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Placing a scan on a website
There are many website development tools, or HTML editors,
available. These applications help you develop websites, and support
a variety of graphics file formats. However, not all Web browsers can
display all the file formats that Web development applications support.
With the HP scanning software, you can scan your text or images,
make adjustments to these scans, and then prepare them for the
World Wide Web.
To scan an item for a website
To scan an item for website, use one of the following methods:
● Drag-and-drop from the scanning software
If your Web page development application supports drag-and-drop,
you can drag the image from the Preview area of the scanning
software and drop it into the open page where you want it. Some
Web page applications have image editing capabilities if you want
to adjust the image further. You should consult the documentation
that came with the Web page development application for more
information.
● Save the image as a file
You can save the image as a file in the scanning software, and then
insert that file into your Web page development application.
Remember to save it as a GIF or JPEG file.
● Copy and paste the image
You can use the scanning software's Copy menu command or icon
to copy the image to the Clipboard. In the Web page development
application, use the Paste menu command to paste the image in
the Web page document.
● Use the Scan To menu command
You can use the scanning software's Scan To menu command in
the Scan menu to scan the image to text file. Then, in the Save
dialog box, select HTML in the Format pop-up box.
Optimizing a scan for online viewing
To optimize a scan for a Web page, be sure to do the following:
● Save scans as GIF, JPEG, or PNG files. (Most Web browsers use
these file formats.)
● For color images, choose the Web Palette output type.
● Select a resolution of 72 dpi. (This resolution produces smaller file
sizes than higher resolutions, and the images still look good on the
computer screen.)
● Scale or resize your scan in the scanning software before inserting
it into your document.
