Epson EXPRESSION 10000XL User Guide

Color Graphics Scanner

User’s Guide

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WELCOME 7

About Your Scanner 7 Getting More Information 8

Warnings, Cautions, Notes, and Tips 8

Viewing Your Electronic Reference Guide 9

Chapter 1 SCANNING BASICS 11

Placing Your Original Document 11 Using EPSON Scan 12

Scanning Your Image 13

Using the Preview Screen 15 Scanning a Photo With Adobe Photoshop Elements 19 Creating Editable Text With ABBYY FineReader 5 Sprint 21 Using Professional Mode to Customize Your Scans 23 Scanning to a File With EPSON Scan 27

Chapter 2 GETTING THE MOST

FROM YOUR SCANNER

Scanning Tips 29

Selecting a Suitable Resolution 30

Getting Color Accuracy 31

Enhancing Image Quality 33

Using Color Restoration 33 Using Unsharp Mask 34 Using Descreening 35 Using Backlight Correction 36 Using Dust Removal 37 Using Grain Reduction 38

Batch Scanning Photos and Film 39

Placing Your Photos 39 Previewing Your Images in Thumbnail Mode 40

Scanning With the a Start Button 42

Windows Vista or XP 42 Windows 2000 44

Chapter 3 USING OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT 45

Transparency Unit 46

Automatic Document Feeder 55

Network Image Express Interface Card 63

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Unpacking the Transparency Unit 46 Installing the Transparency Unit 47 Using the Transparency Unit 48

Unpacking the Automatic Document Feeder 55 Installing the Automatic Document Feeder 56 Loading Pages in the Automatic Document Feeder 58 Scanning Your Document 60 Clearing Paper Jams 61

Setting Up Client Computers 63 Installing the Card in Your Scanner 63 Connecting the Scanner to Your Network 64 Setting Up EPSON Scan 65

Chapter 4 MAINTENANCE

Transporting the Scanner 67 Cleaning the Scanner 68

Chapter 5 SOLVING PROBLEMS 69

Checking the Status Lights 70 Problems and Solutions 71

Scanner Problems 71

Software Problems 73

Quality Problems 74 Uninstalling Your Scanner Software 77 Where To Get Help 79

Epson Technical Support 79

Software Technical Support 80

Appendix A SPECIFICATIONS 81

Appendix B REQUIREMENTS AND NOTICES 85

System Requirements 85

Windows 85

Macintosh 86 Important Safety Instructions 86 Declaration of Conformity 87 FCC Compliance Statement 88 Energy Star Compliance 89 Warranty 89

INDEX 91

Contents 5

6 Contents

Welcome

The Epson Expression® 10000XL is a 48-bit color, professional scanner designed to meet the needs of graphic arts professionals and business graphics users. With Epson’s

ColorTrue detail and color. Achieving up to 2400 × 4800 dpi hardware resolution with Epson’s proprietary Micro Step Drive the fastest scanners in its class.

About Your Scanner

Your Epson® scanner comes with these features:

■ Superior image quality with remarkable 2400 × 4800 dpi hardware resolution

■ 48-bit color and 3.8 Dmax optical density for improved highlight and shadow

detail on slides, negatives, and transparencies

II Imaging System, the scanner reproduces images of amazingly accurate

™

technology, the Epson Expression 10000XL is one of

■ Easy-to-use scanner software with three modes tailored to different scanning

needs (Home, Office, and Professional)

■ Optional transparency unit (included with the Expression 10000XL Photo) and

optional automatic document feeder that let you quickly scan slides, transparencies, and paper documents

■ Built-in USB 2.0 and IEEE 1394 (FireWire

) ports, and optional Network Image

Express interface card

Getting More Information

There are several ways to learn more about your Epson Expression 10000XL scanner. In addition to the printed materials, help utilities and electronic manuals are available. Here’s where to look for help:

■ Start Here sheet

The Start Here sheet tells you how to set up your scanner and install its software. It also tells you about some of your scanner’s special features.

■ User’s Guide

This User’s Guide provides instructions on using EPSON Scan, along with scanner maintenance information and troubleshooting tips.

