Microtek NDT-2000 User manual

Reference Manual

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Contents

Introduction ...................................................................................1

The ScanWizard Industry Interface .............................................................2

Launching ScanWizard Industry .................................................................3

Exiting ScanWizard Industry ......................................................................3

The Preview Window..................................................................... 4

Elements of the Preview Window ...............................................................4

Preview Area ...............................................................................................8

Overview, .................................................................................................10

Prescan (Only for MII-800XL Plus) ...........................................................10

Scan ..........................................................................................................12

Rulers, Unit of Measurement ....................................................................14

Transform .................................................................................................15

The Scan Process Tool ...............................................................................16

General ..............................................................................................16

Auto Film Feeder (Only for NDT-2000/MII-900 Plus) .......................16

Multi-Channel Crop (Only for NDT-2000/MII-900 Plus) ...................16

Multi-Job Crop (Only for MII-800XL Plus) ........................................17

Auto Scan (Only for NDT-2000/MII-900 Plus)...................................17

The Scan Mode (Only for NDT-2000) ......................................................18

Standard Mode ..................................................................................18

Speed Mode .......................................................................................18

The Toolbar ..............................................................................................19

Scan Frame (Frame) Tool .................................................................. 19

Magnify Glass (Zoom) Tool ............................................................... 20

Pane (Move) Tool ...............................................................................21

The Scanner Menu ....................................................................................22

Scanner Model ..................................................................................22

Get Current Scanner Info ..................................................................23

Scanner Probe ....................................................................................23

Scanner Control (Power Saving Control) ...........................................24

Smart Calibration ..............................................................................25

Export Count Data.............................................................................26

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The View Menu ........................................................................................27

Overview Image, Prescan Image.........................................................27

Resize Window to Fit ........................................................................ 29

Bring Settings Window to Front .........................................................30

Show/Hide Commands ..................................................................... 30

The Correction Menu (Only for MII-900 Plus/MII-800XL Plus)............... 31

Elements of the Advanced Image Correction (AIC) Dialog Box ..........31

The Action Buttons .....................................................................33

Custom Settings ..........................................................................34

White/Black Points Tool .....................................................................36

Gradation Tool .................................................................................. 39

Filter Tool ......................................................................................... 42

The Help Menu ........................................................................................47

The Settings Window ...................................................................48

Elements of the Settings Window .............................................................48

Scan Job (Job) ...........................................................................................50

Image Type (Type) .................................................................................... 51

Resolution Settings ................................................................................. 52

Scan Frame, Image Size, and Unit of Measurement ...................................54

Optimization (Only for MII-900 Plus/MII-800XL Plus) ............................56

Darkness (Only for MII-900 Plus/MII-800XL Plus) ...................................57

Density (Only for NDT-2000) ...................................................................60

The Scan Job Queue Window (Only for MII-800XL Plus) ..................... 61

Elements of the Scan Job Queue window ..................................................61

Selecting Multiple Scan Jobs .....................................................................63

Editing Multiple Scan Jobs ........................................................................63

Adding a New Scan Job ............................................................................64

Duplicating a Scan Job ..............................................................................64

Removing a Scan Job ................................................................................64

Checking a Scan Job .................................................................................65

The Up/Down Arrows ...............................................................................65

The Load/Save Button ...............................................................................66

Appendix

Product and Technical Support .................................................................68

ScanWizard Industry Reference Manual 1

Introduction

The ScanWizard Industry scanning software is speciﬁcally designed for the

use of the industry ﬁlm scanning. This reference manual covers the various

commands and features found in the ScanWizard Industry scanning software

for the Windows system. The reference information is divided into three major

sections, corresponding to the three major windows of the program:

• Preview

• Settings

• ScanJobQueue

The ScanWizard Industry functions do not apply to all scanner models. See the

tablebelowtodeterminewhichfunctioncanbeusedforyourscannermodel.

MII-800XLPlus MII-900Plus NDT-2000

Preview window V V V

Menus

Scanner menu V V V

View menu V V V

Correction menu V V –

Help menu V V V

Buttons & tools

Overviewbutton V V V

Prescanbutton V – –

Scanbutton V V V

Frame tool V V V

Magnify Glass tool V V V

Panetool V V V

Transformbutton V V V

ScanProcesstool

•General V V V

•AutoFilmFeeder – V V

•Multi-ChannelCrop – V V

•Multi-JobCrop V – –

•AtuoScan – V V

ScanModebutton – – V

Settings window V V V

Scan Job Queue window V – –

(V:Supported;–:Notsupported)

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The ScanWizard Industry Interface

ScanWizardIndustryconsistsofthreemajorwindows:Preview,Settings,and

ScanJobQueue.

