Thank you for purchasing the Nikon LS-2000 SuperCoolscan and/or Coolscan III. We are sure that it will give you many hours of reliable and productive use. Please read the following important information, which was not included in the manual. Nikon Scan 2.5.1 is designed to support the LS-2000 and Coolscan III only. 1. Nikon Scan 2.5.1 1.1. Scanner Firmware Version This version of Nikon Scan requires Version 1.1 or greater firmware to be installed in the scanner. The firmware version is displayed in the title bar of the main dialog. If the firmware version is older than 1.1, please update the firmware by using the Firmware Update Software, located in the "Firmware" folder on the Nikon Scan 2.5.1 CD-ROM. Please read the "Readme.txt" and "Manual.pdf" files prior to updating the firmware. 1.2. About using Nikon Scan 2.5.1 with the Windows NT-ASPI Layer Nikon Scan 2.5.1 requires 32 bit ASPI support. As delivered, Microsoft Windows NT 4 does not include the ASPI 32 driver files. The EZ-SCSI Lite Installer disk, included with the PC version of the LS-2000, will install these drivers. Please run the EZ-SCSI Installer ( located on the yellow floppy disk) before attempting to install your scanner. Please note that during 1997/98 there have been a number of updates to both the ASPI 32 layer and the SCSI Card drives used by Windows NT. To assure smooth operation of all SCSI products, please visit the Adaptec Support site (http://www. adaptec.com) and obtain the most current versions of the ASPI32 layer ( the installer is called "Aspi32.exe"). Some third party SCSI controllers cannot be used in Windows NT. We suggest you use the Adaptec controller that is included with your scanner, or any SCSI controller on the compatibility list included with your documentation. 1.3. Scan speed Scan speed will vary, depending upon the computer system environment. Turning off the Nikon Color Management System (CMS) and/or Surface Defect Correction may decrease scan times. When you turn CMS off, you will need to restart Nikon Scan 2.5.1. 1.4. Using the Strip film adapter and the IX240 Film adapter 1.4.1. Working with multiple thumbnails The strip film and IX240 Film adapters allow you to browse your film as thumbnails. Additionally, selecting multiple thumbnails by pressing the Ctrl key and clicking on each thumbnail in turn, allows batch scans of the selected frames to be performed. In this case, if you wish to set individual color adjustments and crops for each image, please select each thumbnail individually, making the required selections for color adjustments, prior to selecting multiple images for scanning. 1.4.2. Frame Boundary When using the IX240 Film adapter or the Strip Film adapter, Nikon Scan will automatically detect the edges of each frame. If, however, the Film Type setting is incorrect (e.g. Positive Film Type selected for a strip of negative images), this auto detect operation may not work properly. Make sure that the Film Type is set correctly prior to performing any scans. Additionally, the thumbnail scan is an important step in aligning multiple frames for preview and main scans, so you should try to perform at least one thumbnail scan prior to doing any preview scans or main scans. If you cannot perform a thumbnail scan (it can be quite memory-intensive), you should try a preview scan. However, dark image film or certain content types can cause problems with edge detection. In this case, the thumbnail scan may give incorrect thumbnails. If the image appears to be offset, use the "Adjust Boundary Offset" controls, located within the "Extras" tab, to change the scan offset. Continue to take preview scans until you are satisfied with the result. 1.4.3 Differences between thumbnail images and preview images when using the strip film adapter. There is a slight difference between thumbnail images and previewed/ scanned images when using the strip film adapter. Basically, thumbnails show a bit more of the top and bottom of the image than do previewed/scanned images. This is only a slight difference, and there should be little or no consequences to your use of the scanner. 1.5. 12-bit scanning For the LS-2000, 3rd party applications must support 16 bit/channel to acquire 12 bits images when using the Nikon scan TWAIN source. We have tested 12-bit scanning on the following applications: Photoshop 4.0 Photoshop 5.0 1.6. Auto focus and prescan If the "Perform Autoexposure Before Preview", "Perform Autoexposure Before Main Scan" and/or "Perform Autofocus Before Scan" checkboxes, located within the "Misc" tab of the "Preferences" dialog, are checked, an autofocus and/or autoexposure (prescan densitometry test) will be made immediately prior to making a scan. Once these operations have been performed, they should not need to be repeated, as long as the film is not removed from the scanner. You may also perform these tasks manually by using the "Autofocus" and "Autoexposure" icon buttons in the main control dialog. 1.7. Testing scanners and cameras When you use Windows 98 or Windows 2000, you have test function in the "scanners and cameras" in the properties page. However it will not perform hardware tests of Nikon Scanners. 1.8. About the color profile displayed in "Scanners and Cameras" control panel in Windows 2000. The "sRGB Color Space Profile" will be displayed as the "Color Profile" currently associated with device in the "Properties" of the LS-2000 or LS-30, this color profile does not affect the color reproduction of your Nikon Scanner. 