Epson Scan! II Owner 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

Chapter 6

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.

Introduction 3

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.

Introduction 5

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

1-1

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

2-3

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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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.)

Calibrating Your

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:

2-8

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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Selecting the Image Type

To scan images with satisfactory results, you must use the correct image type option. You can select one of the following options from the Image Type pull-down menu:

Color Photo 256 Colors Black & White Photo Color Halftone OCR

If you haven’t modified these options by changing any of their settings, the image type you select uses the default settings listed in the Appendix. To add a new Image Type option or modify any existing settings, see “Using the Advanced Screen.”

To scan text, select from both the Image Type and Destination pull-down menus. Leave the settings for these options at their defaults, listed in the Appendix. If you have a scanner that supports Text Enhancement Technology, see “Using Text Enhancement Technology” on page 3-9 for additional OCR instructions.

Selecting the

You must also select the appropriate output destination for

your image to successfully scan and print. You can select one of the following options from the Destination pull-down menu:

OCR (for Optical

Destination

Color Drawing Black & White Halftone

Line Art

Character Recognition)

General Screen Impact Dot Printer

Thermal Printer

Inkjet Printer Laser Printer FAX OCR

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Laser 600 dpi Stylus COLOR stylus Pro XL Stylus Pro Stylus COLOR II Stylus COLOR lls Calibration Profile

If you haven’t modified these options by changing any of their settings, the destination you select uses the default settings listed in the Appendix. To add a new destination option or modify any existing settings, see “Using the Advanced Screen.”

OCR

(for Optical Character Recognition)

Using the Advanced Screen

The advanced screen allows you to select the same basic settings as the easy screen, but allows you to add new options and modify the existing ones. In addition, you can select calibration profiles, enable the text enhancement technology feature, preview an image, and alter it before you scan.

Note:

For information about using the basic settings, see “Using the Easy Screen” on page 3-3.

To access the advanced screen, select screen, if necessary. Then see the appropriate sections below to modify settings, work with calibration profiles, or preview your image.

Advanced

from the easy

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Modifying an Image Type

To modify an Image Type setting, choose the Image Type button. You see the following screen:

Not all options on this screen are available with all scanners,

Image Types, or Pixel Depth settings. The Image Type options are described in the following table.

Image Type options

Setting

Pixel Depth

Option

Black & White Uses a data format of 1 bit/pixel to

16 Grays

256 Grays

8 Colors

256 Colors

16 Million Colors

Function

produce black and white images Uses a data format of 4 bits/pixel to

produce 16 shades of gray

Uses a data format of 8 bits/pixel to

produce 256 shades of gray Uses a 1 bit/pixel per color data

format to produce B-color images Uses an 8 bits/pixel per color data

format to produce 256-color images

Uses an 8 bits/pixel per color data format to produce 16 million color images

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Image Type Options (Continued)

Setting

Halftone’

Dropout

Quality

Scanning

Sequence

TET **

Option

None

Mode A (Hard Tone)

Mode B (Soft Tone)

Mode C (Net Screen)

Dither A (4 x 4 Bayer)

Dither B (4 x 4 Spiral)

Dither C (4 x 4 Net Screen)

Dither D (8 x 8 Net Screen)

None

Red

Green

Blue

Draft

Best

1 pass

3 pass

On or Off

Function

Determines tones by data format Uses a hard tone to produce a

distinct image (1 and 2 bits/pixel per color)

Uses a softer tone: most suited for images containing large areas of similar tones (1 bit/pixel per color)

Uses a pattern like newspaper photographs (1 bit/pixel per color)

Uses a 4 x 4 bayer dither pattern

Uses a 4 x 4 spiral dither pattern

Uses a 4 x 4 net screen dither pattern

Uses an 8 x 8 net screen dither pattern

Uses all colors in a monochrome scan

Drops out reds so red areas are white in a monochrome scan

Drops out greens so green areas are white in a monochrome scan

Drops out blues so blue areas are white in a monochrome scan

Faster scanning at a lower resolution

Produces the best quality scan Scans the image with a single pass Scans the Image with three passes

(available only in 16 million colors) See page 39

When possible, let your image editing software perform halftoning.

The Text Enhancement Technology option does not appear unless your

scanner supports this feature.

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The following table identifies the options available with each

Pixel Depth setting. Since both the

Draft

and Best Quality

settings are available with all the Pixel Depth settings, this

option is not included in the matrix.

Pixel Depth option selection matrix

Pixel Depth

Black & While

16 Gray

256 Gray

8 Color

256 Color

Million

Colors

Halftone*

None

Mode A (Hard Tone)

Mode B (Soft Tone) Mode C (Net Screen) Dither A (4 x 4 Bayer)

Dither B (4 x 4 Spiral)

Dither C (4 x 4 Net Screen)

Dither D (8 x 8 Net Screen)

None

Mode A (Hard Tone)

Made B (Soft Tone)

Mode C (Net Screen)

Dither A (4 x 4 Bayer)

Dither B (4 x 4 Spiral)

Dither C (4 x 4 Net Screen)

Dither D (8 x 8 Net Screen

Dropout

None

Red Green Blue

None

Red Green Blue

None

Red Green Blue

Scanning Sequence

1 pass

3 pass**

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Dither options are not available for the ES-300C scanner.

When you choose 3 pass scanning, your application does not use the Calibration, Color Filter, or Saturation features in TWAIN; see Chapter 4 for

more information.

Capturing Images From Within Applications

To modify an existing image type, select it from the Image Type Name pull-down menu and change the necessary settings. Choose Save and then choose

Note:

If you don‘t choose

Save

before you choose

OK.

OK,

the image type

settings are not changed.

Adding and deleting Image Type options

To add a new image type, select a pm-defined type that closely resembles the one you want to create. Then delete the existing name from the Image Type Name field and type in a new name. Change the other Image Type settings as necessary. Choose

Note:

If you don’t choose

Save

and then choose

Save

OK.

before you choose

OK,

the image type

settings are not changed.

To delete an existing image type, select it from the Image Type Name pull-down menu and choose

Delete;

then choose

OK.

Using Text Enhancement Technology

EPSON’s Text Enhancement Technology filters out background “noise” in text images, such as background colors, and increases the threshold levels so that your OCR (optical character recognition) software can recognize the text more easily.

If your

scanner supports Text Enhancement Technology, you

can activate it from the Image Type dialog box. First select

OCR

from the Image Type pull-down menu. The

Enhancement Technology

turned on. Choose Then select

OCR

Save

from the Destination pull-down menu as well.

check box indicates the feature is

and then choose

OK.

Text

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Note:

If your scanner does not support Text Enhancement Technology, the

option does not appear or is grayed out in the Image Type dialog box.

Modifying the Destination

The Destination dialog box allows you to define different resolutions for each destination output device. You can also use it to modify, add, or delete a calibration profile for your output device.

To modify the Destination, click the Destination button. You

see the following dialog box:

Selecting resolution settings

Use the Resolution pull-down menus to select resolutions that produce the best results for your image type and output device. You can select one resolution for line drawings and halftones

and a separate resolution for photographs. The best resolution setting for your image depends on the type

of image you are scanning and your final output device. The

following table shows the best scanning resolutions for most

needs.

