Thursday, December 9, 2010

Scanning Digital Photos To Upload On Computers

By Sandra Croft


Uploading onto a computer when scanning digital photos can be a very easy task. Scanning machines pick up images from the photo or other article being scanned and forward them by way of a USB port which is located on the computer, this can also be done by wireless technology.

Copy machines and scanners are very similar in what they do, apart from the fact that the scanner is able to work with a computer to create some great pictures and colors, through software that has been installed into the PC.

The computer will need to be loaded with the software that comes with the machine, before photos can be scanned. The PC cannot do anything until it registers the device, because it will not have the faintest idea what is expected of it. When this is done the computer and scanner will work together without problems. Making sure that both are compatible is very important otherwise problems will arise.

The scanned photos may be slightly different to the original, and this may be in the color and quality which is printed out. These problems can occur in the different types of inks used or the various brands of photo paper. Another thing that may effect the final printout image can be the types of photo paper used.

There are several different types and these are gloss, this can be shiny and reflective, semi gloss which is not as shiny or reflective and matte which has a flat or dull finish. Deciding which type of photo paper will suit the image that is to be printed will generally make quite a difference to the finished picture.

The scanner is basically a transporter which is used to pick up a picture of any photo or other item and send it on to the computer. After the picture has been received by the computer this is where it can be used as a desktop image, manipulated with software that is available, uploaded to the internet or anything else a person may want to do with the particular picture.




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