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❏To select your scan area, click the   auto locate icon to place a marquee that 
marks the edges of your image area. You can move the marquee to change the 
scan area. See Adjusting the Scan Area (Marquee) on page 151 for instructions.
Note:
If you are going to scan at a different size than your original, you must first select your 
Target Size and automatically create a marquee that is proportioned to that size. See 
Selecting the Scan Size on page 155 for instructions. You can then copy the marquee and 
place it on each image you will scan at that size.
❏To zoom in on an image, click inside the scan area and click the Zoom button. 
Epson Scan prescans again and displays a larger preview on the Zoom tab. (Your 
other images are still previewed at the original size on the Preview tab.)
❏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.
4. When you have finished adjusting the scan area, and modifying the color and image 
settings, you can select the size of your scanned image, if you have not already 
selected it. See Selecting the Scan Size on page 155 for instructions.
Adjusting the Scan Area (Marquee)
A marquee is a moving dotted line that appears on the edges of your preview image to 
indicate the scan area.
You can move the marquee, adjust its size, and create multiple marquees on one image 
(full-size preview only) to scan different image areas in separate scan files. Follow these 
steps.
1. To draw a marquee, move your cursor over a preview image. The pointer becomes a 
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2. Position the pointer in the area where you want to place the corner of your marquee and 
click. Hold down the mouse button and drag the cross-hairs over the image to the 
opposite corner of the desired scan area. Then release the mouse button. You see the 
moving dotted line of the marquee.
3. Do one of the following to adjust the marquee.
❏To move the marquee, position your cursor inside the marquee. The pointer 
becomes a hand. Click and drag the marquee to the desired location.
❏To resize the marquee, position your cursor over the edge or corner of the marquee. 
The pointer becomes a straight or angled double-arrow. Click and drag the edge or 
corner to the desired size.
Note:
To restrict movement of the marquee to vertical or horizontal only, hold down the Shift key as 
you move the marquee. To restrict sizing of the marquee to the current proportions, hold down 
the Shift key as you resize the marquee.
4. To draw multiple marquees (up to 50; the full-size preview only), you can just draw them 
as described in steps 1 through 3, or click the   copy marquee icon to create 
additional marquees of the same size. You can move and resize all the marquees as 
described in step 3. To delete a marquee, click inside it and click the   delete 
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Adjusting the Color and Other Image Settings
Once you have previewed your images and adjusted the scan area, you can modify the 
image quality, if necessary. Epson Scan offers a variety of settings for improving color, 
sharpness, contrast, and other aspects affecting image quality.
Before you make adjustments, be sure to click the image or marquee for the area you want 
to adjust. In Professional Mode, you also need to scroll down to the Adjustments area of 
the main Epson Scan window.
The table below describes the settings available. For details on adjusting these settings, 
click Help in the Epson Scan window.
When you are finished making adjustments, you can size your scanned images (see 
Selecting the Scan Size on page 155) or go ahead and scan (see Finishing the Scan on 
page 158).
Setting Available mode(s) and description
Color Restoration Home and Professional:
Restores the colors in faded photos automatically.
Dust Removal Home and Professional:
Removes dust marks from your originals automatically.
Backlight 
CorrectionHome and Professional:
Removes shadows from photos that have too much background light.
Brightness Home and Professional:
Adjusts the overall image lightness and darkness.
In Home Mode, click the Brightness button to access the Brightness setting.
In Professional Mode, click the   Image Adjustment button to access the 
Brightness setting.
Contrast Home and Professional:
Adjusts the difference between the light and dark areas of the overall 
image.
In Home Mode, click the Brightness button to access the Contrast setting.
In Professional Mode, click the   Image Adjustment button to access the 
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Note:
❏To view the red, green, and blue levels at particular points in your preview image as you make 
adjustments, click the  densitometer icon in the preview window and click an image area. See 
Epson Scan help for details.
Saturation Professional only:
Adjusts the density of colors in the overall image.
Click the   Image Adjustment button to access the Saturation setting.
Color Balance Professional only:
Adjusts the balance of red, green, and blue colors in the overall image.
Click the   Image Adjustment button to access the Color Balance setting.
Auto Exposure Home:
Automatically applied.
Professional:
Click the   Auto Exposure button. To turn it on continuously, click the 
Configuration button, click the Color tab, and select Continuous auto 
exposure. You can adjust the level of exposure adjustment using the slider.
Unsharp Mask 
FilterOffice and Home:
Automatically applied.
Professional:
Turn on to make the edges of image areas clearer for an overall sharper 
image. The level of sharpness is adjustable. Turn off to leave softer edges.
Descreening Filter Office, Home and Professional: 
Removes the rippled pattern that can appear in subtly-shaded image 
areas, such as in skin tones. Also improves results when scanning magazine 
or newspaper images which include screening in their original print 
processes. The results of the Descreening Filter do not appear in the 
preview image, only in your scanned image.
Text 
EnhancementOffice:
Makes the texts clearer when printing documents.
Histogram Professional only:
Provides a graphical interface for adjusting highlight, shadow, and 
gamma levels individually. For advanced users only. Click the   Histogram 
Adjustment button to use the Histogram settings.
Tone Correction Professional only:
Provides a graphical interface for adjusting tone levels individually. For 
advanced users only. Click the   Tone Correction button to use the Tone 
Correction settings.
Color Palette Professional only:
Provides a graphical interface for adjusting mid-tone levels, such as skin 
tones, without affecting the highlight and shadow areas of the image. For 
advanced users only. Click the   Color Palette button to use the Color 
Palette settings.
Threshold Home and Professional:
Adjusts the level at which the black areas in text and line art are 
delineated, improving text recognition in OCR programs. (Available only 
when you select Black & White as the Image Type setting.)
In Home Mode, click the Brightness button to access the Threshold setting.
 
