Cómo utilizar un escáner

Coloque el material a escanear en el escáner, como si estuviera usando una fotocopiadora. Encienda el escáner, si es necesario.

Coloque la parte del material que desea copiar boca abajo (de modo que quede presionada contra el cristal del escáner).

Es posible que su escáner no tenga un botón o interruptor de encendido, en cuyo caso, se enciende automáticamente cuando lo conecta a su computadora.

Press the scan button on the scanner, which is the button to acquire a digital image.

Or, if the scanner lacks a button, run the scanner software in Windows which acquires a digital image.

Preview the scan.

The scanner’s software should display a preview on your computer’s screen.

Select the scan area in the scanner software.

Use a zoom or magnification tool to ensure that you select the proper portion of the scanner glass.

Set other options.

For example, set the type of scan: color, grayscale, or document. You can also set resolution, although the scanner software probably makes the proper adjustment for you. (If not, 200 dpi is good.)

Scan the image.

The software should have a button that you need to click to scan the image.

Save the image to disk.

An alternative to saving the image to disk is to open the image in a photo- or image-editing application, where the image can be further refined or edited.