Thank you for purchasing the Nikon LS-2000 SuperCoolscan. 
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 2.0 is designed to support the LS-2000 only. 
It includes the Nikon Scan 2.0 application and the 
Nikon Scan 2.0 TWAIN source. The application allows 
you to scan and save images without any other programs. 
The TWAIN source is for scanning with 3rd party applications 
that have the TWAIN interface, such as Adobe Photoshop.

1. Nikon Scan 2.0

1.1. About using Nikon Scan 2.0 with the Windows NT-ASPI Layer
Nikon Scan 2.0 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 2.0.

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.
If you wish to change the film type between negative and positive, you 
should select all of the thumbnails prior to changing the film type. For 
technical reasons, the film type is applied to each image individually.

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. Changing adapters
Please do not attempt to change the adapter while a preview scan, main 
scan or thumbnail scan is in progress. This may cause damage to the 
scanner or the film.

1.5. 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.

1.6. WESS mount
WESS mounts (slide frames made by WESS Plastics, Inc.) require a 
special attachment for the SF-200 (Slide autofeeder). The small 
white plastic attachment is provided in the SF-200 box and requires 
you to run a special utility to install the attachment to the SF-
200. It is called "FDUtility.exe" and is located within the 
directory "/Program files/Nikon/NKScan20" folder. Please install 
the attachment prior to operating the SF-200 with WESS mounts.

2. Nikon Color Management System (CMS)
The Nikon Color Management System is a new feature included in 
the Nikon Scan 2.0 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 2.0 and 
     other applications
The Nikon Scan 2.0 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 2.0 application 
may not display them in exactly the same manner as the 
Nikon Scan 2.0 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 2.0 supports version 3.4 of the International 
Color Consortium (ICC) profile format. Nikon Scan 2.0 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 2.0 application. 
Nikon Inc. will only support the provided generic profiles.

2.3. NKLS2000.icm
 An ICC profile named NKLS2000.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 2.0. 
This profile is not used by Nikon Scan 2.0,; 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 2.0 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 2.0 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. CMYK images
In order to open CMYK files with the Nikon Scan 2.0 application, 
you must have Nikon Color Management System turned on.

4.2. 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.

4.3. Scanning with the SF-200
Scanning with the SF-200 will require a software update, 
which will be available from from Nikon technical support 
web sites.

These include servers in the following locations:

 in  Europe area, http://www.nikon-euro.com
 in N. America, http://www.nikontechusa.com

Alternatively you may contact your nearest Nikon Authorized 
Distributor by fax or mail for an update.

4.4. 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".

5. Component Versions
The following files are included in Nikon Scan Version 2.0;

       Nikon Scan.exe		1.0.0.3011
       Nikon Scan.ds		1.0.0.3011
       LS2000.md3		1.0.0.3006
       AltImage.DLL		1.0.0.3001
       SDCLW32.DLL		1.0.0.3004
       NKD_SCSI.DLL		1.0.0.3001
       CML2.DLL			2.1.0.2
       FdUtility.exe		1.0.0.3000

       NKLS2000.icm		1.0.0.3000
       NKLS2000Posi_8.icm	1001f
       NKLS2000Nega_8.icm	1.0.0.3002
       NKLS2000Posi_16.icm	1001f
       NKLS2000Nega_16.icm	1.0.0.3002
       NKsRGB.icm		1001f
       NKSWOP_CMYK.icm		1001f
       NKLch.icm		1001f
       NKMonitor_Win.icm	1001f
       NKLS2000Nega_SD_8.icm	1.0.0.3002
       NKLS2000Posi_SD_8.icm	1000f
       NKLS2000Nega_SD_16.icm	1.0.0.3002
       NKLS2000Posi_SD_16.icm	1000f
       
April 20th, 1998
