How to Use the HP ScanJet Slide Adapter The HP ScanJet Slide Adapter adds to the versatility of your HP ScanJet scanner by giving you the ability to scan 35-mm slides. Easy to use, the adapter is particularly suitable for creating images that will be displayed on computer screens, desktop printers, or used as placeholders for final pro- duction images. To use the HP ScanJet Slide Adapter: 1. Liftthescanner'scoverandpositiontheHPScanJetSlideAdapterintheupperrightcorner,as shown in Figure 1. Positioned correctly, the triangle on the adapter should be aligned with the triangle in the Document Reference Corner. ,Notched n Top Reference Edge Document Reference Corner Document Reference Corner ScanJet Slide Adapter Figure 1 - Slide Positioning Figure 2 - HP ScanJet Slide Adapter Positioning 2. Tip the HP ScanJet Slide Adapter toward the document cover and place the top edge of a 35-mm slide squarely against the Top Reference Edge, centered horizontally in the notch of the HP ScanJet Slide Adapter, as shown in Figure 1. The slide's viewing side should face downward, as when scanning a printed picture. (The viewing side's frame may bear a title or slide number.) 3. Lower the adapter onto the glass surface, as shown in Figure 2. 4. You are ready to scan! Use the HP DeskScan 11 software to scan the slide as if it were a printed photograph. All of the software controls such as scaling, automatic exposure, emphasis, and color adjustment will work as with any other type of scanning. As an example, for a color slide: a. Start your DeskScan software. b. For a color slide, set the Image Type to Sharp Millions of Colors. c. Set the Path to the desired output (normally, your printer designation). d. Click on Preview. e. Two images of the slide will appear; one will be much sharper than the other. Select the portion of the sharper image that you want to reproduce and click on Zoom.