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Scanning in Professional Mode
When you select Professional Mode, you see the Epson Scan Professional Mode window.
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Place your original(s) on the document table. See Placing Documents or Photos for instructions.
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Start Epson Scan. See Starting Epson Scan for instructions.
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Select Professional Mode in the Mode list. See Changing the Scan Mode for instructions.
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Click the arrow to open the Document Type list and select Reflective.
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Select Document Table as the Document Source setting.
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Click the arrow to open the Auto Exposure Type list and select Document or Photo.
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Click the arrow to open the Image Type list and select the detailed image type you are scanning.
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Image Type setting
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Type of image you are scanning
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24-bit Color
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Color photos
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Color Smoothing
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Color graphics, such as a chart or graph
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8-bit Grayscale
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Black-and-white photos with just a few shades of gray
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Halftone
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Shaded drawings or photographs
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Black & White
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Documents with black text and/or line art
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If you select Halftone, you can also select the Pattern setting. To access the setting, click the + (Windows) or
 (Mac OS X) button next to Image Type. For details on adjusting the setting, see Epson Scan Help.If you select 8-bit Grayscale or Black & White, you can also select an Image Option setting, as described below. To access the setting, click the + (Windows) or
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Image Option Setting
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Description
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None
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No Image Option setting is applied.
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Dropout: Red
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Drops out red from the scan.
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Dropout: Green
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Drops out green from the scan.
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Dropout: Blue
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Drops out blue from the scan.
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Color Enhance: Red
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Enhances red in the scan.
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Color Enhance: Green
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Enhances green in the scan.
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Color Enhance: Blue
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Enhances blue in the scan.
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Text Enhancement Technology
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Improves accuracy during OCR (Optical Character Recognition) scanning by eliminating the document’s background from the scan. This setting is available only when the Image Type is set to Black & White.
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Auto Area Segmentation
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Makes grayscale images clearer and text recognition more accurate by separating the text from the graphics. This setting is available only when the Image Type is set to Black & White.
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Click the arrow to open the Resolution list and select an appropriate resolution for your original(s). See Selecting the Scan Resolution for instructions.
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Click Preview to preview your image(s). The Preview window appears and displays your image(s). See Previewing and Adjusting the Scan Area for instructions on settings in the Preview window.
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Modify the image quality, if necessary. See Adjusting the Color and Other Image Settings for instructions.
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Click the arrow to open the Target Size list and select the size you would like your scanned image(s) to be, if necessary. You can scan your images at their original size, or you can reduce or enlarge their size by selecting Target Size. See Selecting the Scan Size for instructions.
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Click Scan.
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What happens next depends on how you started your scan. See Finishing the Scan for instructions.