Thank you for purchasing your LS 4000 ED and/or LS 40 ED scanner. We are sure 
that it will give you many hours of reliable and productive use. Please read 
the following important information, which it was not possible to include 
in the manual due to time constraints.
Nikon Scan 3.0 is designed and written to support the LS 4000 ED, LS 40 ED, 
LS-2000 and LS-30 scanners only.

1. Known problems and issues with this release.

1.1. Scanner RGB Color Space and Digital ROC and GEM
Please do not use "Scanner RGB" as the color space when Digital ROC or 
Digital GEM is used.
The color reproduction for the Preview and the Main scan will be incorrect. 
To avoid problems, please turn the Nikon Color management off or use 
another RGB color space, such as Adobe RGB.

1.2. Histogram Display of the Curves Palette
The histogram area may be blank if the Histogram button is in the "pushed" 
state (which causes the histogram display to represent the image after 
the application of any curves or other user controls). This may happen 
after a Preview Scan or a Main Scan, or when the image is open 
in a document window.
If the histogram window is blank, please toggle the Histogram button 
(press the button twice) to display the post-adjustment histogram correctly. 
To avoid this phenomenon, please keep the Histogram button 
in the un-pushed state when initiating a Preview Scan or a Main Scan, 
or when opening a stored image file, then use the Histogram button to check 
the effect of curves and other controls from time-to-time, rather than 
leaving it in the "pushed" state.

1.3. "Crop Size" Display
The size of the Crop area (width and height in pixels) is displayed in the 
Information palette and the Crop palette. Although values in those locations 
should be matched, they may differ by a value of one pixel. The value in the 
Information palette is always accurate. 

1.4. The Pixel Value display
The Pixel Value display in the Information Palette, (indicating the digital 
value of the pixel under the cursor) may not be correct 
when the Nikon Scan 3.0 application opens an image file which has not 
created by Nikon Scan. (For example: a TIFF file stored by PhotoShop)

1.5. The Color Channel of the Curve Palette
Curves Palette is designed so that the Color Channel (Master, Red, Green or 
Blue) of each image is remembered when switching between multiple images. 
However, this release of Nikon Scan 3.0 maintains the current selection and 
as a result the color channel is not changed when changing from one image 
to another.

1.6. The LCH Palette Edit Menu
The LCH palette edit menu (Lightness, Chroma or Hue) has the same problem 
that is mentioned in the section 1.5 for the Color Channel.

1.7. Scan without a film inserted
Pressing the Main Scan button when there is no film is inserted in the 
MA-20(S) slide film adapter, will cause the Scan to be aborted without 
displaying any error message. An error message would normally in this case, 
be displayed.

1.8. Select All area on an image
Once a crop area has been drawn, in normal operation, a single mouse click 
will cancel the area and allow the crop area to be re-drawn. This operation 
will however not be totally reliable and may require additional clicks to 
cancel or re-draw the area. 
Please addtional clicks, if the first single click does not work as expected.

1.9. The LCH Editor and the Curves Palette
In normal operation, when the "Apply" buttons on these palettes are turned 
off, the Curves adjustment is disabled. This state is indicated by the window 
being dimmed and confirmed by it not being possible to manipulate the curves. 
However, in this version of NikonScan, the curves appear to remain active 
regardless of the position of the Apply button and can be manipulated, 
even though they are not active and do not affect the image when the Apply 
button is off. In this situation, if the Apply button is pressed to made 
the curve control active, the curves will then be applied as set. All other 
controls on those palettes (the channel selector etc) will behave as normal 
and will be disabled when the Apply button is turned off.

1.10. Importing/Loading and Exporting/Saving settings
Settings files are specific to the type of film adapter and must be used 
with the same adapter that was installed at the time when the settings were 
saved or exported. An Imported/Loaded settings file that was exported/saved 
for a different type of film adapter than the one that is currently installed 
in the scanner will be invalid. To ensure that settings files are used with 
the correct adapter (the one that was installed when the settings were saved), 
please name the file with an adapter type when exporting/saving settings files.


2. About NikonScan 3.0

2.1. The LCH editor, the unsharp mask function and the Nikon Color Management 
	 system.
To use the LCH editor and the Unsharp Mask Filter , the Color Management 
System must be active. 
Should you wish to enable the color management system (in order to make use 
of features that are only available through the color management system) 
yet prefer the impression of a non-color managed file, it is possible to set 
the Calibrated RGB mode to ignore color space profiles and simply work 
with the original, untreated image. 
To set this mode, please follow the procedure mentioned below:

a) Open the Color Management tab of the Preference setting.
b) Turn on the "Nikon color management system" check box on the dialog.
c) Open the "RGB" tab.
d) Select the "Scanner RGB" for the calibrated RGB color. When Scanner RGB 
   is selected, an ICC profile tag will not be embedded with the image file 
   when the file is saved.
e) Quit NikonScan and launch again.

