Mustek Scanning Desktop

Windows 95 Tutorial

The Mustek Scanning Desktop was created to give users a quick way toFAX or Copy documents. These functions can be performed from iPhoto Plusor Picture Publisher; however, there are less steps involved when donefrom the Mustek Scanning Desktop.

  Clicking this iconwill allow you to scan an image into iPhoto Plus without having to startiPhoto Plus first. When you click the icon, you will be given a Quick Settingscreen where you can set certain parameters for the scan such as Scan Mode,Resolution and Paper Size. If you click the more Control button, the F/BScanner dialog box will open. The F/B Scanner dialog box allows youto do two things the quick setting screen does not allow. First it letsyou Prescan and second, it lets you set the Crop Frame to a custom papersize.

  Clicking this iconwill scan a text document using TextBridge Classic OCR. The finished documentwill automatically be opened in the Windows 95 Wordpad. The Quick Settingsscreen allows you to choose Paper Size and 300 dpi or 400 dpi. You shoulduse 300 dpi for most documents because the OCR engine is optimized for300 dpi scans. Use 400 dpi only if the original text is a very small font.

  Clickingthis icon allows you to photocopy a document from the scanner to the printer.The document will not be saved, merely scanned and printed. The resolutionis rather low so if you need a high quality copy, you should scan the pagewith iPhoto Plus or Picture Publisher at the optimum resolution for yourprinter. See the article on Understanding Resolutionand Color Depth Issues to determine what the best resolution to scanfor your printer is if using iPhoto Plus or Picture Publisher.

  Clickingthis icon allows you to scan a document and FAX it over your modem. Youhave two resolution choices, fine and normal. Normal is 100 dpi and fineis 200 dpi which are the standards for FAX machines. Fine Resolution isrecommended. The Quick Settings screen has a button which allows you tochoose your FAX software. If your FAX driver is not already listed, youwill need to choose it. Click here to see how toFAX more than one page.

  Clicking this iconallows you to scan an image into the InBox with iPhoto Plus. The imagewill be saved in the *.jpg format. From the inbox, you can send the imageto the Printer, FAX modem or e-mail.

  Clicking this iconallows you to scan an text into the InBox with TextBridge Classic OCR.The document will be saved in the *.txt format. From the inbox, you cansend the image to the Printer or FAX modem.

  Clickingthis icon allows you to view the contents of the InBox. A picture of theInBox is shown below.

The icons on the left side represent Folders. The one with the GrayBox around it is the active folder. You can rename images or folders bytyping over their name or you can add new folders from the file menu. Youcan move images from one folder to the next by dragging them from the rightwindow to any folder in the left window. The image with the Red Box aroundit is the currently selected file. You can select more than one file byholding down the CTRL key while clicking the files. Any document inthe InBox can be sent to the Printer, FAX or Mail from the Send To commandon the file menu. They can also be dragged to the appropriate icon on theMustek Scanning Desktop.

FAXing more thanone page:

To FAX multiple pages, do not scan them with the  icon.You should use the  icon toscan your pages into the InBox. When the Quick Settings screen comes up,set the Scan Mode to Lineart, the Resolution to 200 dpi and the paper sizeto Letter. Scan each page into the InBox in the order that you want toFAX them. Once all pages have been scanned to the InBox, open the InBoxand select all of the pages you wish to FAX in the order you want to sendthem (Selected pages will have a red box around them). Hold down the CTRL keyto select more than one page at a time. To send the FAX pages, click onFile then Send To FAX or keep the CTRL key held down and drag thepages to the FAX icon on the Mustek Scanning Desktop. (NOTE: For this towork, your FAX software must allow FAXing of multiple files.)