Although Zip drives have been mostly replaced with easier to use USB flash drives and external hard drives, at one point in time Zip drives were the favored format for storing large sized files. However, the technology still functions on modern, up-to-date computers and it is possible to scan hard copy images and save them onto Zip drives and disks. This is a useful way to back up your images or to make them portable when no Internet connection is available.
Instructions
1. Power on the computer, scanner and Zip drive. Once all the hardware has fully booted up, insert the Zip disk into the Zip drive.
2. Click the "Start" button (or the Windows logo in later releases of Microsoft Windows). This brings up a pop-up menu. Select "All Programs," "Accessories" and finally "Camera and Scanner." This launches a Windows based program that is designed to import content from both cameras and scanners.
3. Place the image into the scanner and select "Preview" in the computer program. This displays a quick display of what the scanned image is going to look like.
4. Click "Scan" to scan the image into the computer. Depending on the size of the image and the default settings for the picture quality, this may take anywhere from a few moments to several minutes.
5. Wait for the scan to finish. This is going to launch a new "Save" window. Title the scanned image and select the Zip drive as the location you want to save the image to.
6. Click "OK" and the content is placed onto the Zip drive. Repeat this process with all the images you want to scan to the Zip drive.
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