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Chapter 7: Fundamental Printers and Scanners 29As with a printer, you might want to install drivers from the manufacturer’s website to gainadditional functionality, diagnostic tools, and troubleshooting utilities. Download softwarefrom the manufacturer’s website, and follow any directions provided to install the softwareand utilities for your scanner. Some scanning software automatically downloads and installsupdated software, drivers, or firmware. Follow the directions provided by the update utilityto install these files.Lab 7.4.2: Install All-in-One Device and SoftwareIn this lab you install an all-in-one device. You find, download, and update the driver andthe software for the all-in-one device. Refer to the lab in IT Essentials: PC Hardware andSoftware Labs and Study Guide, Third Edition. You may perform this lab now or wait untilthe end of the chapter.Identify Configuration Options and Default SettingsScanners have configuration options and default settings that differ between model typesand manufacturers.A scanner might come with a basic graphic editing software package for editing photographsand other images. Editing software packages may include OCR software that allowstext in a scanned image to be manipulated.Some of the configuration options that might be available on a scanner are as follows:■ Color, grayscale, or black-and-white scanning■ One-touch scanning into your choice of software■ Quality and resolution choices■ Sheet feedersAs shown in Figure 7-23, color calibration between devices is important so that you seetrue representations of color. To calibrate a scanner, scan a graphic that contains specificcolors. A calibration application installed on the computer compares the scanner’s outputagainst the known colors of the sample graphic on the display. The software adjusts thescanner’s color accordingly. When your scanner, monitor, and printer treat the same colorsin the same way, the image you print matches the image you scan.