Epson Macintosh User Manual

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Introduction

System Requirements How to Use This Manual Warnings, Cautions, Tips, and Notes Where to Get Help

Electronic support Services

Chapter 1

Installing the Scanning Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Testing the Scanning Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Chapter 2

Calibrating Your Monitor to Your Scanner

Performing Screen Calibration

Enabling Screen Calibration

Calibrating Your Printer to Your Scanner

Exporting a Calibration Chart Creating Printer Calibration Profiles

Scanning Using Calibration

Chapter 3

Installing Your Software

Calibrating Your System

Capturing Images From Within Applications

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Accessing EPSON TWAIN Using the Easy Screen

Selecting the Document Source

Selecting the Image Type

Selecting the Destination

Using the Advanced Screen

Modifying an Image Type Modifying the Destination Previewing and Adjusting the Image

Scanning the Image

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Chapter 4

Using Special Effects

Modifying the TWAIN Configuration Using Image Controls Adjusting Gamma Correction Adjusting Colors

Setting the Gray Balance Changing Saturation

Using Color Filters Inverting an Image Using Automatic Features

Using Auto Exposure

Using Auto Locate

Chapter 5

Saving and Exporting Image 5

Saving a Scanned Image Exporting an Image

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Acquiring and Exporting an Image Exiting EPSONS can! II

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Troubleshooting

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Problems Using the EPSON Scanning Utilities

Problems With Image QuaIity

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Appendix

Icon Glossary

Index

Introduction

The EPSON® Scanning Utilities let you perform the following functions with your EPSON scanner:

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 Take advantage of the multipage scanning feature available

with scanners that have an automatic document feeder (ADF)

Take advantage of the text enhancement technology built into some EPSON scanners.

The EPSON Scanning Utilities are composed of two integrated main programs: EPSON Scan! II and EFSON TWAIN. EPSON Scan! II calibrates your scanner with your monitor and color printer to produce images in colors that closely 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. TWAIN has two screens: easy and advanced. You can access either screen from within any software that supports the TWAIN standard or from EPSON Scan! II to take advantage of your scanner’s features.

Introduction 1

Note:

As you use the EPSON Scanning Utilities, the top fine of the window identifies whether you are using EPSON Scan! II or EPSON TWAIN.

System Requirements

For the EPSON Scanning Utilities to work properly, your system must have at least the following configuration:

Apple® Macintosh® or Power Macintosh™ computer with a 68030 or 68040 processor

Apple system software 7.0 or higher At least 100MB of free hard disk space for scanner

applications and images, depending on the size of the images

8ME3 of system RAM; 4MB of application RAM Note:

8MB is the minimum amount of RAM; graphics applications run

faster and more efficiently with at least 12MB of RAM.

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

One of the following EPSON scanners: ES-300C, ES-600C, ES-800C, ES-1000C, ES-1200C, or the ActionScanner™ II.

Note:

Some these scanners.

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features

may not be available or are restricted for some

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. Basic information for scanning from within your application is included in Chapter 3, while Chapter 4 describes using the special effects features of your software. Chapter 5 tells you how to use EPSON Scan! II to export images. Troubleshooting tips are contained in Chapter 6 and default settings are listed in the Appendix.

This manual also includes two glossariesan icon glossary that describes how each icon works, and a term glossary that describes common scanning terms. The final section is an index.

Warnings, Cautions, Tips, and Notes

This manual displays important information as follows:

Warnings

must be followed carefully to avoid damage to your scanner

and computer.

Cautions

should be followed carefully to ensure your scanner operates correctly.

Tips

contain helpful ideas for using these utilities.

Notes

contain important information about these utilities.

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Where to Get Help

If you purchased your scanner in the United States or Canada, EPSON provides customer support and service through a network of Authorized EPSON Customer Care Centers. EPSON also provides the following services when you dial

(800)922-8911:

Technical information on the installation, configuration, and operation of EPSON products

Assistance in locating your nearest Authorized EPSON Reseller or Customer Care Center

Customer relations

EPSON

Product literature on current and new products.

You can purchase printed manuals, accessories, or parts for EPSON products from EPSON Accessories at (800) (U.S. sales only). In Canada, call (800) BUY-EPSON.

If you purchased your scanner outside the United States or Canada, contact your EPSON dealer or the marketing location nearest you for customer support and service.

