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More info?)
From my research on both the Musitek/HPPS, the scanners software must be
installed. I see no way to custom install TWAIN only, during the PS software
installation.
Have you tried installing the latest drivers/software for PS?
If so and still no joy, see if any of these suggested workarounds help if you
haven't tried already:
3.2.4 Choosing an alternative scanning interface
If your scanner does not respond to the Scan command in the Smart-Score
interface or your scanned image is unacceptable (partially scanned, grey, color,
etc.)...
a. Check that your scanner is on and that the proper driver is installed (File >
Scan Music > Select Scanner). If a compatible driver is not present, you will
have to reinstall your scanner’s software either from the original CD or by
downloading the most recent scanner driver from your scanner manufacturer’s web
site. If the above is true and pushing the Scan button in the Navigator still
causes problems, your TWAIN driver is probably incompatible with SmartScore’s
own scanning interface.
b. Switch to the scanning software that was installed with your scanner. To do
this, go to File > Scan Music > Choose Interface > Your Scanner’s. When you push
the Scan button, you will then be handed off to your scanner’s interface.
If you are using your scanner’s interface, follow the following guides:
Place music in the scanner as squarely as possible.
Scan in Black & White (Line Art, 1 bit or OCR). Do not scan in color or in
greyscale. “Black & White Document†may be grey.
Crop in the music to be scanned by dragging mouse in preview.
Scan between 300-400 dpi (average printed music).
Scanning and Recognition
USING SmartScore 31
3.3 Working with HP® scanners in Windows
3.3.1 Choose Interface > SmartScore’s (with HP scanners)
For Win 98, Win 2000
a. Push Scan button or File > Scan Music > Acquire.
b. Check the Override Grey button in the SmartScore interface.
NOTE: Adjust the midpoint where light grey pixels go to white and dark grey
pixels go to black by using the Threshold slider.
3.3.2 Choose Interface > Your Scanner’s (with HP scanners)
Working with HP PrecisionScan®
a. Go to File > Scan Music > Choose Interface and select Your Scanner’s. Push
the Scan button in the Navigator bar.
b. Select “Black and White Document or Text†in PrecisionScan.
c. Push the “Adjust Quality†link and change Resolution to 300, 350 or 400 as
required.
d. Push “Scanâ€. Image will be transferred to SmartScore for saving and
recognition. If a warning that resolution is 7 dpi appears, reset resolution.
NOTE: If problems still occur, scan outside of SmartScore. See below. Refer to
basic settings “Scanning Outside of Smart-Score†on page 42.
3.3.3 Scanning Outside of SmartScore (with HP scanners)
HP PrecisionScan scanning interfaces (Win Only)
For HP scanner models 3200, 3300, 4100, and 4200 (PrecisionScan LT) and for HP
scanner models 2100, 2200, 3400, and 4300 (PrecisionScan LTX):
a. Choose Settings > Output Type menu option.
b. Select “Black and Whiteâ€.
c. Set Resolution to 300 to 400 dpi.
3.6 Scanning Outside of SmartScore
An alternative to operating your scanner from inside SmartScore using TWAIN or a
Mac plug-in is to scan in another application. You can use your scanner’s
software or a third-party imaging program like Photoshop® to scan and save
images. Then Recognize the saved images in SmartScore. This is the least
desirable choice. You will get more reliable results if you scan from within
SmartScore.
If you are going to scan outside of SmartScore, use the following guidelines for
successful music scanning:
Place music in the scanner as straight as possible.
Set Output or Purpose to Black & White (Line Art, 1 bit or OCR) not color or
gray. Do not select “Color†or “Photoâ€.
Set Resolution to 300-400 dpi for average printed music.
Set Darkness to -10 or -15% for average printed music.
Save as TIFF file. Uncompressed will be about 1 MB per page.
Compressed files are smaller. BMP will work too. Use a unique filename for each
page... e.g. Page1.tif, Page2.tif, etc.
TIP: Optimum resolution is achieved when the distance between staff lines is
about 20 pixels. Zoom into the image. Referring to the mouse position readout in
the status bar, measure the distance between two lines in a stave (measure white
space only).
The next step is to contact Musitek support to see if they can work it out.
--
Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/
Suggested posting do's/don'ts:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
"Jones" <Jones@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8B38B0C4-F842-428D-9AE2-3478CD92A5CE@microsoft.com...
> Brian, it is the PrecisionScan software that is incompatible with this
> program not the scanner. That's why I'm trying to install the scanner only. I
> read the following article:
>
http://www.musitek.com/faqs.html#Scanning%20Issues and it states:
> " Click on a TWAIN driver to select it (for HP, select “WIA-Hewlett-Packard
> Scanjet xxx†Do NOT select “PrecisionScanâ€). If a TWAIN driver is not
> visible, reinstall your scanners software making sure you install TWAIN. This
> is sometimes an option found under “Custom Installationâ€. Contact your
> scanner manufacturer for more details on how to install TWAIN onto your
> machine."
> And the option to install TWAIN only isn't there with this software. If
> PrecisionScan isn't incompatible, then why are they saying the above?I know
> her scanner will work with this program because when I installed it the first
> time, it worked with their interface but now it won't. Plus, I have scanned
> music with my scanner and have taken those files over there and they work
> great! If I use her scanner, and we try to transpose, it puts top part of it
> in for example: 5 flats and
> bottom part in maybe 7 sharps where it should be the same top and bottom and
> then click on play and you never heard such a mess. But, with my files that I
> scanned with my scanner, it works correctly. Have any more ideas? Thanks for
> your time.
Thanks again everyone! I'll let you know 
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