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UniTwain - Usage Guide

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Usage Guide

TerminalWorks UniTwain Usage Guide


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Contents Driver requirements ........................................................................................................................ 4

Installation ....................................................................................................................................... 4

How does it work? ........................................................................................................................... 7

Example ....................................................................................................................................... 7

Starting UniTwain in hidden mode .................................................................................................. 8

UniTwain options............................................................................................................................. 8

Output window............................................................................................................................ 8

Image import ............................................................................................................................... 9

Camera ...................................................................................................................................... 10

Set settings ............................................................................................................................ 11

Video and Still camera resolution ......................................................................................... 11

Start ....................................................................................................................................... 12

Stop ........................................................................................................................................ 12

Capture .................................................................................................................................. 12

Documents ................................................................................................................................ 13

Load image file ...................................................................................................................... 13

Delete All ............................................................................................................................... 13

Delete selected ...................................................................................................................... 14

Select All/ Deselect All ........................................................................................................... 14

Add selected .......................................................................................................................... 14

Editor ......................................................................................................................................... 15

Brightness/Contrast/Saturation ............................................................................................ 15

Choose color type .................................................................................................................. 15

Deskew value ......................................................................................................................... 16

Zoom ...................................................................................................................................... 16

Image size .............................................................................................................................. 16

Rest of the options ................................................................................................................ 17

Scan ........................................................................................................................................... 18


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Scanner name ........................................................................................................................ 18

Memory type ......................................................................................................................... 18

Source .................................................................................................................................... 18

Page size ................................................................................................................................ 19

Color type .............................................................................................................................. 20

Resolution .............................................................................................................................. 20

Contrast/brightness/JpegQuality .......................................................................................... 20

Check boxes ........................................................................................................................... 20

Number of images ................................................................................................................. 21

Preview .................................................................................................................................. 21

Scan ....................................................................................................................................... 22

Saving default settings for the future use ............................................................................. 23

Mobile ....................................................................................................................................... 24

Help ........................................................................................................................................... 25


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Driver requirements UniTwain supports the following Microsoft Windows operating systems:

Windows XP

Windows 7

Windows Vista

Windows 8

Windows 10

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2008 / R2

Windows Server 2012 / R2

Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2019

Both 32bit and 64bit operating systems are supported. UniTwain requires minimum .NET 3.5 framework to function properly. In case you experience any issues please make sure that .NET is installed.

Installation

UniTwain installer comes in one file: UniTwain-installer.exe After selecting the installer file, you will have the following welcome screen:

UniTwain uses a minimal configuration installation. During the installation, there are no

additional options; everything is simplified. Press to continue.


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Read the license agreement and accept if you agree. After you select “I accept the agreement”,

press .

You can choose your installation directory, as long it is located inside the Program Files directory. We would suggest that you leave it by default to keep easier track on your

installation, in case you need support. Press to continue.


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The Install Bonjour option needs to be enabled in case you are planning to use UniTwain to import pictures from your mobile phone or tablet devices. If not simply deselect it and proceed

to the next step of the installation by clicking on

This dialog presents the last screen before the installation starts. It contains full path information of the installation directory. The installation of the UniTwain client takes less than a

minute. You can now proceed and press .


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And that’s it! UniTwain can now be used. For more information on how to use UniTwain and what options are available, please continue to the next section.

How does it work?

UniTwain is a virtual scanner which appears in your application just like any other scanning device. By scanning from it, the UniTwain interface will appear, which allows you to import documents, images, snapshots from cameras, pictures from your mobile phone and even scans from other scanners, and then returns all those images back to the application. This enables you to scan any type of document directly into your application.

Example

In this example, user chooses desired scanning tool and then selects UniTwain source from the “Select Source” tab.


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After selecting UniTwain as a source, when the user performs acquire or batch scanning option, he will get the UniTwain tab with all options provided.