If you need help with any software program you are using, see the documentation for that program for technical support information.

technical information library fax service

873-7766

Electronic Support services

If you have a modem, the fastest way to access helpful tips, specifications, drivers, application notes, DIP switch or jumper settings, and bulletins for EPSON products is through the online services below.

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EPSON Bulletin Board Service

You can call the EPSON Bulletin Board Service (BBS) at (310) 782-4531. No membership is required. Make sure your communications software is set to 8 data bits with 1 stop bit, no parity bit, and a modem speed up to 28.8 Kbps. See the documentation that came with your communications software for more information.

To download the latest TWAIN drivers from the BBS, use the Drivers library.

CompuServe online support

CompuServe® members can call the Epson America Forum

on CompuServe. If you are already a member, simply type GO

EPSON

If you are not currently a member, you are eligible for a free introductory membership as an owner of an EPSON product. This membership entitles you to:

An introductory credit on CompuServe Your own user ID and password

at the menu prompt to reach the Forum.

A complimentary subscription to CompuServe Magazine, CompuServe’s monthly publication.

To take advantage of this offer, call (800) 848-8199 in the United States and Canada and ask for representative #529. In other countries, call the following U.S. telephone number:

(614) 529-1611, or your local CompuServe access number.

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Chapter 1

Installing Your Software

EPSON Scanning Utilities come with installer software that makes them easy to install on your Macintosh.

Before you install the software, make sure that the SCSI interface cable is terminator are set correctly; see your scanner documentation for instructions. Then follow the instructions below to install your software.

Installing the Scanning Utilities

Follow these steps to install EPSON Scanning Utilities:

1.2.Turn on the scanner. Hold down the Shift key while turning on your Macintosh

to turn off any extensions. Insert the EPSON Scanning Utilities Disk 1 in a diskette drive.

connected

properly and the SCSI ID and

If necessary, double-click the

4. open the Disk

Double-click the

5. After a few moments, you see the initial setup screen. Click

to continue.

folder.

Installer

Disk 1

icon in the Disk 1 folder.

icon on the desktop to

Installing Your Software

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You see the Easy Install screen:

To install all the program components, click only one or two components, click

Customize;

Install.

then

To select

highlight the components on the next screen and click

Install.

The program begins copying files. Insert the diskettes as prompted.

When installation is complete, you see a success message.

Click Restart to

restart your Macintosh.

The program creates an EPSON Scan! II folder on your hard disk containing EPSON Scan! II and EPSON Scan! II Help icons. It also creates a TWAIN folder within Preferences in your System folder. TWAIN contains EPSON TWAIN, the EPSON TWAIN Settings, EPSON Calibration Profiles, and the Source Manager.

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1nstalling Your Software

Testing the Scanning Utilities

After you have installed the Scanning Utilities, test your scanner with the utilities to make sure everything works correctly. Follow these steps:

Raise the scanner’s cover and place an image face down on

the glass surface. Then carefully close the cover.

Double-click the

From the File menu, TWAIN easy screen:

EPSON Scan! II

select Acquire. You see the

icon.

EPSON

Click

Scan. After

a few moments, you see the image in the

EPSON Scan! II Untitled-l window. If you do not see it, repeat the steps you performed to set up

your scanner and install the scanning Utilities again.

5. ExitScan! II.

Note:

Before you can acquire an image from within your application the

first time, you need to select EPSON TWAIN as your TWAlN data

source. See your application documentation for

instructions.

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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 (RGB) 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

colorthe 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 resulting calibration profiles when you scan an

image.

Calibrating Your System

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Calibrating Your Monitor to Your Scanner

To calibrate your monitor to your scanner, you first need to perform a screen calibration using EPSON Scan! II and then enable screen calibration in TWAIN.

Performing Screen Calibration

Follow these steps to perform a screen calibration:

Select

Choose see this screen:

EPSON Scan!

Screen Calibration

II in the EPSON Scan! II folder.

from the Calibrate menu. You

4. Choose OK.

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Look at the display from a distance and adjust the slide bar

until the separate rows have the same basic color intensity.

Tip: If the rows don’t look the same after you adjust the slide bar, increase the number of colors your monitor displays,

if possible,

Macintosh documentation.

using the

Monitor

Control Panel; see your

Note:

If you use a different monitor or change your video resolution,

calibrate your screen again.

