HP 6200C, User Manual

Page 1: ...sionScan Pro User s Guide 1 Using the HP ScanJet scanner 2 A tour of the scanning software 3 Scanning pictures 4 Adjusting images of pictures 5 Scanning text 6 Saving scanned images 7 Scanning 35mm slides Index ...

Page 2: ...mage 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 wh...

Page 3: ... laws RESTRICTED RIGHTS LEGEND U S Government Restricted Rights The Software and any accompanying documentation have been developed entirely at private expense They are delivered and licensed as commercial computer software as defined in DFARS 252 227 7013 Oct 1988 DFARS 252 211 7015 May 1991 or DFARS 252 227 7014 Jun 1995 as a commercial item as defined in FAR 2 101 a or as Restricted computer so...

Page 4: ... in the yellow bar at the bottom of the page Page backward one page Press Shift Enter or PgUp or Click in the yellow bar at the bottom of the page Jump to a different part of the document Click when the pointer looks like Undo a jump Click in the toolbar or Right click to display the dropdown Acrobat Reader menu then select Go Back Re do a jump Click in the toolbar or Right click to display the dr...

Page 5: ... 24 Image adjustment tools 26 Output Resolution tool 27 Sharpen Level tool 29 Dimensions tool 30 Exposure Adjustment tool 32 Color Adjustment tool 33 Black White Threshold tool 34 Online Help 35 Save and re use adjustment settings 38 Set preferences 41 3 Scanning pictures 48 Basic steps for scanning pictures 49 Preview scan 50 Create a selection area 51 Zoom scan 56 Return to the preview image Und...

Page 6: ...el 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 106 ...

Page 7: ...1 Using the HP ScanJet scanner 1 8 What can you scan 9 Place the picture on the scanner 10 Start the scanning software 12 Configure the Scan button ...

Page 8: ...anner 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 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...

Page 9: ...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 A D F u s e r s 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 ...

Page 10: ... 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 s...

Page 11: ...ears 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 Place Image 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 b...

Page 12: ...are to launch when the Scan button is pushed 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 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...

Page 13: ...sure 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 ...

Page 14: ...ndow see page 21 Info bar Displays width and height of the output image scale percentage the Output Type currently selected and Help button see page 22 Status bar Displays messages and 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 ...

Page 15: ...ng an image containing text or a combination of text and pictures in an RTF file see page 93 Place Image Ctrl I 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 38 Load Settings Displays the Load Settings dialog box for loading a set of saved sca...

Page 16: ...page 54 Clear Selection Esc Removes the selection area page 53 E d i t 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 page 23 Info Bar When checked shows the info bar When not checked hides the info bar see page 22 Undo Zoom When viewing a zoomed image displays the existing...

Page 17: ...at 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 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 64 Optimized Palette Scans the selection using colors from a palette tha...

Page 18: ... copied or dragged and dropped see pages 30 and 58 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 32 and 70 Color Adjustment When checked shows the Color Adjustment tool which sets color balance hue and color saturation in the image see pages 33...

Page 19: ... This Help pointer for 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 main features of the scanning software see page 36 User s Guide Displays the HP ScanJet PrecisionScan Pro User s Guide in Acrobat Reader see page 37 ADF Guide Displays the HP ScanJet Automatic Document Feeder Guide in Acro...

Page 20: ...e selection to a file see page 100 Copy Scans and copies the selection to the Clipboard see page 99 Undo Zoom Displays the existing preview image see page 57 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 96 HP ScanJet Coach Displays an interactive introduction to scanning see page 36 Help Top...

Page 21: ...he 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 E...

Page 22: ...Book Contents Index Info bar The info bar displays the following information the width of the output image the height of the output image scale of the output image the Output Type currently selected the Help button for HP PrecisionScan Pro Scanning software window info bar ...

Page 23: ...terabytes in the image displayed in the selection area Image Size or a 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...

Page 24: ... 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 han...

