Using the Scanner

There is an Epson color scanner located in Bloomberg Hall, Room 261. The scanner is attached to a public PC and can be accessed by the Scanner and Camera Wizard.

Scanning Text and Images

The Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard is best for general scanning uses. To scan a picture or document, so the following:

  1. Place the item to be scanned in the scanner tray, face down.
  2. Launch the Scanner and Camera Wizard icon on the desktop. You will see the following:


    Click Next>.
  3. Choose the appropriate Picture Type as shown. It is usually helpful to use the Preview button, as the wizard can then determine the proper scanning dimensions.


    Click Next>.
  4. Choose a file name, file format, and location to save the scanned image(s). Four formats are available:
    • BMP - uncompressed, pixel-by-pixel
    • JPG - compressed, high color
    • TIFF - uncompressed, best quality, large file
    • PNG - compressed, basic color


    Click Next>.
  5. Scanning begins:

  6. Other options... Click Next>.

  7. Completing the Scanner and Camera Wizard - a link to the new image(s) is presented.

Scanning to a PDF File

  1. To scan the document to a pdf file, open Adobe Acrobat and select File --> Import --> Scan.
  2. The following window will appear: Make sure the Device is Epson Twain 5. and then click Scan.
  3. Once finished, you may either scan more pages or finish the scan. To save the document then choose File --> Save

Scanning Directly to an Application

Many applications can import an image directly from the scanner. Usually, the process is Insert --> Image --> From Scanner. Please see the documentation for the application you wish to use.