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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 transparencies
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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, black
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and white threshold, sharpen level, and resolution
for images of pictures
Drag-and-drop the image to another program or to
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the desktop
Scale and size the image prior to exporting it to a
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program or a file
Return to the preview image without rescanning
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Tools for adjusting exposure, color, black and white
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threshold, sharpen level, and resolution
Save and re-use scanning settings
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Use
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How to use this online document 4
Using the HP ScanJet scanner 7
1
What can you scan? 8
Place the picture on the scanner 9
Start the scanning software 10
Configure the Scanner buttons 12
A tour of the scanning software 17
2
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
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Use Transparency Adapter Tool 40
Online Help 41
Save and re-use adjustment settings 44
Set preferences 47
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
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
Scanning text 97
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Scan and convert a block of text 98
Scan a whole page 101
Saving scanned images 102
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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
Scanning transparencies 112
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The 35mm slide adapter 113
Scan the slide 114
Active Transparency Adapter 115
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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 Scanner buttons
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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 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.
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Place the picture on the scanner
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The picture you want to scan must be placed face down
on the scanner glass.
ADF users
If you are using the
see the online manual HP Automatic Document
Feeder Guide.
Lift the scanner lid
1
and hold it up.
HP Automatic Document Feeder
,
Place the picture
2
face down on the
scanner glass.
TIP
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.
Close the scanner
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lid.
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Start the scanning software
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There are three ways to start the scanning software:
push the
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use the Windows
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launch the scanning software from another program
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using TWAIN (page 11)
button on the scanner
Scan
menu
Start
Pushing the button on the scanner
Push the
1
After the scanning software window appears, the
scanner automatically performs a
displays the preview image.
button on the scanner once.
Scan
Preview
button
Scan
scan and
The
scanner.
button is below the lid on the front of the
Scan
TIP
You may need to use the
Manager
HP PrecisionScan Pro
to launch when the
(see page
to configure the
as the default software
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HP ScanJet Button
button to set
Scan
button is pushed
Scan
Using the Windows Start menu
Select , the Windows
1
The Windows
From the
2
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When the scanning software window appears, the
scanner
scan.
To start a
3
click , the
■
window toolbar, or
from the
■
press
■
Start
does not
Preview
Scan
Ctrl+R
Preview
.
menu appears.
Start
menu, choose
automatically perform a
scan:
button in the scanning software
menu, select
Preview
button.
Start
Programs
, or
, then choose
.
Preview
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The scanner performs a
the preview image.
Preview
scan and displays
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
1
2
3
4
, which is probably on one of its main menus.
Open the program in which you will place the
scanned image.
If necessary, select the program’s
command and choose
Select the program’s TWAIN command.
After the scanning software window appears, the
scanner automatically performs a
displays the preview image.
Create a selection area in the preview image, make
necessary adjustments, and select
<application>
occurs and the image is placed in the calling
program.
from the
HP PrecisionScan Pro
menu. The final scan
Scan
Select Source
Preview
Return to
.
scan and
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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 software
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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
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command named
Import
menu.
Selecting one of these commands launches the
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scanning software selected with the
command.
Editable text cannot be transferred using TWAIN.
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on one of its main menus, usually the
Acquire, Acquire Image
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Select Source
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Configure the Scanner buttons
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You can use the
the
Scan
button is set at the factory to automatically launch the
HP PrecisionScan Pro
the factory to automatically lauch the
utility.
HP ScanJet Button Manager
and
Scan
button
buttons. The Scan
Copy
software. The
Copy
to configure
button is set at
HP ScanJet Copy
Select , the Windows
1
The Windows
From the
2
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Utilities:HP ScanJet Button Manager
The
Windows 98: From the
double-click
6300C
drop-down list if it is not already selected. Click the
Properties
Select the
3
down list.
Check
4
Make sure the
5
Click OK.
6
The
Start
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Scanners and Cameras.
,
HP SCanJet 6350C
button. Click the
Scan
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menu appears.
Start
menu, choose
Windows Control Panel
, or
HP ScanJet 6390C
Events
button from the Scanner events drop-
in the list box.
Disable Events
button.
Start
Programs
window appears.
option is not checked.
window closes.
, then choose
.
Select
tab.
,
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from the
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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.
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To scan to an e-mail application:
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Push the
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The
2
3
4
5
Scanner Button Settings
Select an E-mail application in the
drop-down list. Only supported e-mail applications
installed on your PC appear in the list.
Adjust the
An
•
Output Resolution
smaller file size for an e-mail attachment and look
good on screen.
If
•
Auto crop
the scanner bed will be sent to the e-mail
application. If
scanner bed will be sent as the image.
If you check the
Note:
option, the
again
not appear each time you push the
the scanner. To re-open the
Click
, select the
HP ScanJet Software:HP ScanJet
OK.
Dialog
choose
Utilities:Scanner Button Settings
button on the scanner.
E-mail
dialog appears.
