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Scanning Basics

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4. Place the document on the document table, with the side to 

be scanned facing down. Make sure that the document is 
carefully aligned with in the corner of the document table as 
shown below.

Note:

The area with a width of maximum 2.1 mm from the horizontal guide 
and 1.5 mm from the vertical guide is not scanned.

2.1 mm (max.)

1.5 mm (max.)

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Page 2: ...ner Online Reference Guide Provides basic information aboutscanning anddetailedreference on settings and functions of EPSON TWAIN and other EPSON scanner utility software It also covers use of the Start button Information is also available on maintenance troubleshooting tips technical specifications and customer support Information on EPSON Scanner Software online help Provides you with detailed i...

Page 3: ...ed modifications repairs or alterations to this product SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION and its affiliates shall not be liable against any damages or problems arising from the use of any options or any consumable products other than those designated as Original EPSON Products or EPSON Approved Products by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION EPSON is a registered trademark of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION IBM and PS 2 are r...

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Page 5: ...er Features 1 2 Scanner Parts 1 3 Lights and Buttons 1 5 Chapter 2 Scanning Basics Scanning Procedure 2 2 For reflective documents 2 2 For transparent materials 2 2 Placing a Document on the Scanner 2 3 Scanning an Image 2 6 Saving a scanned image 2 9 ...

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Page 7: ...1 Getting to Know Your Scanner 1 1 Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Scanner Features 1 2 Scanner Parts 1 3 Lights and Buttons 1 5 ...

Page 8: ...ally start a scanning sequence by invoking EPSON Smart Panel and EPSON TWAIN scanning the document launching an application and importing the scanned image to the application Full color or grayscale scanning Capture your images with up to 281 500 billion colors or up to 65 536 shades of gray EPSON TWAIN lets you take full advantage of your scanner s advanced features EPSON TWAIN s Unsharp Mask opt...

Page 9: ...ow Your Scanner 1 3 Text Enhancement Technology TET enhances text recognition accuracy for optical character recognition OCR scanning Scanner Parts integrated TPU Operate button Indicator light Start button TPU light ...

Page 10: ...etting to Know Your Scanner carriage in the home position document table reflective document mat IEEE 1394 interface connector USB interface connector option interface connector AC inlet transportation lock ...

Page 11: ...reen On Ready to scan images Flashing slowly Initializing or busy scanning Red Flashing rapidly An error has occurred See Troubleshooting in your Online Reference Guide for more information None Off The scanner is turned off TPU Blue On The integrated TPU is turned on None Off The integrated TPU is turned off Indicator light Start button Operate button TPU light ...

Page 12: ... Operate Turns the scanner on and off Start Scans and sends the captured image to an assigned application in a single step Before using this feature make sure you have installed EPSON TWAIN and EPSON Smart Panel See your Online Reference Guide for more details ...

Page 13: ...ing Basics 2 1 Chapter 2 Scanning Basics Scanning Procedure 2 2 For reflective documents 2 2 For transparent materials 2 2 Placing a Document on the Scanner 2 3 Scanning an Image 2 6 Saving a scanned image 2 9 ...

Page 14: ...y previews the images and recognizes the document source and type Images are automatically optimized and scanned 5 Save the scanned images This following sections describe each of these steps in details For transparent materials This scanner is suitable for scanning of slides and film You need to perform the following procedure to scan the transparent materials using the integrated TPU Details are...

Page 15: ...es the document source and type Images are automatically optimized and scanned 6 Save the scanned images Note For more details see your Online Reference Guide Placing a Document on the Scanner 1 Open the integrated TPU Note Do not place heavy objects on the glass of the document table Also do not press the glass of the document table with too much force ...

Page 16: ...tegrated TPU Note When scanning reflective documents make sure the reflective document mat is attached Otherwise images cannot be scanned as expected 3 Adjust both bottom corners of the reflective document mat to the position fittings of the integrated TPU and then insert the reflective document mat in the top and bottom position fittings of the integrated TPU ...

Page 17: ...he side to be scanned facing down Make sure that the document is carefully aligned with in the corner of the document table as shown below Note Theareawitha widthofmaximum2 1mm from thehorizontalguide and 1 5 mm from the vertical guide is not scanned 2 1 mm max 1 5 mm max ...

Page 18: ...ide Now you are ready to scan Follow the instructions described in the rest of this chapter or see your Online Reference Guide for more details on using your scanner Scanning an Image Before scanning a document remember to respect the rights of copyright owners Do not scan published text or images without first checking the copyright status There are two ways to scan using the Start button see you...

Page 19: ...problem The fluorescent lamp turns off if no command arrives from the computer within 15 minutes This is normal and the lamp turns back on once you start scanning 2 Start a TWAIN compliant application The example used here is Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 Select Import from the File menu and then select EPSON TWAIN 5 Note Depending on your application you need to choose EPSON TWAIN 5 only the first t...

Page 20: ...N has previewed and recognized the document type the following dialog box appears with a progress bar to indicate the scanning progress You can see the document type and the icon When scanning multiple photos you can also see the number of scanned images Images are automatically optimized You can scan easily and quickly without changing any complex settings EPSON TWAIN automatically recognizes the...

Page 21: ...ave the image in from the Format list For the file formats see the following section 5 If you need more options set the Save Options field 6 Click Save File formats The following table lists some common image file formats Please select an appropriate format supported by your image processing application when you save image files Format File extension Explanation BMP format BMP Standard image file ...

Page 22: ...age file is saved in JPEG If you edit an image file after saving it the original image should be preserved in a file format other than JPEG EPS format EPS EPS is a PostScript file format Most illustration and DTP applications are compatible with EPS PICT format Macintosh only PICT is a standard image file format for Macintosh Most Macintosh applications including word processing software can read ...

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