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Use the Buttons on the Scanner

Buttons on the scanner
Use the Start button on the scanner
Use the Copy button on the scanner
Use the Scan to E-mail button on the scanner
Use the Scan and Save button on the scanner
Assigning an application to the Start button
Assigning a different application to the buttons on Windows

Buttons on the scanner

The buttons on the scanner ( Scan and Save,  Scan to E-mail,  Copy, and  Start) allow you to scan and send data to a target application or to a file with a single press of the button.

1.  Scan and Save button
2.  Scan to E-mail button
3.  Copy button
4.  Start button

Note for Windows users:
You can assign different applications to the buttons on the scanner. See Assigning a different application to the buttons on Windows for details.

Note for Macintosh users:
The desired application may not start properly when you press a button. For solutions, see Pressing the button does not start scanning or Pressing the buttons in a Mac OS X environment starts Classic mode.

Start button

Pressing the  Start button on the scanner starts EPSON Smart Panel. You can assign a different application to the  Start button in the EPSON Smart Panel window; pressing the  Start button then starts the scanning process and sends data to that application. For details, see Use the Start button on the scanner.

Copy button

Pressing the  Copy button on the scanner starts the Copy Center in the EPSON Smart Panel window. With a click of the Copy button, images are scanned and then printed automatically in high quality. For details, see Use the Copy button on the scanner.

Scan to E-mail button

Pressing the  Scan to E-mail button on the scanner starts the scanning process, transfers the scanned image to a pre-selected e-mail program, and then attaches the scanned image to a new e-mail message. For details, see Use the Scan to E-mail button on the scanner.

Scan and Save button

Pressing the  Scan and Save button on the scanner starts the scanning process and transfers the scanned image to the specified file. For details, see Use the Scan and Save button on the scanner.


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Use the Start button on the scanner

Pressing the  Start button starts the EPSON Smart Panel software by default.

Note for Macintosh users:
The desired applications may not properly start when you press the buttons. For solutions, see Pressing the button does not start scanning or Pressing the buttons in a Mac OS X environment starts Classic mode.

Press the  Start button on your scanner. The EPSON Smart Panel window appears.

Click an application icon. The selected application opens and scanning starts, and then the scanned image is automatically sent to the application. For details, refer to the EPSON Smart Panel online help.

Note:
  • For help on EPSON Smart Panel software, click the question mark at the lower right corner of the window.


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Use the Copy button on the scanner

You can use the  Copy button on the scanner to make copies.

Note for Macintosh users:
The desired applications may not properly start when you press the buttons. For solutions, see Pressing the button does not start scanning or Pressing the buttons in a Mac OS X environment starts Classic mode.

Press the  Copy button on the scanner to start the Copy Center. The following window appears.

Note for Windows users:
If the following dialog box appears, select EPSON Smart Panel and then click OK.

Click the Copy button to scan and print automatically.

Note:
For details about the settings, refer to the EPSON Smart Panel online help.


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Use the Scan to E-mail button on the scanner

You can use the  Scan to E-mail button to scan an image and then send an e-mail message with the scanned image attached.

Note:
An e-mail program must be installed on your computer before you can use the  Scan to E-mail button.

Note for Macintosh users:
The desired applications may not properly start when you press the buttons. For solutions, see Pressing the button does not start scanning or Pressing the buttons in a Mac OS X environment starts Classic mode.

Press the  Scan to E-mail button on the scanner. The following window appears.

EPSON Scan automatically previews the images and recognizes the image type.

Note:
To cancel the operation, click Pause and then click Close.

The following window appears with a progress bar to indicate the scanning progress. You can see the type of document being scanned. When scanning multiple photos, you can also see the number of scanned images.

Images are automatically optimized. You can scan easily and quickly without changing any complex settings. EPSON Scan automatically recognizes the image type, locates the target image, detects the skew of the target image, adjusts the exposure, and then starts scanning.

The scanned image is transferred to a pre-selected e-mail program and then attached to a new e-mail message.