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Optimum scanning resolutions

Outputdevice

Monochrome printer

Desktop or off ice color printer

Printing press or

imagesetter

Grayscale

80-170

150-240

150-350

Color

150 - 240

150-350

The higher the resolution you select, the larger the resulting image file. For example, an 8.5 x 11-inch photograph scanned at 300 dpi can produce a 24MB file. The same photograph scanned at 72 dpi creates a file of only 1.36MB. Large files take

longer to process and print. Consider the limitations of your computer and hard disk drive when you select a resolution. To keep file sizes manageable, select the lowest possible resolution that gives acceptable quality.

Tip:

As a rule of thumb for any image except line art, use scanning

resolutions that are one third of your output resolution. For example, use a scanning resolution of up to 110 with a 300 dpi laser printer and up to 170 with a 600 dpi laser printer. For EPSON Stylus

printers,

choosefrom 100 to 240 dpi for

720 dpi output and from 100 to 150 dpi for 360 dpi output.

Tip: For printing on a commercial printing press, multiply the lines per inch (lpi) the press prints by 2 to determine the scanning resolution. For example, if the lpi is 150, scan at 300 dpi. (lf the resulting file is too large, try multiplying the lpi by 1.5 to determine the scanning resolutibn.)

Tip: If you plan to enlarge an image when you print it, scan it at a higher resolution than you normally would.

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Selecting calibration profiles

Use the Calibration pull-down menu to select a predefined calibration profile or create a custom one. TWAIN can then use the profile as it scans to create the best quality image.

EPSON TWAIN Scanning Utilities provide many predefined printer calibration profiles, including those for the EPSON Stylus color printers, as listed below:

General Screen Impact dot printer

Laser Printer 600 Stylus COLOR Stylus COLOR II

Thermal Printer Stylus COLOR Ils

Inkjet Printer Laser Printer

Stylus PRO Stylus PRO XL

Note: In addition to the calibration profiles provided with the Scanning

Utilities, you can create your own calibration profiles for any color

printer you use. For more information, see Chapter 2.

Modifying, adding, and deleting destinations

To modify an existing Destination, select it from the Destination Name pull-down menu and change the necessary settings. Choose Save and then choose

OK.

Note: If you don’t click Save be&e you click

OK,

the Destination settings

are not changed.

To add a new Destination, select an existing one with similar settings to the one you want to create. Then delete the existing name from the

Destination Name

pull-down menu and type a new name in the field. Change the necessary settings and choose Save; then choose

OK.

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To delete an existing Destination, select it from the

Name

pull-down menu and choose Delete; then choose

Destination

Previewing and Adjusting the Image

Once you have selected the Image Type and Destination settings, you can preview and adjust your image before you

scan it. (To use the special effects features, see Chapter 4.)

Two Preview icons on the TWAIN advanced screen allow

you to preview your image: the Preview icon and the Zoom

Preview icon:

Preview icon

Zoom Preview icon

Click the Preview icon to preview the entire document table in the preview window.

Click the Zoom Preview icon to see a full-size preview in the

selected area. See the next section for instructions on selecting the preview area.

Note:

If you click the Zoom Preview icon before you select an area, the preview includes the entire document table.

Tip:

If you cannot see the image clearly after you preview it, change

your

Monitor

Control Panel settings to a lower resolution

with more colors. Then perform a screen calibration again.

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Adjusting the preview area

Once you see a preview of the image on the screen, you can define the area you want to scan or select the entire image area.

To define a specific area, position the mouse pointer at a comer

of the area; the pointer changes to a +. Hold down the mouse button as you drag the pointer across the image. When you release the mouse button, a rectangle on the screen identifies the scan area.

To adjust the size of your selected area, move the mouse pointer to the edge of the selection rectangle; the pointer changes to a small square. Hold down the mouse button and drag the edge of the rectangle to the new location.

You can also move the position of the selected area. Place the mouse pointer inside the selection rectangle; the mouse pointer changes to a hand. Hold down the mouse button and drag the selection rectangle to a new location.

To select the entire image area, click the Auto Locate icon:

Auto Locate icon

See “Using Automatic Features” in Chapter 4 for more information about using the Auto Locate icon.

Adjusting the image size

Vertical and horizontal rulers along two sides of the preview window provide measurements for the image you have previewed. You can change the unit of measure for these rulers by selecting pull-down menu next to

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pixels,

inches, or cm

the Width

(centimeters) from the

and

Height fields.

The size of the full image or the selected area appears in the

Width

and

Height

fields. You can type new values in these

fields to define a selection area of a specific size. You can select the Lock icons to keep specific values in either

the

Width

field or the

Height

field. Click the Lock icon once to lock the value in place; the icon shows a closed lock. Click it again to unlock the value.

As you modify your selection area or other image settings, you see the file size of the image in the

Size

field.

Note:

Some applications convert the image to fu11 24-bit data, so the actual size of the image may be larger than the value displayed in

The

Scale

field displays the amount by which an image is

Size.

enlarged or reduced during a scan. You can use this setting to scan the image from half its normal size (50%) to twice its normal size (200%). To change this value, move the slide bar or type the value you want in the % field.

Note:

If you increase the

Scale,

the Size value also increases to indicate a

larger file size.

You can use the Lock icon to keep the scale value constant. Click the Lock icon once to lock in the value; the icon shows a closed lock. Click it again to unlock the value.

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Scanning the

When you are finished selecting settings on either the easy or advanced screen, and the image you are scanning looks just right in the advanced preview window, you can scan the image by choosing the

Image

Scan

button.

If you choose automatically selects the entire image and scans it.

If you are scanning from the advanced screen and have not previewed the image or selected a preview area for it, be sure

to click the Auto Locate icon before choosing the entire document table is scanned.

When you close the TWAIN screen, you can further modify your image using the features of your image editing software.

Scan

from the easy screen, TWAIN

Scan.

Otherwise,

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Chapter 4

Using Special Effects

The EPSON TWAIN advanced screen gives you many options for editing images before you scan them. If you have image editing software, you can achieve all of the special effects described in this chapter-and more-using that software.

However, if you don’t have image editing software, EPSON

TWAIN allows you to create a broad range of special effects

using these options:

TWAIN configuration options Image control settings Gammacorrection C Color adjustments

Invert image feature Automatic features.

Modifying the TWAIN Configuration

When you advanced screen, you see the following dialog box:

choose

the

Configuration

button on the TWAIN

Using Special Effects

4-1

To save the preview image so it reappears in the preview window when you next open the advanced screen, select the Save Preview Image and Settings option. The preview image, any TWAIN settings you select, and any user-defined options you create are saved in

EPSON TWAIN

Settings in your System Preferences folder. (If you need to return all the TWAIN settings to their default values, drag the

TWAIN Settings

icon into the Trash and start over.)

EPSON

If you have performed a screen calibration (as described in Chapter 2), you can enable it by selecting the

Calibration

option.

EPSON

Note:

The ES-300C does not support calibration.

Note:

If Apple ColorSync is not installed in your Macintosh Control Panel and Extensions folder, or if 3

Type dialog box, you cannot select the

the

Configuration dialog box. TWAIN can only display using

ColorSync if

Monitor

Pass

scanning is selected in the Image

Apple Colorsync feature

is set to thousands or millions of colors in the

Control Panel.

In the Configuration dialog box, you can select the number of samples that will simultaneously display in the preview area

(either 3 or 5) from the Number of comparison samples pull-down menu. This setting will be used if you select the Comparison icon for any of the special effects features described in this chapter. Comparison samples let you select the image you prefer from a group of preview images that use different settings.

You can also define the amount of variation between the settings displayed in the comparison samples by selecting small, medium, or large from the Variations between samples pull-down menu.

