Mustek BearPaw 2400CS Plus User manual

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Welcome!
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Contents
Welcome .............................................................................................1
Unpacking the Scanner .......................................................................2
InstallingDrivers ................................................................................ 2
Using the Scanner Buttons on the Control Panel .................................3
Scanner Hardware Buttons Settings .........................................3
•Scanner (non-changeable) Default Settings ...............4
Scan .........................................................................................5
Copy ........................................................................................5
Fax ...........................................................................................6
Email ........................................................................................7
Panel ........................................................................................7
•BearPaw Panel Settings .............................................8
BearPaw Panel (non-changeable) Default Settings 8
•Scan ..........................................................................9
•Copy .........................................................................9
•Fax ........................................................................11
•Email .........................................................................12
•OCR ..........................................................................12
•Personal Style ...........................................................13
Personal Style (non-changeable) Default Settings 15
•Help ..........................................................................15
Other Settings ....................................................................................16
Using the TWAIN Dialog Box.................................................................17
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Getting Help
Help on procedures
Help is the primary source of information
about the BearPaw scanner. The following
illustration shows where you can find
Help.
There are various ways of obtaining trouble-
shooting and customer care information.
1. Click on Start on your Windows® taskbar,
then Programs to select your scanner model.
Click on HelpSystem,or
2. Select Scanner Help on the Direct Scan icon of
your Windows® taskbar, or
3. Click on the Helpbutton found in the BearPaw
Panel, or
4. Click on the Linkbutton, then HelpSystem.
Help is also available at
http://www.mustek.com.tw
http://www.mustek.com
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Unpacking the Scanner
Unpack the package and inspect the items
closely to make sure no item is damaged. The
package should include:
!The Scanner
!USBCable
!BearPawScannerUser‘sGuide
!InstallationCD
!Scanning Utilities Manual (either included in
the Installation CD or printed separately)
Installing Drivers
Pleasecompletethe softwaredriversinstallation
before installingthescanner.
1. Insert the Driver Installation CD into your disk
drive.
2. Follow all on screen instructions.
If, after inserting the Driver Installation CD into
your disk drive, the Driver Installation Welcome
screen does not appear, do the following:
1. Click on Startand select Run.
2. In the Rundialog box, type drive:\run where
drive is your CD-ROM drive and click OK.

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Using the Scanner Buttons
on the Control Panel
Make sure that the Direct Scan is enabled
(shown) on your Windows® taskbar in order for
the scanner buttons to work. If in case Direct
Scan is disabledand user wants to enableit,
performthe following:
1. Click on Start on your Windows® taskbar.
2. Click on Programsand select your Scanner
Model.
3. Click on DirectScan.
Scanner Hardware Buttons Settings
Upon right-clicking the Direct Scan icon located
on your Windows® taskbar, the following menu
appears:
Click on Scanner Settings and the following
appears allowing you to make changes to your
scanner’s control panel buttons’ settings.
Direct Scan

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Scanner (non-changeable) Default Settings
Sound On/ Off Button
You can turn the BearPaw panel sound off and on
by clicking this button.

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Scan
To perform a scan, do the following:
1. Place the document with the image you want
to scan face down on your scanner window
glass.
2. Press the SCAN button. Screen display will
show scanning progress. Upon attaining
100%, your system will automatically load your
preferred image editor from the supported list
This function is only compatible withPhoto
Express™SE 3.0,Photo Deluxe™,Imaging,
MustBinder™ and PhotoShop®LE (optional).
Copy
To perform a copy, do the following:
1. Place the document with the image you want
to copy face down on your scanner window
glass.
2. Press the COPYbutton. Screen display will
show copying progress. Upon attaining 100%,
your system will automatically send your
image to your printer for printing.
Make sure that your printer is connected
properly and turned on. This function can only
printout one copy at a time. To make multiple
copies, use the COPY button located on the
BearPawPanel.

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WhitenBackground
Sometimes, you may be copying an aged text
that turned brown or a book printed on un-
bleached/recycled paper. Doing so often results
in light gray background. Check this box to get
rid of the unpleasant shade, that helps to save
ink or toner when you print it.
This function is only applicable when you are
scanning text in grayscale. A non-text original,
say a photograph, when scanned with this box
checked, can look unnatural.
Fax
To perform a fax, do the following:
1. Place the document with the image you want
to fax face down on your scanner window
glass.
2. Press the FAX button. After scanning, fax
console will appear on screen.
3. Click on the number you want to dial or click
on the phone book icon to open your tele-
phone directory to select the number to dial.
4. Click on the dial button. If in case line is busy
system will redial and LED panel will show the
current status.
PhoneBook
icon
Dialbutton
FAXCover

