Epson Gt2500 User Manual

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Overview of the EPSON Scan Modes
EPSON Scan lets you control all aspects of scanning and includes three m\
odes: 
l     Office Mode lets you quickly select settings for scanning text documents and check \
their effects with a preview image. EPSON Scan opens in this mode the fi\
rst time you 
use it.
 
See Changing the Scan Mode for instructions on switching to Office Mode. 
See Selecting EPSON Scan Office Mode Settings for scanning steps. 
l     Home Mode lets...

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Selecting EPSON Scan Office Mode Settings
After you start EPSON Scan in Office Mode, follow these steps to select \
your EPSON Scan 
settings:
  

Select whether the Image Type of your document pages is Color, Grayscale, or 
Black&White.
 
Select Auto Detect or Document Table as the Document Source 
setting.
 
Select the size of your original document as the Size 
setting.
 
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:
 
What you will do with the 
scanned image
 
Suggested scan resolution 
Send via e-mail, upload to web, 
view only on the...

For instructions on creating and adjusting a marquee, see Adjusting the Scan Area 
(Marquee).
 
Change any necessary Image Adjustment settings as listed in the table 
below.
 
Setting Available mode(s) and description 
Brightness Adjusts the overall image lightness and darkness. 
Contrast Adjusts the difference between the light and dark areas 
of the overall image.
 
Unsharp Mask 
Filter
 
Turn on to make the edges of image areas clearer for 
an overall sharper image. Turn off to leave softer 
edges....

What happens next depends on how you started your 
scan.
 
l     If you started your scan by running EPSON Scan as a standalone program, \
you see 
the File Save Settings window. See Selecting File Save Settings for details.
 
l     If you started your scan from a scanning program such as Adobe Acrobat, \
your 
scanned pages open in the program window. Click Close to close the EPSON Scan 
window and view your scanned pages in the program.
  

Home > Scanning Using the Document Table 
Selecting EPSON Scan Home/Professional Mode 
Settings
Selecting File Save Settings  
Changing the Scan Mode  
Selecting Basic Settings  
Selecting the Scan Resolution  
Previewing and Adjusting the Scan Area  
Adjusting the Color and Other Image Settings  
Selecting the Scan Size  
Finishing the Scan  
Selecting File Save Settings
When you see the File Save Settings window, you need to select the locat\
ion, name, and 
format of the scanned image file you want...

Specify a file name prefix with an alphanumeric character string. A 3-di\
git number is 
automatically added to the file name, but you can change the Start Numbe\
r if you like. 
If you are scanning multiple images at once, each image will receive a d\
ifferent 3-digit 
number.
 
 
Note:
l     With Windows, the following characters cannot be used in the prefix. 
\, /, :, ., *, ?, , , %
 
l     With Mac OS X, you cannot use a colon (:) in the prefix. 
Select a file format as described in the following...

Format (File 
Extension)
 
Explanation 
BITMAP (*.
BMP) 
(Windows 
only)
 
A standard image file format for Windows. Most Windows 
programs, including word processing programs, can read 
and prepare images in this format.
 
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...

TIFF (*.TIF) A file format created for exchanging data between many 
programs, such as graphic and DTP software. When 
scanning black & white images, you can specify the 
compression type.
 
The checkboxes at the bottom of the window give you these 
options:
 
l     Overwrite any files with the same name  
Select this option if you want to reuse the selected file name and locat\
ion and 
overwrite previous files with the same names.
 
l     Show this dialog box before next scan  
Select this option if...

 
Note:
The mode you select remains in effect when you start EPSON Scan the next\
 time. 
For instructions on scanning using these modes, see: 
l     Home or Professional Mode: Selecting Basic Settings. 
l     Office Mode: Selecting EPSON Scan Office Mode Settings. 
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Selecting Basic Settings
When you start EPSON Scan in Home or Professional Mode, you see the main\
 EPSON Scan 
window:
 
Home Mode