Page 25: ...s 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 Adjust...

Page 26: ...o the choice in the Tools menu and the tool appears 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 o...

Page 27: ...ly set to 150 when the True Color output type is selected and set to 300 for the Black White Bitmap raster output type To re apply AutoResolution click in the Output Resolution tool Custom resolution 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 di...

Page 28: ... Color or Black White Bitmap raster output types set the value in the Output Resolution tool equal to the resolution of the printer 300 dpi printer 600 dpi printer 1200 dpi printer Resolution tool setting 100 150 300 You can change the resolution settings available in the Resolution tool s list box see page 46 T I P When you change the resolution setting for the image of a picture you will not see...

Page 29: ... the optimal sharpen level After you have drawn a selection area use this tool to select a sharpen level from the list box if necessary reset the sharpen level setting to the optimal value for the current output type The choices in the Sharpen Level list box are listed in order from the least amount of sharpening to the most amount of sharpening None Low Medium High Extreme After you select a new ...

Page 30: ...nt 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 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 Original ...

Page 31: ...ded in the final scan select the units you want to work with enlarge or reduce output dimensions of the image for the final scan proportionally by scaling to a percentage of the original s size lock the output dimensions so you can change the dimensions of the selection area without changing the output dimensions To preserve image quality when you use it in another program measure the dimensions o...

Page 32: ...ge exposure settings in the Exposure Adjustment tool the results of the changes can be seen in the preview area T I P After you have drawn a selection area use this tool to adjust highlights in the image adjust shadows in the image adjust midtones in the image adjust output level of white pixels adjust output level of black pixels view black pixels that will be clipped in the final scan view white...

Page 33: ...ol to change the hue by dragging the indicator circle in the Color Wheel with the mouse change the hue by clicking a color s triangle on the Color Wheel to move the indicator circle set color saturation between 0 and 150 the higher the saturation value the brighter the colors change the hue by typing X and Y values for the Color Wheel reset the color controls to the values determined by the scanni...

Page 34: ...ixels above the threshold will be output as white After you have drawn a selection area use this tool to view the distribution of black and white pixels in the selection area set the black and white threshold see page 85 set the color channel set the black and white threshold to the value determined by the scanning software After you change settings in the Black White Threshold tool the results of...

Page 35: ...ndow or in a tool A popup Help description appears You can also press Shift F1 to display the What s This pointer for the scanning software window To use What s This Help for a tool 1 Click in the title bar of a tool to change the pointer to 2 Click an item in a tool A popup Help description appears HP PrecisionScan Pro Help Use HP PrecisionScan Pro Help to learn about using the scanning software ...

Page 36: ...e Click in the scanning software toolbar or from the scanning software Help menu select HP ScanJet Coach The HP ScanJet Coach appears Videos Several videos of basic scanning concepts can be accessed from the HP PrecisionScan Pro CD 1 Insert the HP PrecisionScan Pro CD into the CD ROM drive 2 Turn on the computer speakers To start a video from the Desktop 1 Select the Windows Start button 2 From th...

Page 37: ...h describes how to use the HP ScanJet Automatic Document Feeder To view an online manual from the Desktop 1 Select the Windows Start button 2 From the Start menu choose Programs then choose HP PrecisionScan Pro HP Online Help and the manual Adobe Acrobat Reader starts and displays the online manual To view an online manual from the scanning software From the scanning software Help menu select the ...

Page 38: ...can Pro When you save a set of settings you give the set of settings a name When you want to use those settings for a different image load the settings using the same name page 40 The settings saved are Output Type Dimensions tool values output size and output scale Output Resolution tool value Sharpen Level tool value Exposure Adjustment tool values Color Adjustment tool values Black White Thresh...

Page 39: ... appears see page 38 2 Review the settings listed in the Output Settings and the Tools Settings tabs 3 If the settings are acceptable for saving click in the text field of the Save Settings dialog box then type a name for the settings 4 Click Save The Save Settings dialog box closes The named set of settings is saved for future use see page 40 Save Settings dialog box Tools Settings tab ...

