Epson V850 Instruction Booklet

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Epson V850 Perfection Flatbed Scanner

Instruction Booklet

NOTICE:

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, US Code) governs the making of copies of
materials in all formats, including the creation, online delivery, and use of digital copies of
copyrighted material, including photographs. Persons using this equipment are liable for any
infringements

DISCLAIMER:

MCMLS is not responsible for damages incurred to your media (photographic, audio, video or
digital) thru use of this scanning equipment. By using the EPSON V850 Flatbed Scanner, you are
consenting to use this equipment at your own risk and discretion.

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Using the EPSON V850 Perfection Flatbed Scanner

Table of Contents

Introduction / General setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . pg 3

Description of scanning modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . pg 7

Scanning Albums and Print Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg 10

Scanning Negatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg 26

Scanning Slides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg 63

Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . pg 84

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INTRODUCTION / GENERAL SETUP

The EPSON V850 Perfection Flatbed Scanner is a power scanner capable of creating a high­resolution digital image from your photo albums, slides, and negatives. Its software and
interface make is especially useful for magnetic albums and irregular sized negatives and slides.

The following is a step-by-step guide that will walk you through how to use the Epson V850
Flatbed Scanner with the accompanying EPSON scan software:

1. Familiarize yourself with Epson V850 Flatbed Scanner and its accessories:

SCANNER

POWER Button

Scanner Base

Scanner Cover

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ACCESSORIES

Transparency

Glass

Scanner bed

White cover for

photographs /

album scanning

Negative strip

holder

Slide Trays (x2)

Large negative

holder (x2)

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2. First turn the scanner on by pressing the POWER button located on the bottom left

corner on the front of the EPSON V850 scanner.

A green light indicates the scanner is on.

3. Insert your USB flash drive into an open USB port on the front of the PC unit.

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4. Using the mouse on the PC, double click on the EPSON scan software to open the

scanning program.

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DESCRIPTION OF SCANNING MODES

The EPSON Scan software comes with three different scanning modes:

Full Auto Mode - This is the most basic interface and best for beginner users scanning

photo albums, 35mm slides, and standard sized negatives. Full auto mode will automatically
detect the type of material you are scanning, find edges automatically, and split multiple
images for you into separate files. Users just specify save settings and resolution and the
software does the rest!

NOTE: If you are having trouble with Full Auto mode cropping or cutting portions of your source

material, you might want to try using the Home mode instead.

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Home Mode - Using the Home mode provides you with a few more customization

options than the Full Auto mode. You are given the ability to specify the Document type
(print photograph, positive film (slides) color or b&w negative film etc.) and more advanced
settings for resolution and target size.

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Professional Mode - Professional mode is for advanced users only. It provides access to

the full customization offered by the EPSON Scan software, including color and gamma
correction.

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Scanning Albums and Print Photos

It is recommended you use the Full Auto Mode to scan your Albums and print photographs if this is your
first time scanning. If needed, click on the Mode menu and change it to Full Auto Mode

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1. To start scanning, first open the cover on the scanner and verify that the white photograph

cover is in place over the glass on the inside of the scanner cover.

Missing Cover!
The cover
should be to the
right of scanner
on the table

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Line white cover
above the four
tabs, then push
down to secure.

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2. Place album or print photograph facedown on the bottom glass. Try to center the

albums or photographs on the middle of glass for best results.

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3. Close scanner cover to secure photographs into place.

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4. Back in the EPSON Scan program, click on the Customize button.

5. The Customize window appears. Here you can specify which type of document you are

scanning. Choose: Photograph/Document for print photos and albums.

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6. You also have the ability to change the resolution of the scan. The default settings of

600 dpi for Photographs and 800 dpi for film is recommended for most users.

Once you have verified the document type and resolution, Click on File Save Settings to
determine where and how to save your digital scans.

7. The File save settings window opens. First you will want to specify where you want to

save your scanned files. Under where is says Location is an Other option. Choose that
and click on the BROWSE button.

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8. A new window opens with options of where to save. In the list, choose the USB drive

port your USB flash drive is attached to (usually USB Drive F:).

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If you want, you can create a new folder inside of your USB drive to save the photos in.
Just click of make new folder and give the folder a name. Click on the new folder to
select, then click OK to verify the save location.

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9. You will now be back on the file save setting screen. Under File Name you can specify

the filename prefix and what number to start the save counter with. In the example
below the filename will be Unknown Album001 for the first picture scan, and each
additional picture will be named sequentially : Unknown Album002, Unknown
Album003, etc.)

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10. Next, you can specify what image format you want to save your digital images in. JPEG is

recommend for most users. For Lossless, larger file-sized images you might choose the
TIFF format as well.

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11. Then left click with mouse on OK to save the selected settings.

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12. You will be back on the customize window now. With the save settings set, you are

ready to go back to the welcome screen and start scanning. Click OK.

13. Click on the Scan button to begin the scanning process.

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14. The scanner will scan the images on the glass.

15. Once the scanner has finished, the EPSON Scan software will close, and a window will

pop up showing the saved files. You can click on the photo filename to see the results.

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Click the X to close the photos app and return back to the desktop.

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16. If you have more photographs to scan, remove the photo that was just scanned and

place the next photograph or sets of photos down on the glass, and close the cover.

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17. Back on the desktop, double click on the EPSON Scan software to re-open the program.

18. The welcome screen shows up. Even though the software closed with the last scan, it

retains all the settings from the last scan. Just click the scan button to scan the next
image.

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19. You can keep doing steps 15 thru 18 until you have finished scanning all your

photographs. Once finished, be sure to remove all your photos from the scanner glass,
remove your USB flash drive, and close all the windows on the computer

Scanning Negatives

You can successfully utilize the Full Auto mode to scan when scanning negatives that are 24mm
x 35mm (these generally come in strips of 4- 6 photographs). Other sized negatives will require
you to use the Home Mode in order to get the best results. The following steps will guide you
thru using both modes to scan your negatives.

Preparing Negatives for Scanning

1. To start scanning, first open the cover on the scanner and verify that the white photograph

cover is REMOVED from the top scanner glass.