Caution:
Do not place heavy objects on the document table glass and do not press the glass with too much force. Do not open the document cover beyond where it stops.
Caution:
Do not use excessive force on the document cover, and do not twist it diagonally. You may damage the document cover.
You can also use any TWAIN-compliant scanning program, such as ArcSoft PhotoImpression, to scan with Epson Scan. When you are finished, the scanned image opens in your scanning program so you can modify, print, and save it.
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Full Auto Mode lets you scan quickly and easily, without selecting any settings or previewing your image. This is the default mode in Epson Scan.
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Full Auto Mode is best when you need to scan documents or photos at 100% size and you do not need to preview the images before scanning. You can restore faded colors by clicking the
Customize button.
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Home Mode lets you customize some scanning settings and check their effects with a preview image.
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Home Mode is best when you want to preview images of photos before scanning them. You can size the image as you scan, adjust the scan area, and adjust many image settings, including color restoration.
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Professional Mode gives you total control of your scanning settings and lets you check their effects with a preview image.
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Professional Mode is best when you want to preview your image and make extensive, detailed corrections to it before scanning. You can sharpen, color correct, and enhance your image with a full array of tools, including color restoration.
Note:
All modes allow you to restore the color in faded photos.
Windows:
Double-click the
EPSON Scan icon on your desktop.
Or select Start, select
All Programs or
Programs, select
EPSON Scan, and click
EPSON Scan.
Macintosh:
Open the
Applications folder and click the
EPSON Scan icon.
If the Open image folder after scanning checkbox is selected in the File Save Settings window, Windows Explorer or the Macintosh Finder automatically opens to the folder where the scanned image was saved.
Windows:
Select
Start, select
All Programs or
Programs, select
program folder, and click
program icon.
Macintosh:
Open the
Applications folder, select the
program folder, and click the
program icon.
Note:
In some programs, you must select the CX7000F Series as the “source” first. If you see a
Select Source option, choose it and select your CX7000F Series there first.
Note:
With Windows XP, do not choose a
WIA option for your CX7000F Series; it will not work correctly.
Note:
With Windows, the following characters cannot be used in the prefix.
\, /, :, ., *, ?, ", <, >, |. On a Macintosh, you cannot use a colon (:) in the prefix.
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BITMAP (*.BMP) (Windows only)
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A standard image file format for Windows. Most Windows programs, including word processing programs, can read and prepare images in this format.
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A compressed file format in which the compression level can be selected. The JPEG format lets you highly compress image data. However, the higher the compression, the lower the image quality. Any lost image quality data cannot be restored and the quality deteriorates each time the data is saved. The TIFF format is recommended when modification and retouching are required.
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A TIFF format where multiple pages are saved to the same file. (With other formats, each document is saved in a separate file.) You can also edit the images before saving them. To open Multi-TIFF files, you need a program that supports it.
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A file format created for exchanging data between many programs, such as graphic and DTP software. When scanning black-and-white images, you can specify the compression type.
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A document format that can be read on both Windows and Macintosh systems (platform independent). To use PDF documents, you need Adobe ® Reader ® or Acrobat ®. Multi-page documents can be saved as one PDF file. When you save color or grayscale images in PDF, you can select a compression level. You can also edit the scanned images before saving them. See Scanning Directly to a PDF File for details.
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PICT (*.PCT) (Macintosh only)
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A standard image file format for Macintosh. Most Macintosh programs, including word processing programs, can read and prepare images in this format.
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PRINT Image Matching II JPEG (*.JPG) or TIFF (*.TIF)
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A file format that includes PRINT Image Matching® II data for enhanced quality and a wider color range. PRINT Image Matching II compatible printers can then print using this data for brilliant, true-to-life results. (PRINT Image Matching data does not affect the way the image displays on a screen.) Available in JPEG or TIFF format.
