HP 2840 HP Color LaserJet 2820/2830/2840 All-In-One - Software Technical Refer - Page 62

Software overview for Windows HP Scan software Use the HP Scan software to scan from the HP LaserJet all-in-one product or to read from a file and then complete any of the following tasks with the data: ■ Save the scanned item to a file. ■ Attach the scanned item to an e-mail. ■ Perform text recognition on the scanned item through ReadIRIS (if ReadIRIS text-recognition software is installed on the computer). ■ Open the scanned item with any third-party software program that supports the drag-and-drop function. The HP LaserJet Scan software is set up to scan by default , but the General tab does provide an override to read a scanned item from a file. This is helpful both for testing when a scanner is not available and for converting existing files into some other output file type. The following file types are currently supported: ■ .BMP ■ .GIF ■ .JPG ■ .PDF ■ .TIFF (both regular and compressed) The following file types are supported as output in ReadIRIS. ■ .BMP ■ .DCA ■ .DOC ■ .DW ■ .HTM ■ .MM ■ .PDF ■ .RTF ■ .TXT ■ .WP ■ .WPS ■ .WS ■ .WS2 The HP LaserJet Scan software is composed of a simple user interface that provides only a Where should the data go? drop-down menu and a Settings button. 38 Chapter 2 Software overview for Windows ENWW