HP 6200C Info bar

Info bar

The info bar displays the following information:

➊the width of the output image

➋the height of the output image

➌scale of the output image

➍the Output Type currently selected

➎the Help button for HP PrecisionScan Pro

Scanning software window info bar

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➮HP PrecisionScan Pro User’s Guide

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HP PrecisionScan Pro Welcome to scanning with HP PrecisionScan Pro and your HP ScanJet scanner Support for your new product How to use this online document Contents Page scanner What can you scan Place the picture on the scanner Start the scanning software Pushing the button on the scanner Using the Windows Start menu Launching from another program Configure the Scan button 2A tour of the scanning software2 Scanning software window Menus E d i t V i e w O u t p u t T y p e T o o l s H e l p Toolbar Preview area Info bar Status bar Context-sensitivepointers Selection area pointers Ready pointer Typing pointer Pixel value pointers What’s This Help pointer Image adjustment tools Displaying a tool Closing a tool Docking a tool Output Resolution tool AutoResolution Custom resolution Images to be printed Sharpen Level tool Dimensions tool Page Exposure Adjustment tool Color Adjustment tool Black & White Threshold tool Online Help Quick Help in the scanning software window What’s This Help in the scanning software window HP PrecisionScan Pro Help HP ScanJet Coach Videos Online manuals Save and re-useadjustment settings Saving a set of settings Loading a set of settings Deleting a set of settings Set preferences Opening the HP PrecisionScan Pro Preferences dialog box Scanner tab Preview scan when scanner button is pushed Best Quality Scaling Best Quality Sharpening Maximum Pixel Depth Selection Area tab Automatically create selection area after a mouse click Automatically set the output type after selection Automatically adjust exposure after selection Automatically adjust color after selection Resolution tab Controls tab 3Scanning pictures Basic steps for scanning pictures Quick scan Optional adjustments Preview scan Using the Scan button to Preview scan Using the scanning software to Preview scan Create a selection area Clicking to create a selection area Drawing to create a selection area Removing the selection area Selecting the entire preview area Selecting the entire zoomed area Moving the selection area Adjusting the size of selection area Zoom scan Performing a Zoom scan Return to the preview image (Undo Zoom) Using Undo Zoom Set the output dimensions Setting units Scaling output as a percentage of the original Typing values for output width and height Locking values for output dimension Choose an output type Changing the output type Suggestions for choosing output type Type of original Output Type 4Adjusting images of pictures Tools for making adjustments How output type affects which image adjustments you can make Adjustments for Grayscale output type Adjustments for Black & White Bitmap (raster) output type Adjustments for Black & White Scalable (vector) output type Sharpen Changing the sharpen level Applying the default sharpen level Adjust exposure Using the Exposure Adjustment tool Applying the default exposure settings Changing highlights Changing shadows Changing midtones (brightness) Pixel distribution histogram RGB Meter Checking for clipping of pixels Viewing and removing clipped light areas Viewing and removing clipped dark areas Setting pixel output levels Page Adjust color Changing color balance Changing color saturation Applying the default color settings Set output resolution Resolution settings for photographs Resolution settings for drawings Applying the default resolution Set threshold for black and white bitmaps Applying the default threshold Changing the black and white threshold Set color channel for black and white bitmaps Eliminating a color from the image Examples of changing color channels 5Scanning text Scan and convert a block of text Drag-and-dropto another program Copy to the Clipboard Save to a file Scan a whole page 6Saving scanned images How you can use the image Print the image Drag-and-dropto another program Drag-and-dropto the Desktop Copy to the Clipboard Copying the image Pasting the image Save to a file File formats GIF Image (.gif) JPEG Image (.jpg) Text File (.txt) TIFF Image (.tif) TIFF Compressed (.tif) Saving the file Reducing file size 7Scanning 35mm slides7 The 35mm slide adapter Placing the slide and the adapter Scan the slide Index