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Scanner and CD Burner FAQ's:
Scanner and CD Burner Solutions: Log into the scanner machine. Place picture/document at the top right hand corner of the scanner. Double click on HP Director. The program usually takes a minute to load so be patient. A box will open, click ‘scan picture’. Here you will be able to adjust size, resolution and colours by using the menu on the right hand side. For the best quality scan we suggest that you leave the settings as is. If there is only a portion of the picture you want scanned you can adjust the box located around the scanned item. Click ‘accept’. If you are scanning more than one picture repeat the above steps for all pictures before continuing. The picture scans into the Photo and Imaging Gallery. Double click the thumbnail image (always the last item in the box). If you are happy with the way your picture looks, click ‘save as’ in the next box. Select the location where you want the picture to be saved (ie. F: drive or a: drive), rename your picture, choose file type ‘JPEG’ & click ‘save’. In order to print successfully, open a WordPerfect or Word document. In WordPerfect go to Insert - Graphics - From File. In Word got to Insert - Picture - From File. Then select you chosen image from your F:\ and click Insert. Then you can print as normal.
If you would like to burn a data CD you have to log onto one of the two computers facing the help desk. If you don’t know which computer is the one with the burner, just ask the help desk assistant. Once you’ve logged on make sure that all of the files you want to put on the CD are either in your F: drive, on the A: drive or on a zip disk. Once you’ve done that, select the icon on the desktop marked ‘Easy CD Creator’. Choose ‘Create a data CD’. On the screen that appears, in the left hand corner, you will see a box. Select the drive in that box where you will be taking the files from to transfer to the CD. The files will appear in a box to the right of that one. Click and drag each file that you want down to the bottom right-hand half of the screen. Once all of the files that you want are on the CD project, select Create CD from the selection bar under the menu bar at the top of the screen. (the create CD icon looks like a big red button) If you are using a non-rewritable CD you will have to select the option to create the disk-at-once. If it is a rewritable CD, you can leave the CD project open, which means that you can burn another file to the CD at a later date. Note: Rewritable CDs are more expensive than non-rewritable CDs and are specifically marked ‘rewritable’.
In order to save data or files onto a CD you must log into the burner computer. Make sure all the files you want saved onto the CD are in the same directory (ie. F: drive). Insert a blank CD in to the CD drive. Highlight the files that you want on the CD by clicking near one and dragging the mouse over the rest of them. Once all of your files are highlighted, right-click and select ‘copy’. Next open ‘My Computer’ and the CD drive which is usually H: or E: if neither of these are there, double click the drive that shows the CD icon. Once the box opens, right click anywhere inside the box and select ‘paste’. This will copy all of the files you selected to be copied earlier.
Another way to save data onto a CD is to open Easy CD Creator and follow the instructions given for this program. Burning music CD’s is strictly prohibited on STU lab computers.
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