Enabling Screen Calibration

Once you calibrate your screen, you need to make sure screen

calibration is enabled (the default setting). Follow these steps:

Start EPSON Scan! II, if necessary.

From the File menu, choose You see the EPSON TWAIN screen.

Acquire

to start EPSON TWAIN.

If the screen is fairly it is the easy screen. advanced screen. If the screen is large and has a

Configuration

Click Configuration

Make sure the If it isn’t, select it to enable screen calibration.

5. Choose OK.

Close the EPSON TWAIN screen.

When screen calibration is enabled, TWAIN uses it as it scans images until you change this setting.

small

and has

Click Advanced

button, it is the advanced screen.

to open the Configuration dialog box.

EPSON Calibration

an Advanced

to switch to the

radio button is turned on.

button,

Calibrating Your printer to Your Scanner

If you are printing color images on a color printer, you must

choose a calibration profile for each of the printers you use.

Printer calibration profiles ensure that the colors in your

printed images closely match those in the original.

Calibrating Your System

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If you have one of these EPSON Stylus® ink jet printers, Scan! II provides printer calibration profiles for you so you do not have to create them:

EPSON Stylus COLOR EPSON Stylus COLOR II

EPSON Stylus Pro EPSON Stylus Pro XL

EPSON Stylus COLOR IIs For these printers you simply select the printer calibration

profile before you scan an image. See “Scanning Using Calibration” on page 2-8.

If you have a color printer that is not an EPSON Stylus, you must create a printer calibration profile using the instructions in this section.

To create a printer calibration profile, you must perform these operations:

Export a calibration chart from EPSON Scan! II to your application in a format your application can open and print

Scan the printed chart to create the printer calibration profile.

Exporting a Calibration Chart

Follow these steps:

Start EPSON Scan! II, if necessary.

Choose

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Export Calibration Chart

from the Calibrate menu.

System

You see the following screen:

From the

3. format your application software can open, such as

In the

4. for the calibration chart file, such as

Click Export to create the calibration chart in the EPSON

Export File Format

Export image as

pull-down menu, select a

PICT.

field, type the name you want to use

COLOR1.

Scan! II folder. Exit EPSON Scan! II.

6. Start your image editing application.

7. Open the calibration chart file you just created in the EPSON

8. Scan! II folder.

The calibration chart appears in the application window. It

9. contains nine blocks of color gradations, some grayscale gradations, and a black border on three sides.

Save the calibration chart file. You can use the same name you assigned when you exported the chart, or you can assign a new name.

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10. Print the calibration chart on your color printer.

11. Exit your image editing application.

Note:

To print images on more than one color printer, print the 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: when you label the printed charts

help you identify which

printer produced them, don’t write on the chart itself. Write on

the back of the page. Tip:

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.

You are now ready to scan the printed calibration chart to

create a printer calibration profile.

Creating Printer Calibration Profiles

Follow these steps to create a calibration profile for each color

printer you want

Start EPSON Scan! II, if necessary.

Place the printed calibration chart face down on the glass

surface of your scanner and close the cover.

Choose

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Calibrating Your System

use:

Create Calibration Profile

from the Calibrate menu.

You see the following screen:

In the

file you want to create,

Filename

field, type the filename of the calibration

such

Tip: If you

are

creating more than one calibration profile (for instance, if you have more than one color printer), make sure you assign a unique filename to each calibration profile so you can distinguish between them.

Click Continue. You see

screen.

(If

you see

the

easy screen,

as COLOR1 PRINTER.

the EPSON TWAIN advanced

click Advanced.)

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System

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If necessary, choose pull-down menu.

Choose Calibration

menu.

Click

Scan.

creates a calibration profile. You see the EPSON Scan! II program screen.

Note:

If a message appears indicating that the specified scan settings are

incorrect, you need to reset the Destination options to their

default settings. Click the

Destination dialog

Calibration setting,

Save the settings by clicking Always create calibration profiles using these

You can now use the calibration profile when you scan images,

as described in the next section.

The program scans the calibration chart and

Color

box; then select General for the

and

Photo

Profile from the Destination pull-down

Destination

180 for

Save;

from the Image Type

button to open the

both

the Resolution

then choose

Scan

default

again.

settings.

