HP PrecisionScan Pro, ScanJet 6200cse, ScanJet 6200cxi User Guide
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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
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Automatic sensing of output type
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Automatic sensing of optimal exposure, color,
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black and white threshold, sharpen level, and
resolution for images of pictures
Drag-and-drop the image to another program or
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to the desktop
Scale and size the image prior to exporting it to
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a program or a file
Return to the preview image without rescanning
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Tools for adjusting exposure, color, black and
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white threshold, sharpen level, and resolution
Save and re-use scanning settings
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Use HP PrecisionScan Pro scanning software and
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your HP ScanJet scanner on a local area
network
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Contents
How to use this online document 4
Using the HP ScanJet scanner 7
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What can you scan? 8
Place the picture on the scanner 9
Start the scanning software 10
Configure the Scan button 12
A tour of the scanning software 13
2
Scanning software window 14
Context-sensitive pointers 24
Image adjustment tools 26
Output Resolution tool 27
Sharpen Level tool 29
Dimensions tool 30
Exposure Adjustment tool 32
Color Adjustment tool 33
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Black & White Threshold tool 34
Online Help 35
Save and re-use adjustment settings 38
Set preferences 41
Scanning pictures 48
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Basic steps for scanning pictures 49
Preview scan 50
Create a selection area 51
Zoom scan 56
Return to the preview image (Undo Zoom) 57
Set the output dimensions 58
Choose an output type 62
Adjusting images of pictures 65
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Tools for making adjustments 66
Sharpen 68
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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
Scanning text 89
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Scan and convert a block of text 90
Scan a whole page 93
Saving scanned images 94
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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
Scanning 35mm slides 103
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The 35mm slide adapter 104
Scan the slide 105
Index 106
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Using the HP ScanJet
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What can you scan?
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Place the picture on the scanner
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Start the scanning software
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Configure the Scan button
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What can you scan?
Using the scanning software, you can scan:
color photographs
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color drawings and line art
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grayscale drawings
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black and white photographs
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black and white drawings and line art
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pages that have both pictures and text
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How scanning works
During a scan, the scanner light turns on
and moves across the bed. The chargecouple 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 600
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.
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scanner
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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.
ADF users
If you are using the
Feeder
Document Feeder Guide.
1 Lift the
scanner lid and
hold it up.
, see the online manual
HP Automatic Document
HP Automatic
2 Place the
picture face
down on the
scanner glass.
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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.
3 Close the
scanner lid.
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Start the scanning software
There are three ways to start the scanning
software:
push the Scan button on the scanner
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use the Windows Start menu
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launch the scanning software from another
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program using TWAIN (page
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
scan and displays the preview image.
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Preview
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You may need to use the HP ScanJet Button
Manager
HP PrecisionScan Pro as the default software
to launch when the
(see page
Using the Windows Start menu
1 Select , the Windows Start button.
to configure the Scan button to set
Scan button is pushed
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Scan button
The
Scan button is below the lid on the front of
the scanner.
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The Windows
2 From the Start menu, choose Programs, then
choose
When the scanning software window appears,
the scanner
Preview scan.
3 To start a Preview scan:
click , the Preview button in the scanning
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software window toolbar, or
HP ScanJet Software:HP PrecisionScan Pro.
Start menu appears.
does not automatically perform a
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from the Scan menu, select Preview, or
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press Ctrl+R.
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The scanner performs a
displays the preview image.
Preview scan and
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
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
3 Select the program’s TWAIN command.
After the scanning software window appears,
the scanner automatically performs a
scan and displays the preview image.
4 Create a selection area in the preview image,
make necessary adjustments, and select
Image
from the Scan menu. The final scan occurs
and the image is placed in the calling program.
Acquire, which is probably on
HP PrecisionScan Pro.
Preview
Place
What is TWAIN?
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
directly from that program.
HP ScanJet scanners and HP scanning
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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
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have a command named
Image
, or Import on one of its main
menus, usually the
Selecting one of these commands
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launches the scanning software selected
with the
Editable text cannot be transferred using
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TWAIN.
Select Source command.
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Acquire, Acquire
File menu.
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Configure the Scan button
You can use the HP ScanJet Button Manager to
configure the
with
HP PrecisionScan Pro as the default scanning
software to launch when the
pushed.
