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What you can scan
You can scan almost anything you can put on the scanner glass:
m photographs and flat art
m drawings and calligraphy
m line art
m bound documents such as magazines and books
You should be aware of a few limitations:
m You cannot completely scan an item that is larger than 8.5 by 11.7 inches.
The optional Automatic Document Feeder extends the scanning area to 8.5
by 14 inches.
m You cannot scan items that weigh more than 4.4 lb. (2 kg). Heavier items
may damage the scanner glass.
m It is illegal to scan certain official and copyrighted documents. Please see
“Copyright Regulations (USA)” at the end of this chapter for a summary of
restrictions in the United States.
Tex t and optical character recognition: You can scan printed text and convert
the image to text that can be read by a computer. To do this, you need special
optical character recognition (OCR) software. Xerox TextBridge 3.0H OCR
software comes with the Apple Color OneScanner. For an introduction to
Te x t B r i d ge, see Chapter 6, “Scanning Text,” in this manual. For information
about using TextBridge, see the TextBridge user’s manual.
Preparing originals
Follow these guidelines to prepare originals for scanning.
m Flatten out curled or wrinkled originals before you place them on the
scanner glass.
m When you scan large, bound documents, you may find it helpful to remove
the scanner top cover. For information, see “Removing and Replacing the
Scanner Cover,” later in this chapter.
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