Epson 1640SU User Manual

Teaching and Learning Center

Scanning Basics for Epson Perfection 1640SU

GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................... 2

USING THE FLATBED SCANNER....................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.

USING THE SLIDE SCANNER ................................................................................. 8

SCANNING TIPS................................................................................................... 12

NOTE: The Teaching and Learning Center recommends the use of PhotoShop for scanning

pictures/graphics/slides (covered in this document), OmniPage Pro for scanning text and
Adobe Acrobat to scan something into pdf (covered in another document).

Updated 1/26/2005

Using the Flatbed Scanner

Getting Started

Scanning is basically the same process no matter what type of scanner you are using. Adobe
Photoshop is just one of the programs that allows for scanning, and that is the program we
are using the in step-by-step process below. Many scanners also come with their own
scanning software, and this can be used as well. For the examples listed below, we will
describe one of the scanners that is in the TLC computer lab, the Epson Perfection 1640SU.

Place your image facedown on the scanner. Double click on the 'Adobe PhotoShop' on your
desktop, or select it in your Start menu.

In Photoshop click File, point the cursor to Import, then click on Select EPSON TWAIN
5…

The scanner pre-scans your image. If you want to scan in full auto mode allow the pre-scan
to continue. If you want to scan in manual mode click on cancel.

Using the Flatbed Scanner

When the scanner is done scanning you will have a
window open of your image in Photoshop similar to
the one below.

In auto mode the scanner will chose the
document type and continue to scan your
image.

Using the Flatbed Scanner

If you would like to continue in manual
mode after clicking the initial cancel up
above, a window will pop up asking to
either click on Manual mode or Scan for
continuing in Full Auto Mode. Click on
manual mode.

You will get a new
window that looks
similar to this.
From here you can
change the image
type by using the
pull down menu.

When the image
type is correct click
on the preview
button.

DESINATION: (this selects the resolution of the image.)
This does not tell you the actual resolution, it asks you what
type of printer you are going to use and sets the dots per inch
(dpi) for the best resolution for that printer. You can get around
this by using the 300-dpi
Internet and the World Wide Web, use the "Web page" setting,
which is 96 dpi or select 'Screen/Web'. You can also manually set the resolution by clicking
the ‘down button’ to the left of the Resolution number.

SIZE displays the actual file size but this will change according to how much you crop the
image and what type of file format you save your file as. For example,"jpeg
in compression and can significantly reduce the file size.

SCALING is used if you want to make the
image size bigger or smaller than one to one.

setting or the 600-dpi setting. For the

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