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Scanning from the Full Auto Mode

Scanning an Image

Starting EPSON TWAIN
Saving the scanned image

In the Full Auto mode, an image is automatically optimized. You can scan quickly and easily without changing any complex settings in the Full Auto mode.

Starting EPSON TWAIN

Note for Macintosh users:

Most illustrations shown in this section are for Windows, so they may vary in appearance from what actually appears on your screen. The instructions are the same, except as noted.

Start the TWAIN-compliant application. (The example used here is Adobe Photoshop Elements.)

Select Import from the File menu, and then select EPSON TWAIN 5.

Note:

For detailed settings, refer to your application's documentation.

The following dialog box appears.

EPSON TWAIN automatically previews the image, and recognizes the document source and type. See Document Type Recognition setting.

If you want to make more settings, click Cancel and then click the button (for Windows users) or the arrow on the lower left corner of the dialog box (for Macintosh users) to open the customizing menu of the Full Auto mode. See Customizing the Full Auto Mode Settings for more details.

If you want to switch to the Manual mode, click Cancel and then click the Manual mode button to open the Manual mode window. See Selecting a Mode for more details.

Note:

When the scanner is warming up, you cannot click Cancel.

Depending on the image you want to scan, you may not get the expected scanned image. In this case, scan the image in the Manual mode. See Overview of the Manual Mode Window.

After EPSON TWAIN has previewed and recognized the document type, the following dialog box appears. You can see the document type and the icon in the window.

EPSON TWAIN automatically sets the Image Location setting and Exposure setting, and then starts scanning. If you scan multiple photos, the number of scanned images will be indicated.

The scanned image is sent to the application.

Note:

You cannot scan an image which exceeds the available memory or disk space. If you try to scan a very large image, an alert appears on the screen.

Depending on your application, you may not be able to scan multiple images.

If you cannot scan transparent materials from the Full Auto mode, switch to the Manual mode and use the marquee. See You cannot scan the film from the Full Auto mode or the Thumbnail preview. for details.

For information on further editing of scanned images, refer to your application's documentation.

After an image is scanned, be sure to save it. See Saving the scanned image.

The mode you used last time is active when you start EPSON TWAIN again.

Document Type Recognition setting

The image is automatically recognized as one of the following document type:

Document source	Document type	Icon
Reflective	Color Photo
	Black & White Photo
	Illustration
	Text/Line Art
	Color Document
	Black & White Document
Film	Color Negative Film
Film	Color Positive Film

Note:

In the Full Auto mode, you can scan transparent materials in color (color films). If you want to scan monochrome negative film, switch to the Manual mode.

Image Location setting

Auto Locate:	The scanner automatically locates and selects the target image. The image appears without white borders. (If the document type is document or Text/Line Art, a 2 mm margin is added around all edges of the location.) If the document type is photo or film, Auto Locate applies to each photo; otherwise it covers the whole area of the image.
Detect Skew Angle:	The scanner automatically detects the skew of the target image. If the document type is photo or film, Detect Skew Angle applies to each photo. If the document type is Text/Line Art, it covers the whole area of the image.

Exposure setting

The scanner automatically optimizes the exposure of an image defined by Auto Locate. The Gamma, Highlight, and Shadow settings are automatically set.

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Saving the scanned image

After an image is scanned, be sure to save it, using the steps below. (The example used here is Adobe Photoshop Elements.)

Choose Save As from the File menu.

Select the folder where the image will be saved.

Type a file name for your image in the File name field.

Select the file format you want to save the image in from the Format list. See File formats for the file formats.

If you need more options, set the Save Options field.

Click Save.

File formats

The following table lists some common image file formats. Please select an appropriate format supported by your image processing application when you save image files.

Format (File extension)	Explanation
BMP format (*.BMP)	Standard image file format used in Windows. Most Windows application including word processing application can read and prepare images in this format.
TIFF format (*.TIF)	TIFF is a file format designed for data exchange between applications such as graphics software and DTP software.
JPEG format (*.JPG)	JPEG is a compressed file, which allows a choice in compression quality. However, if the compression is too high, the image quality deteriorates. The image quality also deteriorates every time the image file is saved in JPEG. If you edit an image file after saving it, the original image should be preserved in a file format other than JPEG.
EPS format (*.EPS)	EPS is a PostScript file format. Most illustration and DTP applications are compatible with EPS.
PICT format (Macintosh only)	PICT is a standard image file format for Macintosh. Most Macintosh applications including word processing software can read and prepare images in this format.

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