■ Electronic Reference Guide

An electronic Reference Guide is included on your Scanner Software CD-ROM. This guide provides additional details on using your scanner. See the Start Here sheet for instructions on how to install it, if you haven’t done so already. See page 9 for instructions on viewing it.

■ On-screen help

For more information about your EPSON Scan software, click the Help button. The applications that come with your scanner also include on-screen help.

■ Additional manuals

Adobe® Photoshop® Elements, ABBYY® FineReader® Sprint, Monaco Systems® MonacoEZcolor,® and LaserSoft Imaging™ SilverFast® (Photo version of the scanner only) include electronic manuals in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

If you need further assistance, see “Where To Get Help” on page 79.

Warnings, Cautions, Notes, and Tips

Please follow these guidelines as you read this manual:

Warning: Warnings must be followed carefully to avoid bodily injury.

Caution: Cautions must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment.

Note: Notes contain important information about your scanner.

Tip: Tips contain additional hints for great scanning.

8 Welcome

Viewing Your Electronic Reference Guide

To view the electronic Reference Guide, you must have a web browser such as

Netscape Navigator

Safari 1.0 or later. If you haven’t already installed the guide on your computer, see the Start Here sheet for instructions.

or Microsoft® Internet Explorer, versions 4.0 or later, or Apple®

To open the guide, double-click the

Expression 10000XL Reference Guide icon

on your desktop.

Your browser opens and you see this window:

Click an icon

to view

subtopics

Then click

a subtopic to

go to its page

Click one of the icons on the left side of the screen to view a list of subtopics, then click a subtopic to view that section of the manual.

Welcome 9

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Chapter 1

Scanning Basics

This chapter gives you step-by-step instructions for using EPSON Scan, the scanning software that comes with your Epson Expression 10000XL. You can find out about:

■ Placing your document on the scanner’s document table

■ Launching EPSON Scan and scanning a document

■ Using the preview screen to select the area of your image you want to scan

■ Using special features in Home, Office, and Professional Mode

■ Scanning directly to a file from EPSON Scan

Placing Your Original Document

This section explains how to position a photo or single-page document for scanning.

Note: To place multiple photos for scanning, see page 39. To scan multi-page documents using the automatic document feeder, see page 55. To scan transparencies or film using the transparency unit, see page 46.

1. Raise the scanner cover and place your document face-down on the document

table. Place it in the upper-left corner, aligning it with the edges of the glass.

2. Close the document cover, being careful not to move the document.

Tip: If the edges of your document don’t scan properly, move it in about 1/16 of an inch (1.5 mm) from the edges of the glass.

You can raise or remove the document cover if you need to scan a thick item— such as a photo in an album—that doesn’t fit under the cover. Simply lift the back of the cover straight up. When you reinsert the cover, line up the hinge pins with the positioning holes and lower the cover into place.

Using EPSON Scan

EPSON Scan provides three scanning modes:

■ Home Mode: Makes scanning quick and easy, and provides excellent results

for all types of documents. Use for scanning photos, text, and line art, when advanced control over image quality settings is not required.

Home Mode automatically applies exposure and color balance settings to your images, and you can manually adjust the brightness and contrast if necessary. You can also apply various adjustments, such as Color Restoration (see page 33) and Backlight Correction (see page 36).

■ Office Mode: Ideal for scanning business documents containing text and

graphics. Use for scanning contracts, invoices, and newsletters, with or without color. Also great for scanning multi-page documents with the optional automatic document feeder (see page 55), or when scanning documents for OCR (optical character recognition) to create editable text.

Note: You cannot scan film in Office Mode, and it is not recommended for scanning photos.

Professional Mode: Gives you the greatest control over image color and quality.

■

Automatically applies exposure and color balance settings to your images—or lets you manually adjust any setting, including the histogram setting, tone, color depth, balance, saturation, brightness, and contrast.

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If you have faded photos, you can restore their color using Color Restoration. You can also use these additional adjustments and choose how strongly they’re applied: Unsharp Mask, Backlight Correction, Descreening, Dust Removal, and (when scanning film with the optional transparency unit) Grain Reduction. See page 33 for details.

