Nikon COOLSCAN V ED - Manual

P r e p a r a t i o n

Remove the scanner from the box and confi rm that you have all the items listed
below.

P a r t s o f t h e S c a n n e r

Before connecting the scanner, install Nikon Scan as described below.

Supported operating systems

Windows

• Windows XP Home Edition / Professional

• Windows 2000 Professional
• Windows Millennium Edition (Me)

• Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)

Macintosh

• Mac OS X (version 10.1.5 or later)
• Mac OS 9 (version 9.1 or later)

a

Turn the computer on and wait for Windows to start up. Do not connect the
scanner.

c

The “Install Center” dialog will be displayed.

Click the “Software” tab and click

Install

.

d

The opening dialog of the Nikon Scan installer
will be displayed. Click

Next

.

j

Click

Windows

.

k

A list of color- space profi les will be displayed.
Select

sRGB

(recommended) and click

OK

. For

more information on color- space profi les, see
page 88 of the

Nikon Scan Reference Manual

(on CD).

l

Click

Finish

to exit the Nikon Scan installer.

Macintosh

a

Turn on the computer and wait for it to start up. Do not connect the scan -
ner.

b

Insert the Nikon Scan 4 CD in the CD - ROM drive. Double - click the Welcome
icon (

) in the root directory of the Nikon Scan 4 CD.

d

The “Install Center” dialog will be displayed.

Click the “Software” tab and click

Easy Install

.

k

Click

Quit

to exit the installer.

f

Click

Install

to begin installation.

Nikon Scan 4 will be installed to the folder shown
under “Install Location.” In Mac OS X, Nikon
Scan 4 is installed to the “Applications : Nikon
Software” folder on the start- up disk. The
default install location for Mac OS 9 is the “Ap -
plications (Mac OS 9) : Nikon Software” folder on
the OS 9 start- up disk.

g

The opening dialog of the color space selection
wizard will be displayed. Click

Use Wizard

.

h

Click

Macintosh

.

i

A list of color- space profi les will be displayed.
Select

Apple RGB

(recommended) and click

OK

.

For more information on color- space profi les,
see page 90 of the

Nikon Scan Reference Manual

(on CD).

e

After reading the license agreement, click

Ac-

cept

to accept the agreement and view the Re -

adMe fi le. Take a few moments to read this fi le,
which may contain important information that
could not be included in the product manuals.
Click

Continue…

to proceed to the next step.

Status LED

Adapter slot

MA -21 slide -

mount adapter

Power switch

Film gate

(5000 ED only)

AC connector

USB interface

connector

Feet

AC connector

l

Click

Restart

to restart the computer.

USB interface

connector

Feet

Mac OS X

Administrator privileges are required to install or uninstall Nikon
Scan.

Important

Windows XP Home Edition / Windows XP Professional / Windows
2000 Professional

When installing or uninstalling Nikon Scan, log in as the “Computer
administrator” (Windows XP Home Edition / Windows XP Professional)
or “Administrator” (Windows 2000 Professional).

Important

e

After reading the license agreement, click

Yes

to

accept the agreement and proceed with installa -
tion.

g

When prompted to select the scanner drivers,
confi rm that

LS - 40/50/5000

is selected and click

Next

.

m

Click

Yes

to restart the computer.

Mac OS X

Clicking Install displays the “Authenticate”
dialog shown at right. Enter the administra -
tor name and password and click

OK

.

Note

Mac OS 9

CarbonLib 1.5 or later is required to install
Nikon Scan 4. If the installer detects an
earlier version, a message will be displayed.
Click

Install

to upgrade to a new version of

CarbonLib. Be sure to restart the computer
before continuing the installation.

Important

35mm/APS(IX240) Film Scanner

Windows

Other system requirements are detailed on page 10 (Win -
dows), 15 (Macintosh) of the

User’s Manual

.

i

The opening dialog of the color space selection
wizard will be displayed. Click

Use Wizard

.

Windows 2000 Professional

The dialog shown at right will be displayed;
click

Yes

(if the dialog is displayed twice,

click

Yes

each time).

Note

Continued

above at

right

b

Insert the Nikon Scan CD in the CD - ROM drive.
After a brief pause, a language selection dialog
will be displayed. Select a language and click

Next

.

If Multiple Copies of Photoshop Are Installed (Mac OS 9 Only)

If a copy of the Nikon Scan plug - in is installed
in the plug - ins folders for supported versions
of Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop can be used
to acquire images directly from the scanner. If
more than one copy of Photoshop is installed
on the computer, a list of plug - ins folders will be displayed. Select
the plug - ins folders for the copies of Photoshop that will be used to
acquire images and click

Continue

to copy the Nikon Scan plug - in to

the selected folders.

