Nikon 5000ED user manual Open the Scan Window, Description, Application Platform

Step 3—Open the Scan Window

The scanner is controlled from the Nikon Scan scan window.

1 Choose the application in which pictures will be displayed

After scanning, pictures can be displayed either in Nikon Scan or in a third-party applica- tion such as Adobe Photoshop. The application in which pictures will be displayed after scanning is referred to as the “host application.”

Application

Nikon Scan

Third-party application

Platform	Description
Windows	Nikon Scan used as a “stand-alone” application to scan, process, print,
Macintosh	and save images.

Nikon Scan used as a TWAIN source to control the scanner from a

third-party application (application must support TWAIN). Images Windows are scanned using Nikon Scan and processed, printed, and saved in the

third-party application.

Nikon Scan plug-in used to control the scanner from a third-party ap- plication (application must support Adobe Photoshop 5.0 acquire plug-

Macintosh ins, and a copy of the Nikon Scan plug-in must be installed in the ap- plication’s plug-ins folder). Images are scanned using Nikon Scan and

processed, printed, and saved in the third-party application.

2 Open the scan window

Application Platform Description

Nikon Scan

used as “stand- alone” application

Third-party application

Click the Start button and se- lect Nikon Scan 4 from the programs list. (If a shortcut was created during installa-

Windows tion, you can also double-click the icon on the desktop.)

Open the Applications : Nikon Software : Nikon Scan 4 folder on the

Macintosh start-up disk and double-click the icon. (If Nikon Scan was added

(Mac OS X) to the Dock during installation, you can also click the icon in the Dock.)

Open the Nikon Software : Nikon Scan 4 folder in the folder selected at

Macintosh installation (the default folder is the Applications folder on the start-up (Mac OS 9) disk) and double-click the icon. (If an alias was created during instal-

lation, you can also double-click the icon on the desktop.)

Windows Select Nikon Scan from the application’s list of “Acquire” or “Import” sources. For more information, see the documentation provided with

Macintosh the application.

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