Scanning. Epson WorkForce Pro WP-4540, WorkForce Pro WP-4530, C11CB33201N, C11CB33201, WP-4530, C11CB32201, C11CB32201N

Scanning with Mac OS X 10.6/10.7

Connecting a USB Thumb Drive or External Device

To save scanned images on a USB thumb drive or other USB device, you must first connect the device to your product.

Note: Epson cannot guarantee the compatibility of your drive.

Make sure the product is turned on but not printing.

Insert your USB thumb drive or the USB cable that came with your device to the USB port on the front of your product.

When you finish scanning, make sure the access light on the drive is not flashing, then remove or disconnect it from the product.

Caution: Do not remove the USB thumb drive or cable when the access light is flashing, or you may lose data on the drive.

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External USB Device Specifications

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Starting a Scan

After placing your original documents or photos in your product for scanning, start scanning using one of these methods.

Starting a Scan Using the Product Control Panel

Starting a Scan Using the Epson Scan Icon

Starting a Scan from a Scanning Program

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Scan to USB Device Options

Starting a Scan Using the Product Control Panel

You can scan an image to your computer or to a USB device using your product's control panel buttons.

Your product automatically selects suitable default scan settings, but you can view or change them as necessary.

Make sure you installed the product software and connected the product to your computer or network.

Note: With Mac OS X 10.6/10.7, you must connect your product with a USB cable to scan using the buttons.

Press the Scan button.

The scan options are displayed:

Press the arrow buttons to select a scan option and press the OK button.

• Scan to USB Device saves your scan file on a USB flash drive or other device and lets you select the file format, resolution, and other settings.

• Scan to PC saves your scan as a JPEG file to your computer or as an image capture in Mac OS X

10.6/10.7.

• Scan to PC (PDF) saves your scan as a PDF file to your computer or as an image capture in Mac

OS X 10.6/10.7.

• Scan to PC (Email) scans your original and attaches it to a message in your e-mail program. You can select the e-mail program you want to use and resize your image, if necessary, from an option screen on your computer.

Note: This works with MAPI-type email such as Microsoft Outlook, Windows Live Mail, Mac Mail, and Entourage, but not web-based email such as Gmail.

• Scan to PC (WSD) lets you manage wireless scanning in Windows 7 or Windows Vista (English only).

Note: To use this feature, you must first set up WSD (Web Services for Devices) on the computer you want to scan to.

To scan to your computer, you first need to select how you connected your product to your computer:

• If your product is connected directly to your computer with a USB cable, select USB Connection.

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• If your product is connected to your computer over a network, select the computer name from the list.

To select 2-sided scanning to your computer (for documents in the ADF), press the Menu button, press the OK button to select Scan Settings, then press the OK button to select 2-Sided

Scanning. Select On, then press the OK button. Press the Menu button to exit.

Press the Start Color button to start scanning.

Changing Default Scan Button Settings

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Starting a Scan Using the Product Control Panel

Scan to USB Device Options

Select the Scan to USB Device options you want to use.

Scan to USB Device setting

Format

Available options Description

2-Sided Scanning

Scan Area

Document

Resolution

JPEG

PDF

Off

Letter

Legal

Auto Cropping

Max Area

Text

Photograph

200 dpi

300 dpi

600 dpi

JPEG: for photos

PDF: for documents

Automatic 2-sided scanning for documents in the ADF

Selects the page size for documents or special settings for photos.

Auto Cropping: for photos with dark edges

Max Area: for most photos

Selects the type of original you are scanning

200 dpi: for e-mailing or posting on the web

300 dpi: for printing or OCR

600 dpi: for highest quality printing

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Scan to USB Device setting

Contrast

Available options Description

–4 to +4 Press the arrow buttons to decrease or increase image contrast

For PDF documents Document Orientation

Binding Direction

Portrait

Landscape

Left

Top

For 2-sided PDF documents

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Changing Default Scan Button Settings

You can view or change the default scan settings your product uses when you scan using the product buttons. You do this using the Event Manager program.

Do one of the following to open Event Manager:

• Windows: Click or Start > All Programs or Programs > Epson Software > Event Manager.

• Mac OS X 10.4/10.5: Open the Applications folder, click Epson Software, and click Event

Manager.

Click Make Job Settings.

Open the Edit Job Settings drop-down list and select the scan button settings you want to view or change.

Change the settings as necessary.

Click OK.

