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Customizing the Manual Mode Settings

Preview menu
Color menu
Other menu

Click the Configuration button in the Manual mode window to open the Configuration dialog box, where you can make a variety of configuration settings related to the Preview window and the preview image, and color adjustment.

Preview menu

This menu allows you to make basic settings that affect the properties of the Preview window.

Automatic Preview

Preview automatically starts when EPSON TWAIN is started.

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Color menu

Click the Color tab to display the Color menu.

This menu allows you to make a variety of settings related to color adjustment and color management. Choose the appropriate setting from the list below.

Color Controls

The Color Controls setting allows you to make settings that affect the gamma for your monitor and the way the Auto Exposure feature works.

Display Gamma

You can change the gamma value of the scanning image for your output device, such as monitor or printer, by typing a value in the Display Gamma box, or by clicking the arrows next to the box. You can choose between values of 1.0 to 3.0 in increments of 0.1. The default setting is 1.8.

The Display Gamma setting also determines how clicking the Auto Exposure button affects the Gamma setting.

Note:

When you use the PRINT Image Matching - enabled application, you cannot change the gamma value in the Display Gamma box.

Continuous Auto Exposure

Select this check box to make the Auto Exposure feature work whenever you click the Full Preview button, modify the size of the preview with the zoom feature, make a marquee, or modify the size or change the location of a marquee.

If this check box is clear, the Auto Exposure feature will only work when you click the Auto Exposure button in the Manual mode window.

Note:

This feature is only available when Color Controls is selected.

ICM (for Windows) or ColorSync (for Macintosh)

Select this setting to reproduce the colors in your image using the available color management system for your computer: ICM for Windows, or ColorSync for Macintosh. Selecting this setting enables you to choose a color profile for your scanner in the Source (Scanner) list box, and a color profile for your monitor or output device (such as printer) in the Target list box. After the image is scanned, it is converted according to these settings before it is sent to the application.

Note:

When you use the PRINT Image Matching - enabled application, this setting is unavailable.

The ICM and ColorSync settings are provided for experienced users. If you are not familiar with color management systems, select Color Controls to avoid unexpected results.

If your printer and monitor do not support the available color management system, select Color Controls. See your printer and monitor documentation to check if they support ICM or ColorSync.

When ICM or ColorSync is selected, the Continuous Auto Exposure setting is unavailable.

If ICM or ColorSync is selected, whenever the Auto Exposure function is used, the Shadow setting in the Image Controls dialog box is automatically set to 8, and the Gamma setting is set to 1.0.

If you select ICM or ColorSync in EPSON TWAIN when using Adobe Photoshop 5.0 or 5.5, be sure to clear the Display Using Monitor Compensation check box in Photoshop's RGB Setup Dialog box.

Before scanning, be sure to make the appropriate System Profile settings in the ColorSync control panel for optimal color matching. For more information, see your Macintosh documentation.

Source (Scanner)

Choose a color profile for the scanner you are using from this list box. EPSON recommends selecting EPSON Standard when using an EPSON scanner.

Target

In this list box you can choose a color profile that matches either your monitor or other output device, such as your printer, or you can choose one of the RGB color space profiles that matches those available in Adobe Photoshop.

To use the same color profile that is currently being used by your computer monitor, select Monitor RGB. To choose a different profile for your monitor or printer, select from the monitor and printer profiles in the list.

To choose a color profile that matches the RGB color space you are using in Adobe Photoshop, select that color space from the list. For more information on color management in Adobe Photoshop, see the Adobe Photoshop documentation.

Note:

If you made a color profile to calibrate your monitor using the Adobe Gamma utility, that profile appears in the Target list box.

The default Target setting for Windows is sRGB, and for Macintosh the default Target setting is Monitor RGB.

Display Preview Using Monitor Compensation

The preview image is displayed with compensation using the ICM or ColorSync engine which covers from target space to monitor.

When this check box is selected, you can see the preview image matched with the preview image in the Preview window of Adobe Photoshop. Photoshop adjusts the workspace of the internal image to match the monitor and displays the converted image. Since other applications do not support this function, we recommend that you clear this check box.

No Color Correction

This setting allows you to scan images without adjusting the quality of the image at all. Select this setting for best results when making your own color profile using a color calibration device.

Note:

When you use the PRINT Image Matching - enabled application, this setting is unavailable.

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Other menu

Click the Other tab to display the Other menu.

Preserve Preview Settings

When this check box is selected, the Image Type, Destination, Resolution and Unsharp Mask settings are saved so that they remain effective the next time you start EPSON TWAIN.

Preserve Preview Image

When this check box is selected, the image shown in the Preview window is saved together with its associated settings so that it remains effective the next time you start EPSON TWAIN. This feature is useful when scanning the same document more than once, and is especially useful when using different TWAIN-compliant applications to scan the same document.

Note:

This check box appears dimmed and is not available when the Preserve Preview Settings check box is not selected.

Work Area

Select a hard disk drive as a temporary working area for some image operations. Default and the local hard drives are available on the list. If Default is selected, the temporary folder in your using driver is used for a working area.

Free Space

Displays the free space of the drive selected as the Work Area.

Reset All

Click this button to initialize all TWAIN settings and restore the factory default settings.

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