Epson ActionScanner II manual

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ii i Conten t s I ntr od ucti on Sy stem Re quir eme nts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Int ro- 3 How to Use Thi s M anu al. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Int ro-4 Cau tio ns, T ips , an d No tes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Int r[...]

iv Chap ter 4 Using Specia l Effects Mo difyi ng t he TWA IN C on figu ratio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 -2 Us ing the Ima ge C ontr ols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 3 Ad just ing the Tone Co rrect ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 Ad[...]

v Sca nner Se ttin g G uid eline s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B- 12 Ju dgin g Im age Q ua lity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1 8 Eq uipm ent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B- 19 I con Gl ossa r y Term[...]

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In tro duc tion 1 Introd uction The EP SON ® Sc anning Utilities let you perform th e fol lowing func tion s with y our E PSO N sca nne r: ❏ Read images in c olor, g ray scale, or black -and-w hite, and save t he sc anned im ages to di sk as a fil e ❏ Conver t th e imag e fil es t o va ri ous for mats so you can use them with yo ur appl icatio[...]

2 In tro duc ti on The Sc anning Util ities include two integr ated programs: ❏ EPSON Scan! II32 a nd EPSON TWAIN32 ( for 32- bit scanni ng wit h Microsoft ® Wi ndo ws ® 95 or Windows NT ® ) ❏ EPSON Scan ! II an d EPSO N TWAIN (for 16-bit scan ning with Wind ows 3.1) . Note : This gu ide refers to the 32 - bit pro g rams as EPSON S can! II a[...]

In tro duc tion 3 Sy stem R equir ements For th e EPSO N Scan ning U tilit ies to wo rk prop erly , y our sy stem must have at l east the followi n g configur ation : ❏ One of t he foll ow i ng EPSON scanners: ES-600C ES-800C ES-1000 C ES-1200 C Exp r e ssi on ™ 636 Act ionScanner ™ II Some featu res are not avail able or are rest ricted f or[...]

4 In troduc tion ❏ If you do n ot have Windows 95 o r Win dows NT a nd you a r e using a n Adaptec SC SI adapt er , you need t o inst al l the Adaptec E Z-S CSI software, as described in y our A daptec docume nta tion. ❏ Video Gr aph ic s A r ray (VGA) or higher mon itor Note : The quality of co lor or tone reproduction d epend s o n the displa[...]

In tro duc tion 5 Cautio ns, Tips , and Note s This manual disp lays importan t infor m ation as follows: c Caution s should b e fo llowed c arefully to ensu re your scanner o p erates correctly. r Tip s contain helpful idea s for using these u tilities. Note s contain im portant in fo rma t ion ab out these utilities . Where to Get H elp EPSON pro[...]

6 In troduc tion You ca n purchase ma nuals, accessor ies, or parts f rom EPSON Acc ess ori es at (800) 87 3-7766 ( U.S. s a les on l y ). In Canada, please call (800) 463-7766 for de aler ref erral . If you need help u sing so ftware w ith an EPS ON prod uct, se e the doc umenta tion f or t hat pro gram f or tec hnica l sup port in for ma ti on . [...]

In tro duc tion 7 EPSO N Fax- on-Deman d Servi ce You can access EPSON’s technical infor mati on library by calling (800) 442-21 10 or (80 0) 922-8911 and select ing the appr opriat e phon e op tion. You must pro v id e a return fax numb er t o use Fax - on-De mand. EPSO N Forum on CompuS e r ve ® Members of CompuSer ve can type GO EPSON at the [...]

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Install ing Your Software 1-1 Chapter 1 Installin g Your S o ftwar e The EPSON Scan ning Utilit ies come with install er software t hat makes them easy t o install wi th Windows 95 or Windows 3.1. Gettin g Re ady to Install You r Software Before you install the EPSON Sc a n ning Utiliti es, mak e s ure you h ave set up y our s can ner and c onne c [...]

1-2 Installing Yo ur Sof t ware Installing the Scanning U tilit ie s Foll ow the steps below t o install t h e EPSON Scanning Uti lities for Windows 95, W indows NT, Window s 3. 1, or Window s for Wor kgrou ps 3.1. T he insta ller pro gram a utoma ticall y detec ts your o peratin g system and i nstalls 3 2-bit or 16-bit file s as nec essa ry. Note [...]

Install ing Your Software 1-3 Choose Do not in stall a dr ive r an d cl ick OK . You do not need t o install EZ -SCSI, ev en if you are usin g an Ada p tec SCS I card, if t he card is already set u p. See your Adaptec d o cum entation for instruct ions on how to set u p t his card. If y o u are using a bidirection al card, you o nly need to i nst a[...]

1-4 Installing Yo ur Sof t ware 9. After a f ew m oments, you see the EP SON Scanner Setup dialog box. From the In t erfac e pull -down menu , choose SCSI if your s can ner i s c onne ct ed to a SCSI in terf ace or BiD Parallel i f it is con nected to a bidire ctional paralle l in terface. 10. If nec essar y, select t h e port ID of t h e in terfac[...]

Install ing Your Software 1-5 12. Click the Test button . If the scan n er , inte r f ac e, and EPSON Sca nning U tili ties a re set u p corre ctl y, the scanne r sc a ns t he image. After a few moments, y ou see the image in t h e EPSON Scanner Set up dialog b ox, as s h own bel ow . 13. Click OK to c lose the EP SO N Sc anner Set u p dia log box.[...]

1-6 Installing Yo ur Sof t ware[...]

Calibra t ing You r S ystem 2-1 Chapter 2 Calib rating Your Syst em Some tim es the co lors o f yo ur or iginal i ma ge do not ma tch the colo rs you s e e on your scr een and in the fina l prin ted outpu t. Thi s is b ecaus e of the differ e nt c olor p rocesse s your s canne r, mon i to r, and pri nter us e to produc e col or. The sc ann er and t[...]

