This is why I cannot de-screen the pictures I scan from books and magazines. The user interface for my Canon MP610 all-in-one scanner / printer is in Thai and I do not know how to change it.
ScanGear User Interface in Thai
I purchased my old Sony laptop and it was, of course, all English Windows XP. I purchased the printer in Thailand, but when I installed the software everything came up in English. No problem.
When I received the new Compaq Presario CQ40 it had the Thai version of Windows XP. I set everything up so the user interface is in English (United Kingdom).
Windows XP Regional & Language Options
When I installed Canon’s software it came up in Thai without asking me what I wanted. I found how how to change the language for the printer driver.
How to Change the User Interface Language
I have not found anywhere I can change it for the scanner. Canon licensed Scan Gear from another company.
There’s another tool called WIA that is English. But it is so simple that I don’t think it supports de-screening.
WIA Canon MP610
Note: there are ways of de-screening pictures in “post” using Photoshop. I was too lazy to research them when I scanned the Fortune Magazine article.
Tags: all-in-one, Canon, localization, MP610
August 31, 2009 at 9:47 am |
See http://bkkphotographer.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/descreening-in-photoshop/ where I did an experiment on Photoshop de-screening.
December 19, 2009 at 9:06 pm |
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