5Preparing to Send to a Computer
In order to use your HP CapShare appliance to send information to your computer, you must have the HP CapShare PC utility installed. You can install this software from the HP CapShare CD that came in the box. When the utility is installed, a small HP CapShare icon appears on the Windows taskbar.
Install the HP CapShare PC utility
1Close any open programs and insert the CD in your
2If the CD does not start automatically, click Start, then Run, and then type D:\setup.exe, substituting D with the letter of your
3Follow the instructions in the dialog boxes that appear. The software installation will guide you through the selection of the communication port (serial or infrared) that will be used to transfer documents to the computer.
Note | If you are sending only to a handheld computer running Windows CE, you do not need |
| to install software on that device. For further instructions on sending to a Windows CE |
| device, see Send to a device other than a computer or printer (page 25). |
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Choosing a file format
During installation of the HP CapShare PC utility, you chose a saving convention for documents received from the HP CapShare appliance:
•Automatic Save to File.
•Use the HP CapShare
You do not have to open the HP CapShare PC utility to receive documents on your computer. Use the HP CapShare PC utility to change the way you handle the received documents.
When your computer receives documents, the documents are received in a Microsoft® Windows Explorer folder with the naming convention you chose. If they are saved in Adobe Acrobat’s .pdf format, then you can view them using the
Adobe® Acrobat Reader that was installed during software installation. If they are saved in single- or
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