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Scan Multiple Materials at Once

Scan multiple images in the Home Mode
Scan documents with the same size in the Office Mode
Scan multiple materials in the Professional Mode

You can scan multiple photos and documents placed together on the document table as separate images.

Note:
Some applications may not let you scan multiple images at once.

Scan multiple images in the Home Mode

Follow these steps to scan multiple images in the Home Mode:

Place your materials on your scanner.
Placing Photos and Documents on the Scanner

Note:
Position each photo at least an inch (20 mm) apart from its adjacent photos.

Start EPSON Scan and select Home Mode.
Starting EPSON Scan
Choosing and Changing the Scanning Mode

Specify the Document Type, Image Type, and Destination settings to match your images.

Click the Preview button to preview the images.

Note:
  • When you select Photograph as the Document Type, you can select a preview method: Thumbnail Preview or Normal Preview. Click the small arrow to the right of the Preview button and then select Thumbnail or Normal.
  • When the optional Automatic Document Feeder is installed, you can use the Normal Preview method only.

In the Thumbnail Preview window:
EPSON Scan automatically locates the multiple photos, and then previews the images as thumbnails.

Select the number check box of an image you want to scan.

In the Normal Preview window:
Create marquees on the previewed image to select areas you want to scan. You can create up to 50 marquees. For more details, see Using Marquees.

Note:
When the output size of the scanned image is already decided, select an appropriate setting from the Target Size list. A marquee proportional to the measurements of the Target Size setting appears in the Preview window. You can move this marquee to the area of the image you want to scan. For more details, see the online help.

Make adjustments using the image quality adjustment tools, if necessary.

Click Scan.

The scanned images are sent to the application or saved to the specified folder. If you see the File Save Settings screen, see Save Your Scanned File.


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Scan documents in the Office Mode

Follow the steps below to scan multiple documents in the Office Mode.

Note:
This mode is suitable for scanning large number of documents continuously of the same size and condition.

Place your materials on your scanner.
Placing Photos and Documents on the Scanner

When using the Automatic Document Feeder, follow the steps explained in Loading documents in the Automatic Document Feeder to scan documents.

Start EPSON Scan and select Office Mode.
Starting EPSON Scan
Choosing and Changing the Scanning Mode

The following window appears.

Specify the Image Type and Destination settings to match your images.

Click Preview to preview the images.

Note:
If you don't want to preview the image, just select the Size setting you want to scan and then click Scan. EPSON Scan automatically sets the size you selected and then scans.

In the Normal Preview window, you can create marquees on the previewed image to select an area you want to scan. You can create up to 50 marquees. For more details, see Using Marquees.

Make adjustments using the image quality adjustment tools, if necessary.

Click Scan.

The scanned images are sent to the application or saved to the specified folder. If you see the File Save Settings screen, see Save Your Scanned File.


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Scan multiple materials in the Professional Mode

Follow these steps to scan multiple materials in the Professional Mode:

Place your materials on your scanner.
Placing Photos and Documents on the Scanner

When using the Automatic Document Feeder, follow the steps explained in Loading documents in the Automatic Document Feeder or later to scan documents.

Start EPSON Scan and select Professional Mode.
Starting EPSON Scan
Choosing and Changing the Scanning Mode

You see this window:

Specify the Original, Image Type, and Resolution settings to match your images.

Click Preview to preview the images.

In the Normal Preview window, you can create marquees on the previewed image to select an area you want to scan. You can create up to 50 marquees. For more details, see Using Marquees.

Note:
When the output size of the scanned image is already decided, select an appropriate setting from the Target Size list. A marquee proportional to the measurements of the Target Size setting appears in the Preview window. You can move this marquee to the area of the image you want to scan. For more details, see the online help.

Make adjustments using the image quality adjustment tools, if necessary.

Click Scan. If you see the File Save Settings screen, see Save your scanned file.

The scanned images are sent to the application or saved to the specified folder. If you see the File Save Settings screen, see Save Your Scanned File.


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