Chapter 2

Using Your Scanner
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Lights and Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Placing a Document on the Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Removing the Cover for Thick or Large Documents . . . . . . 2-6
Sizing Up Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
RAM and hard disk size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Accelerator boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Video cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
File compression software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
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