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Use the Buttons on the Scanner

Buttons on the scanner
Use the Start button on the scanner
Use the Copy button on the scanner
Use the Scan to E-mail button on the scanner
Use the Scan and Save button on the scanner
Assigning an application to the Start button
Assigning a different application to the buttons on Windows^®

Buttons on the scanner

The buttons on the scanner ( Scan and Save, Scan to E-mail, Copy, and Start) allow you to scan and send data to a target application or the file with a single press of the button.

1. Scan and Save button
2. Scan to E-mail button
3. Copy button
4. Start button

Note for Windows users:

The Scanner events is supported by Windows. You can assign a desired application to the buttons on the scanner. See Assigning a different application to the buttons on Windows® for details.

Note for Macintosh users:

The desired applications may not properly start when you press the buttons. For solutions, see Pressing the button does not start scanning or Pressing the buttons in a Mac OS X environment starts Classic mode.

Start button

Pressing the Start button on the scanner starts EPSON Smart Panel as default. You can assign a desired application to the Start button in the EPSON Smart Panel window; pressing the Start button then starts the scanning process and sends data to the application. For more details, see Use the Start button on the scanner.

Copy button

Pressing the Copy button on the scanner starts the Copy utility in the EPSON Smart Panel window if it has not been started yet. If the Copy utility has already been started, with a click of the Copy button, images are scanned and then printed automatically in high quality. For more details, see Use the Copy button on the scanner.

Scan to E-mail button

Pressing the Scan to E-mail button on the scanner starts the scanning process, transfers the scanned image to a pre-selected e-mail program, and then attaches the scanned image to a new e-mail message. For more details, see Use the Scan to E-mail button on the scanner.

Scan and Save button

Pressing the Scan and Save button on the scanner starts the scanning process and transfers the scanned image to the specified file. For more details, see Use the Scan and Save button on the scanner.

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Use the Start button on the scanner

Pressing the Start button starts the EPSON Smart Panel software by default.

Press the Start button on your scanner. The EPSON Smart Panel window appears.

Click an application icon. The selected application opens and scanning starts, and then the scanned image is automatically sent to the applications. For details, refer to the EPSON Smart Panel online help.

Note:

You can assign a desired application in the EPSON Smart Panel window to the Start button. For details, see Assigning an application to the Start button.

For help on EPSON Smart Panel software, click the question mark at the lower right corner of the window.

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Use the Copy button on the scanner

You can use the Copy button on the scanner to make copies.

Pressing the Copy button on the scanner starts the Copy utility in the EPSON Smart Panel window if it has not been started yet. The following window appears.

Note for Windows users:

If the following dialog box appears, select EPSON Smart Panel and then click OK.

If the Copy utility has already been started, with a click of the Copy button, images are scanned and then printed automatically in high quality.

Note:

For details about the settings, refer to the EPSON Smart Panel documentation.

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Use the Scan to E-mail button on the scanner

You can use the Scan to E-mail button to scan an image and then send an e-mail message with the scanned image attached.

Note:

An e-mail program must be installed on your computer before you can use the Scan to E-mail button.

Press the Scan to E-mail button on the scanner. The following window appears.

EPSON Scan automatically previews the images and recognizes the image type.

Note:

To cancel the operation, click Pause and then click Close.

The following window appears with a progress bar to indicate the scanning progress. You can see the type of document being scanned. When scanning multiple photos, you can also see the number of scanned images.

Images are automatically optimized. You can scan easily and quickly without changing any complex settings. EPSON Scan automatically recognizes the image type, locates the target image, detects the skew of the target image, adjusts the exposure, and then starts scanning.

The scanned image is transferred to a pre-selected e-mail program and then attached to a new e-mail message.

Note:

If no e-mail program has been selected, the Launch Assistant dialog box appears. For details, refer to the EPSON Smart Panel documentation.

For details about the settings, refer to the EPSON Smart Panel documentation.

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Use the Scan and Save button on the scanner

You can use the Scan and Save button on the scanner to save scanned images in a specified folder.

Press the Scan and Save button on the scanner. The following window appears.

EPSON Scan automatically previews the images and recognizes the image type.

Note:

To cancel the operation, click Pause and then click Close.

Images are automatically optimized. You can scan easily and quickly without changing any complex settings. EPSON Scan automatically recognizes the image type, locates the target image, detects the skew of the target image, adjusts the exposure, and then starts scanning.

The scanned image is send to the specified folder.

Note:

For details about the Scan and Save settings, refer to the EPSON Smart Panel documentation.

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Assigning an application to the Start button

You can assign a desired application to the Start button in the EPSON Smart Panel window.

To assign an application in the EPSON Smart Panel window to the Start button on the scanner, follow the steps below.

For Windows users:
Click Start, point to All Programs (for Windows XP users) or Programs (for Windows Me, 98 SE, or 2000 users) and then EPSON Smart Panel, then click EPSON Smart Panel.

For Mac OS 9 users:
Click Apple and EPSON Smart Panel.

For Mac OS X users:
Double-click the Applications folder in Macintosh HD, and then double-click the Smart Panel folder. Finally, double-click the EPSON Smart Panel icon.

Select an application from the EPSON Smart Panel list box.

The selected application is assigned to the Start button.

Note:

The application currently assigned to the Start button on the scanner has the Start button icon added to its application icon.

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Assigning a different application to the buttons on Windows^®

You can assign any application, other than EPSON Smart Panel, which supports the Scanner events (for example, Imaging for Windows, as long as it is installed) on Windows to the buttons on the scanner. When you press the Start, Copy, Scan to E-mail, and Scan and Save button, EPSON Scan's dialog box appears or scanning starts and the scanned image is automatically sent to the application (which does not need to be opened manually).

Make sure the application supports the Scanner events and then follow the steps below.

Note for Macintosh users:

You cannot assign any application other than EPSON Smart Panel to the buttons on the scanner. This feature is for Windows only.

For Windows XP users

Double-click the Scanners and Cameras icon in Control Panel.

Right-click your scanner's icon and select Properties.

Select the Events tab.

Select a desired button from the Select an event list. Select Start this program and then select the desired application from the list.

Note:

If Prompt for which program to run is selected, when the button is pressed, a dialog box appears to prompt you to select an application from the list.

Some applications do not support linkage to scanners and digital cameras. Linkage is available only for applications which appear on the list.

To save your settings, click Apply and then OK.

Note:

You need to click Apply whenever you change a button setting.

If you need to disable the Scanner events, select Take no action in the scanner's Properties dialog box.

For Windows Me, 98 SE, and 2000 users

Note for Windows 98 SE and 2000 users:

Screen shot for Windows Me is used in this section, so they may differ in appearance from what actually appears on your screen. The instructions are the same.

Click Start, point to Settings, and select Control Panel.

Double-click the Scanners and Cameras icon.

For Windows Me users:
Right-click your scanner's icon and select Properties.

For windows 98 SE and 2000 users:
Select your scanner from the installed scanners and cameras list. Click Properties.

Select the Events tab.

Select a desired button from the Scanner events list and then select the check box of the desired application in the Send to this application list; clear the rest of the check boxes.

Note:

If multiple applications are selected, when the button is pressed, a dialog box appears to prompt you to select just one from the list.

Some applications do not support linkage to scanners and digital cameras. Linkage is available only with the applications that appear in the Send to this application list.

To save your settings, click Apply and then OK.

Note:

You need to click Apply whenever you change a button setting.

For Windows 2000 users, be sure to restart the computer.

If you need to disable the Scanner events, select the Disable device events check box in the scanner's Properties dialog box.

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