2-2 Calibr ating Your Syst em Performing Screen Calibration Foll ow these steps to perform a screen cali b rat ion: 1. From Windows 95, click the Start button , po i n t to Pro grams , point t o EPSON Scann e r , and then clic k EPSON Screen Cali bratio n . From the W in d ow s 3.1 Pr ogram Manager , doub le-cli c k the EPS ON S creen C a libra tio[...]

Calibra t ing You r S ystem 2-3 4. Click OK . Y ou r se tti n g is a u tom at ic all y s ave d as a n ew s cr een calibr ation profile. If you use a diff erent mon itor or ch ange you r video d isplay res o lu tion, ca libra te you r scree n agai n. Enabling Screen Calibration Once you have c alibrated y our screen , you nee d to m ake sure screen [...]

2-4 Calibr ating Your Syst em Calibrating Y o ur Printer t o Your Scanne r If y ou pr int color im ages, you must choose o r create a calibr ation pr of ile fo r ea ch c o lor pr int er yo u u se. Us in g pr in ter ca lib rat io n prof iles ens ures tha t print ed colo rs close ly ma tch the colors o f the ori g i n al im age. If you have one of th[...]

Calibra t ing You r S ystem 2-5 You s ee the P rint Ch art dialo g box. 2. Se lec t th e p rin te r yo u w ant to c ali br at e fro m t he dr op-d ow n men u. Note : You m ust g enerate a sp ecific profil e for each of your prin ter’s settings. For ex ample, the profile fo r your prin t er’s c oated pap er setting and fo r it s plain pap er se [...]

2-6 Calibr ating Your Syst em 4. You see a mes sage box. Cl ick OK when th e chart i s printe d. 5. Plac e the printe d calibr ation chart on your s c an n er, as s h own by the illustrat ion on the scre en. Alig n the gui de mark on the upper lef t corner o f the cha rt with the tria ngular origin mark on y our scanner’s document table. Then cl [...]

Calibra t ing You r S ystem 2-7 7. Click t h e Sc an bu tton . Th e sc a n ner scan s the ch art and the calibr ation uti lity sends the profile to E P SON TWAIN. W hen ca lib rat io n is fin is hed , t he mes sa ge Cal ibra tio n profile completed ap p ears on the scre en . 8. Click OK to exit the calibr ation util ity . The profil e data is saved[...]

2-8 Calibr ating Your Syst em 4. Click Dest i na tion to displa y the D estin a tion dialo g box. 5. In t he Destin ation Name fi eld, se lect th e name of your output de vi ce. If you h av e one of the EPSO N Stylus printers li sted on p age 2-4, select the pr in t er fr om the Des t i n at ion Name menu. Th e Cali bration des cription is assigned[...]

C a pturing I mages From Wit h i n Applications 3- 1 Chapter 3 Cap turing Imag es From Wit hin App lications When you scan an im age f r om within an appli cation usin g EPSON TWAIN, you f o llo w t hese basic steps: 1. Tur n on you r scann er. 2. Acces s TWAIN fr om your appli catio n ’ s Fil e m en u . 3. Choose eit h er t h e ea s y or ad vanc[...]

3-2 Cap t u ring Im a ges Fro m Within Appli c a tions Note : If your applic ation does n o t supp ort TWAIN, y o u can use EPS ON Scan! II to sc a n an ima ge and export it in a format you r i mage edit ing software can u se. See Chapter 5 for more i nformation. Accessing EPSON TWAIN Foll ow these steps to access EPSON TWA I N f rom within your ap[...]

C a pturing I mages From Wit h i n Applications 3- 3 The easy screen all o ws you to selec t the document source (if availab l e), ty pe, and d estin ation of your i m age. When you scan with this screen , your entire image is captured and scan ned. The advanced screen lets you selec t the same basic settings as the easy screen, plus you can modify[...]

3-4 Cap t u ring Im a ges Fro m Within Appli c a tions Note : To close an active TW AIN window, click the Clo se bu tt on. Us ing the Easy Screen The f ollowing basic settings ar e available on t h e TWAIN easy screen: ❏ Do cument sour ce ❏ Image t ype ❏ D esti n atio n . You mu st se l e ct the a ppropri ate opti on for each of t hese s etti[...]

C a pturing I mages From Wit h i n Applications 3- 5 Selecting the Document Source If y ou have t h e opti onal au tomati c doc ument fee der (ADF) or tran sparency unit i nstall ed on your scanne r, you ca n sele ct the option y o u want t o use from the Documen t Sourc e pull -down men u. Othe rwise, leave th e Doc ument Source s et to Fla tbed .[...]

3-6 Cap t u ring Im a ges Fro m Within Appli c a tions If you have n’t chan ged an y of the s etting s for the se opti ons, th e image type you select uses the default set tings listed in Appendi x A. To add a new Image Type op tion or m odi fy any existin g settin g s, see “Using the Adva nced Screen” on page 3- 7. To sc an tex t, selec t OC[...]

C a pturing I mages From Wit h i n Applications 3- 7 Us ing th e Advan ce d Scr een The TWAIN ad vanced screen allows y o u to select the same b as ic settin gs as the easy screen, an d al so to ad d new opt ions and modif y existi ng ones. In add ition, you can s elec t ca librati on profiles, enable t he t ex t en h ancement technology or aut oma[...]

3-8 Cap t u ring Im a ges Fro m Within Appli c a tions You see th e Image Type di alog box: For th e defa ult setti ngs f or the p redefine d imag e types , see Append i x A.[...]

