Scan to Applications. Compaq A1500, Compaq A1500

Be sure and read over the scanned text for formatting or editing mistakes. The character recognition does a great job of converting characters, but the quality of conversion will depend on the document being scanned.

You can send faxes directly to multiple email recipients as well. For more information, see the

Faxing section.

Scan to Applications

The remaining Scan To menu options are for defining your own Scan To destinations. You can define up to twelve (12) applications, numbered 3 through 14.

For instance, you can add Microsoft Paint and scan to

BMP files for editing. Add Microsoft Word and scan to the RTF format for word processing. Or scan to a program like Media Browser and upload your images to the internet!

See the section “Scan Settings” in the Using the A1500

Settings Utility chapter for information on setting up your Scan To list.

To use this option, you must have an email program installed on your computer, and it must support MAPI

(a special mail interface). Examples of MAPI email programs include Microsoft Outlook Express,

Microsoft Outlook, and Eudora. Also, you must have an internet account and an email address.

By default, Scan To Email uses the TXT file type. This will convert your scanned documents to ASCII text and place the text in your email program for editing. If you select another file type, either with the Settings

Utility or by using the Menu button on the front control panel, your documents will be scanned using the file type you choose and attached to you email message.

Once your documents are scanned, your email program will launch. The document text will be added or the scanned images will be attached. Simply enter a subject, select your recipients from your email address book, and send!

To quickly perform a scan using the default settings, simply load the documents, enter the Scan To number, and press the

Scan button.

Scanning with the Computer

The Compaq A1500 provides a standard TWAIN interface for scanning documents into the PC. TWAIN is a common scanner interface supported by many application programs.

To scan to an application, make sure that the selected scanner source, typically found in the File menu, is set to Compaq A1500 USB.

The Kodak Imaging for Windows program comes standard with

Windows (select Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Imaging).

Use it for your simple scanning needs.

There is extensive Online Help available from the Info menu on the Scanner window shown below.

TWAIN Scanner Window

Scanning with the Compaq Control Form.

1. Press the Control Form button. A Compaq

Control Form will print

2. Check the Scan box at the top of the page.

3. The default settings on the Control Form are indicated with a triangle. You can change these settings by checking the desired settings in the

Scan Settings section.

4. When you are finished, put the documents that you want to scan behind the Compaq Control

Form. Place the document(s) to be scanned face

down and top down in the document input tray.

5. Press the Control Form button on the control panel. The scan process begins.

6. The Control Form and document are scanned and the image is sent to the selected destination.

See the Compaq A1500 Control Form chapter for more details.

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