Here’s some fun we had experimenting with our new flatbed printer.
The technician who installed the machine told us it would print on anything up to 1-1/2″ thick, including things like ceiling tiles. So one of the guys found a file that looks like a hole in the roof with a couple of owls looking down, and printed it on a pair of ceiling tiles in our office.  It’s striking!  And,  just plain fun.
flatbed scanners are just that – flat. They have a hinged lid that lifts so you can access the scanner bed, which is made of glass. You create a document or photo face down on the glass and close theto scan coverage (this also protects the lens flatbed color scanner). To actually scan the item, press a button on the scanner itself (today, many scanners have one-touch operation) or go to your computer and click a button in the scanning software.
For each type of flatbed color scanner, you must install a software that even the right kind of driver for your scanner. This driver will allow a computer to communicate with the scanner. The actual scanning softwareDifferent scan settings that you can depending on what you scan to be modified. You use different settings, scan a document, for example, to scan a photo. You can also change what scanning resolution, and you can select the image as scans are downsizing.
Once the scanned image, you may have other options depending on the software that came with the flatbed color scanner. Some packages include an image editing program. This can be useful (and fun) ifScan photos. You will be able to resize, crop and add special effects. If you scan a document, you may be able to change the text. You can also email the scanned image or document or to turn it into a PDF.