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Starting a Scan Using the Product Control Panel

Starting a Scan Using the Epson Scan Icon

You can start the Epson Scan program to select scan settings, scan, and save the scanned image to a file.

• Windows: Double-click the EPSON Scan icon on your computer desktop.

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• Mac OS X: Open the Applications folder, open the Epson Software folder, and double-click the

EPSON Scan icon.

Note: You cannot use Epson Scan with Mac OS X 10.6/10.7.

You see the Epson Scan window:

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Scanning with Mac OS X 10.6/10.7

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Starting a Scan from a Scanning Program

You can start Epson Scan from a scanning program to select scan settings, scan, and open the scanned image in the program.

Note: You cannot use Epson Scan with Mac OS X 10.6/10.7.

Open your scanning program and select its scanning option. (See your scanning program help for instructions.)

Select your product.

Note: In certain programs, you may need to select your product as the "source" first. If you see a

Select Source option, choose it and select your product. With Windows, do not select a WIA option for your product; it will not work correctly.

You see the Epson Scan window:

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Scanning with Mac OS X 10.6/10.7

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Selecting Epson Scan Settings

After starting Epson Scan, you can select settings in various modes to customize your scan.

Scan Modes

Image Preview Guidelines

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Scan Modes

Epson Scan provides a choice of scan modes with different levels of control over your settings.

Office Mode

You can quickly scan text documents and adjust them on a preview screen. You can also select various image adjustment options and preview your scanned image.

Home Mode

You can select setting groups based on the type of content you are scanning. You can also select various image adjustment options, and preview and size your scanned image.

Professional Mode

You can manually customize all available settings, and preview and size your scanned image.

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Select the Epson Scan mode you want to use from the Mode box in the upper right corner of the Epson

Scan window:

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Selecting a Scan Area - Home Mode

Scanning in Home Mode

When you scan in Home Mode, Epson Scan automatically saves your scanned file in JPEG format in your operating system's Pictures or My Pictures folder, or opens it in your scanning program. You can select settings, preview, and change the scanned file settings as necessary.

Start Epson Scan and select Home Mode as the Mode setting.

You see this window:

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Select the Document Type setting that matches your original, such as Photograph or Text/Line

Art.

Select the Image Type setting that matches your original.

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Select the way you plan to use your scanned image as the Destination setting. (The Resolution setting is selected automatically based on the Destination setting you choose.)

• Screen/Web: Select this option for images you will e-mail, view on a computer screen, or post on the web.

• Printer: Select this option for images you will print or documents you will convert to editable text using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software.

• Other: Select this option if you want to select a custom resolution for your image.

If you selected Other in the last step, select the Resolution setting you want to use for your scan.

Click the Preview button.

Epson Scan previews your original and displays the result in a separate Preview window.

If desired, select the area in your preview image that you want to scan (scan area).

Select any of the image adjustment settings you want to use. Before making adjustments, click the image or scan area in the Preview window.

If you want to reduce or enlarge your image as you scan, select the Target Size setting you want to use.

10. Click Scan.

You see the File Save Settings window.

11. Change any of the necessary file save settings and click OK.

Epson Scan scans your original, and saves the file in the selected folder or opens it in your scanning program. If the file was saved directly to your computer, you see the file in the Windows Explorer or Mac

OS X Finder, where you can view and print the image, if desired.

Available Image Adjustments - Home Mode

Selecting a Scan Size - Home Mode

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Selecting a Scan Area - Home Mode

You can select a specific area in your preview image to include in your scanned image. You can select the entire image area or a portion of it. You can even select multiple scan areas to create multiple scanned images of different areas (Normal Preview mode only).

You can also use the scan area to select specific Image Adjustments settings for a scanned image. Just be sure to click inside the scan area before selecting the settings.

Note: In Home Mode, the default Preview mode is Thumbnail mode. To use Normal Preview mode instead, deselect the Thumbnail checkbox beneath the Preview button, then click the Preview button to preview your image again.

Do one of the following to select your scan area in the Preview image:

• Thumbnail preview: Your scan area is selected automatically, but you can change it. Place your cursor in one corner of the desired scan area, then click and drag the cursor to the opposite corner to create a marquee (dotted line) on the preview image.

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• Normal preview: Click the Auto Locate icon to create a marquee (dotted line) on the preview image.

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Do the following, as necessary, to work with the selected scan area:

• If the marquee is correct, continue with the next step.

• To move the marquee, click inside the scan area and drag the marquee where you want it.