Note:
  • If no e-mail program has been selected, the Launch Assistant dialog box appears. For details, refer to the EPSON Smart Panel online help.
  • For details about the settings, refer to the EPSON Smart Panel online help.


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Use the Scan and Save button on the scanner

You can use the  Scan and Save button on the scanner to save scanned images in a specified folder.

Press the  Scan and Save button on the scanner. The following window appears.

EPSON Scan automatically previews the images and recognizes the image type.

Note:
To cancel the operation, click Pause and then click Close.

The following window appears with a progress bar to indicate the scanning progress. You can see the type of document being scanned. When scanning multiple photos, you can also see the number of scanned images.

Images are automatically optimized. You can scan easily and quickly without changing any complex settings. EPSON Scan automatically recognizes the image type, locates the target image, detects the skew of the target image, adjusts the exposure, and then starts scanning.

The scanned image is sent to the specified folder.

Note:
For details about the Scan and Save settings, refer to the EPSON Smart Panel online help.

Note for Macintosh users:
The desired applications may not properly start when you press the buttons. For solutions, see Pressing the button does not start scanning or Pressing the buttons in a Mac OS X environment starts Classic mode.


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Assigning an application to the Start button

You can assign a different application to the  Start button in the EPSON Smart Panel window.

For Windows users:
Click Start, point to All Programs (for Windows XP users) or Programs (for Windows Me, 98 SE, or 2000 users) and then EPSON Smart Panel, then click EPSON Smart Panel.

For Mac OS 9 users:
Click Apple and EPSON Smart Panel.

For Mac OS X users:
Double-click the Applications folder in Macintosh HD, and then double-click the Smart Panel folder. Finally, double-click the EPSON Smart Panel icon.

Select an application from the EPSON Smart Panel list box at the bottom of the screen.

The selected application is assigned to the  Start button.

Note:
The application currently assigned to the  Start button on the scanner has the Start button icon added to its application icon.


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Assigning a different application to the buttons on Windows

You can assign any application, that supports Scanner events to the buttons on the scanner. When you press the  Start,  Copy,  Scan to E-mail, and  Scan and Save button, EPSON Scan's dialog box appears or scanning starts and the scanned image is automatically sent to the application (which does not need to be opened manually).

Make sure the application supports Scanner events and then follow the steps below.

Note for Macintosh users:
You cannot assign any application other than EPSON Smart Panel to the buttons on the scanner. This feature is for Windows only.

For Windows XP users

Open the Control Panel, select Printers and Other Hardware, and click the Scanners and Cameras icon.

Right-click your scanner's icon and select Properties.

Select the Events tab.

Select the desired button from the Select an event list. Select Start this program and then select the desired application from the list.

Note:
  • If Prompt for which program to run is selected, a dialog box prompts you to select an application when you press the selected button.
  • Some applications do not support linkage to scanners and digital cameras. Linkage is available only for applications which appear on the list.

To save your settings, click Apply and then OK.

Note:
You need to click Apply whenever you change a button setting.

If you need to disable Scanner events, select Take no action in the scanner's Properties dialog box.

For Windows Me, 98 SE, and 2000 users

Note for Windows 98 SE and 2000 users:
Screen shots for Windows Me are used in this section, so they may differ from what actually appears on your screen. The instructions are the same.

Click Start, point to Settings, and select Control Panel.

Double-click the Scanners and Cameras icon.

For Windows Me users:
Right-click your scanner's icon and select Properties.

For windows 98 SE and 2000 users:
Select your scanner from the installed scanners and cameras list. Click Properties.

Select the Events tab.

Select the desired button from the Scanner events list. Then select the checkbox of the desired application in the Send to this application list and clear the rest of the checkboxes.

Note:
  • If multiple applications are selected, a dialog box prompts you to select just one from the list when you press the selected button
  • Some applications do not support linkage to scanners and digital cameras. Linkage is available only with the applications that appear in the Send to this application list.

To save your settings, click Apply and then OK.

Note:
  • You need to click Apply whenever you change a button setting.
  • For Windows 2000 users, be sure to restart the computer.

If you need to disable Scanner events, select the Disable device events check box in the scanner's Properties dialog box.


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