Page 40: ...ant to load 3 Review the settings listed in the Output Settings and the Tools Settings tabs 4 If the settings are acceptable for loading click Load The Load Settings dialog box closes The settings are applied to the image Deleting a set of settings 1 From the Scan menu select Save Settings The Save Settings dialog box appears 2 From the list box select the name of the set of settings you want to d...

Page 41: ...Scanner see page 42 Selection Area see page 44 Resolution see page 46 Controls see page 47 Opening the HP PrecisionScan Pro Preferences dialog box From the Scan menu select Preferences The HP PrecisionScan Pro Preferences dialog box appears To activate a checkbox choice in the HP PrecisionScan Pro Preferences dialog box Click the checkbox to place a checkmark in it To activate an option button cho...

Page 42: ...or enabling a Preview scan when the scanner s Scan button is pushed page 43 best quality scaling page 43 best quality sharpening page 43 maximum pixel depth page 43 To change settings 1 Select the checkboxes you want to turn on or off 2 Click Apply 3 Click another tab or click OK to close the HP PrecisionScan Pro Preferences dialog box All the checkbox choices in this tab are turned on ...

Page 43: ...se normal quality scaling is applied to the final scan Best Quality Sharpening When this checkbox is checked the highest quality of sharpening is applied to the final scan When this checkbox is not checked scanning is faster because normal quality sharpening is applied to the final scan Maximum Pixel Depth When this checkbox is checked the largest pixel bit depth is applied to the scan to produce ...

Page 44: ...he best Output Type for the selection area page 45 determine the optimal exposure level for the selection area page 45 determine the optimal color balance and saturation for the selection area page 45 To change settings 1 Select the checkboxes you want to turn on or off 2 Click Apply 3 Click another tab or click OK to close the HP PrecisionScan Pro Preferences dialog box By default when HP Precisi...

Page 45: ...e Bitmap raster is applied if the selection area contains mostly black and white information When this checkbox is not checked the scanning software does not change the current output type when a new selection area is created You will need to manually select the appropriate output type from the Output Type menu when you create a new selection area Automatically adjust exposure after selection When...

Page 46: ... to delete 2 Click Delete 3 Click another tab or click OK to close the HP PrecisionScan Pro Preferences dialog box The Resolution tab of the HP PrecisionScan Pro Preferences dialog box controls the resolution values contained in the Output Resolution tool s list box It has a list of the resolution values currently available in the Output Resolution tool s list box an Add button for adding a resolu...

Page 47: ...nd Black White Threshold tools Using a larger number of bits for the control range results in greater control of compensation for exposure or threshold correction 8 bit readout 0 255 sets the scanner to use 8 bits of tonal resolution per color 10 bit readout 0 1023 sets the scanner to use 10 bits of tonal resolution per color 12 bit readout 0 4095 sets the scanner to use 12 bits of tonal resolutio...

Page 48: ...anning pictures 3 49 Basic steps for scanning pictures 50 Preview scan 51 Create a selection area 56 Zoom scan 57 Return to the preview image Undo Zoom 58 Set the output dimensions 62 Choose an output type ...

Page 49: ...to save the image as a different size page 58 Choose an Output Type if you need to save the image with different colors For example you could save a color image as a grayscale or a 256 color image page 62 To adjust an image with the True Color or a 256 Color output type Sharpen page 68 Adjust exposure page 70 Adjust color page 80 To adjust an image with the Grayscale output type Sharpen page 68 Ad...

Page 50: ...tton Manager is set to communicate with HP PrecisionScan Pro Push the Scan button on the scanner once The scanner performs a Preview scan and the preview image appears in the preview area For information on configuring the HP ScanJet Button Manager see page 12 Using the scanning software to Preview scan You can Preview scan from the scanning software Click the Preview button in the toolbar or from...

