Detailed Setting Instructions

Selecting the Scan Resolution

Selecting the Resolution in Full Auto Mode

In the Full Auto Mode window, click Customize. The Customize window appears.

Click the Specify resolution for Full Auto Mode check box and select the number of dpi (dots per inch) at which you want to scan.

Selecting the Resolution in Home Mode

Selecting the Resolution in Office Mode or Professional Mode

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Previewing and Adjusting the Scan Area

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For Documents or Photos

Click Preview. If you want to change the preview type, click the Thumbnail check box under the Preview button, if it is available.

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If you are viewing the normal preview, you can do the following to adjust the image(s):

To select your scan area, click the  auto locate icon to create a marquee that marks the edges of your image area. You can move the marquee to change the scan area. See Creating a Marquee on a Preview Image for instructions.

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If you are going to scan at a different size than your original, you must first select your Target Size and automatically create a marquee that is proportioned to that size. See Selecting the Scan Size for instructions. You can then copy the marquee and place it on each image you will scan at that size.

To zoom in on an image, click inside the scan area and click the Zoom button. Epson Scan prescans again and displays a larger preview on the Zoom tab.

To adjust the image quality, click the scan area(s) you want to modify and make the adjustments. See Adjusting the Color and Other Image Settings for instructions.

To zoom in on an image, double-click its thumbnail, or click the thumbnail and then click the Full Size tab near the top of Preview window. (This feature is only available when you are scanning multiple images at the same time.)

To rotate an image or flip it horizontally (like a mirror image), click its thumbnail and then click the  rotation icon or  mirroring icon.

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If your image is not rotated correctly, see Images are Rotated Incorrectly.

To adjust the scan area to crop your image differently, you can create and move a marquee that marks the edges of your scan. See Creating a Marquee on a Preview Image for instructions.

To adjust the image quality, click the image(s) or scan area(s) you want to modify and make the adjustments. See Adjusting the Color and Other Image Settings for instructions. If you want to apply adjustments to all of your images, click the All button before you make your modifications and the changes will be applied to all images.

For Film or Slides (Perfection V300 Photo only)

Click Preview. If you want to change the preview type, click the Thumbnail check box under the Preview button, if it is available.

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If you are viewing the normal preview, you can do the following to adjust the image(s):

To select your scan area, draw a marquee that marks the edges of the scan area on each image. You can move and resize the marquees to change the scan areas as necessary. See Creating a Marquee on a Preview Image for instructions.

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If you are going to scan at a different size than your original, you must first select your Target Size and automatically create a marquee that is proportioned to that size. See Selecting the Scan Size for instructions. You can then copy the marquee and place it on each image you will scan at that size.

To zoom in on an image, click inside the scan area and click the Zoom button. Epson Scan prescans again and displays a larger preview on the Zoom tab.

To adjust the image quality, click the image(s) you want to modify and make the adjustments. See Adjusting the Color and Other Image Settings for instructions.

To zoom in on an image, double-click its thumbnail, or click the thumbnail and then click the Full Size tab near the top of Preview window. (This feature is only available when you are scanning multiple images at the same time.)

To rotate an image or flip it horizontally (like a mirror image), click its thumbnail and then click the  rotation icon or  mirroring icon.

To adjust the scan area to crop your image differently, you can create and move a marquee that marks the edges of your scan. See Creating a Marquee on a Preview Image for instructions.

To adjust the image quality, click the image(s) you want to modify and make the adjustments. See Adjusting the Color and Other Image Settings for instructions. If you want to apply the adjustments you have made to all of your images, click All.

Creating a Marquee on a Preview Image

Note for film or slides (Perfection V300 Photo only):

When you use the Thumbnail preview in Home Mode, Epson Scan automatically creates marquees around your image(s) for you. If you need to adjust a marquee, click inside it and click the  delete marquee icon before completing the steps in this section. If you do not need to adjust any marquees, skip to Adjusting the Color and Other Image Settings.

To draw a marquee, move your cursor over a preview image. The pointer becomes a set of cross-hairs.

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If you are viewing the normal preview and you only have one photo on the document table, you can click the  auto locate icon to automatically draw a marquee, then skip to step 3.

Position the pointer in the area where you want to place the corner of your marquee and click. Hold down the mouse button and drag the cross-hairs over the image to the opposite corner of the desired scan area. Then release the mouse button. You see the moving dotted line of the marquee.

Do one of the following to adjust the marquee:

To move the marquee, position your cursor inside the marquee. The pointer becomes a hand. Click and drag the marquee to the desired location.

To resize the marquee, position your cursor over the edge or corner of the marquee. The pointer becomes a straight or angled double-arrow. Click and drag the edge or corner to the desired size.

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If you are viewing the normal preview, you can create multiple marquees (up to 50). Just draw them as described in steps 1 through 3, or click the  copy marquee icon to create additional marquees of the same size. You can move and resize all the marquees as described in step 3. To delete a marquee, click inside it and click the  delete marquee icon.

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Adjusting the Color and Other Image Settings

Making Color Adjustments and Other Image Settings in Office Mode

The table below describes the settings available in Office Mode. For details on adjusting these settings, see Epson Scan Help.

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If you are scanning multiple images at the same time and you want to apply the image adjustments to all of your images or scan areas, click All in the Preview window before you begin making your adjustments.

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To view the red, green, and blue levels at particular points in your preview image as you make adjustments, click the  densitometer icon in the Preview window and move your cursor over an image area. See Epson Scan Help for details. Certain settings may not be available, or may be automatically selected, depending on the type of image you are previewing and other settings you have selected. You can customize how certain Epson Scan settings behave by clicking Configuration and changing settings in the window that appears. See Epson Scan Help for details. To undo any image quality adjustments you make to the preview image, click Reset if available, turn off the settings, or preview your image again.

