Mustek ScanExpress S40 Plus User manual

Thank you for purchasing this Portable Scanner. With this
ideal portable scanner, you can easily carry it around with you to
special events or meetings. A convenient USB interface power supply
is used, there is no need for batteries and AC power supply. Read the
following instructions for more details.
The style and parts of the product shown in this manual may be
different from the actual unit due to various models.
ScanExpress S40 Plus
A4 Portable Scanner
User Manual ENGLISH

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Contents
Contents................................................................2
Safety Information ................................................3
Getting Familiar with the Product........................ 4
- Package Contents..............................................................4
- Scanner Parts.....................................................................4
Installing Software ...............................................5
- Installing the Scanner Driver ..............................................5
- Installing Other Softwares ..................................................7
Installing Hardware .............................................. 8
Scanning Operation ..............................................9
- Inserting Document ............................................................9
- Direct Scanning .................................................................9
- Scanning using ScanExpress Plus panel......................... 10
TWAIN Software Scanning ..................................13
- About TWAIN Driver ......................................................... 13
- Scanning using TWAIN .................................................... 13
- Main TWAIN settings........................................................ 14
- Enhance Setting............................................................... 15
- Filters Setting .................................................................. 15
- Using TWAIN in Photoshop CS5 and CS4....................... 16
Business card scanning ......................................18
- Insert a Business card...................................................... 18
- Scanning the Business card............................................. 18
- Edit ................................................................................... 20
- Export and Synchronize ................................................... 21
Scanning with ABBYY Findreader.......................22
Calibrating and Cleaning the Scanner ................24
- Using the Calibration and Cleaning Paper ....................... 24
Troubleshooting...................................................25
Specication ........................................................26

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Safety Information
• Keep away from water or moisture and dusty areas.
• Never store in hot and very cold areas.
• Onlyuseattachments/accessoriesspeciedbythemanufacturer.
• Noobjectslledwithliquids,suchasvases,shallbeplacedon
apparatus.
• Avoid dust contamination when the scanner is not in use.
• When left unused for a long period of time, the unit should be
disconnected from the USB cable and PC.
• Avoid environments where the scanner would be exposed to direct
sunlight (or any other source of excessive heat) for long periods of
time.
• Protectthescannerfrompotentialliquidspillssuchassoda,coffee,
tea, etc.
• Be carefully to keep it without dropping it or strong impact.
• Operate the scanner on a level, well-grounded work surface, free of
excessive vibration.
• Don’t open the scanner case alone without technical support
because there is danger of electrical shock.

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Getting Familiar with the
Product
Scanner USB Cable Installation CD Cleaning Stick
Scanner Parts
1. Paper Feed Slot
2. LED Power Indicator/Scan
pad
3. USB Port
4. Paper withdraw slot
Front View Rear View
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Package Contents
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Carry Sack Photo Protective
Sleeve
Calibration card
and
Cleaning Paper
User Manual

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Installing Software
ATTENTION:
Complete the software installation before connecting the scanner. Do
not connect USB cable to the scanner or PC at this stage.
Installing the Scanner Driver
Insert the software Installation CD into your CD- or DVD-ROM drive.
The CD will auto-run and will display the pop-up menu on the screen.
ScanExpress S40 Plus Driver is a must install software for direct
scanning. You can choose to install other softwares as your preference.
Note: If the Autorun does not work, click on AUTORUN.exe (PC OS),
or click the icon on the MAC desktop (MAC OS).
MAC's driver
1. Double-click ScanExpress S40 Plus Driver, and the installation
wizard will appear on the screen.
2. Select a destination to install the TWAIN
driver (if other hard disks are available).

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3. Once the destination has been
selected, click "Install" button to
continue the installation procedure.
4. Please be patience, the installation
procedure will take a while.
Note: A reminder window will pop-up on
the screen if you set a password on your
computer. Enter the password and then
click "OK" to continue the installation
procedure. For more password settings,
refer to your Mac's manual.
5. Click "Close" when the installation
procedure is complete.
6. The scanner is now ready for use.

