Epson X410 Manual

Text Enhancement
Sharpens the appearance of letters in text documents.
Auto Area Segmentation Makes grayscale images clearer and text recognition more accurate by separating the text from the
graphics.
Brightness Adjusts the overall lightness and darkness of the scanned image.
Contrast Adjusts the difference between the light and dark areas of the overall scanned image.
Threshold Adjusts the level at which black areas in text and line art are delineated, improving text recognition in
OCR (Optical...

3. Do the following, as necessary, to work with the selected scan area:
• To move the marquee, click inside the scan area and drag the marquee where you want it.
• To resize the scan area, place your cursor over the edge or corner of the marquee, then click anddrag the edge where you want it.
Note: Manually adjusting the marquee will not change the target size of the scanned file. The
marquee only indicates the area of the image that will be scanned.
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4. To create a scanned image size that is not available in the Target Size list, click the
Customize
option.
5. Name the custom size, enter the size, click Save, and clickOK. Then create a scan area on the
preview image.
The marquee is automatically proportioned for your custom scan size.
Parent topic: Scanning in Home Mode
Scanning in Office Mode When you scan in Office Mode, Epson Scan automatically saves your scanned file in JPEG format in
your operating systems Pictures or My Pictures folder, or...

2. Select the
Image Typesetting that matches your original.
3. Select the Document Source setting indicating where you placed your original.
4. Select the SizeandOrientation settings that match your original.
5. Select the Resolutionsetting you want to use for your scan.
6. Click the Previewbutton.
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Epson Scan previews your original and displays the result in a separate Preview window.
7. If desired, select the area in your preview image that you want to scan (scan area).
8. Select any of the image adjustment settings you want to use. Before making adjustments, click the image or scan area in the Preview window.
9. Click Scan.
You see the File Save Settings window.
10. Change any of the necessary file save settings and click OK.
Epson Scan scans your original, and saves the file in the selected...

1. In the Preview window, click the Auto Locate icon to create a marquee (dotted line) on the preview
image.
2. Do the following, as necessary, to work with the selected scan area: • If the marquee is correct, continue with the next step.
• To move the marquee, click inside the scan area and drag the marquee where you want it.
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• To resize the scan area, place your cursor over the edge or corner of the marquee, then click and
drag the edges where you want them. (Hold down the Shiftkey as you resize the marquee to
retain the same width/height proportions.)
• To create additional marquees (up to 50, if available), click the Copy Marquee icon to copy the existing marquee and paste it on the preview image.
Note: If you draw multiple marquees, make sure you select the Allbutton in the Preview window
before you scan. Otherwise, only...

Descreening
Removes the ripple pattern that might appear in subtly shaded image areas, such as skin tones. This
option improves results when scanning magazines or newspapers. (The results of descreening do not
appear in the preview image, only in your scanned image.)
Text Enhancement Sharpens the appearance of letters in text documents.
Auto Area Segmentation Makes grayscale images clearer and text recognition more accurate by separating the text from the
graphics.
Color Enhance Enhances the red, green,...

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2. Select the
Document Type setting that matches your original, such as Reflectivefor documents or
photos.
3. Select the Document Source setting indicating where you placed your original.
4. Select the specific type of original you are scanning as the Auto Exposure Typesetting:Document
or Photo.
5. Select the details of your original and how you want it scanned as the Image Typesetting.
6. Select the Resolutionsetting you want to use for your scan.
7. Click the Previewbutton.
Epson Scan previews your...