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How to Do Everything With Your Scanner- P23: My thanks to the terrifically creative and knowledgeable staff at Osborne, particularly acquisitions editor Megg Bonar and acquisitions coordinator Alissa Larson for their responsiveness and flexibility. Special thanks to technical editor Steve Bain, not only for his insight and attentiveness to accuracy, but also for actively coming up with many ideas for content. | 94 How to Do Everything with Your Scanner You definitely want to check the carriage lock if you ve installed your scanner properly but it s not functioning correctly. This is an easy feature to forget about and a locked carriage can cause your scanner to behave in a number of strange ways. Pushing Buttons and Programming Commands When you think about it most devices and appliances have some sort of push-button or lever interface that makes them intuitive to use. Until recently scanner interfaces didn t offer this convenience. You had to place your original on the scanner then turn your attention back to the computer screen. To scan a document you had to open your scanner s software program and search for the menu option that allowed you to perform a scan. Why Have Manufacturers Added External Buttons Today s scanners make the process of capturing an image as intuitive as turning on your television or using your electric can opener. Buttons like the ones shown in Figure 5-2 replace the need to remember how to locate software menu options before you can perform basic scanning tasks. Oddly enough most scanners on the market don t label their scanners with words and the icons are not always intuitive. For example one scanner on the market comes with buttons labeled with different shapes and arrows. Other scanners such as the Hewlett-Packard 5300 series and the Visioneer OneTouch models have opted to put illustrative icons on their buttons. FIGURE 5-2 External buttons External buttons are the latest enhancement to scanner interfaces. CHAPTER 5 The Basics for Your First Scan 95 How to Identify What the Buttons Do The process of using buttons becomes easier to master when you realize that most scanners on the market have buttons that perform the same three to five functions. The shapes sizes and appearance of external scanner buttons might vary but you can expect that they all perform the following three tasks Initiate a basic scan All scanners with external buttons allow