Epson ActionScanner II User Manual
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Contents
Introduction
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intro-3
How to Use This Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intro-4
Cautions, Tips, and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intro-5
Where to Get Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intro-5
Electronic Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intro-6
Chapter 1
Getting Ready to Install Your Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1
Installing the Scanning Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-2
Chapter 2
Calibrating Your Monitor to Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1
Performing Screen Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-2
Enabling Screen Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3
Calibrating Your Printer to Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-4
Performing the Printer Calibration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-4
Scanning Using Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-7
Chapter 3
Accessing EPSON TWAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-2
Using the Easy Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4
Selecting the Document Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-5
Selecting the Image Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-5
Selecting the Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-6
Using the Advanced Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-7
Modifying an Image Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-7
Modifying the Destination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-12
Previewing and Adjusting the Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-16
Scanning the Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-20
Scanning Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-21
Installing Your Software
Calibrating Your System
Capturing Images From Within Applications
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Chapter 4 Using Special Effects
Modifying the TWAIN Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Using the Image Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Adjusting the Tone Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Adjusting Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Setting the Gray Balance Intensity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Changing Saturations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Using Color Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Inverting an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Using Automatic Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Using Auto Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Using Auto Locate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Chapter 5 Using EPSON Scan! II
Saving a Scanned Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Exporting an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Acquiring and Exporting an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Copying an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Resizing an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Exiting EPSON Scan! II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Chapter 6 Troubleshooting
Problems Using the EPSON Scanning Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Problems With Image Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Appendix A
Appendix B
Default Settings
Expression 636 Scanner Settings
Resolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Size or Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Data Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5
Color Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5
Halftoning Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
Gamma Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10
Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11
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Scanner Setting Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12
Judging Image Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-18
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-19
Icon Glossary
Term Glossary
Index
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Introduction
The EPSON® Scanning Utilities let you perform the following
functions with your EPSON scanner:
❏ Read images in color, grayscale, or black-and-white, and
save the scanned images to disk as a file
❏ Convert the image files to various formats so you can use
them with your application software
❏ Calibrate your scanner to your monitor and your printer
❏ Capture scanned images from within your application
❏ Automatically locate, expose, and scan an image
❏ Adjust individual settings and preview the effects before
you scan
❏ Choose single- or triple-pass scanning
❏ Save and reuse scanning settings that work well in your
environment
❏ Use the automatic area segmentation and text enhancement
technology features built into some EPSON scanners
❏ Scan transparencies and slides and scan negative film into
positive photo images (with scanners that have a
transparency unit)
❏ Take advantage of the multipage scanning feature available
with scanners that have an automatic document feeder
(ADF).
Introduction 1
The Scanning Utilities include two integrated programs:
❏ EPSON Scan! II32 and EPSON TWAIN32 (for 32-bit
scanning with Microsoft
®
Windows® 95 or Windows NT®)
❏ EPSON Scan! II and EPSON TWAIN (for 16-bit scanning
with Windows 3.1).
Note:
This guide refers to the 32-bit programs as EPSON Scan! II and EPSON
TWAIN to reduce confusion.
EPSON Scan! II calibrates your scanner with your monitor and
color printer to produce images whose colors match the
originals. It can also capture images and then save and export
them in a variety of file formats.
EPSON TWAIN is the interface between most of your software
and your scanner. The interface has two screens: easy and
advanced. To take advantage of your scanner’s features, you can
access either screen from within any software that supports the
TWAIN standard or from EPSON Scan! II.
Note:
The top line of the screen identifies whether you are using EPSON
Scan! II or EPSON TWAIN.
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System Requirements
For the EPSON Scanning Utilities to work properly, your system
must have at least the following configuration:
❏ One of the following EPSON scanners:
ES-600C
ES-800C
ES-1000C
ES-1200C
Expression
ActionScanner
Some features are not available or are restricted for some
scanners.
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636
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II
❏ A 486-based (or higher) IBM
IBM PS/2
®
®
compatible computer or an
❏ DOS 5.0 or higher
❏ Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 3.1x, Windows for
Workgroups 3.1x, or Windows NT 3.5x or higher
Note:
To use 32-bit scanning features, your system must be running
Windows 95 or Windows NT.
❏ A bidirectional parallel interface (either the standard
bidirectional parallel interface or a PS/2 standard printer
port) or an Adaptec
®
SCSI adapter
Note:
❏ EPSON supports some Adaptec-compatible SCSI adapters.
Introduction 3
❏ If you do not have Windows 95 or Windows NT and you are
using an Adaptec SCSI adapter, you need to install the
Adaptec EZ-SCSI software, as described in your Adaptec
documentation.
