Scanning in C-126, using the flatbed scanner

Notes by Ursula Hoffmann, June 2001


For multiple pages of text or a slide or transparency, use the scanner in the Faculty Lab. In this room, C-126, scanning one or two pages of text or a photograph or printed image works well.

1) The computer needs to know that it has a scanner attached. If the flatbed scanner is not on: press the On/Off button at its lower right corner to On (small green light at the front of the scanner); then reboot/restart the computer: click Start, Shut down, Restart. Wait patiently for a few minutes until all icons are on the screen and the hourglass “wait pointer” goes away.

2) Put the text or image to be scanned in the scanner, upside down, and the top of the page or image nearest you if it fits – or sideways: the software will allow you to flip the scanned page. Be sure to use good copy. (For detailed information, especially about graphics, go to http://www.lehman.cuny.edu/acctemp/techteach/ and look for Help/Scanning.)

Scan text:
Click Start, Programs, Scanner, OmniPage. Follow instructions on the screen.

Scan the image:

Click Start, Programs, Scanner, Jasc Software, Paint Shop Pro. When this application opens, click File, Import, Twain, Acquire. On upper right of the scanner dialog window, click the arrow Setting Window and select type, scale to desired size, and set values, such as 72 dpi if your image is to be used for e-mail or for a web page, or 300 dpi or more for printing, then click Preview.
On the preview image, select the area to be scanned by diagonally pulling the upper left corner and then the lower right corner until the rectangle encloses only the area to be scanned.
Now click Scan. When done, close the scanner dialog window.
You may wish to edit this image that you now see in Paint Shop Pro, e.g., crop, sharpen, adjust color, contrast, add text. But if you need to resize, rescan the image.
After you finish editing, save the result to your disk: name the file (one word, no spaces, if for the web):
Select a type:
  1. Save As PaintShopPro (psp) file for further editing. This may be a big file.
  2. Save As jpg file, compressed, if it is a color image. Be sure to click on Options.
  3. Save As gif file, compressed, if it is b/w or a line drawing.
Remember to take your copy. Turn the scanner off. Press Windows key and USR to reboot the computer.