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KODAK PROFESSIONAL
RFS 3600 Film Scanner
User’s Manual Addendum
Version 2.10 Host Software Update
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Introduction .......................................................................................................5 System Requirements......................................................................................5 MICROSOFT WINDOWS ...........................................................................5 MACINTOSH................................................................................................6 Software Installation ...................................................
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Settings Tab....................................................................................................15 Status Bar .......................................................................................................15 File Size ......................................................................................................15 Scan All, DMin Cal, Light Cal, Resize Window ........................................15 Scan All.........................................................
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Image Window............................................................................................22 Tabs ................................................................................................................24 Settings Tab................................................................................................24 Frame Number ...........................................................................................24 Auto Balance Button ...................................
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Introduction This document contains information describing the KODAK PROFESSIONAL RFS 3600 Film Scanner (RFS 3600) version 2.10 software. This software package includes a MICROSOFT WINDOWS TWAIN Data Source and a MACINTOSH Acquire Module; these two items will be referred to as the Host Software. Your RFS 3600 must have firmware version 1.34 installed for this Host Software to work properly. This document discusses the new features and layout of the version 2.10 Host Software, as well as all
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The KODAK PROFESSIONAL RFS 3600 TWAIN Data Source is TWAIN 1.8 compliant. The RFS 3600 TWAIN Data Source has been tested on systems using the following Microsoft Operating Systems: 1) MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98 Second Edition (SCSI and USB) 2) MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT 4.0 Service Pack 5 (SCSI only) 3) MICROSOFT WINDOWS 2000 (USB only, Must have System Administrator privileges to install and run the software. Or, your system administrator must install the software and you must have a Power User account wi
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The Acquire Module is not qualified for use on machines running Mac OS X. Software Installation From a CD If you have a Version 2.10 Host Software CD, install the software as follows: MICROSOFT WINDOWS Please note: When installing the Host Software on some MICROSOFT WINDOWS systems, you may be presented with various dialog boxes stating the RFS 3600 Host Software has not passed MICROSOFT WINDOWS Logo Testing, or the software does not have a Microsoft Digital Signature. You may ignore these me
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MACINTOSH 1) Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. The CD icon will appear on the desktop. Double-click the icon and then double-click on the “Install RFS 3600 TWAIN Data Source” icon to start the software installation procedure. If you have more than one version of Adobe Systems software (Photoshop, Photoshop LE or Photoshop Elements) on your MACINTOSH, the installer will located all instances of Import/Export folders and prompt you for the location to place the RFS 3600 module. Select the Imp
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3) If you have a previous version of the RFS 3600 Film Scanner TWAIN Data Source, a message will appear telling you the older TWAIN must be removed before the new TWAIN can be installed. Click OK and the removal process will execute. 4) Once the old TWAIN is removed, the installation of the new TWAIN will start automatically. If it does not, double click the Setup.exe icon again. When the installation screens for the new TWAIN appears, follow the directions on the screens. 5) Follow the monitor
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Launch the RFS 3600 Film Scanner Host Software and make sure the monitor and output profiles selected in the Settings tab are the same. (Selecting the Kodak sRGB Display profile should produce satisfactory results in most cases). The monitor profile controls how the prescan image is rendered and the output profile controls how the final scan is rendered. If these profiles are the same, the prescan shown in the RFS 3600 Host Software should match the final scan which appears in ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
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connected film scanner before you boot your computer. For SCSI or USB, ensure the sliding panel on the back of the film scanner has been slid completely to the side not in use. 3) The internal SCSI terminator used in the RFS 3600 is an active terminator which requires power from the scanner. Some computers may experience startup problems if the scanner is turned off when the computer performs its power up routines. If you experience this problem with your computer (e.g. it will not boot com
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Host Software installer places the RFS 3600 USB driver, RFS3600Extension, in the System Folder’s Extensions folder. MICROSOFT WINDOWS MICROSOFT WINDOWS 2000 and MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP may not support your installed SCSI interface board. Check www.microsoft.com, Hardware Compatibility List Database, for complete information regarding the OS and supported SCSI Host Adapters. MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98SE, ME, 2000, XP Pro and XP Home – USB Interface The procedure to check the drivers for these MICROSOFT W
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file(s) which get larger and larger as you send more and more data to ADOBE PHOTOSHOP. Even if you have a system with hundreds of megabytes, or even more than 1 gigabyte of DRAM, switching between multiple ADOBE PHOTOSHOP image MICROSOFT WINDOWS, each holding a 50MB image, can be time consuming and awkward. If you are performing high resolution scans of several frames, it is a more efficient workflow for you to send the image files directly to your hard drive. Consider using the “Scan to File”
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Main Screen When you select the RFS 3600 Film Scanner Host Software from the ADOBE PHOTOSHOP Import sub-menu, the Main Screen and Settings tab will appear. Figure 1 is similar to how the main screen will look when the software is started and a filmstrip is in the scanner. All new software features that have been created since the Version 1.00 Host Software will be discussed in this addendum. To obtain further information regarding all other software features, see the User’s Manual on the Host
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Settings Tab Most of the Settings Tab features have not been changed. As with Version 1.20 software, select your film type (Negative, Reversal or Black & White) and then select the correct film term in the drop down box. Make a selection for your Monitor and Output Profile. You may select a Sharpening Level before or after you perform a Prescan. The Auto Balance icon has been moved to the right of the Sharpening radio buttons. Status Bar File Size Below the Scan to File icon, the estimated
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Scan All or select one thumbnail (which deselects all others), all prescanned frames are deselected except for the frame displayed in the tabs. If Scan All is enabled and then Scan or Scan to File is selected after one or more frames have been prescanned, a final scan is performed on each prescanned frame and on all remaining frames on the filmstrip located to the left of the prescanned frames. For example, if the first 4 frames of a 36 frame filmstrip are prescanned and then Scan All is enable
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When scanning Color Negative or B&W negative filmstrips, be sure the strip has less than one half of the frame completely exposed (i.e. film is totally black). The DMin measurement will fail if the scanner "sees" a full frame of black film. Trim the film strip so that when it is inserted into the scanner, the first frame has some transparent leader. Similarly, a problem might exist if you exit the Host Software when the last frame of your filmstrip is near the exit port of the scanner. If you
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• Figure 4, Configuration Screen Prescan Resolution You may now select between three different prescan resolutions – 300, 600 or 900 dpi. A high dpi Prescan will maintain higher image quality longer if you magnify the Prescan using the Zoom In tool. However, higher dpi Prescans will take longer to perform and process and place larger temporary files on your hard drive. The files will be deleted when the Host Software is closed. Color Processing This item replaces the Color Depth selection, 8-b
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Selecting 8 bits Output Depth commands the Host Software to transform the image data from the Kodak 12-bit processing space to 8-bit space before it is transferred into ADOBE PHOTOSHOP or the image file is written to your hard drive (Scan to File feature). Selecting 16 bits causes the data to be moved from 12-bit space to 16-bit space before the data is sent to ADOBE PHOTOSHOP or to your hard drive. Note: if you select the 16 bits option and scan into ADOBE PHOTOSHOP, the memory allocation in
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Scan Icons All of the icons dealing with film scanning have been grouped together in the middle of the bottom edge of the main screen. These icons, seen in Figure 5, are, left to right: Autofocus (AF), Prescan Frame, Prescan Strip, Scan and Scan to File. These functions of these buttons have not been changed or enhanced. • Figure 5, Scan Icons Autofocus Initial Setup The first Prescan or Scan on a slide and on a filmstrip after the installation of this Host Software will first start with an Au
