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    Color Image Scanner Color Image Scanner Startup Guide Printed in XXXXX 01.XX-XX Startup Guide 4014432-00 XXX[...]

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    Where to Find Information Startup Guide (this docum ent) Describes how to u se the scanner and perform basic scanning operatio ns. Setup Sheet Describes how to set up the scanner . It explains how to install and configure the EPSON scanner software and other appli cations. It also cover s how to open the Online R eference Guide and contains import [...]

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    Startup Guide Color Image Sc anner All rights reserved. No part of th is publica tion may be repr oduced, sto red in a retr ieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechani cal, photocopying, reco rdin g, or ot herw ise, w ithou t the p rior wr itten perm issio n of SEIK O EP SON CORP ORAT ION . No paten t liabi lity is[...]

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    iii Content s Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Sca nner Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Scanner Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Lights and Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    1 Getting to Know Your Scanner 1-1 Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Scanner Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Scanner Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Lights and Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    1-2 Getting to Know Your Scanner Features The EPSON Per fection 2450 P hoto scanner of fers the follo wing features: ❏ Optical resolution of 2400 dots per inch (d pi) for mai n scanning, and 4800 dpi wi th micro step f or sub scanni ng (16-bit input, 16- bit ou tput). ❏ The EPSON Per fection 2450 P hoto has the Fi lm Adapter (hereafter, t he Fi[...]

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    1 Getting to Know Your Scanner 1-3 ❏ Text Enhancement Technol ogy (TET) enhances text rec ogn itio n ac cur acy for o pti cal cha rac te r reco gn itio n (O CR) scanning. Scanner Parts integ rated TPU Operat e button Indica tor ligh t Star t butt on TPU ligh t[...]

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    1-4 Getting to Know Your Scanner carriage (in the hom e position ) docum ent tabl e refl ect iv e docu ment mat IEEE 1394 interface connector USB interface co nnector option in terface co nnector AC inlet tran sportation l ock[...]

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    1 Getting to Know Your Scanner 1-5 Lights and Buttons The scanner h as two indic ator lig hts and two b uttons. Lights Light Color Indicato r Status Meaning Indicat or Green On Ready to sca n imag es. Flas hing slowly Initia lizin g o r busy sca nnin g. Red Flash ing rapidly An error has occurre d. See “Trou bleshooti ng” in your Online Referen[...]

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    1-6 Getting to Know Your Scanner Butt ons Button Function P Oper ate Turns the scanner on a nd off. ] Start Scans and sends the captured image to an assigned app lication in a sing le step. Before usi ng this featur e, make sure you have instal led EPSON TWAIN and EPSON Sma rt Panel. Se e your Online R eference Guide fo r more d etails.[...]

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    2 Scan ning Bas ics 2-1 Chapter 2 Scanning Basics Scanning Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 For reflective documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 For transparent mater ials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Placing a Document on the Sc[...]

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    2-2 Sca nni ng Bas ics Scanning Procedure For reflectiv e documents You need to perf orm the following procedure to sca n the reflectiv e documents on yo ur scanner u sing a TWAI N-compliant appli catio n. Det ails ar e desc ribed below . 1. Place a doc ument on the scanner . 2. Start a T WAIN-complia nt applic ation. 3. In the a pplicati on, open [...]

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    2 Scan ning Bas ics 2-3 4. In the appl ication, open E PSON TWAIN 5 using a command such as Acquire. 5. E PS ON TW AIN a uto mati ca lly pre vie ws th e im ages , and recognizes the document so urce and typ e. Images are automatical ly optimized and scanned. 6. Save the scanned images. Note: For more details, see your Online Refe rence Guide. Placi[...]

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    2-4 Sca nni ng Bas ics 2. If the reflect ive document mat is not attached, you need to attach it. Hold the top of the document mat and slide it down gently al ong the inte grated TPU. Note: When scanning reflective documents, make sure the reflective document mat is attached. Otherwise i mages cannot be scann ed as expected. 3. Adjust both bottom c[...]

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    2 Scan ning Bas ics 2-5 4. Place th e document on the document t able, with the side to be scanned facing d own. Make sure that the document is carefull y aligned with in the corn er of the document table as shown below. Note: The area with a width of maximum 2.1 mm from the horizontal guide and 1.5 mm from the vertical guide is not scanned. 2.1 mm[...]

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    2-6 Sca nni ng Bas ics 5. Close the integrated TP U gently so th at the document do es not move. Note: ❏ Do not leave photographs on the document table for an extended period of time as they may stick to the glass. ❏ Make sure the document is flat agains t the glass surface, otherwise the image will appear fuzzy and ou t of focus. Also b e sure[...]

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    2 Scan ning Bas ics 2-7 1. Make sur e that the sca nner is co nnected to your c omputer and turned on. Also check that the Ind icator light stays on (g reen), and the image is set to the scanner. Note: ❏ A flashing indicator light (red) indicates an error; in this case see “Troubleshooting” in your Online Refere nce Guide to troubleshoot the [...]

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    2-8 Sca nni ng Bas ics Note: When the scanner is warming up, you cannot click Cancel . Note for Macintosh use rs: Most illustrati ons shown in this c hapter are for Win dows, so they may be different from the actual dialog boxes that appear on y our screen. However, you can use the dialog boxes for both Macintosh and Windows reference, as almost al[...]

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    2 Scan ning Bas ics 2-9 5. The scanned image is sent to the applicat ion. If you want t o change more setting s, see your On line R eference Gui de . Saving a scanned image After an image is scanned, be sure to save it, using the steps below. (The example used here i s Adobe Photoshop Elements .) 1. Choose Save As from the File menu. 2. Select the [...]

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    2-10 Sca nni ng Bas ics JPEG format ( *.JPG ) JPEG i s a co mpres sed fil e, wh ich allows a choice in compression q uality. However, if the com pression is too high, the im age quality d eteriorat es. The im age q uality also deter iorates e very time the i mage file is saved in J PEG. If you edi t an image file af ter savin g it, the orig inal im[...]

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    2001 January EPSON OVERSEAS MARKETING LOC ATIONS Epson America, Inc. 3840 Kilr oy Airpo rt Way Long Beach, CA 90806 Phone: (562) 981-3840 Fax: (562) 290- 5220 EPSON UK LTD. Campus 100, Mayland s Avenue, Hemel Hemp stead, Herts , HP2 7TJ, U.K. Phone: (+44) 01442 261144 Fax: (+44) 01442 227227 EPSON DEUTSCHLAND GmbH Z lpicher Stra e 6, 40549 D ssel d[...]

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    Color Image Scanner Color Image Scanner Startup Guide Printed in XXXXX 01.XX-XX Startup Guide 4014432-00 XXX[...]