Epson Stylus Photo RX620 User Manual

Scanning Film or Slides41 4. Press the 
Scan button to set the RX620 to Scan mode.
5. Use the u and d buttons to choose 
Scan to Memory Card, then press the 
OK button.
6. Use the u, d, l, and r buttons to select the following options:
■Scan area: select Auto cropping (if the edges of the photo are light in 
color, select 
Max area)
■Document type: select Graphics
■Quality: select Photo
7. Press the x Color button. The photo is scanned and saved to the “epscan” 
folder on your memory card. 
8. When...

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Removing the Film Holder and Document Mat 
1. Open the scanner lid and slide out the document mat. Set the mat aside so 
you can reinstall it for scanning reflective documents later. 
Note: 
You must remove the white document mat to scan film or slides.
2. If you’ve stored the film holder in the scanner lid, remove it as shown. 
(Remember to replace the film holder when you’re done using it.) 
3. Continue with one of these sections:
■“Placing 35-mm Slides in the Holder” on...

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Placing 35-mm Slides in the Holder
1. Fit the holder’s tabs into the two small holes at the rear edge of the glass. 
Make sure the cutouts for 35-mm slides are in the middle of the glass (not at 
the rear edge) to align them with the fluorescent lamp when you close the lid.
2. Place your slides in the film holder as shown.
Note: 
The photos should be mirror-imaged when viewed from overhead. (The shinier 
side faces down; the duller side faces up.)
To avoid unnecessary cropping...

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Placing 35-mm Film Strips in the Holder
1. Remove the film strip cover.
2. Slide your film strip into the holder. 
Note: 
The photos should be mirror-imaged when viewed from overhead. (The shinier 
side faces down; the duller side faces up.)
3. Replace the film strip cover.
4. Fit the holder’s tabs into the two small holes at the rear edge of the glass. 
Make sure the film strip is in the middle of the glass (not at the rear edge) to 
align it with the fluorescent lamp when...

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Scanning and Saving to Your Memory Card
1. Close the scanner lid.
2. Press the 
Copy Slide/Neg button. 
3. Use the u and d buttons to choose 
Scan to Memory Card, then press the 
OK button.
4. On the next screen, select the film type. If you’re scanning slides, select 
Positive Color Film (Slide). If you’re scanning a film strip, select one of these 
options:
■Negative Color Film (used in most cases)
■Negative B&W Film
■Positive Color Film (Strip)
Press OK after making your...

46Scanning to a Memory Card
6. While a photo is being displayed, you can select it to be saved by using the
u and d buttons. A checkmark in the box beside your photo indicates that it 
will be saved.
7. When done selecting photos, press 
OK.
8. Choose 
Fine (for good quality) or Photo (for best quality) as the Quality 
option. 
9. Press the x 
Color button. The photo is scanned and saved to the “epscan” 
folder on your memory card. 
10. When scanning is finished, you see a confirmation screen. Note the...

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Saving and Storing Photos
You can use your RX620 as a card reader to copy photos and other types of files 
from a memory card to your computer, or vice versa. If you don’t have a computer, 
you can copy pictures from your camera’s memory card to a USB storage device, 
such as a Zip
® drive, CD drive, or USB thumb drive (flash memory device). This 
lets you delete the photos on your memory card and reuse it without losing your 
originals. 
See these sections:
■“Copying Photos to Your Computer” below...

48Saving and Storing Photos
In Windows 98 or Me, PhotoStarter opens and 
copies your pictures to the Photos folder on your 
desktop. If this is the first time you’ve inserted a 
memory card, you see this message instead.
Follow the instructions in the next section to 
configure PhotoStarter. 
4. When you’re done copying photos, remove the card as described on page 52. 
Caution: 
If you are using a card from your digital camera and you add or delete files, the card 
may not work correctly with your...

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Macintosh
1. Open the Applications folder on your hard drive, then double-click 
ImageCapture. You see this screen: 
2. From the Image Capture menu, select 
Preferences. You see this screen:
3. From the Camera Preferences drop-down list, select 
Other. A new 
Applications folder opens.
4. Open the 
EPSON CardMonitor 
folder, then click the 
EPSON 
CardMonitor icon.
5. Click the 
Open button.
6. Close the Image Capture utility.
CardMonitor now opens 
automatically...

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Copying Photos to a USB Drive
You can copy photos from your camera’s memory card to a USB storage device for 
safe keeping. This lets you delete the photos on your memory card and reuse it 
without losing your originals. Once your photos are stored this way, you can 
retrieve them at any time for printing (see page 51). 
To save photos, you need a storage device such as a USB thumb drive (flash 
memory device), recordable CD-R/RW drive (with a USB connection), or a 
100MB or...