Eye Com Micro-Image Capture 2 Manuale di istruzioni
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Micro-Image Capture
™
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Installation & User Manual
July 2011 v_us1
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Mechanical Operation of the Micro-Image Capture 2
Rough Focus Dial – Turn to bring image into focus
Zoom Dial (large) and Fixing Knob (small)
Adjust Zoom Dial to get image to the approximate size desired while
in Full Screen Mode, and then focus using rough focus dial. Once
focus is close to optimum, use the Zoom Dial again to fine focus the
image even more. This lift mechanism is a precision scientific
mechanical product that is designed to move gradually. Take care not
to turn too fast, as damage may occur.
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Glass Lift Plate – Curved Metal at back of glass (silver)
•Bring the Fiche Carrier to the front of the unit
and push down on the curved glass lift bracket to lift glass
and insert the microfiche. Flip or rotate fiche until orientation
is correct on-screen.
Power Switch – Turns the illumination lamp on/off
Turn on to view microfilm images and turn
off when not in use to extend lamp life.
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Micro-Image Capture 2
Minimum system requirements
•Processor: Pentium IV 2.4GHz or equivalent AMD Athlon
•140 M free HD space for view and capture programs
•Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista
Home, W7
•RAM memory: 512 M RAM – Recommend 1G or more & US 2.0
•16-bit color display w/ DirectX 3D support (works with 32 and 64 bit as well)
•DirectX 9.0 or above
*High Resolution LCD Monitor capable of 1024 x 768 at a minimum, and with
sufficient height and width to display microfilmed image at its original size. A
graphics card providing high resolution streaming video with matched monitor will
provide the best very best image viewing and capture quality.
To view and capture these Portrait and Landscape microfilm images at optimum
resolution, your monitor view area must be at least 8.5” high and 11” wide for
landscape images and 11” high minimum for portrait.
Portrait Landscape
Snagit System Requirements
•Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, XP x64, Vista, or Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit)
installed and configured on your system. ~ Recommended:
•Internet Explorer 6.0 or later required.
•Windows 2000 users require Windows Installer 2.0.
•1.0 GHz processor (2.4 GHz recommended)
•512 M of RAM (1 G recommended)
•60 M of free hard disk space (100 M for CDROM installations due to video
tutorials)
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Software Installation & Adjustments
** Please do not connect the Micro-Image Capture USB cable to your PC until
AFTER the software and drivers are fully installed. Doing so may prevent the
drivers from fully installing and the unit may not operate properly.
Micro-Image Capture Software – Quick Start Guide
There are three main tabs in the MIC user interface; Video, Image and OCR. The Video tab is
where you will view and capture microform images using Snagit.
You may use the Micro-Image Capture Software to capture images but we strongly
recommend using Snagit instead as it offers increased functionality, speed and ease of use.
If you do capture images with the MIC User Interface instead of Snagit, the Image tab is where
post scan images can be adjusted, printed, faxed, e-mailed and OCR’d if desired. The OCR tab
will open up the OCR’d document(s) when complete, for review and saving. A mouse with a
scroll wheel provides optimum usability when using the MIC user interface.
1. Load the Micro-Image Capture software, plug in the USB cable to an available USB 2.0
port, then click the Micro-Image Capture launch icon.
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2. Click on the Video tab to activate the Micro-Image Capture unit and display a video
image of your microfilm.
3. The default mode is color, but the Grey Scale, Black Line and Color Inverse modes are
more suitable for viewing and capturing microfilm images on most media. Now click the
Grey Scale option to remove color from the image. * You may need to slide the
“saturation” slider up and down to fully remove the color *
4. The image will probably be out of focus initially, so raise or lower the MIC head unit
using the large black knob on the side of the unit until you see some sort of image, even if
out of focus. We will first concentrate on getting image settings correct, and then focus.
5. Adjust the image quality by un-selecting the auto exposure box and manually adjust the
exposure to provide a viewable base line exposure.
6. Adjust the brightness and contrast in order to achieve the most legible image in the grey
scale mode. Dark portions of your image should be as black as possible while light
portions should be white, not gray.
7. Adjust Gamma to remove excess gray in the background of the image in order to achieve
a best possible contrast.
8. If you are viewing negative film, you may now try the”Inverse mode” in order to see the
image with a more natural white background and grey/black text (aka positive mode)
9. When switching from “Grayscale” to “Inverse mode”, you may need to re-adjust some of
the settings in order to achieve the best view and scan result in that mode.
