# ScreenMaking Help

## 1. How to make screen

1. Connect the machine to your Mac with USB cable.
2. Choose your machine with the Model button.
3. Choose the image file on the Image inspector.
4. Set parameters on the Position inspector to layout the image.
5. Check that the machine's power is ON.
6. Click Send Image in the bottom of the Inspector, or choose Screen Making in the File menu.

## 2. Image file formats

The app loads images using macOS' built-in image technologies. PDF, BMP, JPEG, PNG and AI are supported. (Note: AI file must contain PDF.)

## 3. User interface

### Main window

① Toolbar
② Preview area
③ Inspector

### Toolbar

① Model button
  You can choose the machine's model.
② Maintenance button
  Click this button to show the machine's status.
③ Help button
  Click this button to show this Help.
④ Canvas button
  You can choose the canvas. (Canvases supported by the machine are listed.)
⑤ Inspector button
  Click this button to show or hide the Inspector.

### Preview area

You can see how image is arranged in the max area. The image can be moved by dragging or pressing the arrow keys.

### Inspector

Image
  You can select an image file to add into the document.
Image Processing
  You can change the parameters affecting how the image is converted to bitmap. "Expansion" makes lines bolder.
Position
  You can change the parameters affecting how the image is arranged.
Send Image button
  Click this button to start making screen.

## 4. Tips

- Number fields accepts math expressions. For example, (3*3)+1.5 will be recognized as 10.5.
- On number fields, you can press ↑↓ keys to increase or decrease the value. When pressing shift key, increase / decrease value will be large.