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ScanGear CS-U 5.3 for CanoScan FB630U/FB636U Color Image Scanner User’ s Guide...
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This manual is copyrighted with all rights reserved. Under the copyright laws, this manual may not be copied, in whole or in part, without written consent of Canon Inc. Under the law, copying includes translating into another language or format.
Top Page Glossary Chapter 1 Before You Begin Welcome to ScanGear CS-U 5.3 ........6 Contents Getting Help in ScanGear CS ........... 8 Index Chapter 2 Scanning an Original Preparing the Scanner ........... 10 Specifying Preview Opening Setting ............11 Selecting the TWAIN Source ..........
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Top Page Glossary Chapter 5 What is on the ScanGear CS Main Window? Contents The Toolbar ..............38 Index The Main Sheet .............. 41 The Main Sheet ............... 41 Custom Resolution Dialog Box ........45 The Tone Sheet ............... 47 Auto Tone Sheet .............
Top Page Glossary Welcome to ScanGear CS-U 5.3 Contents Welcome to Canon ScanGear CS-U 5.3 software for Windows 98. Index ScanGear CS-U 5.3 (hereafter referred to ScanGear CS) will provide flexible, efficient image enhancement tools for scanning with your CanoScan FB630U/FB636U Scanner by providing an interface with a wide variety of TWAIN-compliant software applications.
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chapter 1 Before You Begin Top Page Glossary • ScanGear CS can run with or without its main window, depending on the acquiring application. Contents Index Normally when you start a scanning job, you will see the ScanGear CS main window with its toolbar, Preview Area, and tabs. However, some software applications may not open the ScanGear CS main window.
chapter 1 Before You Begin Top Page Glossary Getting Help in ScanGear CS Contents For information on using ScanGear CS, open the on-line Help by Index clicking the Help button on the toolbar or on the dialog boxes. For general questions about scanning, check the Table of Contents or Index to see if the topic you are looking for is covered elsewhere in this user’s guide.
chapter Top Page Glossary Contents Index Scanning an Original Preparing the Scanner Specifying Preview Opening Setting Selecting the TWAIN Source Previewing and Scanning an Original Selecting the Scanning Area...
chapter 2 Scanning an Original Top Page Glossary This is a quick overview of executing a scanning job. For more information about detailed ScanGear CS settings, see Chapter 4 Contents Chapter Index Preparing the Scanner Follow these simple guidelines to prepare for a scanning job: •...
chapter 2 Scanning an Original Top Page Glossary Specifying Preview Contents Opening Setting Index The preview opening setting determines what you see in the Preview Area of the ScanGear CS main window when you launch ScanGear CS from the parent software application. What you will see every time you start ScanGear CS depends on how the preview opening setting has been adjusted in the Preferences sheet.
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chapter 2 Scanning an Original Top Page Glossary If you want to preview the original on the scanner platen automatically when ScanGear CS is launched from the parent Contents software application, click the button for “Automatically Index execute a preview”. -or- If you want to display the image displayed in the Preview Area when ScanGear CS was closed at the end of the previous...
chapter 2 Scanning an Original Top Page Glossary Selecting the TWAIN Source Contents Follow this simple procedure to select the CanoScan FB630U/ Index FB636U as the scanner source. This is a very general description of this procedure. The procedure for your software application may be slightly different.
chapter 2 Scanning an Original Top Page Glossary Previewing and Contents Scanning an Original Index Place the original on the scanner platen. For details about positioning the original on the scanner platen, see Quick Start Guide. Note Start the software application you are going to use to start the scanning job.
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chapter 2 Scanning an Original Top Page Glossary Contents Index If you see an image in the Preview Area, this means one of the preview settings has been switched on with the Preferences sheet. Note Otherwise, the Preview Area is empty. ( 30) On the Main sheet, adjust the settings for the Scan Mode, Scan Resolution, and size (Selection).
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chapter 2 Scanning an Original Top Page Glossary Click the Preview button to pre-scan the image and display it in the Preview Area. Contents Index With the image in the Preview Area, you can use the ScanGear CS toolbar and the sheets to manipulate or enhance the image before you Note actually scan it and send it to the parent software...
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chapter 2 Scanning an Original Top Page Glossary Adjust the image quality with the tools and options provided on the sheets: Contents Index • Tone sheet. Allows you to adjust the quality of the image. • FB630U/FB636U Scanner sheet. Allows you to set the Threshold and Descreen settings.
chapter 2 Scanning an Original Top Page Glossary Selecting the Scanning Area Contents Follow this procedure to use the Crop and/or Auto Crop buttons to Index select an area of the image in the Preview Area for scanning. In the ScanGear CS main window, click the Preview button to display the image on the platen in the Preview Area.
