HP 8270: Front panel and accessories overview Front panel buttons

Front panel and accessories overview Front panel buttons: HP 8270

Table of contents

Front panel and accessories overview

This section presents an overview of the scanner front panel, the transparent

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materials adapter (TMA), and the automatic document feeder (ADF).

Front panel buttons

Icon Feature name Description

Power Save

Turns Power Save mode on or off.

button

The Power Save button can also be used to turn the

power completely off by holding down for at least 2

seconds.

Destination

Selects the destination (an application, such as a

button

word processor) for a scanned document. The

destination is displayed in the front panel display.

Select the destination before pressing the Scan

Document To button.

Scan

Scans an original document into the selected

Document To

destination (an application, such as a word

button

processor). Use the Destination button to select the

destination.

Scan Picture

Scans pictures, graphics, slides, or negatives to the

button

HP Photosmart Software. Slides and negatives must

be scanned from the transparent materials adapter

(TMA).

Edit Text

Scans the document text and pictures and displays

(OCR) button

editable text in the defined word processor

application.

File

Scans the original document or picture to a file

Documents

destination that you enter. After scanning the

button

original, a dialog box is displayed where you can

enter the file name, file type, and location for the file.

E-mail button

Scans using grayscale image settings to keep the

file size small for e-mail and sends the scan to your

e-mail software (if supported). There is an option to

scan pictures, slides, or negatives in color.

Copy button

Scans the item and sends it to a printer to make

copies.

Number of

Selects the number of copies to be printed with the

Copies button

Copy button.

User Guide

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