• To resize the scan area, place your cursor over the edge or corner of the marquee, then click and drag the edges where you want them. (Hold down the Shift key as you resize the marquee to retain the same width/height proportions.)

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• Normal preview: To create additional marquees (up to 50), click the Copy Marquee icon to copy the existing marquee and paste it on the preview image.

• To delete a marquee, click the marquee, then click the Delete Marquee icon.

Click inside the scan area and make any necessary settings in the Epson Scan window.

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Available Image Adjustments - Home Mode

You can select these Image Adjustments options in Epson Scan Home Mode.

Note: Select the Image Option checkbox if you need to set any of the grayed-out image adjustments.

Not all adjustment settings may be available, depending on the Document Type and Image Type setting.

Descreening

Removes the ripple pattern that might appear in subtly shaded image areas, such as skin tones. This option improves results when scanning magazines or newspapers. (The results of descreening do not appear in the preview image, only in your scanned image.)

Color Restoration

Restores the colors in faded photos automatically.

Backlight Correction

Removes shadows from photos that have too much background light.

Dust Removal

Removes dust marks from your originals automatically.

Text Enhancement

Sharpens the appearance of letters in text documents.

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Auto Area Segmentation

Makes grayscale images clearer and text recognition more accurate by separating the text from the graphics.

Brightness

Adjusts the overall lightness and darkness of the scanned image.

Contrast

Adjusts the difference between the light and dark areas of the overall scanned image.

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Selecting a Scan Size - Home Mode

You can reduce or enlarge the size of your image as you scan. You can also select a specific scan size, such as a common photo size like 4 × 6 inches (102 × 152 mm). This places a scan area of that size on the preview image so you can use it to help crop the image in the correct proportions.

Click the Preview button to preview your image.

In the Epson Scan window, select the size you want your scanned image to be from the Target Size list.

Note: If you need to rotate the orientation of the target size for your image, click the Orientation icon.

A marquee (dotted line) appears on your preview image proportioned for the size you selected.

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Adjust the scan area as necessary.

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To create a scanned image size that is not available in the Target Size list, click the Customize option.

Name the custom size, enter the size, click Save, and click OK. Then create a scan area on the preview image.

The marquee is automatically proportioned for your custom scan size.

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Selecting a Scan Area - Office Mode

Scanning in Office Mode

When you scan in Office Mode, Epson Scan automatically saves your scanned file in JPEG format in your operating system's Pictures or My Pictures folder, or opens it in your scanning program. You can select settings, preview, and change the scanned file settings as necessary.

Start Epson Scan and select Office Mode as the Mode setting.

You see this window:

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Select the Image Type setting that matches your original.

Select the Document Source setting indicating where you placed your original.

To scan a 2-sided document in the ADF, select ADF-Double-sided.

Select the Size and Orientation settings that match your original.

Select the Resolution setting you want to use for your scan.

Click the Preview button.

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Epson Scan previews your original and displays the result in a separate Preview window.

If desired, select the area in your preview image that you want to scan (scanned image area).

Select any of the image adjustment settings you want to use. Before making adjustments, click the image or scanned image area in the Preview window.

Click Scan.

You see the File Save Settings window.

10. Change any of the necessary file save settings and click OK.

OS X Finder, where you can view and print the image, if desired.

Available Image Adjustments - Office Mode

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Selecting a Scan Area - Office Mode

You can also use the scan area to select specific Image Adjustments settings for a scanned image. Just be sure to click inside the scan area before selecting the settings.

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In the Preview window, click the Auto Locate icon to create a marquee (dotted line) on the preview image.

Do the following, as necessary, to work with the selected scan area:

• If the marquee is correct, continue with the next step.

• To move the marquee, click inside the scan area and drag the marquee where you want it.

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• To create additional marquees (up to 50), click the Copy Marquee icon to copy the existing marquee and paste it on the preview image.

• To delete a marquee, click the marquee, then click the Delete Marquee icon.

Click inside each scan area and make any necessary settings in the Epson Scan window.

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Available Image Adjustments - Office Mode

You can select these Image Adjustments options in Epson Scan Office Mode.

Note: Select the Image Option checkbox if you need to set any of the grayed-out image adjustments.

Not all adjustment settings may be available, depending on the Image Type setting.

Unsharp Mask

Makes the edges of certain image areas clearer. Turn off this option to leave softer edges.

Descreening

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Text Enhancement

Sharpens the appearance of letters in text documents.

