Epson Expression 1680 User Manual

Color Graphics Scanner

User’s Guide

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WELCOME 1

About Your Scanner 1 Getting More Information 2

Warnings, Cautions, Notes, and Tips 2

Viewing Your Electronic User’s Guide 3

Chapter 1 HOW TO SCAN 5

Placing Your Original Document 5 Using EPSON Scan 6

Starting Your Scan and Choosing a Mode 7 Scanning With EPSON Scan in Home Mode 8 Scanning With EPSON Scan in Office Mode 10 Scanning With EPSON Scan in Professional Mode 12 Selecting the Scanning Area in the Preview Window 16

Scanning Tips 17

Selecting Resolution 17 Scaling (Resizing) Images 18 Scanning Color Images 18

Chapter 2 USING OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT 19

Transparency Unit 20

Unpacking the Transparency Unit 20 Removing the Shipping Screw 21 Installing the Transparency Unit 21 Using the Film Guides 23 Scanning Reflective Documents 27

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Automatic Document Feeder 28

Unpacking the Automatic Document Feeder 28 Installing the Automatic Document Feeder 29 Loading Paper in the Automatic Document Feeder 31 Fixing Paper Jams 32

IEEE 1394 FireWire Scanner Interface Card 33

Installing the Card in Your Scanner 33 Connecting the Scanner to Your Computer 34

Chapter 3 MAINTENANCE 35

Transporting the Scanner 35 Transporting the Transparency Unit 36 Cleaning the Scanner 37

Chapter 4 SOLVING PROBLEMS 39

Diagnosing Scanner Problems 40

Checking the Scanner’s Lights 40

Problems and Solutions 41

Scanner Problems 41 Software Problems 43

Quality Problems 44 Uninstalling and Reinstalling EPSON Scan 49 Where To Get Help 51

EPSON Technical Support 51

Software Technical Support 52

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Appendix A SPECIFICATIONS

Appendix B REQUIREMENTS AND NOTICES 57

System Requirements 57

Windows 57

Macintosh 58 Important Safety Instructions 58 Declaration of Conformity 59 FCC Compliance Statement 60 ENERGY STAR Compliance 61 Warranty 61

INDEX 63

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Welcome

The EPSON Expression® 1680 is a 48-bit color, professional scanner designed to meet the needs of graphic arts professionals and business graphics users. Using

EPSON’s ColorTrue amazingly accurate detail and color. Your scanner can achieve up to 1600 × 3200 dpi hardware resolution with EPSON’s proprietary Micro Step Drive one of the fastest scanners in its class.

About Your Scanner

Your EPSON Expression 1680 scanner comes with these features:

■ Superior image quality with remarkable 1600 × 3200 dpi hardware resolution

■ 48-bit color and 3.6 Dmax optical density

II Imaging System, the scanner reproduces images with

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technology, and is

■ Easy-to-use scanner software with three scanning modes offering progressive levels

of control over the scanned image

■ Optional transparency unit, automatic document feeder, and IEEE 1394

FireWire

Note: The transparency unit comes with the Professional and Professional FireWire models of the Expression 1680. The IEEE 1394 FireWire scanner interface card is preinstalled on the Professional FireWire model.

scanner interface card

Getting More Information

There are several ways to learn more about your EPSON Expression 1680 scanner. In addition to the printed materials, help utilities and electronic manuals are available. Here’s where to look for help:

■ EPSON Expression 1680 User’s Guide

Provides instructions on using EPSON Scan, including maintenance information and troubleshooting tips. You installed an HTML version of this manual on your computer when you installed the scanner software. See page 3 for instructions on viewing the on-screen manual.

■ On-Screen Help

For more information about your EPSON Scan software, click the Help button. If you have the Professional or Professional FireWire model, most of the applications that come with your scanner include on-screen help.

■ Electronic Documents

For Professional or Professional FireWire models, LaserSoft Imaging™ SilverFast,® Adobe® Photoshop Elements,® and MonacoEZcolor® include electronic manuals in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

If none of these sources answers your questions, please see “Where To Get Help” on page 51.

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.

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Viewing Your Electronic User’s Guide

An electronic version of this EPSON Expression 1680 User’s Guide was installed on your computer when you installed the scanner software. You must have a web browser (Netscape Navigator® or Microsoft® Internet Explorer, versions 3.0 or later) to view it.

To open the manual, double-click the Exp1680 User’s Guide shortcut icon on your desktop.

Your browser opens and you see this window:

Click a page icon to view its topic

Click on one of the page icons on the left side of the screen to move to that topic in the manual.

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Chapter 1

How To Scan

This chapter gives you step-by-step instructions for scanning with EPSON Scan. Follow the instructions here for:

■ Placing your document on the scanner’s document table

■ Starting EPSON Scan

■ Scanning with each of the three scanning modes

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

■ Selecting resolution, resizing images, and scanning color images

Placing Your Original Document

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

If you’re scanning film or slides, see “Using the Film Guides” on page 23 for instructions on placing your transparencies (you must have the transparency unit installed). If you’re scanning a multi-page document using the optional automatic document feeder, see “Loading Paper in the Automatic Document Feeder” on page 31.

