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Placing Your Materials for Scanning

Placing Film and Slides

Perfection 2480 Photo
Perfection 2580 Photo

Caution:

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

Note

If you plan to scan film using EPSON Smart Panel or Copy Center, see Applications in the EPSON Smart Panel Window for details.

In the Full Auto Mode, you can scan 35 mm color film and 35 mm color slides. If you want to scan black and white negative film, switch to Home Mode or Professional Mode.

Removing the reflective document mat

To scan film strips or slides, you need to remove the reflective document mat from the scanner cover.

Note:

Most illustrations shown in this section are for the Perfection 2480 Photo, so they may be different from the Perfection 2580 Photo. The instructions are the same, except as noted.

Make sure the cover cable is connected to the scanner.

Note:

Before connecting or disconnecting the cover cable, make sure the scanner is turned off.

Open the scanner cover and slide up the reflective document mat gently to remove it.

Perfection 2480 Photo

The Perfection 2480 Photo has a built-in transparency unit and a film holder that you can use to scan film or slides.

Note

Before scanning film, use a soft cloth to wipe the inside of the scanner cover and the document table.

Make sure EPSON Scan is installed correctly, and your computer and scanner are turned on.

Make sure the scanner and your computer are connected with the USB cable.

Make sure the Start light is green and not flashing.

35 mm film strips

Slide the film strip into the 35 mm film holder with the shiny base side facing down. Your images and any wording on the film strip should appear backwards on the side that faces up.

Note:

Hold the edge of the film gently or use gloves to touch the film; otherwise you may damage the film.

Scanning the first 3 frames of the film strip:
Place the film holder on the document table so that it is aligned with the lower left corner. Make sure the tab labelled "A" on the film holder fits into the area labelled "A" on the scanner. Then close the scanner cover.

Scanning the last 3 frames of the film strip:
Place the film holder on the document table so that it is aligned with the lower left corner. Make sure the tab labelled "B" on the film holder fits into the area labelled "B" on the scanner. Then close the scanner cover..

35 mm slides

Place the film holder on the document table so that it is aligned with the lower left corner. Make sure the tab labelled "C" on the film holder fits into the area labelled "C" on the scanner.

Place one or two slides in the 35 mm slide holder with the shiny base side facing down. Your image should appear backwards on the side that faces up. The top of landscape- or portrait-oriented images should face the back of the scanner. Then close the scanner cover.

Storing the film holder

When you're not using the film holder, you can store it inside the scanner cover.

Open the scanner cover and remove the reflective document mat.

Slide the film holder into the inside of the scanner cover.

Replace the reflective document mat.

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Perfection 2580 Photo

Note:

Before scanning film, use a soft cloth to wipe the document table glass. Do not wipe the inside of the Auto Film Loader.

Make sure EPSON Scan is installed correctly and your computer and scanner are turned on.

Do not disconnect the cover cable while the scanner is turned on.

Make sure the scanner and your computer are connected with the USB cable.

Make sure the Start light is green and not flashing.

35 mm film strips

The Perfection 2580 Photo comes with an Auto Film Loader on the scanner cover that loads a film strip for scanning automatically.

Film condition

Make sure your film strip meets the following requirements before loading it:

The film is dry.

The film is 35 mm wide and 74 to 232 mm long.

The film strip contains at least 2 photos, but no more than 6.

The film has no bends or curls..

The film has no stickers on it.
If there is a sticker on the film strip away from an image, you can carefully cut off the part with the sticker.

The film is not infrared film.

The film is not rippled or wrinkled.

The film has no folds.

The holes on the edges of film are not damaged.

Close the scanner cover.

Note:

Make sure nothing is on the document table and the reflective document mat is removed.

Press and release the back of the auto film loader cover to open it.

Flip out the metal film guide and press it down until it clicks into place.

Note:

Always open the film guide whenever you use the Auto Film Loader, no matter how short a film strip is; otherwise, it may cause a film jam.

Place a film strip into the auto film loader with its shiny base side facing down. Your images and any wording on the film strip should appear backwards on the side that faces up. Slowly slide the film into the loader. Let go of the film when the scanner begins to automatically feed it into position.

Note:

Hold the edge of the film gently or use gloves to touch the film: otherwise you may damage the film.

When loading starts, let go of the film; otherwise, it may cause a film jam.

Do not touch the film during scanning.

Do not close the auto film loader cover during scanning.

Do not press the Eject button while scanning. The Eject button does not work until scanning is completed.

If the film doesn't feed into the auto film loader, wait 10 seconds and try again.

If the Start light is flashing red, film may have jammed. See Auto Film Loader does not feed film or Film Scanning Problems for details.

Ejecting film

When you finish scanning, eject the film from the Auto Film Loader.

Press the Eject button.

Remove the film after the Start light turns on.

Note:

Do not pull out the film. Wait until it is ejected automatically.

Do not turn off the scanner before ejecting film. If you do so accidentally, turn on the scanner again and press the Eject button.

Flip the metal film guide back in and close the auto film loader cover.

Note:

If the Start light is flashing red, film may have jammed. See Film jams for details.

35 mm slide

You can scan a 35 mm slide using the 35 mm slide holder.

Note:

You cannot scan negative slides.

Place the 35 mm slide holder on the top of the document table. Make sure the tab labelled "D" on the slide holder fits into the area labelled "D" on the scanner.

Place the slide in the slide holder with its shiny base side facing down. Your image should appear backwards on the side that faces up. For landscape-oriented slides, place the top of the image toward the left. For portrait-oriented slides, place the top of the image toward the top of the scanner. Then close the scanner cover.

Note:

Do not place the slide sideways.

Storing the slide holder

When you're not using the slide holder, you can store it inside the scanner cover.

Open the scanner cover and remove the reflective document mat.

Slide the slide holder into the scanner cover.

Replace the reflective document mat.

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