Konica Minolta magicolor 1680MF User Manual

							Installing the Scanner Driver 1-64
6Click Agree in the confirmation dialog box if you agree to the terms of the 
license.
7In the Select a Destination page, select the disk in which you wish to 
install the software, and then click Continue.
8Click Install in the Easy Install page.
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9Enter the administrator user name and password in the Authenticate dia-
log box, and then click OK. 
Installation starts.
10After the installation has been completed, click Close. 
This completes the installation of the scanner driver.
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							Uninstalling the Scanner Driver 1-66
Uninstalling the Scanner Driver
1
Double-click KONICA MINOLTA mc1680MF Uninstaller.app, which can 
be accessed by clicking Library, then Application Support, KONICA 
MINOLTA, then mc1680MF.
2Click Uninstallation.
3Click OK.
4Enter the administrator user name and password, and then click OK.
Uninstallation begins.
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5Click OK.
This completes the uninstallation of the scanner driver.
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							Scanning From a Computer Application 1-68
Scanning From a Computer Application
Documents can be scanned from a computer connected to this machine with 
a USB cable. Scanning settings can be specified and the scanning operation 
can be performed from TWAIN-compatible applications. From the scanner 
driver, a preview can be displayed and various adjustments, such as the size 
of the scan area can be specified.
Basic Scanning Operation
1Place the document to be scanned on the original glass.
2Start the application to be used for scanning.
3Start the scanner driver according to the application settings.
4Specify the necessary scanner driver settings.
For details on scanner driver setting, refer to “Specify the Scan 
Settings” on page 1-69.
5Click the Scan button in the scanner driver.
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Specify the Scan Settings
Auto Scanning Mode
„Load
Load a saved settings file (dat file) for scanning.
„Save
Save the current settings as a settings file (dat file).
„Default
Return all settings to their defaults.
„Help icon
Click to display the Help.
„About icon
Click to display the software version information.
„Paper source
This setting cannot be changed with this machine.
„Original Size
Specify the original size.
„Scan Type 
Specify the scan type.
„Resolution 
Specify the resolution.
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„Scale
Shows the width and height of the area to be scanned.
If the resolution is set at 1200 × 1200 dpi or higher, a setting larger 
than 100% cannot be specified.
„Scanning Mode
Select Auto or Manual. When Manual is selected, settings can be speci-
fied for Brightness/Contrast, Filter, Curves, Levels, Color Balance 
and Hue/Saturation.
The parameters that can be set differ depending on the scanning 
mode that is selected.
If Auto is selected as the scanning mode, scanning from the original 
glass is performed after a prescan is performed so that a preview 
image can be checked.
„Image size 
Shows the data size of the scan image.
„Rotation
The TWAIN driver support 4 kinds of rotation type: None, Right 90, Left 
90, 180.
„Close
Click to close the TWAIN driver window.
„Prescan
Displays a preview in the preview window.
„Scan
Click to begin scanning.
„AutoCrop
Selects an area of the scanned image.
„Zoom
Zooms in on the scanned image.
„Mirror
Displays a mirror image of the preview image.
„To n e  R e v e r s a l
Reverses the colors of the preview image.
„Clear
Erases the preview.
„Before/After (RGB)
Move the pointer in the preview window to display the color tones at the 
pointers position before and after adjustments.
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„Width/Height
Displays the width and height for the selected area in the selected mea-
surement units.
Manual Scanning Mode
When Manual is selected for Scanning Mode, various setting for scanning 
tone are available.
„Brightness/Contrast 
This function is used to set the brightness and contrast of the image.
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„Filter 
This function is used to sharpen the image or blur it for special effect.
„Curves 
This function is used to set the gamma of the image. In the graph, the 
X-axis represents the input level, and the Y-axis represents the output 
level. The selections include, ‘Value Input’, ‘Folded Line’, and ‘Curved 
Line’. There are three input controls available: the scroll bar, the editing 
field, or by directly dragging the points of the folded or curved lines. This 
function will allow you to brighten or darken the overview of the image 
without changing the original resolution of the image.
The scroll bar and editing field are displayed when ‘Value Input’ is 
selected.
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„Levels 
This function is used to set the gamma value, increase shadow and high-
light areas, enhance shadow value and reduce highlight value. The X-axis 
indicates the scaling value and the Y-axis indicates the pixel value. The 
shadow, gamma and highlight values for the scanned image can be 
adjusted by dragging the triangular pointer right below the X-axis. Using 
the output level to adjust the range of brightness.
„Color Balance 
This function is used to fine-tune the RGB values in shadows, midtones, 
and highlights areas.
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