Page 51: ...election border which you can resize later see page 55 There are several ways to create a selection area click see page 52 draw see page 53 select everything on the scanner glass see page 54 The selection area determines the part of the image that is included in the final scan when you save copy print or drag and drop If no selection area exists you cannot perform drag and drop the entire area of ...

Page 52: ...rk with 2 Click A rectangular selection area is created and the parts of the preview image outside the selection area are faded to indicate they will not be included in the final scan To enable clicking to create a selection area enable the Selection Area preference option Automatically create selection area after a mouse click see page 45 T I P A selection border around the Selection area ...

Page 53: ...order 3 Release the mouse button Removing the selection area You can delete the selection area so you can create a different one From the Edit menu select Clear Selection or press Esc Selection area Handles Selection border A dashed border surrounds the selection area Handles appear on the corners and in the middle of each side of the selection border The image inside the selection border remains ...

Page 54: ... area From the Edit menu select Select All or press Ctrl A A selection border is drawn around the entire preview area Selecting the entire zoomed area After a Zoom scan use the Select All command to create a selection area containing the entire zoomed area From the Edit menu select Select All or press Ctrl A A selection border is drawn around the entire zoomed area A selection border around the en...

Page 55: ...ges to a bidirectional arrow see page 24 2 Click on the handle and drag the side of the border to a new location 3 Release the mouse button Use the Dimensions tool You can use the fields in the Selection Area Dimensions area of the Dimensions tool to define the exact size of the selection area See page 30 for more about the Dimensions tool 1 From the Tools menu select Dimensions The Dimensions too...

Page 56: ... range Use the Zoom command to see the image better when you adjust it Performing a Zoom scan 1 Create a selection area page 51 2 To enlarge the view of the selection area Click the Zoom button in the toolbar or from the Scan menu choose Zoom The scanner scans the selection area and the selection area fills the preview area Zoomed selection ...

Page 57: ...each one individually Using Undo Zoom Use the Undo Zoom command when you want to create a different selection area in the preview image 1 Click the Undo Zoom button in the toolbar or from the View menu choose Undo Zoom The preview image appears with all settings preserved 2 Select a different area of the preview image 3 Click the Zoom button in the toolbar or from the Scan menu choose Zoom The sca...

Page 58: ...other program resize it now Resizing an image in the destination program can cause the image to become fuzzy or jagged The usual procedure for setting output dimensions follows this order 1 Choose the units of measurement you want to work with page 59 2 Create a selection area page 51 and adjust the size of the selection area page 55 3 Adjust the output dimensions page 60 See page 30 for more abou...

Page 59: ...ensions areas The units available are inches centimeters points pixels To set units 1 Create a selection area page 51 2 Click the list button in the Units field of the Dimensions tool and select a unit of measurement When you change units the output width value in both Width fields changes the output height value in both Height fields changes the output width value in the info bar changes the outp...

Page 60: ...n area page 51 2 Click the list button in the Scale field and select a percentage or type a value in the Scale field then press Enter The new output width appears in the Width field in the Output Dimensions area and in the info bar The new output height appears in the Height field in the Output Dimensions area and in the info bar The new scale percentage appears in the Scale field and in the info ...

Page 61: ...t Dimensions area and in the info bar The new output height appears in the Height field of the Output Dimensions area and in the info bar The new scale percentage appears in the Scale field and in the info bar The new image size displays in the Image Size box in the status bar The selection area remains the same Locking values for output dimension You can lock the output dimensions you have define...

Page 62: ...the info bar of the scanning software window However the output type selected by the scanning software may not be the most appropriate for the way you will use the image For example when you want to print the image of a color photograph on a black and white printer you may want to set the output type to Grayscale Some output types are more suitable for images that will be displayed on a monitor ot...

