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a b SnapScan™ e40/e50 Ow ner’s Guide ! Prefac e This chapter gives you inform ation about SnapScan and about How to Use this Online Guide . ! Chapter 1: Preparing the Sc anner “Preparing the Sc anner” explains how to prepare your SnapScan for installation. ! Chapter 2: Installing the Scanner for PC This chapter shows you how to set up y our ...
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Trademark s 2 Trademarks Agfa and the Agf a rhom bus are tradem ark s of Agfa- Gevaert A.G. ScanW ise and SnapScan are tr adem arks of Agf a-Gevaert N.V. Acrobat is a tr adem ark of Adobe Systems Incorporated which m ay be registered in cer tain juris dictions. Apple, Macintosh, PowerPC and Mac OS are tr adem arks of Apple Com puter Inc ., register ...
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Contents 3 Contents Preface ........................................................................................................................ ....................... 5 A bout SnapScan................................................................................................................. ....... 6 Environmental Requirements ......... ...
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Contents 4 Chapter 4: Installing the Scanner for Macintosh ......................................................................... 33 Minimum System Requirements............................................................................................ 34 Installing the Image Editing Software ..................................................... ...
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Preface 5 Preface ! About SnapScan ! Environm ental Requirem ents ! Precautions ! Cleaning y our Sc anner ! How to Use this Online Guide ! How to Print this Guide ...
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Preface 6 A bout SnapSc an In this Owner’s G uide, the nam e SnapScan is used f or both the SnapScan e40 and e50 ( unless specif ied otherwise). The SnapSc an is a one pass f latbed color s canner with a resolution of 1200 x 2400 ppi equipped with a cold cathode lam p. It is based on CCD (Charge-Coupled Device) scanning technology. W ith the Snap ...
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Preface 7 Precautions For your own safety and that of y our equipm ent, respec t consc ientiously the Environm ental Requirem ents and alway s tak e the f ollowing precautions: " Check frequently whether there is no overheating of the AC adapter . " If you do not use y our sc anner for s om e time, pull the AC adapter cable out of the pow ...
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Preface 8 How to Use this Online Guide To … Click … jum p to another location within or outside the docum ent blue text jum p to an item in the glossary green text jum p to a topic in the docum ent click the corr esponding book m ark jum p to the firs t or the last page retrace your steps in the docum ent jum p to the previous or to the nex t p ...
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Preface 9 How to Print this Guide 1 Choose Page Setup fr om the F ile m enu. 2 Choose your paper form at from the Paper popup menu. 3 Select Orientation: Por trait. 4 Click OK. 5 Choose Print f rom the File m enu. ...
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Chapter 1: Prepari ng the Scanner 10 Chapter 1: Preparing the Scanner This chapter helps you to prepare your SnapScan for installation. ! Unpack ing the Scanner ! Tak ing a Closer Look ! Changing the Handle ! Changing the Button Cap (SnapScan e50) ! Unlock ing the Scanner ...
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Chapter 1: Prepari ng the Scanner 11 Unpacking the Scanner 1 Open the pack ing box and car efully unpack all the item s. 2 Check each item to m ake s ure that everything listed on the box and on the Pack ing List is present. Check if there is no visible def ect. If som ething is mis sing, contact your dealer. 3 Remove the plas tic wrapping and the ...
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Chapter 1: Prepari ng the Scanner 12 SnapScan e50: 1 4 5 3 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 1. replaceable handle 2. adjustable docum ent c over 3. transparenc y lam p cover (for r eflective s canning) 4. transparenc y module 5. glass plate 6. replaceable button cap 7. e-m ail button 8. print button 9. ScanW ise button 10. OCR button 11. status indicator 12. holder ...
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Chapter 1: Prepari ng the Scanner 13 The f ollowing figure illustrates the location of the dif fer ent parts at the rear of your scanner (SnapScan e40/e50). 12 3 1. USB Port (labeled with the USB icon ) to m ake a c onnection to your computer 2. Trans parency Module Port (SnapScan e50 only) 3. Power connector Changing the Handle It is possible to c ...
