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Use the Start Button on the Scanner

Start Button feature
Scanning using the Start button
Assigning an application to the Start button
Assigning a different application to the Start button on Windows^®

Start Button feature

The Start button on the scanner allows you to scan and send data to a target application or the EPSON photo-sharing site with a single press of the button.

1. Start button

Note for Windows users:

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

Note for Mac OS X users:

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

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Scanning using the Start button

Pressing the Start button on the scanner starts EPSON Smart Panel software by default, then starts the scanning process and sends data to the application.

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:

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

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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, or 2000 users) and then EPSON Smart Panel, then click EPSON Smart Panel.

For users of Mac OS 8.6 to 9.x:
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 Start button 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 Start button on the scanner. When you press the Start button, EPSON Scan's dialog box opens 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.

Note for Macintosh users:

You cannot assign any application other than EPSON Smart Panel to the Start button on the scanner.

For Windows XP users

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, and 2000 users

Note for Windows 98 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 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.

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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