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Scanner – Faculty Workroom

Look on the Desktop for the icon for HP Solution Center

You should be able to find this icon on the Desktop. If not, go to Start/Programs and select the program from the menu.

You will basically follow the onscreen prompts.

Note the information on Resolution, Sizing and other tips at the bottom of this document.

Choose the appropriate button for your scanning job.

 Scanning Pictures   (Scanning documents below)

In the next screen (below) you can change settings like dpi (Scan Picture Settings)

If you have accepted all the settings, your document will go in a folder called My Scans that has automatically been created in My Documents.

 Resolution (Menu – Tools)

This depends on what you want to do with it.

• Internet – 75 dpi is okay (72 to 95 dpi)

• Print – High quality on good paper and printer - 300 dpi

• Usual: 100 dpi to print in color; 100 dpi to print in grayscale; 300 dpi for high line art.

 Resize (Menu – Tools)

Adjust the size to what you want for the end-product.

Save As  file format

• bmp       huge file size

• jpg       compressed; good for images for the web or PowerPoint presentations

• gif        compressed; good for clipart; gif images do not print as well; they are low-resolution and limited to 8-bit color images.

It depends on what you plan to do with your scanned item.

Quality - For some medium quality is sufficient. If you need to show faces clearly, you may need to use a higher quality.

Remember that if you are unsure of the use, you can save your image in the bmp format and later convert a copy to jpg

 Scanning Color, but Not a Photo (like newsprint)

You would probably want to use 256 colors, and save as a gif file (file size is about ½ of bmp)

 Descreen (Menu – Advanced)

If the source came from a newspaper, annual photo, or magazine it may have been screened. If so, choose Advanced and Descreen.

 Newspaper Example

-chose grayscale; saved as a bmp since it was for the archives; put a heavier paper on top of it to help with text bleeding through from the other side; descreened.

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Scanning Documents

Select Document and in the Scan to box, pick Microsoft Word. You will be able to edit text in Word.