Document Outline

• Welcome to scanning
• How to use this online document
• Contents
• Using the HPScanJet scanner
  • What can you scan?
  • Place the picture on the scanner
  • Start the scanning software
    • Pushing the button on the scanner
    • Using the Windows Start menu
    • Launching from another program
  • Configure the Scan button
• A tour of the scanning software
  • Scanning software window
    • Menus
    • Toolbar
    • Preview area
    • Info bar
    • Status bar
  • Context-sensitive pointers
    • Selection area pointers
    • Ready pointer
    • Typing pointer
    • Pixel value pointers
    • What’s This Help pointer
  • Image adjustment tools
    • Displaying a tool
    • Closing a tool
    • Docking a tool
  • Output Resolution tool
    • AutoResolution
    • Custom resolution
  • Sharpen Level tool
  • Dimensions tool
  • Exposure Adjustment tool
  • Color Adjustment tool
  • Black & White Threshold tool
  • Online Help
    • Quick Help in the scanning software window
    • What’s This Help in the scanning software window
    • HPPrecisionScanPro Help
    • HP ScanJet Coach
    • Videos
    • Online manuals
  • Save and re-use adjustment settings
    • Saving a set of settings
    • Loading a set of settings
    • Deleting a set of settings
  • Set preferences
    • Opening the HPPrecisionScanPro Preferences dialo...
    • Scanner tab
    • Selection Area tab
    • Resolution tab
    • Controls tab
• Scanning pictures
  • Basic steps for scanning pictures
    • Quick scan
    • Optional adjustments
  • Preview scan
    • Using the Scan button to Preview scan
    • Using the scanning software to Preview scan
  • Create a selection area
    • Clicking to create a selection area
    • Drawing to create a selection area
    • Removing the selection area
    • Selecting the entire preview area
    • Selecting the entire zoomed area
    • Moving the selection area
    • Adjusting the size of selection area
  • Zoom scan
    • Performing a Zoom scan
  • Return to the preview image (Undo Zoom)
    • Using Undo Zoom
  • Set the output dimensions
    • Setting units
    • Scaling output as a percentage of the original
    • Typing values for output width and height
    • Locking values for output dimension
  • Choose an output type
    • Changing the output type
• Adjusting images of pictures
  • Tools for making adjustments
    • How output type affects which image adjustments yo...
  • Sharpen
    • Changing the sharpen level
    • Applying the default sharpen level
  • Adjust exposure
    • Using the Exposure Adjustment tool
    • Applying the default exposure settings
    • Changing highlights
    • Changing shadows
    • Changing midtones (brightness)
    • Pixel distribution histogram
    • RGB Meter
    • Checking for clipping of pixels
    • Setting pixel output levels
  • Adjust color
    • Changing color balance
    • Changing color saturation
    • Applying the default color settings
  • Set output resolution
    • Resolution settings for photographs
    • Resolution settings for drawings
    • Applying the default resolution
  • Set threshold for black and white bitmaps
    • Applying the default threshold
    • Changing the black and white threshold
  • Set color channel for black and white bitmaps
    • Eliminating a color from the image
• Scanning text
  • Scan and convert a block of text
    • Drag-and-drop to another program
    • Copy to the Clipboard
    • Save to a file
  • Scan a whole page
• Saving scanned images
  • How you can use the image
  • Print the image
  • Drag-and-drop to another program
  • Drag-and-drop to the Desktop
  • Copy to the Clipboard
    • Copying the image
    • Pasting the image
  • Save to a file
    • File formats
    • Saving the file
    • Reducing file size
• Scanning 35mm slides
  • The 35mm slide adapter
    • Placing the slide and the adapter
  • Scan the slide
• Index