Canon CanoScan FB 630U User manual

ScanGear CS-U 5.3
for CanoScan FB630U/FB636U Color Image Scanner
User’s Guide

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Chapter 1 Before You Begin
Welcome to ScanGear CS-U 5.3 ....................................... 6
Getting Help in ScanGear CS ........................................... 8
Chapter 2 Scanning an Original
Preparing the Scanner ................................................... 10
Specifying Preview
Opening Setting ......................................................... 11
Selecting the TWAIN Source .......................................... 13
Previewing and
Scanning an Original ................................................. 14
Selecting the Scanning Area ......................................... 18
Chapter 3 Settings in the Windows
Control Panel
Preferences Settings ...................................................... 21
Displaying the Preferences Sheet .................................. 21
Windowless Mode Settings ............................................ 23
Color Matching Settings ................................................. 23
Preview Opening Settings .............................................. 24
ScanGear Quit Setting .................................................... 24
Events Setting ................................................................ 25
Selecting an Application for Starting Up with the Start
Button ......................................................................... 25
Chapter 4 The ScanGear CS Settings
Overview of the Main Window..................................... 29
Summary of the ScanGear CS
Settings ....................................................................... 32
General Scanning Settings ............................................. 32
Image Manipulation Settings......................................... 34
Image Enhancement Settings ........................................ 35

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Chapter 5 What is on the ScanGear CS
Main Window?
The Toolbar ..................................................................... 38
The Main Sheet .............................................................. 41
The Main Sheet ............................................................... 41
Custom Resolution Dialog Box....................................... 45
The Tone Sheet ............................................................... 47
Auto Tone Sheet ............................................................. 48
Contrast/Brightness Sheet .............................................. 49
Gamma Sheet .................................................................. 50
Histogram Sheet ............................................................. 52
Special Tone Curves Sheet .............................................. 54
Editing a Special Tone Curve Directly ............................ 56
The Scanner Sheet ......................................................... 58
Chapter 6 Troubleshooting
Pre-Scan Checklist .......................................................... 61
How to Avoid Problems................................................. 62
Troubleshooting ............................................................. 64
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Welcome to ScanGear CS-U 5.3
Getting Help in ScanGear CS
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Welcome to ScanGear CS-U 5.3
Welcome to Canon ScanGear CS-U 5.3 software for Windows 98.
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.
ScanGear CS has a number of powerful features that help you
achieve peak performance with your scanner. Using ScanGear CS,
you can preview and adjust an image before the image is scanned
and acquired by the target software application.
Here is a quick summary of the important features of ScanGear CS:
• Flexible, fully automatic image acquisition, and pre-scan
image manipulation prior to passing data to the image
application
• Sophisticated, Windows 98 user interface
• TWAIN 1.6 compliant
• High Definition Color
• Text Enhanced mode for OCR applications
• Canon ColorGear (Color Matching software technology)
• Automatic preview or preview image cache

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Before You Begin
• ScanGear CS can run with or without its main window,
depending on the acquiring application.
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. When this occurs you cannot use the settings
described in this user’s guide because the parent software
application will provide the settings so you can change the image
after it is acquired. When a software application uses ScanGear CS
without opening the ScanGear CS main window, this is called the
windowless mode.

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Getting Help in ScanGear CS
For information on using ScanGear CS, open the on-line Help by
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.

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Scanning an Original
Preparing the Scanner
Specifying Preview Opening Setting
Selecting the TWAIN Source
Previewing and Scanning an Original
Selecting the Scanning Area
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Scanning
an Original
This is a quick overview of executing a scanning job. For more
information about detailed ScanGear CS settings, see Chapter 4
and Chapter 5.
Preparing the Scanner
Follow these simple guidelines to prepare for a scanning job:
• Before you start scanning, make sure the scanner is
connected correctly.
• Always position the original on the scanner platen with the
image side down.
• ScanGear CS lets you correct many undesirable features in
scanned images, but you will save time and effort by starting
with the best possible original. If you are scanning a
photograph, for example, make sure the original is in the
sharpest possible focus.
• If you are scanning text, make sure the printed text is sharp
and clean.