Scan speed may slow down when the color management system is on. This depends 
on the host computer processing speed and memory.
Also please note that in order to provide 
a more authentic "non-color managed" operational workflow;

- The image will not be compensated for the type of monitor in use. 
This compensation is normally applied when the color management system is 
turned on, however NikonScan will not apply the monitor compensation 
when the "Scanner RGB" is selected, even if the color management system is 
turned on.
- An ICC profile tag will not be embedded with an image file when the file is 
saved. This tag is normally applied when the color management system is 
turned on, however NikonScan will not embed an ICC profile tag when 
the "Scanner RGB" is selected, even if the color management system is 
turned on.


2.2. Using a SA-20, SA-21 Strip Film Adapter or SA-30 Roll Film Adapter
The following sections (the section 2.2.1 thru 2.2.3) describes tips for 
the SA-20, SA-21 and SA-30 film adapters. 

2.2.1. Frame Boundary
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. 
Please 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, and should be performed at least 
once prior to doing any preview scans or main scans. If it is not possible 
to perform a thumbnail scan, a preview scan should be performed as a minimum 
requirement.
Frames with dark images or content types can cause problems with frame edge 
detection. In this case, the thumbnail scan may give incorrect thumbnails. 
If the image appears to be offset, please use the "Adjust Boundary Offset" 
controls, located within the "Extras" tab, to change the scan offset. 
Continue to take preview scans until a satisfactory result is obtained.

2.2.2. Differences between thumbnail images and preview images
There is a slight difference between the thumbnail scan coverage area and 
the preview/main scan coverage area. As this is only a slight difference, 
there should be little or no consequences in the use of the scanner.
- When using a SA-21 Strip Film Adapter or a SA-30 Roll Film Adapter. 
The preview scan area as well as the main scan area covers slightly more area 
at the top and bottom of the images than the thumbnail scan area.
- When using a SA-20 Strip Film Adapter. The preview scan as well as 
the main scan area covers slightly less area at the top and bottom of 
the images than the thumbnail scan area. 
(Top and bottom: when a target film is displayed vertically.)

2.2.3. Thumbnail display issue when using SA-30 Roll Film Adapter
A thumbnail image for the 40th frame might not be displayed when using 
a film strip that contains 40 frames or more. Please consult a section called
"scanning short, long or damaged film strips" in the User Manual.

2.3. Multiple scanners
This version of NikonScan 3 does not support multiple scanners. Please connect
only one Nikon scanner at any one time to the computer.

2.4. Hot plug operation
Although USB and IEEE1394 interfaces are known as "Hot plug" interfaces 
that allow the insertion or removal of the interface cable without 
shutting down the computer, please do not do this when the scanner is 
in operation. If a powered-on scanner is connected to a powered-off computer,
DO NOT turn on the computer on while the LED indicator located on the scanner 
panel is flashing slowly. Failure to comply with this requirement may cause 
unexpected problems with the scanner hardware. 

2.5. Switching the Nikon Color Management system
It is necessary to quit and to re-launch NikonScan 3.0 after turning 
the Color Management System on or off for the change to take effect.

2.6. Scan Speed
Scan speed will vary depending upon the computer system environment. 
Turning off the Nikon Color Management System (CMS) and/or Digital ICE Cubed
 (ICE, ROC or GEM) may decrease scan times. Note that when you turn CMS off, 
you will need to restart NikonScan 3.0 for the change take effect.

2.7. Three-letter extensions for the exported Settings file.
When exporting settings as an external file from the buttons on the Tool Chest,
the following extensions will be added at the end of file name.
".ncv" for Tone Curves
".ncc" for Scan Size
".nca" for Color Balance
".num" for Unsharp Mask
".nlv" for LCH editor
".nla" for Digital ICE Cubed

2.8. Saving images with 12 or 14 bit depth.
When batch scanning with 12 or 14 bit color depth images, the saved file format
will automatically default to TIFF, as this is the only file format 
which supports data of more than 8 bits per channel. Images will be saved 
as a 16-bit TIFF file when 12 or 14 bit depth is selected. 
The valid file formats for 12 or 14-bit working are TIFF or NEF.

2.9. Use of the Redraw button (located on the Digital ICE Cubed Palette and 
	 the Analog Gain Palette)
Controls and the Settings (located on the Digital ICE Cubed Palette and 
the Analog Gain Palette) will not be applied to the image interactively 
at the time of adjustment or change.  To view the effect of any changes, press 
the Redraw button to update the Preview image.

Note that the effect of the change on the preview scan will be simulated, 
and that this will be indicated by a warning icon being displayed 
in the Information Area of the Main Scan Window. In certain cases the scanner 
will refresh the Preview scan image by making a new scan, particularly 
if the size of the preview image is large.
 