C a pturing I mages From Wit h i n Applications 3- 9 Not all op t ions in the Image T ype dialog box are av ailable with all sc anners, im ag e types, or Pixel D ep th s et tings. See page 3-11 for m ore inf orma tion on w hen t he Pixe l D ept h setting s are availabl e. T he t able below describes the Image Type advanced option s . I mag e Ty pe [...]

3-10 Captu ring Images From W i thin App lications * W hen po ssible, l et your i mage editing softwa re per form ha lfton ing. ** Acti onS cann e r II, ES -1000C, ES-1 200C , an d Exp ressi on 6 36. † The Text En hancem ent Tech nolog y and A uto Are a Segm enta tion opt i on s are n ot available if your sc anner do es no t suppo rt thes e feat [...]

C a pturing Images From Within Ap p l ications 3-11 The followin g table identi fies the options av ailable with eac h Pix el Depth s etting . Sin c e bot h th e Draft & fast an d Best & de-sc reening Q uality option s ar e available with all the Pixel Depth settings, the table does not include these options. The table also does not include[...]

3-12 Captu ring Images From W i thin App lications Saving an d deleting an imag e type To modify an existing image type, select it from the Image Type Name menu and c h an ge the n ec es sary settin g s . Clic k Save and then clic k O K. To add a new image type, select an existi n g type th at c losely resembles the one you want to create. Then del[...]

C a pturing Images From Within Ap p l ications 3-13 To modi fy t he Des tina ti on se tti ngs, c lic k th e D es tina tio n bu tt on . You see the Des tination dia log box: The Destinatio n Name menu lists th e names of the predefined and custom des tinat i on outpu t devic es. For t he d efault s ettin gs for the predefined destin ation outp ut de[...]

3-14 Captu ring Images From W i thin App lications The be st resolu tion se tting fo r your i mage de pends o n the typ e of ima ge you ar e scanning an d y our final output de vice, as well as the capabil ities of yo ur scanner. The followin g table shows the best scanni ng re solu tions fo r most n eeds . The R esoluti on set ting depend s on the[...]

C a pturing Images From Within Ap p l ications 3-15 r Tip : As a rule o f t humb for any image exc ept line art, use scan ning resolutions th a t are one third of y o ur output resolut ion. For example, use a sc a nning resoluti o n of up to 1 10 with a 300 dpi laser printer and up t o 170 w it h a 600 dpi laser printer. For the color EPSON Styl us[...]

3-16 Captu ring Images From W i thin App lications In ad dition to the c alibrat ion prof iles p rovided with the Scan ning Utilit ies, you can creat e you r own cali b rat ion profile s for an y output d evice yo u use. For more i n fo rmation , s ee Chapter 2. Note : The scanner uses t he calibration pro file you select o nly when the Pix el Dept[...]

C a pturing Images From Within Ap p l ications 3-17 The TWAIN advanced screen pro vides two i c on s that a llow you to preview you r image: the P review icon and the Zoom Preview ic on: Click t he Preview icon to previ ew the entire document table in the preview window. Click t he Zoom Preview icon to preview an area you ha ve selec ted with the m[...]

3-18 Captu ring Images From W i thin App lications To defi ne a specific area, positi on t he mouse poin ter at a corn er of th e area; the poin ter cha nges to a +. H old do wn the m ouse butto n as you d rag the po inter acro ss the im age. W hen you release the mouse button, a r ec tangle on the screen identifies the scan ar ea. To adjust t h e [...]

C a pturing Images From Within Ap p l ications 3-19 As yo u modify you r select ion area or ot her image sett ings, you see the f ile size of the image change in th e Target field . The Target W id t h and He ight val u es change as well. You c a n al so ty pe new val ues in the Tar get Wi dth and Hei ght fie lds to sp ec if y the size of the outpu[...]

3-20 Captu ring Images From W i thin App lications Note : ❏ The r ange of pos sibl e Scale se ttings v aries dependi ng o n the curr e nt Reso lu tio n setting. ❏ F or ES 600C, ES 800C, and E S 1200C scanners, th e possible Sc al e settings a re limited to this range: hal f the norma l si ze (50% ) to twi ce the normal s ize (200%). The Scale s[...]

C a pturing Images From Within Ap p l ications 3-21 Note : ❏ Y o u cannot scan an i m a ge that e xceeds av ailable memory or disk space. ❏ Befor e you start sc anning , you should c alibra te your scanne r , monit or , an d printer as d escri be d i n Cha pter 2. ❏ After you sc a n an im age, be sur e to save it. F or inf o rm ation o n savi[...]

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Using Sp ecial E ffects 4-1 Chapter 4 Using Sp ecial Effect s The EPSON TWAIN adv an ced screen gives you many options f or e di t in g i mag es be fo r e yo u s can the m. If you h ave ima ge edit ing software, you ca n achieve al l of the spec ial effec ts d esc ribe d in this chap ter—a nd mo re—u sin g th at soft ware . How e v er, if yo u [...]

4-2 Usi ng Special Effec ts Modifying the TW AIN Configuration Whe n you cli ck th e Co n fig ura tio n butt on o n th e TWA IN advanced sc reen, you see the following dia log box: If you ha ve p erf or med a s cre en ca lib rat io n (a s de s crib ed in Chapter 2) , you can enable it by selec t i n g the Enable Scr een Calib rati on option . To sa[...]

Using Sp ecial E ffects 4-3 Us ing th e Imag e Con t r ols The i m age c on t rols availab le whe n you clic k t he Im age Controls icon, , let you adjust the following op t ions: ❏ Exposure changes t he in tensity of light ❏ Gam ma dete rmines the gr adatio n betwe en high lights a nd shadows ❏ High l igh t adjus ts the lig htest ar eas ❏ [...]

