Chapter 1

Scan pictures and documents

Use the Scan button to scan pictures or documents quickly.

●Select original type — document or picture

●Scan pictures

●Scan multiple pictures with one scan

●Scan documents

Select original type — document or picture

You have two choices for original type: Document or Picture. The scanner optimizes settings based on your choice. Use the following guidelines to determine the best original type for your needs.

If your original consists of

Select this original type

 

 

Text, or both text and graphics

Document

 

 

A printed photograph or graphic

Picture

 

 

Scan pictures

Use the Scan button () to scan photos and graphics.

For scanning slides or negatives, see Scan film.

Note If you want to preview scans before they are sent to their destination, select Show Preview in the What are you scanning? dialog box. Also see Preview a scanned image.

1.Place the original face down on the scanner glass, as indicated by the reference marks, and then close the lid.

2.Press the Scan button ().

The What are you scanning? dialog box appears.

3.Under the What are you scanning? heading, click Picture.

4.Select Scan originals from glass.

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HP Scanjet G4000 series