With the introduction of Windows 95, the TWAIN specification has been overhauled to take advantage of the
You may experience scanning problems if you do not use the appropriate source before scanning.
There is no change to the TWAIN source for Windows 3.x users. Only the
A note about application software
The scanner hardware by itself is not very useful. It takes a combination of the scanner hardware and application software to perform any task. Before you begin scanning, you need to choose the appropriate application to use for the task at hand. Please read this section to gain an understanding of the types of scanning software there are.
Scanning software generally falls into two groups, Graphics (image editing), or OCR (Optical Character Recognition). Each type has specific features designed to address the technical challenges faced in the scanning of graphics or of text.
Graphics: Software provides the user with image editing tools for performing extensive modifications to art, photographs, or other continuous tone images. While having the ability to scan text, unlike OCRsoftwareitisnotdesignedtospecificallyidentifyindividual characters. Any image scanned using a graphics program can only be saved in a graphics file format (i.e. TIFF or JPEG). It cannot be saved as an editable text file. Your scanner package contains Image Pals 2GO! imageeditingsoftwaretofacilitateyourimageeditingrequirements.
