How to Scan Using HP F300
The HP Deskjet F300 is the name of a series of printers with built-in flatbed scanners. The F300 supports operating systems as old as MS-DOS and Windows 3.1. The Deskjet F300 scans documents in black and white, or full color. If you have a collection of documents or photographs that you want to back up to your computer, this might be the right printer for you. After installing the HP Photosmart software, scanning a photo or document requires just a few steps.
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Instructions
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Check the system tray for the HP Photosmart icon. If you do not have the HP Photosmart software installed on your computer, download it from the HP support website. Double-click the HP Photosmart installation file and follow the prompts on the screen to install the software on your computer. Make sure that the Deskjet F300 is not in the process of printing a document and that the printer is turned on.
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Open the plastic lid of the Deskjet F300, and place the photo or document on the glass underneath. The content that you wish to scan should face the glass and it should line up with the front corner of the printer, on the left side. Close the lid.
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Push the "Scan" button on the Deskjet F300 control panel. After a moment, a graphic of the original document appears on the computer screen.
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Use the editing tools in the HP Photosmart software to make changes to the document such as cropping it to scan a smaller area.
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Click the "Accept" button on the computer to complete the scan.
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