4-4 Usi ng Special Effec ts 2. Click t h e I m age Con t rol s icon. You see t he follo wing dial og box: Comparison icons Color buttons Slide bars[...]

Using Sp ecial E ffects 4-5 3. A djus t the sett ings unt il you a re satis f ied w ith the appear ance of the im ag e in t he prev iew window. See the followin g t able for guidelines on chang ing these s ettings. * Y ou c an not cho ose the Hi ghl igh t an d Sh ad ow Col or bu tt ons wh en the pr evie w wind ow is disp l a ying com p ar ison samp[...]

4-6 Usi ng Special Effec ts Adju sting t h e Tone Co rrect ion Adjustin g the tone levels let s you change the pixel bri ghtness in the mid tones, high ligh t s, and shadows of an image wit hout dramatica lly c h ang i n g it. This m odi fies t he contrast i n image tones so th ey rep roduce w ith gr eater d etail. To adjust the tone co rre cti on,[...]

Using Sp ecial E ffects 4-7 Eac h Outpu t check box c orresp onds t o the point nex t to it on th e tone c u rve. W h en you clic k the c heckb ox for a specific point, you can m ove that po i nt, but it is not a ffecte d by the movemen t of other points . If th e b ox i s no t checke d, th e p oint m oves dep ending o n the m ovem ent o f the o th[...]

4-8 Usi ng Special Effec ts Adjusting Colors After y ou ha v e previewed the i m age, cl i ck the Col or Adju stment icon, . You see the follow ing dialo g box: Note : If the I m age Ty p e is set for gr ayscale or bl ack-and-white images, the Color Adjustmen t icon is dim med and canno t be selected. The Colo r Ad j u stment dia log box lets you c[...]

Using Sp ecial E ffects 4-9 Setting the Gray Balance Intensity Neutral shades of gra y are produced by mixing the three colors in the im age in app r oxima tely equal p roportion s. Sometimes , how ever, t he resul ting gra y shad es are n ot tru ly neu tral. To cr eate a more n eu t ral gr ay , adjust the G ray Balan c e In tens ity set ting . Cli[...]

4-10 Usin g Special Effec ts Using Color Filters Color filters can hel p eliminate c olor tinges (or an undes irable overa ll color t one) that ex ist in t he original. Y ou c an also use filt ers to give y ou r image a sp ecific co lor eff ect. Click an y p o in t i n the Color Filter wh eel to increas e that c olor in the im age. Numeri cal va lu[...]

Using S pecial Effec t s 4-11 Using Au tomatic Features The TWAIN advanced screen of fers two au tomatic featu res: ❏ Auto Exposu re, whi ch autom atical ly ad justs the exposure of an image an d sets the Highlig ht and Sha do w se tti ngs ❏ Auto Loca te, w hich loc ates a nd se lects the targ et im a ge i n the previ ew window. Note : When yo [...]

4-12 Usin g Special Effec ts[...]

Usin g EPSON Scan! II 5-1 Chapter 5 Using EPSON S can! II You c a n always scan an imag e usin g your TWA IN-com pliant image editin g applicatio n. However, if your applica tion i s not TWAIN-com pliant , you can u s e EPSON Scan ! II to scan the image and expor t it in a forma t you r appli cation c an open. You can also copy all o r part of y ou[...]

5-2 Usi ng EPSON S can! II 5. Choose Save As f r om the File menu. You see the following dialog box: 6. Choose the dr ive and direc t ory w her e you want to save the im ag e. 7. Type a filename for yo ur image in the File Nam e fie ld . M ake su re to use the file e xtens ion .o rg . 8. Click OK . The imag e is saved in the EPSON Scan! I I file fo[...]

Usin g EPSON Scan! II 5-3 Foll ow these steps to export a scanned image fr om EPSON Scan ! II: 1. Choose Exp o rt from t he F i le menu. You s ee the foll ow ing dialog box: 2. Choose the drive and direc tory where yo u want t o save the im ag e. 3. Type a f ilename for your image in th e Fi le Name fiel d. 4. You can choo s e on e of th ese for ma[...]

5-4 Usi ng EPSON S can! II 5. If y ou selec ted the T IFF 6. 0 or JPEG for mat, EPSO N Scan! I I allow s you to choose th e image qualit y. Sin ce JPEG uses a L oss y co mpr essio n sc heme , sel ect in g hi gh er qu ali ty gives you less compression. To ch oose the image quality , move the Quality slid e bar to th e desire d sett i n g. 6. Click O[...]

Usin g EPSON Scan! II 5-5 3. Click Scan . Y ou see t he following dialo g box: 4. Choose the dire ctory an d drive where yo u want to save the exported image. 5. Type a f ilename for your image in th e Fi le Name fiel d. 6. You can choo s e on e of th ese for mats from the Fil e F o r m at pull- dow n men u: D IB , EPS F , TIFF5 .0 , T IFF6.0 , JP [...]

5-6 Usi ng EPSON S can! II 8. Click OK . The image is s canned and ex ported in the selec ted f i le format. You can now import th is file in t o your appli c ation s o ftw ar e; see your softwa re ma nual fo r instru ctions . Cop y i ng an Image You ca n copy all or part of an image t o the clipboard. Follow these steps: 1. Select the a rea of the[...]

Usin g EPSON Scan! II 5-7 Exiting EPSON Scan! II To exit EPSO N Scan! II, make s ure you h a ve saved or ex p or ted your image fi le. T h en choose Exit from th e F i le menu.[...]

5-8 Usi ng EPSON S can! II[...]

