hp scanjet 5590 digital flatbed scanner chapter 1 3 scan from the scanner front-panel buttons The front-panel buttons on the scanner provide shortcuts to frequently used scanning functions, such as scanning documents and pictures. Instructions for using the front-panel buttons are located in this manual. The HP 5590 ScanJet is a device which converts the contents of paper documents, photographs or graphics, and/or slides into digital format. OCR converts paper-based text to digital text format (ASCII characters), so work can be conducted on the text in a word-processing application. Optical Character Recognition (OCR). Automatic Color Detection. Small document file sizes. VueScan is compatible with the HP ScanJet 5590 on Windows x86, Windows x64, Windows RT, Windows 10 ARM, Mac OS X and Linux. The Scanjet 5590 Flatbed Scanner provides high resolution scanning at Software CD-ROMs (HP Photo & Imaging software with HP Memories Disc Creator & HP Instant Share, Integrated I.R.I.S. Readiris OCR, NewSoft Presto! User Manual. TMA Instruction Sheet. Limited 1-Year Warranty.