Auto Area Segmentation

Makes grayscale images clearer and text recognition more accurate by separating the text from the graphics.

Color Enhance

Enhances the red, green, or blue shades in the scanned image.

Brightness

Adjusts the overall lightness and darkness of the scanned image.

Contrast

Adjusts the difference between the light and dark areas of the overall scanned image.

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Available Image Types - Professional Mode

Scanning in Professional Mode

When you scan in Professional Mode, Epson Scan automatically saves your scanned file in JPEG format in your operating system's Pictures or My Pictures folder, or opens it in your scanning program.

You can select settings, preview, and change the scanned file settings as necessary.

Start Epson Scan and select Professional Mode as the Mode setting.

You see this window:

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Select the Document Type setting that matches your original, such as Reflective for documents or photos.

Select the Document Source setting indicating where you placed your original.

To scan a 2-sided document in the ADF, select ADF - Double-sided.

Select the specific type of original you are scanning as the Auto Exposure Type setting: Document or Photo.

Select the details of your original and how you want it scanned as the Image Type setting.

Select the Resolution setting you want to use for your scan.

Click the Preview button.

Epson Scan previews your original and displays the result in a separate Preview window.

If desired, select the area in your preview image that you want to scan (scan area).

Select any of the image adjustment settings you want to use. Before making adjustments, click the image or scanned image area in the Preview window.

10. If you want to reduce or enlarge your image as you scan, select the Target Size setting you want to use.

11. Click Scan.

You see the File Save Settings window.

12. Change any of the necessary file save settings and click OK.

OS X Finder, where you can view and print the image, if desired.

Selecting a Scan Area - Professional Mode

Available Image Adjustments - Professional Mode

Selecting a Scan Size - Professional Mode

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Available Image Types - Professional Mode

You can select these Image Type options in Epson Scan Professional Mode.

24-bit Color

Select this setting for color photos.

Color Smoothing

Select this setting for color graphic images, such as charts or graphs.

8-bit Grayscale

Select this setting for black-and-white photos.

Black & White

Select this setting for black text documents or line art.

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Selecting a Scan Area - Professional Mode

You can also use the scan area to select specific Image Adjustments settings for a scanned image. Just be sure to click inside the scan area before selecting the settings.

Note: In Professional Mode, the default Preview mode is Normal mode. To use Thumbnail Preview mode instead, select the Thumbnail checkbox beneath the Preview button, then click the Preview button to preview your image again.

Do one of the following to select your scan area in the Preview image:

• Normal preview: Click the Auto Locate icon to create a marquee (dotted line) on the preview image.

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Do the following, as necessary, to work with the selected scan area:

• If the marquee is correct, continue with the next step.

• To move the marquee, click inside the scan area and drag the marquee where you want it.

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• Normal preview: To create additional marquees (up to 50), click the Copy Marquee icon to copy the existing marquee and paste it on the preview image.

• To delete a marquee, click the marquee, then click the Delete Marquee icon.

Click inside the scan area and make any necessary settings in the Epson Scan window.

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Available Image Adjustments - Professional Mode

You can select these Adjustments options in Epson Scan Professional Mode.

Note: Not all adjustment settings may be available, depending on the Image Type setting.

Click the image adjustment icon to access additional settings.

Click the + (Windows) or (Mac OS X) icon next to a setting to change the level of adjustment.

Unsharp Mask

Makes the edges of certain image areas clearer. Turn off this option to leave softer edges.

Descreening

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Color Restoration

Restores the colors in faded photos automatically.

Backlight Correction

Removes shadows from photos that have too much background light.

Dust Removal

Removes dust marks from your originals automatically.

Auto Exposure

Automatically adjusts the image exposure settings when you click the Auto Exposure icon. To automatically adjust image exposure settings continuously, click the Configuration button, click the

Color tab, and select Continuous auto exposure. You can adjust the level of exposure adjustment using a slider.

Histogram Adjustment

Provides a graphical interface for adjusting highlight, shadow, and gamma levels individually. (For advanced users only.) Click the histogram icon to access the settings.

Tone Correction

Provides a graphical interface for adjusting tone levels individually. (For advanced users only.) Click the tone correction icon to access the settings.

Brightness

Adjusts the overall lightness and darkness of the scanned image.

Contrast

Adjusts the difference between the light and dark areas of the overall scanned image.

Saturation

Adjusts the density of colors in the overall image.

