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2

A tour of the scanning software

3

Scanning pictures

4

Adjusting images of pictures

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Scanning text

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Saving scanned images

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Scanning transparencies

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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
for images of pictures

■

Drag-and-drop the image to another program or to
the desktop

■

Scale and size the image prior to exporting it to a
program or a file

■

Return to the preview image without rescanning

■

Tools for adjusting exposure, color, black and white
threshold, sharpen level, and resolution

■

Save and re-use scanning settings

■

Use

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scanning software and your

HP ScanJet scanner on a local area network

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Support for your new product

No matter where you are or when
you need it, HP support is there to
help you get the most from your
HP products. Whether it’s making
products easier to use or providing
you with innovative new ways to
tackle your important projects, HP
support helps you become a
confident and creative user. If you
do encounter a problem with your
HP product, don’t worry. HP
support delivers fast, accurate
solutions that won’t rob you of
either your product or your
valuable time.

When you’re ready to get started,
check out HP’s Web site,

http://www.scanjet.hp.com

for great ideas and quick tips on
how to use your HP product in fun
new ways.

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How to use this online document

Go to the book contents, chapter contents, or
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■

Click the button in the yellow bar at the bottom of the
page when the pointer looks like .

Page forward one page

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Press

Enter

or

PgDn

,

– or –

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Click in the yellow bar at the bottom of the page.

Page backward one page

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Press

Shift+Enter

or

PgUp

,

– or –

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Click in the yellow bar at the bottom of the page.

Jump to a different part of the document

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Click when the pointer looks like .

Undo a jump

■

Click in the toolbar,
– or –

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Right-click to display the dropdown Acrobat Reader
menu, then select

Go Back

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Re-do a jump

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Click in the toolbar,
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Contents

How to use this online document 4

1

Using the HP ScanJet scanner 7

What can you scan? 8
Place the picture on the scanner 9
Start the scanning software 10
Configure the Scanner buttons 12

2

A tour of the scanning software 17

Scanning software window 18
Context-sensitive pointers 28
Image adjustment tools 30
Output Resolution tool 31
Sharpen Level tool 33
Dimensions tool 34
Exposure Adjustment tool 36
Color Adjustment tool 37
Black & White Threshold tool 38
Invert tool 39

Use Transparency Adapter Tool 40
Online Help 41
Save and re-use adjustment settings 44
Set preferences 47

3

Scanning pictures 55

Basic steps for scanning pictures 56
Preview scan 57
Create a selection area 58
Zoom scan 63
Return to the preview image (Undo Zoom) 64
Set the output dimensions 65
Choose an output type 69

4

Adjusting images of pictures 72

Tools for making adjustments 73
Sharpen 75
Adjust exposure 77
Adjust color 87

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Set output resolution 90
Set threshold for black and white bitmaps 92
Set color channel for black and white bitmaps 94
Invert options 96

5

Scanning text 97

Scan and convert a block of text 98
Scan a whole page 101

6

Saving scanned images 102

How you can use the image 103
Print the image 104
Scan to a destination 105
Drag-and-drop to another program 106
Drag-and-drop to the Desktop 107
Copy to the Clipboard 108
Save to a file 109

7

Scanning transparencies 112

The 35mm slide adapter 113
Scan the slide 114
Active Transparency Adapter 115

Index 117

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What can you scan?

9

Place the picture on the scanner

10

Start the scanning software

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Configure the Scanner buttons

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What can you scan?

Using the scanning software, you can scan:

■

color photographs

■

color drawings and line art

■

grayscale drawings

■

black and white photographs

■

black and white drawings and line art

■

pages that have both pictures and text

During a scan, the scanner light turns on and
moves across the bed. The charge-couple device
(CCD) in the scanner records a digital image of the
light reflected from the original you placed on the
scanner bed. The recorded image is made up of
1200 pixels per inch (ppi) and each pixel can have
a depth of up to 36 bits.

The resulting image can potentially have millions
of colors.

An image is saved for use in another program
when you drag-and-drop it, save it as a file and
insert the file, or copy it, then paste it into an open
document.

How scanning works

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Place the picture on the scanner

The picture you want to scan must be placed face down
on the scanner glass.

1

Lift the scanner lid
and hold it up.

2

Place the picture
face down on the
scanner glass.

3

Close the scanner
lid.

If you are using the

HP Automatic Document Feeder

,
see the online manual HP Automatic Document
Feeder Guide.

ADF users

If the picture has straight edges, place the top and
right edges next to the top and right edges of the
scanner bed. This will make the preview image
straight when you scan.

