Scanning From A Computer; Basic Operation For Twain Scanning - Ricoh Aficio SP 3400SF User Manual

Scanning from a Computer

Scanning from a computer (TWAIN scanning) allows you to operate the ma-
chine from your computer and scan originals into your computer directly.
TWAIN scanning is available with both USB and network connections.

Basic Operation for TWAIN Scanning

This section describes the basic TWAIN scanning operation.
TWAIN scanning is possible if your computer is running a TWAIN-compatible
application. PageManager, which is provided on the driver CD-ROM, can be
used for TWAIN scanning.
Listed below are some of the useful features of PageManager. Note that the
PageManager features are subject to change depending on its version.
• Share files by converting them to portable file formats like PDF, and Presto!
Wrapper, an executable file.
• Import from and export to a Lotus Notes 5.0 database file.
• Easily organize files just like Windows Explorer.
• View files without opening other applications, with PageManager document
and image viewers. Supported file formats include: BMP, PCX, PCD, TIFF,
TIFF (Multi-page), JPEG, PICT, PSD, WMF, PPS, PPT, XLS, DOC, Microsoft
Visio, TXT, HTML, PDF, TAG, PNG, GIF.
• Easily stack related image and document files, even with different file for-
mats.
• Get text out of an image with reliable and accurate OCR (Optical Character
Recognition).
• Easily find backup files, annotations, title, author, and memo information
with the efficient search function.
• Add annotations without affecting the original file with handy annotation
tools, such as text, stamp, highlighter, freehand line, straight line, sticky note,
and bookmark.
• Enhance images with a set of image tools such as crop, rotate, flip, invert col-
or, auto-enhancement, brightness and contrast, color adjustment, and remove
noise.
Reference
For more details about PageManager's features and its contact information,
see the manual for PageManager.
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