Color Balance

Adjusts the balance of colors in the overall image.

Color Palette

Provides a graphical interface for adjusting mid-tone levels, such as skin tones, without affecting the highlight and shadow areas of the image. (For advanced users only.) Click the Color Palette icon to access the settings.

Threshold

Adjusts the level at which black areas in text and line art are delineated, improving text recognition in

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) programs.

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Selecting a Scan Size - Professional Mode

Click the Preview button to preview your image.

In the Epson Scan window, select the size you want your scanned image to be from the Target Size list.

Note: If you need to rotate the orientation of the target size for your image, click the orientation icon.

A marquee (dotted line) appears on your preview image proportioned for the size you selected.

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Adjust the scan area as necessary.

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To create a scanned image size that is not available in the Target Size list, click the Customize option.

Name the custom size, enter the size, click Save, and click OK. Then create a scan area on the preview image.

The marquee is automatically proportioned for your custom scan size.

To use additional sizing tools, click the + (Windows) or (Mac OS X) icon next to the Target Size setting and select options as desired.

• Scale: Reduces or enlarges your image by the percentage you enter.

• Trimming: Turns automatic image cropping on or off.

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• Unlock icon: Unlocks the width/height proportions of the scanned image size so you can adjust it without constraint.

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Image Preview Guidelines

You can preview your scanned image so you can adjust the scan settings using the preview as a guide.

There are two types of preview available:

Thumbnail preview

A thumbnail preview displays your previewed images as thumbnails with the scanned image area and exposure automatically selected. If the Thumbnail checkbox is selected, clicking the Preview button opens a thumbnail preview.

Normal preview

A normal preview displays your previewed images in their entirety so you can select the scanned image area and other settings manually. If the Thumbnail checkbox is deselected, clicking the

Preview button opens a normal preview.

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Scan Resolution Guidelines

If you plan to enlarge a scanned image so you can print it at a larger size, you may need to increase the resolution from the default resolution set by Epson Scan. Follow these guidelines to determine the resolution setting you need:

• You will enlarge the image as you scan it.

If you will enlarge the image using Epson Scan's Target Size setting (Home and Professional modes only), you do not need to increase the Resolution setting.

• You will scan the image at its original size, but enlarge it later in an image-editing program.

Increase Epson Scan's Resolution setting in your scan. Increase the resolution by the same amount you will increase the image size to retain a high image quality. For example, if the resolution is 300 dpi

(dots per inch) and you will double the image size later, change the Resolution setting to 600 dpi.

• You will scan the image at 100% or smaller size.

Select Epson Scan's Resolution setting based on how you will use the scanned image:

• E-mail/view on a computer screen/post on the web: 96 to 150 dpi

• Print/convert to editable text (OCR): 300 dpi

• Fax: 200 dpi

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Available Scanned File Types and Optional Settings

Selecting Scan File Settings

You can select the location, name, and format of your scan file on the File Save Settings window. You can also select various optional settings that control how Epson Scan behaves when you scan and save files.

The File Save Settings window may appear after you click Scan on the Epson Scan window. You can also access the window by clicking the icon on the Epson Scan window.

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Do one of the following to select the folder in which you want to save your scanned image:

• Click the button for one of the displayed folders.

• Click the Other button, click the Browse or Choose button, and select a folder.

Type in a stem file name in the Prefix field. This name is used along with numbers to automatically name your scanned files.

Select a different number as the Start Number setting, if you like.

Select the file format you want to use in the Image Format Type menu.

If your file format provides optional settings, click the Options button to select them.

Choose any of the optional settings you want to use by selecting their checkboxes.

Click OK.

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Available Scanned File Types and Optional Settings

You can select from a variety scanned file types and optional settings on the File Save Settings window in Epson Scan.

File Formats

Bitmap (*.bmp)

A standard image file format for most Windows programs.

JPEG (*.jpg)

An image format that lets you highly compress image data. However, the higher the compression, the lower the image quality. (The Tiff format is recommended when you need to modify or retouch your scanned image.)

Multi-Tiff (*.tif)

A Tiff file format when multiple pages are saved to the same file, allowing you to edit the images using a compatible program.

PDF (*.pdf)

A document format that is readable by Windows and Mac OS X systems using Adobe Reader,

Acrobat, or other programs. You can save multi-page documents in one PDF file.

PICT (*.pct)

A standard image file format for most Mac OS X programs.

