Scanning Micro-Opaques on the ST 200

Rev. 08.30.06, abn

Ÿ Turn on the ST 200 Scanner by flipping the toggle found on the back right corner, top surface. The PC should already be on.

Ÿ Place the microprint (5½ x 8) or microcard (3x5) in its respective plexiglass holder, set it on the glass stage, and raise the column to position the lens above it.

P TIP To adjust the column, press on the lever at its base. The column has a few positions that it will “click” into.

N CAVEAT The column does not have a very great range of motion, and it will not stand straight up.

Don’t attempt to force it.

Ÿ Press the left button on the Mini-Light to turn it on, and adjust the gooseneck to provide even light across the surface of the card. (The right button turns it off.)

Ÿ When the machine is turned on, the default mode is Viewer Mode This means the PC monitor will display a camera image of what the scanner’s lense is “looking” at.

Use the Zoom and Focus buttons on the Operating Panel to zoom and focus as desired.

P TIP When you begin, you will need to zoom in quite far to be able to see anything, so

press on the Zoom In button and hold it down to “speed zoom”.

N CAVEAT The “Mirror Image” setting is always on by default when you start up the machine.

Press the Mirror Image button to turn this “feature” off so that the image will be oriented

properly when you view it.

Ÿ Now press the PC1 button on the Operating Panel. This will switch you into PC mode so that you can see the desktop of the computer.

Ÿ Open the ScanWrite program by double-clicking on its icon. Select “Snapshot”, which is the setting for opaque media such as the microprint card.

(“Direct Film Scanner” is for transparent media such as fiche and film.)

Ÿ The “Snapshot Viewer” application opens.

o Click on Preview Snapshot and then adjust the card and settings as needed, going back and forth between Viewer and PC1 modes until you have

a preview shot you like.

o Click on Print Snapshot to print, or

o To edit, click on Send to PC and Finish to move the scan to the ScanWrite desktop. ScanWrite offers a limited number of ways to edit your scan.

If you need more editing power, save the scan as an image file and reopen it in Photoshop. To edit within ScanWrite:

§ Click on the scan file to highlight it

§ Click on the Edit button in the menu bar across the top of the ScanWrite window. From this screen you can:

w Crop

w Rotate

w Change brightness/contrast

w Sharpen

w Auto-Enhance

N CAVEAT The Undo Changes button does not step you backwards through your changes.

Instead, it removes all the changes you have made since you last saved the file. Therefore,

save often! If you want to be able to undo one change at a time, you’ll need to save one

change at a time.

§ Click on Save Changes to save. By default, files are saved on the desktop in numbered folders labeled Scanwrite.

These are deleted automatically whenever the PC is rebooted, but several folders can build up before that happens,

depending on use. The folders would be labeled something like “Scanwrite1”, “Scanwrite2”, etc. You can change the

name of the folder to make it easier to identify yours. We recommend using your last name or the name of your project.

Ÿ You can click on the Send to HD or Send to USB buttons to save your file to the hard drive or a “thumb” or “USB” drive. (The latter can be inserted in USB

ports located under the grey panel on the front face of the PC.) When you save using these utilities, you are given the option of saving in a variety of image formats.

Ÿ The Print button allows you to change the image orientation and size before you print.

Ÿ The Email function does not work with the University’s supported Email program.

Ÿ When you are completely finished using the program, click on the Finish button (checkered flag), and if you have already saved everything you needed to, click Yes

to discard the scan files on the ScanWrite desktop and exit.

Ÿ Turn off the scanner, the Mini-Light, and any other lights on the unit that may be on. (See the manual for locations of other light switches.)