up t he scann er. Scanner Settings ( → P. 15) Scan Page or button Scans a nd displa ys a si ngle d ocument p age. Scan Pag e ( → P. 3[...]

8 Note In an env ironmen t with a p rojector c onnected to the co mputer, su ch as a p resent ation meet ing, pape r 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 click to e xecute th e scan job. Scan JOB (Scan Accordin g to a Previ ously [...]

9 Copy Copies th e images s elected b y Select A ll or in the area speci fied by Poi nter - Selec tion to th e clipboard. Images copied to the clip board can be paste d into othe r applica tions. Select Al l Selects all parts of the dis played i mage. Pointer Chang es the poi nter setti ng from the subm enu when s elect ing a part o f the dis playe[...]

10 View menu File menu Scan me nu Edit menu View me nu Page m enu Opti ons me nu Help menu St atus B ar Toolbar Switch es displ ay of the toolbar on and off. Statusbar Switches the Status Bar ( → P. 14) on and of f. Zoom In or button Magnifi es the vi ew of th e image. Each tim e you se lect Zoom In in the View me nu or clic k the Zoo m In butto [...]

11 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 ) specifi ed in the submenu clockw ise. Split V iew Splits th e image display window in to two or four scree ns. Split View ( → P. 53) Thumbnail By openi ng the thu mbnail w indow, op en images can b[...]

12 Page menu File menu Scan me nu Edit menu View m enu Page menu Opt ions me nu Help menu Stat us B ar Next page or button Display s the ima ge of the n ext page . Prev. page or button Displ ays the i mage of t he previo us page. Last Page Display s the ima ge of the l ast page . First Page Display s the ima ge of the f irst page. GoTo Page Displ a[...]

13 Replace Page Repla ces a page i n the o pen image fi le. Repla cement page s are re ad from the scanner or s elected from existin g files. Re placing a Page in a n Image Fi le ( → P. 65) Options menu File menu Scan me nu Edit menu View m enu Page m enu Options He lp menu St atus B ar TIFF File Selects TIFF as the fi le save t ype. Setting TI F[...]

14 OCR Settings Display s the OCR Se ttings di alog box for setting the langu age for ch aracter rec ognition. Ab out OCR Functio ns ( → P. 27) Help menu File menu Scan me nu Edit menu View m enu Page m enu Options me nu Help St atus Bar About Shows CapturePerfec t version informati on. Help or button Shows this Help f or CapturePerfe ct. Image I[...]

15 Scanner Selecti on and Settings Scanner Selection Before us ing Capture Perfect, fol low the proc edure bel ow to selec t a scan ner to use with it. The se lected scanne r setting is retaine d until an other scanne r is sele cted. Impo rtant Verify that yo ur scanner is properly conn ected to th e c omputer, and that the sca nner and computer ar[...]

16 2 Make the appropriate se ttings for your s canning cond itions. For help related to these set tings, press the Help butto n in the di alog box to refer to t he driver h elp. 3 Click the O K button to exi t the sett ings dialog.[...]

17 About Saving Image Files Image fi le types , file nam e requirem ents and multi- page file s that ca n be save d with Ca pturePerf ect are descri bed here. About File Types Images scanned with Capture Perfect ca n be saved 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 se[...]

18 Setting TIFF File Compr ession 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 plie d. 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 Colo r). 3 Select th[...]

19 Sett ing JP EG F ile I mag e Qu ality Select th e image qualit y to be ap plied when savi ng scann ing images as JPEG f iles. The file siz e depends 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 s ettings: Qualit y Select th e quality of files to be sav ed[...]

20 Setting PDF File Savin g Options When saving scanned images a s PDF (* .pdf) files , set the compr ession a nd OCR o bject lan guage sa ving options . 1 Click PDF File in the Optio ns menu. The PDF File Settin g dialog box appears. 2 Make the following s ettings: • Compr ess ion Select t he PDF file c ompression ratio. – High Com pression Fi[...]

21 • Languag e for OC R When the Apply OCR che ck box is selec ted, you c an sele ct from the list box the la nguage of the tex t 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[...]

22 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 Schema ( → P. 23) When TIFF or PDF is Selected • Single Pa ge Multip le scann ed page i mages are [...]

23 About File Naming Requi rements a nd limita tions of file na mes ass igned to images s canned a nd saved by Cap turePerfect are descri bed here. About File Name Settings • After sel ecting BM P, JPEG, TIFF or PDF fil e type an d specifyin g Single Pa ge as the MultiP age Settin g, the cha racter stri ng speci fied for Sc hema Setti ng is auto [...]