Scan To
Scanner Settings
is checked, only the image placed on
Auto crop
Scanner Button Settings
Start
as necessary.
of 75 dpi will produce a
is unchecked, the entire
Do not show the scanner settings
dialog will
button on
E-Mail
Scanner Button Settings
menu, choose
.
Programs
then
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To scan to a fax application:
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1
The
2
3
4
5
Scanner Button Settings
Select a Fax application in the
list. Only supported Fax applications installed on
your PC appear in the list.
Adjust the
If you check the
Note:
option, the
again
not appear each time you push the
scanner. To re-open the
Dialog
choose
Utilities:Scanner Button Settings
, select the
Click OK.
button on the scanner.
Fax
dialog appears.
Scan To
Scanner Settings
Scanner Button Settings
Start
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as necessary.
Do not show the scanner settings
Fax
Scanner Button Settings
menu, choose
.
Programs
drop-down
dialog will
button on the
then
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To scan to a document management application:
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1
scanner.
The
2
Select a Document Management application from
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the
document management applications installed on
your PC appear in the list.
Adjust the
4
Note:
again
not appear each time you push the
Management
Scanner Button Settings Dialog
choose
ScanJet Utilities:Scanner Button Settings
Click OK.
5
Document Management
Scanner Button Settings
Scan To
If you check the
option, the
drop-down list. Only supported
Scanner Settings
Do not show the scanner settings
Scanner Button Settings
button on the scanner. To re-open the
Programs
then choose
button on the
dialog box appears.
as necessary.
dialog will
Document
, select the
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.
menu,
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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
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Sharpen Level tool
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Dimensions tool
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Exposure Adjustment tool
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Black & White Threshold tool
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Invert tool
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Use Transparency Adapter 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 —
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summarized beginning on page
Toolbar —
➋
commonly used commands (see page24).
Preview area —
➌
preview area of the scanning software window (see
page
Info bar —
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image, scale percentage, the
selected, and
Status bar —
➎
size of the selection area (
Image adjustment tools —
tools for making adjustments to the image. These
tools can be placed anywhere on the Windows
desktop (see page
Online Help — Help
online manuals, and videos (see page
The commands in the menus are
.
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The toolbar has buttons for the most
The scanned image appears in the
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Displays width and height of the output
Output Type
button (see page26).
Help
Displays messages and approximate
Image Size
The scanning software has six
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includes topics, What’s This, more
) (see page27).
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currently
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Scanning software window showing a
Menu bar
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Toolbar
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Preview
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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.
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Preview Ctrl+R
Zoom
Save As... Ctrl+S
Scan To...
Return to <application>
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 page63).
Displays the
to a file (see page
Displays the
page
105
Scans the selection area and sends the image to the TWAIN-compatible program
that called it (see page
Displays the
page
44
Displays the
(see page
Displays the
the printer (see page
Displays the
Displays the
the scanning software (see page
Closes the scanning software.
Save As
Destination
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Save Settings
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Load Settings
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Print
Print Setup
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dialog box, then scans the selection area and saves the image
).
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dialog box, then scans the selection area and sends the image to
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).
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dialog box for sending a scan to an application (see
).
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dialog box for saving a set of scanning settings (see
dialog box for loading a set of saved scanning settings
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dialog box for setting options for printing.
dialog box for setting preferences for
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Copy Ctrl+C
Select All Ctrl+A
Clear Selection Esc
V iew
Toolbar
Status Bar
Info Bar
Undo Zoom
When checked, shows the toolbar. When not checked, hides the toolbar (see page24).
When checked, shows the status bar. When not checked, hides the status bar (see page27).
When checked, shows the info bar. When not checked, hides the info bar (see page26).
When viewing a zoomed image, displays the existing preview image so you can create a
different selection area without performing a new
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 (page60).
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scan (see page64).
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Tr u e C olor
Grayscale
Black & White
B
itmap (raster)
Scalable (vector)
256 Color
W
eb Palette
System Palette
Optimized Palette
Spot Color
Text
Tex t & I mage
Scans the selection in 24-bit color (see page73).
Scans the selection in 8-bit grayscale (see page74).
Scans the selection as a black and white raster image (see page74).
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 page69).
Scans the selection using colors from the
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
Finds large areas of similar color and makes it a uniform color in the scanned image (see
page
Scans a text selection and changes the text into unformatted, editable ASCII text (see
page
Scans the selection and saves the text and graphics in RTF, HTML, or PDF format (see
page
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Output Resolution
Sharpen Level
Dimensions
Exposure Adjustment
Color Adjustment
B & W Threshold
Invert
Use Transparency
Adapter
Reset Controls
When checked, shows the
scan of the selection (see pages
When checked, shows the
the image (see pages
When checked, shows the
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
and midtones in the image, and displays pixel distribution, pixel color, and pixel output
levels (see pages
When checked, shows the
color saturation in the image (see pages
When checked, shows the
color channel for an image set to the
pages
When checked, inverts the image (for example, reverses the black and white areas in a
black-and-white image) (see page
When checked, scans the image from the Active Transparency Adapter instead of the
scanner bed (see page
Resets the controls in all tools, except the
values.