Troubl eshooting 6-1 Chapter 6 Troub leshooting If y ou have problems usin g the EPSON Scanning Uti lities , or with th e quali ty of your p rinted or scanned images, chec k th e tw o s ect i o ns in th is cha pter fo r poss i ble s oluti o n s. Problems Using th e EPSON Sc a nning Utilities Note : You canno t select dimm ed set tings in EPSON TWA [...]

6-2 T roublesho o ting The EPSON T W AIN data s o u rce file, or the SCSI support sof tware may no t be insta lled corr ectly. R einsta ll the E PSO N Scan ning Utili ties from your inst all ation diskettes ; see Chapter 1 for in stru ctio ns. You m ay have s elect ed the wr ong p o r t numb er or SC SI ID duri ng setu p. Chec k the settings for y [...]

Troubl eshooting 6-3 The sy stem fai ls or an erro r message appear s when y o u choose Acqu i re from your a p plication soft ware. You may have more tha n one TWAIN screen open at on ce. Reset your compute r and use only o ne active T WAIN s creen. Your sc anned imag e may be t oo big. Reset y our syst em an d redu ce the si ze of the scan ned im[...]

6-4 T roublesho o ting The scanner does n o t start s canni ng. See that the s canner’s REA D Y l i ght is on . Reinstall the E P SON Scanning Utilit ies and be sure to selec t the corr ect inter face por t and se ttings ; see Ch apte r 1 for instr uct i o ns. Also ma ke sure t he inter face boar d on your computer is pr op e r l y in st all ed .[...]

Troubl eshooting 6-5 The si ze of your i m ag e in creases after sc anni ng it into your i mage edit ing applic ation. Your im age editin g software m ay b e con verting t he image to full 24-bit data, which requ ires more disk s p ac e. See your ap pli c at ion soft w a r e man u al for more i n fo r m ation. An error in the scanner or a p aper ja[...]

6-6 T roublesho o ting Auto Loc ate does not wo rk when scanni ng two or mor e originals. Make sure none of the doc um en t s are t ouching one anoth er on the do cumen t table. If y ou have multip le images on a p age, Auto Locate sel ects the who l e page. When yo u scan a mono chrome image, t he scanned i m ag e is rever sed like a negati ve ima[...]

Troubl eshooting 6-7 The appl icati on softw are display s an error messa g e, freezes , or fails aft er s canning . Make su re you clos e the T WAIN sc reen befo re switchin g to your applic ation software. (D o n ot use th e Windows Minimize button.) The imag e y ou s c an n ed m ay be overs ized. Try redu c i n g its f ile size b y chan ging it [...]

6-8 T roublesho o ting The rows i n the sc reen calibration di alog box never s eem to match close ly enou gh. Try a djusti ng your m onito r’s br i ghtn ess a nd con trast se ttings . The TWAI N scree n c h anged its col or sett ings afte r a preview s c an . Incr ease th e num ber of colors o r dec rease the re solu tion your mo ni tor di spl a[...]

Troubl eshooting 6-9 Aft er clos ing the EPSO N TWAIN screen , a part ial image of an appli cation win dow appears ov er t he scan ned i mage. Use th e Up o r Down arrow or the m ouse to scro ll the applic ation ’s frame and clear the parti al imag e. Check the application s o ft ware to see if it ha s v iew ing or window size options. Aft er you[...]

6-10 Trou bleshooting Par t of the i ma ge is dist ort ed o r bl urr ed. Part of the original may be w rin kled, warp ed , o r not in contact with the docu men t table. Be s ure the d ocum ent is fla t. c Caution : Do n ot pl ace h eavy obj ects on the docu ment ta ble. The edg es of the do cument are no t scanne d. The document table has n on-r ea[...]

Tr oublesh ootin g 6-11 Chec k your monit or’s bri ghtnes s and c ontras t setting s. Th e im age is to o d ark a nd wi thou t de tai ls. When the Pixel Depth setting is Blac k & White or 8 Col or, check th at the ha lfton e mode is s elect ed in the Image Type d ialog box . Ad just th e E xpos ure, To ne Corre ctio n, and S hadow s ettin gs [...]

6-12 Trou bleshooting A li ne o f do ts is al way s m issi ng on th e sc ann ed ima ge. If t his happens on your pr in ted im age, y our prin ter or its p rin t head m ay have a problem or need cl eaning; see y ou r prin ter man ual. If th i s hap pens on bo th your scree n and pr i n tout , the scann er’s sens or may be mal f u nctioni n g . Con[...]

Tr oublesh ootin g 6-13 The colors on your pri ntout seem different from those of the origi n al image. Chec k that yo u have c orrect l y pe rformed the print er cali bration proc ess in EP SON Sc an! II us i ng th e corr ect prin ter profil e. Recalib rate and then try sc anning yo u r im age again. ( See Ch ap te r 2 fo r c ali br at ion in str [...]

6-14 Trou bleshooting Images c a nnot b e scann ed at all or only a f ew dots appea r in the sca nned image. Try different EPSON TW AIN settings. Be aware th a t s ome setti ngs disabl e o thers . Also, dep ending on your sca nner, s ome feat ures may not be av ailable. Set th e Expos ure, High light , or To ne Cor rection t o darker settin gs and [...]

Tr oublesh ootin g 6-15 The imag e appears upside down and t runcated in yo ur ap plicatio n software afte r s c ann i n g. Bef ore you scan the im age, reduc e its fi le siz e to le ss than 1MB (for li ne art) or less than 5MB ( for c olor) by adjust ing the se tting s on the TWAIN advanced screen. When y ou s elect 25 6 Color f or the Pixe l Dept[...]

6-16 Trou bleshooting You a re scannin g a transpar ency or s l i de using t he transpar ency u nit, and th e scanned i mage is all black . If th e reflec tive do cumen t mat is in pla ce, rem ove it; li ft up th e trans parenc y unit and sli d e t h e mat u p an d out of the slots on the tran s p arency unit . The tr anspar ency unit is instal led[...]

