Using the Scanner in the NT Lab
- Place the photo face-down on the glass of the HP scanner,
with the upper right corner flush against the green mark at the
upper right of the glass. Close the cover.
- Find the HP Deskscan icon on the screen, and double-click
it with the left mouse button to open the folder. Double-click
"Scanjet" to start the photo processing software.
- Check at the top of the resulting window to make sure that
the software is set to process the kind of image you are using
(color photo, black & white image, etc.). Then click the
"Preview" button.
- Use the mouse to grab the edge of the bounding rectangle indicated
on the screen of the preview. To set the bounding rectangle to
the proper location, move the mouse until it is over an edge,
and then hold down the left mouse button while moving the mouse.
Release the mouse button when the bounding rectangle is in the
right location. In this manner, you may "crop" the
image. Click the "Zoom" button.
- Iterate step 4. until you are satisfied that the bounding
box encloses the proper part of the image.
- When finished, click the "Final" button. A dialog
box will appear asking for the form in which you wish to save
the image.
- Use the menu box at the bottom of the dialog to specify that
the image should be saved in "*.tif" format.
- Type the name of the file in the text box at the top of the
page. The name should be "filename.tif", where
filename is an eight character (or less) file specification
that you may choose.
- Click the "OK" button when finished.
- Choose the Exit item from the File menu.
- Under the "Network" folder, choose the program "FTP"
(double-click to start).
- Type "o delta.math.wsu.edu"
- Enter your userid and password.
- Use the "cd" command to change to the directory
on which you want to save the image.
- Type "binary"
- Type "put c:\deskscan\filename.tif filename.tif",
where filename is the name you gave your file when you
created it.
- Type "bye" to exit ftp.
- Delete the image file from the PC or Macintosh you are working
on, to save file space.
- Log onto your UNIX account, and use the "cd" command
to move to the directory where your new image is located.
- Type "xv filename.tif", where filename
is as usual.
- The image will appear in a window on your screen. Move the mouse
inside the window and click the right mouse button. A control
dialog box will appear.
- Use the control dialog box to set the size of the image to
fit on your html page. Note in particular the "half size"
button near the bottom center of the dialog box.
- When satisfied with the image, click the "Save"
button. A new dialog box will appear.
- Click the ".GIF image" radio button (to save your
image in .gif format - universally accepted by Mosaic and Netscape),
and then click the "OK" button.
- Congratulations! You should now have a .gif image of your
photograph that you may use on your html page.