Page 63: ...he new image size displays in the status bar a new sharpening level may appear in the Sharpen Level tool a new value may appear in the Output Resolution tool For best results with images that will be used on 256 color display monitors do not use the 256 Color Optimized Palette output type When an optimized palette is used in an image that palette is unique to that image and the unique palette colo...

Page 64: ...black and white only black and white Bitmap raster black and white raster image for printing or displaying on a monitor not appropriate for resizing in another program Scalable vector scalable black and white vector image for resizing in another program 256 Color 8 bit color 256 shades of color Web Palette best color for displaying images on a Web page one color tint image for displaying on a Web ...

Page 65: ...ages of pictures 4 66 Tools for making adjustments 68 Sharpen 70 Adjust exposure 80 Adjust color 83 Set output resolution 85 Set threshold for black and white bitmaps 87 Set color channel for black and white bitmaps ...

Page 66: ...image adjustments you can make The tools available for making adjustments to an image of a picture depend on the Output Type you have selected Adjustments for color output types An image with the True Color or a 256 Color output type can be adjusted for sharpening exposure color resolution Adjustment Tool sharpening Sharpen Level page 68 exposure Exposure Adjustment page 70 color Color Adjustment ...

Page 67: ...adjusted for sharpening exposure resolution Adjustments for Black White Bitmap raster output type An image with the Black White Bitmap raster output type can be adjusted for sharpening resolution black and white threshold Adjustments for Black White Scalable vector output type An image with the Black White Scalable vector output type cannot be adjusted with any of the tools ...

Page 68: ...f the original picture is not sharp or you want to create a special effect you can increase or decrease sharpening with the Sharpen Level tool The sharpen level you select will be applied to the final scan See page 29 for more about the Sharpen Level tool Grayscale output type Medium sharpen level Extreme sharpen level The scanning software automatically selects the optimal sharpen level for the o...

Page 69: ...ew area The AutoSharpen button in the Sharpen Level tool becomes active Applying the default sharpen level Click the AutoSharpen button in the Sharpen Level tool The optimal sharpen level determined by the scanning software is applied to the Sharpen Level tool The result of the change to the sharpen level can be seen in the preview area Black White Bitmap raster output type None sharpen level Extr...

Page 70: ...o view the distribution of pixels see page 74 read the RGB values of the pixels in the image see page 74 The Exposure Adjustment tool is active for the color and grayscale output types Using the Exposure Adjustment tool 1 From the Tools menu select Exposure Adjustment The Exposure Adjustment tool appears See page 32 2 Refer to the following sections for using the Exposure Adjustment tool Changing ...

Page 71: ... in the Highlights field is set in the Preference Controls tab see page 47 Bringing out details in light areas To bring out details in the light areas of the image decrease the number in the Highlights field Click on the left side of the slider or type a lower number in the Highlights field then press Tab or Enter or click the DOWN spin button next to the Highlights field slider field DOWN spin bu...

Page 72: ...he Shadows field is set in the Preference Controls tab see page 47 Bringing out details in dark areas To bring out details in the dark areas of the image decrease the number in the Shadows field Click on the left side of the slider or type a lower number in the Shadows field then press Tab or Enter or click the DOWN spin button next to the Shadows field The result of the change to Shadows can be s...

Page 73: ...brighten the image overall increase the number in the Midtones field Click on the right side of the slider or type a higher number in the Midtones field then press Tab or Enter or click the UP spin button next to the Midtones field The result of the change to Midtones can be seen in the preview area Midtones slider field DOWN spin button UP spin button control If you will be sharing the image with...

Page 74: ...ram represents the current setting for Highlights the lightest areas in the image The turquoise line appears in the histogram when either eyedropper pointer is positioned over the image It shows you where the pixels at that place in the image occur in the histogram Shadows Highlights Changing the settings for Highlights and Shadows does not change the graph in the histogram Changing the selection ...