Defa ult Settin g s A-1 Appendix A De fault S etting s This appendix lis ts the default s et t ing s for the Ima ge Type and Dest ination options in EPSON TWAI N. It also p rovi d es the ranges of set tin gs avai lable for the TWAI N Image Controls . Defau lt Ima ge Typ e set ti ngs Image type Default setting Color Ph oto 16 million c ol ors, best [...]

A-2 D efault Set t ings Thermal Printer 360 dpi r e s ol uti on for l ine draw ings a n d h a lftone i m a g e s, 120 dpi re solut ion for phot os, an d c al ibratio n f or t her mal pri nt ers I nkj et P rin te r 36 0 dp i re so lut ion for line dr awi ng s an d hal ft one im ages , 120 dpi re solut ion for phot os, an d c al ibratio n f or i nkje[...]

Defa ult Settin g s A-3 Styl us COLOR 500 800 dpi r e s ol uti on for l ine draw ings a n d h a lftone i m a g e s, 240 dpi re solut ion for phot os, an d c al ibratio n f or E PSON S ty lus C OLOR 50 0 pri nter s Styl us COLOR 200 800 dpi r e s ol uti on for l ine draw ings a n d h a lftone i m a g e s, 240 dpi re solut ion for phot os, an d c al [...]

A-4 D efault Set t ings[...]

Expression 636 Scanner Settings B-1 Appendix B Expr ession 636 Scann er Settin g s This appendix contain s tec hnical in form ation a bout the v ar i ou s image processing f uncti ons built into th e Expression 636 scanner. Al l fun ctions m ust be con trol led f rom the scann er s oft wa re, and mo st f unct io ns can b e co mbi ned wi th ot he rs[...]

B-2 Expression 636 Scan ner Settings You m ay need to do som e t rial s by y o urse l f to find out your preferre d settings beca use the origin al images an d the output met hods you use can v ary g reatly. Res oluti on The output resolut ion determines how many pixels are us ed for scanni n g and r eproducin g an imag e. Resolut ion is measured i[...]

Expression 636 Scanner Settings B-3 The scale f u n ction aff ec t s the number of dots s c an ned. An image scanne d at 180 dpi and 200% has th e same number of dots as an i mage scanned a t 360 dpi an d 100 %. To enlarge or r educe the image size, use t he sc anner’s scal e func tion th rough your so ftwar e at t he tim e of sca nning. Avoid in[...]

B-4 Expression 636 Scan ner Settings The s canner c an read up t o 12 bit s/pix el/ c olor. Ab ove 8 bit s/pixe l/co lor the s can ner co nverts the im age dat a to 8 bits /pix el/ col o r and send s it to th e co mpu ter. This giv es much high er qua l ity . To repr oduce an image of m ore than 2 bit s/pixel/c olor the ou tp ut d ev ic e sh ou ld [...]

Expression 636 Scanner Settings B-5 Brig htnes s You ca n choose on e of seven br i g h tness levels for scanni ng. Med ium is the no rmal se tting. It is be tter to use dar ker se ttings f o r lin e art o r faint o riginal imag es, a nd to use l igh ter setti ngs f or darke r origin al im a ge s. Th e br ight nes s c an b e com b ine d with any o [...]

B-6 Expression 636 Scan ner Settings ❏ Color page sequ ence reading The scann er sca ns the d ocu ment th ree ti mes (on e eac h for green, r ed, an d b l u e) , and produces th r e e p age s of i m ag e d ata tha t com bine to giv e fu ll col o r imag e dat a. S i nce t he imag e data can be d iv ided into three sets, a co mpu ter with limi ted [...]

Expression 636 Scanner Settings B-7 Photogr aph s h av e an a lmost infin ite number of tones, with an almos t inf inite number of color s for color photographs, bu t printin g uses only indiv idual sin gle-c olor dots. Blac k and white images use bl ack dots, and col or im ages u s e on l y f our colors of dots: cyan (b lue- green), m ag en ta, y [...]

B-8 Expression 636 Scan ner Settings ❏ Half t oning m ode A This is the stan dard halftonin g mode. The image is con verte d into a ha rd tone to pro duce a distinc t ima ge, an d is suit able for most p ur p os es. (1 an d 2 bits/pixe l/color) ❏ Half t oning m ode B With this mo de, th e imag e is con verted i nto a sof ter tone . This mode is[...]

Expression 636 Scanner Settings B-9 ❏ Dither pattern A Halftone is express ed in 4 by 4 bayer dither pat tern. ❏ Dither pattern B Halfto ne is expressed in 4 by 4 spiral p at tern. ❏ Dither pattern C Halftone is express ed in 4 by 4 net screen dither patter n. ❏ Dither pattern D Halftone is express ed in 8 by 8 net screen dither patter n. N[...]

B-10 Expression 63 6 S canner Settin g s Gamma Correc tion Gam ma, or to ne, co rrecti on, ad justs the light i nte nsity rat io betw een the o rig i na l im age and the outpu t data . It brings out more detail i n ar eas of b oth highlig ht and s h ad ow. When the image is r epr oduced on certain types of ou tput devic es, the tones of th e image [...]

Exp ression 636 Scanner S ettings B-11 ❏ CRT Display B This s et ting is s u it ed for an alog-in put CRT di splays which can dis play an image with multip le le vels of t ones of more than 1 bit/p i xel /color ( γ = 1.8). This is usually th e b est set ting . ❏ Print er Out put A Thi s setting is su itabl e for hig h-den sity printe rs, suc h[...]

