Page 3 - Table of Contents
CanoScan Toolbox for the Macintosh, 1.0 3 Table of Contents 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 4 About the CanoScan Toolbox ...............................................................................
Page 4 - About the CanoScan Toolbox
4 1. Introduction This User’s Guide describes the features and functionality of the CanoScan Toolbox for theMacintosh,Version 1.0. About the CanoScan Toolbox The CanoScan Toolbox application provides easy-to-use scanning and image editing functions you canuse to scan, edit and integrate digital imag...
Page 5 - Canon Customer Care Center; • Speak to a technician free of service charge
CanoScan Toolbox for the Macintosh, 1.0 5 Canon Customer Care Center Canon Computer Systems, Inc. offers a full range of technical support options * including: • 24-hour, 7-day-a-week, toll-free automated support for troubleshooting issues on most current products ............................. (1-80...
Page 7 - Click the Preview button to preview the scanning area.; Saving Scanned Images; Choose Save from the File menu.
CanoScan Toolbox for the Macintosh, 1.0 7 4. Scanning Once the scanner is connected and the software is installed you are ready to scan. The scanning process isvery simple. To scan a document:1. Place the photo or document on the scanner as indicated in the scanner documentation. 2. Press the Start ...
Page 9 - Faxing a Scanned Image; Setting the Fax Preferences; Choose Scan Preferences from the Edit menu.; Selecting the Fax Print Driver; Scanning and Faxing a Document; Place the document you want to fax in the scanner.; Click on the Fax button from the CanoScan Toolbox Main window.
CanoScan Toolbox for the Macintosh, 1.0 9 7. Faxing a Scanned Image Using the CanoScan Toolbox, your scanner and a computer-based fax application, you can fax virtuallyanything from your computer. Setting the Fax Preferences To set the optimum scanning preferences for faxing:1. Choose Scan Preferenc...
Page 10 - Printing Copies of a Scanned Image; Setting the Copy Preferences; Copying a Document; Place the image you want to copy in the scanner.
10 8. Printing Copies of a Scanned Image You can use your scanner and printer to make black and white or color copies of any scanned image. Setting the Copy Preferences To set the optimum scanning preferences for copying:1. Choose Scan Preferences from the Edit menu. 2. Click the Text/Line art butto...
Page 11 - Enhancing a Scanned Image; Using the Editing Tools
CanoScan Toolbox for the Macintosh, 1.0 11 9. Enhancing a Scanned Image The CanoScan Toolbox provides a wide variety of imaging tools you can use to modify and enhanceimages you scan. Using the Editing Tools The CanoScan Toolbox editing tools appear when you open an image. You can also control the p...
Page 12 - only modify the image display.
12 Cropping a Scanned Image To crop an image:1. Open the image you want to crop by choosing Open Image from the File menu, or click the Scanbutton from the CanoScan Toolbox Main window. 2. Select either the Rectangle Select tool (to select regular shapes) or the Lasso tool (to select irregu-lar shap...
Page 13 - Inverting Image Tones; Inverting image tones makes a negative of the image.; Choose the Invert command from the Image menu.; Adjusting the Contrast and Brightness Settings; Choose the Color Balance command from the Image menu.
CanoScan Toolbox for the Macintosh, 1.0 13 Inverting Image Tones Inverting image tones makes a negative of the image. To invert the tones in an image:1. Open the image you want to invert using the Open Image command from the File menu, or scan anew image by clicking on the Scan button from the CanoS...
Page 14 - Sharpening an Image
14 3. You can adjust the blue, red and yellow colors by moving the applicable slider to the left (todecrease) or the right (to increase). 4. You adjust the color balance for specific color groups (i.e., modify the blue tones in the shad-ows of an image) by clicking on one of the radio buttons and th...
Page 15 - Specify the percentage of sharpening you want in the Amount field.; Click OK to sharpen the image.
CanoScan Toolbox for the Macintosh, 1.0 15 3. Specify the percentage of sharpening you want in the Amount field. 4. Enter a number in the Radius field to specify the distance (in pixels) from an edge you want tosharpen. A low number indicates sharpening close to the image edges, and a higher number ...
Page 16 - Editing a Scanned Image; Resizing a Scanned Image; Resizing an image changes the actual image size.; Choose Resize from the Image menu.; Flipping a Scanned Image; The image is automatically flipped.
16 10. Editing a Scanned Image CanoScan Toolbox provides a wide variety of editing commands and tools you can use to modify images. Resizing a Scanned Image Resizing an image changes the actual image size. To resize an image:1. Open the image you want to resize using the Open Image command from the ...
Page 19 - Using the Color Pallet; Move your cursor over the desired color block and click.; Selecting a Brush Size
CanoScan Toolbox for the Macintosh, 1.0 19 Using the Color Pallet The CanoScan Toolbox color pallet appears when you open an image. You can also control the palettedisplay by using the Show/Hide Tools command from the CanoScan Toolbox Main window. The colorpallet displays all the colors that are con...
Page 20 - Working with Catalogs; Creating a Catalog
20 11. Working with Catalogs Creating a Catalog CanoScan Toolbox catalogs are designed to let you create logical groupings to store your images so youcan easily retrieve them later. When you open the catalog it displays all the images stored in the catalog inthumbnail form (reduced versions of the i...
Page 21 - Choose the Print Catalog View command from the File menu.; Opening a Scanned Image from the Catalog
CanoScan Toolbox for the Macintosh, 1.0 21 Printing the Catalog View You can print the open Catalog window to see all of the stored images in thumbnail format similar to atraditional photographic contact sheet. To print a catalog view:1. Open the desired catalog window. 2. Choose the Print Catalog V...
Page 22 - Linking Applications to the CanoScan Toolbox
22 12. Linking Applications to the CanoScan Toolbox You can link frequently used applications such as Optical Character Recognition (OCR), desktoppublishing, and Email applications to the CanoScan Toolbox Main window so you can access them fromthe CanoScan Toolbox application. To link an application...