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Chapter 1: Prepari ng the Scanner 14 2 Remove the handle by sliding it out of its lip. 3 Choose a new handle. 4 Slide the handle in the lip. 5 Press the f ront of the handle down until y ou hear a clic k. ...
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Chapter 1: Prepari ng the Scanner 15 Changi ng the Bu tton Cap (SnapScan e50) It is possible to c ustom ize y our SnapScan e50 by changing the button cap. 1 Open the button panel by pushing the button cap. 2 Remove the button c ap by lifting it at the underside and sliding it out of its lip. # Note: Do not rem ove the button cap while the button pa ...
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Chapter 1: Prepari ng the Scanner 16 3 Choose a new button cap. 4 Slide the button cap over the button panel. 5 Press down the button cap in the r ight position. Unlocking the Scanner Before you start using the sc anner, you first have to unlock it. 1 Place the sc anner on a horizontal, flat surf ace and pull it car efully towards y ou until you ca ...
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Chapter 2: Ins talling the Sc anner for PC 17 Chapter 2: Installing the Scanner for PC This chapter shows you how to set up y our SnapScan f or your PC. ! Minimum System Requirem ents ! Installing the Scanner Sof tware ! Connecting the Scanner to your PC ! Installing Additional Soft ware ...
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Chapter 2: Ins talling the Sc anner for PC 18 Minimum System Requirements " A USB port " A Pentium® process or " A 14 inch color m onitor " A video card that can dis play a minim um of 16 bit high color " 32 MB of RAM (64 MB of RAM is rec omm ended) " A CD-ROM drive " W indows® 98 " ScanW ise is c ompatible ...
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Chapter 2: Ins talling the Sc anner for PC 19 Installing the Scan ner Softw are 1 Insert the Agf a ScanW ise CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive. # Note: If the ScanW ise Ins taller program does not appear autom atically, carry out the following instruc tions: 1 Double-click My computer . 2 Double-click the CD-RO M drive. 3 Double-click Setup.exe. 2 Click ...
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Chapter 2: Ins talling the Sc anner for PC 20 By regis tering on line, you w ill cr eate y our pers onal e-Service ac count and you will enjoy the following benefits : 1. Custom ized self-help tools : You have access to the f ollowing self-help tools which are cus tom ized according to your e- service ac count prof ile: 1. Software downloads 2. Tec ...
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Chapter 2: Ins talling the Sc anner for PC 21 1 Connect the plug of the AC adapter to y our sc anner. 2 Plug the adapter cable in the wall outlet. 3 Connect one end of your USB cable to the USB port on your scanner. Mak e sure you connect the correc t plug as shown in the figure below. 4 Connect the other end of y our USB cable to a USB por t on y ...
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Chapter 2: Ins talling the Sc anner for PC 22 Installing A dditional Softw are If you want to use OCR (Optical Charac ter Recognition) you will have to install Readiris Pro . Insert the CD-ROM and f ollow the instructions on your screen. To ins tall additional soft ware, insert the Corel Print Of fice 2000 CD-RO M and follow the instruct io ...
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Chapter 3: Confi guring Butt ons on your PC (SnapS can e50) 23 Chapter 3: Configuring Buttons on y our PC (SnapScan e50) ! Selecting a Diff erent ScanW is e Configuration ! Modifying an Existing Configuration ! Creating a New Configuration ! Modifying the ScanW is e Settings ...
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Chapter 3: Confi guring Butt ons on your PC (SnapS can e50) 24 Selecting a Different Scan Wise Conf iguration (SnapScan e50) It is possible to as sign a diff erent conf iguration to one of the f our buttons of your SnapScan e50. The f ollowing exam ple will show y ou how this is done. In this exam ple we will change the settings of the e-m ail butt ...
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Chapter 3: Confi guring Butt ons on your PC (SnapS can e50) 25 Modifying a n Existing Configuration (SnapScan e50) It is possible to m odif y an exis ting configur ation and assign it to one of the four buttons of your SnapScan e50. T he following exam ple will show y ou how this is done. In this exam ple we will change the settings of the e-m ail ...