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PC's driver
1. Click the Scanner Driver.
2. Please be patience, the installation
procedure will take a while.
3. Click "Finish" when the installation
procedure is complete.
4. The scanner is now ready for use.
Installing Other Softwares
CardIris: Install this program to perform an OCR (optical Character
Recognition) operation for business cards. and export all the data,
including card images to E-mail, FrontRange GoldMine, HTML(*.html),
IBM Lotus Notes, Innomatix InfoContacts II, Outlook, Outlook Express,
Palm Desktop, Text (*.csv), vCard(*.vcf), ACT! and XML(*xml).
Adobe Acrobat Reader (PC only): Install this program for reading
PDFles.
ABBYY FineReader: Install this program to perform an OCR (optical
Character Recognition) operation for documents. This program allows
to scan text, and to convert it to a text document.
Arcsoft Media Impression (PC only): This program will help you to
manage your folders and process photos. It gives access to organize,
view,edit,shareandprotectyourpicture,music,andvideoles.

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Installing Hardware
1. With the computer turned on, connect the two A-Type USB ends of
the USB cable to 2 USB ports of your computer and the other end to
the scanner.
2. When the computer detects the new hardware being inserted, the
icon ( ) will appear under the Applications (MAC OS) or pop-up
message as below (PC OS).
Note: Follow on screen instructions to complete the hardware
installation as necessary.
MAC OSPC OS

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Scanning Operation
Inserting Document
1. Slowly insert the document facing up into the paper feed slot of the
scanner, making sure the document remains in position.
2. Gently push forward until the document is grasped by the feed slot.
Note: Position the paper aligning with the right side of the feed slot if it
is smaller than A4 size.
Using to use the Photo Protect Sleeve
To protect your precious photos during
scanning, place the photo into supplied
protective sleeve prior to scanning. Make
surethesealedendgoesrstintothe
feed slot for scanning.
Note: Do not place the photo into
protective sleeve if the photo you wish to
scan has been laminated.
Direct Scanning
1. Insert your document into the feed slot,
tap (Scan) on the scanner to start
scanning.
2. The scanned image will be saved in the
PathyouspeciedintheScan Setting
menu in Page 12, and then displayed in
the scan area.
Note:ACalibrationwindowwillappearthersttimepriortoscanning.
Follow the Calibrating and Cleaning the Scanner section on page
22.
Scan pad

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1Scan
2Calibrate and Clean
3Zoom in/out
4Rotate clockwise 90°
5Rotate counter-clockwise
90°
6Delete
7Export image(s) into PDF
 le.
Scanning using ScanExpress Plus panel
1. Select on the ScanExpress S40 Plus ( ) to start the program as
following:
MAC OS: Applications > ScanExpress Plus.
PC OS: Start > All Programs > ScanExpress S40 Plus >
ScanExpress Plus.
2. The ScanExpress Plus panel appears on screen as below.
8Export image(s) into TIFF
 le.
9 AttachImageorPDFleto
an email
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Scan Setting
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Exit
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Thumbnail image
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Scan area
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MAC OS
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PC OS
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3. Set up the (Scan Setting) as describing on Page 12.
4. Press (Scan) in the ScanExpress
S40 Plus panel to begin to scan.
5. Press or (Rotate) on the panel if
you wish to rotate the image.
Note: You may repeat steps 3 ~ 4 to scan more pages to be saved in
thesamele.
6. Press (PDF) or (TIFF) to export the image(s) into a PDF or
TIFFle.
7. Press (Zoom) to zoom in or out the scanned images. (MAC only)
Note: To exit the scan panel, press (Exit) on the panel.
Attach scanned image to email
• Press (attach the email) to attach the
image as TIF, JPEG or BMP images or
PDF format to send email.
Note: Select a preferred email software in
the Scan Setting if more email softwares
in your PC.

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Scan Setting
1. Click the "Scan setting" icon on the panel. The scan setting
window will pop-up on the screen.
MAC OS PC OS
Note 1: Specify a directory in the Path for direct scanning.
Note 2: Select "AutoCrop" to automatically trim unwanted background
in the scanned image.
2. Select the preferred Scan
Mode, Resolution, File
Format, Path, AutoCrop and
Email Client settings and
click "OK".
2. Select the preferred Scan
Mode, Resolution, File
Format, Path, AutoCrop and
Language settings and click
"OK".

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TWAIN Software Scanning
About TWAIN Driver
• The TWAIN user interface is a scanning option provided with your
scanner. TWAIN is an industry standard that allows scanning from
a twain compliant application. It is easily accessed from within the
supplied scanner software or an application that supports TWAIN
such as Media Impression, or Photoshop. Before you start with the
stepsbelow,besureyouhaveinstalledandconguredthesupplied
scanner software. For more details, refer to TWAIN Help for PC in
supplied software CD.
Scanning using TWAIN
1. Start the TWAIN-compliant application (eg. Media Impression, or
PhotoShop).
2. Click on File→Import select ScanExpress S40 Plus to start
the scanner’s TWAIN driver. The TWAIN panel will appear on the
screen.
3. Click (Scan) or tap (Scan) button to start scanning
procedures.Afterscanningisnished,thescanneddocumentwill
be displayed in the TWAIN-compliant application.

