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Using Plug-ins/ISIS with Third Party Applications

Mustek scanners come with Color It! for scanning images and TextBridge for performing optical character recognition (OCR). While this is enough to cover most of your scanning needs, you may want to use other programs that were designed to interact with a scanner such as Adobe PhotoShop

Most software products will have instructions for configuring them with a scanner. Usually this will involve installing ISIS drivers or Plug-ins.

Choosing the ISIS Driver

ISIS (Image and Scanner Interface Standard) is a driver that is installed as a Chooser extension. Most programs that use an ISIS driver will require you to access it from the Chooser the first time you use the program. Unless noted otherwise in the software instructions, follow these steps to use the ISIS driver.

1. Launch the program that uses an ISIS driver.
2. With the program running, click on the Apple menu and select the Chooser.
3. On the Chooser, locate the Mustek ISIS icon. The icon will look like the ones below and have the name "Mustek" or the model of the scanner as its name.

4. Double-click the Mustek ISIS icon and close the Chooser.
5. Usually the host program will have a Select Source command that you must choose that will also show the name of the Mustek ISIS driver you had just chosen. After that, the program will now be linked with the ISIS driver and should allow scanning functions.

Placing a Plug-in

Plug-ins are versatile drivers that appear as the examples below. They can look like simple documents or have a nice plug-ins logo depending on your system configuration.

In order to be used, a plug-in needs to be within a special folder within the host applications folder. Usually this folder is called Plug-ins, and you should check the applications' manual for the name of the proper folder. Below are a list of some of the most well known applications and the plug-in placement.

Adobe PhotoShop 4.0(For Power PC Macs): Place the Mustek plug-in into the Plug-ins folder, located in the main PhotoShop 4.0 folder on the hard disk.

Adobe PhotoShop 4.0(non-Power PC Macs): Place the Mustek plug-in into the main PhotoShop 4.0 folder located on the hard disk.

All other Adobe PhotoShop Versions: Place the Mustek plug-in into the main PhotoShop folder located on the hard disk.

Adobe Photo Deluxe: Place the Mustek plug-in into the Plug-ins folder located in the main Photo Deluxe folder on the hard disk.