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Start the scanning software

There are three ways to start the scanning software:

■

push the

Scan

button on the scanner

■

use the Windows

Start

menu

■

launch the scanning software from another program
using TWAIN (page 11)

Pushing the button on the scanner

1

Push the

Scan

button on the scanner once.

After the scanning software window appears, the
scanner automatically performs a

Preview

scan and

displays the preview image.

The

Scan

button is below the lid on the front of the

scanner.

Using the Windows Start menu

1

Select , the Windows

Start

button.

The Windows

Start

menu appears.

2

From the

Start

menu, choose

Programs

, then choose

HP ScanJet Software:HP PrecisionScan Pro

.

When the scanning software window appears, the
scanner

does not

automatically perform a

Preview

scan.

3

To start a

Preview

scan:

■

click , the

Preview

button in the scanning software

window toolbar, or

■

from the

Scan

menu, select

Preview

, or

■

press

Ctrl+R

.

Scan

button

You may need to use the

HP ScanJet Button

Manager

to configure the

Scan

button to set

HP PrecisionScan Pro

as the default software

to launch when the

Scan

button is pushed

(see page

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The scanner performs a

Preview

scan and displays

the preview image.

Launching from another program

If you are creating a project such as a greeting card or a
calendar, and want to include a picture from a
photograph, you might be able to scan the photograph
directly into the program you are using. To do this, the
program must have a TWAIN command such as

Acquire

, which is probably on one of its main menus.

1

Open the program in which you will place the
scanned image.

2

If necessary, select the program’s

Select Source

command and choose

HP PrecisionScan Pro

.

3

Select the program’s TWAIN command.

After the scanning software window appears, the
scanner automatically performs a

Preview

scan and

displays the preview image.

4

Create a selection area in the preview image, make
necessary adjustments, and select

Return to

<application>

from the

Scan

menu. The final scan
occurs and the image is placed in the calling
program.

TWAIN is an industry-standard communications
protocol for sending instructions to hardware
(such as a scanner) and receiving data back (such
as an image). If you are using a program that
supports TWAIN, you can start

HP PrecisionScan Pro

directly from that program.

■

HP ScanJet scanners and HP scanning software
can use TWAIN, but the programs you use to
create projects may not be TWAIN-compatible.

■

If a program can use TWAIN, it should have a
command named

Acquire, Acquire Image

, or

Import

on one of its main menus, usually the

File

menu.

■

Selecting one of these commands launches the
scanning software selected with the

Select Source

command.

■

Editable text cannot be transferred using TWAIN.

What is TWAIN?

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Configure the Scanner buttons

You can use the

HP ScanJet Button Manager

to configure

the

Scan

and

Copy

buttons. The Scan

button is set at the factory to automatically launch the

HP PrecisionScan Pro

software. The

Copy

button is set at

the factory to automatically lauch the

HP ScanJet Copy

utility.

1

Select , the Windows

Start

button.

The Windows

Start

menu appears.

2

From the

Start

menu, choose

Programs

, then choose

HP ScanJet Software:HP ScanJet
Utilities:HP ScanJet Button Manager

.

The

HP ScanJet Button Manager

window appears.

Windows 98: From the

Windows Control Panel

,

double-click

Scanners and Cameras.

Select

HP ScanJet

6300C

,

HP SCanJet 6350C

, or

HP ScanJet 6390C

from the

drop-down list if it is not already selected. Click the

Properties

button. Click the

Events

tab.

3

Select the

Scan

button from the Scanner events drop-

down list.

4

Check

HP PrecisionScan Pro

in the list box.

5

Make sure the

Disable Events

option is not checked.

6

Click OK.

The

HP ScanJet Button Manager

window closes.

Scan

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Scanner Buttons

The scanner button settings available to you are
optimized for a specific type of application. They are
designed to be a fast and efficient way to get your scan
to a fax, e-mail program, or a document management
application.

E-mail

button

Fax

button

Document
Management

button

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To scan to an e-mail application:

1

Push the

E-mail

button on the scanner.

2

The

Scanner Button Settings

dialog appears.

3

Select an E-mail application in the

Scan To

drop-down list. Only supported e-mail applications
installed on your PC appear in the list.

4

Adjust the

Scanner Settings

as necessary.

•

An

Output Resolution

of 75 dpi will produce a
smaller file size for an e-mail attachment and look
good on screen.

•

If

Auto crop

is checked, only the image placed on
the scanner bed will be sent to the e-mail
application. If

Auto crop

is unchecked, the entire

scanner bed will be sent as the image.