Scanning Your Image

You can open EPSON Scan from any TWAIN-compliant imaging application, such as Adobe Photoshop Elements, and then scan images into your application, as described below.

Note: The examples in this chapter assume that you’re using EPSON Scan with an imaging application. You can also use EPSON Scan in “standalone” mode to scan images directly to a file on your computer’s hard drive (see page 27).

First, place your document on the scanner as described on page 11. Then follow these steps to start EPSON Scan and scan an image:

1. Turn on the scanner, and wait about 30 seconds for it to initialize. The green

Ready light stops flashing and stays on.

2. Open your imaging application, then choose the Import (or Acquire) option in

the application and select Epson Expression 10000XL.

Note: If you are using Microsoft Windows® Vista™ or XP and choose WIA-EPSON Expression 10000XL, certain features won’t be available.

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The EPSON Scan dialog box opens.

3. Choose a mode from the Mode list at the top of the EPSON Scan screen. (See page 12 for a description of the modes.)

4. Adjust any settings in EPSON Scan, as needed. For example, if you’re using Home Mode, select the Document

Type

, Image Type, and Destination settings that are appropriate for your image and how you want to use it.

Choose a mode

5. Click the

Preview button to see a

preview of your scan.

Note: The Thumbnail preview screen is shown at right. Depending on your selected mode, you may see the Full-size preview screen instead. See page 15 to switch between the Thumbnail and Full-size preview screens.

6. Click and drag within the preview image to select the area you want to scan. See page 16 for details on selecting the scan area.

Note: Image quality adjustments will be automatically applied to the selected area, unless you’ve turned off the Continuous auto exposure setting (see page 32). For best results, avoid including borders with the selected area.

7. If you’re previewing your image as a thumbnail (as shown above), you can click the button to rotate the image, if needed. You can also click the button to mirror the image.

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8. Click Scan.

9. When scanning completes, click Close to exit EPSON Scan and view the scanned image in your imaging application.

Now you can use your imaging application to further modify the image, save it to your hard drive, or print it.

Using the Preview Screen

The preview screen lets you select the area of your image you want to scan. You do this by drawing a box (or marquee) around the previewed image. It also lets you make adjustments to your image before scanning.

There are two ways to preview images:

■ In the Thumbnail preview screen, EPSON Scan automatically locates and crops

the image you’ve placed on the scanner, and corrects the angle of the image if it’s tilted.

■ In the Full-size preview screen, you see the full scanned area (your image plus any

white space that’s unoccupied on the scanner glass). You can manually select the portion of the image you want to scan, and make any other desired adjustments.

To select the Thumbnail preview, click the checkbox below the Preview button.

Note: With some modes and settings, this checkbox is grayed-out and you cannot select the Thumbnail option. Your images will open in the Full-size preview screen.

When previewing images as thumbnails, EPSON Scan may cut off part of your image if its edges are quite light. In that case, either click the Configuration button on EPSON Scan’s main screen and increase the size of the thumbnail cropping area, or preview your image using the Full-size preview screen instead.

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Selecting the Scanning Area

There are three ways to select the scanning area:

■ Manually

To select the area you want to scan, click and drag inside the preview image to draw a marquee. The selected area is surrounded by a dotted line.

■ Auto-detect (Full-size preview screen only)

To automatically create a marquee around your image and crop out the document table area, click the Auto locate button. If you open your image in the Thumbnail preview screen, the document table area is already cropped out, but you may still need to apply a marquee to remove any borders.

■ By target size

If you know how you plan to use the final image (for example, if you’re printing it as a 4 × 6 photo or digitally projecting it), you can create a marquee with exactly the right proportions. On EPSON Scan’s main screen, select a Target Size (under the Destination settings), then click the icon to choose either portrait or landscape orientation. Move and resize the marquee as needed.

Once you select the scanning area, image quality adjustments are automatically applied within the marquee (unless you’ve turned off Continuous auto exposure; see page 32). For best results, do not include borders when selecting the image area.

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Moving and Resizing Marquees

Once you’ve created a marquee, you can move and resize it if necessary.

■ To move the marquee, place the cursor within its borders.