Note: If you have a Professional or Professional FireWire model of the EPSON Expression 1680, the transparency unit came with your scanner. Or you can order the transparency unit and automatic document feeder from EPSON. See page 19 for ordering information.

1. Raise the scanner cover and place your document face down on the document table. Align it with the scales along the upper right corner of the document table.

2. Close the document cover slowly. Be careful not to move the document.

Tip: If the edges of your document don’t scan properly, move it in one-quarter inch from the edges of the document table.

You can 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 reattach the cover, line the rods up with the positioning holes and lower the cover into place.

Using EPSON Scan

EPSON Scan provides three scanning modes to give you progressive levels of control over your scanned image:

■ Home Mode: Makes scanning quick and easy. It includes a simple interface,

automatic image adjustments, and preset configurations for various types of scans.

■ Office Mode: Includes a basic interface with practical scan settings designed for

documents. Choose either this mode or Professional Mode to scan multi-page documents on the optional automatic document feeder (see page 28). You cannot use this mode to scan film or slides, and it is not recommended for photos.

■ Professional Mode: Lets you manually configure advanced image settings,

including the histogram setting, tone, color depth, balance, saturation, brightness, and contrast.

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Starting Your Scan and Choosing a Mode

You can use the import or acquire function of a TWAIN-compliant application such as Adobe® Photoshop® to scan images directly into your application. Or you can scan to your hard drive by starting EPSON Scan from the Windows® Start menu, or the Macintosh® Apple® menu or Applications folder. You would then open the file in another application to print it or modify it for the screen or World Wide Web.

Follow these steps to start EPSON Scan and choose a scanning mode:

1. Choose the Import (or Acquire) option in your application and choose EPSON

Expression 1680

■ In Windows, click Start > Programs or All Programs > EPSON Scan >

EPSON Scan

■ In Mac OS X, double-click the EPSON Scan icon in your Applications

folder.

■ In Mac OS 8.6 to 9.x, click EPSON Scan in the Apple menu.

Note: If you have multiple scanners installed, you are prompted to choose your scanner. Click EPSON Expression 1680 and click

2. Choose a mode from the Mode list at the top of the EPSON Scan dialog box.

, or open EPSON Scan as follows:

OK.

If you choose Home Mode, a preview scan opens automatically. (This is the default. If you don’t want an automatic preview, deselect Auto Preview on the EPSON Scan dialog box.)

3. Continue with the instructions for your mode:

■ “Scanning With EPSON Scan in Home Mode” on page 8

■ “Scanning With EPSON Scan in Office Mode” on page 10

■ “Scanning With EPSON Scan in Professional Mode” on page 12

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Scanning With EPSON Scan in Home Mode

1. Start EPSON Scan and choose Home Mode from the Mode menu (see page 7). You see this dialog box:

Select Home Mode

2. If you don’t see an automatic preview of your scan, click Preview.

3. Click the Auto Detect button in the preview window to automatically select your entire photo or document, or click and drag to create a scanning selection area (marquee). For more information on using marquees, see page 16.

Note: If the scanned image in the preview window has a blue box around it, you’re previewing in thumbnail mode and won’t be able to create a marquee. Click the arrow beside the Preview button in the EPSON Scan dialog box and select Normal from the pull-down menu. Then click the Preview button to preview in normal mode.

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4. Choose a Document Type from the list.

Note: If you’re scanning film, choose Color Negative Film, B&W Negative Film, or Positive Film. If you’re scanning slides, choose

Positive Film.

5. Choose an Image Type:

■ Color for color photos or documents with color

■ Grayscale for black-and-white photos or documents with grayscale images

■ Black&White for plain text documents

6. Choose a Destination setting:

■ Printer if you’re printing the image

■ Screen/Web if you will only view your image on the screen

■ Other if you’re shrinking or enlarging your image. Then choose the Target

Size for your final scanned image.

7. Select a Target Size if you want to specify any size other than that of the original document.

8. Adjust the Brightness and Contrast settings, if necessary.

9. If you’re scanning printed materials, select Descreening Filter to reduce the moiré patterns in the image.

10. Click Scan.

■ If you’re scanning from an application, the image opens in your application

window. Click

■ If you’re scanning to your hard drive, you

Close to close the EPSON Scan window.

see a File Save Settings window. Type a name for your file in the Prefix field, then choose an image type and click OK. (For more details, see the EPSON Scan on-screen Help.)

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Scanning With EPSON Scan in Office Mode

1. Start EPSON Scan and choose Office Mode from the Mode menu (see page 7). You see this dialog box:

Select Office Mode

2. Click Preview to see a preview of your scan.

3. Click the Auto Detect button in the preview window to automatically select your entire document, or click and drag in the preview window to create a scanning selection area (marquee). For more information on using marquees, see page 16.

