HP Officejet Pro 8500 - Manual (Page 58)

Edit a scanned original
Using the HP Solution Center, you can edit a scanned document, and you can scan
text documents to text using optical character recognition (OCR) software. You can
also use third-party editing applications that might be on your computer already.
This section contains the following topics:
• Edit a scanned photo or graphic
• Edit a scanned document using optical character recognition (OCR) software
Edit a scanned photo or graphic
You can edit a scanned photo or graphic using the scanning software inside the
Solution Center. Use this software to adjust the brightness, contrast, color saturation,
and more. You can also rotate the image.
For more information, see the onscreen scanning software help.
Edit a scanned document using optical character recognition (OCR) software
You can use OCR software to import scanned text into your preferred word-processing
program for editing. This allows you to edit letters, newspaper clippings, and many
other documents. You can scan using OCR software from the HP Solution Center.
You can specify the word-processing program that you want to use for editing. If the
word-processing icon is not present or active, either you do not have word-processing
software installed on your computer, or the scanner software did not recognize the
program during the installation. See the onscreen Help for the HP Solution Center for
information about how to create a link to the word-processing program.
The OCR software does not support scanning colored text. Colored text is always
converted to black-and-white text before being sent to OCR. Thus, all text in the final
document is in black and white, regardless of the original color.
Because of the complexity of some word-processing programs and their interaction
with the device, it is sometimes preferable to scan to a text editor, such as Wordpad
(Windows) or TextEdit (Mac OS X), and then cut and paste the text into the preferred
word-processing program.
▲ Scan your document, open the Solution Center, and then click the Convert to
Text button. Follow the on-screen instructions to convert the scanned document to
text.
Change scan settings
To change scan settings
•
Windows: Open the HP Solution Center, select Settings, select Scan Settings
and Preferences, then select from the available options and make your selections.
• HP Device Manager (Mac OS X): Launch HP Device Manager, click Information
and Settings, and then select Scan Preferences from the drop-down list.
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