Epson Xp 214 Manual

2.
Select theDocument Typesetting thatmatches youroriginal, suchasReflective fordocuments or
 photos.

3.
Select theDocument Sourcesettingindicating whereyouplaced youroriginal.
 4.
Select thespecific typeoforiginal youarescanning asthe Auto Exposure Typesetting: Document
 or
Photo .
 5.
Select thedetails ofyour original andhow youwant itscanned asthe Image Typesetting.
 6.
Select theResolution settingyouwant touse foryour scan.
 7.
Click thePreview button.
 Epson
Scanpreviews youroriginal anddisplays...

Available
ImageTypes-Professional Mode
 You
canselect theseImage Typeoptions inEpson ScanProfessional Mode.
 24-bit
Color
 Select
thissetting forcolor photos.
 Color
Smoothing
 Select
thissetting forcolor graphic images, suchascharts orgraphs.
 8-bit
Grayscale
 Select
thissetting forblack-and-white photos.
 Black
&White
 Select
thissetting forblack textdocuments orline art.
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topic:Scanning inProfessional Mode
 Selecting
aScan Area-Professional Mode
 You
canselect aspecific areainyour preview...

•
Thumbnail preview:Your scan areaisselected automatically, butyou canchange it.Place your
 cursor
inone corner ofthe desired scanarea, thenclickanddrag thecursor tothe opposite corner
 to
create amarquee (dottedline)onthe preview image.
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2.
Dothe following, asnecessary, towork withtheselected scanarea:
 •
Ifthe marquee iscorrect, continue withthenext step.
 •
To move themarquee, clickinside thescan areaanddrag themarquee whereyouwant it.
 •
To resize thescan area, place yourcursor overtheedge orcorner ofthe marquee, thenclickand
 drag
theedges whereyouwant them. (Holddown theShift keyasyou resize themarquee to
 retain
thesame width/height proportions.)
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•
Normal preview :To create additional marquees (upto50, ifavailable), clickthe Copy
 Marquee
icontocopy theexisting marquee andpaste iton the preview image.
 •
To delete amarquee, clickthemarquee, thenclickthe DeleteMarquee icon.
 Note:
Ifyou draw multiple marquees, makesureyouselect theAllbutton inthe Preview window
 before
youscan. Otherwise, onlythearea inside thecurrently selectedmarquee willbescanned.
 3.
Click inside thescan areaandmake anynecessary settingsinthe Epson Scanwindow.
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Descreening

Removes
theripple pattern thatmight appear insubtly shaded imageareas, suchasskin tones. This
 option
improves resultswhenscanning magazines ornewspapers. (Theresults ofdescreening donot
 appear
inthe preview image,onlyinyour scanned image.)
 Color
Restoration
 Restores
thecolors infaded photos automatically.
 Backlight
Correction
 Removes
shadowsfromphotos thathave toomuch background light.
 Dust
Removal
 Removes
dustmarks fromyouroriginals automatically.
 Auto
Exposure
 Automatically...

Threshold

Adjusts
thelevel atwhich blackareas intext and lineartare delineated, improvingtextrecognition in
 OCR
(Optical Character Recognition) programs.
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topic:Scanning inProfessional Mode
 Selecting
aScan Size-Professional Mode
 You
canreduce orenlarge thesize ofyour image asyou scan. Youcanalso select aspecific scansize,
 such
asacommon photosizelike4× 6inches (102×152 mm). Thisplaces ascan areaofthat size on
 the
preview imagesoyou canuseitto help crop theimage inthe correct proportions....

3.
Dothe following, asnecessary, towork withtheselected scanarea:
 •
To move themarquee, clickinside thescan areaanddrag themarquee whereyouwant it.
 •
To resize thescan area, place yourcursor overtheedge orcorner ofthe marquee, thenclickand
 drag
theedge where youwant it.
 Note:
Manually adjustingthemarquee willnot change thetarget sizeofthe scanned file.The
 marquee
onlyindicates thearea ofthe image thatwillbescanned.
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4.
Tocreate ascanned imagesizethatisnot available inthe Target Sizelist,click theCustomize
 option.

5.
Name thecustom size,enter thesize, clickSave ,and click OK.Then create ascan areaonthe
 preview
image.
 The
marquee isautomatically proportionedforyour custom scansize.
 6.
Touse additional sizingtools,clickthe+(Windows) or(Mac OSX)icon next tothe Target Size
 setting
andselect options asdesired.
 •
Scale :Reduces orenlarges yourimage bythe percentage youenter.
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Trimming :Turns automatic imagecropping onoroff.
 •
Unlock icon:Unlocks thewidth/height proportionsofthe scanned imagesizesoyou canadjust
 it
without constraint.
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topic:Scanning inProfessional Mode
 Image
Preview Guidelines
 You
canpreview yourscanned imagesoyou canadjust thescan settings usingthepreview asaguide.
 There
aretwo types ofpreview available, depending onthe scan mode andselected settings:
 Thumbnail
preview
 A
thumbnail previewdisplays yourpreviewed imagesasthumbnails...