Note:

If you check the

Do not show the scanner settings

again

option, the

Scanner Button Settings

dialog will

not appear each time you push the

E-Mail

button on

the scanner. To re-open the

Scanner Button Settings

Dialog

, select the

Start

menu, choose

Programs

then

choose

HP ScanJet Software:HP ScanJet

Utilities:Scanner Button Settings

.

5

Click

OK.

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To scan to a fax application:

1

Push the

Fax

button on the scanner.

2

The

Scanner Button Settings

dialog appears.

3

Select a Fax application in the

Scan To

drop-down
list. Only supported Fax applications installed on
your PC appear in the list.

4

Adjust the

Scanner Settings

as necessary.

Note:

If you check the

Do not show the scanner settings

again

option, the

Scanner Button Settings

dialog will

not appear each time you push the

Fax

button on the

scanner. To re-open the

Scanner Button Settings

Dialog

, select the

Start

menu, choose

Programs

then

choose

HP ScanJet Software:HP ScanJet

Utilities:Scanner Button Settings

.

5

Click OK.

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To scan to a document management application:

1

Push the

Document Management

button on the

scanner.

2

The

Scanner Button Settings

dialog box appears.

3

Select a Document Management application from
the

Scan To

drop-down list. Only supported
document management applications installed on
your PC appear in the list.

4

Adjust the

Scanner Settings

as necessary.

Note:

If you check the

Do not show the scanner settings

again

option, the

Scanner Button Settings

dialog will

not appear each time you push the

Document

Management

button on the scanner. To re-open the

Scanner Button Settings Dialog

, select the

Start

menu,

choose

Programs

then choose

HP ScanJet Software:HP

ScanJet Utilities:Scanner Button Settings

.

5

Click OK.

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Scanning software window

37

Color Adjustment tool

28

Context-sensitive pointers

38

Black & White Threshold tool

30

Image adjustment tools

39

Invert tool

31

Output Resolution tool

40

Use Transparency Adapter Tool

33

Sharpen Level tool

41

Online Help

34

Dimensions tool

44

Save and re-use adjustment settings

36

Exposure Adjustment tool

47

Set preferences

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Scanning software window

This chapter describes the scanning software.

➊

Menus —

The commands in the menus are

summarized beginning on page

19

.

➋

Toolbar —

The toolbar has buttons for the most

commonly used commands (see page24).

➌

Preview area —

The scanned image appears in the
preview area of the scanning software window (see
page

25

).

➍

Info bar —

Displays width and height of the output

image, scale percentage, the

Output Type

currently

selected, and

Help

button (see page26).

➎

Status bar —

Displays messages and approximate

size of the selection area (

Image Size

) (see page27).

Image adjustment tools —

The scanning software has six
tools for making adjustments to the image. These
tools can be placed anywhere on the Windows
desktop (see page

30

).

Online Help — Help

includes topics, What’s This, more

online manuals, and videos (see page

41

).

➊

Menu bar

➋

Toolbar

➌

Preview

➎

Status bar

area

Scanning software window showing a

Preview

scan

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Info bar

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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.

Preview Ctrl+R

Scans the entire area of the scanner glass at low resolution and displays the
preview image (see page

57

).

Zoom

Scans and enlarges the view of the selection area (see page63).

Save As... Ctrl+S

Displays the

Save As

dialog box, then scans the selection area and saves the image

to a file (see page

109

).

Scan To...

Displays the

Destination

dialog box for sending a scan to an application (see

page

105

).

Return to <application>

Scans the selection area and sends the image to the TWAIN-compatible program
that called it (see page

11

).

Save Settings...

Displays the

Save Settings

dialog box for saving a set of scanning settings (see

page

44

).

Load Settings...

Displays the

Load Settings

dialog box for loading a set of saved scanning settings

(see page

46

).

Print... Ctrl+P

Displays the

Print

dialog box, then scans the selection area and sends the image to

the printer (see page

104

).

Print Setup...

Displays the

Print Setup

dialog box for setting options for printing.

Preferences...

Displays the

HP PrecisionScan Pro Preferences

dialog box for setting preferences for

the scanning software (see page

47

).

Exit

Closes the scanning software.

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Copy Ctrl+C

Does a final scan of the selection area and copies it to the Clipboard for pasting into
another program (see page

108

).

Select All Ctrl+A

Draws a selection area that includes the entire area of the scanner glass (see
page

61

).

Clear Selection Esc

Removes the selection area (page60).

E dit

Toolbar

When checked, shows the toolbar. When not checked, hides the toolbar (see page24).

Status Bar

When checked, shows the status bar. When not checked, hides the status bar (see page27).

Info Bar

When checked, shows the info bar. When not checked, hides the info bar (see page26).

