Conference jokur::smc_issues

426.0. "Scanner in Mo's Office" by JOKUR::BOICE () Mon May 19 1997 09:43

The scanner is now set up in Mo's office.  Here's a first pass at basic
instructions, which admittedly are pretty rough.  I'd appreciate it if the
first person through the process (either the image or OCR scan process)
would mark up these instructions up so that they can be refined for the
next person. 

Note that the PC used is not on the network.  All scanned files will need
to be moved to another system via floppy. 

A. To get things going:

 1. Turn on power to the system, monitor, and the scanner.  The monitor and 
    the scanner have lights on the front panel to indicate they are "on."

 2. Type the DOS password of ceogrp. (Note, because of monitor deficiencies, 
    the text wraps around on the screen in DOS mode making it difficult to 
    read in DOS mode.  I recommend you NOT fiddle with the controls to fix it.)

 3. Type WIN to get to Windows.  (Ignore (or cancel) any errors that may 
    appear on screen during login.)

 4. Click on the Scanner Utilities program group.

B. If you're scanning an image:

 1. Click on Image Folio Icon

 2. File --> Acquire

 3. Make settings:

        Color:
        	256 colors
        	Reflective
        	200 dpi
        	100%

        Black and White:
        	Lineart
        	Reflective
        	100 dpi
        	100%

 4. Press Preview

 5. Adjust the Selection Area by pulling corners and dragging lines to 
     encompass the area to be scanned.

 6. Press Scan

 7. Save as an "xyz.pcx" file.

C. If you're scanning a page/document for OCR:

 1. Select WordLinx 2.0C Incon from Scanner Utilities program group.

 2. Select Scan from the WordLinx Setup screen

 3. Settings should be:
            Lineart
            Reflective
            300 dpi
            100%

 4. Preview

 5. Adjust the Selection Area by pulling corners and dragging lines to
     encompass the area to be scanned.

 6. Press the Scan button.

 7. Press the OCR button.

 8. Your page will be placed in an MS Write file.  You can either save 
     this page as either a write or a text file, or you can scan additional 
     pages of the same document.