HP 4500c - Manual (Page 13)

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how to use the scanner
to scan from the software
You can also preview and modify documents and pictures from the software.
1
On the Start menu, point to Programs, point to Hewlett-Packard, point to
your scanner, and click hp photo & imaging director.
2 In the Director, click Scan Document or Scan Picture.
post a picture on a website
If you have an Internet connection, you can easily post your pictures to the Web
from your scanner. After you set up a website by using HP Share-to-Web, you
can give people an address where they can view your pictures.
1
Close the HP Scanning software and the HP Copying software if they are
open on your computer.
2 Place the original item face down on the scanner glass and close the lid.
3 Press the S HARE - TO -W EB button ( ) on the scanner. The scanner scans
the item using default settings optimized for the Web.
4 Follow the instructions on your computer screen.
You can also post scans to a website from the software. For more information,
see the HP Photo & Imaging software Help.
save a document
The HP Scanjet 4500c and 5550c scanners have a S AVE D OCUMENT TO D ISC
button ( ).
You can scan a document and send it directly to a compact disc (CD), if you have
a read/write CD drive that supports direct writing to the CD. Alternatively, you
can save the scan on your hard disk; by default the scan is saved in the My
Documents folder if you have a Windows computer, in Documents if you have a
Macintosh computer.
to save a document by using the Save Document to Disc button
1 Close the HP Scanning software and the HP Copying software if they are
open on your computer.
2 Place the original face down on the scanner glass and close the lid.
3 Press the S AVE D OCUMENT TO D ISC button on the scanner and follow the
prompts on the computer screen. The software scans the document using
default settings optimized for document storage.
When you use the S AVE D OCUMENT TO D ISC button, your scan is saved as an
Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) file. To save your scan with a different
format, use the HP Photo & Imaging software. Open the Director and click S CAN
D OCUMENT .
If you want to place a scan on a website that is not enabled for
HP Share-to-Web, save the scanned image as a file and then
place the file on the site.
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