Page 75: ...n the Exposure Adjustment tool When you click the pointer changes to this When you click the pointer changes to this 2 Move the pointer over the image The RGB values and pixel color appear in the RGB Meter The turquoise line appears in the histogram 3 Click the same eyedropper button again The RGB Meter dims The pointer returns to normal RGB values Pixel color Do not click while the eyedropper poi...

Page 76: ...r with no ink or toner and therefore no detail The darkest areas will print with the blackest color of ink or toner saturating the area with the same color of black with no visible detail The Exposure Alert buttons in the Exposure Adjustment tool are for viewing white pixels that will be clipped in the final scan for viewing black pixels that will be clipped in the final scan Appearance when neith...

Page 77: ...els disappear from the image The result of the change to Highlights can be seen in the preview area 3 Click the white Exposure Alert button again The Exposure Alert button turns off Viewing and removing clipped dark areas 1 Click the black Exposure Alert button The dark areas in the image that will print as pure black appear white in the preview area 2 In the Shadows control click the DOWN spin bu...

Page 78: ... effects in images of pictures The ranges for the numbers in the White and Black fields are set in the Preference Controls tab see page 47 1 Click the Output Levels checkbox in the Exposure Adjustment tool to select it The White and Black output levels controls appear in the Exposure Adjustment tool 2 Click on the one side of a slider or type a different number in the White or Black field then pre...

Page 79: ...nt to create an image to use as a backdrop for light text on a dark background such as with color slides decrease the White output level value until the image is as faint as you like Click the Auto button in the Exposure Adjustment tool to change all the exposure settings to the optimal exposure settings determined by the scanning software T I P Appearance with White control 255 Black control 0 Ap...

Page 80: ...ette 256 Color Optimized Palette 1 From the Tools menu select Color Adjustment The Color Adjustment tool appears see page 33 2 Change the color balance or saturation as described below The color settings you select will be applied to the final scan Changing color balance Use the Color Wheel in the Color Adjustment tool to change color balance hue Moving the indicator circle When the image has too ...

Page 81: ...he image A low number in the Saturation field gives the image diluted colors The range for the number in the Saturation field is 0 to 150 The result of the change to the saturation value can be seen in the preview area Increasing the amount of color Increase the number in the Saturation field to make colors in the image more vivid Click on the right side of the slider or type a higher number in th...

Page 82: ...r or click the DOWN spin button next to the Saturation field Applying the default color settings Click the Auto button in the Color Adjustment tool The optimal color settings determined by the scanning software are applied to the Color Adjustment tool The results of the changes to the color settings can be seen in the preview area Saturation set at 100 Saturation set at 150 Saturation set at 75 ...

Page 83: ...on in the Output Resolution tool The output resolution setting displayed in the Output Resolution tool will be applied to the final scan Resolution settings for photographs Follow these guidelines to set output resolution for color or black and white photographs Use 75 as the output resolution setting when you plan to display the image on a monitor in a Web page the output type is 256 Color Web Pa...

Page 84: ...alette 256 Color System Palette 256 Color Optimized Palette Grayscale or Black White Bitmap raster Use 300 as the output resolution setting when you plan to print the image on a 300 DPI printer the output type is 256 Color Optimized Palette Grayscale or Black White Bitmap raster Use 600 as the output resolution setting when you plan to print the image on the HP PhotoSmart printer or a 600 DPI prin...

Page 85: ... White Threshold tool for an image that has the Black White Bitmap raster output type See page 34 for more about the Black White Threshold tool Applying the default threshold Click the Auto button in the Black White Threshold tool The optimal black and white threshold setting determined by the scanning software is applied to the Black White Threshold tool The result of the change to the threshold ...

Page 86: ...ite Threshold field click on the left side of the slider or drag the slider to the left or type a lower number in the Black White Threshold field then press Tab or Enter or click the DOWN spin button next to the Black White Threshold field The result of the change to the black and white threshold setting can be seen in the preview area The range for the number in the threshold field is set in the ...