❏ Video Graphics Array (VGA) or higher monitor
Note:
The quality of color or tone reproduction depends on the display
capability of your computer system, including the video controller,
monitor, and software.
❏ At least 50MB of free hard disk space for scanner
applications and images
❏ At least 8MB of available RAM (more for Windows 95).
How to Use This Manual
This User’s Guide contains information you need to install and
use the EPSON Scanning Utilities with your EPSON scanner.
Chapter 1 describes installing your EPSON Scanning Utilities
software. Be sure to read this first. Chapter 2 describes how to
calibrate your system. Chapter 3 provides basic information on
how to scan from within your application. Chapter 4 describes
using the special effects features of your software. Chapter 5
tells you how to use EPSON Scan! II to work with images.
Chapter 6 contains troubleshooting tips, and Appendix A lists
the software’s default settings. Appendix B provides
information on the scanner settings for the Expression 636.
This manual also includes two glossaries—an icon glossary that
describes how each icon works, and a term glossary that
describes common scanning terms. The index helps you find
needed information quickly.
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Cautions, Tips, and Notes
This manual displays important information as follows:
Cautions
c
should be followed carefully to ensure your scanner operates
correctly.
Tips
r
contain helpful ideas for using these utilities.
Notes contain important information about these utilities.
Where to Get Help
EPSON provides customer support and service through a
network of Authorized EPSON Customer Care Centers. Dial
(800) 922-8911 for the nearest location or the following services:
❏ Fax-on-Demand access to EPSON’s technical information
library
❏ Literature on current and new products
❏ The location of your nearest Authorized EPSON Reseller or
Customer Care Center
❏ Technical information on installation, configuration, and
operation of EPSON products
❏ Customer relations.
For answers to commonly asked questions about EPSON
products 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, call EPSON Sound
Advice at (800) 442-2110.
Introduction 5
You can purchase manuals, accessories, or parts from EPSON
Accessories at (800) 873-7766 (U.S. sales only). In Canada, please
call (800) 463-7766 for dealer referral.
If you need help using software with an EPSON product, see the
documentation for that program for technical support
information.
Electronic Support Services
You can access helpful tips, specifications, notes, DIP switch or
jumper settings, drivers, FAQs, sample files, application notes,
and EPSON product bulletins 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
using a modem and one of the online services below.
World Wide Web
From the Internet, you can reach EPSON’s Home Page at
http://www.epson.com.
EPSON Internet FTP Site
If you have Internet FTP capability, use your Web browser (or
other software for FTP downloading) to log onto ftp.epson.com
with the user name anonymous and your E-mail address as the
password.
EPSON Download Service
You can call the EPSON Download Service BBS at
(800) 442-2007. Set your communications software to 8 data bits,
1 stop bit, no parity. Modem speed can be up to 28.8 Kbps.
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EPSON Fax-on-Demand Service
You can access EPSON’s technical information library by calling
(800) 442-2110 or (800) 922-8911 and selecting the appropriate
phone option. You must provide a return fax number to use Faxon-Demand.
EPSON Forum on CompuServe
®
Members of CompuServe can type GO EPSON at the menu
prompt to reach CompuServe’s Epson America Forum. As an
owner of an EPSON product, you are eligible for a free
introductory CompuServe membership, which entitles you to an
introductory credit, and your own user ID and password. To
take advantage of this offer in the U.S. or Canada, call
(800) 848-8199 and ask for representative #529.
Introduction 7
8 Introduction
Chapter 1
Installing Your Software
The EPSON Scanning Utilities come with installer software that
makes them easy to install with Windows 95 or Windows 3.1.
Getting Ready to Install Your Software
Before you install the EPSON Scanning Utilities, make sure you
have set up your scanner and connected it to your computer as
described in the User’s Guide that comes with your scanner. If
you are using a SCSI interface, make sure the interface settings—
such as the SCSI IDs and terminators—are set properly, and that
you installed the SCSI software if necessary.
You must install the EPSON Scanning Utilities as described in
the next section before you use your scanner. It is also best to
install the EPSON Scanning Utilities before you install your
application software. Check that you have the two 3.5-inch
diskettes that come with the scanner and contain the EPSON
Scanning Utilities (EPSON Scan! II, EPSON TWAIN, the
calibration utilities, and other related files). It is best to make
backup copies of the diskettes, work with the copies, and keep
the original diskettes in a safe place. (To make backup copies, see
your computer or operating system manual.)
