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5. The check boxes at the bottom of the window give you these options:
❏Overwrite any files with the same name
Select this option if you want to reuse the selected file name and location and 
overwrite previous files with the same names.
❏Show this dialog box before next scan
Select this option if you want the File Save Settings window to appear automatically 
before you scan (Home or Professional Mode only). If you deselect it, you must click 
the  File Save Settings button to open the window in Home or Professional 
Mode.
❏Open image folder after scanning
Select this option if you want Epson File Manager, Windows Explorer, or the 
Macintosh Finder to automatically open the folder where your scanned image is 
saved when Epson Scan finishes scanning.
6. Click OK.
7. Click Preview, then click Scan.
JPEG  (*.JPG) A compressed file format in which the compression level can be selected. 
The JPEG format lets you highly compress image data. However, the 
higher the compression, the lower the image quality. Any lost image 
quality data cannot be restored and the quality deteriorates each time 
the data is saved. The TIFF format is recommended when modification 
and retouching are required.
Multi-TIFF 
(*.TIF)A TIFF format where multiple pages are saved to the same file. You can 
also edit the scanned images before saving them. See Epson Scan Help 
for details. To open Multi-TIFF files, you need a program that supports it.
PDF (*.PDF) A document format that can be read on both Windows and Macintosh 
systems (platform independent). To use PDF documents, you need Adobe 
Reader or Acrobat. Multi-page documents can be saved as one PDF file. 
When you save color or grayscale images in PDF, you can select a 
compression level. You can also edit the scanned images before saving 
them. See Scanning to a PDF File on page 172 for details.
PICT (*.PCT)
(Macintosh 
only)A standard image file format for Macintosh. Most Macintosh programs, 
including word processing programs, can read and prepare images in this 
format.
PRINT Image 
Matching II 
JPEG (*.JPG) 
or TIFF (*.TIF)A file format that includes PRINT Image Matching II data for enhanced 
quality and a wider color range. PRINT Image Matching II compatible 
printers can then print using this data for brilliant, true-to-life results. (PRINT 
Image Matching data does not affect the way the image displays on a 
screen.) Available in JPEG or TIFF format.
TIFF  (*.TIF) A file format created for exchanging data between many programs, such 
as graphic and DTP software. When scanning black & white images, you 
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The scanned image is automatically saved in the file and location you chose.
Changing the Scan Mode
To change the scan mode, click the arrow in the Mode box at the top right of the Epson 
Scan window. Then select the mode you want to use from the list that appears.
Note:
The mode you select remains in effect when you start Epson Scan the next time.
For instructions on scanning using these modes, see Selecting Basic Settings on page 
142.
Selecting Basic Settings
When you start Epson Scan in Home or Professional Mode, you see the main Epson Scan 
window.
 
						

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Office Mode
 
						

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Home Mode
 
						

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Professional Mode
Before you scan your document or photo, you need to select these basic settings.
❏Original settings. These tell Epson Scan the type of document or photo you are 
scanning.
❏Destination settings. These tell Epson Scan how you plan to use your scanned image 
so it can select the correct default resolution (scan quality) for you.
Follow these steps to select the basic settings for a document or photo in Epson Scan.
1. Do one of the following to select your document type.
Office or Home mode: 
Click the arrow to open the Document Type list and select the type of original you are 
scanning. Then click the Color, Grayscale, or Black & White radio button to select the 
colors in the original.
Professional mode: 
Click the arrow to open the Document Type list and select Reflective. Then click the 
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2. Do one of the following to select your destination setting(s).
Home mode: 
Click the radio button for the way you plan to use the scanned image in the Destination 
box: 
❏Screen/Web radio button for images you will view only on a computer screen or 
post on the web.
❏Printer radio button for images you will be printing or converting to editable text with 
an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) program.
❏Other radio button if you want to select a specific resolution for other purposes.
Professional mode: 
Click the arrow to open the Image Type list and select the detailed image type you are 
scanning.
3. In Home Mode, Epson Scan selects a default resolution setting based on the original 
and destination settings you select. See Selecting the Scan Resolution on page 147 
to continue scanning.
Image Type setting Type of image you are scanning
24-bit Color Color photo
Color Smoothing Color graphics, such as a chart or graph
8-bit Grayscale Black-and-white photo with just a few shades of gray
Black & White Document with black text and/or line art
 