Page 87: ...reshold see page 86 5 Select a color channel from the Scan using channel list box in the Black White Threshold tool To eliminate all the red in colored line art or from a drawing printed on red or pink paper choose the Red channel The red components of each pixel in the image will be mapped to white and green and blue components of each pixel will be mapped to black To eliminate all the green in c...

Page 88: ...hite Threshold tool Original with True Color output type Black White Bitmap raster output type applied with NTSC Gray color channel and automatic threshold 110 Red color channel and automatic threshold 110 Green color channel and automatic threshold 110 Blue color channel and automatic threshold 110 Blue color channel and higher threshold 173 The NTSC Gray channel in the Scan using channel list bo...

Page 89: ...5 Scanning text 5 90 Scan and convert a block of text 93 Scan a whole page ...

Page 90: ... of the selection area click the Zoom button in the toolbar or from the Scan menu choose Zoom The scanner scans the selection area and the selection area fills the preview area 5 Adjust the selection area to include all the characters you want in the final scan see page 55 6 To begin the final scan and the character conversion drag and drop to another program see page 91 or Copy to the Clipboard s...

Page 91: ...med The text is converted to editable text and placed in the open document Always Zoom scan a selection area you want to convert to text then adjust the position and size of the selection area to be sure it contains all the characters you want to convert The text in the selection area is displayed at a low resolution and may not appear readable even after a Zoom scan During the final scan when you...

Page 92: ... receive the text Position the pointer where you want to place the text then click From the program s Edit menu choose Paste or press Ctrl V The text appears where you pasted it Save to a file 1 Click the Save As button in the toolbar or from the Scan menu select Save As or press Ctrl S The Save As dialog box appears The only file format choice in the Save as type list box is Text File txt 2 In th...

Page 93: ...e Page The Save As dialog box appears The only file format choice in the Save as type list box is Rich Text File rtf 3 In the Save in box choose the directory where you want to save the file 4 In the File name box type a name for the file 5 Click Save A final scan of the entire area of the scanner glass is performed The text is converted to editable text The text and images are saved to the rtf fi...

Page 94: ...6 Saving scanned images 6 95 How you can use the image 96 Print the image 97 Drag and drop to another program 98 Drag and drop to the Desktop 99 Copy to the Clipboard 100 Save to a file ...

Page 95: ...he image permanent by placing it directly from the scanning software into another program When you save the document you placed the image in the image is saved with the document You can place the image directly into another program using drag and drop see page 97 copy and paste see page 99 TWAIN see page 11 Make the image permanent by saving it to a file An image file can be created using drag and...

Page 96: ...lick OK A final scan of the image is performed The image is sent to the printer When you print a copy of the image in the selection area you will be able to see the size and quality of the printed image Use the Print command to send a copy of the image to a printer If no selection area has been drawn the entire area of the scanner glass is printed Be sure to keep the original in the same place on ...

Page 97: ... position in the open document The pointer changes to If the pointer changes to the destination program does not accept drag and drop 5 Release the mouse button A final scan of the image is performed The image appears in the destination program The image in the selection area can be dragged and dropped into another program that supports drag and drop After the image is dropped into the destination...

Page 98: ...bitmap file named Scan bmp is created on the Desktop or in the folder in the Windows Explorer You can create a bitmap file of the image in the selection area by dragging the selection area to the Desktop or to a folder in the Windows Explorer The file name for each new bitmap file after the first one created this way includes a number in parentheses Be sure to keep the original in the same place o...

Page 99: ...tination program 2 Open the document and view the page that will receive the image 3 Position the pointer where you want to place the image then click 4 From the program s Edit menu choose Paste or press Ctrl V The image appears where you pasted it The image in the selection area can be copied to the Clipboard then pasted into the destination program After the image is pasted into the destination ...

Page 100: ...f that image The advantage of the FlashPix file format over other file formats is that a software program can automatically select the best resolution for a particular job to make editing and using images in programs faster and easier The image in the selection area can be saved to a file then the image file can be inserted into another program s document with an Insert File or Import File command...

