Freedman Center:Flatbed Scanning
- Turn on the Microtek ScanMaker i700 (Note*: the scanner is ready to use when the lights at the front stop flashing).
- Open Adobe Photoshop CS2, located in the Scanning Software Folder on the desktop.
- Open Microtek ScanWizard 5 through Adobe Photoshop CS2 (File -> Import -> Microtek ScanWizard 5).
- Click the Preview button to preview the scan.
- The red/white bordered box in the preview pane indicates what section of the document will be scanned; it can be moved and resized as needed.
- Use the arrow buttons to move each side or all of the crop box.
- Clicking the Original button allows you to select the type of media that is being scanned.
- We recommend that you use the "Photo" quality setting for most applications.
- Clicking the Scan Type button allows you to select the color mode of the scan (true color, gray, or black and white).
- We recommend using the "true color" setting. The color data in the scan can be taken out in Photoshop.
- Clicking the Purpose button allows you to select the resolution of the scan.
- We recommend using the "Custom" option for most applications and setting the DPI to at least 400 (minimum for photo-quality resolution).
- Click the Scan button to scan the document.
- Close the Microtek ScanWizard 5 window (*Note: You will not be able to manipulate the scanned document unless the Microtek software has been closed).
- Save the image as a JPEG file (*.jpg, *.jpeg, *.jpe) (File -> Save As).
- A JPEG image of quality 12 will be saved uncompressed; saving the image at any quality level less than 12 will result in quality loss and a smaller file size.
- Adobe Photoshop CS2 can now be used to edit and save the image as desired.
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