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 you customize a few scanning settings for documents and photos, 
and check their effects with a preview image.
 
Home Mode is best when you want to preview images of documents or photos\
 before 
scanning them. You can size the image as you scan, adjust the scan area,\
 and adjust 
many image settings, including color restoration. 
See Changing the Scan Mode for instructions on switching to Home Mode.
 
See Selecting Basic Settings for scanning steps. 
l     Professional Mode gives you total control of your scanning settings and lets you 
check their effects with a preview image.
 
Professional Mode is best when you want to preview your image and make e\
xtensive, 
detailed corrections to it before scanning. You can sharpen, color corre\
ct, and enhance 
your image with a full array of tools, including color restoration.
 
See Changing the Scan Mode for instructions on switching to Professional Mode. 
See Selecting Basic Settings for scanning steps.  
						

							
Home > Scanning Using the Document Table 
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 screen
 
96 to 150 dpi 
Print, convert to editable text 
(OCR)
 
300 dpi 
Fax 200 dpi 
Click the Preview button toward the bottom of the EPSON Scan 
window.
 
EPSON Scan prescans your page and displays it in the Preview window. 
In the Preview window, draw a marquee (a line marking the scan area) a\
round the 
portion of your document page that you want to scan.  
						

							
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.
 
Descreening Filter 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.
 
Text Enhancement Enhances text recognition when scanning text 
documents.
 
Threshold Adjusts the level at which the black areas in text and 
line art are delineated, improving text recognition in 
OCR programs. This setting is available only when the 
Image Type is set to Black&White.
 
Click the Scan button to scan your document 
pages.
  
						

							
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 to save.
 
In the File Save Settings window, specify the location in which you want\
 to save your 
scanned image. Click the My Documents or My Pictures buttons (Windows), or the 
Documents or Pictures button (Mac OS X).
 
If you want to select another folder, click Other, then click Browse (Windows) or 
Choose (Mac OS X) and select the folder.
  
						

							
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 table. Depending on t\
he format, the 
Options button may be available for making detailed settings.
  
						

							
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 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. (With other formats, each document is saved in a 
separate file.) You can also edit the images before saving 
them. 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 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 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 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 you want the File Save Settings window to appear a\
utomatically 
before you scan. If you deselect it, you must click the arrow to the rig\
ht of the Scan 
button and select File Save Settings to open the window.
 
l     Open image folder after scanning  
Select this option if you want Windows Explorer or the Macintosh Finder \
to 
automatically open the folder where your scanned image is saved when EPS\
ON Scan 
finishes scanning.
 
Click OK. EPSON Scan starts 
scanning.
 
The scanned image is automatically saved in the file and location you ch\
ose. 
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Changing the Scan Mode
To change the scan mode, click the arrow in the Mode box at the top righ\
t 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: 
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