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chapter 2 Scanning an Original Top Page Glossary Click the Scan button to scan the image and send it to the parent software application. Contents Index • You can also use the Selection features on the Main sheet to set the scanning area precisely by entering the dimensions in the entry boxes.
chapter 3 Settings in the Windows Control Panel Top Page Glossary Preferences Settings Contents Index Displaying the Preferences Sheet The Preferences sheet contains settings for important features that you can switch on and off. The Preferences sheet must be opened from the Control Panel; it cannot be opened from within the parent software application.
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chapter 3 Settings in the Windows Control Panel Top Page Glossary In the Properties window, click the Preferences tab to open the Preferences sheet. Contents Index For a detailed description of Preferences sheet settings, see the following sections.
Control Panel. Switching on the ColorGear Profile for best color matching Click the checkbox for "Use ColorGear profile" to use the Canon ColorGear profile for the best color matching between monitor display and printed output. The Windows 98 profile is used until...
chapter 3 Settings in the Windows Control Panel Top Page Glossary Preview Opening Settings Contents Switching automatic preview on for ScanGear CS launching Index Click the button for “Automatically execute a preview” to preview the original on the scanner platen automatically when ScanGear CS is launched from the parent software application.
chapter 3 Settings in the Windows Control Panel Top Page Glossary Events Setting Contents Index Selecting an Application for Starting Up with the Start Button The events setting on the Events sheet determines which parent application starts automatically when the Start Button on the scanner is pressed.
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chapter 3 Settings in the Windows Control Panel Top Page Glossary In the Properties window, click the Events tab to open the Events sheet. Contents Index The list of all push-enabled applications (applications designed for scanners with the push button) registered in your system will Note appear in the Events window.
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chapter 3 Settings in the Windows Control Panel Top Page Glossary In the list, click the name of the application that you want start automatically every time you press the Push Contents Button on the scanner. If other applications are Index selected, click their checkboxes to de-select them.
chapter 4 The ScanGear CS Settings Top Page Glossary Overview of the Main Window Contents Index Toolbar Use the Toolbar to manipulate the image in the Preview Area and modify the scan settings. Scanning Buttons Click the Preview button to pre-scan the image and display it in the Preview Area so you can select the scanning area, manipulate the image, or enhance the image with special effects.
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chapter 4 The ScanGear CS Settings Top Page Glossary Click the Clear button to clear the image in the Preview Area. Clicking the Clear Button also cancels any scanning settings you Contents have performed on the image. Index Preview Area Displays the preview image.
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chapter 4 The ScanGear CS Settings Top Page Glossary The Tabs and Sheets Click the Main tab, Tone tab, or the Scanner tab to open the Main Contents sheet, Tone sheet, or Scanner sheet. Use the settings on each Index sheet to perform important settings for scanning.
chapter 4 The ScanGear CS Settings Top Page Glossary Summary of the ScanGear CS Contents Settings Index General Scanning Settings The general scanning settings set up the basic features for the scanning job. The general scanning settings are performed in the ScanGear CS main window.
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chapter 4 The ScanGear CS Settings Top Page Glossary Selecting the Scan Mode On the Main sheet click the down-arrow for Scan Mode and select Contents Black and White, Grayscale, Color, High Definition Color, or Text Index Enhanced. ( 41) Selecting scanning resolution On the Main sheet click the down-arrow for Scan Resolution and select the resolution setting from the pull-down list.
chapter 4 The ScanGear CS Settings Top Page Glossary Image Manipulation Settings Contents These settings allow you to crop, size, or change the position of Index the image for scanning. Cropping an image Click the Crop button in the toolbar and drag the pointer to draw a rectangle around the area of the image you want to crop.
chapter 4 The ScanGear CS Settings Top Page Glossary Rotating an image Click the Rotate Left or Rotate Right button in the toolbar to Contents rotate the image left or right 90 degrees. ( 40) Index Image Enhancement Settings The enhancement settings provide a range of professional tools for adjusting color and tone for scanning.
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chapter 4 The ScanGear CS Settings Top Page Glossary Adjusting output color (RGB) On the Tone sheet, click the Special Tone Curves button. Then Contents on the graph, click a point on the curve to define a point and Index drag it in any direction to adjust the color output of the color selected in the Channel box.
chapter 5 What is on the ScanGear CS Main Window? Top Page Glossary The Toolbar Contents Buttons on the toolbar help you to perform important tasks, like Index cropping images, moving images, zooming, and so on. Crop Button Click the Crop button and drag the pointer in any direction to draw a rectangle around the area you want to select for scanning.