24 Schema Settings Selecti ng the che ck boxe s in the Sc hema Sett ings dial og box c auses the c hecked i nformatio n to be auto maticall y added t o the n ames of fi les to be save d. • The example file name reflects the effect s sel ected by the chec k boxes . • When Sc hema sett ings are p erformed w ith MultiStre am setti ngs, "Pri&q[...]

25 About MultiStream Functions If your s canner s upports Mult iStream fun ctions, y ou 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 ty pes of ima ge data for t he fron t and back of a page . The Mul tiStream Settings dialog bo x is ava il[...]

26 4 Click the O K button. The Mu lti Strea m Sett in gs dial og b ox cl oses. Not e • When you use MultiStrea m, the "Skip bl ank page", "Pre scan", "Te xt Orientat ion Recognit ion", an d "Batch Code (File Separa tor)" funct ions are d isabled. • In th e DR-7080C s canner' s settings, i f Feedi ng [...]

27 About OCR Functions Captur ePerfect provides O CR functi ons that can recogniz e charac ters in sc anned imag es as text informa tion. Cha racter rec ognition i s activ ated when th e Enable c heck box is select ed in t he OCR Se ttings dialog box . Not e • When O CR functi ons are en abled, de skewin g is perfo rmed on th e scanne d image. ?[...]

28 3 Select the language of th e text to be re cognized from the list box . Note Chine se character recogniti on resu lts disp lay correctl y only i n Chinese environm ents. 4 Click th e Area butto n. The OCR Area Settin gs dialog box a ppears. 5 Enter the area in whi ch to search for text. 6 Load o ne documen t page on wh ich chara cter recognitio[...]

29 Note • The display ed image size can b e chang ed by t he Zoom In and Zoom O ut butto ns so that cha racters i n the ima ge ca n be comp ared wit h recogni tion resul ts. • The ar ea for OCR can be changed b y draggin g the mou se diago nally on the preview ed image . 7 Click the O K button to close each dialog box a nd finish OC R settings.[...]

30 About Log Files The resul ts of reco gnition perf ormed with the ba rcode detec tion functi on or OCR fun ction 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 app ropriate tab of the Barcode/O CR LogSettin g dialog box show n below, and the n specif y a desti nation lo g file. Not [...]

31 About Barcode/OCR Modifi cation The barc ode and O CR recog nition res ults are s aved in a log file . About Log Files ( → P. 30) In the M odify Barc ode/OCR dialog bo x, you c an displ ay 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. ?[...]

32 About Other Function s Captur ePerfect provides the "Save Ro tated Imag e" and "Sav e As Two Ima ges" func tions tha t save scan ned images after spe cified rot ation, or a fter splitting into top a nd bott om or left and right halv es, resp ectively . Select the "Save Rotated Image" or "Sav e As Two Ima ges&qu[...]

33 Rotate Right 9 0°: Scanned im ages ar e rotated 9 0° clockw ise before saving. Save As Two Images By spli tting an i mage, two s eparate im ages are created fro m each o ne scann ed, by sp litting i t either horizon tally or v ertically b efore savi ng. This is usefu l for docum ents co ntaining t wo page s per ima ge, when you w ant to save t[...]

34 Note When sa ving spl it images , the nam es of the single-pa ge files are applie d in the o rder top- bottom or l eft- right. Capacity Warning Setting s After spe cifying t he fold er in which to save image fi les, the s torage ca pacity of that folde r can b e specified for Cap acity Warnin g. A warni ng mess age then a ppears whe n starting t[...]

35 Not e • When c apacity w arning i s enable d and the t otal siz e of fil es in the specifi ed folder wo uld exce ed the speci fied thresh old, the w arning m essage a ppears when starting to scan, reg ardless o f scanning m ethod . • File s that are not nor mally di splayed , such as hidde n and sy stem fil es, are not include d in the capac[...]

36 Scanning Meth ods The f ollowing s canning methods are avail able wit h Capture Perfect. Sel ect the s canning m ethod as occas ion dema nds. • Scan Pag e ( → P. 37) : Scans a documen t to a sing le page i mage. The scanned image c an be saved or prin ted as needed. • Scan Batc h to File ( → P. 38) : Scanne d images are sav ed to the fi [...]

37 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. 55) , Printi ng an Image ( → P. 59) 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 set tings, pr[...]

38 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 f iles with a name and type sp ecified b efore sca nning. Scan Batc h to File is perform ed by the following 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 x[...]