When the cursor turns to a hand symbol, click and drag the marquee to a new position. Hold down the Shift key to limit movement to the horizontal or vertical directions.

■ To resize the marquee, place the cursor on its edge or

corner. When the cursor turns into an arrow symbol, click and drag to resize the selection area. Hold down the Shift key to resize the marquee proportionally.

If you’re viewing your image on the Thumbnail preview screen and it appears sideways or upside down, click the button to rotate the image upright. Click the button to create a mirror image.

Applying Image Adjustments

After positioning the marquee where you want it, you can make additional image quality adjustments. The adjustments apply only to the selected area.

See page 25 for more information about applying basic exposure and color adjustments. You can also restore color, correct backlighting, or apply special adjustments to enhance your images, as described on page 33.

On the Full-size preview screen, you can check the results of your adjustments more closely by clicking the Zoom button. Or (on both preview screens) you can use the Densitometer to inspect the image on a pixel-by-pixel basis. Click the

Densitometer button, then hold your mouse pointer over the image to view

color components on the Densitometer screen. For details, click the

Help button.

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Working With Multiple Marquees

In the Normal preview screen (shown below), you can draw up to 50 marquees. This lets you select more than one part of the image for scanning (the area within each marquee is scanned as a separate image, even if you have overlapping marquees). You can make independent image quality adjustments for each selected area.

Zoom

Copy

Erase

marquee

Auto-detect

Number of

marquees

Select all

Inactive marquee

■ To apply the same image quality adjustments to all selected areas at once, click the

Currently selected marquee

All button, then make any desired adjustments.

■ Use the Copy and Erase buttons to add or remove marquees as needed.

■ When you’re ready to scan, click the All button to select all the marquees for

scanning; otherwise, only the currently selected marquee is scanned.

Note: For instructions on placing multiple photos on the scanner and previewing them, see page 39.

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Scanning a Photo With Adobe Photoshop Elements

Adobe Photoshop Elements (included with your scanner) provides a variety of powerful tools for image editing, along with recipes and step-by-step instructions. Follow the example below to scan a photo in Home Mode with Photoshop Elements.

Note: This example shows you how to scan one photo at a time. You can also place several photos on the scanner and scan them; see page 39.

1. Place your photo on the scanner as described on page 11.

2. Double-click the Photoshop Elements icon on your desktop (Windows) or in your Applications folder (Macintosh®).

3. If you see the Welcome Screen, select Start From Scratch.

4. Open the File menu and select Import, then select EPSON Expression

10000XL

Note: If you are using Windows Vista or XP and choose WIA-EPSON Expression 10000XL, certain features won’t be available.

You see the EPSON Scan dialog box:

5. Select Home Mode from the selection box at the top of the screen.

6. In the Document Type list, choose

Photo.

7. Choose an Image Type:

■ Color for color photos

■ Grayscale for black-and-white

photos

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8. Choose a Destination setting:

■ Printer if you’re printing the image

■ Screen/Web if you’re viewing your image only on the screen

■ Other if you want to specify a resolution (see page 30)

9. Click the Preview button. Your image is scanned and appears in the preview screen.

10. Click and drag within the preview image to select the area you want to scan (see page 16) and to have image quality adjustments automatically applied to this area. For best results, avoid selecting any borders in your image.

11. If necessary, click the button to rotate the image upright. Click the button to create a mirror image.

12. If necessary, apply any of these adjustment settings:

■ Brightness and Contrast

■ Descreening (see page 35)

■ Color Restoration (see page 33)

■ Backlight Correction (see page 36)

■ Dust Removal (see page 37)

13. Click Scan.

14. When scanning completes, click Close to exit EPSON Scan and view the scanned image in Photoshop Elements.

You can use Photoshop Elements to further modify the image, save it to your hard drive, and print. For more information about using Photoshop Elements, click the

Help menu at the top of the screen.

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Creating Editable Text With ABBYY FineReader Sprint

The ABBYY FineReader Sprint software included with your scanner lets you turn almost any printed document into editable text. You can scan a single page of text— or, if you have the optional automatic document feeder, you can scan a multi-page document and save the text for editing.