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chapter 5 What is on the ScanGear CS Main Window? Top Page Glossary Zoom Tool Button Click the Zoom Tool button and then click the left or right mouse Contents button to increase or decrease the current magnification of the Index image.
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chapter 5 What is on the ScanGear CS Main Window? Top Page Glossary Rotate Left Button Click the Rotate Left button to rotate a scanned image left 90 Contents degrees (counterclockwise). Click this button repeatedly to Index continue rotating the image left. Rotate Right Button Click the Rotate Right button to rotate a scanned image right 90 degrees (clockwise).
chapter 5 What is on the ScanGear CS Main Window? Top Page Glossary The Main Sheet Contents Index The Main Sheet Scan Mode The Scan Mode determines how the original will be scanned: Black and White, Grayscale, Color, etc.
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High Definition Color. Select for the best possible color quality. Scanning at this setting will be slightly slower. • Text Enhanced. Converts grayscale images to black and white using Canon ImageTrust technology. This setting produces sharper text which will be easier for OCR software to recognize. Scan Resolution Select a Scan Resolution that matches how you will be using the scanned image.
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chapter 5 What is on the ScanGear CS Main Window? Top Page Glossary Notations are provided to help you decide which Contents resolution setting to select. If you are scanning the original for display on a screen (not printing) select Note Index Screen 75 dpi.
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chapter 5 What is on the ScanGear CS Main Window? Top Page Glossary • Units. Click the down-arrow and select a unit to measure the scanning area. Changing the Units setting does not affect the Contents image in the Preview Area. Index •...
chapter 5 What is on the ScanGear CS Main Window? Top Page Glossary Custom Resolution Dialog Box Contents ScanGear CS has a range of preset resolutions based on your Index chosen output device. With the Custom Resolutions dialog box, you can also create a new customized resolution, change, or delete a previously defined custom resolution.
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chapter 5 What is on the ScanGear CS Main Window? Top Page Glossary To delete a custom resolution setting Contents When you no longer need to use a custom resolution, you can delete it from the list. Index On the Main sheet, click the down-arrow for Scan Resolution and select Custom from the pull-down list.
chapter 5 What is on the ScanGear CS Main Window? Top Page Glossary The Tone Sheet Contents In the main window click the Tone tab to open the Tone sheet. Index The Tone sheet contains the buttons that open the professional features for adjusting color tone.
chapter 5 What is on the ScanGear CS Main Window? Top Page Glossary Auto Tone Sheet Contents Index When the Auto Tone button is depressed, the Auto Tone sheet is displayed with the Auto Tone graph and the automatic tone correction feature switches on. All color tone adjustment is conducted automatically by ScanGear CS to produce a better image.
chapter 5 What is on the ScanGear CS Main Window? Top Page Glossary Contrast/Brightness Sheet Contents Index When the Contrast/Brightness button is clicked, the Contrast/ Brightness sheet is displayed. The shape of the tone curve changes to reflect the current Contrast/Brightness setting for the current Channel, and the image in the Preview Area changes to reflect the adjustment.
chapter 5 What is on the ScanGear CS Main Window? Top Page Glossary Contrast Drag the Contrast slider to the left to decrease the contrast of the Contents image or to the right to increase the contrast of the image. Index Channel Click the Channel down-arrow and select one of the primary colors...
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chapter 5 What is on the ScanGear CS Main Window? Top Page Glossary When the Gamma button is clicked, the Gamma sheet is displayed. Contents Index Gamma refers to a process where mid-tones are shifted so that the lighter colors are lightened and darker colors are darkened. For example, let us say you scanned a photograph of a subject in a boat in a tree-lined lake and the shadows of the trees are dark enough and the white of the boat is light enough, but the blue in...
chapter 5 What is on the ScanGear CS Main Window? Top Page Glossary Reset Resets the default gamma setting. Contents Index Histogram Sheet When the Histogram button is clicked, the Histogram sheet is displayed. Use the histogram to enhance an image when the image is either too light or too dark, like an overexposed or underexposed photograph.
