printing pics from scanner
By default, most scanners scan a document or page as an image. Although this image can be modified or adjusted through an image editor, if the document contains text, that text cannot be changed or inserted into another document. If a user wishes to scan a text document and adjust or modify the text in that document, they must use a software program with OCR capabilities such as Omnipage or Textbridge by ScanSoft. These programs and other programs with these capabilities are available from any major software web page or local software store.
Using these programs, a user would have the ability to scan a document and have that document inserted into a text document that can be edited, changed, or adjusted in any way the user wishes.
You mentioned that you were missing some MS programs this may affect it also.