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Using Special Effects

Using Image Controls

The Image Controls available when you choose the let you adjust the following image settings:

Brightness changes the intensity of light

Contrast determines the gradation between highlights and shadows

Highlight adjusts the lightest areas Shadow adjusts the darkest areas

Sharpness adjusts the focus

Threshold adjusts the point at which the gray values change to either black or white. This option is available

only when the Pixel Depth setting is

the Halftone setting is None in the Image Type dialog box.

When Threshold is available, the other image control

settings are not available.

Note:

The ES-300C scanner does not support Contrast, Highlight, Shadow,

Sharpness, and Threshold settings.

Black & White

icon

and

Follow these steps to use the Image Controls:

From the advanced screen, click the preview icon, to display your image in the preview window.

Tip:

If you want to scan only a portion of the image displayed

in the preview window, define the area you want to scan and click the Zoom Preview icon, , to display only that area. This makes your comparison previews larger and easier to see.

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4-3

Choose the Image Controls icon. You see the following dialog box:

3. Adjust the settings until the image in the preview window looks the way you want it to look. See the following table for guidelines on changing these settings.

Method Value fields Type in the value you want for the setting in the field Slide bars Comparison Click the Comparison icon next to the slide bar to

icons

Highlight and Shadow Color

buttons

You cannot choose the Highlight and Shadow color buttons when

comparison samples are displayed in the preview window.

Description

Move the slide bar until the preview looks correct

display 3 or 5 comparison samples using different settings. In the preview window, click the sample that most closely reflects the image you want. That sample is then highlighted and placed in the middle position. Click the sample again; it appears alone.

Click the Color button below the slide bar. The mouse pointer changes to an eyedropper so you can select the color you want to represent the highlights or shadows from the preview image. When you select the color in the preview window, the button turns that color.

Using Special Effects

When the image in the preview window looks the way you

want,

close the Image Controls dialog box.

You can now scan the image into your application.

You can return any option you’ve modified to its default setting by holding down the option’s slide bar. To reset all the Image Controls, click the Reset button just below the Image Controls icon.

Option

key and clicking the

Adjusting Gamma Correction

Adjusting the gamma levels lets you change the pixel brightness in the midtones, highlights, and shadows of an image without dramatically changing it. This modifies the contrast in image tones so they reproduce with greater detail on a printer or monitor. (The Gamma Correction setting is not selectable if you chose the

Note:

Gamma Correction is not available for the ES-300C.

Line Art

Image Type setting.)

After you have previewed Correction icon,

. You see the following screen:

an image, choose the Gamma

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4-5

Adjust the gamma curve settings using the slide bar. You see the effects of the new settings in the preview window and the Gamma Correction Name changes to

User Defined.

If you choose the Comparison icon to the left of the graph, you see either three or five comparison views with different gamma

settings. You can choose the comparison sample that most

closely reflects what you want the image to look like. If you modify the existing setting, you can save it for future use

by choosing the Save button. You see the following screen:

Type the name you want to assign to the setting in the Gamma Correction Name field and choose Save. Then choose

Now the name for the new setting is available in the pull-down

menu so you can select it whenever you want to use it. You can also delete an existing gamma correction setting by

selecting it

menu and clicking

from

the

Gamma Correction Name

Delete.

Then choose Save to return to the

pull-down

Gamma Correction screen. You can return the Gamma Correction option to its default

setting by choosing the

Reset

button just below the Gamma

Correction icon on the advanced screen.

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OK.

Adjusting Colors

After you have previewed Adjustment icon,

Note:

Color Adjustment settings are not available for the ES-300C.

You can adjust these settings in the Color Adjustment dialog

box, as described in this section:

the image, choose the Color

. You see the following screen:

Gray Balance Saturation Color Filter. You can return the

their default settings by holding down the Option key and clicking the option’s slide bar. To reset all the Color Adjustment options to their defaults, click the

just below the Color Adjustment icon.

Gray Balance

and

Saturation

Using Special Effects

options to

Reset

button

4-7

Setting the Gray Balance

Neutral shades of gray are produced by mixing the three colors

used to make up the image in approximately equal proportions. Sometimes, however, the resulting gray shades are not truly neutral. To create a more neutral gray, adjust the

Gray Balance

setting.

Choose the left Color button below the bar; the mouse pointer changes to an eyedropper icon. Select the color in the preview scan you want to neutralize. Then either move the slide bar to adjust the color or choose the Comparison icon to the left of the slide bar to choose the level you want from the comparison samples. The value field shows the setting for the selected color or you can

type a specific value in the field.

Gray Balance

slide

Changing Saturation

Changing the saturation levels of a color increases or decreases

the amount of color in a specific hue. Less saturated colors are more pale while saturated colors are richer.

You can change the saturation levels in the image by adjusting the

Saturation

icon to the left of the slide bar to choose the saturation level you want from the comparison samples. The shows the setting you selected or you can type a specific value in the field.

To remove color from an image completely, move the

Saturation

slide bar. You can also click on the Comparison

Saturation

slide bar all the way to the left.

value field

Note:

The saturation setting is ignored during 3-pass scanning.

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Using Special Effects

Using Color Filters

Color filters can help eliminate color tinges (or an undesirable overall color tone) that exist in the original. You can also use filters to give your image a specific color effect.

When you click any point in the Color Filter wheel radials, that color is increased in the image. You can see numerical values

for the amount of red, green, and blue to the right of the color

wheel. To reset the values to

click the center of the wheel.

When you choose the Comparison icon for can select from a series of comparison samples of the image using different color filters.

Note:

Color filters are ignored during 3-pass scanning.

Inverting an

The Invert icon,

use this feature to turn a positive image into a negative or to create a positive image from a negative.

Note:

To scan a negative image and invert it, your scanner must have a Transparency Unit installed and you must select

Unit

To invert an image, preview the image and choose the Invert

icon. You see the inverted image in the preview window.

Image

, creates a negative of an image. You can

your

Document Source option.

Color Filter, you

Transparency

Using Special Effects

4-9

Using Automatic Features

The TWAIN advanced screen offers two automatic features:

Auto Exposure, which automatically adjusts the exposure of an image and

Auto Locate, which locates and selects the target image

from within the preview image.

Note:

When you scan using the easy screen, both automatic features are

always in effect.

Using Auto Exposure

After you preview an image, click the Auto Exposure icon,

to automatically adjust the brightness and contrast in an image.

Note:

Auto Exposure is not available for the ES-300C.

sets the Highlight

and

Shadow

settings

Using Auto Locate

After you preview an image, click the Auto Locate icon, crop out everything on the document table except the image.

If a document contains more than define the scan area using the mouse, then click the Auto Locate icon. Auto Locate then defines the image area to include only the image or portion of the image you’ve selected.

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Using Special Effects

one

image, you can roughly

Chapter 5

Saving and Exporting Images

You can always scan an image using your TWAIN-compliant

image editing application. However, if your application is not TWAIN-compliant, you can use EPSON Scan! II to scan the image and export it in a format your application can described in this chapter.

Saving a Scanned Image

Before you export an image, you need to save it in its original EPSON Scan! II format. Otherwise, you will not be able to retrieve it again in EPSON Scan! II. Follow these steps:

Start EPSON Scan! II, if necessary.

Select Acquire

Select Scan to scan

Choose dialog box:

Save

from the File menu.

your image.

AS from the File menu. You see the following

open,

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In the pull-down menu at the top, select the folder in which you want to save the file.

