Epson ES-1000C MAC Getting Started Guide

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Introduction

This package contains everything you need for professional quality color scanning:

An EPSON® ES-1000C™ color scanner, which scans in full color (30 bit) and monochrome grayscale (8 bit)

A SCSI system cable

AdobeTMPhotoshop™ 3.0, a powerful image-editing program that lets you merge and edit color images, retouch photographs, and create new artwork

Xerox® Imaging Systems TextBridge,TM an optical character recognition (OCR) program that scans hard copy text and converts it into a digital text image which you can edit and form at

ScanTastic,™ software plug-in for scanning images into

Photoshop.

This booklet tells you how to set up your scanner, install the software, and scan an image. If you need more detailed information after you begin scanning, you can consult the individual manuals for the ES-1000C Scanner, Adobe Photoshop, TextBridge, and ScanTastic.

System and Memory Requirements

For the scanner and your software to work properly, your system must include the following minimum configuration:

Apple® Macintosh® or Power Macintosh™ computer with a

68030 or 68040 processor

Apple system software 7.0 or higher

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8MB of system RAM; 4MB of application RAM

At least 100MB of hard disk space for scanner applications and images, depending on the size of the images

A color monitor (one with a 24-bit video card is recommended).

Setting Up the Scanner

Follow these steps to set up the scanner:

Take the scanner out of its box and place it on a flat, stable surface with the rear panel facing you.

Remove the tape securing the scanner cover and pull out

the paper underneath the cover.

Locate the round knob in the middle of the rear panel.

Turn the knob counterclockwise. If necessary, use a coin to

4. loosen it. The knob has a built-in spring, so it pops out a little when released. You cannot remove the knob.

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Connect one end of the power cable to the power inlet on

5. the rear of the scanner and the other end into an appropriately grounded electrical outlet as shown below.

If the scanner comes on when you plug it in, turn it off by pressing the OPERATE button.

Caution:

Whenever you turn off the scanner, wait at least 10 seconds before turning it back on. Rapidly turning it on and off cam damage the scanner.

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