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 2.1 is designed to support the LS-2000 and 
Coolscan III only.

1. Nikon Scan 2.1

1.1. About using Nikon Scan 2.1 with the Windows NT-ASPI Layer
Nikon Scan 2.1 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.

1.2. 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 2.1.

1.3. Using the Strip film adapter and the IX240 Film adapter
1.3.1. 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.

1.3.2. 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. 
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 Auto Saved Batch Scan
For Auto Saved Batch scans, you should use the Nikon Scan Application; 
but not the Nikon Scan TWAIN source and  turn off "acquire batch scans 
directly to disk" in the "Misc" tab of the preferences dialog. You 
should confirm that there is enough disk space to save images.

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

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.

2. Nikon Color Management System (CMS)
The Nikon Color Management System is a new feature included in 
the Nikon Scan 2.1 Scanner Control Software. It is designed to 
improve the color accuracy between the image as seen on the 
original film and the resulting images on your monitor and your 
printer.

2.1. Exchanging image data between Nikon Scan 2.1 and 
     other applications
The Nikon Scan 2.1 application always displays images using 
the monitor profile and gamma settings. These are external 
to the saved image data, so third-party applications 
that open images saved from the Nikon Scan 2.1 application 
may not display them in exactly the same manner as the 
Nikon Scan 2.1 application. Each application has a 
specific way of adjusting monitor gamma. Please refer to the 
third party vendors for assistance in making these 
adjustments. It may be helpful to have images open in Nikon 
Scan and your third party application at the same time to 
make matching easier.

2.2. Custom ICC Profiles for Monitors and CMYK Output Devices
Nikon Scan 2.1 supports version 3.4 of the International 
Color Consortium (ICC) profile format. Nikon Scan 2.1 uses 
a generic profile for monitors, and a generic profile for CMYK 
output devices. Customized profiles provided by manufacturers 
of calibrated displays and/or output devices may improve 
color accuracy. Contact the vendor of your display(s) 
and/or output device(s) to see if they will provide these 
customized profiles. PLEASE NOTE: Incorrect profiles can 
introduce serious problems to the Nikon Scan 2.1 application. 
Nikon Inc. will only support the provided generic profiles.

2.3. NKLS2000LS30.icm
 An ICC profile named NKLS2000LS30.icm has been installed in 
the Color directory, within your System directory.
This profile has been provided so that third-party 
applications (such as Adobe Photoshop) may calibrate 
their image data to match that scanned by Nikon Scan 2.1. 
This profile is not used by Nikon Scan 2.1,; but the 
application must be set up in the following manner in 
order to calibrate output using this profile:

Use the Preferences dialog to perform the following:

If you are using the Nikon Scan 2.1 Application:
1. In the "Color Management" tab, turn off the "Use 
   Nikon Color Management System" checkbox.
2.  In the "Gamma" tab, set the Preview Gamma to 
    a value of 2.2.
3.  Quit the application and restart it.

If you are using the Nikon Scan 2.1 TWAIN Source:
1.  In the "Color Management" tab, turn off the "Use 
    Nikon Color Management System" checkbox.
2.  In the "Gamma" tab, set the Preview Gamma to a 
    value of 2.2.
3.  In the "Gamma" tab, check the "Use Preview 
    Gamma" checkbox.
4.  Quit the application and restart it.

3. 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.

4. Known problems
4.1. Saving Images in the  HSL Colorspace is not supported
The HSL color space is not supported by any standard image file 
formats, so you will not be able to save images that are in HSL. 
You must convert to RGB, sRGB, Grayscale or CMYK in order to 
save the image.

4.2. 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".

4.3. 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.

4.4. 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.

4.5 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.

5. New feature for Nikon Scan 2.1

5.1 Setting the film type
The Film Type setting can be changed whether or not there is 
film in the adapter.

5.2 TIFF ICC profile data
Nikon Scan will include ICC profile data in saved TIFF format 
files. This means that you can expect better color consistency 
in applications that support these profiles, such as Adobe 
Photoshop 5.0.

5.3. Scan and save into a file
We have added a feature in Nikon Scan 2.1 that can be accessed 
via the "Misc." tab of the preferences dialog. This feature is 
called "Scan Directly to Disk", and can be implemented for both 
single and batch scans. When this feature is on, scans are not 
shown in open windows, but are instead, saved directly into a 
selected folder. This feature only works on the Nikon Scan application. 
It does not work in the TWAIN source. When the files are saved, 
a logfile will be saved in the same directory. This file will be 
called "ScanLog.txt".

5.4. Nikon Color Management system
5.4.1 Improved ICC Profiles
Nikon Scan 2.1 includes updated ICC profiles that should result 
in even better color consistency.

5.4.2. Supporting the COOLSCAN III
The COOLSCAN III is now supported by Nikon Scan 2.1.

6. Notice for users of Nikon Scan 2.0
Nikon Scan 2.1 overwrites previous installations of Nikon Scan 2.0 
and converts Nikon Scan 2.0 files to the new version. Don't 
install Nikon Scan 2.1 if you still wish to use Nikon Scan 2.0.

7. Fixed bugs
7.1 User-selected focus
We have fixed a bug where user-selected focus position did not 
work properly for flipped an/or rotated images.

7.2. Batch scans force 12-bit data
We have fixed a bug where selecting batch scans forced the bit 
depth to 12 bits.

8. Component Versions
The following files are included in Nikon Scan Version 2.1;

       Nikon Scan.exe		2.1.1.3001
       Nikon Scan.ds		2.1.1.3001
       LS2000.md3		1.1.0.3004
       AltImage.DLL		1.0.0.3006
       SDCLW32.DLL		1.0.0.3004
       NKD_SCSI.DLL		1.0.0.3005
       FdUtility.exe		1.0.0.3000
       CML2.DLL			2.1.0.6

       NKLS2000LS30.icm		1.0.0.3001
       NKLS2000_8P.icm		1.0.0.3003
       NKLS2000_8N.icm	        1.0.0.3005
       NKLS2000LS30_P.icm	1.0.0.3003
       NKLS2000LS30_N.icm	1.0.0.3005
       NKsRGB.icm		1.0.0.3002
       NKSWOP_CMYK.icm		1001f
       NKLch.icm		1001f
       NKMonitor_Win.icm	1001f
       NKLS2000_8N_SDC.icm	1.0.0.3005
       NKLS2000_8P_SDC.icm	1.0.0.3003
       NKLS2000LS30_N_SDC.icm	1.0.0.3005
       NKLS2000LS30_P_SDC.icm	1.0.0.3003

July 7th, 1998