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chapter 5 What is on the ScanGear CS Main Window? Top Page Glossary Eyedroppers (Black-point, Mid-point, White-point) Click one of the three eyedroppers then click the portion of the Contents image in the Preview Area that you want to sample, or enter Index values in the text boxes, or drag one of the three triangles at the bottom of the graph to adjust the value.
chapter 5 What is on the ScanGear CS Main Window? Top Page Glossary Special Tone Curves Sheet Contents Index When the Special Tone Curves button is clicked, the Special Tone Curves sheet is displayed. Channel Click the Channel down-arrow and select one of the primary colors (Red, Green, Blue) for adjustment or leave the setting at Master to adjust all colors.
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chapter 5 What is on the ScanGear CS Main Window? Top Page Glossary Select Special Curve Click the down-arrow and select a setting from the drop-down list. Contents These settings are designed to solve some of the most common Index problems with scanned images: overexposure, underexposure, or poor contrast: •...
chapter 5 What is on the ScanGear CS Main Window? Top Page Glossary Editing a Special Tone Curve Directly Contents In the Special Tone Curves graph you can edit the curve directly. Index Click on the curve and drag each curve anchor point until the desired effect is achieved.
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chapter 5 What is on the ScanGear CS Main Window? Top Page Glossary Here are some hints for editing curves: Contents • Curve handles are drawn on a white background as a red dot Index to signify that they are editable. When the cursor is over the handle, it changes to a crosshair.
chapter 5 What is on the ScanGear CS Main Window? Top Page Glossary The Scanner Sheet Contents Index When you click on the FB630U/FB636U Tab, the Scanner sheet opens. Paper Size Click the down-arrow and select a paper size from the drop-down list.
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chapter 5 What is on the ScanGear CS Main Window? Top Page Glossary Threshold Threshold determines whether portions of an original are scanned Contents as black or white. Drag the slider right to make the document Index lighter or drag it left to make the document darker. You can also enter the values directly into the entry box (range: 0~255).
chapter 6 Troubleshooting Top Page Glossary Pre-Scan Checklist Contents Perform the checks on this short list before you begin Index troubleshooting specific problems. • Refer to the Quick Start Guide to make sure that the ScanGear CS software was installed successfully. •...
chapter 6 Troubleshooting Top Page Glossary How to Avoid Problems Contents Here is some general advice on avoiding problems in your Index scanning jobs: • Start with the best possible original image to scan. • Select only the part of the image you want to scan. Preview the image and select it with the Crop and Auto Crop buttons.
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chapter 6 Troubleshooting Top Page Glossary • If you are using OCR software, scan in Text Enhanced at 300 Contents dpi or higher. Index • Take advantage of the preview feature and preview as much as you want before scanning.
chapter 6 Troubleshooting Top Page Glossary Troubleshooting Contents The scanner diagnostics test fails. Index Problem: The Scanner Diagnostics test started with the Test Scanner button on the Scanner sheet, returns a Test Failed message. Cause: The scan head may not be in its home position. Solution: Close the ScanGear CS window if it is open.
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chapter 6 Troubleshooting Top Page Glossary The printed image colors appear different from image you see in the Preview Area. Contents Problem: The colors in the printed image appear different Index from the colors in the image you see on the screen. Cause: Printer toner may be low.
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chapter 6 Troubleshooting Top Page Glossary ScanGear CS does not launch. Contents Problem: ScanGear CS does not launch, the screen freezes, or another software application launches. Index Cause: The scanner may not be connected correctly, or you may have chosen the wrong scanner source in your application.
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chapter 6 Troubleshooting Top Page Glossary Parts of images are missing or mis-aligned. Contents Problem: Some characters are missing from the image in the Preview Area, or the image is mis-aligned in the Index Preview Area. Cause: The page has been placed on the scanner improperly.
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chapter 6 Troubleshooting Top Page Glossary The image I want to scan is too big for the scanner. Contents Problem: The image I want to scan is 50 percent larger than my scanner platen. Index Solution: Scan one half at a time, at exactly the same settings.
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Glossary Top Page Glossary Acquired Images Images sent from your scanner software to the host graphics Contents application. Index Auto Crop After you select an area of the screen by clicking the Crop button and dragging a rectangle around the object or text you want to crop, click the Auto Crop button to size the rectangle exactly to the size of the object or block of text enclosed in the rectangle.
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Canon ColorGear Color Matching Canon’s process of matching the color profile of the input device (scanner) with the color profile of the output device (monitor), to yield the most accurate color image. Canon ColorGear Color Matching is compliant with ICC (International Color Consortium) guidelines.
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Glossary Top Page Glossary Canon ImageTrust Canon’s process of converting grayscale image (8 bits per pixel) to Contents a black and white image (1 bit per pixel) to yield a more effective Index scan for optical character recognition (OCR) applications.