Type a filename for your image in the

7. Click Save.

The image is saved in the EPSON Scan! II file format. You can now open this file in EPSON Scan! II and export it with a different format, as described below.

Save image as

field.

Exporting an Image

EPSON Scan! II allows you to export an image in a file format your application software can use. For information on the file

formats your software can open, see your software manual.

Note:

Your application software cannot import images saved in the EPSON

Scan! II file format and EPSON Scan! II cannot open an exported

image file. Always save an image in EPSON Scan! II before exporting.

Follow these steps to export an image:

Choose Export from the File menu. You see the following dialog box:

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Saving and Exporting Images

In the pull-down menu at the top, select the folder to which you want to export the file.

Type a filename for your image in the Export

You can choose one of these formats from the Export

Format

menu: PICT, TIFF5.0, TIFF6.0(JPEG), JPEG, and

image as

File

EPS. (For a description of these file formats, see the Term Glossary.)

Note:

You cm select TIFF6.0(JPEG) and JPEG formats only if you

selected

16 Million Colors for

the

Pixel Depth

setting in the

Image Type dialog box when you scanned the image.

If you selected the PICT format, you can click the

Compression checkbox to

turn this feature on and off.

Compression makes the resulting PICT file smaller. If you selected the TIFF6.0(JPEG) or JPEG format, or you

selected the PICT format and turned

Compression, EPSON Scan! II allows you to choose the image quality. Since JPEG uses a Lossy compression scheme, selecting higher quality gives you less compression. To change the image quality, move the

setting.

Quality

slide bar to the desired

field.

Caution:

If you turn on Compression, do not select

Poor

the

Quality slide bar; you may lose data in the file.

click Export.

The image is saved in the selected file format. You can now import this file into your application software; see your

software manual for instructions.

Saving and Exporting Images

5-3

Acquiring and Exporting an Image

EPSON Scan! II allows you to scan and export an image directly into a selected file format without displaying it on the screen. Since the image is not displayed, you can perform scanning operations more quickly.

Note:

EPSON Scan!

Follow these steps:

Start EPSON Scan! II, if necessary.

Choose Acquire & Export from the File menu. You see the

TWAIN screen. (If you see the easy screen, click

Advanced.)

Choose Scan. You see the following dialog box:

II cannot open

an image file once if is exported.

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In the pull-down menu at the top, select the folder to which you want to export the file.

Type a filename for your image

Saving and Exporting Images

the

Export image as

field.

6. You can choose one of these formats from the Export File Format menu: PICT, TIFF5.0, TIFF6.0(JPEG), JPEG, and EPS. (For a description of these file formats, see the Term Glossary.)

Note:

You

can

select TIFF6.0(JPEG) and JPEG formats only if you

selected 16 Million Colors for

Image Type dialog box when you scanned the image.

If you selected the PICT format, you can click the Compression checkbox to turn this feature on and off. Compression makes the resulting PICT file smaller.

If you selected the TIFF6.0(JPEG) or JPEG format, or you selected the PICT format and turned on Compression, EPSON Scan! II allows you to choose the image quality. Since JPEG uses a Lossy compression scheme, selecting higher quality gives you less compression. To change the image quality, move the Quality slide bar to the desired setting.

Caution:

If you turn on Compression, do not select

Qualify slide bar; you may lose data in file

the Pixel Depth setting in the

Poor on the

9. click Export.

The image is scanned and exported in the selected file format. You can now import this file into your application software; see your software manual for instructions.

Exiting EPSON Scan! II

To exit EPSON Scan! II, make sure you have saved or exported your image file. Then choose Quit from the File menu.

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Chapter 6

Troubleshooting

If you have problems using the EPSON Scanning Utilities, or with the quality of your printed two sections in this chapter for possible solutions.

Problems Using the EPSON Scanning Utilities

or scanned images,

check the

When you select a TWAIN data source, EPSON Scanners is

listed.

Either the EPSON Scanning Utilities were not installed or they

were not installed correctly. Reinstall the EPSON Scanning

Utilities; see Chapter 1 for instructions.

Nothing happens when you select Acquire.

Make sure your scanner is turned on and the cables are

connected properly.

EPSON TWAIN may not be selected as the TWAIN data source

in your application. You’ll usually find the Select TWAIN

Source option under the File menu.

The EPSON TWAIN data source may not be installed correctly.

Reinstall the EPSON Scanning Utilities from your installation

diskettes; see Chapter 1 for

You may have selected the wrong SCSI ID for the scanner.

Check the settings for your scanner and any other SCSI devices

you may have. Then reinstall the EPSON Scanning Utilities.

instructions.

not

Troubleshooting

6-1

An error condition may have caused your application or the TWAIN data source in the EPSON Scanning Utilities to stop working correctly. Save any documents in process and close any open applications. Restart your Macintosh to restore the TWAIN data source; then start your application and try again.

Sometimes an error condition may cause the computer to display a message telling you that your scanner is not recognized. If this happens, reset your scanner by turning it off and on or pushing the RESET button. Then restart your Macintosh and try again.

The

system

fails or an error

message

appears when you choose

Acquire from your application software.

You may have more than one TWAIN screen open at once.

Reset your Macintosh and use only one active TWAIN screen.

Your scanned image may be too big. Reset your system and reduce the size of the scanned image.

If you see an insufficient memory error message, you may not have enough memory allocated to the application to use it with EPSON TWAIN. Use the Finder Get Info window to increase the memory

allocated

to your

application

by 4MB to 5MB.

The EPSON Scanning Utilities do not start.

Make sure you are using a system with the minimum requirements for the EFSON Scanning Utilities. See the Introduction in this manual.

Check that the system requirements are correct for your software application and that your software supports your scanner model.

Be sure that you have correctly installed and set up your application software.

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See if your Macintosh has enough application memory to run your software. If you are running other software at the same time, you may not have enough memory left. See the section on memory allocation in your Macintosh manual.

The scanner does not start scanning.

See that the

scanner’s READY light

is on.

Make sure the scanner's terminator and SCSI ID are set correctly.

After clicking the Preview icon, the image does not appear in the

preview window.

Click on the TWAIN preview window.

The scan is not the full width

you

selected in the

preview area.

The EPSON ES-300C and ES-600C scanners restrict the scan width to 4096 pixels at high resolutions. Choose a lower resolution for a wider scan.

After scanning and opening several scanned images, your application software fails and your scanned image is lost.

Save and close the scanned images before scanning a new one.

The size of your image increases after scanning it into your image editing application.

Your image editing software may be converting the image to

full 24-bit data, which requires more disk space. See your

application software manual

for more

information.

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An error in the scanner or a paper jam in the Automatic Document

Feeder caused an error message.

Remove the jammed paper or reset the scanner to clear the error condition; then try scanning again.

The Sharpness setting is grayed out in the Image Controls dialog

box

Your scanner does not support the Sharpness feature.

The Document Source setting is grayed out in the EPSON TWAIN screen.

This is normal. You must first install an optional Automatic Document Feeder or a Transparency Unit to be able to select these as your Document Source.

You are using Adobe® Photoshop® 2.5.1

and the Color Drawing

and Color Halftone options are grayed out in the Image Type

pull-down menu.

This is because Photoshop 2.5.1 can scan only in 1, 8, or 24 bits per pixel, so you cannot use these M-bit per pixel Image Types.

The Preview icon is grayed out when the Automatic Document Feeder is selected under Document Source.

