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Scanner Preferences | On starting the Scanning Wizard, the first screen will show the scanners which are installed on your computer and also the path to the folder where the scanned images will be saved. | |||||
The main window shows the scanners that are installed on your system. If you have more than one scanner installed make sure that the scanner chosen from the list is the one currently attached to your system. Click the Next button to continue. If at any stage you wish to close down the Scanning Wizard click the Close button. (view image) |
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Scanning options | The next screen of the Scanning Wizard is where you set
the scanned image options and also start the scan. Choose whether the
scanned image has a Landscape or Portrait page
orientation. Then choose the type of image you want the image to be
saved as from the drop down list . For an explanation of the types of
images you can save the document as, see the information box below. (view image) |
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Starting the scan | Once you are ready to start scanning your document click on the Scan button in the Scanning Wizard. At this point the Scanning Wizard will start your existing scanner software. When the scanning software has started make sure that all the settings are correct before starting the scan. If your scanner software allows you to do a preview of the scanned image we suggest that you use this option initially until you become confident with your own settings. When all the settings are correct start the scan. | |||||
When the image has been scanned the TCM4000 Scanning
Wizard will take control of the scanned image. You will see an image of
the scanned document, the file name and also the file size on the
Scanning Wizard screen. (view
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De-skew the image | Check to see that the image has been scanned in straight, if not, the Scanning Wizard allows you to re-align the image and then re-save it once you have finished re-aligning the image. To re-align the image, click on the De-skew tab on the Scanning Wizard screen. | |||||
Using the buttons de-skew the image, use the two arrow buttons at the bottom of the de-skew area to adjust the image by small amounts. You will see how many degrees you are adjusting the image by in the box at the side of the right arrow button. | ||||||
Use the four buttons at the right side of the de-skew area to adjust the image by 90, 180, and 270 degrees. The images on the buttons will give an indication to how much the image will be adjusted. When you have de-skewed the image click on the Apply now button to see how the de-skew will affect the image. When the scanned image is straight click on the Save button. If you have other documents to scan click the Scan button on the Scanning Wizard again. Once you have finished scanning your documents click the Close button to exit the Scanning Wizard. |