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E-mail
To perform an E-mail, do the following:
1. Place the document with the image you want
to E-mail as an attachment face down on your
scanner window glass.
2. Press the E-MAILbutton. Screen display will
show E-mailing progress. Upon attaining
100%, your system will automatically load your
default E-mail client and place your scanned
image as a JPEG file format attachment.
This function was designed to work only with
Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0, Netscape®
Communicator4.5, Lotus cc:Mail8.2, Outlook,
Lotus Notes.
Make sure to setup properly your E-mail client.
Refer to the documentation that comes with your
E-mail client or consult your system administra-
tor if any problem exists.
BearPaw Panel
To use the BearPawPanel, press the PANEL
button and BearPaw Panel will appear on screen.
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To enhance your overall BearPaw experience,
this function was designed to work only with the
Mustek® fax utility software provided when you
installed the software drivers.
Make sure you have a valid fax modem connec-
tion.
In case your fax modem is connected to a PBX
(Private Branch Exchange) system, first dial the
number to get an outside line before dialing the
telephone number (e.g., 0 then 1234567).
FAX Cover: Click “FAXCover” to add a text-
only cover page before sending out your
document. A cover page is a page that describes
the document's sender, reciever, title and notes.
ISDN users: If you experience any trouble,
please run Faulty Fax Fixer (FaxFixer.exe) to setup
your ISDN connection.

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If you press any scanner button when BearPaw
Panelis open, the BearPawPanelwill be hidden
from view and scanner button function operates
as usual.
BearPaw Panel Settings
Clicking on the Settings button located on the
BearPaw Panel will show the following screen
allowing you to make changes to your BearPaw
Panel settings.
Stop/Cancel
E-mailFax
Web Link
Settings
Help
Link
OCR
Scan
Copy
Personal Style
Status and
Progress Bar

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Scan
To perform a scan, do the following:
1. Place the document with the image you want to
scan face down on your scanner window glass.
2. Click on the Scan button. Status and Progress
Bar area will show scanning progress. Upon
completion, your system will automatically load
the assigned compatible graphics program.
This function is only compatible with Photo
Express™SE3.0,Photo Deluxe™, Imaging,
MustBinder™ and PhotoShop® LE (optional).
Copy
To perform a copy, do the following:
1. Place the document with the image you want to
copy face down on your scanner window
glass.
2. Click on the Copybutton and the following will
appear on screen.
3. Make any necessary selection under Mode,
Scaling, and Numberof Copies(printout).
BearPaw Panel (non-changeable) Default Settings

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4. Click on the Copybutton and Statusand
Progress Area will show copying progress.
Upon completion, your system will automati-
cally send your image to your printer for
printing.when you print it.
Clickanywhereon
thescreen anduse
thePlus(+)and
Minus(–)buttonto
changeitsvalue
OR
Clickonthiskeyto
bringouttheCopy
PanelSettings
screen
Copybutton

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Fax
To perform a fax, do the following:
1. Place the document with the image you want to
fax face down on your scanner window glass.
2. Click on the Fax button. After scanning, fax
console will appear on screen.
3. Click on the number you want to dial or click on
the phone book icon to open your telephone
directory to select the number to dial.
4. Click on the dial button. In case the number is
busy, fax software will redial and the LED panel
will show the current status.
To enhance your overall BearPaw experience,
this function was designed to work only with the
Mustek® fax utility software provided after you
install the software drivers.
Make sure you have a valid fax modem connec-
tion.
In case your fax modem is connected to a PBX
(Private Branch Exchange) system, first dial the
number to get an outside line before dialing the
telephone number (e.g., 0 then 1234567).
FAXCover: Click “FAX Cover” to add a text-
only cover page before sending out your
document. A cover page is a page that describes
the document's sender, reciever, title and notes.
PhoneBook
icon
Dialbutton
FAXCover

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E-mail
Toperform anE-mail, do the following:
1. Place the document with the image you want to
E-mail as an attachment face down on your
scanner window glass.
2. Click on the E-mailbutton. Statusand
ProgressBar area will show E-mailing
progress. Upon completion, your system will
automatically load your default E-mail client
and place your scanned image as a JPEG file
format attachment.
To set your default E-mail client, refer to the
section BearPawPanel Settings.
This function was designed to work only with
Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0, Netscape®
Communicator4.5, Lotus cc:Mail8.2, Outlook,
Lotus Notes.
Make sure to setup properly your E-mail client.
Refer to the documentation that came with your
E-mail client or consult your system administrator
if any problem exists.
OCR
To performan OCR(Optical Character Recogni-
tion), do the following:
1. Place the document with the images/characters
you want recognized face down on your
scanner window glass.
2. Click on the OCR button and the Status and
Progress Bar area will show OCR progress.
Upon completion, your system will automati-
cally load your default word processing
program and place your scanned document on
screenwith a DOC file format.
To enhance your overall BearPaw experience, this
function was designed to work only with
FineReader™OCR.
Your default word processing program would
depend on the application software installed in
your computer.

