It describes the things we need to know to be efficient and get the most from our scanner, in the various ways that we can use it. This material is intended for home and hobby scanner users, and is not concerned with commercial matters. Many newbies want to scan at the greatest possible resolution. We'll explain why that's the wrong answer, with tips about how to choose a more appropriate answer. That and many other scanning basics are covered here, and it's intended to be a fast jump start to aid newcomers to graphics and scanning.
Scanners are easy and fun and very useful, and there's lots of artistic creativity possible too.
There will be a little scanning technique to learn, but when you've seen it once, then it's rather simple. If everything appears bold here, then your slightly smaller font size will fix it. I hope you can enjoy these web pages without assuming that this is a Scanner Technical Support service. It is not, the material is instead about scanning. See the FAQ section for all I can offer.