Introduction
Thank you for your purchase of a Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 8000 ED (8000 ED). This manual describes how to care for, install, and use your scanner. Be sure that you have read and under- stood its contents before using your scanner, and leave it where those who use the scanner will read it.
To make it easier find the information you need, the following symbols and conventions are used:
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icon is to the Nikon Scan Software Manual (on CD).
Illustrations
The majority of illustrations in this manual are taken from Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional (hereafter, “Windows XP”). Illustrations from Mac OS are used together with Windows illus- trations where operations in the two operating systems differ.
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