Starting UniTwain in hidden mode When the UniTwain is started in hidden mode then it automatically captures the image from the default camera, imports it and closes the UniTwain. That option can be turned on in the Help/Options menu. If the Camera tab is disabled or there isn’t any camera available, UniTwain ignores that option.

UniTwain options

Output window This window is positioned in the right part, where you will see the images you wish to edit or send to your scanning tool. In the following example, we have two pictures which user would like to use for his further actions.


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On the top, image options are placed. The user can do the following:

Erase image

Move up or down the image

Select all images

Deselect all images

Edit images

Image import Import of images to your scanning tool is done by choosing between these actions:

Import all, which imports all images to your scanning tool. It can be done by:

o Clicking on

o Going File->Import all


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Import selected, which imports all selected images to your scanning tool.It can be done by:

o Clicking on

o Going File->Import selected

Camera

Camera tab is part of the program which is used to capture images from your web camera.


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Set settings

After selecting the desired camera, the user can select Settings to adjust camera option further.

In our example we got the following:

Video and Still camera resolution

Video camera resolution menu allows choosing between resolution supported by the selected camera.

Some cameras have additional support for Still caption – usually, they have a button when pressed the still image is taken. The most camera doesn’t have that option – in that case, a menu “Still camera resolution” would be disabled.


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Start

This option is used to enable camera capture process.

Stop

This option is used to disable camera capture process.

Capture

Selecting this option will allow you to capture the images from your web camera.


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Documents In this section of the program you can load your stored images, which you plan to

import to your scanning tool. In this tab you can even import PDF file, where all pages are imported as images.

Load image file

If you wish to load images, you should select “Load image files”, which allows you to browse the image you wish to load.

In our example we loaded basic pictures from our Windows picture folder:

Delete All

This option offers you to delete all images you loaded


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Delete selected

This option allows you to delete images you have selected.

Select All/ Deselect All

This option allows you to select or deselect all images.

Add selected

This option will add the selected images to the window on the right side, where they will be ready to edit or import to your scanning tool. In the following example, we loaded two images.


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Editor In this section of the UniTwain, images you plan to import into your scanning tool, you

will be able to edit them from the output window.

Brightness/Contrast/Saturation

On the right side of the window, our editor offers a significant number of options. After you load your image to the UniTwain editor, you can adjust brightness, contrast, and saturation of the image.

Also, you can select that your image fits to the panel.

Choose color type

Furthermore, in the “Choose color type” section you can adjust between three color types: black and white, grey, color.


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If you decide to choose BW, which means black and white, you will able to adjust the threshold. This option offers you to adjust black and white ratio in the BW color type image.

Deskew value

Following option is to adjust “Deskew value”. By adjusting the value, you adjust the rotation of the image.

In our example we will adjust the deskew value at 15 and get the following:

Zoom

Below the deskew value you can “Zoom in” or “Zoom out” the image by selecting one of these two buttons.

Image size


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In the following section, you can adjust options which manage the size of the image. You can adjust the image width and height, but also select to lock the aspect ratio. The aspect ratio of an image describes the proportional relationship between its width and its height.

Rest of the options

On the bottom of the “Editor” window you can adjust following options:

Rotate right: this option is used to rotate the image to the right side.

Rotate left: this option is used to rotate the image to the left side.

Discard: this option is used to remove the image.

Apply To Current Image: this option is used to apply settings to the current image.

Undo: this option is used to rollback the changes you did by one step.

Apply To Selected: this option is used to apply the changes you made on the currentimage to the rest of the selected images.


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Scan

UniTwain Scan window allows you to scan from other scanners, and then returns all those images to the application.

Scanner name

In the first part of the Scan window, you can select a scanner name.

Memory type

Furthermore, you can choose data transfer type between “Memory” type and “Native” type. Memory type scans directly to the computer’s memory. Native type scans directly to the file and is considered to be more compatible with a wider variety of scanners.

