Sharp AL2041, AL2021 manual Scanner Functions, Scanning Overview

6 SCANNER FUNCTIONS

This chapter explains how to use the scanner functions.

SCANNING OVERVIEW

The flow chart shown below provides an overview of scanning.

Scanning from the	Scanning from a	Scanning from the
machine*1	TWAIN*2-compliant or	"Scanner and Camera
	WIA*3-compliant	Wizard" (Windows XP)
	application

Place the original in the scanning position

For more information, refer to "SCANNING USING THE KEYS ON THE MACHINE" (p.53).

Change the machine to scanner mode and select the scan menu. (SC1: to SC6:)

Set the scan preferences (only if the preferences are set to appear)

Start up a Twain-		Start up the "Scanner
compliant or WIA-		and Camera Wizard"
compliant application,		from "Control Panel" in
and select the		your computer.
machine's scanner
driver.
	Set the scan preferences

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Scanning

"SCANNING USING THE

KEYS ON THE

MACHINE" (p.53)

Scanning

"Scanning from a TWAIN-

compliant application"

(p.57)

"Scanning from a WIA- compliant application (Windows XP/Vista/7)"

(p.61)

Scanning

"Scanning from the

"Scanner and Camera Wizard" (Windows XP)"

(p.62)

*1 To scan using the machine's operation panel, you must first install Button Manager and establish the appropriate settings in the Control Panel. For details, see "SETTING UP BUTTON MANAGER" (p.23).

*2 TWAIN is an international interface standard for scanners and other image acquisition devices. By installing a TWAIN driver on your computer, you can scan and work with images using a variety of TWAIN-compliant applications.

*3 WIA (Windows Imaging Acquisition) is a Windows function that allows a scanner, digital camera or other imaging device to communicate with an image processing application. The WIA driver for this machine can only be used in Windows XP/ Vista/7.

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