The preview feature is disabled when the Automatic Document Feeder is selected because the document would have to be fed through the feeder for the preview scan and then reinserted into the feeder for the final scan. If necessary, use the document table for previewing your document.

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Auto

Locate does not work when scanning two or more originals.

Make sure none of the documents are touching one another on

the document table.

When you scan a monochrome image, the scanned image is reversed like a negative image.

If your application has an invert function, use it to reverse the

image, or use the Invert option on the TWAIN advanced screen. Some applications misinterpret the

scanner

data. Check with

the application’s manufacturer for an updated program version.

The default settings for Image Type and Destination don’t meet

your specific scanning requirements.

You can define your own settings; see Chapter 3.

The Halftone setting in the Image Type dialog box is grayed out.

Halftone and dither settings on most EPSON scanners are only available when the Pixel Depth setting is set to Black & White or 8

Colors

(1 or 2 bits per pixel per color).

The application software displays an error message, freezes, or

fails after scanning.

Make sure you close the TWAIN screen before switching to your application software.

The image you scanned may be oversized. Try reducing its file size by changing its resolution or dimension; then scan it again.

If you selected 16 Gray as the Pixel Depth setting, change to

256 Gray and try scanning again.

Troubleshooting 6-5

If you scanned an image at a high resolution (800 dpi) and at

the maximum allowable width using the Color Photo Image Type setting, restart your Macintosh and reduce the resolution and the width of the scanned image. Then try scanning again.

If your application contains a scan manager feature, you may have closed it before closing the EPSON TWAIN screen. Scan

your image again, but close the

your application’s scan manager.

If you selected 3-pass scanning in EPSON TWAIN, you may

need to free some space on your hard disk to scan.

After scanning with an image editing application, the scanned image disappears.

Make sure you close the TWAIN screen before switching to your application software.

The rows in the screen calibration window do not match closely enough.

Try adjusting your monitor’s brightness and contrast settings.

TWAIN screen before closing

The TWAIN screen changed its color settings after a preview scan.

Increase the number of colors or decrease the resolution your monitor displays using the

The colors in the Color Filter wheel do not reflect the gradated “rainbow” spectrum of colors.

Increase the number of colors or decrease the resolution your monitor displays using the

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Troubleshooting

Monitor

Control Panel.

After starting a multipage scan using the Automatic Document

Feeder, the image editing application freezes, displays an error

message, or fails.

Reset the system and reduce the number of pages you are scanning with the Automatic Document Feeder.

After closing the EPSON TWAIN screen, a partial image of the screen appears over the scanned image.

Scroll the application’s frame to clear the partial image.

After selecting a part of an image to scan, the image did not scan

correctly.

Scan the whole image instead of a portion of it.

Problems With Image Quality

This section tells you how to fix problems with image quality that may occur when you scan or print images.

The entire image is distorted or blurred.

Make sure that the document is placed flat against the document table.

You may have moved the document during scanning. Check the position of the document.

See that the scanner is not tilted or placed on an unstable surface.

Troubleshooting 6-7

Part of the image is distorted or blurred.

Part of the original may be wrinkled, warped, or not in contact with the document table. Be sure the document is uniformly flat.

Caution:

Do not place heavy objects on the document table.

The edges of the document are not scanned.

The document table has non-readable areas around the edges. Adjust your document’s position so that the image comes inside the readable area.

Color is patchy or distorted at the edges of the document.

If the original is very thick or warped at the edges, the edges of the image may be discolored. Cover the edges of the original with opaque paper to avoid having outside fight interfere.

If part of the original is outside the document table, the edge may not be in contact with the document table and may be discolored. Change the position of the original.

The image is faint or out of focus.

Make sure the document is placed flat on the document table.

Check your Gamma Correction setting.

Make the

Brightness setting

darker.

Make sure you have calibrated your monitor and printer to your scanner, and that you are using the resulting calibration profile. See Chapter 2 for more information

6-8 Troubleshooting

The image is too dark and without details.

Adjust the settings to lighter values and scan

Brightness, Gamma Correction,

the

image again. Also check

and

Shadow

the brightness and contrast values of your monitor.

Check that the Destination output device is set correctly. If it is set to

Screen,

output on a printer may be too dark.

Straight lines in the image are jagged.

The document may be placed at an angle on the document table. Align it so that the horizontal and vertical lines are carefully aligned with the rulers on the document table.

The image does not look the same as the original.

Make sure you have performed the calibration procedures and selected the correct printer profile; see Chapter 2.

Try different combinations of scanner settings. Check that your software is correctly installed. If you are importing an image file into your application

software, see if the file format is acceptable for your software. Also check that the settings of your application and your image match. See your application software manual.

A line of dots is always missing on the scanned image.

If this happens only on your printed image, your printer or its print head may have a problem or need cleaning; see your printer manual.

If this happens on both your screen and printout, the scanner’s sensor may be malfunctioning. Consult your dealer.

Troubleshooting 6-9

Using halftoning, textured dot patterns appear in the image.

This is normal halftoning; see your scanner manual for examples.

The color on the video display seems different from that of the original image.

Depending on your monitor, its resolution/color settings, and your EPSON TWAIN settings, the screen colors may be different from the original. This may be normal, especially if colors in the printed image more closely match the original.

Make sure you have correctly performed the screen calibration process in EPSON Scan! II. Recalibrate and try again.

Check

Correction,

your

scanner settings-such as

and

Color Adjustment-or try a different

Pixel Depth, Gamma

combination of settings.

The printed color seems different from that of the originals.

Check that you have correctly performed the printer calibration process in EPSON Scan! II using the correct printer calibration profile. Recalibrate and try

again.

The colors in a printed image may not match the colors of the original image exactly because the scanning and printing processes use two

different

color interpreting technologies.

The printed image is larger or smaller than the original size.

Check the image size settings in your application and TWAIN. You may also have used the Zoom Preview icon. Do not use the size of the image on your monitor to judge the printed size.

6-10 Troubleshooting

The image cannot be printed on the printer, the printout

garbled, or the printout is not an image.

Check that the printer is properly connected to your Macintosh and is set up correctly; see your printer manual.

Check that your software is properly installed and set up for

your printer; see your software manual.

Images

cannot be scanned

at all or only a few dots appear in the

scanned image.

Try different EPSON TWAIN settings. Be aware that some

settings disable others for a particular effect. Also, depending

on your

scanner, some features may not be available.

Set the Brightness, Highlight, or Gamma Correction options

to darker settings and scan the image again. If you selected Line Art as the Image Type setting and any

setting other than Screen as your Destination setting, try

increasing the Threshold setting to a higher value.

Moiré (interference) patterns appear in the scanned image.

Moiré patterns commonly occur when you scan images that include halftone screens. To

minimize this effect, try any of the

following solutions:

Move or angle the original slightly Change the Sharpness setting Change the Scale setting slightly

Select 3 pass

for the Scanning Sequence.

Troubleshooting 6-11

When you

select 16 Gray for the Pixel Depth setting, the scanned

image appears black in your application software.

Choose 256 Gray for the Pixel Depth setting and try scanning

again.

The image appears upside down and truncated in your application

software after scanning.

Before you scan the image, reduce its file size to less than 1MB

by adjusting settings on the TWAIN advanced screen.

When you select

256

Color for the Pixel Depth setting, the scanned

image does not match the previewed image.

Select Color Photo as the Image

Select 16 Million Colors

for the Pixel Depth setting and try

Type and try scanning again.

scanning again.