After you install the EPSON Scanning Utilities, you can calibrate
your system as described in Chapter 2. Then install your
application software by following the instructions in the
application’s documentation.
Installing Your Software 1-1
Installing the Scanning Utilities
Follow the steps below to install the EPSON Scanning Utilities
for Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows 3.1, or Windows for
Workgroups 3.1. The installer program automatically detects
your operating system and installs 32-bit or 16-bit files as
necessary.
Note: For Windows NT 4.X, follow the Windows 95 instructions. For
Windows NT 3.5X and Windows for Workgroups, follow the Windows
3.1 instructions.
1. Start Windows 95 or Windows 3.1.
Note for Windows 95 SCSI users:
After you connect your scanner to your computer, you see the screen
below when you install or start Windows 95, or when you select
Add New Hardware in the Control Panel.
1-2 Installing Your Software
OK
Choose Do not install a driver and click
install EZ-SCSI, even if you are using an Adaptec SCSI card, if the
card is already set up. See your Adaptec documentation for
instructions on how to set up this card. If you are using a
bidirectional card, you only need to install the card—no software
configuration is needed.
2. Insert the EPSON Scan! II program diskette 1 in a diskette
drive.
3. From Windows 95, click Start and then Run.
From the Windows 3.1 Program Manager, open the File
menu and select Run.
4. Type A:\SETUP (or B:\SETUP if you inserted the diskette in
drive B) and click OK. After a few moments, you see the
initial setup screen.
5. Click OK to continue. A dialog box displays the path in
which the installer software will install the EPSON Scan! II
program. The default path is C:\EPSCAN32 for Windows 95
or C:\EPSCAN2 for Windows 3.1.
. You do not need to
6. Click OK to accept the default pathname, or enter a new path
and click OK.
7. The next dialog box displays the path in which the installer
software will install the EPSON TWAIN program. The
default path is C:\WINDOWS. Click OK to accept the
default pathname, or enter a new path and click OK.
8. The installer software copies the Scanning Utilities to your
hard disk drive and prompts you for diskette 2 when
necessary.
Installing Your Software 1-3
9. After a few moments, you see the EPSON Scanner Setup
dialog box.
From the Interface pull-down menu, choose SCSI if your
scanner is connected to a SCSI interface or BiD Parallel if it is
connected to a bidirectional parallel interface.
10. If necessary, select the port ID of the interface board from the
Port ID pull-down menu. Normally, you do not need to
change the default port ID setting. If the scanner is connected
to a SCSI interface, the port ID is selected automatically. If
the scanner is connected to a parallel interface, select the port
ID of the interface: port 378 is your computer’s built-in
parallel port (lpt1) and port 278 is the port on a bidirectional
parallel card installed in your computer (lpt2).
Note:
If you selected SCSI from the Interface menu and no SCSI ID
number appears, make sure no other SCSI device has the same ID
number as the scanner.
11. Now test your scanner. Turn the scanner on and raise the
cover. Place an image face down on the glass surface. Then
carefully close the cover.
1-4 Installing Your Software
12. Click the Test button. If the scanner, interface, and EPSON
Scanning Utilities are set up correctly, the scanner scans the
image. After a few moments, you see the image in the
EPSON Scanner Setup dialog box, as shown below.
Photograph by Claire Bergen
13. Click OK to close the EPSON Scanner Setup dialog box.
14. Remove the EPSON Scan! II program diskette from the
drive.
15. If you are using Windows 3.1, exit Windows and then restart
it.
The installer creates an EPSON Scanner program group or folder
in Windows.
Before you can acquire an image from within your application
for the first time, you need to select EPSON Scanners as your
TWAIN data source; see your application documentation for
instructions.
Installing Your Software 1-5
1-6 Installing Your Software
Chapter 2
Calibrating Your System
Sometimes the colors of your original image do not match the
colors you see on your screen and in the final printed output.
This is because of the different color processes your scanner,
monitor, and printer use to produce color.
The scanner and the monitor both create a range of colors by
adding red, green, and blue in different proportions and
intensities (an additive color process). Printers, on the other
hand, produce colors by combining cyan (C), magenta (M),
yellow (Y), and black (K) inks (CMYK) to create the desired
hues. This is a subtractive color process.
When you print a scanned image, the image goes through both
the additive and subtractive interpretive processes to acquire
color—the first when it is scanned, and the second when it is
printed on your color printer. As a result, the printed colors may
not match the colors in the original.
