Standard methods and programs for scanning from an MFP printer to a computer. Why do you need a scanner and what is the difference between scanning and copying? You need scanning

An integral part of any job modern man is contact with the digital world. Now it is difficult to imagine someone who has never interacted with a computer, printer, or copier. In this regard, a completely ordinary question arises - how to scan a document onto a computer?

Using the scanner is a very simple task. And even if you don’t have your own unit at home, it’s okay. You can go to any Internet cafe. Most supermarkets have a corner where they provide a scanning service. In fact, a scan is the so-called translation of a document into digital form, thanks to which it becomes possible to exchange information of this type throughout the world, which greatly facilitates our modern life.

To make it, a so-called snapshot is taken, but, unlike simple printing, the data is transferred to a computer. This whole procedure is incredibly simple and fast, so absolutely everyone can cope with this task.

Preparing for scanning in stages

First, you will have to acquire the unit itself, unless, of course, this work is not an isolated case for you, and you will never have to do such things again. Let's say that this is an HP Deskjet 1510 All-in-One - a combination of a scanner and driver in one case.

You need to connect it to system unit. To do this, use a standard USB cable, which is always provided with the equipment. In order to control your scanner, you need to install the appropriate software that is included in the kit. To install the software, you must follow the instructions on your computer screen or in the user manual that came with your device.

The problem is that the software comes on DVD, and the drive is hard to get (nobody really needs it). Therefore, you should start by downloading the driver from the manufacturer’s website. Don't install the drive just because the supplier gave you a DVD. A weak power supply will not start at all with such a load created by the stepper motor. The computer will not even pass POST tests.

1. After joining Windows devices will certainly discover it. According to the rules, first install the driver, then turn on the scanner's power, but we already copied the software once, so operating system immediately began installing new equipment.
   
2. To find out whether the installation went smoothly, after finishing it, go to the Device Manager (for Windows 10 - by right-clicking on the Start button). At the very end of the list, our scanner-printer is clearly visible.
   
3. This allows us to hope that the device is fully functional. This means you need to check it immediately. Let's scan the software disk and see what happens. Please note that the lid must be closed. The laser used to read information is not as powerful as a printer, but there is no need to stare at it. Through the Control Panel (under Windows 10 – Windows + X) go to Devices and Printers.
   
4. Here you can see as many as 4 scanners. We will not consider fax today. Three software scanners are used to record a document in PDF or other form graphic format. This is very convenient when you need to protect your information from being changed. But we came to look at Deskjet Click on its icon right click mouse and a context menu will appear.
5. Select Start scanning, and a primitive window with a minimum of settings opens. This sign alone shows that the scanner’s native software has been demolished.
   
6. The most valuable setting is resolution. For example, when printing T-shirts, this parameter should be no less than 300 dpi. Therefore, the default figure is not suitable, and you need to increase it. You can also create an image for printing on your own using standard applications, like GIMP. Formally, the more dots, the smoother the drawing. This is important because the human eye is very picky.
7. After pressing Scan, the device puffed and fiddled for a long time, because 300 dpi is quite high resolution. Then Windows presented a window that may not be very clear to the average user.
   
8. Here, selecting the first option will lead to a folder where you can sort the images, and the second option involves saving to disk directly. By clicking Additional options, we open the settings window, where you can specify additions to the file name (date, time) and some other information.
9. To scan a document, it must satisfy several rules - be of such a format that it can fit into the equipment itself without damaging it. If the document is convex, its dimensions are larger than the equipment itself, or it contains reflective and other elements, this action will not be possible. This will open a folder containing the image file.
   

The image is very beautiful, but dirty. That is why, before scanning, they try to obtain and install software supplied with the equipment. Then the process is much faster, and you can make the appropriate adjustments to adjust the colors to avoid this result. Let's try this for the Deskjet 1510.

Search for scanner software

The first step is to search the website of Hewlett-Packard, the company that produces the Deskjet. This is a large company, and for sure its Internet resource will provide everything you need. From the hp.com menu, select the MFP section.

On the page that opens, enter the initial letters and numbers of the name to see: the product is outdated and not supported.

This is unfortunate because our MFP is just over a year old. 5 months after purchasing it, it ran out of ink and our life became hell. On jet printer components are sold at terrible prices. And it is almost impossible to refill the cartridge correctly. Now it’s not clear where to go for the driver. Let's try another way: through support.

In the window that opens, enter the name of the device.

Our All-in-One MFP was at the top of the list. An uninvited tear slipped from the cheek - they remember, they haven’t forgotten.

