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Advanced Scanning / Customizing the Manual Mode Settings

Making Configuration Settings

Preview tab
Color tab
Other tab

Click the Configuration button in the Manual mode window to open the Configuration dialog box. You can make a variety of preview and color adjustment settings.

Preview tab

This tab lets you make basic settings that affect the Preview window.

Automatic Preview

Preview automatically starts when EPSON TWAIN is started.

Fast Preview

Enables high-speed loading of the preview image. If you select Fast Preview, the preview image is scanned in the Draft mode. Otherwise, the preview image is scanned in the Best mode, and you can get accurate values for the Highlight, Shadow, and Gray Balance Intensity by sampling with the eyedropper in the preview image.

Fast Preview is only available when the Document Source is set to Flatbed.

Do not use Fast Preview when quality is more important than speed.

Note:

This check box appears dimmed and is not available when Document Source is set to transparent materials (TPU: Color Neg. Film, TPU: Monochrome Neg. Film, or TPU: Pos. Film).

Note for Perfection 1260 and 1260 Photo users:

This function is grayed out and is not available.

Automatic Thumbnail Preview for Film

When this check box is selected, the Thumbnail preview appears when you set the Document Source to TPU: Color Neg. Film, TPU: Monochrome Neg. Film, or TPU: Pos. Film, and then click the Full Preview button.

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Color tab

Click the Color tab to display the following window:

This window lets you make color adjustment and color management settings. Choose the appropriate setting from the list below.

Color Controls

The Color Controls setting allows you to make settings that affect the gamma for your monitor and the way the Auto Exposure feature works.

Display Gamma

You can change the gamma value for your monitor by typing a value in the Display Gamma box, or by clicking the arrows next to the box. You can choose between values of 1.0 to 3.0 in increments of 0.1. The default setting is 1.8.

The Display Gamma setting also determines how clicking the Auto Exposure button affects the Gamma setting.

Note:

When you use a PRINT Image Matching-enabled application, such as Scan to Web or Scan to P.I.M. File in EPSON Smart Panel, you cannot change the gamma value in the Display Gamma box.

Continuous Auto Exposure

Select this check box to make the Auto Exposure feature work whenever you click the Full Preview button, modify the size of the preview with the zoom feature, make a marquee, or modify the size or change the location of a marquee.

If this check box is cleared, the Auto Exposure feature will only work when you click the Auto Exposure button in the Manual mode window.

Note:

This feature is only available when Color Controls is selected.

ICM (for Windows) or ColorSync (for Macintosh)

Select this setting to reproduce the colors in your image using the available color management system for your computer: ICM for Windows, or ColorSync for Macintosh. Selecting this setting enables you to choose a color profile for your scanner in the Source (Scanner) list box, and a color profile for your monitor or output device (such as printer) in the Target list box. After the image is scanned, it is converted according to these settings before it is sent to the application.

Note:

When you use a PRINT Image Matching-enabled application, such as Scan to Web or Scan to P.I.M. File in EPSON Smart Panel, this setting is unavailable.

When the Document Source is set to TPU: Color Neg. Film or TPU: Monochrome Neg. Film, the ICM and ColorSync functions do not work.

The ICM and ColorSync settings are provided for experienced users. If you are not familiar with color management systems, select Color Controls to avoid unexpected results.

If your printer and monitor do not support the available color management system, select Color Controls. See your printer and monitor documentation to check if they support ICM or ColorSync.

When ICM or ColorSync is selected, the Continuous Auto Exposure setting is unavailable.

If ICM or ColorSync is selected, whenever the Auto Exposure function is used, the Shadow option in the Image Controls dialog box is automatically set to 8, and the Gamma option is set to 1.0.

If you select ICM or ColorSync in EPSON TWAIN when using Adobe Photoshop 5.0 or 5.5, be sure to clear the Display Using Monitor Compensation check box in Photoshop's RGB Setup Dialog box.

Before scanning, be sure to make the appropriate System Profile settings in the ColorSync control panel for optimal color matching. For more information, see your Macintosh documentation.

Source (Scanner)

Choose a color profile for your scanner from this list box. EPSON recommends selecting EPSON Standard.

Target

In this list box you can choose a color profile that matches either your monitor or other output device, such as your printer, or you can choose one of the RGB color space profiles that matches those available in Adobe Photoshop.

To use the same color profile that is currently being used by your computer monitor, select Monitor RGB. To choose a different profile for your monitor or printer, select from the monitor and printer profiles in the list.

To choose a color profile that matches the RGB color space you are using in Adobe Photoshop, select that color space from the list. For more information on color management in Adobe Photoshop, see the Adobe Photoshop documentation.

Note:

If you made a color profile to calibrate your monitor using the Adobe Gamma utility, that profile appears in the Target list box.

The default Target setting is sRGB for Windows, and Monitor RGB for Macintosh.

Display Preview Using Monitor Compensation

The preview image is displayed with compensation using the ICM or ColorSync engine which converts from target space to monitor.

When this setting is selected, the final scanned image matches the image in the Preview window of Adobe Photoshop. Photoshop adjusts the workspace of the internal image to match the monitor and displays the converted image. Since other applications do not support this function, we recommend that you clear this check box.

No Color Correction

This setting allows you to scan images without adjusting the quality of the image at all. Select this setting for best results when making your own color profile using a color calibration device.

Note:

When you use a PRINT Image Matching-enabled application, such as Scan to Web or Scan to P.I.M. File in EPSON Smart Panel, this setting is unavailable.

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Other tab

Click the Other tab to display the following window:

Preserve Preview Settings

When this setting is selected, the Image Type, Destination, Resolution and Unsharp Mask settings are saved so that they remain effective the next time you start EPSON TWAIN.

Preserve Preview Image

When this setting is selected, the image shown in the Preview window is saved together with its associated settings so that it remains effective the next time you start EPSON TWAIN. This is useful when you are scanning the same document more than once, especially when you use different applications to scan the same document.

Note:

This check box is grayed out and is not available when the Preserve Preview Settings check box is not selected or the Thumbnail preview is activated.

Work Area

Select a hard drive as a temporary working area for some image operations. Only your local hard drives are available on the list.

Free Space

Displays the free space of the drive selected as the Work Area.

Reset All

Click this button to initialize all TWAIN settings and restore the factory default settings.

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