By Dawn Williams


One use for newer computers is to save various images of important pictures and documents to look at some time later. Most new scanners are relatively basic to use and with all the new software makes them even easier to set up. Generally with some practice someone could learn how to scan pictures and documents to their computer in no time.

Most printer/scanner combos and flatbed scanners are very similar to copy machines in how they work and what they do. They all have glass plates with a high intensity light under it that moves under the glass to do the scanning. With scanners though you can scan books, maps, magazines and low depth 3 dimensional objects.

They can also be used for scanning objects in color or high resolution black and white. Unlike copiers that only print to paper these images can be stored on a pen drive, disk drive or a hard drive for future use. They can also be manipulated in different ways like cropping, resizing, and adding or subtracting colors. They can also be included in different formats to be sent over the web in emails and online file sharing.

There are stand alone scanners though almost all made today are intended to work with a computer system for all its functions and are not meant to work only by themselves. This is where printer software is used. The software communicates between the computer and scanner to make image files and allows manipulation of them. It is also allows for different formats and how the files are saved or printed.

To use many scanners is a reasonably straight forward operation that is generally the same with most devices. When you have decided what will be scanned, check that the scanner is on and the plugs are connected to your computer correctly. Begin your imaging program on the computer and give some time to load up and connect to the scanner that will be used.

On the imaging software you will find a sub-menu for source, choose the scanner you will be using. You can now put items to be copied on the bed of the scanner and close the lid. Using the imaging software, select scan and wait for the scanner to work. Depending on the resolution of the image this can take a few seconds or several minutes to load into the computer's memory.

After the document is scanned completely you can see a preview of it on the screen of the computer. At this point various options are available for you to change the image to your liking. It can be cleaned up or cropped. The colors can be completely removed, or altered to be more vivid. The file can also be printed or saved on your disk or hard drive.

It is that easy. Anyone can learn how to scan different documents into their computer. Scanners are great tools for the office or to use at home. The more you use them the more things you will find to use them for.




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