Undo Zoom

When viewing a zoomed image, displays the existing preview image so you can create a
different selection area without performing a new

Preview

scan (see page64).

V iew

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Tr u e C olor

Scans the selection in 24-bit color (see page73).

Grayscale

Scans the selection in 8-bit grayscale (see page74).

Black & White

B

itmap (raster)

Scans the selection as a black and white raster image (see page74).

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

74

).

256 Color

W

eb Palette

Scans the selection using colors from a standard Web palette (see page69).

System Palette

Scans the selection using colors from the

256 Color Web Palette

output type palette plus

more shades of gray and the 16 VGA colors (see page

71

).

Optimized Palette

Scans the selection using colors from a palette that contains pixel colors present in the
original (see page

70

).

Spot Color

Finds large areas of similar color and makes it a uniform color in the scanned image (see
page

71

).

Text

Scans a text selection and changes the text into unformatted, editable ASCII text (see
page

98

).

Tex t & I mage

Scans the selection and saves the text and graphics in RTF, HTML, or PDF format (see
page

101

).

O utput Type

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Output Resolution

When checked, shows the

Output Resolution

tool, which sets the resolution for the final

scan of the selection (see pages

31

and 90).

Sharpen Level

When checked, shows the

Sharpen Level

tool, which sets the amount of sharpening for

the image (see pages

33

and 75).

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, printed, copied, or dragged and dropped (see pages

34

and 65).

Exposure Adjustment

When checked, shows the

Exposure Adjustment

tool, which sets highlights, shadows,
and midtones in the image, and displays pixel distribution, pixel color, and pixel output
levels (see pages

36

and 77).

Color Adjustment

When checked, shows the

Color Adjustment

tool, which sets color balance (hue) and

color saturation in the image (see pages

37

and 87).

B & W Threshold

When checked, shows the

Black & White Threshold

tool, which sets the threshold and the

color channel for an image set to the

Black & White Bitmap (raster)

output type (see

pages

38, 92

, and 94).

Invert

When checked, inverts the image (for example, reverses the black and white areas in a
black-and-white image) (see page

39

).

Use Transparency
Adapter

When checked, scans the image from the Active Transparency Adapter instead of the
scanner bed (see page

40

).

Reset Controls

Resets the controls in all tools, except the

Dimensions

tool, to their optimal (default)

values.

Not all tools are active for all output types.

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Contents and Index

Displays the

Help

dialog box for

Contents, Index

, and

Find

.

HP PrecisionScan Pro Help F1

Displays

HP PrecisionScan Pro Help

(see page41).

What’s This Help Shift+F1

Displays the

What’s This Help

pointer for getting Help by clicking

on a tool, field, button, or menu item (see page

41

).

HP ScanJet Coach for
General Scanning...

Ctrl+W

Explains the general steps to scanning with

HP PrecisionScan Pro

(see page

42

).

HP ScanJet Coach for
E-mailing Images...

Explains the steps for e-mailing scanned images with

HP

PrecisionScan Pro

(see page42).

HP ScanJet Coach for
Creating Web Pages...

Explains the steps for creating web pages with

HP PrecisionScan Pro

(see page

42

).

Show Me

Displays movies from the

HP PrecisionScan Pro

CD-ROM that
demonstrate the main features of the scanning software (see
page

42

).

User’s Guide

Displays the HP ScanJet PrecisionScan Pro User’s Guide in Acrobat
Reader (see page

43

).

ADF Guide

Displays the HP ScanJet Automatic Document Feeder Guide in
Acrobat Reader (see page

43

).

About HP PrecisionScan Pro

Displays the

HP PrecisionScan Pro

software version number.

Acrobat Reader was automatically installed
during installation.

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Toolbar

Frequently used commands appear as buttons in the
toolbar.

Preview

Scans the entire scanner glass and displays the preview image (see page57).

Zoom

Scans and enlarges the view of the selection area (see page63).

Undo Zoom

Displays the existing preview image (see page64).

Save As

Scans and saves the selection to a file (see page

109

).

Scan To

Scans to a selected application (see page

105

).

Copy

Scans and copies the selection to the Clipboard (see page

108

).

Invert

Reverses the black and white areas in a black and white image (see page39).

Reset Controls

Resets the controls in all tools except the

Dimensions

tool to their optimal (default)

values.

Print

Scans and prints the selection (see page

104

).

HP ScanJet Coach

Displays an interactive introduction to scanning (see page42).

Help Topics

Displays the

What’s This Help

pointer for getting

Help

by clicking on a tool, field,

button, or menu item.

