Launching from another program – HP 6200C User Manual

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HP PrecisionScan Pro User’s Guide

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Using the HP ScanJet

scanner

Book Contents

Index

from the

Scan

menu, select

Preview

, or

press

Ctrl+R

.

The scanner performs a

Preview

scan and

displays the preview image.

Launching from another program

If you are creating a project such as a greeting
card or a calendar, and want to include a picture
from a photograph, you might be able to scan the
photograph directly into the program you are
using. To do this, the program must have a TWAIN
command such as

Acquire

, which is probably on

one of its main menus.

1

Open the program in which you will place the
scanned image.

2

If necessary, select the program’s

Select Source

command and choose

HP PrecisionScan Pro

.

3

Select the program’s TWAIN command.

After the scanning software window appears,
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 back (such as an image).
If you are using a program that supports
TWAIN, you can start

HP PrecisionScan Pro

directly from that program.

HP ScanJet scanners and HP scanning
software can use TWAIN, but the
programs you use to create projects may
not be TWAIN-compatible.

If a program can use TWAIN, it should
have a command named

Acquire

,

Acquire

Image

, or

Import

on one of its main

menus, usually the

File

menu.

Selecting one of these commands
launches the scanning software selected
with the

Select Source

command.

Editable text cannot be transferred using
TWAIN.

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