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Main TWAIN settings
Click Main tab to adjust the scan mode, size, resolution and output.
1Scan Mode
2Scan Size
3Resolution
4Descreen
5Output
6Calibrate and Clean
MAC OS PC OS
7Scan
8Reset
9Change TWAIN window
language
10 Help
11 Exit
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Enhance Setting
Click Enhance tab to set up the desired scanning effect, such as the
brightness/contrast, curve and hue/saturation.
Filters Setting
Click Filter tab to adjust the individual effects of the scanned image by
applyingvariouslterstotheimage,priortoscanning.
MAC OS PC OS
1Level Control
2Brightness/
Contrast Control
3Curve Control
4Hue/
Saturation Control
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MAC OS
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PC OS

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Using TWAIN in Photoshop CS5 and CS4
• If you are a MAC OS user using Photoshop CS5 or CS4:
1. Download the Photoshop CS5 Optional Plugins (for CS5) or Adobe
Photoshop CS4 Optional plug-ins and ReadMe English, Spanish and
French (for CS4) from Adobe website as below:
CS5: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.
jsp?ftpID=4687
CS4: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.
jsp?ftpID=4047
2.Extractthedownloadedleandnd"TWAIN.plugin"le.
3. Quit Photoshop, and place "TWAIN.plugin" in the CS5/CS4 plug in
directory: Applications\Adobe Photoshop CS5(CS4)\Plug-Ins\Import-
Export\
4. Restart Photoshop to enable the plug-in.
• If you are a Windows OS user using Photoshop CS5, you must
manually install the TWAIN plug-in following below steps:
1. Download the Photoshop CS5 Optional Plugins from Adobe website
as below:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=4688
2.Extractthedownloadedleandnd"Twain_32.8BA"leinthe
Win32 or Win64 folder depending on your operating system (32-bit
or 64-bit).

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Note 1:Youmaynotseetheextensionlenameof.8BA.
Note 2: To check whether your system is 32-bit or 64-bit, click the Start
button and then right-click on My Computer. From the drop-down
list, select Properties.
3. Enable the TWAIN plug-in:
• For Windows 32-bit editions - Quit Photoshop, and place
"Twain_32.8BA"(32-bit)intheCS5plugindirectory:C:\Program
Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS5\Plug-Ins\Import-Export\
• For Windows 64-bit editions - Quit Photoshop, and place
"Twain_32.8BA"(64-bit)intheCS5plugindirectory:C:\Program
Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS5\Plug-Ins\Import-Export\
4. Restart Photoshop to enable the plug-in.

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Business card scanning
Insert a Business card
• To avoid the business card from shifting
when scanning, place the business card
against the right side of the paper feed
slot, and then gently push forward until
the business card is grasped by the
feed slot.
• To avoid the namecard inclined when scanning, place the namecard
align the indication which located in the right side of the scanner's front
panel.
Scanning the Business card
1. Click Start >All programs >I.R.I.S. Applications >Cardiris >
Cardiris.
2. Click File > New to create a new sheet.
3. Click (Scan Cards) button to bring
up the Scan setting dialog window.

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Note: Click Calibrate button to start the
calibrationprocedureifthisisthersttime
using the scanner.
4. Set the Scan Size to Business Card
(3.5x2.2), and the Resolution to 400 at
least.
5. Select the preferred Scan Mode,
then click the Scan to start the scan
procedure.
6. Click (Card view) button on the
upper toolbar.
7. Click (Recognize cards) button to
start the character recognition. Make
sure the correct country is selected in
thecountryselecteldtoalignwithyour
business card's languages.

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Edit
1. Select and click a function below to adjust the preview of the
scanned card.
Magnifying glass Actual size Rotate right
Drag-and drop data Rotate left
Fit the window
Fit to width Turn upside
2. Click the (Drag-and-drop data)
button.
3. Select the area you wish to edit or
recognize again using a mouse.
4.Draganddroptheselectedsquaretothetargeteld.
Note: Drag-and-drop operation works only in the Card view ( ).