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HP PrecisionScan Pro
User’s Guide
Using the HP ScanJet scanner
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A tour of the scanning software
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Scanning pictures
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Adjusting images of pictures
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Scanning text
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Saving scanned images
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Scanning 35mm slides
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Index
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➮ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Welcome to scanning with HP PrecisionScan Pro and your HP ScanJet scanner The scanning software and your HP ScanJet scanner let you quickly create excellent electronic images from pictures and convert text on paper into editable text. Features Some of the features of the scanning software are: Click to select an image in the preview Automatic sensing of output type Automatic sensing of optimal exposure, color, black and white threshold, sharpen level, and resolution
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➮ ➮ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ How to use this online document Go to the book contents, chapter contents, or Re-do a jump index Click in the toolbar, Click the button in the yellow bar at the bottom – or – of the page when the pointer looks like . Right-click to display the dropdown Acrobat Page forward one page Reader menu, then select Go Forward. Press Enter or PgDn, – or – Click in the yellow bar at the bottom of the ➮ page. Page backward one page Press Shift+Enter or PgUp, – or – Click in
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➮ Contents How to use this online document 4 Black & White Threshold tool 34 Online Help 35 1 Using the HP ScanJet scanner 7 Save and re-use adjustment settings 38 What can you scan? 8 Set preferences 41 Place the picture on the scanner 9 3 Scanning pictures 48 Start the scanning software 10 Configure the Scan button 12 Basic steps for scanning pictures 49 Preview scan 50 2 A tour of the scanning software 13 Create a selection area 51 Scanning software window 14 Zoom scan 56 Context-sensitive
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➮ Adjust exposure 70 Adjust color 80 Set output resolution 83 Set threshold for black and white bitmaps 85 Set color channel for black and white bitmaps 87 5 Scanning text 89 Scan and convert a block of text 90 Scan a whole page 93 6 Saving scanned images 94 How you can use the image 95 Print the image 96 Drag-and-drop to another program 97 Drag-and-drop to the Desktop 98 Copy to the Clipboard 99 Save to a file 100 7 Scanning 35mm slides 103 The 35mm slide adapter 104 Scan the slide 105 Index
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➮ Using the HP ScanJet scanner 1 1 8 What can you scan? 9 Place the picture on the scanner 10 Start the scanning software 12 Configure the Scan button ➮
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➮ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ What can you scan? Using the scanning software, you can scan: color photographs How s c anni ng works color drawings and line art During a scan, the scanner light turns on grayscale drawings and moves across the bed. The charge- black and white photographs couple device (CCD) in the scanner records black and white drawings and line art a digital image of the light reflected from the original you placed on the scanner bed. pages that have both pictures and text The recorded im
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➮ Place the picture on the scanner The picture you want to scan must be placed face 2 Place the down on the scanner glass. picture face down on the scanner glass. ADF user s If you are using the HP Automatic Document Feeder, see the online manual HP Automatic Document Feeder Guide. TI P 1 Lift the If the picture has straight edges, place the scanner lid and top and right edges next to the top and right hold it up. edges of the scanner bed. This will make the preview image straight wh
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➮ ■ ■ ■ ■ Start the scanning software There are three ways to start the scanning software: TI P push the Scan button on the scanner use the Windows Start menu You may need to use the HP ScanJet Button launch the scanning software from another Manager to configure the Scan button to set program using TWAIN (page 11) HP PrecisionScan Pro as the default software to launch when the Scan button is pushed Pushing the button on the scanner (see page 12). 1 Push the Scan button on the scanner onc
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➮ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ from the Scan menu, select Preview, or press Ctrl+R. Wh at i s TWAIN? The scanner performs a Preview scan and displays the preview image. TWAIN is an industry-standard communications protocol for sending Launching from another program instructions to hardware (such as a scanner) and receiving data back (such as an image). If you are creating a project such as a greeting If you are using a program that supports card or a calendar, and want to include a picture TWAIN, you
