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Using the Automatic Document Feeder to Scan

Scanning documents with suitable settings
Scanning double-sided documents
Scanning mixed size documents
Scanning part of a document
Scanning to a PDF file

Scanning documents with suitable settings

Follow the steps below to make settings suitable for scanning documents in the Office Mode.

Load the document in the Automatic Document Feeder.

Start EPSON Scan and then select Office Mode. For details on how to select a scanning mode, see Changing a scanning mode.

The following window appears.

Specify the Destination settings to match your document.

When you specify a high resolution, the number of pixels of the data increases and the scanned image becomes fine in texture. However, increasing the resolution causes the data size to increase. Specify a suitable resolution according to the scanning purpose.

The following table indicates the suitable resolution to use according to the scanning purpose.

Click the Preview button to preview the images.

Specify the size of the scanning area as Size and specify the Adjustments settings, if necessary.

Click Scan. EPSON Scan starts scanning.

The scanned images are sent to the application or saved in the specified folder.

Note:

To scan double-sided documents using the Automatic Document Feeder, see Scanning double-sided documents.

To scan mixed size documents using the Automatic Document Feeder, see Scanning mixed size documents.

To scan part of a document using the Automatic Document Feeder, see Scanning part of a document. To scan a document to a PDF file using the Automatic Document Feeder, see Scanning to a PDF file.

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Scanning double-sided documents

You do not need to use the preview feature when scanning the whole document or image. The scanner automatically finds and scans the whole image. Follow the steps below to scan an image or document.

Note:

Depending on the application, you may not be able to scan multiple images.

Load the document in the Automatic Document Feeder.

Start EPSON Scan.

Choose Office Mode or Professional Mode from the list box at the top right of the window. We recommend Office Mode.

In the EPSON Scan main window, select ADF-Double-sided for Document Source.

Choose the appropriate settings for scanning.

Click Scan.

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Scanning mixed size documents

EPSON Scan enables you to easily scan documents of different sizes using the Automatic Document Feeder. It recognizes each size of the original documents and then scans them while keeping the original sizes.

Note:

If you preview documents without selecting Document Size, all of the different sizes are scanned in A3 size.

Depending on the application, you may not be able to scan multiple images.

You can only mix documents with the same width; for example, A3 and the length of A4 or B4 and the length of B5 are possible.

If document sizes are mixed, all edges of the documents must be aligned at the entrance of the documents.

This feature is only available in the following situations: In Office Mode: Auto Detect must be selected for Document Size, and scanning must be done without previewing. In Professional Mode: Scanning must be done without previewing.

Load the documents in the Automatic Document Feeder.

Start EPSON Scan.

Choose Office Mode or Professional Mode from the list box at the top right of the window. We recommend Office Mode.

In the EPSON Scan main window, make sure that ADF-Single-sided or ADF-Double-sided is selected from the Document Source list.

Choose the appropriate settings for scanning.

Click Scan.

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Scanning part of a document

To scan only a part of a document, follow the steps below.

Load the document in the Automatic Document Feeder.

Start EPSON Scan.

Choose Office Mode or Professional Mode from the list box at the top right of the window. We recommend Office Mode.

In the EPSON Scan main window, make sure that ADF-Single-sided or ADF-Double-sided is selected from the Document Source list.

Click the Preview button. The document is ejected after previewing.

Note:

The second page will be fed immediately after the first page is scanned, and then ejected without being scanned.

Draw a marquee (a frame around a part of a document) to define the part of the image you want to scan by dragging the mouse pointer over that area.

Set documents, including the ejected documents, to be scanned in the Automatic Document Feeder.

Choose your settings and then click the Scan button.

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Scanning to a PDF File

You can scan multiple pages of a document using the ADF and save them as one PDF file on your computer. EPSON Scan displays an editing page so you can view the pages as you scan them and reorder, rotate, or delete them as necessary. You can also scan one page at a time on the document table and save it as a PDF file.

Note:

If you are scanning from Adobe Acrobat 7 on a Macintosh system, you may not be able to use the ADF to scan multiple pages. Use the document table to scan your pages individually, or scan multiple pages using EPSON Scan as described below.

Load your document in the Automatic Document Feeder.

If you are scanning from the document table, see Placing Documents and Photos on the Scanner.

Do one of the following to start EPSON Scan:

Windows:
Double-click the EPSON Scan icon on your desktop.

Or select or Start > All Programs or Programs > EPSON Scan > EPSON Scan.

Mac OS X:
Open the Applications folder and click the EPSON Scan icon.

If the Mode setting in the top right of the EPSON Scan window is not set to Office Mode, click the arrow in the box and select Office Mode.

Select ADF - Single-sided or ADF - Double-sided as the Document Source setting.

Select the appropriate Document Source, Size, and Orientation.

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 Scan button to scan your document pages.

The File Save Settings window appears:

Select PDF as the file type setting. The current Paper Size, Orientation, Margin, and Compression setting are displayed below it. .

If you need to change any of the current PDF settings, click the Options button. You see the EPSON PDF Plug-in Settings window:

Select the settings that match your document and click OK. You return to the File Save Settings window.

When you are finished selecting file settings, click OK. EPSON Scan scans your pages and displays this window:

If you have finished scanning your document and want to view thumbnail images of the scanned pages, click Edit page.

If you want to include all the document pages in your PDF file as they currently look, go to step 13.

If you want to include only some of the pages, click the  odd pages or  even pages icons, or click the individual pages you want to include.

If you want to rotate or delete pages, click the pages or use the  odd pages,  even pages, or  all pages icon to select the pages. Then click the  left or  right rotate icon to rotate them or the delete icon to delete them.

Note:

The  delete icon is not available when all document pages are selected.

When you have finished editing your document pages, click OK. Your document is saved in a PDF file in the location you selected.

Click Close to exit EPSON Scan.

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