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Basic Scanning / Using the Film Adapter

For Perfection 1260 and 1260 Photo Users

Installing the Film Adapter
Loading Slides and Negatives
Removing the Film Adapter

The film adapter (B12B813321) enables you to scan negative film strips and slides simply by installing the unit on your scanner. The film adapter is compact so it can be attached or removed easily when you alternate scanning between transparent materials and normal documents or photos.

Note for Perfection 1260 users:

The film adapter is available as an option for your scanner.

Installing the Film Adapter

Follow the steps below to install the film adapter on the scanner.

Make sure the scanner is unplugged and disconnected from your computer.

Connect the film adapter cable to the scanner's film adapter connector.

Plug in the scanner.

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Loading Slides and Negatives

By attaching the film adapter, you can scan transparent materials such as slides and negatives by passing light through the material. The following sections explain how to load slides and negative strips.

Note:

If you plan to scan transparent materials from the EPSON Smart Panel or the EPSON Photo Print utility, click the Help icon for details.

Wipe the inside of the film adapter and the scanner's document table before scanning transparencies. See Cleaning the Scanner.

Follow the steps below to load a negative strip or slide.

Caution:

Hold the film at the edges or use gloves. Touching the film surface with bare hands can leave fingerprints or other traces on the film.

Make sure the cable for the film adapter is connected to the scanner.

Open the document cover.

Load the transparency into the film holder and position it on the scanner's document table. Go to the section listed below that matches the type of transparency you want to scan.

35-mm negative strip
35-mm slide

Note:

The base side of the film is the side where the film maker's name and film ID numbers can be read correctly. When you look at an image from the base side, it should appear normal, not reverse

Align the up-down direction of the film with the illustration printed on the film holder.

35-mm negative strip

Insert a negative strip in the film holder, base side facing down. Slide the strip until the frame you want to scan is positioned inside the opening.

Place the film holder in the upper-right corner of the document table, as shown.

Note:

You can slide the strip in the film holder so the frame you want to scan is positioned in the opening.

35-mm slide

Place the slide holder in the upper-right corner of the document table, as shown.

Place a slide in the holder.

Put the film adapter on the film holder as shown below.

35-mm negative strip

35-mm slide

For instructions on scanning transparent materials in the Full Auto mode, see Using the Full Auto Mode. For instructions on scanning transparent materials in the Manual mode, see Overview of Scanning Procedure in the Manual Mode.

Note:

Make sure the film adapter is correctly placed over the film holder; otherwise your images' colors may be incorrect.

You need to select TPU: Color Neg. Film, TPU: Monochrome Neg. Film, or TPU: Pos. Film in the Document Source settings in the Manual mode window depending on the type of film (negative or positive, color or monochrome) you are scanning.

To remove a film holder from the document table, slide it to the side, then take it off of the table.

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Removing the Film Adapter

When you return to scanning normal documents and photos, you can simply remove the film adapter and the film holder.

Unplug the AC adapter, then unplug the film adapter from the scanner. When you're ready to scan again, plug in the AC adapter.

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