Lo and behold, Windows 10 64-bit is supported - download it quickly. According to the supplier, the driver was developed six months after purchase, therefore, it cannot physically be on the bundled DVD. ABOUT! Now we will be renewed and we will overthrow the mountains. Rather, click Download.

No such luck, - they offer to install an assistant. This is probably the same software that prevented us from working and every time sabotaged our honest attempts to use a cartridge filled with third-party ink. In this case, one side of the sheet was printed, but the other was not printed. Moreover, the printing happened every other time. Let’s take the risk of choosing the second option, because such an assistant does not know what service he will provide. The 100 MB file took a good minute to download. All this time, memories of the past were choking, about how the printer refused to print with pirated ink, and the enemies laughed at the damaged paper. Apparently, many people found themselves in such a situation, and not everyone was so accommodating. This is the sign now available on the company’s website.

Abroad, turning off protection is considered a favor. With us, anyone on minimum wage can buy 1 cartridge per month. If the wife pays for the apartment...

Driver installation

During installation, HP graciously offered their software. But since we ourselves have a mustache, we decided to configure it by throwing out all these bounties from the software package.

While the driver was being installed, the wait was brightened up by the sight of beautiful girls and the guys surrounding them. But there were no us running around the whole city in search of pirate ink...

The printer software then prompted you to enter postcode and started sending some information to the server. Buying HP products makes you feel like a spy. Surely we are being watched now... And they want to catch us selling secret information that has long been sold by others, but others think that we don’t know about it... Big Brother is watching you... 85% of British people are sure that they are being watched. Data obtained from personal telephone conversations and correspondence...

The driver was installed, and we avoided registering the printer, already the third or fourth in a row in just under a year and a half. The long-awaited shortcut is on the table, click and enter. Double click!!! Here it is!

Fearing even to penetrate the holy of holies of HP - printing, we hastily click Scan a document. An unfriendly window differs little from the default one in Windows. I've come across scanners that are more advanced in terms of software, but you'll have to work with this.

Let's try to somehow improve the result using additional parameters so that all these searches for software are justified.

Scanning with standard software

Having set some options, click Scan, and a preview window appears (set in options), which allows you to change parameters on the fly. The first view of the scan, frankly speaking, is the same. Judge for yourself.

Let's start making adjustments. With some grief we managed to get this:

It looks good, although the colors have faded a lot. Perhaps there is a chance to fix this with third-party software. But that's a completely different story. Conclusion? The HP Deskjet 1510 MFP does not suffer from an excess of settings, as a result you get high quality image very difficult. It's better to buy SLR camera and take artistic photography. There will be much more sense.

You may argue that the camera can’t print, but trust experienced users - the HP Deskjet 1510 MFP can’t do this now either. And for 4,500 rubles he definitely won’t be able to do this anymore. It is better to buy one full-fledged SLR camera for 22,500 rubles than 5 MFPs.

Scan by stages

Lift the cover of the equipment and place the document with the information side down on it. Open the program. For example, there are such proven and reliable programs for Android and Windows as:

• Ridoc;
• ABBYY Finereader;
• Scanitto;
• BlindScanner;
• CuneiForm;
• VueScan.

They will help you cope with the task and select the appropriate scanning settings.

Select scanning settings in the program. Often you need to sift through several options. Press the “Scan” button in your program or directly on the scanner itself and wait for a signal that the scan was successful.

But now there is a much simpler and affordable way scanning documents to a computer that requires no installation or purchase special programs. Today the Paint program is introduced on the market.

This program is compatible with all scanners and does not cause any inconvenience when using it. Its undoubted advantage is that it is included in any standard Windows package, which is most likely installed on your computer. Don’t think so, Paint can not only draw, but also help with scanning the necessary documents!

Step-by-step instructions or how to scan a document to your computer using Paint

Obviously, Paint did the best job today. This means that scanner is different from scanner, and it is not always necessary to use the driver package supplied by the manufacturer.

Recently, the cost of peripheral computer devices has been decreasing with each new generation. For example, just recently a person with an average income about buying laser printer For home computer I could only dream of it, but now I have to choose between a good inkjet model and a budget laser printer. The price reduction process has not bypassed such seemingly office devices as scanners. Anyone can afford to purchase a model with a CIS matrix.

Finally, after a long search, the scanner was purchased, brought home and removed from the colorful packaging. The first question that arises for the owner is: “How to scan a document?” First of all, we note that scanning is a completely safe process for both the user and the device itself, so it can be repeated as many times as you like without any losses (unlike printers).