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, and 94).
and 77).
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Output Resolution
and 90).
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Sharpen Level
and 75).
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Dimensions
Exposure Adjustment
Color Adjustment
Black & White Threshold
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tool, which contains fields for setting the width
Black & White Bitmap (raster)
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tool, which sets the resolution for the final
tool, which sets the amount of sharpening for
and 65).
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tool, which sets highlights, shadows,
tool, which sets color balance (hue) and
and 87).
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tool, which sets the threshold and the
output type (see
Dimensions
tool, to their optimal (default)
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Not all tools are active for all output types.
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HP PrecisionScan Pro Help F1
What’s This Help Shift+F1
HP ScanJet Coach for
General Scanning...
HP ScanJet Coach for
E-mailing Images...
HP ScanJet Coach for
Creating Web Pages...
Show Me
User’s Guide
ADF Guide
About HP PrecisionScan Pro
Ctrl+W
Displays the
Displays
Displays the
on a tool, field, button, or menu item (see page
Explains the general steps to scanning with
(see page
Explains the steps for e-mailing scanned images with
PrecisionScan Pro
Explains the steps for creating web pages with
(see page
Displays movies from the
demonstrate the main features of the scanning software (see
page
Displays the HP ScanJet PrecisionScan Pro User’s Guide in Acrobat
Reader (see page
Displays the HP ScanJet Automatic Document Feeder Guide in
Acrobat Reader (see page
Displays the
HP PrecisionScan Pro Help
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42
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dialog box for
Help
What’s This Help
).
(see page42).
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pointer for getting Help by clicking
HP PrecisionScan Pro
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Contents, Index
(see page41).
software version number.
, and
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CD-ROM that
Find
HP
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Frequently used commands appear as buttons in the
toolbar.
Toolbar Buttons
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Preview
Zoom
Undo Zoom
Save As
Scan To
Copy
Invert
Reset Controls
Print
HP ScanJet Coach
Help Topics
Scans the entire scanner glass and displays the preview image (see page57).
Scans and enlarges the view of the selection area (see page63).
Displays the existing preview image (see page64).
Scans and saves the selection to a file (see page
Scans to a selected application (see page
Scans and copies the selection to the Clipboard (see page
Reverses the black and white areas in a black and white image (see page39).
Resets the controls in all tools except the
values.
Scans and prints the selection (see page
Displays an interactive introduction to scanning (see page42).
Displays the
button, or menu item.
What’s This Help
pointer for getting
).
105
Dimensions
).
104
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109
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108
tool to their optimal (default)
by clicking on a tool, field,
Help
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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
■
A selection area in
Preview
scan
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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.
Selection
area
Preview
area
When you
displays in the scanning software window.
Preview
scan, the entire scanner glass area
Enlarged image after a
Zoomed
selection
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Zoom
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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
➋
scale of the output image
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➍
➎
the
Output Type
the
Help
button for
currently selected
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Status bar
The status bar displays the following information:
a message about the action you can take when the
➊
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
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Image Size
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Scanning software window status bar
The
Image Size
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
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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
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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 area.
■
Drag the selection area to another program’s open document.
■
When
■
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.
key is pressed, drag the selection area to the Windows desktop or
Ctrl
Explorer
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Ready for activity
Typing pointer
Data entry accepted
Pixel value pointers
White eyedropper
Black eyedropper
What’s This Help pointer
What’s This Help
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.
■
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
tool. Click 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
tool. Click to set the
Click on a tool, field, button, or menu item for pop-up
Highlights
Shadows
value.
value.
Exposure Adjustment
Exposure Adjustment
on that item.
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Image adjustment tools
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Eight tools can be used to make adjustments to the
image in the selection area:
Output Resolution
■
Sharpen Level
■
Dimensions
■
Exposure Adjustment
■
Color Adjustment
■
Black & White Threshold
■
Invert
■
Use Transparency Adapter
■
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.
tool (see page34)
tool (see page39)
tool (see page31)
tool (see page33)
tool (see page36)
tool (see page37)
tool (see page38)
tool (see page40)
Displaying a tool
From the
■
want to display. A checkmark displays next to the
choice in the
for
Invert
menu, select the name of the tool you
Tools
menu and the tool appears except
Tools
and
Use Transparency Adapter
.
Closing a tool
Click the
■
from the
want to hide. The checkmark disappears and the tool
closes. The tool’s values are still applied to the
image.
button in the tool’s title bar, or
Close
menu, select the name of the tool you
Tools
Docking a tool
Two tools can be docked to the scanning software
window:
Output Resolution
■
Sharpen Level
■
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.
Position the pointer over the tool’s title bar.
1
Click and drag the tool to a new location.
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