The image looks corrupted.

Check your printer driver settings. If the paper size is set larger

than Letter or A4, select a smaller paper size or the maximum paper size your scanner can support. See your scanner documentation for more information.

You may need to choose a lower resolution for the video

display setting

using the Monitor

Control Panel. See your

Macintosh documentation for more information.

If you change Monitor settings, perform another screen

calibration.

6-12

Troubleshooting

Appendix

This appendix lists the default settings for the

Destination

options in EPSON TWAIN.

Image Type and

Default Image Type settings

lmage type

color Photo

256 Cdors

Black & White

Photo

Color Halftone

Color Drawing Black & white

Halftone tine Art OCR

Default seltings

16-million colors, best qualitv, and 1 pass scanning

256 colors, best quality, and 1 pass scanrjng

256 grays and best quality and 1 pass scanning

8 colors. Mode A (Hard Tone) halftone, draft quality, and 1 passscanning

8 colors. draft qualiiy. and 1 pass scanning Black-and-white, Mode A (Hard Tone) halftone, draft

quality. and 1 pas scanning Black-end-whiie, draft quality, and 1 pas scanning Black-and-white, draft quality, 1 pass scanning, and

Text Enhancement Technology On

Default Destination settings

Destination

Impact Dot

Printer

Thermal Printer

Inkjet Printer

Laser Printer

Default settings

360 dpi resolution for line drawings and halftone images, 120 dpi resolution for photos, and calibration for lmpact Dot printers

360 dpi resolution for line drawings and halftone images, 120 dpi resolution for photos, and calibration for Thermal printers

360 dpi resolution for line drawings and halftone images, 120 dpi resolution for photos, and calibration for Inkjet printers

Xl0 dpi resolution for line drawings and halftone images. 100 dpi resolution for photos, and calibration for Laser Printers

Default Destination settings

I Destination

FAX

OCR

Laser 600 dpi

Stylus COLOR

Stylus Pro XL

Stylus Pro

Stylus COLOR I I

Stylus COLOR IIs

Default settings

200 dpi resolution for line drawings and halftone images, 200 dpi resolution for photos, and calibration for Inkjet printers

300 dpi resolution far line drawings. halftone images,

and photos. with General calibration

600 dpi resolution for line drawings and halftone

images, 200 dpi resolution for photos, and calibration for Laser Printer 600

800 dpi resolution Won for line drawings and halftone images, 240 dpi resolution for photos, and calibration for Stylus COLOR Printers

800 dpi resolution for line drawings and halftone images, 240 dpi resolution for photos, and calibration for Stylus Pro XL Printers

800 dpi resolution for line drawings and halftone images, 240 dpi resolution for photos, and calibration for stylus Pro Printers

800 dpi resolution for line drawings and halftone images, 240 dpi resolution for photos, and calibration for Stylus COLOR II Printers

800 dpi resolution for line drawings and halftone images, 240 dpi resolution for photos, and calibration for Stylus COLOR IIs Printers

180 dpi resolution for line drawings. halftone images, and photos, with General calibration

(continued)

2 Appendix

Icon Glossary

This glossary describes the TWAIN icons. If you want to know what a specific icon does, locate the icon in this glossary; then read its description. Some icons open dialog boxes that contain more icons. Icons in the dialog box are described after the initial icon. See Chapters 3 and 4 for instructions on using the icons.

Preview. Allows you to see your entire image before scanning it. Once an image is in the preview window, you can check its width, height, and file size on the screen. Previewing also allows you to see the effects of changes you make to your image.

Zoom Preview. Allows you to select a specific area of an image in the preview window and preview it again so that only the selected portion of the image is shown. Use the mouse to select the part of the image you want to preview.

Invert. Allows you to change negative images into positive images, or positive images into negative images.

Auto Exposure. When you click this icon, the Highlight and Shadow settings in the Image Controls dialog box are automatically set. When you select screen, TWAIN uses these settings.

Scan

from the easy

Icon Glossary 1

Auto Locate. Allows you to automatically select just the image. If your preview window contains more than one image and you only need one, roughly select the image you want by dragging the mouse pointer and clicking the Auto Locate icon. When you select

Scan

from the easy screen,

TWAIN uses this setting.

Lock and Unlock. Allow

you

to lock or unlock the current width, height, unit, or scale settings for an image. The default setting is unlock.

Image Controls. Opens the Image Controls dialog box, which contains settings described below.

Brightness Comparison. Allows you to compare three or five image samples of varying brightness. The middle sample reflects the current setting.

Contrast Comparison. Allows you to compare three or five

image samples of varying color contrast. The middle

sample reflects the current contrast setting.

Highlight Comparison. Allows you to compare three or five image samples of varying highlight intensity or color. The middle sample reflects the current highlight setting.

2 Icon Glossary

Shadow Comparison. Allows you to compare three or five image samples of varying shadow intensity or color. The middle sample reflects the current shadow setting.

Sharpness Comparison. Allows you to compare three or five image samples of varying sharpness. The middle sample reflects the current sharpness setting.

Threshold Comparison. Allows you to compare three or five image samples of varying black and white contrast. The middle sample reflects the current threshold setting.

Gamma Correction and Gamma Correction Comparison. Opens the Gamma

Correction dialog box, which contains settings for adjusting gamma levels when you want to alter the midtones, highlights, and shadows in an image. This lets you more accurately modify an image to reflect the tones in the original and bring out the details in shadow areas.

The Gamma Comparison icon allows you to compare three or five image samples of varying tonal quality. The middle

sample reflects the current gamma adjustment.

Icon Glossary 3

Color Adjustment. Opens the Color Adjustment dialog box, which lets you adjust the colors in an image using the settings described below.

Gray Balance Comparison. Allows you to compare three or

five-image samples with varying casts of gray so you can select the most neutral gray.

Saturation Comparison. Allows you to compare three or five image samples of varying color saturations so you can select the paleness or richness you want in an image. Three-pass scanning ignores saturation settings.

Color Filter Comparison. Allows you to compare three or five image samples of varying col&s so you Can select the specific color effect you want in an image. Three-pass scanning ignores color filter settings.

4 Icon Glossary

Term Glossary

Application Program A software program designed to perform a specific task, such as word processing, image editing, or spreadsheet functions.

Automatic Document Feeder A scanner accessory that automatically feeds a stack of paper into the scanner.

Brightness A scanner software function to lighten or darken the output

image data.

Calibration A process that adjusts the color or black and white values in the scanned image file to compensate for the effects that

software programs, printers, and monitors have on the image. Calibration produces a final output that more closely reflects

the original.

Color Correction

A method of adjusting the color image data for a particular

type of device so that the reproduction results are close to the

original colors.

Color Filter An EPSON TWAIN setting that lets you modify the color of an entire image.

Color Separation

A process to convert full-color images into a limited number of primary colors. The additive primary colors (red, green, and blue) are used by the scanner colors (cyan, magenta, and yellow) plus black are used for

printing press separations.

Contrast The range between the darkest and lightest shades in an image.

and the subtractive primary

Term Glossary 1

Destination A set of resolution and calibration settings that match the characteristics of the scan to the final output device. EPSON TWAlN provides several Destination settings to adjust your scanned image to suit the output device you intend to use. You can also define your own Destination settings.

Device A piece of computer equipment that performs a specific task, such as a disk drive, a monitor, a printer, or a scanner. Also called a peripheral.