2.10. Precautions when disconnecting the scanner from the computer.

When disconnecting the scanner from a host computer that running Windows 98 SE 
or Windows ME, please exit  NikonScan 3.0  before executing 
the "Un-plug or Eject Hardware" command. (The "Un-plug or Eject Hardware" 
command is a standard feature of Windows 98 SE and Windows ME. Please consult 
the Windows manual for information). 
The "Un-plug or Eject Hardware" command will not work correctly 
if it is executed while NikonScan 3.0 is running.

2.11. Scanner Firmware Version (LS-2000 or Coolscan III only)
This version of Nikon Scan requires Version 1.3 or greater firmware to be 
installed in the LS-2000 or Coolscan III. The firmware version is displayed 
in the title bar of the Main Scan Window. If the firmware version is earlier 
(lower number) than 1.3, please update the firmware by using the Firmware 
Update Software, located in the "Firmware Update Software" folder 
on the Nikon Scan 3 CD-ROM. Please read the "Readme.txt" and 
the "Manual.pdf" files prior to updating the firmware.

2.12. NikonScan 3.0 and Windows 2000
The following sections (2.12.1 through 2.12.3) describes tips when you use 
NikonScan 3.0 and Nikon Scanners with a Windows 2000 system. 

2.12.1. Installing NikonScan 3.0
When attempting to install NikonScan3.0 on a Windows 2000 system the user must 
log-in to the computer with a User Identity that has Administrator privileges.
If in doubt, please consult your Windows 2000 documentation or System 
Administrator.

2.12.2. Testing Scanners and Cameras function
Windows 2000 has a generic peripheral test function in the "scanners and 
cameras" located on its Properties page. However none of the Nikon Scanners 
respond to this hardware self test when this Microsoft function is activated.

2.12.3. About the Windows Color Profile display on the "Scanners and Cameras"
		control panel.
On a Windows 2000 system, the Color Profile listed under the Properties of 
any Nikon scanner is shown as "sRGB color space profile". 
However this display information is intended for devices that do not 
incorporate native color management within their controlling programs. 
It does not affect either the  Nikon Scanner hardware not the NikonScan 3.0 
Color Management software. The color output and monitor display of 
your Nikon Scanner hardware and software will not be affected 
by this Windows 2000 system information.

2.13. IEEE 1394 Interface Adapter Card.
An IEEE 1394 Interface adapter card is shipped with LS 4000 ED. This PCI card 
uses the NEC FireWarden driver that is supplied on the standard Windows 
Installation CD. You may need to have your Windows CD ROM available to complete
the hardware registration phase of the installation. Please be advised that 
there is no driver CD supplied for the card in the scanner box.
Please use the following contact information for more detail.

RATOC Systems International, Inc. Tech support
Open Monday-Friday, 9:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. (PST)

Address: 1933 O'Toole Avenue Suite A109, San Jose, CA 95131, U.S.A.
Phone: (408)955-9400
Fax: (408)955-9402
E-mail: int-support@rexpccard.co.jp
Web: http://www.ratocsystems.com/english/

3. Manual Errors and Omissions

3.1. Viewing Information about the Image in the Document Window (Manual Page 94)
The following list of items described in the User Manual is incorrect. 
Only the following items are displayed in the Document Window; 
Date and Time Captured, Film Type, Bit Depth, Multi-sample scanning state, 
Analog Gain and Digital Cubed (ICE, ROC, GEM) state.

3.2. Edit menu command (Manual Page 144)
Description for the Edit Menu Commands in the manual should be replaced with 
following: (Edit Menu Commands are displayed at the top of your screen when 
using NikonScan 3.0 application and are not available when using plug-in 
with Adobe Photoshop.)

The following commands are effective for text boxes only; 
(e.g. a file name text box in the file save dialog) 

When the menu not available, please use  the following standard system 
short-cut key combinations.
- Undo (Ctrl + Z)
- Cut (Ctrl + X)
- Paste (Ctrl + V)
- Copy (Ctrl + C)
There is no Select All (Command+ A) command provided on this version.

3.3. Default Value (Manual Page 127)
The Save To Disk function default is ON, in spite of a statement in the User 
Manual that the default is OFF. (This setting determines if images are saved 
to the hard disk after batch scanning automatically.) The switch is located 
in the Batch Scan Tab page in the Preference settings.

3.4. Copying a Selected area to the Clipboard (Manual Page 96)
Although this function is mentioned in the manual, this function does not 
perform on this version.

3.5. Opening the scan window by using the list of scanners
	 (Manual Page 103)
Although, available scanner(s) should be listed in the sub menu of the Tools,
they are not listed in this version. (The "Tools" selection is a Nikon Scan
menu displayed at the top of Nikon Scan 3.0 application window)
When available in later versions of NikonScan, the sub-menu permits 
the opening of the Main Scanner Window by choosing one of listed scanners.
In this version, please use the "Open TWAIN source" in the File menu or 
the Open Source button instead, to initiate a new Main Scan Window.