10. If you have high quality film with very good film density and contrast, the “Black Line”
mode will provide an excellent negative image to view and print with, but you will have
to program Snagit to invert the output color by choosing “Color Substitution” , then
“Invert Colors” so that your output print and scan will be positive. More on this in the
Snagit adjustment section.
11. Using the scroll wheel on your mouse will enlarge and reduce the onscreen image of your
microfilm while in the user interface mode only.
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Full Screen Mode
We strongly recommend using “Snagit” to capture and send images to a network printer or
folder. The “Full Screen” mode is how you will effectively view your images at full size in order
to achieve the very best on-screen image, as well as the best digital scan and/or print.
Click the “Full Screen” icon on the MIC toolbar.
The Full Screen Mode allows for a much larger image to be displayed since the user interface
tool bars are not in view. You can capture images by activating the Snagit function hot key (See
Snagit installation instructions),or mouse over the lower image area to activate the scan button
using the Micro-Image Capture program (we however recommend using Snagit exclusively)
Zoom and focus the image so that the displayed microfilm image is as close to its full original
size as possible. In order to view and capture images at optimum resolution, it is important that
you have a quality LCD monitor with sufficient vertical and horizontal area to allow the image to
be zoomed to its original letter (8.5x11”) or legal size (8.5x14”). (Engineering applications
should use a large format monitor). Hold a blank 8.5 x 11” paper to the screen and try and make
the image that size. If you monitor does not have sufficient view area, you may need another.
Click escape key or mouse over the lower middle of the full screen mode
and click “Exit Full Screen” to go back to the standard view mode.
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User Interface - Video Tool Bar Icons & Descriptions
Clicking the scan button will capture the complete viewable screen. (Use the
“rectangle select” to designate a smaller capture area) *Use Snagit to capture scan images
Clicking the record button will record a video file of the movements made with the
microform until you click again to end the video. This option can be used to create a presentation
of microform content. *Use Snagit to capture video
Clicking this icon will activate the color inverse mode changing a negative grayscale
image into a standard black on white image which may be easier to view for some and saves on
toner consumption if printing.
Clicking this icon will activate the grey scale mode removing color from the image
and displaying in shades of grey only.
Clicking this icon activates the black line mode with can provide excellent contrast
on some microfilmed images. Use in conjunction with the “Color Substitution” in Snagit.
Click this icon and use your mouse to drag a capture box onto the image display.
When active the capture area will be brighter than the non capture areas. When clicking scan,
only the capture box will be printed or saved. *Use Snagit to capture images
Full screen mode allows for optimal image size and removes the user interface
tools. You can still scan images by moving mouse pointer to the bottom of screen where the scan
and exit icons will pop up.
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Click to bring image back to original size after zooming or reducing with mouse
wheel.
The clear button will clear the previous change made and continuing to clear will
revert back one step at a time.
Click the move button to use the mouse to position or nudge the image onscreen.
Rotates the image 90 degrees clockwise
Rotates the image 90 degrees counter clockwise
Vertically flips or mirrors the image
Horizontally flips or mirrors the image
If you are using the MIC interface to scan and capture images instead
of the “Snagit” software, thumbnails of images scanned will appear on
the left side scan result area. Clicking on an image thumbnail will open
the image in the Image Tab and clicking on “File Location” at the
bottom will open the image destination folder for review or selection of
images for printing or other actions.
Once you have achieved an acceptable image for viewing, scanning and
printing, record the video property settings (brightness, contrast, hue,
saturation, sharpness, gamma and exposure) so that you have a future
reference that will allow for quick and easy adjustment in the future.
*Use Snagit to capture images
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The MIC user interface will remember the last adjustment settings when the system is closed and
re-opened, but you may have several formats of microfilm that requires different setting for
optimum performance, note these settings and keep them close to system for reference.
Video Resolution
Video resolution is optimum at 2592x1944 (5MP). Adjusting to the next setting down
2048x1536 (3MP) will provide a faster refresh rate ( less latent movement of image) and
almost the same scan / print result so try that setting if you prefer a faster refresh rate when
searching for images.
After image is located, the Video Resolution can be maximized with the slider in an instant. All
digital microform viewer/scanners have a measure of image latency which gets a little getting
used to. After several uses you will become accustomed to the operation of the unit.
Install Snagit Software, check all boxes during install, accept
license agreement, check 30 Day Eval (A full license code is
provided on the DVD label for future use).
Snagit will launch after installed so review the following
section to set up Snagit for optimum functionality, speed and
ease of use.
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