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Basic Scanning / Scanning an Image

About TWAIN

About TWAIN-compliant applications
About EPSON TWAIN

About TWAIN-compliant applications

This scanner is a TWAIN-compliant device. You can scan images using a TWAIN-compliant image processing application.

The following TWAIN-compliant image processing applications are included in your scanner package. Use one appropriate for your purpose.

EPSON Smart Panel

ArcSoft PhotoImpression™
(for Perfection 1250/1250 Photo/1650 users)

Adobe^® Photoshop^® Elements
(for Perfection 1650 Photo users)

You can also scan images using common TWAIN-compliant applications such as Imaging for Windows^®.

TWAIN

TWAIN is a standard for the application program interface (API) between image input devices (such as scanners) and applications which control the image input devices.

Using a TWAIN-compliant application and a TWAIN-compliant scanner with a TWAIN-compliant driver enables the users to operate any scanner in the same manner.

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About EPSON TWAIN

Your scanner is controlled by your computer via a driver called "EPSON TWAIN" (TWAIN-compliant driver).

While in a TWAIN-compliant application, when you select a scan command to scan an image, the command activates EPSON TWAIN to scan the image according to the specified settings.

TWAIN-compliant application				EPSON TWAIN				Scanner
		Command for scanning an image				Scanning an image

While the TWAIN-compliant application may appear to be controlling your scanner in the scanning process, it is EPSON TWAIN which is actually doing the job.

You can use the EPSON TWAIN screen to specify various settings for scanning.

Note:

You can operate EPSON TWAIN in the same way on both Windows and Macintosh. This guide explains the operation procedure using the Windows examples.

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