HP PhotoSmart S20 Photo Scanner Basics
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Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Introduction .......................................................................................................3 Checking the System Requirements ............................................................................................................................................3 Unpacking Your Photo Scanner ....................................................................................................................................................
Appendix A - Cleaning Your Photo Scanner ..........................................................31 Appendix B - Uninstalling Your Photo Scanner ...................................................35 Uninstalling the Software ............................................................................................................................................................... 35 Disconnecting the Photo Scanner ..........................................................................................
Chapter 1 - Introduction Welcome to the HP PhotoSmart S20 Photo Scanner Basics guide. The S20 photo scanner is a compact scanner designed specifically for scanning photographs.
Unpacking Your Photo Scanner To unpack your S20 photo scanner, do the following: 1. Remove all the contents from the HP PhotoSmart S20 photo scanner box. You should find the following items in the box along with the photo scanner.
3. Remove the tape from the photo scanner lid. 4. Hold the bottom of the photo scanner with one hand and pull up on the photo scanner lid with your other hand. 5. Open the photo scanner lid carefully and remove the foam insert. http://www.photosmart.
6. Close the photo scanner lid by pressing down firmly until it snaps into place. Note: Do not connect the S20 photo scanner to your PC. You must install the HP PhotoSmart scanning software on your PC (as explained in the next chapter) before you connect the photo scanner to your PC. What’s Next? You are now ready to set up the HP PhotoSmart scanning software and S20 photo scanner with your PC. To do this, go on to the next chapter, “Quick Setup.
Note: You must install the HP PhotoSmart scanning software on your PC before you connect the S20 photo scanner to your PC. This chapter helps you quickly set up the HP PhotoSmart scanning software and S20 photo scanner with your PC. By following these simple steps, you’ll be ready to scan photographs right away with your photo scanner. Installing the Software Quick Setup Chapter 2 - Quick Setup First, install the HP PhotoSmart scanning software on your PC, as follows: 1.
Quick Setup Connecting Your Photo Scanner When the HP PhotoSmart Setup Wizard prompts you to do so, connect your photo scanner to a power outlet and to your PC, as follows: 1. Connect the small end plug of the power cable to the power connector on the back of your photo scanner. (The power connector is to the left of the USB connector on the back of the photo scanner.) 2. Plug the other end of the power cable into a power outlet. 3.
Connect the rectangular end of the USB interface cable to the USB connector on the front or back exterior of your PC. 5. Connect the square end of the USB interface cable to the USB connector on the back of your photo scanner. (The USB connector is to the right of the power connector on the back of the photo scanner.) Note: 6. Quick Setup 4. The S20 photo scanner does not have a power switch. Thus, the photo scanner is always on while it is plugged into a power source.
Quick Setup Calibrating Your Photo Scanner The Scanner Calibration Utility now prompts you to calibrate your S20 photo scanner. Get the calibration card from the special pocket inside the back cover of this Basics guide. Then, with the calibration card face up and with the arrows pointing toward the photo scanner, insert the calibration card into the photo insertion slot of the photo scanner.
Chapter 3 - Scanning Photographs This chapter explains how to scan your photographs — mounted film, film strips, and prints — with the HP PhotoSmart S20 photo scanner.
Running the Scanning Software You must first run the HP PhotoSmart scanning software on your PC so that your S20 photo scanner will recognize and then scan the photograph you insert into it. To run the scanning software, either: • Double-click the HP PhotoSmart scanning software icon on your Windows desktop (if you had the setup program place such an icon, or shortcut, on your Windows desktop during software installation).
Setting the Photo Scanner for the Photographic Format The next step in scanning photographs is to set the S20 photo scanner for the format of the photograph you will scan. To do this, you will use the Photo Format button on the photo scanner’s front panel. The Photo Format button sets the photo insertion slot so it will accept the photographic format — mounted film, film strip, or print — that you will scan.
Setting the Photo Scanner for Mounted Film photo insertion slot set for mounted film indicator light Setting the Photo Scanner for a Film Strip photo insertion slot set for a film strip indicator light Setting the Photo Scanner for a Print photo insertion slot set for a print indicator light 14 HP PhotoSmart S20 Photo Scanner Basics
Orienting Photographs for Insertion When orienting a photograph for insertion into the S20 photo scanner, you must first determine: • Which is the emulsion side or picture side (face), and which is the back side of the mounted film, film strip, or print • Which edge is the top of a print picture side and top edge of the print Insert prints picture side up Insert mounted film and film strips emulsion side down To orient your photographs properly for scanning, remember to: • Center the mounted film, f
Inserting and Scanning Photographs You insert and scan mounted film, film strips, prints, and small prints and paper clippings in different ways with the S20 photo scanner. Please refer to the appropriate subsection for the photographic format you wish to scan. Inserting and Scanning Mounted Film Notice that mounted film has short sides and long sides. To scan mounted film with the S20 photo scanner, your mounted film must be: • A 35 mm, single-frame slide or negative mounted in a paper or plastic mount.