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Personal Style
Allows you to make changes to your system’s
startupscreen,wallpaper, systemlogo,icons,
cursor, screensaver, shutdown screen,or even
recover the default settings to the above men-
tioned items, by doing the following:
To change the startupscreen, wallpaper,system
logo,screensaver,or shutdownscreen:
1. Place the document with the image you want to
scan face down on your scanner window glass.
2. Click on the Personal Style button and a drop
down menu will appear.
3. Click on the item you want changed and the
Status and ProgressBar area will show its
progress. Upon completion, your system will
automatically update the system item you want
changed.
To change yourMyComputer,NetworkNeigh-
borhood,RecycleBinicon (empty andfull):
1. Place the document with the image you want to
scan face down on your scanner window glass.
2. Click on the Personal Style button and a drop
down menu will appear.
3. Click on Icon and the following screen on the
rightwill appear.
4. Click on the icon you want changed and the
CroppingArea screen appears.
5. Use the Magnify button (+ and –) to zoom in or
out and move the cropping marks to your ideal
position.
6. Verify on the Previewwindow if the desired
image area has been selected.
7. Click on the Checkmark button and your
system will automatically update the system
icon you want changed. System will revert back
to the icon selection screen. To exit, click on
the “X” mark button or continue changing
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To change your Windows® cursor:
1. Place the document with the image you want to
scan face down on your scanner window glass.
2. Click on the Personal Style button and a drop
down menu will appear.
3. Click on Cursorand the Status and Progress
Bar area will show its progress. Upon comple-
tion the following screen will appear.
4. Use the Magnify button (+ or –) to zoom in or
out and move the cropping marks to your ideal
position.
5. Select a mask from the right side of the panel.
6. Verify on the Previewwindow if the desired
image area has been selected.
7. Click on the Checkmark button and your
system will automatically update your Win-
dows® cursor.
To use the Recover feature:
The startupscreen, system logo, icons [My
Computer,NetworkNeighborhood,RecycleBin
(emptyand full)],cursor, and shutdownscreen
can be changed to the Windows® default
setting.
1. Click on the Personal Style button and a drop
down menu will appear.
2. Click on Recoverand another drop down menu
willappear.
3. Click on the item you want recovered to the
Windows® default. The Status and Progress
Bar area will show its progress. Upon comple-
tion, your system will automatically recover the
system item you selected.
Wallpaper and screen saver cannot be recovered
to the Windows® default setting using this
method.

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Personal Style (non-changeable) Default Settings
All images are scanned in color mode.
Link
To use the additional programs bundled with
your scanner, click on the Link button and the
followingitems appear:
1. BearPawVIPArea – allows you to connect
directly with our website for the latest enhance-
ment to your overall BearPaw experience.
2. BundledSoftware– additional programs
bundled with your scanner to enhance your
image editing prowess.
3. PanelReplacement– allows you to change
your existing BearPaw Panel with a new one.
4. Help System – contains invaluable aids in
helping you gain a better understanding of the
different features and functions of your
scanner.
5. Games – these interactive games allow you to
use your own scanned images to create
personalized images for more scanning fun and
enjoyment.

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Other Setting
Green Function
Allows you to set the period of inactivity (1 to 20
minutes) before the lamp inside the scanner shuts
down, thereby prolonging lamp life.
Make sure that the Direct Scan is enabled
(shown) on your Windows® taskbar in order for
the scanner buttons to work. If in case Direct
Scan is disabledand user wants to enableit,
performthe following:
1. Click on Start on your Windows® taskbar.
2. Click on Programsand select your Scanner
Model.
3. Click on DirectScan.
Upon right-clicking the Direct Scan icon located
on your Windows® taskbar, the following menu
appears:
Click on Scanner Settings to enable or disable
the GreenFunctionitem on the Scanner Set-
tings screen and set the time (period of inactiv-
ity).
Direct Scan

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Using the TWAIN Dialog Box
There are three separate methods to scan an image
namely:
1. Scanner Control Panel SCAN button.
2.BearPawPanel.
3.TWAINDialog box.
Refer to the Scanning Utilities Manual for a de-
scription of these to facilitate your use of the scan-
ner; or refer to the on-line manual and help system
any time when using the scanner software. This
easy-to-use system contains detailed information
about the scanner topics and its functions.
To access the TWAIN Dialog box, you can do
thefollowing:
1. Launch the TWAIN-compliant program (e.g.
PhotoExpress™ SE).
2. Under the File menu open the Acquirecom-
mand and choose Scanner OR click on the Get
button then the Scanner icon. The Select Data
Source dialog box appears.
3. Choose your scanner model from the list.
4. Click on the Acquire button. The SelectData
Source dialog box closes. The TWAIN Dialog
box appears.