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Frequently Asked Questions - Astra Scanners
Frequently Asked Questions

Top Support Issues

Top Issues Compiled and regularly updated by the UK support team, our list of Top Support Issues is a good starting point for Astra scanner users with a technical problem or question.
Troubleshooting Parallel Scanners
SCSI Scanners
USB Scanners
Installation FAQs Unlocking the scanner, installing the software and update disks, software for scanning, user manuals, installation errors, drivers on disk
General Using parallel scanners and printers together, driver error messages, PC specification required, scanner lamp, networking scanners
OCR, PageManager
Word & Networking

Other Notes
Scanning text, OCR (Optical Character Recognition), PageManager and Copy Utility
SCSI card Link errors, installing the SCSI card, Windows 95 Device Manager, SCSI card specification, using Adaptec SCSI cards
Image quality & resolution Resolution, focus, file sizes, RGB and CMYK, scanning to desktop colour printers, scanning film or transparencies, matching colours
Common hardware issues List of the most common hardware questions and issues with the Astra scanner.
Glossary of scanning terms (Astra) Resolution DPI and LPI, Density Range, Bit Depth, 30-bit, CCD, One Pass and Three Pass, Colour Greyscale and Lineart, RGB and CMYK, Transparency Adaptor, Speed of a scanner, SCSI and Parallel, SPP EPP and ECP Parallel, VistaScan, TWAIN, OCR, Presto! PageManager, Copy Utility, MagicMatch, ISA SCSI controller card UDS-11
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