39 • Skip, C ontinue Sc anning When a "Patch II" patch code sheet is foun d, the image on the patch co de sheet is saved, and s canning continues. When a "Patch T" patch co de sheet is found, the image on the patch code she et is not saved. Scanner Does Not Suppo rt Patch Code Sea rch •N o n e Disab les batc h sepa rati on. [...]

40 Scan Batch to P rinter (Pri nts scanned images) With Sca n Batch to Printer s canning, scanned images are printed directly to the spe cified pr inter. (Imag es are not s aved with Scan Batch to Printer.) Not e To sav e and p rint scan ned imag es, use Scan Batch to Fi le ( → P. 38) to p rint the scanned images after savin g. Scan Batc h to Pri[...]

41 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 dialog b ox for the c urrent prin ter driver a ppears. For detai ls about settings, refer to the user's man ual for your p rinter dr iver. 4 Click Sc anner Setting a nd set the sc an co[...]

42 Scan Batch to Mai l (Attaches s canned images to email ) Scan Batc h to Mail attaches s canned i mages to email for sending. (Images a re not saved with Sca n Batch to Mail .) Not e • To use Scan Batc h to Mail, a MAPI (Micr osoft Mess aging Applic ation Program ming Interfa ce) -compliant email applicat ion program must be installe d on the c[...]

43 6 Click the O K button. The doc uments a re scanne d. When no documen ts rema in in the scanner, scannin g is inter rupted and the Conti nue Scann ing dial og box app ears. 7 To continue sc anning, load mo re documents in the scanner and clic k Continue Scanni ng. When finished s canning, clic k the Sto p Scanning but ton. 8 When f inished sca n[...]

44 Scan To Presentation (Displays scanned images full-sc reen) Scan To Presentatio n displa ys a scann ed image full-scre en. Usef ul in an e nvironment w here the compute r is con nected to a big-scree n displa y or projec tor, such as for pr esentatio ns, docum ents ca n be scan ned and displa yed as th ey are des cribed. Scan To Presentatio n op[...]

45 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 click ESC : Exit to exit the Scan To Present ation. • Scanned images can be saved as o ccasion demands when exi ting Scan To Presenta tion. Screen Operations wit[...]

46 Exit Scan To Presentati on Exit Scan To Presen tation mode by pres sing the Esc key on the keybo ard, or by clickin g Exit Scan To Presenta tion on the submen u. When ex iting Scan 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.[...]

47 Scan JOB (Scan According to a Previously Registered Job) Scan JO B utilize s previo usly registe red sc an condi tions and methods (Sc an Batch to File, Sca n Batch to Print or Sc an Batch to Mail) to scan acc ording to the spec ified job. Job Registration Use th e followin g procedu re to regis ter jobs fo r access by Scan JO B. 1 Select Job in[...]

48 4 Select a Fu nction from the list box . • Scan To PC: Scanned i mages a re saved to the specif ied PC. • Scan To Mail: Attaches sca nned images to an e-m ail. • Scan To Print: Scann ed image s are pr inted by the specifie d print er. 5 Click Detail Settings. A setting dialog b ox appear s accord ing to t he selected function . • Scan To[...]

49 • Scan To Mail: Refer to Scan Batch to Mai l ( → P. 42) for se tting deta ils. • Scan To Print: Refer to Scan Batch to Printer ( → P. 4 0) for setting deta ils. 6 Click the O K button (the Sa ve button for Sca n To PC) to clos e the Settings dialog box. Regis tered cont ents are d isplayed in the R egister/Ed it/Delete d ialog box . 7 Cl[...]

50 Scan Job Execution 1 Registe r a job by cli cking Job in the Edit menu. Job Registratio n ( → P. 47) 2 Select a jo b title from the list box on t he tool bar. Note You can verify the registere d contents of the jo b by select ing Jo b in the Ed it menu. 3 Place a do cument in the scanner . Refer to the sc anner's operating man ual for det[...]

51 Scanned Image Opera tions The o perations you can perform on scanned or opened images are descri bed here. The way scanned 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. 52) : Display s the thu mbnail windo w. • Split Vie w ( → P. 53) : Spli t the disp lay wind[...]

52 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 wi ndow. To turn d isplay o f the Th umbnail window on an d off, click Thumbnai l in the Vi ew menu. Not e • The thum bnail v iew stat[...]

53 Spli t Vie w By spli tting the d isplay w indow, y ou can di splay m ultiple p age imag es at o nce. To spli t the disp lay windo w, sele ct Split Vie w from the Vi ew menu . You can spl it the w indow into 2 or 4 screens . 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 [...]