Before you need to prepare the device for operation. To do this, you need to perform a series of steps: connect the scanner's power, connect it to the computer, install the driver. The control driver is located on the disk that comes with the device. If it is missing, then you need to find a sticker with the model name on the case and download the program from the developer’s website.

Usually, after preparation, each user has a desire to figure it out, namely a photo (picture) and only then - a document. Open the top cover of the scanner (relevant for popular tablet varieties) and place the image face down on the transparent glass. Usually in the upper right corner (there is a key mark there). By the way, anyone who is looking for how to scan text rather than pictures should remember the rule: any documents are placed in the scanner with the characters down. The scanning mechanism passes under the glass! After placing the sheet (book, photo), close the lid. The less external light that hits the glass during operation, the higher the quality of digitization. Sometimes the question is not how to scan a document from an A4 sheet, but how to digitize information from voluminous book. In this case, place the sheets of spreads on the scanner glass one by one, and cover the resulting open areas with thick paper.

Next, we launch the program. It could be user interface drivers or third-party FineReader from ABBYY. Those for whom it is more important to understand how to scan a document are recommended to choose FineReader, since this application has great opportunities. However, it must be downloaded and installed on your computer. The launch is standard: open the “Start” button menu, go to “ABBYY - FineReader” or, if you decide to work directly through the driver, then, for example, “Canon - ScanGear” (depending on the scanner).

In FineReader, click “Scan” and execute preview. The result will be a black and white image. Using the mouse, drag the dotted lines, selecting the desired area - this will speed up the digitization process. Next, in the same window, click “Settings” (“Settings”) and set the desired parameters: resolution in dpi, brightness, color mode. The higher the resolution value, the higher the quality. For plain text 150-300 dpi is quite enough, but for photographs it is advisable to choose more. True, this setting directly affects the scanning speed, so do not forget to set it according to the type of source. Don't forget about the "Save" button.

Now click “Scan”. After passing the scanner carriage, the desired image will appear on the screen. If we're talking about about the photo, now select “Save as image” in the menu, indicate the target folder, and enter the file name. If the text was scanned, then you need to click the “Recognize” button. After this, the recognized text will appear on the right side of the screen, which can be saved as a file or sent to Word.

Today there are many ways to create a copy of a paper document, convert from paper to electronic format, etc. If you only need a photocopier to create copies of paper documents, then to convert a paper document into its electronic format you will need not only special equipment, but also software.

How to create an electronic version of a document?

In order to create an electronic copy of a document, the user will need a scanner or MFP (multifunction device). Of course, if there is no need for an MFP, then you shouldn’t buy one; it’s easier to get by with a scanner. Firstly, it will cost much less, and secondly, it will perform exactly the function that the user needs, namely, scan a document and convert it into electronic format.

To operate the scanner you will need special software - a driver. Usually it comes with the device, but if it is not there, you can always find it on the Internet. You can use universal program ABBY Finereader, which directly scans and recognizes text.

The entire procedure for converting a paper document into an electronic format comes down to just these two procedures (scanning and text recognition). To make an electronic copy of a document, you need to: go to the “Start” menu, and in the list of all programs, find either the driver for the scanner or MFP, or the ABBY Finereader program and run it. After starting the program and the scanner, you can open the lid and place a paper document on it with the text facing down. The document should be placed on the scanner surface as evenly as possible in relation to the edges of the working surface of the device. Next, you need to press the lid as tightly as possible so that the light does not fall on the work surface. Otherwise electronic document it will turn out to be overexposed, that is, the part of the text that was hit by the light will not be visible.

Next, in the settings, you should select the optimal scanning parameters, such as color, output size, output resolution, etc. When everything is ready, you can click on the “Scan” button. When the procedure is completed, you should click on “Recognition”, with the help of which the text will be converted into an electronic format, for example .doc, and the document can be opened in text editor to make changes.

Many of you, more often or less often, are faced with the need to transfer information (text, graphics, photographs) from paper to a computer. The main assistant in solving this issue is a scanner. This can be either a stand-alone device or an MFP with scanning capabilities.

Preparing to scan from your printer to your computer

In order to begin the scanning process itself, you must have a computer and a scanner (or an MFP with the latter function) at your disposal.

• Turn on the computer and printer.
• Connect the MFP (or scanner) to a power source and to your computer.
• Place the document, book, photograph or other paper medium from which information should be read with its front side on the scanner glass.

On this preparatory stage completed.

How to scan an image from a printer to a computer

Paint program

The presence of this graphic editor will help you carry out the procedure for transferring data to your computer easily and quickly.

