OCR Software Limitations
Scanning Using an OCR Program

You can scan a document and convert the text into data that you can edit with a word processing program. This process is called OCR (Optical Character Recognition). To scan and use OCR, you need to use an OCR program, such as Adobe Acrobat.

OCR software cannot recognize handwritten characters, and certain types of documents or text are difficult for OCR software to recognize, such as:

• Items that have been copied from other copies

• Faxes

• Text with tightly spaced characters or line pitch

• Text that is in tables or underlined

• Cursive or italic fonts, and font sizes less than 8 points

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Follow these steps to scan and convert text using an OCR program. See your OCR program documentation for detailed instructions.

Place your original document on the scanner. See one of these sections for instructions:

Loading Documents in the Automatic Document Feeder Placing Originals on the Document Table

Start your OCR program.

Start your OCR program’s scan function. EPSON Scan starts in the last mode you used.

Select your scan settings as follows, depending on the mode you are using:

Office Mode

Select Auto Detect, ADF - Single-sided, ADF - Double-sided, or Document Table as the Document Source. Select Color or Black&White as the Image Type. Select 300 dpi as the Resolution Preview and adjust the scan area, if necessary. If you are scanning using the ADF, see Selecting EPSON Scan Office Mode Settings. If you are scanning from the document table, see Selecting EPSON Scan Office Mode Settings.

Home Mode

Select Magazine, Newspaper, or Text/Line Art as the Document Type. Select Black&White or Color as the Image Type Choose Printer or Other as your Destination setting. Preview and select your scan area as described in Previewing and Adjusting the Scan Area.

Professional Mode

Select ADF - Single-sided, ADF - Double-sided, or Document Table as the Document Source. Select Document as the Auto Exposure Type. Select Black&White, 24-bit Color, or 48-bit Color as the Image Type. Select 300 dpi as the Resolution. Preview and select your scan area. If you are scanning using the ADF, see Previewing and Adjusting the Scan Area. If you are scanning from the document table, see Previewing and Adjusting the Scan Area.

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If the characters in your text are not recognized very well, you can improve recognition by adjusting the Threshold setting. If you are scanning using the ADF, see Adjusting the Color and Other Image Settings for instructions. If you are scanning from the document table, see Adjusting the Color and Other Image Settings for instructions.

Click Scan. Your document is scanned, processed into editable text, and opened in your OCR program window.

Follow the instructions in OCR program Help to edit and save your document.

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