Note

j

Click

Yes

to add Nikon Scan 4 to the Dock (Mac

OS X) or create an alias of Nikon Scan 4 on the
desktop (Mac OS 9).

Mac OS X

Mac OS 9

Continued

above at

right

Continued

above at

right

c

A language selection dialog will be displayed.
Select a language and click

Next

.

f

The default install location for Nikon Scan (c:
\ Program Files\ Nikon\ Nkscan4) is displayed un -
der “Destination location.” To choose a differ-
ent location, click

Browse…

and navigate to the

desired folder. Click

Next

to begin installation.

The dialog shown at right will be displayed.
Click

Yes

to create the destination folder for

Nikon Scan.

Earlier Versions of Nikon Scan

Before installing Nikon Scan 4, uninstall any earlier versions of Nikon
Scan. See “Uninstalling Nikon Scan” on pages 62– 64 of the

User’s

Manual

.

Important

See Other Side

h

Click

Yes

to create a shortcut to Nikon Scan on

the desktop.

Associating Image Enhancement Extensions with Nikon Scan

If Nikon Capture or other Nikon software is
already installed on the computer, a dialog
will be displayed requesting permission to
associate image enhancement settings fi le
extensions with Nikon Scan. Click

Yes

.

Note

Windows 98 SE

If the computer displays a message stating that an IEEE 1394 update
is required, click

OK

.

Important

SUPER COOLSCAN 5000 ED or COOLSCAN V ED

fi lm scanner

MA -21 slide - mount adapter

SA -21 strip -fi lm adapter

Power cable

USB cable

CD - ROM

• Nikon Scan CD (Yellow)
• Nikon Scan Reference Manual / Easy Scanning

Guide CD

• Nikon View CD (Yellow)
• Nikon View Reference Manual CD

Warranty

User’s Manual

Quick Start Guide

(this guide)

Warranty

35mm/APS(IX240) Film Scanner

35mm/APS(IX240) Film Scanner

Setup

Basic Scanning

Nikon Scan

Technical Notess

Before You
Begin

En

Quick Start Guide

Quick Start Guide

I f y o u n e e d h e l p :

Visit

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or call

1 - 8 0 0 - N i k o n U X

(for users in the U.S.A.)

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(f

or users in Europe)

Visit

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(for users in Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa)

Nikon Scan Reference Manual /
Easy Scanning Guide CD

This CD contains the

Nikon Scan Reference Manual

, which provides complete infor-

mation on Nikon Scan, and the

Easy Scanning Guide

, an animated guide introduc-

ing such basic scanning tasks as setting image size and resolution.

Windows

†

Macintosh

Easy

Scanning

Guide

*

Nikon Scan

Reference

Manual

* Icons may differ.
† Extensions may not be displayed in some

environments.

· Viewing the

Nikon Scan Reference Manual

Double - click the

manual.pdf

icon on the reference manual CD. Adobe Acrobat

Reader will start and a language selection screen will be displayed; click the ap -
propriate link to view the manual in the desired language. Note that Adobe Ac-
robat Reader 4 or later is required to view the

Reference Manual

; Windows users

can install Acrobat Reader 5 from the “Acrobat Reader” folder on the reference
manual CD.

· Viewing the

Easy Scanning Guide

Double - click the

easy_guide.exe

icon (Windows),

easy_guide_OSX

icon (Mac OS X),

or

easy_guide_OS9

icon (Mac OS 9). The Macromedia Flash Player will start and a

language selection screen will be displayed; click the appropriate link to view the
guide in the desired language. The

Easy Scanning Guide

can also be copied to the

computer hard disk for ease of reference. Copy the “easy_guide_main” folder
and easy_guide.exe (Windows), easy_guide_OSX (Mac OS X), or easy_guide_OS9
(Mac OS 9) to the desktop

*

.

* Users of Mac OS X should ensure that the start- up disk is named using only

letters and numbers (the default name for the start- up drive is “Macintosh
HD”). The guide may not start if the volume name contains punctuation or
other non - alphanumeric characters.

Quick Start Guide

Quick Start Guide

I f y o u n e e d h e l p :

Visit

h t t p : / / w w w. n i k o n t e c h u s a . c o m /

or call

1 - 8 0 0 - N i k o n U X

(for users in the U.S.A.)

Vist

h t t p : / / w w w. e u ro p e - n i k o n . c o m / s u p p o r t

(f

or users in Europe)

Visit

h t t p : / / w w w. n i k o n - a s i a . c o m /

(for users in Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa)

Visit these sites to keep up -to - date with the latest product information, tips, an -
swers to frequently - asked questions (FAQs), and general advice on digital imaging
and photography.

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Step

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Check the package contents

Step

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Install Nikon Scan