Printers and Scanner

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2 Types of Printers

Ink Jet Printers - Use Liquid Ink, Wet, Better for Printing Photos

Ink Cartridges now replaced by Ink Bottles

Nozzles can get clogged and printing quality declines. Keep the printer on! Print every 2-3 days to keep the nozzles cleared.


Laser Printers - Powder, burned on to paper, better for text and graphics

replace the toner less often but the cost is higher

You can purchase a Black & White laser printer (for as low as $190) - look at the cost of the replacement toner and how many pages it will yield

Scanners

The footprint of the printer/scanner is always at least the size of letter paper 8.5 x 11 because it has a flat bed scanner on top.

Do you copy/scan multiple pages be sure to get an ADF (Automatic Document Feeder). The top lid has an additional tray for the multiple pages to be scanned/copied.

How to make a Copy/Duplicate of a printed page?

1. Place the paper on the scanner glass Face Down or in the ADF Face Up
2. Press Copy on the printer/scanner/copier
3. Follow the prompts to complete the copy

How do I Scan on a Macintosh computer?

1. Place the paper on the scanner glass Face Down or in the ADF Face Up
2. Click the Apple icon (top left) choose System Preferences, Click Printers & Scanners
3. Click on your printer
4. Click Scan on the right on the top
5. The Scanner window appears
6. Click Show Details to see additional scan settings/options
    Scan Details Greyscale or Color
    Remove Custom Size and choose Letter Size unless different
    DPI 200 for documents Photos 400 or more
    Scan To: Where the scan will be saved on the computer. ie Desktop, Documents, Downloads, etc.
    Name: Type a descriptive file name
    Format: PDF = Documents JPG = Photos
7. Click SCAN

Keep the scanner icon in the dock. Click and hold down on the scanner icon, choose options, choose "keep in dock"

Send the scan via email as an attachment.
1. Open the scan
2. The scan will appear in Preview
3. Click the arrow pointing up out of the box
4. Choose Mail
5. A new email will be created with the scan included in the email
6. Fill out the information and send the email

-or-

1.Send an attachment by clicking the paper clip
2.Choose where you saved the document
3.Find the file and open it to add it to the email

Want to Fax, be sure your multi-function device says it includes a Fax.

Don't have a phone line or want a fax machine but want to fax? try efax.com



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