						

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❏Certain settings may not be available, or may be automatically selected, depending on the type 
of image you are previewing and other settings you have selected.
❏You can customize how certain Epson Scan settings behave by clicking the Configuration 
button and changing settings in the window that appears. See Epson Scan Help for details.
❏To undo any image quality adjustments you make to the preview image, click the Reset button 
(if available), turn off the setting, or preview your image again.
Selecting the Scan Size
You can scan your images at their original size, or you can reduce or enlarge their size as 
you scan them. You do this using the Target Size setting in Home or Professional Mode.
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Professional Mode
If you are going to scan your image to a particular size, you should select the Target Size 
setting after previewing it, but before adjusting your scan area (indicated by the marquee). 
This sets the scan area to the correct proportions so your image will not be cropped 
unexpectedly.
For instructions on previewing your image(s), see Previewing and Adjusting the Scan 
Area on page 148. Then follow these steps to select the Target Size setting.
1. You can choose a predefined scan size from the Target Size list. Click the arrow in the 
list and select the size you want. A marquee (dotted line) proportioned for that size 
appears on your preview image.
 
						

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2. If you need to create a scan size that is not in the Target Size list, you can create a 
custom size. Click the arrow in the list and select Customize. You see the Target Size 
window.
Type a name for your custom size, enter the size, click the Save button, then click OK. 
Your new size appears in the Target Size list.
3. In Professional Mode, you can fine-tune the size using additional tools. Click the + 
(Windows) or r (Mac OS X) next to Target Size to display these tools.
❏To size your image by a certain percentage, adjust the Scale value.
❏To change the way your image is cropped, turn Trimming on or off. (See Epson 
Scan Help for details.) 
❏To unlock the proportions of your scan size, click the  lock icon. Then adjust the 
marquee or enter new width/height measurements.
4. Once you have selected your scan size, you can click and drag the marquee to the area 
in the image you want to scan. For details, see Adjusting the Scan Area (Marquee) on 
page 151. The marquee proportions are retained as you adjust it.
If you need to rotate the marquee for a landscape or portrait image without changing its 
aspect ratio, click the  orientation icon. (Not available if you are scanning at the 
Original Target Size.) 
Note:
For more information about using the Target Size tools, click Help in the Epson Scan window.
5. Now you are ready to scan your image(s). Click the Scan button and see Finishing the 
Scan on page 158 for instructions.
 
						

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Finishing the Scan
What happens after you scan depends on how you started your scan.
❏If you started your scan by running Epson Scan as a standalone program, you see the 
File Save Settings window. This lets you select the name and location of your saved 
scan files. See Selecting File Save Settings on page 139 for details.
❏If you started your scan from a scanning program such as Adobe Photoshop Elements, 
your scanned image(s) open in the program window. Click Close to close the Epson 
Scan window and view your image(s) in the program.
❏If you started your scan from Epson File Manager, you see thumbnails of your scanned 
images in the Epson File Manager window.
Note:
If you do not see your scanned images, select the folder in which you saved them on the left 
side of the Epson File Manager window.
If you want to use your scanned images in one of the Epson Creativity Suite project 
programs, click the check box beneath each image thumbnail. The images are 
displayed in the My Selection box on the bottom of the Epson File Manager window.
Then select one of these project icons at the top of the window.
Project icon For instructions, see these sources
Scan and Copy See Using the Scanner as a Copier on page 169.
Copy to Fax See the Epson File Manager or Copy Utility Help for instructions.
Attach  to  e-mail In the Send File Via E-mail window, select the e-mail program and 
the photo size. Then click OK. Your e-mail program is opened and 
any scanned images you selected are attached to a new e-mail 
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Note:
Once you have saved a scanned image, you can start Epson File Manager by dragging the 
image file or an image folder to the Epson File Manager icon on your desktop.
Using the Scanner Features
Restoring Color in Photos
Using the Color Restoration feature in Epson Scan, you can transform old, faded, or 
badly exposed photos into ones with true-to-life color and sharpness. You can restore 
printed photos automatically as you scan them.
Note:
Color Restoration is available only in Home or Professional Mode.
Follow these steps to restore colors using Epson Scan.
1. Place your original photo on the scanner. See Setting Your Originals on page 129 for 
instructions.
2. Start Epson Scan. See one of these sections for instructions.
❏Starting a Scan With Epson Scan on page 133
❏Starting a Scan With the Epson Creativity Suite on page 135
❏Starting a Scan With Another Scanning Program on page 138
Easy Photo Print See Epson Easy Photo Print Help for instructions.
Original image Color Restoration 
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3. When Epson Scan window appears, select the basic settings for the type of original(s) 
you are scanning, then select the destination setting for the way you will use your 
image(s). See Selecting Basic Settings on page 142.
4. Click the Preview button to preview your image(s), then select your scan area. See 
Previewing and Adjusting the Scan Area on page 148.
5. Do one of the following to select the Color Restoration option.
❏Home Mode: Click the Color Restoration check box.