1 Select , the Windows Start button.
Scan button. It is set at the factory
Scan button is
Scan button
1
The Windows
2 From the Start menu, choose Programs, then
choose
Utilities:HP ScanJet Button Manager
The
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HP ScanJet Software:HP ScanJet
HP ScanJet Button Manager window appears.
scanner
Start menu appears.
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3 Click HP PrecisionScan Pro in the list box.
4 If necessary, click the Enable the Scan button
checkbox to place a checkmark in it.
5 Click OK.
The
HP ScanJet Button Manager window closes.
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A tour of the
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Scanning software window
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Context-sensitive pointers
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Image adjustment tools
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Output Resolution tool
29
Sharpen Level tool
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Dimensions tool
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Exposure Adjustment tool
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Color Adjustment tool
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Black & White Threshold tool
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Online Help
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Save and re-use adjustment settings
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Set preferences
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Scanning software window
This chapter describes the scanning software.
Menus — The commands in the menus are
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summarized beginning on page
Toolbar — The toolbar has buttons for the
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most commonly used commands (see
page
20).
Preview area — The scanned image appears
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in the preview area of the scanning
software window (see page
Info bar — Displays width and height of the
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output image, scale percentage, the
Type
currently selected, and Help button
(see page
Status bar — Displays messages and
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approximate size of the selection area
(
Image Size) (see page 23).
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
Online Help — Help includes topics, What’s This,
more online manuals, and videos (see
page
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Output
Scanning software window showing a
Menu bar
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Toolbar
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Preview
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Info bar
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Status bar
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area
Preview
scan
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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.
S can
Preview Ctrl+R
Zoom
Save As... Ctrl+S
Save As Whole Page...
Place Image Ctrl+I
Save Settings...
Load Settings...
Print... Ctrl+P
Print Setup...
Preferences...
Exit
Scans the entire area of the scanner glass at low resolution and displays
the preview image (see page
Scans and enlarges the view of the selection area (see page 56).
Displays the Save As dialog box, then scans the selection area and saves
the image to a file (see page
Displays the Save As dialog box for saving an image containing text or a
combination of text and pictures in an RTF file (see page
Scans the selection area and sends the image to the TWAIN-compatible
program that called it (see page
Displays the Save Settings dialog box for saving a set of scanning settings
(see page
Displays the Load Settings dialog box for loading a set of saved scanning
settings (see page
Displays the Print dialog box, then scans the selection area and sends the
image to the printer (see page
Displays the Print Setup dialog box for setting options for printing.
Displays the HP PrecisionScan Pro Preferences dialog box for setting
preferences for the scanning software (see page
Closes the scanning software.
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Copy Ctrl+C
Select All Ctrl+A
Clear Selection Esc
V iew
Toolbar
Status Bar
Info Bar
Undo Zoom
Does a final scan of the selection area and copies it to the
Clipboard for pasting into another program (see page
Draws a selection area that includes the entire area of the
scanner glass (see page
Removes the selection area (page 53).
When checked, shows the toolbar. When not checked, hides the toolbar
(see page
When checked, shows the status bar. When not checked, hides the status
bar (see page
When checked, shows the info bar. When not checked, hides the info bar
(see page
When viewing a zoomed image, displays the existing preview image so
you can create a different selection area without performing a new
scan (see page
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O utput Type
Tru e C olor
Grayscale
Black & White
B
itmap (raster)
Scalable (vector)
256 Color
W
eb Palette
System Palette
Optimized Palette
Text
Scans the selection in 24-bit color (see page 66).
Scans the selection in 8-bit grayscale (see page 67).
Scans the selection as a black and white raster image (see page 67).
Scans the selection as a black and white vector image that can be
resized in another program without losing image quality (see page
Scans the selection using colors from a standard Web palette
(see page
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
Scans the selection using colors from a palette that contains pixel
colors present in the original (see page
Scans a text selection and changes the text into unformatted, editable
ASCII text (see page
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T ools
Output Resolution
Sharpen Level
Dimensions
Exposure Adjustment
Color Adjustment
B & W Threshold
Reset Controls
When checked, shows the Output Resolution tool, which sets the resolution
for the final scan of the selection (see pages
When checked, shows the Sharpen Level tool, which sets the amount of
sharpening for the image (see pages
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
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
When checked, shows the Color Adjustment tool, which sets color balance
(hue) and color saturation in the image (see pages
When checked, shows the Black & White Threshold tool, which sets the
threshold and the color channel for an image set to the
Bitmap (raster)
Resets the controls in all tools, except the Dimensions tool, to their optimal
(default) values.
output type (see pages 34, 85, and 87).