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Show this dialog box before next scan
Select this option if you want the File Save Settings window to appear automatically before you scan. If you deselect it, you must click the arrow to the right of the Scan button and select File Save Settings to open the window.
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Open image folder after scanning
Select this option if you want Windows Explorer or the Macintosh Finder to automatically open to the folder where your scanned image is saved when Epson Scan finishes scanning.
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Click OK. Epson Scan starts scanning.
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To change the scan mode, click the arrow in the Mode box at the top right of the Epson Scan window. Then select the mode you want to use from the list that appears.
Note:
The mode you select remains in effect when you start Epson Scan the next time.
Select your settings and click OK. (For details on selecting settings, click the
Help button.)
Epson Scan previews your image, detects whether it is a photo or document, and selects the scan settings automatically. After a moment, you see a small capture of your image in the Epson Scan window.
Note:
If you need to change any settings, click the
Pause button. You return to the Epson Scan standby window. If you need to cancel scanning, click the
Cancel button when it appears.
Home Mode:
Click the arrow to open the Document Type list and select the type of original you are scanning. Then click the
Color,
Grayscale, or
Black & White button to select the colors in the original.
Professional Mode:
Click the arrow to open the Document Type list and select
Reflective (for scanning a document or photo). Then click the arrow in the Auto Exposure Type list and select
Document or
Photo.
Home Mode:
Click the button for the way you plan to use the scanned image in the Destination box:
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Screen/Web for images you will view only on a computer screen or post on the web.
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Printer for images you will be printing or converting to editable text with an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) program.
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Other if you want to select a specific resolution for other purposes.
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Professional Mode:
Click the arrow to open the Image Type list and select the detailed image type you are scanning:
Before you select the scan resolution, you should consider whether you will enlarge the images, and if so, whether you will enlarge them before or after you scan. Follow these guidelines:
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You will not be enlarging the images. If you will scan the images at 100% size or smaller and will not enlarge them later, you can accept the Resolution setting selected by Epson Scan based on your original and destination settings.
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You will scan the images at their original size, but then enlarge them later in an image-editing program. If you plan to enlarge your images later in an image-editing program, you need to increase the Resolution setting to retain a high image quality after enlargement. Increase the resolution by the same amount you will increase the image size. For example, if the resolution is 300 dpi (dots per inch), but you will increase the image size by 200% in an image-editing program, change the Resolution setting to 600 dpi in Epson Scan.
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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:
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Increase Resolution setting by same amount you will increase image size after scanning
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Once you have selected your basic settings and resolution in Home or Professional Mode, you can preview your image and select or adjust the area of the image(s) you want to scan. Epson Scan displays the preview image(s) in a separate Preview window on your screen.
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Normal preview displays your previewed images in their entirety. You must select the scan area and make any image quality adjustments manually. Normal is the default preview type in Professional Mode, but you can also select it in Home Mode, if available.
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Thumbnail preview displays your previewed images as thumbnails. Epson Scan automatically locates the edges of your scan area and applies automatic exposure settings to the images. Thumbnail is the default preview type in Home Mode, but you can also select it in Professional Mode, if available.
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Depending on your document type and other settings, Normal preview may be automatically selected and you will not be able to change to Thumbnail preview.
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Click the Preview button toward the bottom of the Epson Scan window. If you want to check or change the preview type, click the arrow next to the Preview button, if it is available.
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Note:
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.
You can move the marquee, adjust its size, and create multiple marquees on one image (Normal preview only) to scan different image areas in separate scan files. Follow these steps:
Note:
To restrict movement of the marquee to vertical or horizontal only, hold down the
Shift key as you move the marquee. To restrict sizing of the marquee to the current proportions, hold down the
Shift key as you resize the marquee.
Once you have previewed your images and adjusted the scan area, you can modify the image quality, if necessary. Epson Scan offers a variety of settings for improving color, sharpness, contrast, and other aspects affecting image quality.
