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SCANNING WITH THE TWAIN INTERFACE 107
SCANNING WITH THE TWAIN INTERFACE
In addition to using the scanner buttons or the OneTouch Button Panel
to scan, you can also scan using the TWAIN interface. Many
applications can use TWAIN for scanning.
A Note About Your Scanner and the TWAIN standard: TWAIN is a
widely recognized standard that computers use to receive images from
scanners, digital cameras, and other digital devices. Many word
processing, graphics, and imaging applications comply with the
TWAIN standard, and you can use your scanner with any application
that is fully TWAIN-compliant.
To scan with the TWAIN Interface:
1. Open an application that is TWAIN-compliant.
Applications that are TWAIN-compliant include Microsoft
PowerPoint and Microsoft Word, and many other graphics
applications and word processing applications.
2. Use the application’s command that opens the TWAIN interface.
For example, in Microsoft PowerPoint, from the Insert menu,
choose Picture then choose From Scanner or Camera. Click the
drop-down menu and choose Visioneer Patriot 680. Then click
Custom Insert. Note that your scanner may be listed twice. One
listing is for choosing TWAIN Interface, the other is usually for
choosing the WIA Interface. See “Scanning with the Windows
Image Acquisition” on page 125to scan from WIA.
Other applications have steps similar to PowerPoint’s.
3. The TWAIN Interface will open. If you’ve already scanned using
TWAIN, the interface that opens is the one you used previously to
scan.
Please refer to an application’s user guide for the appropriate steps to
open the TWAIN Interface for your scanner.
Note: If the OneTouch configuration you are using to scan is set to
Configure Before Scan, and the selected option is TWAIN, the
TWAIN interface opens right away. You don’t need to open it from
another application as explained in the following steps.