Nikon LS-3500 - LS-3510 - Manual (Page 16)

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Software Reference for Scanners
• SCSI II cable adapter when using the LS-3510AF SCSI interface
• 8-bit display (24-bit true-color display highly recommended)
Minimum PC and Compatibles Scanning System Requirements
• Windows 3.0 or later
• 4MB RAM (8MB recommended)
• 80MB Hard Disk (300MB recommended)
• National Instruments GPIB -AT (for ISA bus) or MC-GPIB (for
Microchannel bus) card with cable when using the GPIB interface
• SCSI II cable adapter when using the SCSI interface
• Super VGA display (24-bit true-color display highly recommended)
Before You Begin
Before you begin setting up, make a backup copy of your master diskettes!
Put away the masters in a safe place and work with the backup copies to install the
Nikon Drivers.
Please begin by following the Software Installation procedures for your
particular platform.
The Getting Started section of this manual will get you up and running in the
shortest possible time. This is a condensed instruction manual that will lead you
through the basic steps of scanner setup, configuration, and finally, scanning of the
enclosed sample slide. Don’t worry if you don’t fully understand some of the
terminology and concepts we are introducing here. The idea is to setup quickly and
familiarize yourself with the controls by performing a routine scan.
You will probably require one hour to perform any hardware installation, test
it, and go through a trial run. In this time you will gain a working knowledge of
the scanning system. Before you begin, make sure that you have the minimum
system requirements for a functional scanning system.
In particular, if you are using your scanner with a GPIB interface, you must
have a GPIB interface card installed in your computer, or have one ready to install.
For a thorough explanation of scanner controls, color imaging techniques and
color separation guidelines, we strongly recommend reading the User's Guide
sections of this manual.
For detailed information on the scanning hardware and a full discussion of
programming your own scanner control interface, refer to the Technical and
Programmer's References available from Nikon. Now, let’s begin....