Page 101: ... created by scanners and are widely accepted by programs that work with photographs and other images A TIFF file is a bitmapped graphic also called a raster graphic and can be any resolution TIFF image files can be used on multiple platforms TIFF Compressed tif Compressed TIFF files for images are smaller than the TIFF Image files Images with the Black White Bitmap raster output type are compresse...

Page 102: ... as type list box choose a file type 5 Click Save A final scan of the image is performed The image is saved to the file The file name extension for the selected file type is automatically added to the file name Reducing file size You can reduce the size of an image file in the scanning software by reducing resolution avoiding the True Color output type reducing the scale of the image saving with a...

Page 103: ...7 Scanning 35mm slides 7 104 The 35mm slide adapter 105 Scan the slide ...

Page 104: ... stays up 2 Place the adapter next to the top edge of the scanner glass so that the arrowhead on the adapter points to the arrowhead on the scanner bed 3 Tip the adapter toward the scanner lid 4 Turn the slide so the emulsion side is next to the scanner glass 5 Orient the slide with the top of the picture directed to the top edge of the scanner glass 6 Place the slide under the notched section of ...

Page 105: ... Zoom scan page 56 4 Set the output dimensions page 58 5 If necessary make adjustments to the image see Chapter 4 Adjusting images of pictures page 65 6 Save copy drag and drop or print see Chapter 6 Saving scanned images page 94 A Preview scan of the slide Be sure to keep the slide in the same place on the scanner glass until the final scan of the image is completed T I P A Zoom scan of the selec...

Page 106: ...ating 79 Best Quality Scaling 43 Sharpening 43 bitmap file format 100 Black White Bitmap raster output type 17 Black White Scalable vector output type 17 Black White Threshold tool 34 85 86 87 88 control range preferences 47 black and white adjustments 67 bitmap raster 67 color channel 87 88 output types 67 scalable vector 67 black and white threshold 85 86 88 Blue color channel 88 bmp 100 brightn...

Page 107: ...Dimensions tool 30 58 displaying images 63 64 docking a tool 26 drag and drop pointers 24 to another program 97 to the Desktop 98 drawings output types for 84 resolution 84 resolution for 28 E Edit menu 16 8 bit readout 0 255 47 eliminating details 76 red green or blue 87 88 exposure adjusting 32 70 automatic application 45 defaults 70 Exposure Adjustment tool 32 70 control range preferences 47 71...

Page 108: ... 97 98 output dimensions 58 printing 96 resolution 27 83 saving 98 100 scaling 60 straightening 9 using 95 info bar 14 16 22 J jagged images 58 JPEG file format 101 jpg 101 L Load Settings command 15 loading settings 40 M Maximum Pixel Depth 43 menus Edit 16 Help 19 Output Type 17 Scan 15 Tools 18 View 16 midtones 32 70 73 monitors 256 color 63 N NTSC Gray color channel 88 O online Help using 35 o...

Page 109: ...s command 18 20 resize image dimensions 30 58 60 selection area 30 55 resolution 27 83 adding or deleting defaults 46 preferences 46 setting 27 83 Resolution tab in Preferences 46 RGB Meter 75 Rich Text File 101 rotating image 9 rtf 93 101 RTF file format 101 S saturation color 33 80 Save As command 15 20 Save As Whole Page command 15 93 Save Settings command 15 saving settings 39 to a file 92 93 ...

Page 110: ... 87 88 Color Adjustment 33 80 descriptions 26 Dimensions 30 58 docking 26 Exposure Adjustment 32 70 Output Resolution 27 83 Sharpen Level 29 68 Tools menu 18 ToolTips 35 True Color output type 17 turning off automatic color 45 automatic exposure 45 automatic output type 45 automatic selection area 45 Best Quality Scaling 43 Best Quality Sharpening 43 Maximum Pixel Depth 43 TWAIN 11 12 bit readout ...