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Software Update 2H08

Software Update 2H08. Software Update 2H08. Easy-Photo Print EX MP Navigator EX ScanGear Solution Menu Easy Ink Delivery (EID). Easy-Photo Print EX 2.0. Easy-PhotoPrint EX. Easy-Photo Print EX 2.0. Easy-PhotoPrint EX. Auto Photo Fix update

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Software Update 2H08

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  1. Software Update2H08

  2. Software Update 2H08 Easy-Photo Print EX MP Navigator EX ScanGear Solution Menu Easy Ink Delivery (EID)

  3. Easy-Photo Print EX 2.0 Easy-PhotoPrint EX

  4. Easy-Photo Print EX 2.0 Easy-PhotoPrint EX Auto Photo Fix update • Increased accuracy of scene analysis & face detection • Red eye correction available with Auto Photo Fix Calendar & Album update • Thumbnail view • Free rotation • New layout design & paper size New “Bordered (margin 45)” layout Grayscale Printing Usability compared to the competition

  5. Easy-Photo Print EX 2.0 Easy-PhotoPrint EXVersion 2.0

  6. Easy-Photo Print EX 2.0 Auto Photo Fix5 categories Only Canon categorises photo’s into 5 categories to automatically adopt the optimal setting for each image Original With Auto Photo Fix Optimized face tone and brightness Portrait Shadowed face Increased contrast and enhanced saturation Scenery Lack of contrast

  7. Easy-Photo Print EX 2.0 Auto Photo FixMore accurate categorisation With more accurate face detection, scenes are more accurately categorised and corrected 2007 2008 (Example) Some part of the scene was detected as a face. Accurately categorized as a landscape.

  8. Easy-Photo Print EX 2.0 Auto Photo FixSelectable Red Eye correction

  9. Easy-Photo Print EX 2.0 Auto Photo FixRed Eye correction Red Eye correction is now available with Easy-PhotoPrint EX • Available for all 2H2008 models Image optimisation and Red Eye Correction at the same time Before correction After correction Red eyes are automatically corrected to a natural color. Face detection & scene analysis Colour cast correction face colour correction Red eye correction

  10. Easy-Photo Print EX 2.0 Calendar & Album updateThumbnail view Easy-PhotoPrint EX now shows document thumbnails for calendar & album files New Previous versions The content of the file is clear at a glance The content of the file was not clear

  11. Easy-Photo Print EX 2.0 Calendar & Album updateFree rotation Text and images can now be rotated freely Click “Free Rotate” button

  12. Easy-Photo Print EX 2.0 Calendar updateNew layout 5 New layout Design with 6 month & 12 months A3 & A3+ paper sizes available

  13. Easy-Photo Print EX 2.0 New layout in Photo Print “Bordered (Margin 45)” is now available with A4, Letter, A3, A3+, 8”x10”, 10”x12”, 11”x17”, FineArt A4/letter/A3/A3+

  14. Easy-Photo Print EX 2.0 Greyscale Printing in Photo Print “Greyscale printing is supported for: MP980, PIXMA Pro9500, PIXMA Pro9000

  15. Easy-Photo Print EX 2.0 Greyscale Printing in Photo Print Warm tone & Cool tone selection is available on: Photo Paper Pro II (PR-201) Fine Art Paper “Photo Rag” (FA-PR1)

  16. Easy-Photo Print EX 2.0 Canon Easy-PhotoPrint EXVS Competitors • Easy-PhotoPrint EX Automatically corrects red eye and optimises photos when you print the image • Easy and intuitive to use • Advanced features are available Before After Automatic correction just by printing Natural eye colour Skin tone maintained True black jacket

  17. MP Navigator EX 2.0 MP Navigator EX 2.0

  18. MP Navigator EX 2.0 MP Navigator EX 2.0 New Features for 2H08 • Stitch Assist • PDF password security for opening and printing • Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

  19. Add security to scanned PDF files (Windows only) Limit access to PDF files / restrict printing PDF files by giving files passwords (same as the 01H/08 models MX7600 and MX850) Separate passwords for limiting access and restricting printing Password PDF Files MP Navigator EX 2.0 Checkbox enables password to limit access

  20. Multiple Page PDF creation with Push Scan Push Scan multiple pages to a single PDF file Previously, using Push Scan to scan multiple page documents resulted in separate PDF files for each page. MP Navigator EX 2.0 Repeat for remaining pages separate PDF files for each page Repeat for remaining pages all pages are consolidated to a single PDF file

  21. Enables scanning of documents larger than the scan platen size Simple, intuitive operation Ability to manually adjust the image positions, with overlap to see if they are aligned MP Navigator EX 2.0 Stitch assist

  22. Stitch assist MP Navigator EX 2.0 Specify ‘Stitch Assist’ as a document size to enable the function

  23. Stitch assist MP Navigator EX 2.0 Simple instructions Here we have scanned the first half of the image. Next we should turn the image around on the platen, and press scan to scan the other half

  24. Stitch assist MP Navigator EX 2.0 Overlap area shown in grey – around 12mm for A3 image size. Maximum Stitch assist size is twice the platen size

  25. Stitch assist MP Navigator EX 2.0 Edges of image are then cropped to eliminate any slight skew between the 2 halves

  26. Integral OCR MP Navigator EX 2.0 • MP Navigator EX now features integral OCR to capture text from scanned documents • User Interface is in 17 languages compared to previous ScanSoft OmniPage that only had 6 languages • OCR is in 15 languages (Turkish and Greek to follow – TBD) • OCR outputs to Notepad • so limited formatting & no image capabilities • Available from ‘One click’ and ‘Scan & Import’ screens

