Academic Computing Department

Digital Imaging Center

Introduction and Information

Acknowledgements The Department of Academic Computing

gratefully acknowledges the Community College of Philadelphia Foundation for its

support of the Digital Imaging Center. Through a generous grant from the

Foundation the College has purchased two digital scanners: one specifically for 35mm slides and film strips and a flat-bed scanner capable of scanning photographs as well as multi-page text documents. Also, a suite of

Adobe® software products including PhotoShop®, Illustrator®, Premiere®, and Go-Live® has been purchased and installed for faculty use. These products have a two-

year automatic upgrade maintenance contract to ensure the latest version will be

available for the future.

The Imaging Center

Housed in the Instructional TechnologyDevelopment Center – B2-26:

Dell Pentium 4 PC with 1GB RAM DVD/CD/RW combo drive 250MB ZIP drive 18” flat panel display Minolta DiMAGE Dual Scan III slide/film scanner Hewlett Packard ScanJet 5550C equipped with

an automatic document feeder (35 page capacity) and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software

Hewlett Packard LaserJet 5

Recommended sequence of operation:

power on the scanner(s) power on the computer start the scanner utility software start any imaging or text application software

(PhotoShop or Word, for example) operate the scanner save your image or text file open/import the image into the application

software close (exit) the scanner utility software power down the scanner(s) power down the PC

Power on/off

Slide/film holder eject button

Scanner hardwareWith the scanner’s front door closed, turn on the scanner with the power switch. Start up the computer. When launching the utility software, the front door must be closed during initialization; the indicator lamp will blink when the scanner is initializing. Once the indicator lamp glows steadily, the scanner can be used.

ScanJet 5550C

Power on/off

Power on the ScanJet 5550C by pushing the small circular power button

Computer Power on the PC by pushing the small circular button on the front of the tower unit.Power on the monitor by pushing the small circular button on the lower right front panel of the monitor.

DVD – CD/RW player

3 ½ inch floppy disk drive

On- Off Power

USB port (under door)

When the Novell login screen appears, type the following into the username box: B226w2k and then press the <ENTER> key

If you are attempting to scan an image or document and wish to save it to your H:\ drive (networked home directory), you must now log in a second timeClick on the START button Programs Novell (Common) Novell login and this time type in your own username and password and press the <ENTER> keyWhen the message appears telling you that you are already logged in as B226w2k and asking if you want to still login with your name, click OK

EASY SCAN Utility for DiMAGE slide/film scanner

Easy Scan Utility is a simple, automatic scanning application for trouble-free scans. The utility works as a stand-alone program, and cannot be launched through another application

Simply follow the steps below to create trouble-free scans:

Turn on the scanner Launch the Easy Scan Utility Load the film holders

Follow the instructions in the Easy Scan window. The Easy Scan Utility wizard willtake you through scanning procedure

Automatic settings with Easy Scan Utility

Auto-focusing with each frame when using both the slide and film holders

Index scan priority: speed setting Color depth: 8 bit No multi-sample scanning Automatic cropping to inside edge Auto exposure with all film except

black and white slides

Handling film Film and film holder should be free

from dust and dirt Always work with processed film in

a clean, dust free environment Handle film by the edges or mount

to prevent fingerprints and dirt marring the image area

Where is the emulsion? When film is scanned, the emulsion

side of the film should be down If the image is orientated correctly

when viewing the image, rather than a mirror image, the emulsion side is facing down

The emulsion is on the same side of the mount as the film manufacturers or processor’s name is printed

Loading mounted slides

Up to four mounted 35mm slides can be inserted into the slide mount holder

The slide mounts must be between 1 mm and 2 mm thick to fit the holder

Glass mounts cannot be used; the glass refracts the light resulting in distorted and unevenly illuminated scans

Loading 35mm film strips

Film strips of up to six frames can be loaded into the film holder

Launching the Easy Scan Utility

Turn on the scanner and close the scanner’s front door before launching the Easy Scan Utility.