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Chapter 3: Confi guring Butt ons on your PC (SnapS can e50) 26 3 Click Organize. The O rganize Actions window appears. The O rganize Actions window display s all predef ined and user def ined conf igurations. # Note: Remove will be enabled when a user def ined action is s elected. T he default actions cannot be rem oved. ...
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Chapter 3: Confi guring Butt ons on your PC (SnapS can e50) 27 4 Select Scan Im age to File ( autoselect). 5 Click Edit to m odify the selected configur ation. The Settings For ... window appears. a. All predefined s ettings are available via the dif ferent dr op-down menus . b. The res olution depends on the choic e of destination. c. T he output ...
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Chapter 3: Confi guring Butt ons on your PC (SnapS can e50) 28 10 Click Close. You return to the Configure Buttons window. 11 Select My Scan Image to File ( autoselect) f rom the drop-down list nex t to the e-m ail button. 12 Click OK. Pushing the e-m ail button will send the sc anned im age to a file instead of to your mail recipient. # Note: For ...
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Chapter 3: Confi guring Butt ons on your PC (SnapS can e50) 29 3 Click Organize. The O rganize Actions window appears. The O rganize Actions window display s all predef ined and user def ined conf igurations. # Note: Remove will be enabled when a user def ined action is s elected. T he default actions cannot be rem oved. ...
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Chapter 3: Confi guring Butt ons on your PC (SnapS can e50) 30 4 Click New in the Organize Actions window. The Settings For ... window appears. a. All predefined s ettings are available via the dif ferent dr op-down menus . b. The res olution depends on the choic e of destination. c. T he output dimens ions can be m anaged via the Dim ension dr op- ...
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Chapter 3: Confi guring Butt ons on your PC (SnapS can e50) 31 10 Select My configuration fr om the drop-down list next to the e-m ail button. 11 Click OK. The e-m ail button is configur ed with y our personal s ettings. Modifying the Scan Wise Setting s (SnapScan e50) There ar e several options to edit an existing conf iguration or to c reate a ne ...
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Chapter 3: Confi guring Butt ons on your PC (SnapS can e50) 32 " Dimens ion: If you want a specified output range, c lick the Dimens ion drop-down list. A list of additional options will appear. Select the dim ension ( width or height) you w ant to specif y. Enter the desired range and s elect the cor rect unit f rom the drop-down list. T he K ...
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Chapter 4: Ins talling the Sc anner for Macint osh 33 Chapter 4: Installing the Scanner for Macintosh This chapter shows you how to set up y our SnapScan f or your Macintosh. ! Minimum System Requirem ents ! Installing the Im age Editing Software ! Installing the Scanner Sof tware ! Connecting the Scanner to the Mac intosh Com puter ! Installing Ad ...
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Chapter 4: Ins talling the Sc anner for Macint osh 34 Minimum System Requirements " A USB port " A PowerPC ® proces sor " A 14 inch color m onitor with thousands of c olors f or an accur ate display of color im ages " 32 MB of RAM " A CD-ROM drive " Mac ® OS 8 or higher Installing the Imag e Editing Softw are 1 Disab ...
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Chapter 4: Ins talling the Sc anner for Macint osh 35 3 Click the up or down arrow to select your ty pe of s canner (if needed). 4 Click the dotted right arrow or m ove the slider to about ScanW ise. A demons tration of ScanW ise will start. 5 Click the dotted right arrow or m ove the handle to Install. 6 Click Acrobat Reader to s tart the installa ...
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Chapter 4: Ins talling the Sc anner for Macint osh 36 # Note: For the latest inf orm ation cons ult the ScanW ise Read Me File. W hen the installation is finis hed y ou are ready to connect your scanner to your Macintosh com puter. Connecting the Sc anner to the Mac intosh Computer Caution : For your safety, use the adapter that com es with this pr ...