						

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Selecting the Scan Resolution
In Office Mode, you can select the resolution you want at any time.
In Home Mode, you can change the resolution only if you click Other radio button as the 
Destination setting.
In Professional Mode, you can select the resolution you want at any time.
Before you select the scan resolution, you should consider whether you will enlarge the 
images before or after you scan. Follow these guidelines.
❏You will not be enlarging the images. 
If you will scan the images at 100% size or smaller and will not enlarge them later, you 
can accept the Resolution setting selected by Epson Scan based on your original and 
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❏You will enlarge the images as you scan them (increase the Target Size setting). 
If you will enlarge the images in Epson Scan so you can use them at a larger size, you 
can accept the Resolution setting selected by Epson Scan based on your original and 
destination settings. (Home Mode only)
❏You will scan the images at their original size, but then enlarge them later in an 
image-editing program.
If you plan to enlarge your images later in an image-editing program, you need to 
increase the Resolution setting to retain a high image quality after enlargement. 
Increase the resolution by the same amount you will increase the image size. For 
example, if the resolution is 300 dpi (dots per inch), but you will increase the image size 
by 200% in an image-editing program, change the Resolution setting to 600 dpi in 
Epson Scan.
Click the arrow next to the Resolution list and select the number of dots per inch at which 
you want to scan. See the table below for some guidelines.
After selecting the Resolution, you can preview your image and make any necessary 
adjustments. See Previewing and Adjusting the Scan Area on page 148 to continue 
scanning.
Previewing and Adjusting the Scan Area
Once you have selected your basic settings and resolution, you can preview your image 
and select or adjust the area of the image(s) you want to scan. Epson Scan displays the 
preview image(s) in a separate Preview window on your screen.
❏Full-size preview displays your previewed images in their entirety. You must select the 
scan area and make any image quality adjustments manually. This is the default 
preview type in Office and Professional Mode, but you can also select it in Home Mode, 
if available.
Note:
❏The thumbnail preview is not available for the model with the Auto Document Feeder installed.
Follow these steps to preview your image(s).
What you will do with the scanned image Suggested scan resolution
Send via e-mail, upload to web, view only 
on the screen96 to 150 dpi
Print, convert to editable text (OCR) 300 dpi
Fax 200 dpi
Enlarge after scanning at 100% Increase Resolution setting by same amount you 
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1. Click the Preview button toward the bottom of the Epson Scan window.
Epson Scan prescans your image(s) and displays them in one of the following Preview 
windows.
Full-size preview
 
						

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Thumbnail preview
Note:
If the edge of your document or photo is not scanned, move it away from the edge of the 
document table slightly.
2. If you are viewing the thumbnail preview, you can do the following to adjust the 
image(s).
❏To zoom in on an image, double-click its thumbnail, or click the thumbnail and then 
click the Full Size tab near the top of the Preview window.
❏To rotate an image or flip it horizontally (like a mirror image), click its thumbnail and 
click the  rotation icon or  mirroring icon.
❏To adjust the scan area to crop your image, you can create and move a marquee 
that marks the edges of your scan. See Adjusting the Scan Area (Marquee) on 
page 151 for instructions.
❏To adjust the image quality, click the image(s) you want to modify and make the 
adjustments as described in Adjusting the Color and Other Image Settings on 
page 153. If you want to apply the adjustments you have made to all your images, 
click the All button.
3. If you are viewing the full-size preview, you can do the following to adjust the image(s).