Device Driver A file containing instructions that allow your computer to recognize and control a device (such as a monitor, printer, or scanner).

Dithering A process in which software or an output device simulates continuous tones with repeating patterns of dots.

DPI Dots per inch. A unit of measurement for resolution. The higher the value, the higher (finer) the resolution.

Dropout A scanner software setting which lets you instruct your scanner to ignore a color.

EPS Encapsulated PostScript. An industry standard file format supported by most applications.

Exposure The brightness and contrast of an image.

File Format The manner in which a graphic image is stored on the disk.

Gamma Correction A method of adjusting the transfer curve so that the reproduction results on different types of output devices have gradations similar to the original image.

2 Term Glossary

Gray Balance An EPSON TWAIN software setting that lets you adjust the grayness of any area of an image. You can remove color casts and discoloration to make the grays in an image more neutral.

Grayscale The measure of grayness of any area of an image. When an image is scanned, the gray level of each pixel is determined.

Halftone An image type which simulates grayscale by varying the sizes of the dots printed.

Halftoning A process of converting continuous tones into digital data so that the output data simulates the tones.

Highlight The lightest portion of an image.

Image Type

The way an image will be scanned or reproduced. EPSON TWAIN provides Pixel Depth, Halftone, Dropout, and Quality settings to adjust the scanned image you are creating. You can also define your own image type settings.

Interface

The connection between or among computer devices. JPEG

Joint Photographic Experts Group. JPEG is standard file format

for Lossy data compression and is supported by many

applications.

Line Art

An image made up of lines and solids with no grays.

Lossy

A data compression system that intentionally discards (or loses) some data from the original image.

Midtone

The tonal value of a dot, located approximately halfway between the highlight value and the shadow value.

Term Glossary 3

Moire An unwanted pattern that can occur when a halftone image is scanned or when it is scaled in an application after it has been scanned.

PICT An industry-standard file format supported by many applications.

Pixel Picture Element. Each image is composed of a number of pixels. Pixels are sometimes called dots.

Pixel Depth An EPSON TWAIN setting that lets you select the amount of color information in a file.

Port An interface channel through which data is transmitted between devices.

Resolution Indication of how finely an image is resolved into pixels. Measured in dots per inch (dpi), pixels per inch (ppi), or

sometimes samples per inch (spi).

RLE Compression Run-Length Encoding. A type of data compression.

Saturation The amount of color in a specific hue. Unsaturated colors tend

to be pale. Saturated colors tend to be rich and vibrant.

scaling

Reducing or increasing the size of an image.

scan An operation performed by the sensor and the carriage of a

scanner. The image is divided into pixels by scanning.

Scanning Area The physical size of the image that can be scanned by the

scanner.

4 Term Glossary

SCSI Small Computer System Interface. EPSON scanners use the SCSI interface to communicate between the Macintosh and the scanner.

Shadow The darkest area of an image. The range between highlight and shadow determines the range and the color differentiation of the image.

Sharpness The measure of enhanced detail in an image.

Threshold The point at which the gray values are changed to either black or white.

TIFF5.0 Tagged Image File Format, version 5.0. TIFF is an industry-

standard file format supported by many applications. TIFF6.0(JPEG)

Tagged Image File Format, version 6.0 with JPEG compression. TIFF and JPEG are industry-standard file formats supported by many applications.

Transfer Curve A Gamma correction graph which shows the contrast ratio between the input (original image) and output (image data) in image processing.

Transparency Unit

A scanner accessory which allows the scanner to use materials

such as transparencies.

TWAIN

An open industry interface allowing you to acquire image data

directly from external sources without leaving your current

application.

Zoom

The ability to enlarge a portion of an image.

Term Glossary 5

Index

Accessories, purchasing, Intro-4 Acquire & Export option, 5-4 to 5-5 Acquire option, 3-2, 5-1, 6-1 to 6-2 Additive color process, 2-1, 6-10

Advanced screen

accessing 3-2, 3-5 Destination settings, 3-10 to 3-13 Image Type settings, 3-6 to 3-10 preview features, 3-13 to 3-15

scanning using, 3-16 special effects, 4-1 to 4-10 using, 3-5 to 3-15

Apple ColorSync, 4-2 Auto Exposure, 4-10 Auto Locate, 3-14, 3-16, 4-10, 6-5 Automatic Document Feeder, 3-3,

6-4, 6-7

Automatic features, 4-10

Best Quality mode, 3-7 to 3-8 Bit modes, see Data Brightness, 4-3 to 4-4, 6-6, 6-8 to 6-9,

6-11

Bulletin Board Service, EPSON,

Intro-5

Calibration

chart, 2-4 to 2-6

monitor, 2-1 to 2-3, 4-2

printer, 2-3 to 2-9

problems, 6-6, 6-8 to 6-10, 6-12

profile, see Calibration profile screen, 2-1 to 2-3, 4-2 system, 2-1 to 2-10

Calibration profile

creating 2-6 to 2-8 enabling, 4-2 EPSON Stylus printers, 2-4, 2-9, 3-12 exporting chart, 2-4 to 2-6 modifying, 3-12

scanning using, 2-8 to 2-9

selecting, 3-12 Capturing images, 3-1 to 3-16 Cautions, Intro-3 CMYK, 2-1 Color

adjustment, 4-7 to 4-9, 6-6, 6-10 buttons, 4-4, 4-8

correction, 4-7 to 4-9

filters, see Color Filters option

optimum resolution, 3-11

problems, 6-6, 6-8, 6-10

processes, 2-1, 6-10

removing 4-8

resolution see Resolution

saturation, see Saturation

separation, 2-6

settings, 4-7 to 4-9 Color Filters option 3-8, 4-7,4-9, 6-6 Color Photo option, 2-8, 3-4, 6-6, 6-12

ColorSync, Apple, 4-2

Comparisons, 4-2, 4-4, 4-6, 4-8 to 4-9

Compression 5-3, 5-5

CompuServe, Intro-5

Configuration

system, Intro-2

TWAIN, 2-3, 4-1 to 4-2

Contrast, 4-3 to 4-4, 6-6

Create Calibration Profile option, 2-6

to 2-8

Customer support, Intro-4 to Intro-5

Index 1

Data

24-bit mode, 3-15, 6-3 formats, 3-6 source, 1-3, 6-1 to 6-2

Default settings, 3-4 to 3-5, A-1 to

A-2

Destination

advanced screen options, 3-10 to 3-13 button, 2-9, 3-10

default settings, A-1 to A-2

defining, 6-5, 6-11

easy screen options, 3-4 to 3-5 Display, see Video display Dither options, 3-7 to 3-8, 6-5 Document Source option, 3-3, 4-9, 6-4 Document table, 3-3, 3-16, 6-4 to 6-5,

6-7 to 6-8 Draft Quality mode, 3-7 to 3-8 Dropout setting 3-7 to 3-8

EPSON Scan! II

acquiring and exporting images,

5-4 to 5-5 calibrating with, see Calibration exiting 5-5 exporting images, 5-1 to 5-5 file format, 5-1 to 5-2 installing, 1-1 to 1-2 introduction, Intro-1 to Intro-2 problems, 6-1 to 6-7 requirements, system Intro-2 saving images, 5-1 to 5-2 testing 1-3

