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Scanning / How to Scan

Using the Film Holder

Loading slides and films
Storing the film holder

Loading slides and films

You can scan 35 mm film strips and slides. Your document cover also functions as the Film Adapter.

Caution:

Hold the film at its edges, or else use gloves. Touching the film surface with bare hands can leave fingerprints or other traces on the film.

Note:

If you plan to scan films from the EPSON Smart Panel or EPSON Photo Print utility, refer to the respective documentation for details.

Wipe the inside of the document cover and the document table before scanning transparencies.

In the Full Auto Mode, you can scan 35 mm color film and 35 mm color slide. If you want to scan monochrome negative film, switch to the Home Mode or Professional Mode.

Make sure the document cover's cable is connected to the TPU interface connector.

Note:

Before connecting or disconnecting the document cover's cable, make sure this product is turned off.

Open the document cover.

Remove the reflective document mat gently along the document cover.

Note:

Make sure to hold the reflective document mat with both hands.

Remove the film holder from the document cover.

Load the transparency into the film holder and position it on the document table. Go to the section listed below that matches the type of transparency you want to scan. See the following sections for details.

• 35 mm film strips

• 35 mm slides

Note:

The base side of the film is the side where the film maker's name and film ID numbers can be read correctly. Also, when you look at an image on the film from the base side, the image should appear normally, not as the reverse of it.

Set the film correctly in the film holder and position the film holder properly on the document table.

Do not press the glass of the document table with too much force.

Close the document cover.

Note:

Make sure the document cover is completely closed; otherwise you cannot obtain proper colored images.

A newton ring (ring-shaped stripes pattern) may appear in the scanned image. To remove the newton ring, set the film with the base side facing up. For details, see Newton ring appears in the scanned image.

When you are not using the film holder, you can store it inside the document cover. See Storing the film holder for details.

35 mm film strips

Remove the film cover.

Slide the edge of the strip in the 35 mm film holder, base side facing down. Place it so that all of the frame is positioned inside the film holder, and then attach the film cover.

Close the film cover.

Place the film holder on the document table so that it fits the hole on this product with the 35-mm film strips holder coming to the center of the document table.

35 mm slides

Place the film holder on the document table so that it fits the hole on this product with the 35-mm slides holder coming to the center of the document table.

Place slides in the 35 mm slides holder, as shown below.

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Storing the film holder

When not using the film holder, you can store it inside the document cover.

Open the document cover.

Slide the film holder into the document cover.

Insert the reflective document mat.

Note:

Make sure to hold the document cover with both hands.

Close the document cover.

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