Compaq S4 100 manual Open the VistaScan software application, Setting VistaScan Preferences

CHAPTER 2. Scanning Basics

VistaScan is the primary program or driver you use to scan with your Compaq scanner. It is a TWAIN-compliant program, which means that it can be run from other programs that support scanning, like PageManager and others. It is also a stand-alone program, which allows you to scan images for a variety of uses, even without launching another program first.

Open the VistaScan software application.

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

b.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.Select VistaScan.

d.Click VistaScan.

Setting VistaScan Preferences

Preferences control scanner settings that you generally do not modify every time you use the scanner. The Preference settings are used as the default settings for several of the scan settings.

To access the VistaScan Preferences, click the Preferences icon in the upper right corner of the VistaScan window.

The Preferences cover three areas:

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