When launching the utility, the scanner front door must be closed and the film holder removed.

Select DS Dual 3 (DiMAGE Scan Dual III) Easy Utility by clicking on: START Programs Minolta DiMAGE Scan

Dual3.

When the indicator lamp glows steadily, open the front door until the top of the door is aligned with the 35mm film-holder mark.

Using the Easy Scan Utility When the Easy Scan Utility is

launched, the easy scan wizard appears

A screen requesting to insert the film holder appears.

When the holder is loaded, the scanner automatically detects the holder type.

Insert the film holder into the scanner in the direction indicated by the arrow. Hold the holder straight and level when inserting it into the scanner

Loading the holder

Carefully push the holder into the scanner until the arrow mark is aligned with the scanner door; the holder will be automatically fed into the scanner from that point. Never touch or hinder the holder when it is in the scanner

File Types BMP: the bitmap image file type is used in Windows.

This file type can be opened in the paint software installed in the Windows operating system. The file size is fixed allowing the retention of the original image quality.

JPEG: the image file can be compressed to reduce the file size. The compression ratio can be selected when saving. The higher the compression ratio, the smaller the file size, and the more deterioration to the image quality.

TIFF: this high-resolution bitmap can be opened on any computer platform. The color depth of this format can be selected in the preference dialog box.

PICT: this image file type is used in Macintosh. This file can be opened in the Simple Text application installed with the Macintosh operating system.

Turning off the scanner When your scanning is complete

Close the utility software and press the power switch on the front of the scanner unit

More in-depth information regarding technical issues of the scanner and use of additional software such as Adobe PhotoShop Elements is available in the Minolta DiMAGE Scan Dual III manual

ScanJet 5550C Panel buttons

SCAN button: Scans the item into the HP Photo & Imaging software

SHARE-TO-WEB button: Scans the item and sends it to a website

SAVE DOCUMENT TO DISC button: Scans the document and saves it to a CD or to your hard disk in .pdf format

ScanJet 5550C Panel buttons

MEMORIES DISC CREATOR button: Scans the item to the Memories Disc Creator software, where you can create a photo show on a CD, along with background music and titles

COPY button: Scans the item and sends it to a printer to make copies

To start your scanning From the panel buttons

See previous slide(s)

From the software: Click on Start Programs

Hewlett-Packard Scanjet 5550C HP Scanner Director

HP Scanner Director software

Original document placement

Place the original document on the scanner glass face down

The top-left corner of the document or picture should be placed near the small, engraved icon of a sheet of paper

This icon is located at the front-right side of the scanner glass

Automatic Document Feeder

If you are scanning a multiple page text document, place the pages face-up with the first page on top into the Automatic Document Feeder (ADF).

Specifications for ADF documents

standard media of letter, A4, and legal size nonstandard media ranging in size from 88.9 by

127 mm (3.5 by 5 inches) to 215.9 by 355.6 mm (8.5 by 14 inches)

media weights from 60 to 90 g/m2 (16 to 24 lb) media that is square-shaped or rectangular and

in good condition (not fragile or worn) media that is free of tears, perforations, or

punch holes media that is free of wet glue, correction fluid,

or ink

Specifications for ADF documents Remove curls or wrinkles; staples;

paper clips; sticky notes; and any other attached material

Avoid multipart forms with carbon pages, transparencies, magazine pages, gum-backed pages, and light "onionskin" paper

Scanning documents

Preview screen allows for cropping Then click on Accept

Scanning document

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Scanning picturesWhen scanning a picture the scanner will automatically scan the image into the HP Photo and Imaging Gallery. This software allows for multiple functions and manipulations of all of your images.

Additional information For additional information about

any of the features of the HP Scanjet 5550c, please see the HP Photo & Imaging software Help

A users’ manual produced by Hewlett-Packard is also available. A hard copy of this manual may be found next to the scanner