Epson V600 Manual

							Professional  Mode
Click the  arrow next  to  the  Resolution list and select  the  number of dpi  (dots per  inch)  at which you  want  to  scan.
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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  image area  of
the  image(s) in  a  Preview  window on  your screen. There are  two  types  of preview.
Normal  preview  displays  your previewed  image(s) in  their  entirety. You must  select  the  scan area  and make any
image quality adjustments  manually.
Thumbnail preview  displays  your previewed  image(s) as  thumbnail(s).  Epson  Scan  automatically  locates  the  edges of
your scan area, applies  automatic exposure settings to  the  image(s), and rotates  the  image(s) if  necessary.
To  preview  your image,  follow  the  steps below.
Note:
If you  are  using Full Auto  Mode or  Office Mode,  the  thumbnail  preview  is not  available.
Click  Preview . If you  want  to  change  the  preview  mode, select  the  Normal  or Thumbnail  tab  on  Preview  window if  it is
available.
Note:
Depending on  your document type  and other settings,  you  may not  be  able to  change  the  preview
type.
You can resize  the  Preview  window.  To  resize  the  Preview  window,  click and drag the  corner  of the
Preview  window.
If you  preview  with  the  Preview  dialog  not  displayed, image(s) will  be  displayed  in  the  default preview
mode. If you  preview  with  the  Preview  dialog  displayed, image(s) will  be  displayed  in  the  preview
mode that  was  displayed  just before previewing.
Some of the  settings that  you  change  after preview  will  be  initialized  if  you  change  the  Preview  mode.
Epson  Scan  prescans  your image(s) and displays  them in  one  of the  following Preview  windows.
Normal preview Document Film 
						

							Thumbnail preview
Document Film
If you  are  viewing  the  normal  preview, you  can do  the  following to  adjust  the  image(s).
To  select  your scan area, click the  
 auto  locate icon  to  create  a  marquee  that  marks  the  edges of your image
area. You can move the  marquee  to  change  the  scan area. See Creating  a  Marquee  on  a  Preview  Image  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 for
instructions. You can then copy  the  marquee  and place  it on  each image you  will  scan at that  size.
To  enlarge or  reduce the  preview  image in  the  Normal  preview, resize  the  Preview  window.  The  image size
changes  corresponding  to  the  Preview  window size.
To  zoom  in  on  an  image in  the  Normal  preview, click inside  the  scan area  and click the  Zoom  button.
Note:
Zoom  button changes  into  Full  button on  Zoom display.
Full  button changes  into  Zoom  button on  Full display.
To  rotate  an  image,  click the  
 left  or   right rotate  icon.
To  adjust  the  image quality, click the  scan area(s) you  want  to  modify  and make the  adjustments. See Adjusting
the  Color  and Other  Image  Settings  for instructions.
If you  are  viewing  the  thumbnail  preview, you  can do  the  following to  adjust  the  image(s).
To  zoom  in  on  an  image in  the  Thumbnail preview, double-click the  thumbnail  to  zoom  in.
You can change  the  size  of thumbnail  by  using either  the  
 Thumbnail ,   Thumbnail ,  or  
 Full size  of 1  frame  buttons.
To  rotate  an  image or  flip  it horizontally  (like a  mirror  image), click its thumbnail  and then click the  
 rotation
icon  or  
 mirroring icon.
Note:
If your image is not  rotated  correctly,  see  Images  are  Rotated  Incorrectly .
To  adjust  the  scan area  to  crop your image differently, you  can create  and move a  marquee  that  marks  the  edges
of your scan.  See Creating  a  Marquee  on  a  Preview  Image  for instructions.
To  adjust  the  image quality, click the  image(s) or  scan area(s) you  want  to  modify  and make the  adjustments.
See  Adjusting  the  Color  and Other  Image  Settings  for instructions. If you  want  to  apply  the  adjustments  you  have
made to  all  of your images, click All .
Creating a Marquee on a Preview  Image
A marquee  is a  moving  dotted  line that  appears on  the  edges of your preview  image to  indicate  the  scan area.
Documents  or photos Film or Slides 
						

