Introduction

Subject to the licence under which it is operating, P3console can be used to:

Main Display

The main display consists of 4 parts.

  1. The menu bar: File, Edit, View, Insert, Tools, Window and Help.
  2. The toolbar: Open, Scan, Save, Print, Send, Create Shortcut and Preferences.
  3. The image area: Open image files appear in this area, each in a separate window. Some image files can contain multiple images (known in P3console as pages) – all pages related to an image file are shown in the same window.
  4. The Status bar: Shows status information messages.

Start new image files using the File, New or File, Acquire menu or the Scan toolbar button depending on how the image will be created.

To open existing image files use the File, Open menu or the Open toolbar button or drag image files from Windows Explorer to the background of the P3console image area. To combine separate image files into one image file in P3console you can either select and drag several at once from Windows Explorer or select several in the Open dialog before clicking the Open button.

To add additional images as new pages to the current image file use the Insert, File or Insert, Scanned image menu. Pages can also be added by dragging image files from Windows Explorer and dropping them into an open image file in P3console.

Click on pages within an image to select them, hold down the Ctrl key while clicking individual pages to select multiple pages; selected pages have a darker border and a highlighted page number. Drag selected pages within the current image file to re-order them or to another image file also open in P3console to move them to the other image file. To copy pages, instead of moving them, hold down the Ctrl key while dragging from the original location. Right-click on selected pages to access Copy, Cut, Paste and Delete functions.

The Tools, Arrange pages menu also provides a means to re-order pages within an image file.

Page Viewer

Double-click on a page to view it in detail in P3console's built in page viewer.

The toolbar at the bottom of the page viewer provides the following functions:

Scanning

P3console can scan, or acquire, single or multi-page images from any TWAIN compatible image scanner – this might include an MFP, flatbed scanner or digital camera.

To change where P3console retrieves the images, use the File, Select scanner menu.

To scan page(s) into a new image file, use either the File, Acquire menu or the Scan toolbar button.

To scan additional page(s) into an image file already open and selected in P3console, use either the Insert, Scanned image menu or right-click on the existing image and select Insert scanned image.

When acquiring images using the Scan toolbar button or the Insert scanned image entry in an image file's right-click menu you can choose whether the TWAIN dialog (on which you configure the settings with which the image is scanned) is displayed or not via the File, Preferences menu in the Scanning section.

Duplex scanning

If you have paper to scan on both sides, but you do not have a scanner that can scan both sides of the paper, you can use P3console to produce a single image file containing scans of both sides of the paper:

  1. Use the File, Acquire menu or the Scan toolbar button to scan the odd numbered pages in ascending order into a new image file.
  2. Use the Insert, Scanned image menu to scan the even numbered pages in ascending order.
  3. Select the Tools, Arrange pages menu and click the Duplex button to reorganize the pages into their original sequence.

Printing an image file

To print an image file open and selected in P3console either:

Configure options for printing pages that are too large for the paper in your printer and whether the Windows print dialog is displayed when printing images using the Print toolbar button via the File, Preferences menu in the Printing section on the Printing tab.

Saving an image file

Having opened or created an image file and selected it in P3console:

Sending image files as email attachments or, via P3fax, as fax messages

You can send messages with the image file open in P3console attached to email addresses and, if P3fax is also installed and selected as P3console's message delivery system, fax numbers in several ways:

You can configure P3console's message delivery system via its File, Preferences menu in the Sending section:

Select MAPI to send messages via a separate MAPI compatible email application (such as Microsoft Outlook Express) installed on the same PC as P3console.

Select External mail server to connect directly to an SMTP mail server.

If P3fax is also installed, select P3fax and configure further options on the P3fax Integration tab.

Be aware that P3console does not keep a copy of the messages it sends directly via an SMTP mail server whereas P3fax and many the MAPI compatible email application will do so.

Creating User Shortcuts

It is possible to create new shortcuts to combine a Scan function with a Print, Save or Send function using the Tools, Create shortcut menu. You can also use the Create Shortcut toolbar button to access this function.

Examples

You can create as many shortcuts as you want and save them either on your desktop or in the Start, Programs menu.

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