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Chapter 4: Ins talling the Sc anner for Macint osh 37 2 Plug the adapter cable in the wall outlet. 3 Connect one end of your USB cable to the USB port on your scanner. Make s ure you connect the correct plug as shown in the figure below. 4 Connect the other end of y our USB cable to a USB por t on y our c omputer . Make s ure you connect it to the ...
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Chapter 5: Confi guring Butt ons on your Macint osh Comput er (SnapSc an e50) 38 Chapter 5: Configuring Buttons on y our Macintosh Computer (SnapScan e50) ! Selecting a Diff erent ScanW is e Configuration ! Modifying an Existing Configuration ! Creating a New Configuration (SnapSc an e50) ! Modifying the ScanW is e Settings ...
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Chapter 5: Confi guring Butt ons on your Macint osh Comput er (SnapSc an e50) 39 Selecting a Different Scan Wise Conf iguration (SnapScan e50) It is possible to as sign a diff erent conf iguration to one of the f our buttons of your SnapScan e50. Following exam ple will show y ou how it is done. In this exam ple we will change the settings of the e ...
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Chapter 5: Confi guring Butt ons on your Macint osh Comput er (SnapSc an e50) 40 Modifying a n Existing Configuration (SnapScan e50) It is possible to m odif y an exis ting configur ation and assign it to one of the four buttons of your SnapScan e50. T he following exam ple will show y ou how this is done. In this exam ple we will change the settin ...
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Chapter 5: Confi guring Butt ons on your Macint osh Comput er (SnapSc an e50) 41 3 Click Organize. The O rganize Actions window appears. The O rganize Actions window display s all predef ined and user def ined conf igurations. Note: Remove will be enabled when a user def ined action is s elected. T he default actions cannot be rem oved. 4 Selec ...
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Chapter 5: Confi guring Butt ons on your Macint osh Comput er (SnapSc an e50) 42 6 Click Save As. The Save Ac tion Configuration window appears. 7 Enter the nam e of your configuration. 8 Click OK. You return to the Settings For… window. 9 Click OK. You return to the Organize Actions window and y our conf iguration will be added to the Actions li ...
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Chapter 5: Confi guring Butt ons on your Macint osh Comput er (SnapSc an e50) 43 Creating a New Config uration (Snap Scan e50) It is possible to c reate a new configuration and as sign it to one of the f our buttons of your SnapScan e50. The f ollowing exam ple will show y ou how this is done. In this exam ple we will create a new configur ation an ...
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Chapter 5: Confi guring Butt ons on your Macint osh Comput er (SnapSc an e50) 44 ! Note: Remove will be enabled when a user def ined action is s elected. T he default actions cannot be rem oved. 4 Click New in the Organize Actions window. The Settings For ... window appears. a. All predefined s ettings are available via the dif ferent dr op-down me ...
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Chapter 5: Confi guring Butt ons on your Macint osh Comput er (SnapSc an e50) 45 9 Click Close. You return to the Configure Buttons W indow. 10 Select My Configuration from the drop- down list next to the e-m ail button. 11 Click OK. The e-m ail button is configur ed with y ou personal s ettings. Modifying the Scan Wise Setting s (SnapScan e50) The ...
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Chapter 5: Confi guring Butt ons on your Macint osh Comput er (SnapSc an e50) 46 " Dimens ion: If you want a specified output range, c lick the Dimens ion drop-down list. A list of additional options will appear. Select the dim ension ( width or height) you w ant to specif y. Enter the desired range and s elect the cor rect unit f rom the popu ...
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Chapter 6: Making your Fi rst Sc an 47 Chapter 6: Making y our First Scan 1 Place a color photogr aph face down on the glass plate with the top side against the middle of the front r uler. The optical perf orm ance of a CCD scanner is always best near the middle of the glass plate. However, the specif ied scan quality is guaranteed for the entire s ...
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Chapter 6: Making your Fi rst Sc an 48 3 For PC : In the Start m enu, select Pr ogram s, Agfa Sc anW ise to open the ScanW ise application. -or- For Macintosh : Go to the Agfa ScanW ise f older on your hard disk and double- click . 4 Select your scanner (if needed). ! Note: This dialog only appears the first tim e you use ScanW ise. 5 Click Yes whe ...