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

55 Saving an Image This pro cedure saves open imag e files w ith a sp ecified name. 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 bee n opened and a PDF fil e with p assword security is among t hem, you cannot save fi les with a new name (Save As). 1 Click th e (Save As) button on the to[...]

56 – When th e se lected fi le type is JPEG F ile (*.jpg), the image qu ality set by the JPEG File setting in the Option s menu i s applie d. Refer to Settin g JPEG File Im age Qualit y ( → P. 1 9) for details. Impo rtant If yo u select JPEG file (* .jpg) wh en a black a nd white image fi le is ope n, it is sav ed as a G rayscale Image. 3 When [...]

57 Opening an Image File This pro cedure op ens imag e files t hat were s aved by C apturePerfec t. Not e The foll owing fi le types sav ed by Captu rePerfect c an be opene d: TIFF (*.t if), JPEG (*.jp g), BMP (*.bmp ) and PDF (*.pdf) files. 1 Click the butto n on the toolba r. (Or click O pen in the File menu.) The Ope n dialog box appea rs. 2 Sel[...]

58 Note Multipl e files can be selected to be opened toge ther. By se lecting on e file and hold ing the Shi ft key while select ing anot her file, all fil es in betw een are sele cted. Mu ltiple file s can also be selected by holdi ng the Ctrl ke y whil e selecti ng each file.[...]

59 Printing an Im age The f ollowing p rocedure p rints th e image displaye d in the wi ndow: 1 Click Printer Se tting on the Fil e menu. The Print S etup di alog box app ears. 2 Select the printer, pap er and printing o rientation as n eeded, and click the O K button. Note To set p rinter de tails, clic k the Prope rties butt on. The dialog b ox f[...]

60 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, a nd click the OK button.[...]

61 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 Brightness 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 ag[...]

62 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 /add, you can specify an ima ge from the scanne r or a file saved w ith Captur ePerfect. 1 Open the TIFF or PDF file i n which to i nsert the page . Note • Pages c annot be a dded to BMP or JPEG files . • To add a p age [...]

63 When "fro m Scan ner" i s sel ect ed 1) The Appen d Page d ialog bo x is displa yed. 2) Select th e locatio n to ad d or insert the page, make the Scanne r Settings, and clic k OK. Scanning begins, and pages are ad ded or inserte d. 3) When ther e are no more doc uments, scanning stops. When "from Fil e" is selec ted 1) The O[...]

64 2) Select th e image f ile to add or insert, and clic k Open. The Inse rt/Add fro m the 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 ins erted, and click O K. 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 ?[...]

65 Replacing a Page 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 CapturePe rfect. 1 Open the TIFF or PDF file i n which to i nsert the page . 2 Click Replac e Page in the Page menu t o display the submenu. The Re place[...]

66 4 Replac e the page. When "fro m Scan ner" i s sel ect ed 1) The Rep lace Page dialog b ox is displ ayed. 2) Set t he Sc anner Sett ings, and cl ick O K. Scanning begins, and pages follow ing the di splayed page 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 d[...]

67 2) Select th e image f ile co ntaining the image to be repl aced, and click Op en. The Rep lace the page from the file d ialog box appears. 3) Confirm the repla cement ima ge(s) in th e image f ile by cl icking Next Pag e and Prev. Page, specify the page range f or replace ment, and cl ick OK. Pages fol lowing the display ed page a re repla ced [...]

68 Setting PDF File Security Options Set the s ecurity opti ons to res trict viewi ng, printi ng and pag e editing of PDF fil es. Security Settings Open a PDF file, an d click Password Set tings in t he Edit me nu to o pen the Pas sword Settin gs dialo g box. 1 Select check boxe s to set pas swords. • Passw ord to open docume nt The Do cument O p[...]

69 • Forbid u sers to Print Prohibits printing of the P DF file. • Forbid u sers to Edit Prohibits page ope rations (a dd, insert and replace). Important When se tting a uthority, s et the Permis sions Pas sword t o prevent users from cancel ing secu rity. 3 Enter the same pass word in Password C onfirmation tha t you en tered in Passwor d Sett[...]

70 Index A Adding (Pa ges) ............... .. 62 Adjusti ng Brig htness ......... 61 B Barcod e/OCR Modific ation 31 C Capacity Warnin g Settings .... ................... .. 34 E Edit menu ........... ............. .... 8 F File menu .................. .......... 5 File Name ........... ............. .. 23 File Nam e Limitations . 24 File Types ...[...]