Calibration allows you to fine-tune your scanner, monitor, and
printer to produce colors that are very close to those in the
originals. Use the procedures in this chapter to:
❏ Calibrate your monitor to your scanner
❏ Calibrate your printer to your scanner
❏ Use the calibration profiles when you scan an image.
Calibrating Your Monitor to Your Scanner
To calibrate your monitor, you must first perform a screen
calibration using EPSON Scan! II, and then enable screen
calibration in TWAIN.
Calibrating Your System 2-1
Performing Screen Calibration
Follow these steps to perform a screen calibration:
1. From Windows 95, click the Start button, point to Programs,
point to EPSON Scanner, and then click EPSON Screen
Calibration.
From the Windows 3.1 Program Manager, double-click the
EPSON Screen Calibration icon in the EPSON Scanner
program group.
You see this screen:
2. Look at the display from a distance and adjust the slide bar
until the separate rows have the same basic color intensity.
Tip:
r
If the rows don’t look the same after you adjust the slide bar,
increase the number of colors your monitor displays using
Windows 95 Display or Windows 3.1 Setup. See your Windows
documentation or online help for more information.
2-2 Calibrating Your System
4. Click OK. Your setting is automatically saved as a new screen
calibration profile.
If you use a different monitor or change your video display
resolution, calibrate your screen again.
Enabling Screen Calibration
Once you have calibrated your screen, you need to make sure
screen calibration is enabled. Follow these steps:
1. Start EPSON Scan! II, if necessary.
2. From the File menu, choose Acquire. You see the TWAIN
screen.
If the screen is fairly small and has an Advanced button, it
is the easy screen (pictured on page 3-3). Click Advanced
to switch to the advanced screen. If the screen is large and
has a Configuration button, it is the advanced screen
(pictured on page 3-3).
3. Click Configuration to open the Configuration dialog box.
4. Make sure the Enable Screen Calibration checkbox is
selected. If it isn’t, select it to enable screen calibration.
5. Click OK.
6. Close the EPSON TWAIN screen.
When screen calibration is enabled, TWAIN uses it as it scans
images until you change this setting.
Calibrating Your System 2-3
Calibrating Your Printer to Your Scanner
If you print color images, you must choose or create a calibration
profile for each color printer you use. Using printer calibration
profiles ensures that printed colors closely match the colors of
the original image.
If you have one of these EPSON Stylus
Scan! II provides printer calibration profiles for you so you do
not have to create them:
EPSON Stylus COLOR Stylus 1500
EPSON Stylus COLOR II Stylus COLOR 500
EPSON Stylus COLOR IIs Stylus COLOR 200
EPSON Stylus Pro
EPSON Stylus Pro XL
For these printers, you simply select the correct printer
calibration profile before you scan an image. See “Scanning
Using Calibration” on page 2-7.
If you have a color printer that is not a color EPSON Stylus, you
must create a printer calibration profile using the instructions in
this section. It is also best to create additional profiles for
different printer settings, as described below.
™
ink jet printers, EPSON
Performing the Printer Calibration
Follow these steps:
1. From Windows 95, click the Start button, point to Programs,
point to EPSON Scanner, and then click EPSON Printer
Calibration.
From the Windows 3.1 Program Manager, double-click on
the EPSON Printer Calibration icon in the EPSON Scanner
program group.
2-4 Calibrating Your System
You see the Print Chart dialog box.
2. Select the printer you want to calibrate from the drop-down
menu.
Note:
You must generate a specific profile for each of your printer’s
settings. For example, the profile for your printer’s coated paper
setting and for its plain paper setting may not be the same. To change
the printer settings, click the Setup button before printing the
calibration chart.
3. Click the Print button to print the calibration chart. (If you
have printed the calibration chart before with the same
printer, click the Skip button.)
Note:
To print images on more than one color printer, print a calibration
chart on each printer you’ll use. If you plan to print the image on a
service bureau’s color printer, have them print the calibration chart
on their printer so you can create a calibration profile for it.
Tip:
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When you label the printed charts to help you identify which
printer produced them, don’t write on the chart itself. Write on
the back of the page.
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If you plan to print your image on a printing press that requires
a four-color separation, you’ll need to ask your service bureau or
printer to create a color sample using your calibration chart. You
can then use that color sample to create a calibration profile.
Calibrating Your System 2-5
4. You see a message box. Click OK when the chart is printed.
5. Place the printed calibration chart on your scanner, as shown
by the illustration on the screen.
Align the guide mark on the upper left corner of the chart
with the triangular origin mark on your scanner’s document
table. Then close the scanner’s cover.