Before you make adjustments, be sure to click the image or marquee for the area you want to adjust. In Professional Mode, you also need to scroll down to the Adjustments area of the main Epson Scan window:

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Home and Professional:Restores the colors in faded photos automatically.
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Home and Professional:Adjusts the overall image lightness and darkness. In Home Mode, click the Brightness button to access the Brightness setting. In Professional Mode, click the  Image Adjustment button to access the Brightness setting.
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Home and Professional:Adjusts the difference between the light and dark areas of the overall image. In Home Mode, click the Brightness button to access the Contrast setting. In Professional Mode, click the  Image Adjustment button to access the Contrast setting.
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Professional only:Adjusts the density of colors in the overall image. Click the  Image Adjustment button to access the Saturation setting.
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Professional only:Adjusts the balance of red, green, and blue colors in the overall image. Click the  Image Adjustment button to access the Color Balance setting.
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Home: Automatically applied.Professional: Click the  Auto Exposure button. To turn it on continuously, click the Configuration button, click the Color tab, and select Continuous auto exposure. You can adjust the level of exposure adjustment using the slider.
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Home: Automatically applied.Professional: 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.
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Home and Professional:Removes the rippled pattern that can appear in subtly shaded image areas, such as in skin tones. Also improves results when scanning magazine or newspaper images which include screening in their original print processes. The results of the Descreening Filter do not appear in the preview image, only in your scanned image.
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Professional only:Provides a graphical interface for adjusting highlight, shadow, and gamma levels individually. For advanced users only. Click the  Histogram Adjustment button to use the Histogram settings.
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Professional only:Provides a graphical interface for adjusting tone levels individually. For advanced users only. Click the  Tone Correction button to use the Tone Correction settings.
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Professional only: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.
Click the  Color Palette button to use the Color Palette settings.
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Home and Professional: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.) In Home Mode, click the Brightness button to access the Threshold setting.
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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 click 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 the
Configuration button 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 the
Reset button (if available), turn off the setting, or preview your image again.
You can scan your images at their original size, or you can reduce or enlarge their size as you scan them. You do this using the Target Size setting in Home or Professional Mode.
If you are going to scan your image to a particular size, such as 8 × 10 inches, you should select the Target Size setting after previewing it, but before adjusting your scan area (indicated by the marquee). This sets the scan area to the correct proportions so your image will not be cropped unexpectedly.
Type a name for your custom size, enter the size, click the Save button, then click
OK. Your new size appears in the Target Size list.
If you need to rotate the marquee for a landscape or portrait image, click the 
orientation icon. (Not available if you are scanning at the
Original Target Size.)
Note:
For more information about using the Target Size tools, click
Help in the Epson Scan window.
Using the Color Restoration feature in Epson Scan, you can automatically transform an old, faded, or badly exposed photo into one with true-to-life color and sharpness as you scan.
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Full Auto Mode: Click the Customize button, click the Color Restoration checkbox, and click OK. Continue with step 9.
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Home Mode: Click the Color Restoration checkbox.
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Professional Mode: Scroll down to the Adjustments area and click the Color Restoration checkbox.
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Click the Scan button to scan and restore the color in your image(s).
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Click the  Color Extractor button. Your cursor changes to an eye dropper.
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You can also use the cells to the right of the adjustment area to change the brightness, if necessary.
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To load a previously saved color, select the color and click the

Apply to Palette button.
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You can also use the cells to the right of the adjustment area to change the brightness, if necessary.
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Click the  Color Applicator button. Your cursor changes to a droplet.
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Note:
To load a previously saved color, select the color and click the

Apply to Palette button.
You can scan multiple pages of a document on the document table 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.
If the Mode box is set to Home Mode or
Professional Mode, see
Selecting Basic Settings for instructions.
If you are scanning multiple pages, click Add page and replace the first page on the document table with the second page and click
Scan. Repeat this step for each page in your document. When you are finished, click
Edit page and go to
step 8.
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.
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Click Close to exit Epson Scan.
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