Note: You can easily scan a multi-page document and save it as a pdf file. See page 60 for more information.

Follow the example below to scan a document in Office Mode with ABBYY FineReader Sprint.

1. Place your document(s) on the scanner.

■ For a single sheet, see page 11.

■ If you’re using the optional ADF to scan multiple sheets, see page 58.

2. Start ABBYY FineReader Sprint.

■ Windows: Click Start or , select Programs or All Programs, then select

the ABBYY FineReader Sprint program icon.

■ Macintosh: Open your Applications folder, open the ABBYY FineReader

folder, and then click the ABBYY FineReader Sprint program icon.

The ABBYY FineReader program opens.

3. Click the as shown below and select

If you’re scanning multiple sheets,

Scan&Read button. If you’re scanning multiple sheets, click the arrow

Scan&Read Multiple Images.

click here

Then select this option

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You see the EPSON Scan dialog box:

Select Office Mode

4. Choose Office Mode from the Mode list at the top of the EPSON Scan screen.

5. Choose Black&White as the Image Type setting.

6. For the Document Source, select Document Table if you’re scanning a single sheet. If you’re using the automatic document feeder, select ADF - Single-sided or ADF - Double-sided as appropriate for your document.

7. Select Auto Detect as the Size setting, if that option is available, or select the actual size of your document.

Note: For best results, click the Preview button and then draw a marquee around the edges of the text to eliminate borders on the page. If you’re scanning multiple pages with the automatic document feeder, you’ll have to reload the first page before scanning.

8. Make sure the Orientation setting matches the orientation of your document on the scanner.

9. Select 300 dpi as the Resolution.

10. Click the

Scan button.

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11. When your document finishes scanning, close EPSON Scan to view it in ABBYY FineReader.

Note: If you have trouble accurately converting your document, click the Preview button before scanning and adjust the Threshold slider so that the image appears neither too light nor too dark.

12. Click the Save button. Choose a location, file name, and one of the following text file types:

■ rtf: for editing in Microsoft Word

■ txt: for an unformatted text file that you can open in many different programs

Note: You can also click the arrow next to the Save button to send the text to Microsoft Word or Excel. the Help menu at the top of the screen.

For more information about ABBYY FineReader, open

and other applications

After saving your scanned document as a text file, you can use your word processing program to modify the text as needed, e-mail it, incorporate it into a report, or print it.

Using Professional Mode to Customize Your Scans

Follow the example below to scan a photo or printed document using Professional Mode.

Note: This example shows you how to scan one image at a time. You can also place several images on the scanner and scan them; see page 39. To scan slides and film, see page 48.

1. Place your photo or document on the scanner (see page 11).

2. Open your imaging application, then choose the Import (or Acquire) option in the application and select

Note: If you are using Windows Vista or XP and choose WIA-EPSON Expression 10000XL, certain features won’t be available.

Epson Expression 10000XL.

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You see the EPSON Scan dialog box:

3. Select Professional Mode from the Mode list at the top of the screen.

Note: You may have to scroll down to see some of the settings referred to in the following steps.

4. Under the Original settings, choose the Auto Exposure Type: Photo to optimize exposure for photos, or Document to optimize exposure for printed material.

5. Under the Destination settings, choose a color depth from the Image Type menu:

■ 48-bit Color for the highest quality

color scans

Note: If you choose this option, make sure your application supports 48-bit image files (Photoshop Elements does not support 48-bit color). This option significantly increases your file size.

■

24-bit Color for high quality color

scans

■ Color Smoothing to reduce color variations in an image without lessening

its sharpness

■ 16-bit Grayscale for the highest quality scans of black-and-white photos or

images

Note: Make sure your application supports 16-bit grayscale.

8-bit Grayscale for high quality scans of black-and-white photos or images

■

■ Halftone if you want to create pre-press scans of grayscale images; click to

select an appropriate screening pattern for your print vendor

■ Black & White for text or line art

Click (Windows) or (Macintosh) to see more options, then choose Best or

Draft for the Scanning Quality.

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6. Choose a resolution setting (50 to 12800 dpi). See page 30 for guidelines.