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29 and 68).
27 and 83).
32 and 70).
33 and 80).
Black & White
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Not all tools are active for all output types.
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H elp
HP ScanJet Coach... Ctrl+W
Contents and Index
HP PrecisionScan Pro Help F1
What’s This Help Shift+F1
Show Me
User’s Guide
ADF Guide
About HP PrecisionScan Pro
Explains the steps to scanning with
HP PrecisionScan Pro (see page 36).
Displays the Help dialog box for Contents, Index,
and
Find.
Displays HP PrecisionScan Pro Help (see page 35).
Displays the What’s This Help pointer for
getting Help by clicking on a tool, field, button,
or menu item (see page
Displays movies from the HP PrecisionScan Pro
CD-ROM that demonstrate the main features of
the scanning software (see page
Displays the
User’s Guide
Displays the
Feeder Guide
Displays the HP PrecisionScan Pro software
version number.
HP ScanJet PrecisionScan Pro
in Acrobat Reader (see page 37).
HP ScanJet Automatic Document
in Acrobat Reader (see page 37).
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Acrobat Reader was automatically installed
during installation.
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Toolbar
Frequently used commands appear as buttons in
the toolbar.
Toolbar Buttons
Preview
Zoom
Save As
Copy
Undo Zoom
Reset Controls
Print
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Help Topics
Scans the entire scanner glass and displays the preview image
(see page
Scans and enlarges the view of the selection area (see page 56).
Scans and saves the selection to a file (see page 100).
Scans and copies the selection to the Clipboard (see page 99).
Displays the existing preview image (see page 57).
Resets the controls in all tools except the Dimensions tool to their
optimal (default) values.
Scans and prints the selection (see page 96).
Displays an interactive introduction to scanning (see page 36).
Displays the What’s This Help pointer for getting Help by
clicking on a tool, field, button, or menu item.
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Preview area
Enlarging the preview area
The preview area in the scanning software
window displays the:
preview image of the entire scanner glass, or
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zoomed image of the selection area
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A selection area in Preview scan
Selection
area
Preview
area
When you
area displays in the scanning software window.
Preview scan, the entire scanner glass
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.
Enlarged image after a Zoom scan
Zoomed
selection
area
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Info bar
The info bar displays the following information:
the width of the output image
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the height of the output image
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scale of the output image
➌
the Output Type currently selected
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the Help button for HP PrecisionScan Pro
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Scanning software window info bar
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Status bar
The status bar displays the following information:
a message about the action you can take when
➊
the pointer is over some part of the scanning
software window or a tool
the number of KB (kilobytes), MB (megabytes),
➋
GB (gigabytes), or TB (terabytes) in the image
displayed in the selection area (
-ora progress bar for showing when the scanner is
scanning or the scanning software is
processing a command
TIP
Image Size shown in the status bar is
The
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
100) and may be larger or smaller than
the
Image Size value shown.
Image Size)
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
Move selection area
Resize selection area
horizontally
Resize selection area
vertically
Resize selection area
diagonally
Drop allowed
Drop not allowed
Draw a new selection area.
Move the selection area to a new location in the preview
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area.
Drag the selection area to another program’s open
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document.
When Ctrl key is pressed, drag the selection area to the
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Windows desktop or to a folder in the Windows
Drag the mouse from a handle on a side of the selection area
to resize the width of the selection area.
Drag the mouse from a handle on the top or bottom of the
selection area to resize the height of the selection area.
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.
The program or folder the image has been dragged to
accepts this kind of drop.
The program the image has been dragged to does not
accept this kind of drop.
Explorer.
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Ready pointer
Ready for activity
Typing pointer
Data entry accepted
Pixel value pointers
White eyedropper
Black eyedropper
What’s This Help pointer
Click a menu item to select a command.
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Click a list button to select a choice.
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Click a button to turn it on or off, or to increase or decrease
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a number.
Click, then type a value.
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
to set the
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
Shadows value.
Highlights value.
Exposure Adjustment tool. Click to set the
Exposure Adjustment tool. Click
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software
Click on a tool, field, button, or menu item for pop-up Help on
that item.
