Scanning; Before You Start - Kodak ESP 7 User Manual

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Scanning

Before you start

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Scanning converts text and images from documents and pictures placed on the
scanner glass into electronic data, and then sends the data to your computer. To
scan using the ESP 7 All-in-One printer, the printer must be connected to a
computer. You can scan to the following destinations:
• Kodak Home Center
• Memory card or USB flash drive connected to the printer using the appropriate
opening on the front panel of the computer
• Third–party scanner software application
• As a file on your computer
Before you start scanning with this All-in-One printer, Kodak recommends that you
use the Home Center software to configure the default scan settings. This way, you
can easily manage the scan in your computer. See
for additional information.
Using the Home Center software, you can adjust the following default settings for
scanned photos and documents:
• Applications used for file destination(s).
CAUTION:
If you save a document scan to an application, the scan cannot be later
accessed by optical character recognition (OCR) software. If you want to be
able to edit the text of the document after scanning it, save the scanned
document as a file.
• File type used to save the scan.
• The default setting for saved documents is .pdf (Portable Document Format).
With third–party .pdf viewer software installed, this type of file can be viewed
on Web pages or computers. You may also save a scanned document as .rtf
(Rich Text Format). This is a standard file type which can be opened and
edited in standard word–processing software applications.
• The default setting for image files is .jpeg (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
format. This standard file type can be opened and edited in standard image
editing software applications, and can be viewed on Web pages.
• File storage location for saved scans.
• Windows: Document scans are saved by default in the My Documents folder,
and images are saved in the My Pictures folder. They are stored by default in
these locations in a folder titled with the current date.
• Rule for naming scan files.
• By default, scans are named "scan1", "scan2", etc.
• Default scan resolution and photo enhancement preferences.
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