BenQ 7400UT User manual

Electronic User’s Manual

Welcome to Mirascan 5.10!
In the “For Beginners” section, we will walk you through your first scan. You don’t
need to know much about scanners and digital imaging. Just follow the ste s in this
section and you’ll be able to scan images and save them as files, send via a fax a lica-
tion software or e-mail, or ut them on a web age..., etc.
Before you start, check the following items:
• Check if the scanner is correctly installed and connected to your com uter. For
details, lease see the scanner installation guide oster in the ackage.
• If you want to use the “Scan to Fax”, “Scan to E-mail”, “Scan to OCR” and “Scan to
PDA” functions, make sure related software rograms are installed.
• Check if the rinter is correctly installed and turned on before using the “Scan to
Printer” function.
How to read in the For Beginners” section?
Click the button to jum to the next age, the button to the re-
vious age.
Click the button to jum to the first age.

Prepare your original for scanning
If you want to scan a photograph
If you want to scan a picture on a book or magazine
Place the hotogra h with the side to be scanned facing down on the scanner
glass late and align it against the edge of the scanner. Note the direction of
the hotogra h so that you will not scan the hotogra h in wrong direction.
Close scanner cover.
O en the book to the age that contains the icture you want to scan and
ut it on the scanner with the icture against the glass late. Note the direc-
tion of the icture so that you will not scan the icture in wrong direction.
Close scanner cover.

File
E-mail
Printer
Fax
OCR
PDA
Web
Applications
Wallpaper
Quick Index Open Mirascan 5.10 (Standard Mode)
Double-click the MiraScan icon on your deskto . Mirascan 5.10 will o en to the
screen.
Now you are ready to use the “Scan to” functions. Click a quick index button on the
left of this age, and you will jum to the age that describes how to use the function.

File
E-mail
Printer
Fax
OCR
PDA
Web
Applications
Wallpaper
Quick Index Scan to File
Click the button indicated below. Then a button bar will a ear on the screen. Click
the button on the button bar.
Click this button.

File
E-mail
Printer
Fax
OCR
PDA
Web
Applications
Wallpaper
Quick Index
A button bar will a ear on the screen. Click the button on the button bar.
Then click the scan button on the screen. The scanner will start scanning the
original. When finished, the scanned image file will be saved to your “My Documents”
(Windows 98/Me) or “Personal” (Windows 2000) folder.
Click this button

File
E-mail
Printer
Fax
OCR
PDA
Web
Applications
Wallpaper
Quick Index Scan to E-mail
Click the button indicated below.
Click this button.

File
E-mail
Printer
Fax
OCR
PDA
Web
Applications
Wallpaper
Quick Index
A button bar will a ear on the screen. Click the button on the button bar.
Click this button

File
E-mail
Printer
Fax
OCR
PDA
Web
Applications
Wallpaper
Quick Index
Then click the scan button on the screen. Mirascan 5.10 will scan the original
and transfer the scanned image to a new e-mail as an attachment.

File
E-mail
Printer
Fax
OCR
PDA
Web
Applications
Wallpaper
Quick Index Scan to Printer
Click the button indicated below.
Click this button.

File
E-mail
Printer
Fax
OCR
PDA
Web
Applications
Wallpaper
Quick Index
A button bar will a ear on the left. Click the button on the button bar.
Then click the scan button on the screen. Mirascan 5.10 will start scanning the
original. When finished, the image will be rinted by your rinter.
Click this button

File
E-mail
Printer
Fax
OCR
PDA
Web
Applications
Wallpaper
Quick Index Scan to Fax
Click the button indicated below.
Click this button.

File
E-mail
Printer
Fax
OCR
PDA
Web
Applications
Wallpaper
Quick Index
A button bar will a ear on the left. Click the button on the button bar.
Then click the scan button on the screen. Mirascan 5.10 will start scanning the
original. When finished, the scanned image will be sent to the com atible fax software
installed in your com uter.
Click this button

File
E-mail
Printer
Fax
OCR
PDA
Web
Applications
Wallpaper
Quick Index The send fax wizard (taking WinFax for exam le) will a ear. Follow the instructions
and you will be able send the scanned image by fax.

File
E-mail
Printer
Fax
OCR
PDA
Web
Applications
Wallpaper
Quick Index Scan to OCR
The “Scan to OCR” function allows you to scan documents and turn the scanned
document image into editable text files. This will save you a lot of time re-ty ing the
text.
Click the button indicated below.
Click this button.

File
E-mail
Printer
Fax
OCR
PDA
Web
Applications
Wallpaper
Quick Index
A button bar will a ear on the left. Click the button on the button bar.
Then click the scan button on the screen.
Click this button

File
E-mail
Printer
Fax
OCR
PDA
Web
Applications
Wallpaper
Quick Index Mirascan 5.10 will start scanning the image. A “Save as” dialogue box will then a ear.
S ecify the file name and location you want to save the out ut text file and click
“Save”.
The OCR software (taking FineReader 4.0 S rint for exam le) will recognize the
scanned image and save the result with the name and to the location you s ecified in
ste 2.

File
E-mail
Printer
Fax
OCR
PDA
Web
Applications
Wallpaper
Quick Index Scan to PDA
This function allows you to scan your favorite hotos to Palm com atible PDAs
(Personal Digital Assistant).
Before you start, check the following:
• The utility software that comes with your PDA (such as Palm Deskto ) is installed.
• The software “Album ToGo” (available in the “AlbumTG” folder in the scanner soft-
ware CD-ROM) is installed.
• The PDA is laced on its cradle and connected to your com uter correctly.
Click the button indicated below.
Click this button.

File
E-mail
Printer
Fax
OCR
PDA
Web
Applications
Wallpaper
Quick Index
A button bar will a ear on the left. Click the button on the button bar.
Then click the scan button on the screen. Mirascan 5.10 will start scanning the
original. When finished, ress the Sync button on cradle to transfer the scanned
image to your PDA.
Click this button

File
E-mail
Printer
Fax
OCR
PDA
Web
Applications
Wallpaper
Quick Index Scan to Web
Click the button indicated below.
Click this button.