Toolbar Buttons

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Preview area

The preview area in the scanning software window
displays the:

■

preview image of the entire scanner glass, or

■

zoomed image of the selection area

When you

Preview

scan, the entire scanner glass area

displays in the scanning software window.

Enlarging the preview area

The size of the preview area determines how big the
image displays.

Enlarge the scanning software window when you want
to increase the magnification of the view of a zoomed
image.

Preview

area

A selection area in

Preview

scan

Selection

area

Zoomed
selection

area

Enlarged image after a

Zoom

scan

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Info bar

The info bar displays the following information:

➊

the width of the output image

➋

the height of the output image

➌

scale of the output image

➍

the

Output Type

currently selected

➎

the

Help

button for

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Scanning software window info bar

➎➌

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Status bar

The status bar displays the following information:

➊

a message about the action you can take when the
pointer is over some part of the scanning software
window or a tool

➋

the number of KB (kilobytes), MB (megabytes),
GB (gigabytes), or TB (terabytes) in the image
displayed in the selection area (

Image Size

)

-or­a progress bar for showing when the scanner is
scanning or the scanning software is processing a
command

The

Image Size

shown in the status bar is the
number of KB, MB, GB, or TB in the image
displayed in the selection area.

This size is only an estimate of the actual size of
the saved file. The file size depends on the format
used to save the file (see page

109

) and may be

larger or smaller than the

Image Size

value shown.

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Scanning software window status bar

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Context-sensitive pointers

The shape of the pointer indicates the type of activity
you can perform in the scanning software.

Selection area pointers

New selection area

Draw a new selection area.

Move selection area

■

Move the selection area to a new location in the preview area.

■

Drag the selection area to another program’s open document.

■

When

Ctrl

key is pressed, drag the selection area to the Windows desktop or

to a folder in the Windows

Explorer

.

Resize selection area
horizontally

Drag the mouse from a handle on a side of the selection area to resize the width
of the selection area.

Resize selection area
vertically

Drag the mouse from a handle on the top or bottom of the selection area to
resize the height of the selection area.

Resize selection area
diagonally

Drag the mouse from a handle on a corner of the selection area to resize both
the height and the width of the selection area.

Drop allowed

The program or folder the image has been dragged to accepts this kind of drop.

Drop not allowed

The program the image has been dragged to does not accept this kind of drop.

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Ready pointer

Ready for activity

■

Click a menu item to select a command.

■

Click a list button to select a choice.

■

Click a button to turn it on or off, or to increase or decrease a number.

Typing pointer

Data entry accepted

Click, then type a value.

Pixel value pointers

White eyedropper

Position this pointer over a light area of the image to see the area’s pixel value in
the RGB meter and in the pixel distribution histogram in the

Exposure Adjustment

tool. Click to set the

Highlights

value.

Black eyedropper

Position this pointer over a dark area of the image to see the area’s pixel value in
the RGB meter and the pixel distribution histogram in the

Exposure Adjustment

tool. Click to set the

Shadows

value.

What’s This Help pointer

What’s This Help

Click on a tool, field, button, or menu item for pop-up

Help

on that item.

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Image adjustment tools

Eight tools can be used to make adjustments to the
image in the selection area:

■

Output Resolution

tool (see page31)

■

Sharpen Level

tool (see page33)

■

Dimensions

tool (see page34)

■

Exposure Adjustment

tool (see page36)

■

Color Adjustment

tool (see page37)

■

Black & White Threshold

tool (see page38)

■

Invert

tool (see page39)

■

Use Transparency Adapter

tool (see page40)

Each tool has controls you can set for applying to a
final scan. Five of the tools have reset buttons for
applying optimal values to their controls.

Displaying a tool

■

From the

Tools

menu, select the name of the tool you
want to display. A checkmark displays next to the
choice in the

Tools

menu and the tool appears except

for

Invert

and

Use Transparency Adapter

.

Closing a tool

■

Click the

Close

button in the tool’s title bar, or

from the

Tools

menu, select the name of the tool you
want to hide. The checkmark disappears and the tool
closes. The tool’s values are still applied to the
image.

Docking a tool

Two tools can be docked to the scanning software
window:

■

Output Resolution

tool

■

Sharpen Level

tool

If either of these tools are docked when you close the
scanning software, they will be docked the next time
you start the scanning software.

To dock a tool

■

Double-click somewhere in the margin of a dockable
tool, or drag the tool to the toolbar.

To undock a tool

■

Double-click somewhere in the margin of the docked
tool.

You can place the tools anywhere on the Windows
desktop.

1

Position the pointer over the tool’s title bar.

2

Click and drag the tool to a new location.

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