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Understanding scanning methods
You can scan an item in the following ways.
● Scan from the device: Start scanning directly from the device by using the device
control-panel scan buttons. The S
CAN
T
O
button can be programmed to scan to a folder
(Windows only) or to scan to e-mail.
Note
The HP Color LaserJet 2830 all-in-one includes separate S
CAN
TO
FOLDER
and S
CAN
TO
EMAIL
buttons, instead of one S
CAN
T
O
button.
For more information, see
Scanning from the device control panel (Windows).
● Scan from HP Director (Windows): Press S
TART
S
CAN
on the device control panel to
start the HP Director software. Pressing S
TART
S
CAN
to start the HP Director software is
not supported when the device is connected to a network (direct-connect only.) You can
also start the HP Director software directly from the computer. See
Scanning by using
HP Director (Windows).
● Scan from HP Director (Macintosh): Insert an original into the automatic document
feeder (ADF) input tray to open the HP Director window. You can also start the
HP Director by clicking the Dock alias (Macintosh OS 10.2 or 10.3) or desktop alias on
the computer desktop. See
Scanning from the device and HP Director (Macintosh).
● Scan from TWAIN-compliant or Windows Imaging Application (WIA)-compliant
software: The device is TWAIN-compliant and WIA-compliant and works with Windows-
based and Macintosh-based programs that support TWAIN-compliant or WIA-compliant
scanning devices. The device scanning software is also TWAIN-compliant and WIA-
compliant. For more information, see
Scanning by using TWAIN-compliant and WIA-
compliant software.
Note
To learn about and use optical character recognition (OCR) software, install the Readiris
program from the software CD-ROM.
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