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➮ Configure the Scan button You can use the HP ScanJet Button Manager to configure the Scan button. It is set at the factory with HP PrecisionScan Pro as the default scanning software to launch when the Scan button is pushed. Scan button 1 Select , the Windows Start button. The Windows Start menu appears. 3 Click HP PrecisionScan Pro in the list box. 2 From the Start menu, choose Programs, then 4 If necessary, click the Enable the Scan button choose HP ScanJet Software:HP ScanJet checkb
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➮ A tour of the scanning software2 2 14 Scanning software window 32 Exposure Adjustment tool 24 Context-sensitive pointers 33 Color Adjustment tool 26 Image adjustment tools 34 Black & White Threshold tool 27 Output Resolution tool 35 Online Help 29 Sharpen Level tool 38 Save and re-use adjustment settings 30 Dimensions tool 41 Set preferences ➮
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➮ ➋ ➌ ➍ ➎ ➊ ➋ ➌ ➍ ➎ Scanning software window This chapter describes the scanning software. Scanning software window showing a Preview scan Menus — The commands in the menus are summarized beginning on page 15. Toolbar — The toolbar has buttons for the ➊ Menu bar most commonly used commands (see Toolbar page 20). Preview area — The scanned image appears in the preview area of the scanning software window (see page 21). Info bar — Displays width and height of the output image, scale perc
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➮ Menus All the commands for the scanning software are available in the menus. Each menu and its commands are described in the following tables. Scan Preview Ctrl+R Scans the entire area of the scanner glass at low resolution and displays the preview image (see page 50). Zoom Scans and enlarges the view of the selection area (see page 56). Save As... Ctrl+S Displays the Save As dialog box, then scans the selection area and saves the image to a file (see page 100). Save As Whole Page... Dis
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➮ Edit Copy Ctrl+C Does a final scan of the selection area and copies it to the Clipboard for pasting into another program (see page 99). Select All Ctrl+A Draws a selection area that includes the entire area of the scanner glass (see page 54). Clear Selection Esc Removes the selection area (page 53). View Toolbar When checked, shows the toolbar. When not checked, hides the toolbar (see page 20). Status Bar When checked, shows the status bar. When not checked, hides the status bar (see pag
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➮ O ut put Ty pe True Color Scans the selection in 24-bit color (see page 66). Grayscale Scans the selection in 8-bit grayscale (see page 67). Black & White Bitmap (raster) Scans the selection as a black and white raster image (see page 67). Scalable (vector) Scans the selection as a black and white vector image that can be resized in another program without losing image quality (see page 67). 256 Color Web Palette Scans the selection using colors from a standard Web palette (see page 62). S
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➮ To ols Output Resolution When checked, shows the Output Resolution tool, which sets the resolution for the final scan of the selection (see pages 27 and 83). Sharpen Level When checked, shows the Sharpen Level tool, which sets the amount of sharpening for the image (see pages 29 and 68). Dimensions When checked, shows the Dimensions tool, which contains fields for setting the width and height of the selection area, scaling, and setting the width and height of the image that will be saved
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➮ Help HP ScanJet Coach... Ctrl+W Explains the steps to scanning with HP PrecisionScan Pro (see page 36). Contents and Index Displays the Help dialog box for Contents, Index, and Find. HP PrecisionScan Pro Help F1 Displays HP PrecisionScan Pro Help (see page 35). Displays the What’s This Help pointer for What’s This Help Shift+F1 getting Help by clicking on a tool, field, button, or menu item (see page 35). Show Me Displays movies from the HP PrecisionScan Pro CD-ROM that demonstrate the
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➮ Toolbar Frequently used commands appear as buttons in the toolbar. To olba r But t o ns Scans the entire scanner glass and displays the preview image Preview (see page 50). Scans and enlarges the view of the selection area (see page 56). Zoom Scans and saves the selection to a file (see page 100). Save As Scans and copies the selection to the Clipboard (see page 99). Copy Displays the existing preview image (see page 57). Undo Zoom Resets the controls in all tools except the Dimensions too
