| Scanning |
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Log into the computer so you can copy
your scanned files to the L: or M: drive if you wish. |
| Prepare image to be scanned |
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It may be helpful to gently wipe the
scanner glass with a clean cloth to remove dust. You also
might consider gently wiping the photograph to be scanned;
dust will show as specks on the scanned image. Place the
object to be scanned on the scanner glass pushed into the back
right corner near the green arrow. |
| Pre-Scan the Image |
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You may begin scanning by pressing the
green “Scan” button on the front of the scanner or
clicking on the “SCANNER” icon on the desktop or the Start
Menu. This will start the scanning software. |
| Choose the “Scan To:” Destination |
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The Scanner software allows you to Scan To an Image File or to an
application such as Photoshop, WordPerfect or Word; you may
choose the target application from the drop down list. A photo
editor such as Photoshop gives you the most control over
making desired adjustments to the image and saving it out as a
file, but if that isn’t necessary you may save a step by
going directly to a word processor if that is where it will be
used. If you choose Image File set the type
to JPEG for direct
use (use an image
quality setting about ¾ of the way up the slider) or TIFF compressed if you
will be editing the image with a photo editor (Please refer to
document Scanning for
Web and Printer). |
| Check the Page Settings and Pre-Scan |
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Open the Settings/Page Settings menu and mark the bottom box Take extra time to rescan. If you wish to manually set a resolution for the scan you may do it here, otherwise close this menu. Click on the gray “Scan” button to
pre-scan your image; this will display a window with a picture
of the scanned image. The scanning software removes the unused
area around the photo or document, but if it missed something
you can use the View
menu and choose to view the Entire Scanner Bed,
then select the area you want to scan. |
| Select the Area to Be Scanned |
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If you don’t want to scan the entire
image use the selector tool (the button with the rectangle on
it) to draw a box around the area to be scanned (click and
hold the left mouse button while dragging the box to cover the
desired area). Using the selection tool
simplifies setting the final size (which is done next) even if
you want the entire image; it also allows the edges to be
trimmed off if necessary. |
| Set the Size of the Final Image |
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Now is the time to set what size you want the final image to be. (Please refer to the document Scanning for Web and Printer for a further description of appropriate image sizes) Use the Settings/Size menu. Choose Region Size for a selected area or choose Page Size for a scan of the entire image. For a Region click the Specify Custom Size button and set either the width or the height to the desired final dimensions or slightly more if you will crop the image later. Remember, a five inch wide photograph,
scanned at 100 dpi creates an image that is 500 dots wide,
fine for a large Web page image or for printing from one to
three inches wide or so on a 600 dpi printer (a full color
image may be increased in size two or three times during
printing without much loss in image quality). So, on a 600 dot
per inch (dpi) printer one inch is 600 dots, a 600 dot wide
image could be increased in size during printing to 1200 or
1800 dots which would be two or three inches wide. |
| Accept the Settings |
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Press the Accept button to accept
the settings and perform the final scan. The image should be
inserted into whatever application you have set in the Send To: choice. |
| Save the File |
| You may save the file to the Images directory for immediate printing, or to a floppy disk or to the network L: or M: drive. Please remove files from the network drives when you have finished with them as graphics files can be large and will quickly fill up the disk. |