B-12 Expression 63 6 S canner Settin g s This function processes th e image data so th at th e d ata w ill be mos t suited for the chara cteristi cs of th e colo r output d evic e used. ❏ CRT displa ys Thi s setting com pensa tes co lors fo r the cha rac teristi cs of color CRT display s . ❏ Impac t dot-mat rix pr inte rs Thi s setting com pens[...]

Exp ression 636 Scanner S ettings B-13 ✔ Image Type or Mode For the best and most ef ficient sc ans, you need to know which type o f images you are scannin g: drawing s, black and white photogr aphs, or col or phot ographs. Th e correspondi ng terms used b y scanni ng soft ware are li n e a rt, graysca le, and color . ❏ Line art This is the set[...]

B-14 Expression 63 6 S canner Settin g s Printing or d isplay m ethods The be st resolu tion to use dep ends on what type of o utput or printing method you will be using. The usual prin t i n g methods for sca nned images fall in to the f ollow i ng c atego ries: ❏ Black and white printers (laser, i nkjet, or dot matr ix) are go od to exc ellen t[...]

Exp ression 636 Scanner S ettings B-15 ❏ Computer screens requir e lower resolu tions than most printer s . If your scanned im age will b e vi ewed only on a com pute r monit or or scre en an d will n ever b e p rinted , you can u se lo wer sc a nni ng res olution s for to p-qu ality wo rk. Rem ember that t he sca nner ca n rea d and s ave u p to[...]

B-16 Expression 63 6 S canner Settin g s The r esolution that you use t o scan an i m ag e (i nput res oluti on) does not ha ve to m atch the d ots p er inch o f your pri nter ( o utpu t res o l ution ) . In put and o utpu t resolu tion are tw o quite d iffere nt meas u rements. Just follow the guidelines below . Here’s how to calcu late m ore pr[...]

Exp ression 636 Scanner S ettings B-17 Note: For color o r gra yscale images, ignore t he d pi (dots p er inch) of your printing device. Even thou g h yo ur service bureau m a y u se a n imagesetter with a 2400 dp i resolution, a scan resolution of only 150 to 350 dpi w ill produ c e the h igh es t qualit y grayscale o r color im ages the imagesett[...]

B-18 Expression 63 6 S canner Settin g s ✔ Color Correction Use t he default or CR T display. ✔ Gamma Correction Use t he default or CR T Display B. Note: Your softwa re may have differen t set t ings for B rightness, Color correction, and Gam ma correction. ✔ Cropping If y ou know you are g oing to use on ly par t of an or iginal , use your [...]

Exp ression 636 Scanner S ettings B-19 Equipment Your present equipment may be sufficient for your scanning need s, bu t if you are not s atisf ied w i th th e qu a lity o f th e im ages on your monitor or with the speed of image processin g, read this section . While it does not contain specif ic rec om mendati ons, it des crib es v ario us po ssi[...]

B-20 Expression 63 6 S canner Settin g s File comp r ession softwar e Many diff er ent pr og rams ar e avai lable to ma ke image fi les small er for stor age or t ransmission. For example, they c a n enab le you to s t ore a 3MB im age fil e on a floppy dis k . So m e co mpr essi on sof twar e ca n comp ress images and re stor e the m with no loss [...]

Icon Glossary 1 Icon Glos sary This glossary descr i b es the TWAIN icon s . If you wan t to know what a specific icon does, l ocate the icon in this glossary; then read i t s description . Som e i cons open di alog boxes which co ntai n m ore ico ns. Clickin g a comparison icon d ispla ys three or fiv e samples with different settings in the previ[...]

2 Icon G lossary Lo ck and Unlock. Lo cks or unlo cks th e curre nt wid th, heigh t, or s cale se ttings for an imag e . The d ef ault se tting is unlock. Image Contr ols . Opens the Image Contro ls dialo g box , whic h conta ins th e op tions d escribe d unde r “Im age Cont rols Icon s ” on page 3 of this g l ossary. Tone C orrection. Opens t [...]

Icon Glossary 3 Image Co ntrols I c o ns Expos ure Compa ri son . Allow s you to compa re thre e or f ive i mage samples of varying brig htness . Th e mid dle sa mple ref lects th e curr ent ex posure s etting . Gamma C omparis on. Allow s yo u to com pare th ree or five i mage samples with different gra dations between highl ights and sh adows. Th[...]

4 Icon G lossary Color Adjustment Ico n s Gray Balanc e Comp arison . Allows you to compare three o r five var ying casts of gray in im age samples so you c an selec t the most neutral gray. Satur ation C omparis on . A llows y ou to co mpare three or fiv e ima ge sa mples of varyi ng col or sat uratio ns so you c an sele ct the p alen ess o r rich[...]

Term Glossary 1 Term Glo ssary Applic ation Pr o gram A soft ware prog ram de signed to pe rform a specific ta sk, such a s word processing, image ed iting, or spreads heet functio ns. Addi tive Primary Co lors Prim ary co l o rs th a t prod uce wh i te when mixe d in a c ertain proportion. These a re red, green, and blue . AAS Auto mati c area seg[...]

2 Term G lo ssary Br ig ht ness The amount of black or white mixed w ith a color. Byte A un i t of informat ion co nsistin g of eigh t bits. A b yte c a n represen t a c on trol code or char ac t er. Cali bratio n A process t hat adjust s the colo r or black and white val u es in the scanne d image file to compensate for the effects that soft ware [...]

Term Glossary 3 Des t in ation A set o f res oluti o n a nd cal ibrati on setti ngs th at m atch the charac teri stic s of t he scan to t h e f inal output devi ce. EPSON TWAIN provides several p r edefined Desti n ation settin gs that allow you to adjus t your scanned image to sui t the output devic e you int end to us e. You can also def ine you [...]