Scanning Using Calibration

If you are using one of the pre-defined 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 your image.

Follow these steps to use a calibration profile when you scan:

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Choose from the File menu of your application or EPSON Scan! II.

If you see a submenu, choose

TWAIN,

screen. (If you

Calibrating Your System

Acquire

if necessary). You see EPSON TWAIN advanced

(or Place, or the appropriate command)

TWAIN

see the easy screen,

(and then

click

Advanced.)

EPSON

If you see a submenu, choose

TWAIN,

screen. (If you

Click Destination to

If you have one of the EPSON Stylus printers listed on

if necessary). You see EPSON TWAIN advanced

see the

easy screen,

open the Destination dialog box.

page 2-4, select the printer from the

pull-down menu. The

Calibration

TWAIN

(and then

click Advanced.)

Destination Name

description is assigned

EPSON

automatically. Go to step 6. If you created a custom calibration profile for your printer,

type a unique name for the profile, such as

PROFILE, in the Destination Name

From the

Calibration

pull-down menu, select the filename

COLOR1

field. Go to step 5.

you assigned when you created the profile, such as

COLOR1 PRINTER.

6. Click Save.

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, as described in the next chapter.

Tip: If the colors in your printed image do not closely match the original, recalibrate your monitor and your printer and try again.

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Chapter 3

Capturing Images From Within

Applications

When you scan an image from within an application using EPSON TWAIN, you follow these basic steps:

Access TWAIN from within your application’s File menu Choose either the easy or advanced TWAIN screen Select the correct image type and destination settings

Preview the image and select the scan area (advanced screen only)

Scan the image Close TWAIN and edit the image in your application.

Guidelines for performing each of these basic steps are provided in this chapter.

If you don’t need to preview the image you are scanning and want only to specify the document source (if available), the image type, and the destination, you can use the easy screen; see page 3-3.

If you want to select calibration profiles, or add, delete, or modify an image or destination before you scan, you must use the advanced screen; see page 3-5. (To use the special effects features on the advanced screen, see Chapter 4)

If your application does not support TWAIN, you can use EPSON Scan! II to scan an image and export it in format your image editing software can use. See Chapter 5 for more in formation.

Capturing Images From Within Applications

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Accessing EPSON TWAIN

To access EPSON TWAIN, appropriate command) from the File menu within your application. You may then have to select maybe you see either the easy or advanced screen, depending on which was opened last.

The easy screen allows you to select the type, destination, and document source (if available) of your image. When you scan with this screen, your entire image is captured and scanned.

The advanced screen lets you select the same basic settings as the easy screen, plus it allows you to modify, add to, or delete these settings. The advanced screen also lets you preview and select the portion of your image you want to scan.

EPSON TWAIN)

choose Acquire (or Place, or the

TWAIN

from a submenu. When TWAIN opens,

(and then

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Capturing Images From Within Applications

Using the Easy Screen

The following basic settings are available on the TWAIN easy screen:

Document source Imagetype Destination. You must select the appropriate option from each of these

settings to successfully scan your image.

Selecting the Document Source

If you have an optional Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) or Transparency Unit installed on your scanner, you can select the option from the Document Source pull-down menu. The following table describes the available options:

Document Source options

Source option

Flatbed Automatic Document

Feeder

Transparency Unit

Function

Scans the image from the document table Scans

images as they feed

(multipage scanning)

Scans an image from the Transparency Unit

through the ADF

Note:

When the Automatic Document Feeder is installed,

the

easy and

advanced TWAIN screens contain checkboxes for selecting scanning

of one page or all pages in a document.

Capturing Images From

Within

Applications

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Epson Macintosh User Manual

Contents

System Requirements

How to Use This Manual

Warnings, Cautions, Tips, and Notes

Where to Get Help

Electronic Support services

Installing the Scanning Utilities

Testing the Scanning Utilities

Calibrating Your Monitor to Your Scanner

Performing Screen Calibration

Enabling Screen Calibration

Calibrating Your printer to Your Scanner

Exporting a Calibration Chart

Creating Printer Calibration Profiles

Scanning Using Calibration

Accessing EPSON TWAIN

Using the Easy Screen

Selecting the Document Source