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Image adjustment tools
Six tools can be used to make adjustments to the
image in the selection area:
Output Resolution tool (see page 27)
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Sharpen Level tool (see page 29)
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Dimensions tool (see page 30)
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Exposure Adjustment tool (see page 32)
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Color Adjustment tool (see page 33)
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Black & White Threshold tool (see page 34)
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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
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you want to display. A checkmark displays next
to the choice in the
appears.
Tools menu and the tool
Closing a tool
Click the Close button in the tool’s title bar, or
■
from the
you want to hide. The checkmark disappears and
the tool closes. The tool’s values are still applied
to the image.
Tools menu, select the name of the tool
Docking a tool
Two tools can be docked to the scanning software
window:
Output Resolution tool
■
Sharpen Level tool
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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.
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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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Output Resolution tool
The Output Resolution tool lets you determine the
amount of data for the final scan of an image of a
picture. See
more about when to use the
After you have drawn a selection area, use this
tool to:
change the resolution
➊
setting, if necessary
reset the resolution setting
➋
to the optimal value for the
current output type
Set output resolution on page 83 for
Output Resolution tool.
➊➋
TIP
You can add commonly-used resolution
settings to the
box in the
HP PrecisionScan Pro Preferences dialog box
(see page
Custom resolution
Output Resolution tool’s list
Resolution tab of the
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AutoResolution
When you choose an Output Type, the scanning
software automatically applies the optimal output
resolution to the selection area. For example,
output resolution is automatically set to 150 when
the
True Color output type is selected, and set to
300 for the
type.
To re-apply
Resolution
A tour of the scanning
Black & White Bitmap (raster) output
AutoResolution, click in the Output
tool.
software
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When you choose an output type from the Output
Type
menu, the scanning software automatically
applies the optimal output resolution to the image.
You may override the automatic setting by
selecting a different value from the list box in the
Output Resolution tool or by typing any value
between 12 and 999,999 in the field of the
Resolution
Images to be displayed on a monitor
Always use 75 as the resolution setting if the
image will be viewed on a monitor, such as in
email or on a Web page.
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Images to be printed
The resolution setting for printing images varies,
depending on the output type applied to the
image and the maximum resolution capability of
the printer (see page
To print images of photographs with the
Color
, 256 Color, or Grayscale output types, set the
value in the
following table.
Resolution
tool setting
To print images of drawings with the
Black & White Bitmap (raster) output types, set the
value in the
resolution of the printer.
Output Resolution tool according to the
Output Resolution tool equal to the
83).
True
300 dpi
printer
100 150 300
600 dpi
printer
1200 dpi
printer
256 Color or
TIP
You can change the resolution settings
available in the
(see page
Resolution tool’s list box
46).
TIP
When you change the resolution setting
■
for the image of a picture, you will not
see the image change in the preview
area.
You can type any value between 12 and
■
999,999 in the
If you change the resolution setting
■
in the
then change the output type,
you can apply
for the new output type by clicking .
Output Resolution tool and
Output Resolution tool.
AutoResolution
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Sharpen Level tool
The Sharpen Level tool lets you enhance details in
the image of a picture for the final scan. See
Sharpen on page 68 for more about how to use the
Sharpen Level tool.
When you choose an
a picture, the scanning software automatically
applies the optimal sharpen level.
After you have drawn a selection area, use this
tool to:
select a sharpen level
➊
from the list box, if
necessary
reset the sharpen level
➋
setting to the optimal
value for the current
output type
Output Type for the image of
➊➋
TIP
After you select a new sharpen level in the
Sharpen Level tool, the result of the new
sharpen level can be seen in the preview
area.
Grayscale output type
2
The choices in the
in order from the least amount of sharpening to
the most amount of sharpening:
None
■
Low
■
Medium
■
High
■
Extreme
■
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Dimensions tool
The Dimensions tool lets you change the size of the
scanned image of a picture so that the image will
be the size you want it when you use the image in
another program or print it. For example, you can
save a small scanned image from a larger original
picture.
Original picture 50% Scaled image
In the Dimensions tool, you can:
set the dimensions of the selection area
■
set the units for the selection area and the
■
output dimensions
scale the image to a percentage of the size of the
■
original
set the output dimensions of the image for the
■
final scan
Scale
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