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Scanning / How to Scan

Scanning an Image

Turning on this product
Placing your materials on the document table
Starting the software and scanning an image

EPSON Scan provides three modes for you to make any scanning settings; Full Auto Mode, Home Mode, and Professional Mode. This section describes how to scan an image in the Full Auto Mode. The Full Auto Mode lets you scan images using automatically-adjusted settings. For more details, see Choosing an Appropriate Scanning Mode.

Note:

You cannot scan an image with a size that exceeds the available memory or disk space. If you try to scan the image, an alert appears on the screen.

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.

Caution:

Before starting the following steps, make sure that all the necessary software including EPSON Scan has been installed. For details about how to install the software, see the Setup Sheet.

Turning on this product

Before turning on this product, make sure this product is connected to your computer.

Press the On button to turn on this product. The On light on the control panel flashes then remains lit, indicating that this product has completed its initialization.

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Placing your materials on the document table

You can scan reflective documents (like photo or paper). See the appropriate link below to set your materials on the document table.

Placing Photos and Documents on the Document Table.

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Starting the software and scanning an image

You can start EPSON Scan in the following ways.

Start EPSON Scan directly as a stand alone application

Start EPSON Scan from a TWAIN-compliant application

This section describes how to scan an image from EPSON Smart Panel. For details on the another way to start EPSON Scan, see Starting EPSON Scan.

Start EPSON Smart Panel.
See Starting EPSON Smart Panel

EPSON Smart Panel starts and the following window appears.

Click the Scan and Save icon on the EPSON Smart Panel.

Specify Location, File Name, and Image Format settings.

Click Scan and Save to start scanning or Scan with Options to change the scanning settings.

File formats

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

Format (File extension)	Explanation
BMP format (*.BMP) (Windows only)	BMP is a standard image file format in Windows. Most Windows applications including word processor applications can read and treat images in this format.
TIFF format (*.TIF)	TIFF is a file format which is designed for data exchange between applications such as graphics software and DTP software.
JPEG format (*.JPG)	JPEG is a compressed file format, 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 processor software can read and prepare images in this format.
PNG format (*.PNG)	PNG is a portable and highly-compressed file format designed for viewing in Web browsing applications, which allows a choice in compression quality. The image quality does not deteriorate when the image file is saved in PNG.

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