A simple how-to presentation for scanning photos and documents in the Westerville Library's Technology Center using the HP c3180 scanner model.

1. Scanning 101 The Basics

2. Your Desktop

3. Double click the “HP Scanning Icon”.

4. This is what you should see.

6. Click “Scan Picture”.

7. The scanner gives you a preview. If your picture is sideways or upside down, you can use the arrows on the left to adjust it.

8. You can move the margins in or out. Click and drag the dashed line.

9. Auto Correct Photo Features These features can help restore an old or damaged photo.

10. Resize You can adjust size according to inches, centimeters, points, or pixels.

11. Lighten or Darken

12. Sharpen

13. Color Adjustment

14. Changing the Resolution Resolution affects quality, but also affects the size of your file. Higher resolution equals a larger file size.

15. When done, choose accept…

16. This is what you should see.

25. Choose “General Everyday Printing”

26. On the Features tab, select your paper type.