EPSON TWAIN, see TWAIN Errors, 6-2, 6-4 to 6-5, 6-7 ES-300C

ES-600C scanner restrictions, 6-3 Export Calibration Chart option, 2-4

Exporting images, 5-1 to 5-5

scanner restrictions, 3-8, 4-2

to 4-3, 4-5, 4-7, 4-10, 6-3

to 2-6

Easy screen

accessing 1-3, 3-2 Destination setting 3-4 to 3-5 Document Source setting 3-3 Image Type setting, 3-4

scanning using, 3-16

Electronic support services, Intro4

to Intro-5

Enable Screen Calibration option,

2-3, 4-2

EPS, 5-3, 5-5 EPSON

Accessories, Intro-4

America Forum, CompuServe,

Intro-5 Bulletin Board Service, Intro-5 Customer Care Centers, Intro-4 electronic support, Intro-4 to Intro-5

2 Index

File

24-bit data, 3-15, 6-3 EPSON Scan! II 5-1 5-2 formats, 2-5, 5-1 to 5-5, 6-9

size, 3-11, 3-14 to 3-15, 6-5, 6-12

Flatbed setting, 3-3

Gamma correction 4-5 to 4-6, 6-8 to

6-11

Gray Balance, 4-7 to 4-8 Grayscale, 3-11

Halftone setting 3-7 to 3-8, 4-3, 6-5,

6-10

Height setting, 3-14 to 3-15 Help, where to get, Intro-4 to Intro-5 Highlight setting 4-3 to 4-4, 6-11

Image

acquiring and exporting, 5-4 to 5-5

adjusting preview, 3-14 to 3-16 exporting, 5-1 to 5-5 file size, 3-11, 3-14 to 3-15, 6-5, 6-12 inverting, 4-9, 6-5 monochrome, 6-5 negative, 6-5 previewing, see Preview quality, 3-7 to 3-8, 5-3, 5-5, 6-7 to 6-12 saving, 4-2, 5-1 to 5-2 scale, 3-15, 6-11 scanning, 3-16 size, 3-14 to 3-15, 6-10, 6-12

Image Controls

icon, 4-4 settings, 4-3 to 4-5

Image editing software, 3-16, 4-1,

6-3, 6-6, 6-9

Image Type option

advanced screen, 3-6 to 3-10, 4-3, 4-5

default settings 6-5, A-1

easy screen, 3-4

Installation, EPSON Scanning

utilities, 1-1 to 1-3, 6-1

Invert feature, 4-9, 6-5

JPEG, 5-3, 5-5

Line Art, 3-11, 4-5, 6-11 Lock setting, 3-15 Lossy compression scheme, 5-3, 5-5

Macintosh requirements, Intro-2, 6-2 Manual, how to use, intro-3 Measurement units, 3-14 Memory, 6-2 to 6-3 Moire patterns, 6-11 Monitor calibration, see Calibration Monitor Control Panel, 2-2, 3-13, 4-2,

6-4, 6-12

Multipage scanning, 3-3, 6-7

Net screen options, 3-7 to 3-8 Notes, Intro-3 Number of comparison samples

option, 4-2

OCR option, 3-4 to 3-5, 3-9

Online support, Intro-4 to Intro-5 optimum resolutions, 3-11 Option key, 4-5, 4-7

Paper jam, 6-4 Paper size, 6-12

Photoshop, 6-4 PICT, 5-3, 5-5 Pixel Depth setting, 3-6, 3-8, 4-3, 5-3,

5-5, 6-5, 6-10 to 6-12

Preview

adjusting, 3-14 to 3-16 area, 3-13 to 3-16, 4-3, 4-10, 6-3 icon, 3-13, 4-3, 6-3 to 6-4 problems, 6-4, 6-12 saving image, 4-2 room, see Zoom Preview

Index 3

printer calibration, see Calibration Printer driver, 6-12 Problems

EPSON scanning Utilities, 6-1 to 6-7 Image quality, 6-7 to 6-12

Profile, see Calibration profile

Quality setting, 3-7 to 3-8 Quality slide bar, 5-3, 5-5

READY light, 6-3 Requirements, system, Intro-2, 6-2

Reset button 4-5 to 4-7 Resolution

limitations, 3-13, 6-3, 6-6, 6-10, 6-12 optimum scanning, 3-11

selecting, 3-10 to 3-11 RGB, 2-1 Rulers setting, 3-14

Samples, comparison, 4-2

Saturation 3-8, 4-7 to 4-8

Save Preview Image and Settings

option, 4-2 Scale setting 3-15, 6-11 Scan manager, 6-6

Scanners

compatible, Intro-2

ES-300C, 3-8, 4-2 to 4-3, 4-5, 4-7,

4-10, 6-3

ES-600C, 6-3

scanning options

1 pass sequence, 3-7 to 3-8

3 pass sequence, 3-7 to 3-8, 4-2, 4-8

to 4-9, 6-6, 6-11

advanced screen, 3-5 to 3-15

easy screen, 3-3 to 3-4

special effects, 4-1 to 4-10

using calibration, 2-8 to 2-9 Scanning Sequence setting, 3-7 to 3-8 Scanning Utilities, EPSON, see

EPSON Scan! II and TWAIN Screen calibration, see Calibration SCSI

problems, 6-1, 6-3

settings, 1-1 Selection matrix, 3-8 Service bureau, printer, 2-6 Service, EPSON, Intro-4 to Intro-5 Shadow setting, 4-3 to 4-4, 6-9 sharpness setting, 4-3, 6-4, 6-11 Size, see Image and File Software installation, 1-1 to 1-3

Special effects, 4-1 to 4-10

Subtractive color process, 2-1, 6-10

support services, Intro-4 to Intro-5

System requirements, Intro-2, 6-2

Technical help, Intro-4 to Intro-5 Telephone numbers, EPSON, Intro-4

to Intro-5

Text Enhancement Technology

option 3-4 to 3-5, 3-7, 3-9 to 3-10

Threshold setting, 4-3, 6-11 TIFF5.0, 5-3, 5-5 TlFF6.0(JPEG), 5-3, 5-5

4 Index

Tips, Intro-3 Transparency Unit, 3-3, 4-9, 6-4

Troubleshooting, 6-1 to 6-12

TWAIN

accessing, 3-2 advanced screen, see Advanced

screen automatic features, 4-10 compliant applications, 5-1 configuration, 2-3, 4-1 to 4-2 data source, 1-3, 6-1 to 6-2 default settings, A-1 to A-2

easy screen, see Easy screen installing, 1-1 to 1-2

introduction, Intro-1 to Intro-2

problems, 6-1 to 6-7 requirements, system, Intro-2 scanning using, 3-16

special effects, 4-1 to 4-10

testing, 1-3

Units, measurement, 3-14 Utilities, EPSON Scanning see

EPSON Scan! II and TWAIN

Variations between samples option,

4-2

Video display, 3-13, 6-10, 6-12

Warnings, Intro-3 Width setting, 3-14 to 3-15

Zoom Preview, 3-13, 4-3, 6-10

Index 5

Epson Scan! II Owner Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Selecting the Image Type

Using the Advanced Screen

Modifying an Image Type

Modifying the Destination

Previewing and Adjusting the Image

Modifying the TWAIN Configuration

Using Image Controls

Adjusting Gamma Correction

Adjusting Colors

Setting the Gray Balance

Changing Saturation

Using Color Filters

Using Automatic Features

Using Auto Exposure

Using Auto Locate

Saving a Scanned Image

Exporting an Image

Acquiring and Exporting an Image

Exiting EPSON Scan! II

Problems Using the EPSON Scanning Utilities

Problems With Image Quality

Appendix

Icon Glossary

Index