Instructions for using Power Scan 2000

1. If you are an authorized University of Memphis user, log in with your UUID and

password. Once logged in, you can save items to the desktop and then transfer the file to

a removable drive, email it, or upload it to your UMDrive. If you are a guest of the

University, please ask someone in the User Assistance Room (near elevator) or RIS Desk

floor) to log you in as a Guest. Only those guests needing the scan function will be

logged in. If needing a computer for general purposes, please use the guest computers in

the first floor Learning Commons area.

2. Double click on the Power Scan 2000 icon on the desktop and wait for the computer to

discover the scanner. The scanner lamp will turn on.

3. If not already on, turn on the Scanner (back of scanner). A small green light on the front

of the scanner indicates power is on.

4. Pull out the microfiche carrier tray to load microfilm. A diagram will appear on the

screen with directions for loading the film.

5. Once the film is loaded, move the microfiche carrier tray back in.

6. The Film Selection Wizard shows graphic icons of different film types (35mm, 16mm,

microfiche, etc.). Click on the icon that matches your film type to set up the scanner for

that film.

7. Use the Motorized Roll Film Control to move forward or backward on the film. To

adjust on screen, move the microfiche carrier in and out or sideways.

8. Use the BASIC, ADVANCED, and SCAN/PRINT tabs to manipulate the image and to

scan or print pages.

a. Tools on the BASIC tab allow you to straighten, crop, adjust, zoom, focus, change

film type from positive to negative, rotate the film in 90-degree increments, and

create a mirror image of the page.

b. The ADVANCED tab allows you to magnify, control brightness and contrast,

spot-edit (draw with pencil, block out sections, or erase), manually straighten an

image, and change the film’s orientation. Note: the item will not print in

magnification mode; this button is used merely to view the item in a larger size.

9. The SCAN/PRINT tab allows you to print or scan the item to the My Scans folder on the

Desktop where it can be uploaded to the UMDrive, emailed, or saved to a removable

storage device. To print, guests should click on Go Print. The print job will go to the Go

Print machine near the elevator on the first floor. University of Memphis faculty, staff,

and students should click on Learning Commons. The print job will go to the Printer #3

in the first floor Learning Commons.

Examples of adjustment icons

Magnify Brightness Contrast Spot-Edit Manual Zoom Film Type Rotate Mirror

Straighten

To scan an image for printing/saving, drag the green box to frame the page or

portion of the page you’d like to print/save, adjusting at one of the sides or by

pulling the entire frame from a corner. Only items within the green crop box will

be scanned.

Click on the Save button in the SCAN/PRINT folder.

All scans will appear on the desktop in the folder called My Scans. From there,

you can email the file, upload it to your UMDrive, or save to a removable storage

device. ***NOTE: Once you log off, all saved scans are lost.***

To combine scanned documents into one .pdf file:

1. Click Save button in the SCAN/PRINT folder

2. When the Save As menu pops up, click on the dropdown arrow and select

PDF (multipage) (*.PDF)

3. Name the document

4. Save (Do not click Finish until done)

5. Move the green box to the next image to be scanned and Click Save button in

the SCAN/PRINT folder (scan count increases with each scan)

6. Click Finish

7. Multi-page files will be on the Desktop in the My Scans folder. You can

upload the file to your UMDrive, email it, or save it on a removable storage

device (FYI: 21 pages with no images=2 MB; 24 pages with images=10 MB).

There is a Help button on each folder tab that is searchable.

Make sure you rewind the reel or remove the microfiche and log out of your account when done.

(Updated September 28, 2011)