I’ve just bought a new printer and found the instruction manual for how to set it up a clear and simple example to follow. At first glance, I had to stop and think, as there was no text accompanying any of the images. The step-by-step guide was coherent with steps numbered one to nine, as well as having steps within some of the sections like in section one.
This guide did not need text; the images were enough to inform the audience of how to set it up. Each step is also easily identifiable with the rectangular strips separating, which again helps to clearly define each step.
I found that the accurate use of colour, which coincided with the actual printer colours as well as the cartridge colours, sped up the process of the set up with no confusion.
The use of arrows to show direction within the images, such as in the first step when taking the tape off the printer adds to the clarity of the guide. The circles with arrows, which show a zoomed in version of part of an image, also reinforce and further explain how to set up the printer in an easy to understand way.
Through the use of just images, the guide also clearly shows warnings of what not to do with the use of the symbol like a ‘no entry’ sign. By placing that over an image in step 6 we know not to do that. Another clever symbol used within the guide is the egg timer along with a 30 second image underneath it. I immediately understood that this meant that you had to wait for thirty seconds for this process to take place.
I think that this guide cleverly uses image and symbols to inform the audience of how to set up the printer without having any text. Including text would have been unnecessary in this case.
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