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To install Color 2000 , you should meet the following requirements: Hardware Requirement: Mac, Mac II or above, PowerMac is recommended for Macintosh users; IBM PC with a 386, 486, Pentium (or higher) CPU or their compatibles (Pentium or higher is recommended) for Windows users 4MB minimum system memory (8 MB or above is recommended) for Windows users; 8MB RAM available or more for Macintosh users CD-ROM drive Hard drive with free space VGA, Super VGA, or 100% compatible video graphics adapter and appropriate monitor (32K Hi-color VGA is the minimum requirement for accurate display of color images) for Windows users; A color monitor with video display card; 256 or True Color (24-bit) Video display card for Macintosh users | Click the topic that you want to get into. Hardware Requirement Software Requirement Acquire Color 2000 Parts of Color 2000

Software Requirement System 7.0 or later for Macintosh Users

Microsoft Windows 95, or Windows NT3.5 and above

Application Software with plug-in or TWAIN modules for Macintosh users

Application Software with TWAIN modules for Windows users

Acquire Color 2000

Before you acquire Color 2000, you have to: Turn on your scanner and computer; Lift up the scanner document cover and position a source document face down on the scanner’s object glass; then Lower the document cover or transparency adapter (for transparencies).

Therer are two ways for you to acquire Color 2000:

- Double-clicking on the Color 2000 icon from the Color 2000 group window. The main screen of Color 2000 will be popped up. You can scan your image, yet it will be saved automatically after scanned. The scanned image will not be passed into the applicatoin software. You have to open the application software and open the scanned file if you want to edit that image.
- Aacquire Color 2000 through an application software, refer to the following:

For Macintosh Users -

1. Run an application which supports plug-in modules or is TWAIN compliant, e.g., Photoshop.
2. Choose the Acquire command from the File Menu.
3. Select the latest version of Color 2000 from the list of sources to invoke the Color 2000 window.

The scanned image will be sent into the application software after scanned. You can modify that image and save it if you want.

For Windows Users -

1. Start Windows if not already started and start a TWAIN-compliant image-editing application (e.g. Adobe Photoshop).
2. From the image application’s Acquire submenu, click on the "Select TWAIN Source" option to display the "Select Source" dialog box. For Windows 95 or Windows NT, click on "Select TWAIN_32 Source".
3. From the "Select Source" dialog box, click on the latest version of Color 2000 from the TWAIN source dialog box.
4. Re-enter the Acquire submenu and click on "TWAIN..." to display the Color 2000 window will then appear.
5. For Windows 95 or Windows NT, click on the "TWAIN_32" option to display the Color 2000 window.
6. Select the appropriate settings from the Settings menu.

The scanned image will be sent into the application software after scanned. You can modify that image and save it if you want.
Parts of Color 2000

Color 2000 is composed by the following items, Control Window, Preview Window, Job List Window, Proof Window, Enhancement Window and Info Window. You can move, minimize or close each window at any time and maxmize the Preview Window to full screen to help you operate. Control Windows

The Control window, the left side window of Color 2000, allows you to set your own control preferences. It provides all the scanner control settings necessary for you to scan images. "Manual Control" control different scanner settings for different scanning requirement.

Preview Window

Preview Window, the right side window of Color 2000, can show the preveiwed image and allows you to adjust certain image controls (such as invert the image, flip the image, rotate the image, adjust the highlight and shadow, etc.) to change the scanned image.

After you have adjusted the scan settings in Control Window, you can click the Preview button to get a previewed image. The scanner will do a low-resolution scan(preview) and the scanned image will be shown on the Preview Window. Besides, you may want to enhance the scanned image after previewing. Choose any one of the enhancement tools in the Preview Window and modify the previewed image. The effect will be shown on the Preview Window immediately. You can adjust the image setting until you are satisfied with the scanned image.

Job List Window

Job List Window, the bottom window of Color 2000, allows you to acquire more than one scanned image for each scan operation.

There are two scanning methods that you can choose for your image, multiple scan and batch scan. Multiple Scan means the "multiple images in multiple processes of scanner". The scanner calibrates before scanning and returns to the home position after scanning. It implies that settings of those images could be different. Batch Scan means the "multiple images in single processes of scanner". The scanner calibrates once before the first image scanned. It is better for you to choose Batch Scan mode if the images are all in the similar settings, e.g., same resolution, same highlight and shadow, etc.

Proof Window

The Proof Window offers you a precise scanned image for you to make sure that all you want to set for the scanned image are done before you click the SCAN button. In addition, you can save the image directly without clicking the SCAN button again to get a real scan.

Click the Proof button on the Preivew Window will pop up another window which displays the previewed image according to the current user defined settings. This Proof window provides you a more precise image than Preview Window provides. The resulting image shown on the Proof window is almost the same as the scanned image shown on the main screen of the application software by clicking SCAN button except the resolution. If you are satisfied with the image, click SAVE button to save the image or click the CLOSE button to close this Proof window. Be aware that the saved image is for monitor display only for the resolution is displayed resolution (75dpi).

Enhancement Window

This window allows you to do image enhancement. It provides the enhancement tools for you to choose and adjust for your scanned image.

Info Window

It is a microscope window for you to view the surrounding pixels under the current mouse cursor position. It shows the magnification in 7x5 pixel area center at the current mouse position. If there is no previewed image on the preview window, the microscope window will disappear. In addition, it also shows the pixel level of the particular pixel under the current mouse cursor.

The measurement of pixel level such as RGB, Lab, CMYK is according to the scan mode that you choose. You can click the triangle mark besides pixel value to change the measurement. In addition, it provides "Width X Height" frame adjusting dialog box to get a more precise frame than using the frame tool. It is useful to scan tiny image with precise scanned dimension.