ThePreviewandSettingswindowsappearautomaticallyaftertheScanWizard

Industryisstartedup.TheScanJobQueuewindowappearswhenyoubringup

ScanWizard Industry at the ﬁrst time. You may hide or show it from the View

menuandclickonthecommandHide/ShowScanJobWindow.

Settings window

contains scanning

parameters for

the outputting

image

Scan Job

window

provides key

functions in

managing

scan jobs

Preview window

has commands and tools for

controlling the scanner

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Launching ScanWizard Industry

ScanWizardIndustrycanbelaunchedineitherStand-aloneorPlug-inmode.

• FromStand-alonemode:Double-clicktheScanWizardIndustryiconon

thedesktop,orchooseStart,Programs,MicrotekScanWizardIndustryfor

Windows, and then Microtek ScanWizard Industry.

• FromPlug-inmode:ChoosetheImportorAcquirecommandfromtheFile

menu of your image-editing software, then select Microtek ScanWizard

Industry.

Afterbeinglaunched,themainscreenwillappear,buttheveryrsttimethat

ScanWizard Industry is started up, the three windows will all appear.

The next time you start up ScanWizard Industry, the main screen will look

exactly like the last time you exited the software. This means that if you had all

threewindowsopenthelasttimeyouquitScanWizardIndustry,thesamethree

windows will appear the next time you start it up.

Exiting ScanWizard Industry

ToexitScanWizardIndustry,doubleclickonthecloseboxontheupperleftside

ofthePreviewwindow.

Click here to exit

ScanWizard Industry

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The Preview Window

ThePreviewwindowistheprominentwindowandincludesthevarious

commands and tools for controlling the scanner. These commands and tools

availableinthePreviewwindowwillvaryuponthescannermodels.

Elements of the Preview Window

(For MII-800XL Plus)

A. Menu bar

B. Overview

button

C. Prescan

button

D. Toolbar

E. Scan

button

H. Preview area

J. Rulers

K. Unit of

measurement

I. Status bar

G. Scan Process

Tool button

L. Minimize button

F. Transform button

M. Exit button

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Elements of the Preview Window

(For MII-900 Plus)

A. Menu bar

B. Overview

button

D. Toolbar

E. Scan

button

F. Transform button

H. Preview area

K. Unit of

measurement

G. Scan Process

Tool button

L. Minimize

button

M. Exit button

I. Status bar

J. Rulers

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Elements of the Preview Window

(For NDT-2000)

A. Menu bar

B. Overview

button

D. Toolbar

E. Scan

button

F. Transform button

H. Preview area

K. Unit of

measurement

G. Scan Process

Tool button

L. Minimize

button

M. Exit button

I. Status bar

J. Rulers

N. Scan Mode

button

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A. Menubar:Thisareaincludesthedifferentmenusforsettingupthescanner

(Scannermenu),controllingviewoptions(Viewmenu),ImageCorrection

function(Correctionmenu),andaccessingon-linehelp(Helpmenu).

B. Overviewbutton:Thisbuttonpreviewsthespeciedorentirescanbed.

C. Prescanbutton:Thisbuttonpreviewsoneormoredetailedimagesofthe

area(s)selectedbytheScanFrametool.

D. Toolbar:ThebuttonsintheToolbarperformspecicactionsonthe

OvervieworPrescanimage.TheToolbarincludestheFrame (Scan Frame)

tool, Magnify Glass (Zoom) tool, and Pane (Move) tool.

E. Scanbutton:Thisbuttonstartsthenalscanningprocess.

F. Transformbutton:Thisbuttonletsyouiptheimagehorizontallyorrotate

the image vertically.

G. ScanProcessToolbutton:Thisbuttonletsyouactivatesomescanner

functions,suchasAutoFilmFeeder,Multi-JobCropandMulti-Channel

Crop,whicharesupportedbyspecicscannermodels.

H. Previewarea:ThisareainthePreviewwindowshowstheOverviewor

Prescanimage.

I. Statusbar:Theareashowsyousomeinformationforeasieroperation.

J. Ruler:RulersarelocatedonbothsidesofthePreviewwindowtohelpyou

with measurement and alignment.

