from the Scan menu, select Preview, or

press Ctrl+R.

The scanner performs a Preview scan and displays the preview image.

Launching from another program

If you are creating a project such as a greeting card or a calendar, and want to include a picture from a photograph, you might be able to scan the photograph directly into the program you are using. To do this, the program must have a TWAIN command such as Acquire, which is probably on one of its main menus.

1Open the program in which you will place the scanned image.

2If necessary, select the program’s Select Source command and choose HP PrecisionScan Pro.

3Select the program’s TWAIN command.

After the scanning software window appears, the scanner automatically performs a Preview scan and displays the preview image.

4Create a selection area in the preview image, make necessary adjustments, and select Place Image from the Scan menu. The final scan occurs and the image is placed in the calling program.

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W h a t i s T W A I N ?

TWAIN is an industry-standard communications protocol for sending instructions to hardware (such as a scanner) and receiving data back (such as an image). If you are using a program that supports TWAIN, you can start HP PrecisionScan Pro directly from that program.

HP ScanJet scanners and HP scanning software can use TWAIN, but the programs you use to create projects may not be TWAIN-compatible.

If a program can use TWAIN, it should have a command named Acquire, Acquire Image, or Import on one of its main menus, usually the File menu.

Selecting one of these commands launches the scanning software selected with the Select Source command.

Editable text cannot be transferred using

TWAIN.

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