2. Using Kodak Kodachrome film Kodachrome Slide Film uses a unique dye. Because of this, it will respond to scanning in a manner different from all other slide films, including Ektachrome and Fujichrome. This unique dye may affect the color reproduction of images scanned from Kodachrome originals. In addition, Surface Defect Correction will be affected when using Kodachrome film. 3. Known problems 3.1. Setting the standard output resolution When you select standard output resolutions in the "Scan size" tab, the value will be properly set as to the desired output resolution, however the list will always display "Custom". 3.2. Quitting the Nikon Scan application by clicking on the close box while scanning Closing the Nikon Scan application by clicking in the close box while a scan is in progress may cause the application to experience problems. It may not start again. In this case, either use the Task Manager to force the application to exit or restart Windows. 3.3. Connecting scanners Nikon Scan is designed to work with one scanner at a time. If you have multiple scanners attached, you should ensure that only one scan window is open during any given scanning operation. Use the "Device" tab in the preferences dialog to change the scanner. 3.4 batch scan stops on errors Nikon Scan TWAIN source will stop batch scan on errors, though you trun off "batch scan stops on errors" on "Misc" tab. 3.5 Color space conversion There is a menu selection called "Document Color Space (Windows)" or "Color Space (Macintosh)" under the "NikonScan" menu. This function may not work properly in some cases. 4. Problems that have been corrected in this release. 4.1. Color differences between Nikon Scan and Adobe Photoshop version 5.x There were color differences between an image displayed in a Nikon Scan window and the same image displayed in a Photoshop window. Choosing a different white reference point in the color spaces between Nikon and Adobe software caused this phenomenon. Now the displayed images should look nearly identical. There is still very small difference between the two images. Engineers from both Nikon and Adobe are working together to find a resolution to this problem. 4.2. Noise problem when Digital ICE on Occasionally a strange noise pattern appeared around the edge of an image when you used Digital ICE. Now this pattern has been reduced. 4.3. Targeted Auto focus problem When you hold down the Option (Ctrl) key and click the auto focus button to target a focus point in the preview window, the point that the scanner actually used to focus was incorrect. Now targeted focus will be performed at your specified point. 4.4. Print preview An error would sometimes occur when you attempted to display the print preview. Now this problem had been fixed. 5. Versions. The Nikon Scan 2.5.1 CD-ROM contains a suite of components, each of which have their own names and version numbers. When an upgrade is released, a new general number is assigned to the Nikon Scan Suite. This release is called Version 2.5.1. Please note that one of the components of Nikon Scan 2.5.1; the application, is also called "Nikon Scan 2.5.1", and that it has a different version number from the general number. The following software packages are included in this CD release: - Nikon Scan 2.5.1 for LS-2000 and Coolscan III (The suite of components mentioned above) - Slides & Sound Plus 2.00 5.1. Component Versions The following files are included in Nikon Scan Version 2.5.1; Nikon Scan.exe 2.5.1.3001 Nikon Scan.ds 2.5.1.3001 LS2000.md3 1.5.1.3000 Altitude.DLL 2.1.0.3001 SDCLW32.DLL 1.0.0.3005 NKD_SCSI.DLL 1.0.0.3007 FdUtility.exe 1.0.0.3000 CML2.DLL 2.1.1.3 StdFilter.dll 1.0.0.3001 Strato.dll 1.1.0.3001 NKLS2000LS30.icm 2.5.1.1001 NkMonitor_Win.icm 1.0.0.3002 NKsRGB.icm 1.0.0.3002 NKApple.icm 1.0.0.3002 NKCMatch.icm 1.0.0.3002 NKNTSC.icm 1.0.0.3002 NKBruce.icm 1.0.0.3002 NKAdobe.icm 1.0.0.3002 NKCIE.icm 1.0.0.3002 NKWide.icm 1.0.0.3002 NKApple_CPS.icm 1.0.0.3002 %_NKWide_CPS.icm 2.5.0.1001 NKCMYK.icm 1.0.0.3002 NKLS2000LS30_N.icm 2.5.0.1000 NKLS2000LS30_N_SDC.icm 2.5.0.1000 NKLS2000LS30_P.icm 2.5.0.1001 NKLS2000LS30_P_SDC.icm 2.5.0.1001 NKLS2000_8N.icm 2.5.0.1000 NKLS2000_8P.icm 2.5.0.1001 6. Bundled software packages: This CD-ROM includes bundled software packages. Please contact the companies supplying the bundled software for technical support for that particular product. Nikon does not provide any technical support for these software packages. 6.1 Slides & Sound Plus: Slides & Sound Plus is a multimedia slide show application developed by InMedia Presentations Inc. of Vancouver, BC, Canada. Please refer to the Quick Start guide for more information. This software is a trial version. Some functions on this software will expire 30 days after installation. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks, and Windows NT a trademark, of Microsoft Corporation. Adobe is a registered trademark, Photoshop and Acrobat Reader are trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc. Other brand or product names mentioned in this guide are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. The Defect Correction function incorporated in the LS-2000 makes use of Digital ICE technology developed by Applied Science Fiction Inc. Digital ICE and the Digital ICE logo are trademarks of Applied Science Fiction Inc. May.11.2000