Question : Problem: turn off ocr?

how do i turn off the ocr so that when i send the scan it does not edit it?I am scanning a letter with letterhead & text. I am using a hp3000C

Answer : Problem: turn off ocr?

IF you want to be able to send it so that someone can read it in microsoft word format or something like that or through r-mail then it has to go through the ocr that is the only way it makes it as text otherwise it treats it like a picture and microsoft word will open it as a picture if it even can and therefore you would not be able to edit it as picture.