3. Insert a short side of the mounted film into the photo insertion slot. Insert a short side of the mounted film 4. Gently push the mounted film into the slot until the scanner light comes on and the photo scanner pulls in the mounted film. The photo scanner pulls in the mounted film 5. Begin using the HP PhotoSmart scanning software to adjust or store your scanned image, as explained in the HP PhotoSmart Scanning Software Quick Reference and the online Help. http://www.photosmart.
Inserting and Scanning Film Strips You can scan only 35 mm film strips with the S20 photo scanner — it will not properly scan film strips from either 110 or APS sources. To scan a film strip with the S20 photo scanner, your film strip must be: • A 35 mm negative strip or slide strip. • Clean and dust-free. (See the online Help for information on cleaning film strips.) • Free of any paper labels. • Flat — that is, not curled more than shown here: • Inserted with the emulsion side down.
3. Gently push the film strip into the slot until the scanner light comes on and the photo scanner pulls in the film strip. The photo scanner pulls in the film strip 4. Begin using the HP PhotoSmart scanning software to adjust or store your scanned images, as explained in the HP PhotoSmart Scanning Software Quick Reference and the online Help. http://www.photosmart.
Inserting and Scanning Prints Notice that a print has either a landscape orientation (wider than it is tall), or a portrait orientation (taller than it is wide). To scan a print with the S20 photo scanner, your print must be: • No larger than 5 inches x 7 inches (or 127 mm x 178 mm), and no smaller than 2 inches x 2 inches (or 50 mm x 50 mm). (If you have a smaller print you wish to scan, use the photo sleeve as explained in the next subsection.) • Clean and dust-free.
• For a portrait print, orient the top edge of the print directly into the photo insertion slot, as shown here. Orient a portrait print face up, top pointing in 3. Gently push the print into the slot until the scanner light comes on and the photo scanner pulls in the print. 4. Begin using the HP PhotoSmart scanning software to adjust or store your scanned image, as explained in the HP PhotoSmart Scanning Software Quick Reference and the online Help. http://www.photosmart.
Inserting and Scanning Small Prints and Paper Clippings The photo sleeve The photo sleeve, which is included in the special pocket inside the back cover of this guide, allows you to scan small prints (less than 2 inches x 2 inches, or 50 mm x 50 mm) or paper clippings (such as magazine or newspaper clippings). Caution: Never scan small prints or paper clippings without inserting them in the photo sleeve. They may jam the photo scanner or may be destroyed by it.
5. Insert the photo sleeve into the photo insertion slot face up, with the seam end pointing into the slot, as shown here: Insert the photo sleeve face up, seam pointing in 6. Gently push the photo sleeve into the slot until the scanner light comes on and the photo scanner pulls in the photo sleeve. 7. Begin using the HP PhotoSmart scanning software to adjust or store your scanned image, as explained in the HP PhotoSmart Scanning Software Quick Reference and the online Help.
Manually Ejecting Photographs You can manually eject a photograph from the S20 photo scanner at any time during the scanning process. To do so, simply press the Stop/Eject button, as shown: Stop/Eject button • If you press the Stop/Eject button while a photograph is moving into the photo scanner, the photograph will stop moving. You must press the button again to eject the photograph.
3. Close the photo scanner lid by pressing down firmly until it snaps into place: Learning More About Your Photo Scanner You’ve now learned all the basics for using the HP PhotoSmart S20 photo scanner to scan your photographs. For more information on using your S20 photo scanner: • Go through the Imaging Essentials Multimedia tutorials that are provided on the HP PhotoSmart CD.
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Chapter 4 - Getting Help for Your Photo Scanner The HP PhotoSmart S20 photo scanner is designed to be easy to use. When there is a problem, you have several resources for finding a solution.
You can also access the Help Topics dialog box, which lists all the topics in the online Help system. To display the Help Topics dialog box, either: • Click the Help Topics button at the top of any Help window (except “pop-up” Help windows). • From the Windows Start menu, choose Programs > HP PhotoSmart > S20 Photo Scanner > Help Topics.