K. Unit of Measurement: Select the unit of measurement for the rulers and the

rulercolorsbyclickingthearrowatthe0,0pointoftherulersandchoosing

from the drop-down menu.

L. Minimizebutton:ClicktheMinimizebuttontominimizeScanWizard

Industry.

M. Exitbutton:ClicktheExitbuttontocloseScanWizardIndustryscanning

software.

N. ScanMode:ThisbuttonisusedtoswitchbetweentheStandardmodeand

the Speed mode.

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Preview Area

The preview area is where the overview or prescan image appears after you click

theOverview,Prescan,orScanbutton.

Thedimensionsofpreviewareadependonthesizessupportedbythescanner.

Forexample,ifyourscanneronlysupportsamaximumsizeof12”x16”,the

maximumpreviewareawillbelimitedunderthislimitation.

To increase or decrease the

preview window, drag the

window to resize

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However,forsomescannermodels(ex.MII-900Plus,NDT-2000),you are

allowed to resize the preview area as you wish.

Forexample,theMII-900Plusoffersyoutwokindsofdimensionsofpreview

area,whichare14"x17"(default)and14"x200"(maximum),dependingon

which one you select in the Scan Frame settings. You can use the maximum

sizeinsteadofthedefaultsizeforthepreviewareabyenteringavaluegreater

than17,forexample,20,intheHeight(H)editboxoftheScanFramesettings.

Then,presstheOverviewbuttontoperformapreviewoftheimage.Thereafter,

thepreviewareawillberesizedtothemaximumsizeof14"x200"atonce.

Default size of preview area Maximum size of preview area

PleasetakenotethatyoucannotusetheScanFramesettingstoresizethe

previewareagivenbyusingtheScanFrametool.Also,iftheafter-scanned

imagesizeismorethan2GB,thesystemwillpopuparemindingmessage

whichnotiesthatthenalimagesizeistoobigtobecarriedout;therefore,you

havetodecreasetheresolutionunder600dpi.

For MII-900 Plus, enter a value

greater than 17 to expand the preview

area up to maximum size of 14" x

200" if needed; enter a value less

than 17 to reverse the value back to

the default size.

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Prescan viewing mode

Overview, Prescan

Overview

TheOverviewbuttonpreviewstheimageonthescanbed.Bydefault,theentire

scanbedispreviewedwhenyouclicktheOverviewbutton.

Prescan

ThePrescanbuttonpreviewsinhighresolutiontheareaselectedbytheScan

Frametool.Multipleprescanscanbedoneifyouhaveseveralselectedscanjobs,

and the prescans are done one after another in the order that they are listed in

theScanJobQueuewindow.

Note: Not all scanner models support this feature. If your scanner model is not

supported, the Prescan button will not be shown in the Preview window.

Toobtaintheprescanimage:

1. Click the Scan Frame tool.

2. Selecttheareatobeprescannedbydrawingaframearoundtheareainthe

Overview image.

3. ClickthePrescanbutton.ThePrescanimagewillthenbeavailablefor

viewingintheViewmenu,andathumbnailoftheimagewillappearinthe

ScanJobQueuewindow.

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Overview viewing mode

Prescan viewing mode

Toobtainmultipleprescanimages:

1. DeneyourscanjobsintheScanJobQueuewindow(seetheScanJob

Queuewindowsectionformoredetails).

2. Toselectmultiplescanjobs,presstheCtrlkeyandclickonthejobstobe

selectedintheScanJobQueueorPreviewwindow.

3. ClickthePrescanbutton.Multipleprescansarecreatedintheprocess,

correspondingtothenumberofscanjobsdened.Youcanthenswitch

among the various prescan images for viewing.

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Scan

TheScanbuttonscanstheimagesonyourscanneranddeliverstheimagesto

your selected folder or application. The images that are scanned are the scan

jobsthathavebeencheckedintheScanJobQueuewindow.Thisisthedefault

buttonwhenScanWizardIndustryislaunchedeitherasastand-aloneorfroman

application program.

Whenthe“ScanTo:SaveAs”dialogboxappears,keyinalename,thenselect

TIFF,J2K,JPGorDTIastheexportleformat,andclickSavetoperformthe

ﬁnal scan.

Note: DTI format can be activated only when the Scan Type in the Settings window

is set as Gray Scale (16-bit). Also, it can be opened only in MiiNDT software and

supported by speciﬁc digitizer models.

File name

This is the ﬁle name to store images.

