How to Use the Scanner at the COE Computer Lab

  1. Press the leftmost button located on the front of the scanner. The following screen will appear:

  1. Click cancel on the scanning screen. If you do not do this, the scanner will start scanning your document using as a file name the last file name used. Also, the computer will store your document in the last place a document was stored without giving you the chance to choose a location.

  2. Set Image type, Paper size and Image quality as desired. Keep in mind that to preserve good resolution in photographs you should set image quality to at least 75 dpi. However, the higher the image quality number, the more memory you will need to store your files.

  3. Make sure to uncheck:

  • Put pictures in a subfolder using today's date and

  • Use the scanner driver to make advanced settings

  1. Highlight the File name box and type the name you would like to use to save your document.

  2. Keep Save as type as JPEG when scanning photographs and TIFT when scanning black and white objects (tables or text).

  3. Click right next to Macintosh HD: 2001-…

By doing so, you will be able to save your file wherever you want it. Choose to save your file to the desktop, to a floppy disk, or to a zip disk, as shown in the next screenshot:

For example, if you want to save your file to the desktop, then you have to click on the white area below Trash. Then, Click on Desktop as indicated with the red arrow.

  1. Click

  2. Click
    and wait for the Scanning bar to reach 100%. Now you are done scanning your document. If you want to see how this file will look,

    1. Click cancel. The Scan screen will close.
    2. Now look for your file (on the desktop, your floppy disk, or your zip disk) and open it. Once you click the file icon, your file will automatically open in Photoshop.

To Scan Another Document

  1. After having scanned the first document, the following window will be on your screen:

  2. You have two possibilities:

    1. On the screen above, click on Scan-1, as is shown with the red arrow. The scan screen will appear. Follow steps 3 to 9 of the previous section.

    2. Press the leftmost button on the front panel of the scanner. The scan screen will appear. Follow steps 2 to 9 of the previous section.