How To Do Everything with Your Scanner

Team DDU......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 16
Introduction......Page 18
PART I Basic Details about Your Scanner......Page 22
CHAPTER 1 Get Acquainted with Your Scanner......Page 24
Capture Moments in Time......Page 25
Convert Printed Text into Electronic Text (OCR)......Page 27
Add Business Cards to Address Books......Page 28
Manage Your Documents Once They\'re Scanned......Page 29
Scan 3-D Objects......Page 30
The Hows and Whys of Scanning......Page 31
Pixels......Page 33
Color Depth......Page 34
Color Space......Page 35
Desktop Scanners......Page 36
Film Scanners......Page 38
Specialty Scanners......Page 40
CHAPTER 2 Buy, Install, and Maintain Your Scanner......Page 42
What Type of Scanner Do You Need?......Page 43
Should You Buy a New, Refurbished, or Used Scanner?......Page 44
Which Scanner Interface Is Best?......Page 45
How Much Resolution Do You Need?......Page 46
How Deep Does Your Color Need to Be?......Page 48
Scanner Installation......Page 49
Installing Scanner Software......Page 50
Attaching the Scanner and Making a Scan......Page 51
CHAPTER 3 Make Your First Scan......Page 52
Tools You Need Near Your Scanner......Page 53
How to Clean the Scanner Glass......Page 55
Cleaning the Image......Page 56
Scanning Near the Edge......Page 57
Alignment Techniques......Page 58
Aligning Images with Crooked Edges......Page 59
Aligning Crooked Photos......Page 61
Steps to a Great Scan......Page 62
Preview the Image You\'re Scanning......Page 65
Select the Correct Input Mode......Page 67
Advantages and Disadvantages of the Automatic Approach to Scanning......Page 68
Change Image Size (Within Limits)-Scaling......Page 69
Review the Scan......Page 71
Copyright Issues or… You May Not Own the Picture of You......Page 73
CHAPTER 4 Save What You Have Scanned......Page 74
Types of Graphic Files......Page 75
Internet Formats......Page 76
When to Use JPEG or GIF......Page 77
Native Formats......Page 78
Saving Options......Page 79
Choosing TIFF Compression......Page 81
Where Will You Store Your Images?......Page 83
Using Removable Storage......Page 84
How to Organize Your Images......Page 85
CHAPTER 5 Print What You Have Scanned......Page 88
A Brief History of Consumer Printers......Page 89
Sort Out Today\'s Available Color Printers......Page 90
What a Dye-Based Photo Inkjet Printer Is Best For......Page 91
Why Print Longevity Matters......Page 92
Who Needs Print Longevity?......Page 93
What a Dye-Sublimation Printer Is Best For......Page 94
Use the Media that Produces the Best Results for You......Page 95
Adjust Your Printer Settings for Best Results......Page 96
PART II Put Your Scanner to Work......Page 100
CHAPTER 6 Scan Graphics for Use on the Web......Page 102
Scan the Photo......Page 103
Scan a Photo for E-mail Using an Epson Scanner......Page 104
Scan a Photo for E-mail Using an HP Scanner......Page 106
Work with Different Photo File Sizes and Resolutions......Page 108
Attach a Photo to Your E-mail......Page 110
How to Attach Your Photo to an E-mail......Page 111
Embed a Photo in Your E-mail......Page 112
Getting a Photo out of an E-mail......Page 115
Scan for E-mail and Printing......Page 116
Automated E-mail Photos......Page 117
Sharing Photos Online......Page 118
Scanning for Web-Based Photo Services......Page 120
Make the Right Choice-For You......Page 121
CHAPTER 7 Scan Documents Using OCR Software......Page 122
A Glimpse at Commercial OCR......Page 124
What\'s the Best Scanner for OCR?......Page 125
Is Your Scanner Supported?......Page 126
Check the Scanning Area Size......Page 127
What Can OCR Software Do?......Page 128
Prepare to Convert a Document Using OCR......Page 129
The Proper Care and Feeding of ADFs......Page 131
Things that Confuse OCR Software......Page 132
How to Perform OCR on Colored Paper......Page 133
Scan for OCR......Page 134
CHAPTER 8 Use Your Scanner for a Variety of Workplace Tasks......Page 136
Scan Business Cards......Page 137
Two Ways to Scan Business Cards......Page 139
How to Scan a Business Card to Capture Logos or Other Art......Page 140