4 Term G lo ssary EPSF Encapsulat ed PostScri pt File. An indust ry-standar d file f ormat support ed by mos t applicati ons. ESC/I Abbr eviation fo r EPSON Standard Co de for Image sc anners. A syst em of c om mands to con t r ol image scanners w i t h s of tware. ESC/P Abbrev iatio n for EPS ON St andard Code fo r Printe rs. A sys tem of comma n [...]

Term Glossary 5 Highlig ht An E PSO N TW AIN op tion th at le ts you a djus t the ligh test port ion s of an image. Th e range be tween hi ghlight an d shadow determines t he range and the color differentia t i on of the image. Home Positi on The positi on at the ba ck of the scan ner where its car riage r ests befor e a sca nning ope ration. Image[...]

6 Term G lo ssary Line Se quence A typ e of col or scann ing th at se parates primar y colors line b y lin e . Th e ca rr iag e m ak es onl y o ne pa s s. Lossy A data compression s y s tem that int en t ionall y d iscards (or loses) some data from th e original im a g e. Midtone The t onal val u e of a dot, locate d appr oximately halfway bet ween[...]

Term Glossary 7 Pl a in Bi- leve l Bi-l e vel image d ata wi thout t he half toning proces s. Por t An int erfac e channe l through whic h data is tra nsm itted betw een dev ices . Res olution Indi c at ion of how fi nely an im ag e i s r es o lved into pix els. Measured in do t s per inch (dpi), pixels per inch (ppi), or som eti mes sa mpl es p er[...]

8 Term G lo ssary Shar pness An EPSON TWAI N option t hat lets y o u ad j ust th e measure of enhanced det ail (f oc u s) in an image. Subt r active Pr imary Col ors Primary c ol ors that produ c e bl ack when mixed in a cer tain propo rtion. Th es e a re cyan, magenta, and y ell ow. In pr inting , blac k is often a dded to giv e more def inition b[...]

Term Glossary 9 Transparenc y Unit A scann er access ory which allow s the sc anner t o use material s su ch as tra nsp ar e ncie s and sl ide s. TWAIN A n op en in dus tr y in te rf ace all ow in g y ou t o ac qu ir e im ag e d at a direc tly fro m extern al so urces w ithou t leavi ng your c urre nt applic ation . Zoom The abil ity to enlarg e a [...]

10 Term G lo ssary[...]

In dex 1 Index A Accelera t or bo ards, B-19 Acquire and Export opti o n, 5 -4 to 5 -6 Acq uire op tion, 3-2, 5 -1, 6-1 to 6 -3 Add New Har dware o pt ion, 1-2 Additive c o lor pro cess, 2-1 Advanced scree n acce ss ing, 3 -3, 3-7 Desti n ation set tings, 3- 12 to 3-16 Image Type settings, 3-7 to 3-1 0 pre vie w f eatur es, 3-16 t o 3-19 scanni ng [...]

2 Index Col or adj us tme nt, 4-8 to 4-1 0, 6-8 butto ns, 4 -5 corr ection , 4- 8 to 4-1 0 corr ection, Ex pressio n 636 scanner, B-11 filter, se e Color Filter option mode, Expr ession 6 3 6 scanner, B-5 opti mum resol ution , 3-14 , B-1 6 prob lems, 6-8, 6-10, 6 -12, 6- 13 processes, 2-1, 6-13 re moving, 4-9 reso lut i on , 3 -15, 6- 12 sample, 2[...]

In dex 3 EPSO N Scan! II acquiring and exporting images , 5-4 t o 5- 6 copying images, 5-6 exiting, 5-7 expo rting imag es, 5-2 t o 5-4 fil e for mat , Intr o-2 , 5- 1 to 5-2 re sizing i mag es, 5- 6 savi ng images, 5- 1 to 5-2 usi ng , 5- 1 to 5-7 EPSO N S canne r pro gram group , 2- 2, 2- 4 EPSON Scanning Utilities, problems, 6-1 t o 6- 9 EPSON T[...]

4 Index Ima ge Co ntr ol icon, 4-3 sett ings, 4- 3 t o 4-5, A -3 Ima ge ed itin g s of twa re, 3- 2, 3 -20 , 4- 1 Ima ge Ty pe advanced screen o p ti ons, 3 -7 to 3 -10 defa ult settin gs, 6-6, A-1 easy screen optio ns, 3 - 5 Exp ression 636 sca nner, B-13 optimum sc anning resolut ions, 3-14 , B-16 sel ection matri x , 3-11 Installatio n, Scanning[...]

In dex 5 Resolution colo r, 3-14 , 6-12, B-16 defi nin g, 3- 13 to 3-15 Exp ression 636 sca nner, B-2, B-13, B-15 gr aysc ale, 3 -14, B-16 limi ta t i ons, 6-4, 6-7 to 6-8 , 6-12 lin e art , 3- 14, B-16 monit or, B-19 opti mum sc annin g, 3-14 t o 3- 15, B-16 t o B- 17 out put de vice s, 3-14 , B- 16 video display set tings, se e Video display Rule[...]

6 Index V Variatio n between samples optio n , 4-2 VGA, Intro-4 Video car ds, B-19 Video disp lay, 3 -17, 6-8 to 6-9 , 6-12, 6- 15 W Widt h set ting, 3- 18, 6- 7 Wind ows 3.1 Set up, 2-2 , 3- 17, 6-8, 6- 15 95 Add New H a rdware option, 1-2 95 Di splay, 2-2, 3 -17, 6- 8, 6 -15 mini mize button , 6-7 res tar tin g, 6- 1 to 6 -2, 6 - 7 Se tup, colors[...]