							You can move the  marquee  and adjust  its size. If you  are  viewing  the  normal  preview, you  can create  multiple  marquees (up
to  50)  on  each image to  scan different  image areas  in  separate scan files.
Note for  film or slides:
When you  use the  Thumbnail preview, Epson  Scan  automatically  creates marquees around  your image(s) for
you. If you  need  to  adjust  a  marquee,  click inside  it and click the  
 delete marquee  icon  before completing
the  steps in  this  section.  If you  do  not  need  to  adjust  any  marquees,  skip  to  Adjusting  the  Color  and Other
Image  Settings .
To  draw a  marquee,  move your cursor  over  a  preview  image.  The  pointer becomes  a  set  of cross-hairs.
Note:
If you  are  viewing  the  normal  preview  and you  only  have  one  photo on  the  document table, you  can click the
 auto  locate icon  to  automatically  draw a  marquee,  then skip  to  step  3.
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. 
						

							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 the  movement of the  marquee  to  vertical or  horizontal only, hold  down the  Shift  key as
you  move the  marquee.
To  restrict the  size  of the  marquee  to  the  current  proportions,  hold  down the  Shift  key as  you  resize
the  marquee.
For  best  results and image exposure, make sure all  sides  of the  marquee  are  located  inside  the
preview  image.  Do not  include any  of the  area  around  the  preview  image in  the  marquee.
If you  are  viewing  the  normal  preview, you  can create  multiple  marquees (up  to  50). 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 marquee
icon.
Note: 
						

							If you  draw multiple  marquees,  make sure you  click All in  the  Preview  window before you  scan.  Otherwise,
only  the  area  inside  the  last marquee  you  drew will  be  scanned.
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Adjusting the Color and Other Image  Settings
Once  you  have  previewed  your image(s) 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.
To  adjust  the  color  and other image settings,  see  one  of these  sections.
Office Mode : Making Color  Adjustments  and Other  Image  Settings  in  Office Mode
Home  Mode : Making Color  Adjustments  and Other  Image  Settings  in  Home  Mode
Professional  Mode : Making Color  Adjustments  and Other  Image  Settings  in  Professional  Mode
Making  Color  Adjustments  and Other Image  Settings  in Office Mode
The  table below  describes  the  settings available  in  Office Mode.  For  details on  adjusting  these  settings,  see  Epson  Scan  Help.
Note:
If you  are  scanning  multiple  images at the  same time  and you  want  to  apply  the  image adjustments  to  all  of
your images or  scan areas,  click All  in  the  Preview  window before you  begin  making your adjustments.
Setting Description
Unsharp Mask Turn  on  to  make the  edges of image areas  clearer  for an
overall sharper  image.  Turn  off  to  leave softer edges.  This
setting  is available  only  when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Color
or  Grayscale.
Descreening 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. This  setting  is
available  only  when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Color  or
Grayscale. The  results of descreening  do  not  appear in  the
preview, only  in  your scanned  image.
Image  Option Text Enhancement Enhances text recognition when scanning  text documents.
This  setting  is available  in  the  following conditions:
- when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Color  and Image  Option  is
selected
- when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Grayscale  and Image  Option 
						