How to Choose the Best Scanner for Electronic Communication......Page 142
Send a Fax from Your Scanner......Page 143
Fax Using a Fax Service......Page 145
Send an Image as an E-mail Attachment......Page 147
Convert Printed Pages to Text (OCR)......Page 149
Use Your Scanner as a Copier......Page 150
Scanners-the Ultimate File Cabinet......Page 152
Share Your Scanner......Page 154
CHAPTER 9 Put Your Scanner to Work at Home, Too......Page 156
How to Get a Scrapbook into Your Computer......Page 157
How Big Does Your Scanner Need to Be?......Page 158
How to Scan Your Scrapbook Page......Page 160
How to Stitch Your Scans Together......Page 162
Share Your Scrapbook......Page 168
Creating Gifts and Other Projects......Page 170
Make a Photo Calendar......Page 171
Too Much to Cover......Page 174
PART III Advanced Scanner Stuff......Page 176
CHAPTER 10 Get the Best Scan You Can......Page 178
Make Your Automatic Tools Work Better......Page 179
Automatic Tools Can\'t Do Everything......Page 181
Other Manual Adjustments......Page 184
Solve the Scanning Challenges You\'ll Encounter......Page 186
Remove Bleed-Through Using Manual Threshold Adjust......Page 187
Remove Bleed-Through with Your Photo Editor......Page 188
Scan Printed Material......Page 189
CHAPTER 11 Scan Your Negatives and Slides......Page 190
The Advantages of Scanning Negatives and Slides......Page 191
Choose Between Scanners......Page 192
Digital ICE-Almost Too Good to Be True......Page 194
The First Step: Cleaning Negatives and Slides......Page 196
How to Clean a Really Dirty Slide......Page 197
How to Scan Film by Using a Film Scanner......Page 198
Store Negatives Properly......Page 201
Things That Bug Your Slides and Negatives......Page 202
Before We Leave This Topic......Page 203
CHAPTER 12 Organizing Your Photos......Page 204
Measuring Your Virtual Closet......Page 205
Finding All of Your Photos......Page 206
Viewing and Sorting the Search Results......Page 210
The Organization Plan......Page 215
The Power of Keywords......Page 216
Image Management-A Lot of Choices......Page 218
Two General Categories of Image Managers......Page 219
Different Programs, Same Name......Page 221
CHAPTER 13 Selecting and Using Photo Editors......Page 226
Photoshop Is King-But Do You Need a King?......Page 227
Many Alternatives to Photoshop......Page 229
Photoshop Elements......Page 230
Microsoft Picture It! Digital Image......Page 232
Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8......Page 233
Ulead PhotoImpact 8......Page 234
The Power of the Crop Tool......Page 236
Isolating Areas of a Photo......Page 237
Using Image Adjustment Tools......Page 240
Using Histogram-Based Tools and Curves......Page 243
Understanding the Curve Tool......Page 250
Photoshop Plug-in Filters......Page 251
CHAPTER 14 Correct and Enhance Your Scanned Photos......Page 254
How to Make Photos Fit the Frame......Page 255
Enlarge Photos with Your Scanner......Page 256
How to Get the Right Output Size......Page 257
How to Produce Scans in Standard Photo Sizes......Page 259
Use Photoshop Elements\' Resize Image Command......Page 261
Resampling-The Other Way to Resize......Page 264
Choices in Straightening Photos......Page 265
Correct Underexposed (Darker) Photos......Page 266
Correct Overexposed (Lighter) Photos......Page 269
Color Casts and Their Causes......Page 272
Correct Color Casts......Page 273
Remove Red Eye from Photos......Page 274
Paint Shop Pro\'s Red-Eye Removal Tool......Page 275
The Red-Eye Removal Plug-in Filter......Page 276
When to Sharpen-During the Scan or Later?......Page 277
How Sharp Is Sharp Enough?......Page 278
Covering a Lot of Material......Page 281
CHAPTER 15 Repair and Restore Photographs......Page 282
General Print Handling Procedures and Precautions......Page 283
Enlarge the Original......Page 284
Store Using a Lossless File Format......Page 285
Repair Tears and Creases......Page 286
Restore a Paper Frame......Page 292
Clean Up Dirty Backgrounds......Page 295
Another Way to Remove Stains......Page 300
Index......Page 304