4. Component Versions
The following files are included in Nikon Scan Version 3.0;

	Nikon Scan.exe				3.0.0.3005
	Nikon Scan.ds				3.0.0.3005
	LS2000.md3				2.0.0.3004
	LS4000.md3				1.0.0.3008
	Asteroid.dll				1.0.0.3002
	SDCLW32.DLL				1.0.0.3005
	NKD_SCSI.DLL				1.0.0.3007
	ICENKNX2.dll				1.0.0.3000
	NKDSBP2.dll				1.0.0.3001
	NKDUSCAN.dll				1.0.0.3000
	FdUtility.exe				2.0.0.3000
	CML2.DLL				2.1.1.3
	CML3.dll				3.0.0.3002
	DRAGNKX2.dll				1.0.0.0
	StdFilters.dll				1.3.0.3002
	Strato2.dll				2.0.0.3000
	TWAIN_32.DLL				1.6.0.3
	NSLang.dll				3.0.0.3005
	NSSLang.dll				3.0.0.3005
	NEFLauncher.exe				1.0.0.3001

	%_NKAdobe.icm				3.0.0.3000
	%_NKApple.icm				3.0.0.3000
	%_NKApple_CPS.icm			3.0.0.3000
	%_NKBruce.icm				3.0.0.3000
	%_NKCIE.icm				3.0.0.3000
	%_NKCMatch.icm				3.0.0.3000
	%_NKGrayG18.icm				3.0.0.3000
	%_NKGrayG22.icm				3.0.0.3000
	%_NKNTSC.icm				3.0.0.3000
	%_NKsRGB.icm				3.0.0.3000
	%_NKWide.icm				3.0.0.3000
	%_NKWide_CPS.icm			3.0.0.3000

	NKAdobe.icm				3.0.0.3000
	NKApple.icm				3.0.0.3000
	NKApple_CPS.icm				3.0.0.3000
	NKBruce.icm				3.0.0.3000
	NKCIE.icm				3.0.0.3000
	NKCMatch.icm				3.0.0.3000
	NKCMYK.icm				3.0.0.3000
	NKGrayG18.icm				3.0.0.3000
	NKGrayG22.icm				3.0.0.3000
	NKLch.icm				3.0.0.3000

	NKLS2000_8N.icm				2.5.0.1000
	NKLS2000_8P.icm				2.5.0.1001
	NKLS2000LS30.icm			2.5.1.1001
	NKLS2000LS30_8N_SDC.icm			3.0.0.3000
	NKLS2000LS30_P_SDC.icm			2.5.0.1001
	NKLS2000LS30_8P_SDC.icm			3.0.0.3000
	NKLS2000LS30_N.icm			2.5.0.1000
	NKLS2000LS30_N_SDC.icm			2.5.0.1000
	NKLS2000LS30_P.icm			2.5.0.1001
	
	NKLS4000LS40.icm			3.0.0.3000
	NKLS4000LS40_K_14.icm			3.0.0.3000
	NKLS4000LS40_K_8.icm			3.0.0.3000
	NKLS4000LS40_K_I14.icm			3.0.0.3000
	NKLS4000LS40_K_I8.icm			3.0.0.3000
	NKLS4000LS40_N_14.icm			3.0.0.3000
	NKLS4000LS40_N_8.icm			3.0.0.3000
	NKLS4000LS40_N_I14.icm			3.0.0.3000
	NKLS4000LS40_N_I8.icm			3.0.0.3000
	NKLS4000LS40_P_14.icm			3.0.0.3000
	NKLS4000LS40_P_8.icm			3.0.0.3000
	NKLS4000LS40_P_I14.icm			3.0.0.3000
	NKLS4000LS40_P_I8.icm			3.0.0.3000
	NKLS4000LS40_R.icm			3.0.0.3000

	NKMonitor_Mac.icm			3.0.0.3000
	NKMonitor_Win.icm			3.0.0.3000
	NKNTSC.icm				3.0.0.3000
	NKsRGB.icm				3.0.0.3000
	NKWide.icm				3.0.0.3000

Windows is a trademark of Microsoft corporation.
Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
Adobe is a registered trademark, and Photoshop a trademark, 
of Adobe Systems, Inc.
Digital ICE cubed(TM),Digital ICE(TM),Digital ROC(TM) 
and Digital GEM(TM) are trademarks of Applied Science Fiction,Inc.
Digital ICE cubed(TM),Digital ICE(TM),Digital ROC(TM) 
and Digital GEM(TM) Technology are developed by Applied Science Fiction,Inc.
Other brand or product names are the trademarks or registered trade-marks
of their respective holders.

2001/1/15