4. Choose an Image Type:

■ Color for documents with color

■ Grayscale for documents with grayscale images

■ Black&White for plain text documents

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5. Choose the Document Source:

■ Document Table for documents placed on the scanner’s document table (See

page 5.)

■ ADF for documents loaded in the optional automatic document feeder (You

must have the automatic document feeder installed to see this option; see page 28.)

■ Auto Detect to allow the scanner to automatically detect whether your

document is on the document table or loaded in the automatic document feeder (You must have the automatic document feeder installed to see this option; see page 28.)

6. Select the Size of your document, or select Auto Detect in the Size list to let the scanner automatically detect the document size.

Note: The Orientation option is not functional for the Expression 1680.

7. Make any of these adjustments, as necessary:

■ Select a resolution

■ Adjust the Brightness and Contrast settings for your image

■ If you’re scanning printed materials, select Descreening Filter to reduce the

moiré patterns in the image

■ To sharpen the image, select Unsharp Mask Filter

8. Click Scan.

■ If you’re scanning from an application,

the image opens in your application window. Click

Close to close the EPSON

Scan window.

■ If you’re scanning to your hard drive, you

see a File Save Settings window. Type a name for your file in the Prefix field, then choose an image type. (For more details, see the EPSON Scan on-screen Help.)

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Scanning With EPSON Scan in Professional Mode

1. Start EPSON Scan and choose Professional Mode from the Mode menu (see page 7). You see this dialog box:

Select Professional Mode

2. Click Preview to see a preview of your scan.

4. Choose the Document Type:

■ Reflective for a photo or printed document

■ Transparency for film or slides (You must have the transparency unit

installed to see this option; see page 20.) If you choose this option, go to step 6.

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Note: The Document Type you select determines which options appear in the EPSON Scan dialog box.

5. If you chose Reflective as the Document Type, do the following:

■ Choose the Document Source: Document Table, or ADF for documents

loaded in the optional automatic document feeder (see page 28).

■ Choose the Auto Exposure Type: Photo to optimize exposure for photos, or

Document to optimize exposure for printed material.

6. If you chose Transparency as the Document Type, choose the Film Type:

Positive Film (for slides and some film), Color Negative Film, or B&W Negative Film

7. Either click Scan to complete your scan, or continue with the instructions in the next section to fine-tune it.

Using Professional Mode To Customize Your Scan

1. Choose a color depth setting from the Image Type menu:

■ 48-bit Color ■ 16-bit Grayscale

■ 24-bit Color ■ 8-bit Grayscale

■ Color Smoothing ■ Halftone

■ Black & White

Note: If you choose 48-bit Color, make sure your application supports 48-bit image files.

Click to see more options, then choose Best or Draft for the Scanning Quality setting.

2. Choose a resolution setting (

50 to 12800 dpi).

3. If you want to specify a Target Size for your scanned image other than the original size, select a size from the pull-down menu. You can also click 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 your specified size. If it is Off, your image is sized to fit you specified size as closely as possible.

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4. Use the Adjustment settings to modify your image as necessary. (You may have to use the scroll bar to see these options.)

Auto Adjust – Click this button to let the software detect and analyze the image with the document settings you’ve specified to determine the optimum settings for your scan.

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.

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

For any of the setting windows above, you can click Reset to go back to the default settings for your image. See the EPSON Scan on-screen help for more information about the Adjustment options.

5. If you want to sharpen the image, select the Unsharp Mask Filter option. Click to see more options, then choose a Level to reduce or increase the effect.

6. Select the Descreening Filter option to reduce the moiré patterns in the image.

To specify the source image you are scanning, click to see more options, then choose the closest option to your source document in the Screen Ruling menu. (You may have to use the scroll bar to see this menu.)

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7. Click Scan.

■ If you’re scanning from an application,

the image opens in your application window. Click Close to close the EPSON Scan window.

■ If you’re scanning to your hard drive,

you see a File Save Settings window. Type a name for your file in the Prefix field, then choose an image type. (For more details, see the EPSON Scan on-screen Help.)

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Selecting the Scanning Area in the Preview Window

The preview window lets you select the area of your image that you want to scan with a marquee (a frame that you draw around the previewed image). You can create up to 50 marquees at one time. The currently selected marquee has a moving, dotted line. EPSON Scan adjusts the image quality settings to optimize each selected area.

Duplicate button

Delete button

Auto Detect button

Number of marquees

Focus - click to change the scanner’s focus setting

Densitometer - click to view a pixel-level preview of the image

■ To automatically create a marquee around the entire image (and cut out the

document table area) click the Auto Detect button.

■ To select the area to scan, click and drag in the preview window. A marquee

appears around the selection.

■ To move the marquee, move the cursor to its center. When the cursor turns to a

hand symbol, click and drag the marquee to a new position.

■ To resize the marquee, move the cursor to an edge or corner of the dotted line.

When the cursor turns into an arrow symbol, click and drag to resize the selection area.

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Currently selected marquee

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