UMAX Technologies Astra 3400, 3450 owner manual Using VistaScan to Scan and Print Images

CHAPTER 5. SCANNING PROJECTS

The UMAX Astra 3400 / 3450 scanner includes bundled software to help you with a variety of tasks. This chapter shows you how to make a personalized calendar, create Web-ready images, and even turn a page of text into an online text document that you can edit.

Using VistaScan to Scan and Print Images

To perform your first scan:

1.Open the VistaScan software application.

For PC Users:

a)Click on the Start bar. Click on the Programs option. When the Programs pop-up menu appears, click the VistaScan option. The VistaScan pop-up menu appears. Click the VistaAccess option to display the scanner icon in the Windows Task bar (near the time display in the lower right corner of the window in the system tray).

b)Click the scanner icon in the Task bar using your right mouse button. A pop-up menu appears.

c)Click on VistaScan to launch the software.

Or you can also:

a)Click on the Start bar in the bottom-left corner of the screen.

b)Click Programs.

c)Click VistaScan.

d)Click VistaScan.

For Macintosh Users:

a)Click on the Scanner icon in the upper right corner of the Desktop (near the Finder). A pop-up menu appears.

b)Click on VistaScan to launch the software.

Or you can also:

a)Double-click the Hard Drive icon.

b)Double-click the UMAX VistaScan folder.

c)Double-click the UMAX VistaScan application icon to launch VistaScan.

2.The VistaScan Beginner window appears. Lift the scanner’s document cover and place your document face-down in the center of the scanner’s object glass.

3.Click the Preview button to preview the scanned item. You can edit the Preview image before scanning the final image using the “Zoom Tool” and the “Frame Selection Tool”. To find out more about how to use these tools, click on the user tips text that appears when your cursor pauses over the tool.

NOTE: This feature is only available if you have a browser installed.

4.Click the Printer icon in the “Scan to” control panel to indicate that you want to scan and print the image.

5.Click one of the four icons in the Click to Scan area of the VistaScan Beginner window. Your selection identifies the type of image you are about to scan and tells VistaScan how to set the scanner

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