Note:
Make sure the calibration chart is not skewed on the bed of the
scanner; if it is, the scanner cannot scan the chart.
6. If you want to change the default filename and profile
description, enter your changes in the File Name and
Description fields.
Tip:
r
If you are creating more than one calibration profile (for instance,
if you have more than one color printer), make sure you assign
unique descriptions to each calibration profile so you can
distinguish between them.
2-6 Calibrating Your System
7. Click the Scan button. The scanner scans the chart and the
calibration utility sends the profile to EPSON TWAIN.
When calibration is finished, the message Calibration
profile completed appears on the screen.
8. Click OK to exit the calibration utility.
The profile data is saved with the filename you entered, and
the description is added to the Calibration list in EPSON
TWAIN’s Destination dialog box, described on page 3-12.
Scanning Using Calibration
If you are using one of the predefined printer calibration
profiles, such as one of the EPSON Stylus printer profiles, or you
have created a custom calibration profile for your printer, you
can now use that profile to scan and print your image.
Follow these steps to use a calibration profile when you scan:
1. Select your scanner. For example, choose Acquire from the
File menu within your application, and choose Select
TWAIN_32 Source (in Windows 95) or Select TWAIN
Source (in Windows 3.1). Then select EPSON Scanners (32
bit) in Windows 95, or EPSON Scanners in Windows 3.1.
Note:
You usually need to perform this step only once, when you use the
scanner with your software for the first time.
2. Next select EPSON TWAIN. For example, choose Acquire
from the File menu within your application; then choose
TWAIN_32 (in Windows 95) or TWAIN (in Windows 3.1).
3. You see either the easy or the advanced screen. If you see the
easy screen, click Advanced.
Calibrating Your System 2-7
4. Click Destination to display the Destination dialog box.
5. In the Destination Name field, select the name of your
output device. If you have one of the EPSON Stylus printers
listed on page 2-4, select the printer from the Destination
Name menu. The Calibration description is assigned
automatically. Go to step 8.
If you created a custom calibration profile for your printer,
type a unique name for the profile in the Destination Name
field. Go to step 6.
6. From the Calibration pull-down menu, select the profile
name you assigned when you created the profile.
7. Click Save.
8. Click OK. You see the EPSON TWAIN advanced screen.
You can now preview or scan your image using the calibration
profile for your color printer.
Tip:
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If the colors in your printed image do not closely match the
original, recalibrate your monitor and your printer and try again.
2-8 Calibrating Your System
Chapter 3
Capturing Images From Within Applications
When you scan an image from within an application using
EPSON TWAIN, you follow these basic steps:
1. Turn on your scanner.
2. Access TWAIN from your application’s File menu.
3. Choose either the easy or advanced TWAIN screen.
4. Select the correct image type and destination settings.
5. Preview the image and select the scan area (advanced screen
only).
6. Scan the image.
7. Close TWAIN and edit the image in your application.
This chapter provides guidelines for performing each of these
basic steps.
If you don’t need to preview the image you are scanning and
want to specify only the document source (if available), image
type, and destination, you can use the easy screen; see page 3-4.
To set the image resolution, size, or scale, preview the image,
select a calibration profile, or add, delete, or modify an image or
destination before you scan, you must use the advanced screen;
see page 3-7. (To use the special effects features in the advanced
screen, see Chapter 4.)
Capturing Images From Within Applications 3-1
Note:
If your application does not support TWAIN, you can use EPSON
Scan! II to scan an image and export it in a format your image editing
software can use. See Chapter 5 for more information.
Accessing EPSON TWAIN
Follow these steps to access EPSON TWAIN from within your
application:
1. Turn on your scanner and place a document on the scanner’s
document table.
Note:
If you start the software before turning on your scanner, the software
may not be able to detect the scanner.
2. Select your scanner. For example, choose Acquire from the
File menu within your application, and choose Select
TWAIN_32 Source (in Windows 95) or Select TWAIN
Source (in Windows 3.1). Then select EPSON Scanners(32
bit) in Windows 95, or EPSON Scanners in Windows 3.1.
Note:
You usually need to perform this step only once, when you use the
scanner with your software for the first time.
3. Next select EPSON TWAIN. For example, choose Acquire
from the File menu within your application; then choose
TWAIN_32 (in Windows 95) or TWAIN (in Windows 3.1).
When TWAIN opens, you see either the easy or the
advanced screen, depending on which was opened last.
3-2 Capturing Images From Within Applications
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