							is selected- when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Black&White and Image
Option  is selected
When the  Image  Type  is set  to  Black&White, the  results of
Text Enhancement  do  not  appear in  the  preview, only  in  your
scanned  image.
Auto  Area  Segmentation Makes Black&White images clearer  and text recognition more
accurate by  separating the  text from the  graphics. This
setting  is available  only  when the  Image  Type  is set  to
Black&White and Image  Option  is selected.
Dropout Drops  out  red,  green,  or  blue  in  the  scan.
This  setting  is available  in  the  following conditions:
- when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Grayscale  and Image  Option
is selected
- when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Black&White and Image
Option  is selected
Color  Enhance Enhances red,  green,  or  blue  in  the  scan.
This  setting  is available  in  the  following conditions:
- when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Grayscale  and Image  Option
is selected
- when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Black&White and Image
Option  is selected
Brightness Adjusts  the  overall image lightness and darkness.
This  setting  is available  in  the  following conditions:
- when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Color
- when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Grayscale
- when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Black&White, and Image
Option  and Auto  Area  Segmentation  are  selected
Contrast Adjusts  the  difference between the  light and dark  areas  of the
overall image.  
This  setting  is available  in  the  following conditions:
- when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Color
- when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Grayscale
- when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Black&White, and Image
Option  and Auto  Area  Segmentation  are  selected
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  in  the  following conditions:
- when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Black&White, and Image
Option  is not  selected
- when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Black&White, and Image
Option  and Color  Enhance  are  selected
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 move your cursor  over  an
image area. See Epson  Scan  Help  for details.
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  Configuration  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 Reset  if  available, turn
off  the  settings,  or  preview  your image again.
Making  Color  Adjustments  and Other Image  Settings  in Home  Mode 
						

							The  table below  describes  the  settings available  in  Home  Mode.  For  details on  adjusting  these  settings,  see  Epson  Scan  Help.
Note:
If you  are  scanning  multiple  images at the  same time  and you  want  to  apply  the  image adjustments  to  all  of
your images or  scan areas,  click All  in  the  Preview  window before you  begin  making your adjustments.
Setting Description
Descreening 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.
This  setting  is available  in  the  following conditions:
- when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Color
- when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Grayscale
The  results of descreening  do  not  appear in  the  preview, only  in
your scanned  image.
Backlight Correction Removes shadows  from photos that  have  too  much background
light.
This  setting  is available  in  the  following conditions:
- when you  select  Photograph as  the  Document  Type  setting  and
Image  Type  is set  to  Color
- when you  select  Photograph as  the  Document  Type  setting  and
Image  Type  is set  to  Grayscale
Color  Restoration Restores the  colors in  faded photos automatically.
This  setting  is available  in  the  following conditions:
- when you  select  Photograph as  the  Document  Type  setting, and
Image  Type  is set  to  Color
- when you  select  Photograph as  the  Document  Type  setting, and
Image  Type  is set  to  Grayscale
DIGITAL  ICE Technology Remove dust marks  that  the  Dust  Removal  feature cannot.
DIGITAL  ICE Technology  takes  longer to  scan and also  uses more
of your system resources.
This  setting  is available  in  the  following conditions:
- when you  select  Photograph as  the  Document  Type  and Image
Type  is set  to  Color  or  Grayscale  with  the  Show  Texture check
box  in  the  Configuration window cleared
- when you  select  Positive Film as  the  Document  Type  and Image
Type  is set  to  Color  or  Grayscale
- when you  select  Color  Negative  Film as  the  Document  Type  and
Image  Type  is set  to  Color  or  Grayscale
- when you  select  B&W  Negative  Film as  the  Document  Type  and
Image  Type  is set  to  Color  or  Grayscale
Image  Option Text EnhancementEnhances text recognition when scanning  text documents.
This  setting  is available  in  the  following conditions:
- when you  select  Magazine as  the  Document  Type  setting  and
Image  Option  is selected
- when you  select  Newspaper as  the  Document  Type  setting  and
Image  Option  is selected
- when you  select  Text/Line  Art  as  the  Document  Type  setting
and Image  Option  is selected
Auto  Area
Segmentation Makes Black&White images clearer  and text recognition more
accurate by  separating the  text from the  graphics. 
This  setting  is available  in  the  following conditions: 
						

