Canon CanoScan 8800F Tutorial
Document version 2.0 public Dated: 6/13/2008
Library Technologies Portland State University

About this Document

This document is a tutorial for using the Canon CanoScan 8800F. It gives a step by step procedure to scan photos and/or documents. The tutorial also contains how to scan using standard software such as Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat.

Contents

Starting Up.... 3 Scanning Regular Photos using Scannner and Cameras wizard.. 3 Scanning a document to an image using Microsoft Word.. 4 Scanning a document to PDF using Adobe Acrobat.. 4 Scanning a PDF as a Document for Editable File.. 5

Starting Up

1. Start the scanner by pressing the ON/OFF button on the front of the scanner. The scanner is all set when the button LEDs stop blinking. 2. After you login, wait for the scanner LED lights to stop blinking. 3. Raise the scanner lid, and place the photo to be scanned face down on the scanner glass. surface. Position the top end of the photo towards the back of the scanner (Arrow is on the machine to help you.)
Scanning Photos using Scanners and Camera wizard
1. Double click the Scanners and Cameras icon on your desktop, and then the WIA CanoScan 8800F icon to launch the Scanner and Cameras Wizard. 2. Click next, and then the Preview button. The scan wizard performs a fast preview and displays it in the preview area.
3. You can resize the scan frame around the image by dragging the dotted line to determine the final size of the actual scan. This is helpful if you want to scan a part of an original photo. 4. Click the Next button, and type a name for the picture. 5. Choose a place to save the picture, for example, your PSU home directory (H drive) 6. Click the Next button to scan the image and save it. 7. Finally, click the Next button and then Finish.
Scanning a document using Microsoft Word
1. Click Start on the Windows Taskbar, then Programs > Microsoft Office > Microsoft Word. 2. Open an existing document or start a new one from the File menu. 3. Select Insert Picture -- From Scanner or Camera 4. Select CanoScan 8800F 5. Click Insert or Custom Insert.
Scanning a document to PDF using Adobe Acrobat
1. Click Start on the Windows Taskbar, then Programs >Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional. 2. Select File > Create PDF > From Scanner. See figure below. 3. A panel appears as shown below. If document being scanned is two-sided, change the option under the Scan drop-down menu to Both Sides. 4. Make sure Recognize Text Using OCR is checked. 5. Click the Scan button.
6. This brings up ScanGear control panel, which should be used in the Simple Mode. 7. If you are scanning a part of the document, adjust the dotted marquee to cover the part of the document you want to convert to PDF. 8. Click Scan. 9. Click the Next or Done button on the Acrobat Scan Panel. Click Next if you are converting more than one document or Done if you are finished.
10. The scanner converts your document into a PDF and opens it in Adobe Acrobat. 11. Save the PDF document to your desired location, for example, your PSU home directory (H drive), USB Key, or burnable CD drive by selecting File > Save.
Scanning a PDF as an Editable Text File
1. Click Start on the Windows Taskbar, then Programs >Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional. 2. Select File > Create PDF > From Scanner. See figure below. 3. A panel appears as shown below. If document being scanned is two sided, change the option under Scan to Both Sides. 4. Make sure Recognize Text Using OCR is checked. 5. Click the Settings button. 6. For the PDF Output File, select Formatted Text & Graphics from the drop-down option. 7. For the DownSampleImage field, select Low (300) dpi from the drop down menu. 8. Click the Scan button.
9. This brings up ScanGear control panel, which should be used in the Simple Mode. 10. Adjust the dotted marquee to cover the part of the document you want to convert to editable text. 11. Click Scan. 12. Click the Next or Done button on the Acrobat Scan Panel. Click Next if you are converting more than one document or Done if you are finished.
13. The scanner converts your document into a PDF and opens it in Adobe Acrobat. 14. Save the PDF document to your desired location, for example, your PSU home directory (H drive), USB Key, or burnable CD drive by selecting File > Save 15. For the Save as Type, select text (plain) (*.txt). 16. Open the document from your saved location in a text editor like Microsoft Word, WordPad, or Notepad.

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1. Turn on scanner by pressing the ON/OFF button on the front of the scanner. 2. lace the document you need to scan face down on the glass. If you are scanning slides you will P need to remove the white backing sheet --directions are inside the scanner. If you get fingerprints on the scan bed there are cleaning cloths and screen cleaner above GIM 5. 3. aunch Adobe Photoshop. Choose Photoshop from the Dock. L 4. o to File > Import > Silverfast (CANON-SE) or you can use the Canon G scan software select CanoScan 8800F. Silverfast is the scanning software that is on the Umax scanner, this help guide relates to Silverfast. 5. f you receive an error message that the scanner cannot be found: I Make sure the scanner is on. If it is, Quit and relaunch Photoshop, if that doesnt work > uit Photoshop > Restart the computer - click the Apple icon in the top left corner, scroll to Restart. Q If this doesnt solve the problem please leave me a note and I will resolve it as soon as possible. 6. ou will see an image of the last document scanned. Click the general Y tab if it isnt already selected. Make sure the settings are correct for your image or document: Device: will always be CanoScan 8800F Scan Mode: o open directly into Photoshop select Normal. If you t select Normal (file) you select where to save your scan. Original: eflective to scan paper, or photographs. Transparency to R scan transparencies, slides, or negatives. Pos./Neg: Positive for everything except film negative. 7. Click the Frame tab. scans from a book, or a magazine there will be a screen over the For image, which results in a pattern over the scanned image. To remove the screen, set Filter to Descreen.

Filter set to None

Filter set to Descreen
F or scans from photographs, slides or transparencies set Filter to None, and Image Type to Standard. You can make any changes to your document in Photoshop. If you are scanning slides use the scan holder, you can scan upto 4 slides at one time. 8. Make sure DPI is set to 300 for anything that will be printed, or 72 for images viewed only on screen. 9. Click the Prescan button for a preview of your scan. 10. elect the area that you want to be in the final scan by dragging the edges of the red line to fit S the image. If there are multiple boxes on your prescan that you do not need, select them, and click the trash icon.
11. I you need to increase the image size, you should know f the final dimensions that you need it to be, and then increase the scale by that amount. You can scale by percentage or the final Output dimension. When the original image is scanned at 600dpi, and scaled to fit in Powerpoint the image quality is lower than if you had scaled during the scan and kept resolution at 72dpi or 300dpi. 12. lick on the Frame tab, and re-check the settings. If you are printing film negatives, C double-check the Negafix settings. Even if you see the correct settings for your document, click to be 100% certain they are selected. 13. hen you are happy with your selection and the settings, click the Scan button. If you selected W Normal as the Scan Mode the scan will open automatically in Photoshop. OPTIONAL: You can use the buttons at the top of the main scan dialog to adjust contrast brightness or color if you need to. The most useful buttons will probably be the Automatic Image Adjustment and the Histogram. First click the Automatic Imageadjustment button. Silverfast will adjust the contrast and brightness automatically. Then click the Histogram button to finetune the adjustment. In the Histogram window, the light arrow adjusts the lighter tones. the dark arrow adjusts the darker tones and the middle arrow adjusts the midtones. You can use these settings until you are happy with the results. If things get really messed up, click the arrow at the bottom left of the main window to return to the original settings. When you are satisfied with the preview, click the Scan button at the bottom of the main window. Auto Image Adjustment Histogram