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Chapter 7: Us ing the Transparenc y Module (SnapScan e50) 49 Chapter 7: Using the Transparency Module (SnapScan e50) To s can negatives, trans parencies or slides you have to use the transparency module on your SnapScan e50. If you want to scan negatives, transparenc ies or slides carry out the following instructions : 1 Remove the tr ansparency la ...
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Chapter 7: Us ing the Transparenc y Module (SnapScan e50) 50 2 Align the holder with the negatives/transparenc ies on the sc anner glass plate. T hen, continue with inst ruction 4. 3 If you scan slides: 1 Align the holder on the scanner glass plate. ...
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Chapter 7: Us ing the Transparenc y Module (SnapScan e50) 51 2 Position the original slide in the holder . 4 Close the docum ent cover . 5 Click the ScanW ise icon on your desk top. The Agf a ScanW ise window opens. 6 Click the arrow on the Preview button to switch between transparenc ies and ref lectives. Trans parent sc anning: Reflective s canni ...
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Chapter 7: Us ing the Transparenc y Module (SnapScan e50) 52 calibration area calibration area # Note: Please mak e sure not t o touch the g lass plate in the calibrat ion area. Other wise the qualit y of your scanned image can be af f ected. ...
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Appendix A: Troubleshoot ing 53 Appendix A: Troubleshooting This section gives solutions f or som e com m on problem s y ou m ay come acr oss when star ting up or using your SnapScan. There is no USB port fre e for your s canner. " Check if you can use a USB port on the k ey board or m onitor . " Use a USB hub. The status indicator fails ...
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Appendix A: Troubleshoot ing 54 Windows 98 fails to detect the scanner w hen you connect it for the first time (PC ONLY). " Check if the sc anner is connec ted with the USB cable to y our com puter and that the AC adapter is plugged in. It can always happen that a USB port is dam aged, therefor e try the other USB port of your com puter. " ...
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Appendix A: Troubleshoot ing 55 The e-mail function is not working (PC ONLY) ScanW ise PC uses the default MAPI (Mic rosof t Messaging API) client as e-m ail des tination. This means you need a MAPI compatible e-m ail client and it als o has to be conf igured corr ectly. If ScanW ise cannot f ind such a des tination, the e-m ail destination will NO ...
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Appendix B: Technic al Inform ation 56 Appendix B: Technical Information Tec hnical specif ications are subjec t to change without notice. Scanne r type: - SnapScan e40 - SnapScan e50 Desk top, flatbed, one pass Desk top, flatbed, one pass , 4 buttons of which all are software def inable Maximu m resolution: - optical: 1200 ppi horizontal x 2400 pp ...
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Appendix B: Technic al Inform ation 57 Interface: USB por t Transmission speed: 1 mbyte/s Environ mental specif ications: - operating tem perature: +10 °C to +40 °C (+50 to +104 degrees Fahr enheit) - relative hum idity: 20% to 85% RH - surr ounding space: 10 cm (4 “) on ever y side ...
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Appendix C: Regulation Com plianc e 58 Appendix C: Regulation Compliance ! Safety Regulations ! Electrom agnetic Com patibility ...
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Appendix C: Regulation Com plianc e 59 Safety Regulations SnapScan and its options ar e designed to com ply with: " UL 1950 " CSA C22.2 No. 950 - M89 D3 " VDE 0805 " IEC 950 " GS approved " EN 60950 UL Safety Statement The SnapSc an and the AC adapter are suited f or indoor use only. Do not use them outdoors. Use the A ...
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Appendix C: Regulation Com plianc e 60 Electromagnetic Compatibility SnapScan is des igned to com ply w ith: " Emis sion EN55022, class B " Imm unity IEC 801-2, IEC 801-3, IEC 801-4 " 47 CFR, part 15, subpart B, c lass B Federal Communi cations Commissi on Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and f ou ...
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