Making Color Adjustments and Other Image Settings in Home Mode

The table below describes the settings available in Home Mode. For details on adjusting these settings, see Epson Scan Help.

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If you are scanning multiple images at the same time and you want to apply the image adjustments to all of your images or scan areas, click All in the Preview window before you begin making your adjustments.

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To view the red, green, and blue levels at particular points in your preview image as you make adjustments, click the  densitometer icon in the Preview window and move your cursor over an image area. See Epson Scan Help for details. Certain settings may not be available, or may be automatically selected, depending on the type of image you are previewing and other settings you have selected. You can customize how certain Epson Scan settings behave by clicking Configuration and changing settings in the window that appears. See Epson Scan Help for details. To undo any image quality adjustments you make to the preview image, click Reset if available, turn off the settings, or preview your image again.

Making Color Adjustments and Other Image Settings in Professional Mode

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Setting	Description
Auto Exposure	Click the  Auto Exposure icon. To turn it on continuously, click Configuration, click the Color tab and select Continuous auto exposure. You can adjust the level of exposure adjustment using the slider.
Histogram	Provides a graphical interface for adjusting highlight, shadow, and gamma levels individually. For advanced users only. Click the  Histogram Adjustment icon to access the Histogram setting.
Tone Correction	Provides a graphical interface for adjusting tone levels individually. For advanced users only. Click the  Tone Correction icon to access the Tone Correction setting.
Color Balance	Adjusts the balance of red, green, and blue colors in the overall image. Click the  Image Adjustment icon to access the Color Balance settings.
Color Palette	Provides a graphical interface for adjusting mid-tone levels, such as skin tones, without affecting the highlight and shadow areas of the image. For advanced users only. See Using the Color Palette Feature (for Professional Mode Only) for more information. Click the  Color Palette icon to use the Color Palette settings.
Brightness	Adjusts the overall image lightness and darkness. Click the  Image Adjustment icon to access the Brightness setting.
Contrast	Adjusts the difference between the light and dark areas of the overall image. Click the  Image Adjustment icon to access the Contrast setting.
Saturation	Adjusts the density of colors in the overall image. Click the  Image Adjustment icon to access the Saturation setting.
Grain Reduction (for film or slides only)	Reduces the effect of surface roughness from film and slide images. The level of grain reduction is adjustable.
Unsharp Mask	Turn on to make the edges of image areas clearer for an overall sharper image. The level of sharpness is adjustable. Turn off to leave softer edges.
Descreening (for documents or photos only)	Removes the rippled pattern that can appear in subtly shaded image areas, such as skin tones. Also improves results when scanning magazine or newspaper images that include screening in their original print processes. The results of descreening do not appear in the preview, only in your scanned image. The level of descreening is adjustable.
Color Restoration	Restores the colors in faded photos automatically.
Backlight Correction	Removes shadows from photos that have too much background light. The level of backlight correction is adjustable.
Dust Removal	Removes dust marks from your originals automatically. The results of Dust Removal do not appear in the preview, only in your scanned image. The level of dust removal is adjustable.
Threshold (for documents or photos only)	Adjusts the level at which the black areas in text and line art are delineated, improving text recognition in OCR programs. (Available only when you select Black & White as the Image Type setting.)

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To view red, green, and blue levels at particular points in your preview image as you make adjustments, click the  densitometer icon in the Preview window and move your cursor over an image area. See Epson Scan Help for details. Certain settings may not be available, or may be automatically selected, depending on the type of image you are previewing and other settings you have selected. You can customize how certain Epson Scan settings behave by clicking Configuration and changing settings in the window that appears. See Epson Scan Help for details. To undo any image quality adjustments you make to the preview image, click Reset if available, turn off the setting, or preview your image again.

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Selecting the Scan Size

Selecting the Scan Size in Home Mode

You can select a predefined scan size from the Target Size list. Click the arrow to open the list and select the size you want. A marquee (dotted line) proportioned for that size appears on your preview image.

If you need to create a scan size that is not in the Target Size list, you can create a custom size. Click the arrow to open the list and select Customize. You see the Target Size window.

Type a name for your custom size, enter the size, click Save, then click OK. Your new size appears in the Target Size list.

Once you have selected your scan size, you can click and drag the marquee to the area in the image you want to scan. For details, see Creating a Marquee on a Preview Image. The marquee proportions are retained as you adjust it.

If you need to rotate the marquee for a landscape or portrait image without changing its aspect ratio, click the  orientation icon.

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The orientation icon is not available if you selected Original as the Target Size setting.

Selecting the Scan Size in Professional Mode

You can select a predefined scan size from the Target Size list. Click the arrow to open the list and select the size you want. A marquee (dotted line) proportioned for that size appears on your preview image.

If you need to create a scan size that is not in the Target Size list, you can create a custom size. Click the arrow to open the list and select Customize. You see the Target Size window.

Type a name for your custom size, enter the size, click Save, then click OK. Your new size appears in the Target Size list.

You can fine-tune the size using additional tools. Click the + (Windows) or  (Mac OS X) button next to Target Size to display these tools.

To size your image by a certain percentage, adjust the Scale value.

To change the way your image is cropped, turn Trimming on or off. See Epson Scan Help for details.

To unlock the proportions of your scan size, click the  lock icon. Then adjust the marquee or enter new width/height measurements.

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Clicking on the  lock icon to unlock the proportions will revert the target size back to “Original”.

Once you have selected your scan size, you can click and drag the marquee to the area in the image you want to scan. For details, see Creating a Marquee on a Preview Image. The marquee proportions are retained as you adjust it.

If you want to rotate the marquee for a landscape or portrait image without changing its aspect ratio, click the  orientation icon.

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The  orientation icon is not available if you selected Original as the Target Size setting.

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