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Appendix A - Cleaning Your Photo Scanner If you get streaks in a scanned image that are not in the original photograph you scanned, you may need to clean your HP PhotoSmart S20 photo scanner. This appendix explains how to clean your photo scanner by removing accumulated dust from the glass windows inside it. Before performing the cleaning procedure in this appendix, try calibrating the photo scanner to see if that clears up the problem. For information on photo scanner calibration, see the online Help.
2. Hold the bottom of the photo scanner with one hand and pull up on the photo scanner lid with your other hand. 3. Open the photo scanner lid carefully about 3 inches and then lay the photo scanner on its side on a flat surface. Caution: 4. 32 Do not touch the glass windows inside the photo scanner with the air bulb. Use the air bulb that came with your photo scanner to blow the dust off the small glass window in the front bottom of the photo scanner between the rollers.
5. Use the air bulb to blow the dust off the long glass window in the front top of the photo scanner. 6. Turn the photo scanner back onto its base, and close the photo scanner lid by pressing down firmly until it snaps into place. http://www.photosmart.
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Appendix B - Uninstalling Your Photo Scanner This appendix explains how to uninstall your HP PhotoSmart S20 photo scanner. This process includes uninstalling the HP PhotoSmart scanning software from your PC, as well as disconnecting the S20 photo scanner from the power outlet and from your PC. Uninstalling the Software To uninstall the HP PhotoSmart scanning software from your PC, do the following: 1. From the Windows Start menu, choose Settings > Control Panel. 2.
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Glossary calibration card A card used to calibrate the HP PhotoSmart S20 photo scanner for scanning prints. (The calibration card is packaged in the special pocket inside the back cover of this Basics guide.) The calibration card contains both black and white reference sections so that the photo scanner can be properly calibrated. See also photo scanner calibration. CD-ROM Compact disk read-only memory. A round disk containing data that can be read by a computer, but cannot be modified.
landscape The orientation of a photograph or image that is wider than it is tall. (If it is taller than it is wide, then it has a portrait orientation.) mounted film A negative or slide produced on a single frame of 35 mm print film or slide film, respectively, and mounted in a standard 35 mm slide mount. You can use mounted film to create a scanned image via the HP PhotoSmart S20 photo scanner. See also mounted negative and mounted slide.
photo scanner A computer peripheral capable of converting photographs into electronic images which can then be displayed, adjusted, and stored by a computer, as well as printed from a computer. photo scanner calibration The process that adjusts the color or black and white values in a scanned image to compensate for the effects a photo scanner has on the image.
taskbar The Windows toolbar that docks on the edge of the desktop. The taskbar includes the Start button, buttons for each open computer program, and a status area. TWAIN A standard protocol (method of communication) that programs can use to send instructions to other programs or hardware, and receive data back from them (such as images). If you are using a program that supports TWAIN, you can start the HP PhotoSmart scanning software directly from that program.
Index A Air bulb, cleaning S20 photo scanner with 32 C Cables connecting power 8 connecting USB interface 9 power 4 USB interface 4 Calibrating the S20 photo scanner 10 Calibration card 4, 10 CD-ROM, HP PhotoSmart installing the software from 7 tutorials on 25 Cleaning brush 4 Cleaning the S20 photo scanner 31 Connecting power cable 8 S20 photo scanner to PC 8 S20 photo scanner to USB 9 USB interface cable 9 Connector, USB 8 Customer Support from HP 29 D Disconnecting S20 photo scanner from PC 35 E Eject
Inserting and scanning film strips 18 mounted film 16 paper clippings in photo sleeve 23 prints 20 small prints in photo sleeve 23 Installing S20 photo scanner 8 scanning software 7 L Landscape orientation 20 Learning more about the S20 photo scanner 25 Limited warranty for S20 photo scanner 28 M Magazine clippings, scanning 22 Manually ejecting a photograph 24 Mounted film icon on S20 photo scanner 13 inserting and scanning 16 orienting for insertion 15 setting the S20 photo scanner for 14 Multimedia tut
Scanning film strips 18 mounted film 16 paper clippings with photo sleeve 22 photographic formats supported 3 prints 20 small prints with photo sleeve 22 small prints without the photo sleeve 23 steps involved in 11 Scanning software installing 7 learning how to use 25 online Help 27 registering 10 running 12 uninstalling 35 Setting the photographic format 13 Setting up S20 photo scanner 8 scanning software 7 Small prints, scanning 22 Specifications for S20 photo scanner 28 Stop/Eject button, using 24 Strea
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