							- when you  select  Magazine as  the  Document  Type, the  ImageType  is set  to  Black&White, and Image  Option  is selected
- when you  select  Newspaper as  the  Document  Type, the  Image
Type  is set  to  Black&White, and Image  Option  is selected
- when you  select  Text/Line  Art  as  the  Document  Type, the
Image  Type  is set  to  Black&White, and Image  Option  is selected
Brightness Adjusts  the  overall image lightness and darkness.
This  setting  is available  in  the  following conditions:
- when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Color
- when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Grayscale
- when you  select  Magazine as  the  Document  Type  setting, the
Image  Type  is set  to  Black&White, and Image  Option  and Auto
Area  Segmentation  are  selected
- when you  select  Newspaper as  the  Document  Type  setting, the
Image  Type  is set  to  Black&White, and Image  Option  and Auto
Area  Segmentation  are  selected
- when you  select  Text/Line  Art  as  the  Document  Type  setting,
the  Image  Type  is set  to  Black&White, and Image  Option  and
Auto  Area  Segmentation  are  selected
Click Brightness  to  access the  Brightness  setting.
Contrast Adjusts  the  difference between the  light and dark  areas  of the
overall image.
This  setting  is available  in  the  following conditions:
- when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Color
- when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Grayscale
- when you  select  Magazine as  the  Document  Type  setting, the
Image  Type  is set  to  Black&White, and Image  Option  and Auto
Area  Segmentation  are  selected
- when you  select  Newspaper as  the  Document  Type  setting, the
Image  Type  is set  to  Black&White, and Image  Option  and Auto
Area  Segmentation  are  selected
- when you  select  Text/Line  Art  as  the  Document  Type  setting,
the  Image  Type  is set  to  Black&White, and Image  Option  and
Auto  Area  Segmentation  are  selected
Click Brightness  to  access the  Contrast setting.
Threshold Adjusts  the  level  at which the  black  areas  in  text and line art  are
delineated, improving  text recognition in  OCR programs.
Available  only  when the  Image  Type  is set  to  Black&White, and
Image  Option  is not  selected.
Click Brightness  to  access the  Threshold  setting.
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 move your cursor  over  an
image area. See Epson  Scan  Help  for details.
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  Configuration  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 Reset  if  available, turn
off  the  settings,  or  preview  your image again.
Making  Color  Adjustments  and Other Image  Settings  in Professional  Mode 
						

							The  table below  describes  the  settings available  in  Professional  Mode.  For  details on  adjusting  these  settings,  see  Epson  Scan
Help.
Note:You may need  to  scroll  down to  view the  Adjustments  area  of the  Professional  Mode window.
If you  are  scanning  multiple  images at the  same time  and you  want  to  apply  the  image adjustments  to
all  of your images or  scan areas,  click All  in  the  Preview  window before you  begin  making your
adjustments.
Setting Description
Auto  Exposure Click the  
 Auto  Exposure  icon. To  turn it on  continuously, click Configuration ,
click the  Color  tab  and select  Continuous  auto  exposure . You can adjust  the  level  of
exposure adjustment  using the  slider.
Histogram Provides  a  graphical interface for adjusting  highlight,  shadow, and gamma levels
individually.  For  advanced users only.
Click the  
 Histogram Adjustment icon  to  access the  Histogram setting.
Tone Correction Provides  a  graphical interface for adjusting  tone  levels individually.  For  advanced users
only.
Click the  
 Tone Correction icon  to  access the  Tone Correction setting.
Brightness Adjusts  the  overall image lightness and darkness.
Click the  
 Image  Adjustment icon  to  access the  Brightness  setting.
Contrast Adjusts  the  difference between the  light and dark  areas  of the  overall image.
Click the  
 Image  Adjustment icon  to  access the  Contrast setting.
Saturation Adjusts  the  density  of colors in  the  overall image.
Click the  
 Image  Adjustment icon  to  access the  Saturation  setting.
Color  Balance Adjusts  the  balance  of red,  green,  and blue  colors in  the  overall image.
Click the  
 Image  Adjustment icon  to  access the  Color  Balance  settings.
Color  Palette 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. See
Using the  Color  Palette Feature  (for  Professional  Mode Only)  for more  information.
Click the  
 Color  Palette icon  to  use the  Color  Palette settings.
Unsharp Mask 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.