• Run Paint program. To do this, click on its shortcut (icon) on the desktop or go to “Start” - “All Programs” - “Accessories” - “Paint”.
• In the left top corner When the program opens, go to the “File” menu or click on the white rectangle with a drop-down list (in the same corner).
• In the list provided, select “Get image” – “From a scanner or camera” (or “From a scanner or camera”). If this menu item is not active, it means the scanner is not ready for operation (check the connection of the device to the power source and the computer).
• A window appears on the screen in which you select the required device - your printer, the type of image to be scanned (color or black and white).
• Afterwards, press the “Scan” button.
• Ready. Here is a scanned image that can be edited if desired.
• To save the picture, go to the “File” menu and select “Save As,” indicating the path in the directory where the resulting file will be stored. The most common saving formats are .JPEG and .png.

Using a scanning app

• Install the necessary drivers for your printer on your computer. To do this, you can use the disk that came with the device, or download them from the Internet.
• Go to “Start” – “Devices and Printers” (or “Start” – “Control Panel” – “Devices and Printers”).
• Right-click on your printer icon and select “Start Scan” from the drop-down list.
• A window opens in which you set scanning parameters: the type of source document, color or black and white image will be received, the resolution of the finished image, in what format the file will be saved.
• Click the “Scan” button.
• As a result, a scanned image will appear on the screen, to which you assign a name and indicate the path to place it on your computer.

Image resolution when scanning from printer to computer

Resolution is one of the important parameters of the final image. It is he who determines the detail (clarity) of the picture. For text documents You should not set excessively high values ​​- this is not necessary, and more time will be spent on the scanning process. And remember that you can reduce the resolution of the resulting image (in graphic editor), you cannot enlarge; you will need to rescan the document.

Scanning all kinds of texts, images, graphs and tables is a necessity in the modern office work of any organization. Therefore, the question of how to scan documents from a printer to a computer still remains relevant for a number of users of such office equipment. In general, solving this problem and scanning the required number of documents on a printer is very easy.

What is needed for scanning?

To solve a problem like “how to scan a document onto a computer” you will need Personal Computer, and its type and performance are not of great importance and the device itself, which is equipped with a scanner. Those. in this case, you need a scanning printer, and not any device of this type.

In addition to a PC and office equipment with a scanner, you will also need the appropriate software. For example, an excellent option is the program ABBYY FineReader, which allows you not only to scan documents, but also to perform text recognition in more than 150 languages!

VueScan, which is a lightweight and convenient software that supports most of the flatbed scanners available today, is also somewhat popular, as well as multifunctional devices. Documents scanned using this utility can be saved not only in JPEG or TIFF formats, but also in PDF, which is very convenient when working in the office. The most important thing is that this program has a built-in OCR system, which is designed for optical character recognition. Therefore, to recognize scanned text you do not need additional utilities.

The two listed programs are paid, so if you are looking for a completely free option, you can resort to CuneiForm. Despite its “free” nature, this utility has good functionality; for example, it can be used to work with various printed fonts and recognize texts in two dozen languages. It can also recognize tables. To improve the quality of recognized texts, the program has the ability to compare words with a dictionary that can be constantly expanded.

If you do not want to download and install any of the programs described above on your personal computer, then use the usual “Scanner Wizard”.

Sequencing

1. Before answering the question about how to make a scan, take and connect the scanner to your PC. The computer, in turn, must have drivers installed that match your printer model. You can install them either from the CD that comes with the office equipment, or by pre-downloading latest version of this software from the manufacturer's website.
2. After installing the driver and connecting the scanner, carefully open its covers and place a sheet of text. To solve the problem of how to scan a document onto a computer successfully, turn it face down on the glass and place it as evenly as possible, focusing on the special pointers. After this you can close the lid.
3. In the next step, select the section called “Devices and Printers” in Start, then right-click on the desired device. In the drop-down list, click on the item that implies starting a scan.
4. After running the command, a window will appear on the PC monitor where you should set the necessary parameters for the scanning process, taking into account the features of the document: color/black and white, text/photo. Also decide on the file format into which the resulting image will be converted. After this, you can safely click on “Scan”.
5. The scanner's lamp will then light up and it will begin to make a low noise. After this process comes to an end, you will see the result on the screen. To save it, click on “Import” and place finished image V the desired folder. If necessary, you can rename it in advance.

Thus, the question of how to scan from a printer to a computer is easily resolved. Moreover, today there are a large number of special programs and utilities that allow you to scan a document, edit it and recognize text. In general, the solution to the problem “how to scan from a printer” consists of preparation, scanning, recognition, verification and saving.