When set up properly, the StandScan Pro creates a nice box which is decently stable. It took me about half an hour to figure out how to unfold, open, and lock it in position. I can now do it much more quickly.
1) Lay the closed package flat with the flap face up. 2) Open the flap. 3) open the central piece by unfolding it straight down from the flap. 4) Flip out the two side flaps. One side unfolds twice. 5) At this point, the bottom is the rectangle with three attachments. The back is the attachment that does not have an opposite side. If the back is away from you, the top is the rectangle all the way to the right. If you have the Pro version, the top has the LED light bar and the power chord on it. On all pieces except the bottom, there are magnets which are in areas with fold lines. The two magnets on the bottom are for locking the StandScan closed after folding up. 6) When opening, the fold in the back segment is straightened. 7) Find the fold creases on the left side panel. There is one on each side when the panel is brought to vertical. Eventually, you will fold both flaps to 90 degrees. The creases contain the round magnets on the left panel. Note: the same is true for the right side panel. 8) Bring the back panel and the left panel to vertical. The back crease in the left panel folded to 90 degrees means the magnets in the fold section match up with the magnets in the back left side. When connected together, You have a firm connection for two sides and the bottom. 9) Fold the back crease on the right side flap to 90 degrees. This will allow the right side to slide in front of the back side so the magnets on the right side connect with the back; just like the left side connects with the back. 10) Bring the top up and over the top of the box. make sure the back flap on the right side comes in front of the back side. When the magnets connect, the box is now rather sturdy. 11) Before connecting the top, make sure the chord for the LED lights is in the small groove for it on the left back side top corner. 12) Fold the flap on the top that extends beyond the back down so its magnets connect with the magnets on the back. 13) Fold the left and right front side flaps 90 degrees into the box. In other words, these flaps fold the same direction as the back flaps. 14) Fold the top flaps on the front and left sides down so they connect with their corresponding side magnets. When done properly, you have a container that provides a stable shelf to place your phone on for taking images for OCR. The round hole for the camera is in the middle of the box. It is your job to place the phone so the camera is properly aligned. I make sure the side of my iPhone is the same distance back from the front edge of the box along its entire length. The LED lights are all the way across the back of the box, when open, so light is spread evenly across the page being scanned. Note: if you are still unable to make the box stand, have a sighted person set it up and then show you. Visually, it is straight-forward to set up. Finally, a note on the material. The website clearly states the StandScan is laminated cardboard. This means, cardboard with a thin film of plastic bonded to it. Only the outside of the box has the plastic film on it. This did not make sense to me until I remembered that plastic is nice and shiny reflective. Such reflectivity inside the box can cause glare, which might wash out the print image. Cardboard, on the other hand, causes defuse light, so the text image will be much clearer. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 28/03/2013, at 10:11, Ron Pelletier <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I guess I didn't go to university long enough because the sales pitch says > that it is put together in a few seconds. Well, I need to go back to > school. > > My question is: Do I have to uncover the magnets because the don't seem > strong enough to hold the box together. The box comes apart just by blowing > on it.. Either I am doing something very wrong or the thing has much too > weak magnets. I probably would have agreed to pay a little more and have > this made of thin plastic rather than cardboard and maybe Velcro to hold it > together rather than the magnets. > > Before I comment anyfurther and make a fool of myself, I will wait for some > answers concerning the magnets. > > Ron & Danvers > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Richard Turner > Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2013 11:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Stupid question of the year - how do you set up the Scanstand > pro? > > Great description. Be sure and fit the cable into the notch on that left > piece. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Anne Robertson > Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2013 7:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Stupid question of the year - how do you set up the Scanstand > pro? > > Hello Krister, > > Lay the folded StandScan on a table with the small flap away from you. > Open the small flap and fold back the body of the StandScan towards you. > Now the topmost piece should open to the left, and the remaining part will > open to the right but will still be a double thickness. > Open the final piece to the right. > Go to the lefthand piece and you'll find that there is a crease running from > where it joins the second piece to the lefthand edge, a few centimetres in. > Fold along this crease making an elongated triangle. > The same thing can be found on the back edge of the same piece, and on the > front and back edges of the third section. > The piece at the extreme right is the top and you can find the LEDs along > its back edge, and the cable at its back left corner. > Lift the righthand section and lift the lefthand section, then fold over the > flap at the end of the section with the LEDs so that the magnets meet the > magnets on the lefthand section. > A flap of the top section folds down to engage with the magnets on the > triangular pieces, and the piece still lying flat at the back lifts up to > meet the top and the triangular side pieces at the back. > Your StandScan should now look like a large box with an open front and a > short cable coming out of the upper back lefthand corner. > > I hope this helps. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 23 Mar 2013, at 12:33, Krister Ekstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all. >> I received my Standscan Pro yesterday and tried to set it up and can >> for > the life of me not fathom how to do it. I can fold it alright, and i sorta > see how it should work, but i'm darned if i know how to put things together, > but since everyone else here seems to have managed it, guess it's just a > matter of the fluff in the users head that prevents me from seeing how it's > done. 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