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PRINT Image Matching II (*.jpg or *.tif)

File formats that include Epson PRINT Image Matching II data for enhanced quality and a wider color range (does not affect the way the image displays on the screen).

Tiff (*.tif)

A file format created for exchanging data between many programs, such as graphic and DTP software.

Optional Settings

Overwrite any files with the same name

Select to overwrite previous files with the same names.

Show this dialog box before next scan

Select to have the File Save Settings window appear automatically before you scan.

Open image folder after scanning

Select to have Windows Explorer or Mac OS X Finder automatically open to the folder where your scanned image is saved after scanning.

Show Add Page dialog after scanning

If you are scanning a multi-page document using the PDF or Multi-Tiff format, select to display a prompt for scanning additional pages after the first page is scanned.

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Scanning with Mac OS X 10.6/10.7

With Mac OS X 10.6/10.7, you can scan with your product using an image-editing application.

Note: You cannot use the Epson Scan program to scan with Mac OS X 10.6/10.7.

Open an image editing application, such as Image Capture.

Select your Epson product from the DEVICES or SHARED list, if necessary.

You see this window:

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Click Show Details.

Select your scan settings as necessary.

Select the folder in which you want to save your scanned file in the Scan To pop-up menu.

Click Scan.

Your scanned file is saved in the folder you selected.

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Restoring Photo Colors as You Scan

Scanning Special Projects

Your product's scanning software offers various options to help you quickly complete special scan projects.

Scanning to a PDF File

Convert Scanned Documents to Editable Text (OCR)

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Scanning to a PDF File

Using Epson Scan, you can scan a multi-page document and save it in one PDF (Portable Document

Format) file on your computer.

Place your original on your product for scanning.

Start Epson Scan.

Select the scan mode you want to use.

Select the scan settings for your scan.

Preview your image.

When you finish selecting all your settings, click Scan.

You see the File Save Settings window.

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Select PDF as the Type setting.

Select any other settings you want to use on the File Save Settings window.

Click OK.

Epson Scan scans your document and you see this window:

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10. Choose one of the following options on the screen:

• If you are scanning only one page, click Save File.

• If you need to scan additional pages in a document, click Add Page. Place additional pages on the product for scanning, click Scan, and repeat until you have scanned all the pages. When you are finished, click Save File.

• If you need to delete or reorder the scanned pages, click Edit Page. Delete or reorder the pages using the icons that appear on the bottom of the editing window. When you are finished, click OK.

Note: If you installed an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) program, you may see a screen indicating the program is converting your page to text. Wait until the program re-scans the page and close the program, if necessary.

11. Click Close to exit the Epson Scan window, if necessary.

Epson Scan scans your original, and saves the PDF file in the selected folder or opens it in your scanning program. If the file was saved directly to your computer, you see the file in the Windows

Explorer or Mac OS X Finder, where you can view and print the document, if desired.

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Restoring Photo Colors as You Scan

You can restore the colors in faded photos as you scan them using Epson Scan's Color Restoration setting. You can select this setting in any of the available scan modes.

Place your original on your product for scanning.

Start Epson Scan.

Select the scan mode you want to use.

Select the scan settings for your scan.

Preview your image.

Locate or access the image adjustment settings.

Select the Color Restoration checkbox.

When you finish selecting all your settings, click Scan.

Click Close to exit the Epson Scan window, if necessary.

Epson Scan scans your original, and saves the color-restored file in the selected folder or opens it in your scanning program. If the file was saved directly to your computer, you see the file in the Windows

Explorer or Mac OS X Finder, where you can view and print the image, if desired.

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Convert Scanned Documents to Editable Text (OCR)

You can scan a document and convert the text into data that you can edit with a word processing, spreadsheet, or HTML-editing program. This process is called OCR (Optical Character Recognition).

To scan and use OCR, you need to install an OCR program, such as ABBYY FineReader.

Note: You can use ABBYY FineReader to convert scanned documents to editable text in Mac OS X

10.6. First, scan and save your document using an application such as Image Capture. Then open

ABBYY FineReader, open the Get Images From pop-up menu and select File. Select the conversion option you want to use, then select your scanned file and follow the instructions on the screen.

Note: ABBYY FineReader is not supported on Mac OS X 10.7. Check the Epson support site at www.epson.com/support/lion (U.S.) or www.epson.ca/support/lion (Canada) to learn about possible updates to the software.

Scanning Using OCR - Mac OS X 10.4 or 10.5

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