Save as type

Thismenuboxletsyouselectaleformatwhensavingale.IfTIFisselected,

thescannedimageswillbeautomaticallyidentiedas“Image00001.tif”,

“Image00002.tif”,etc.Youcanchangethedefaultrootlenametouniquely

labelyourscanjobs.

Auto filename

IfAutolenameischecked,thelenameconsistsoftheleprex,plusthele

serialnumber.Ifunchecked,noleserialnumberisappendedtothelename.

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• Fileprex:Thiseditboxletsyouenterarootlename.“Image”isthe

default.

• Startle#:Thiseditboxletsyouenterastartingnumbertobeappendedto

thelename.“00001”isthedefault.

Send image to application after saving:

If this option is checked, the scanned images are sent to your selected

application.

File Option

TheFileOptionbuttonisalecompressiontool,allowingyoutosaveyour

scannedimagewithdifferentimagequality.Thisbuttonisactivatedonlywhen

theleformatissetasTIFForJPG;otherwiseitwillnotbeshown.

• If“TIF”isselected,a“TIFFSaveOptions”windowwillappearafterclicking

theFileOptionbutton.Specifyyourrequirementsforyourleasyour

desired.Ifyouchoose“None”intheEncodingoption,thelecompression

willnotbeavailableforadjusting.

• If“JPGisselected,a“JPGSaveOptions”windowwillappearafterclicking

theFileOptionbutton.

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Rulers, Unit of Measurement

TherulersonthetopandleftsidesofthePreviewwindowhelpyouwith

measurement and alignment, marking off measurement according to the selected

unit.

TheunitofmeasurementcanbeselectedfromtheUnitboxintheSettings

window. The options for unit of measurement include inch, centimeter, and

millimeter.

Ruler

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Transform

TheTransformfunctionallowsyoutorotateand/oriptheimage.

TheeffectsoftheTransformfunctionwillbeseeninthePrescanimageorare

afteryouclicktheScanbuttonandscantheimagein;theTransformeffectisnot

shown in the Overview viewing mode.

To use the Transform function:

1. Click the TransformbuttoninthePreviewwindow.

2. Fromtheoptionsthatappear,choosethedegreeofrotationyouwish.

3. ClicktheScanbuttoninthePreviewwindow.Whentheimageisscanned,

itwillberotatedortransformedaccordingtotheselectedoption.

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Scan Process Tool

ScanProcessToolletsyouperformsomefunctions

whichcanbeactivatedonlybysomescannermodels

withuniquedevicesattached.Thesefunctionsinclude

General,AutoFilmFeeder,Multi-ChannelCrop,Multi-

JobCrop,andAutoScan.

General

General Function is the default setting when

ScanWizard Industry is activated. When this mode is

on,thescannerwillperformanalscanjobbasedon

your settings and then deliver the scanned image to

your preferred folder or application.

Auto Film Feeder (AFF)

AutoFilmFeederFunctioncanbeactivatedonlyforscannermodelsthathas

installedtheAFFalready(e.g.,MII-900Plus,NDT-2000);otherwiseitwillbe

grayed out in the options menu. When this function is activated, the scanner is

capabletoscanmultiplepiecesofX-raylmthroughtheAutoFilmFeeder(AFF),

to save the scanned image in a ﬁle, and to deliver them to your preferred folder

or application.

Toaccessthisfunction,clickandholdtheScanProcessTooluntiltheoptions

menuunderthebuttonappears.Then,directlyselect“AutoFilmFeeder”from

theoptionmenus.TheiconofScanProcessToolwillbecometheiconofAuto

Film Feeder once the function is selected.

Multi-Channel Crop

Multi-ChannelCropFunctioncanbeactivatedonlyforscannermodelsthat

supportmulti-channelfeedtrayscanning(e.g.,MII-900Plus,NDT-2000);

otherwiseitwillbegrayedoutintheoptionsmenu.Whenthisfunctionis

activated,thescanneriscapabletoscanthreepiecesofX-raylmatthesizeof

12.01"x3.15"(30.5x8cm)foronetimebythehelpofanexclusively-designed

ﬁlm feed tray, to save the scanned image in a ﬁle, and to deliver them to your

preferred folder or application.

Toaccessthisfunction,clickandholdtheScanProcessTooluntiltheoptions

menuunderthebuttonappears.Then,directlyselect“Multi-ChannelCrop”

fromtheoptionmenus.TheiconofScanProcessToolwillbecometheiconof

Multi-Channel Crop once the function is selected.

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