  27. Integral OCR MP Navigator EX 2.0 In the ‘One Click’ screen, click ‘OCR’

  28. Integral OCR MP Navigator EX 2.0 Assign a filename Click ‘Scan’

  29. MP Navigator EX 2.0 Integral OCR OCR text will open in Notepad If required ‘Copy & Paste’ the text from Notepad to the desired application

  30. Integral OCR MP Navigator EX 2.0 OCR and existing scan External Application Notepad Word Copy/Save PowerPoint One-click (to scan and OCR)

  31. ScanGear v14.0 ScanGear v14.0

  32. ScanGear v14.0 ScanGear v14.0 New Features and Improved Functions for 2H08 • High Quality Scan Mode for Film Scanning • Other changes • Newspaper scanning • Text Enhanced • Removal Color(Ducuments) • Always Execute the Auto Tone • Changes to User Interface (UI) • Competitive Comparison Note: ScanGear for Leon1 MkII will be based on the 2007/2H version and will not include the above changes

  33. ScanGear v14.0 “High Quality” Scan Mode for Film Scanning • “High Quality Mode” added for film scanning ( MP630 and MP980) • Longer exposure time increases quality from default • Result is Image noise can be reduced using “High Quality” mode Selected in Advanced Mode

  34. ScanGear v14.0 “High Quality” Scan Mode for Film Scanning 2 categories of film Bright film → Negative film: dark image / Positive film: bright image Dark film → Negative film: bright image / Positive film: dark image • Dark film requires greater exposure time compared to bright film to achieve low noise scans. • Default scan mode is set to prioritize speed • High Quality scan mode is set to prioritize quality • max exposure time is long enough to secure low noise scans on dark film Conceptual chart of exposure time Max exposure time in default mode max time is set to prioritize speed Max exposure time in High Quality Mode max time is set to prioritize quality

  35. ScanGear v14.0 “High Quality” Scan Mode for Film Scanning Result - Reduced noise in High Quality mode ＜Scanned Chart> Negative film *Conceptual image Default High Quality Mode * For some film images, High Quality Mode does not make a difference as compared to default mode. (I.e., bright film whose necessary light intensity can be obtained within an exposure time in default mode.)

  36. ScanGear v14.0 Modification – “Newspaper(Grayscale)” scanning • The menu of the “Select Source” list box has been changed in Basic Mode • “Newspaper(B&W)” has been replaced with “Newspaper(Grayscale)”. • “Newspaper(B&W)” scanning is processed in two levels, black and white • Fixed threshold for difference between black and white • “Newspaper(Grayscale)” replacing the predecessor now offers greyscale scanning • Avoids blur to characters on a wider range of newspaper types, 256 levels grey • Two level black and white scanning has now been moved to Advanced mode where black and white threshold can be adjusted.

  37. ScanGear v14.0 Removal –“Text Enhanced” option • “Text Enhanced” has been removed from Color Mode menu* • Conventional “Text Enhanced” was for scanning in two values of black and white with threshold optimised for text • OCR software can now convert colour-scanned data into two-valued data *Only for Windows. Macintosh has not been supported as before

  38. ScanGear v14.0 Removal –“Color(Documents)” option • “Color(Documents)” has been removed from Color Mode • With conventional “Color(Documents)” selected for CIS models, correction of colour shift was performed while scanning • With “Color” selected, the same result now can be attained automatically

  39. ScanGear v14.0 Grayed out -“Always Execute the Auto Tone” • In the “Color Settings” tab of the Preferences window, “Always Execute the Auto Tone”, which used to be selectable, is grayed out when “Color Matching” is selected. • This is because optimal settings are applied to an input device and an output device with “Color Matching” selected

  40. ScanGear v14.0 UI Changes Basic Mode (1) (2) (1) The tab name “Multi Scan” tab has been replaced with “Auto Scan Mode”. (2) Colours of the buttons have been changed to blue for “Preview” and green for “Scan”. More logical to designate green as a standard color for final tasks (3) The Preferences button has been added to Basic Mode. “Close” button has been added. (2) (3) Advanced Mode (1) (2) (3)

  41. Solution Menu v1.2.0 Solution Menu v1.2.0

  42. Solution Menu v1.2.0 Solution Menu v1.2.0 Main changes from current version of Solution Menu • “One-Click to Photo Print” • New link to Creative Park website

  43. Solution Menu v1.2.0 One-Click to Photo Print • New button directly jumps to the Photo Print feature in Easy-PhotoPrint EX and skips the Easy-PhotoPrint EX menu • Shown when Easy-PhotoPrint EX v2.0.0 or higher is installed • Placed between “Print photos or albums, etc.” and “Print DVD/CD labels” on the solution menu Current button opens Easy-Photo Print EX main menu New button UI: tentative

  44. Solution Menu v1.2.0 New link to Creative Park web page New button opens the Creative Park web site in one click The appropriate web page will be determined by region and locale and will be opened via the redirect server. Creative Park UI: tentative and ICON UI: tentative The redirect server manages which site to link to

  45. OS compatibilityEasy-Photo Print EX, MP Navigator EX, ScanGear • All software for 2H08 models support the following OS • Windows 2000 Professional SP4 • Windows XP SP2 • Windows Vista (32bit, 64bit) • Mac OS X v10.3.9 • Mac OS X v10.4 • Mac OS X v10.5

  46. Supported Languages

  47. Thank you!

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