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Color matching lets Index your system display colors so that the color on your monitor and printer matches the colors scanned. See also Canon ColorGear Color Matching. Complementary colors Red, green, and blue can be thought of as complementary colors to cyan, magenta, and yellow.
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Glossary Top Page Glossary Curve file A file containing Special Tone Curve settings. (Tone sheet-Special Contents Tone Curves) Index Custom curves A user-defined Special Tone Curve that may be saved in a file. (Tone sheet-Special Tone Curves) Custom Resolutions The Custom Resolutions dialog box lets you create a scan resolution not found in the preset list, but supported by the input device.
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Glossary Top Page Glossary End points The points at each end of a preset or custom tone curve. The curve Contents end points cannot be deleted. If they are dragged to or past an Index edge, they remain on the edge. Add points to the curve by clicking anywhere in the curve box.
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Glossary Top Page Glossary Grayscale Grayscale refers to a single-channel image made up of 256 shades Contents of gray, ranging from white to black, that represent all tones in an Index image. Height The Height text box contains the height of the current selection, or, if there is no selection, the maximum vertical output size, based on the currently selected Paper Size.
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Glossary Top Page Glossary Low contrast An image that has low contrast does not have many distinct Contents differences between tones. Index Mid-point The midtone portion of the image scanned as Color or Grayscale. When you click on the image with the Mid-point eyedropper, all tones between the black-point and the white-point are adjusted in relation to the mid-point setting.
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Glossary Top Page Glossary OCR (Optical Character Recognition) OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software converts text images Contents into actual text characters readable by a word-processing program Index or similar application. The Text Enhanced scan setting sharpens black and white contrast to assist in the accurate recognition of characters in OCR software.
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Glossary Top Page Glossary Pixel An acronym for “picture element,” a pixel is the smallest element Contents used to create a screen image. It can contain up to 24 bits of color Index information. Platen The scanner’s document glass, where originals are placed for scanning.
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Glossary Top Page Glossary Resolution The degree of detail, translated into the number of pixels or dpi, Contents which a device such as a scanner, video monitor, printer, or other Index image-displaying device, can display or reproduce. See also dpi, Pixel, Scan Resolution.
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Glossary Top Page Glossary Scan Mode The desired bit depth for the scanned image. Choices are Color, Contents High Definition Color, Black and White, Grayscale, and Text Index Enhanced. Scanner An input device that scans an original with a light source, and converts the image tones to digital information for computer applications.
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When Text Enhanced is the scan mode, images are scanned as Grayscale (8 bits per pixel) and converted to Black and White (1 bit per pixel) using Canon ImageTrust processing software. Threshold In a Black and White image, the point at which a gray pixel is determined to become either black or white.
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Glossary Top Page Glossary Toolbar A set of ScanGear CS tool buttons, located above the Preview Contents Area, for image selection, orientation, and other basic Index adjustments. TWAIN TWAIN refers to an industry standard for transferring information from devices (such as a scanner or digital camera) to your computer.
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Glossary Top Page Glossary Width The Width text box contains the width of the current selection or, Contents if there is no selection, the maximum horizontal output size, based Index on the currently selected paper size. Width-Height ratio Proportion of the image. To keep the width-height ratio intact, click the Keep Proportions button before changing the width or height values.
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Index Top Page Glossary Index Contents Index Auto Crop Button, 39 enhancing image Auto Tone button, 40, 47 adjusting Brightness, 35 Auto Tone Sheet, 48 adjusting color tone automatically, 35 adjusting Contrast, 35 adjusting intensity of tones (Histogram), 35 Black and White, 42 adjusting mid-tones (Gamma), 35 adjusting output color...
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Preferences sheet Automatically execute a preview, 24 Automatically quit ScanGear Main sheet after scanning, 24 Keep Proportions button, 43 Canon ColorGear color Scale, 44 matching, 23 Scan Mode, 41 opening, 21 Scan Resolution, 42 Saved image will be Selection, 43...
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Index Top Page Glossary Contents resolution, 31, 42 Test Scanner, 59 Index setting custom resolution, 45 Text Enhanced, 42 Rotate Left button, 40 Threshold, 59 Rotate Right button, 40 Tone sheet rulers, 30 Tone buttons, 47 Rulers button, 40 toolbar Auto Crop button, 39 Auto Tone button, 40 Crop button, 38...
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Index Top Page Glossary Contents Width and Height, 44 Index Zoom Tool button, 39...