Source

In the “Source” section, some options will depend on the selected scanner. If you choose a flatbed ADF scanner, you can choose between flatbed, ADF, and auto source. ADF means your scanner has a slot where you put your documents to scan. This way you get your documents scanned one after another from the scanner slot. For example, ADF source is


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very useful when your documents are bounded. Otherwise, if you select flatbed source, then you will have to change documents on your scanner manually. Auto source will automatically adjust source for you.

Page size

Same as in the “Source” section, number of options in “Page size” selection box will depend on the selected scanner. All page sizes your scanner supports are available for you to choose.

To assist you in choosing the desired page size, we will show few examples of page sizes with their dimensions:


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Color type

Next option to choose from is the color type. Color types depend on the selected scanner. In our example, we have four color types: BW, Grey, RGB, and Palette. BW means your document will result in black and white. The RGB color model is an additive color model in which red, green, and blue light are added together in various ways to reproduce a broad array of colors. The name of the model comes from the initials of the three additive primary colors, red, green, and blue.

Resolution

You can also adjust the resolution selecting the desired value in “Resolution” select box:

Contrast/brightness/JpegQuality

On the bottom of the window you can adjust contrast, brightness and Jpeg quality of the document. You can adjust it by moving the marked bar.

Check boxes

In the Scan window you can find a significant number of checkboxes:

Ignore blank pages: blank pages will be ignored.


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Auto crop: selecting this checkbox will automatically remove the borders from an image.

Use deskew: selecting this checkbox will enable deskew.

Use duplex: duplex is used for double-sided scanning

Invert image: selecting this checkbox will invert the image

Show scanner dialog: selecting this checkbox will show scanner dialog.

Number of images

Furthermore, you can adjust the number of images to scan in the following section of the Scan window.

Preview

On the window right side you can Preview the document by clicking on “Preview”.

In our example we chose TSScan as scanner name, and got the following:


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Scan

After adjusting your wanted options, select the Scan button on the bottom of the window:

As we mentioned, in our example we chose TSScan as the scanner name, and got the same following window:


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Additional information: for more information about TSScan, please visit the following link:

http://www.terminalworks.com/remote-desktop-scanning/

Saving default settings for the future use

Pressing the button “Save Current Settings As Default Ones” opens up a new popup window where it is possible which settings to save. It is saved in the scan.ini file.

http://www.terminalworks.com/remote-desktop-scanning/


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Mobile

The mobile tab is used for importing pictures from your mobile devices or tablet on which you have the UniTWain client application installed on.

On the screen above you can see that certain steps need to be taken to use the Mobile option.

1. You need to have the UniTwain client installed on your mobile device. The applicationcan be found on Google Play Store or Appstore depending on the operating system thatyou use on your mobile device.

Download links with further explanation of the client part can be found on these links:

Google play link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.terminalworks.android.unitwain

Appstore link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/unitwainclient/id1058871994?ls=1&mt=8

2. The Network Broadcast option has to be enabled for the computer with UniTwaininstalled on it to become visible as a selection on the mobile device from which you aretrying to import the picture from. To enable this option simply click on the StartNetwork Broadcast button or open the Help menu and click on Options.

NOTE: The PC broadcasting is visible to all mobile devices within the same network

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.terminalworks.android.UniTwainClient

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/unitwainclient/id1058871994?ls=1&mt=8


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3. The only thing left to do is to launch the mobile application and start importing pictures

Once you select the picture on your mobile device and send it, it will appear in UniTwain like on the print screen below.

Help

In the quick access toolbar, you can also find the Help menu.


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In the Help section, you can access the options window

On it you can find and modify different settings already explained in this guide, however here you can set your default settings which will remain saved and in that way enables you to adjust the software to your needs and desires depending on the type of work that you use it for.

Another way to open Options is by running UniTwain Settings application directly from Windows Run


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In the Help section, you can find short information about the UniTwain selecting the “About” button.

Also, you can see your license information by clicking on “License info”.

And you can also open this same guide by clicking on “Tutorial”.

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