7. Click the Thumbnail checkbox if you want to use the Thumbnail preview (see page 15). Then click Preview to see a preview of your scan.

8. Click and drag within the preview image, then select the area you want to scan. Or do one of the following:

■ If you’re using the Full-size preview screen, click the Auto locate button

in the preview window to automatically select your entire image.

■ If you know how you plan to use the final image (for example, if you’re

printing it as a 4 × 6 photo), you can create a marquee with exactly the right proportions. On the main screen, select a

Target Size (under the Destination

settings), then click the icon to choose either portrait or landscape orientation. Move and resize the marquee as needed.

You can also click (Windows) or

(Macintosh) to see more options, then type in the width and height, or scale the image with a percentage. If Trimming is set to On, your image is cropped to fit the target size. If it is Off, the proportions of your original image will not be changed.

Color and exposure adjustments are automatically applied to the marqueeselected area (unless you’ve turned off Continuous auto exposure; see page 32). For best results, make sure only the part of the image you want to scan is selected (do not include borders or white space around the image).

9. Use the following Adjustment settings on the main screen to modify your image as necessary.

Auto Adjust – If you’ve turned off

Continuous auto exposure (see

page 32), click this button to apply your color management settings and have the software determine the best exposure and color balance for your scan. (If Continuous auto exposure is turned on, clicking this button has no effect.)

Histogram Adjustment – Click this button to adjust the highlight, shadow, and gamma input levels.

Tone Correction – Click this button to choose a preset tone curve for specific effects or to change the tone curve manually.

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Image Adjustment – Click this button to adjust the color balance, saturation, brightness, and contrast settings.

Color Palette – Click this button to fine-tune the colors in your image.

For any of these settings, you can click Reset to go back to the default settings for your image. Click Help for more information about using these options.

10. To enhance the appearance of your image, select from the following options:

■ Select Unsharp Mask to sharpen the

image.

■ Select Descreening to reduce

or eliminate moiré patterns.

■ Select Color Restoration to restore

the color on a faded photograph.

■ Select Backlight Correction to

remove shadows on photos that have too much background light.

■ Select Dust Removal to remove unwanted specks of dust.

For more information on using these options, see pages 33 to 35.

11. Click Scan.

12. When scanning completes, click Close to exit EPSON Scan and view the scanned image in your imaging application.

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Scanning to a File With EPSON Scan

To speed up your workflow, you can use EPSON Scan in “standalone” mode to scan images directly to a file on your computer’s hard drive.

1. Start EPSON Scan:

■ Windows:

Double-click the EPSON Scan icon on your desktop.

Or select Start or , select Programs or All Programs, select EPSON

Scan

, then select the EPSON Scan icon.

■ Macintosh: Open the Applications folder, and then click EPSON Scan.

Note: If you have multiple scanners installed, you are prompted to choose your scanner. Click EPSON Expression 10000XL and click OK.

2. Choose a mode from the Mode list at the top of the EPSON Scan screen. See page 12 for a description of the modes.

3. Make appropriate settings for your mode. For examples of how to make settings, see these sections:

■ Home mode on page 19

■ Office mode on page 21

■ Professional mode on page 23

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4. Click Scan. You see this screen:

5. Select the location where you want to save your scanned image.

6. Type a name for your file in the Prefix field, then choose an image type and click OK.

Note: If you’re saving the file in JPEG format, be sure to select an appropriate compression ratio for your image. For details on file format settings, click the Help button.

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Chapter 2

Getting the Most From Your Scanner

This chapter gives you information about improving the quality of your scanned images and making your workflow more efficient. Find out about:

■ Selecting the best resolution for your image

■ Managing colors

■ Restoring color and enhancing images

■ Batch scanning of multiple images

■ Using the a Start button

Scanning Tips

Getting the best scan possible depends on several factors, including the quality of your original and the resolution you select. The better your original is, the better your scan will be. To get the best possible scan, keep the document table clean, and make sure the document is flat against the glass surface. You can make many corrections in your scanning software (EPSON Scan, or LaserSoft Imaging SilverFast if you have the Photo version of the scanner). For additional photo retouching, use an image editing program such as Adobe Photoshop Elements.

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