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Selecting EPSON Scan Settings
Overview of the EPSON Scan Modes
Selecting File Save Settings
Using Full Auto Mode
Changing the Scan Mode
Selecting Basic Settings
Selecting the Scan Resolution
Previewing and Adjusting the Scan Area
Adjusting the Color and Other Image Settings
Selecting the Scan Size
Finishing the Scan
Overview of the EPSON Scan Modes
EPSON Scan lets you control all aspects of scanning and includes three modes:
Full Auto Mode is best when you need to scan film or slides at 100% size and you do not need to preview the images before scanning. You can restore faded colors or remove dust marks from film or slides by clicking the Customize button.
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In Full Auto Mode, you can scan only 35 mm color film strips or slides. To scan black and white film or slides, use Home or Professional Mode.
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Home Mode is best when you want to preview images of photos, film, or slides before scanning them. You can size the image as you scan, adjust the scan area, and adjust many image settings, including color restoration and dust removal (film and slides only).
Professional Mode is best when you want to preview your image and make extensive, detailed corrections to it before scanning. You can sharpen, color correct, and enhance your image with a full array of tools, including color restoration and dust removal (film or slides only).
Selecting File Save Settings
When you see the File Save Settings window, you need to select the location, name, and format of the scanned image file you want to save.
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In the File Save Settings window, specify the file folder in which you want to save your scanned image. Click Browse (Windows) or Choose (Macintosh) and select the folder.
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Specify a file name prefix with an alphanumeric character string. A 3-digit number is automatically added to the file name, but you can change the Start Number if you like. If you are scanning multiple images at once, each image will receive a different 3-digit number.
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With Windows, the following characters cannot be used in the prefix. \, /, :, ., *, ?, ", <, >, │
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Select a file format as described in the following table. Depending on the format, the Options button may be available for making detailed settings.
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Format (File Extension)
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Explanation
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BITMAP (*.BMP) (Windows only)
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A standard image file format for Windows. Most Windows programs, including word processing programs, can read and prepare images in this format.
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JPEG (*.JPG)
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A compressed file format in which the compression level can be selected. The JPEG format lets you highly compress image data. However, the higher the compression, the lower the image quality. Any lost image quality data cannot be restored and the quality deteriorates each time the data is saved. The TIFF format is recommended when modification and retouching are required.
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Multi-TIFF (*.TIF)
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A TIFF format where multiple pages are saved to the same file. You can also edit the scanned images before saving them. See EPSON Scan Help for details. To open Multi-TIFF files, you need a program that supports it.
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PDF (*.PDF)
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A document format that can be read on both Windows and Macintosh systems (platform independent). To use PDF documents, you need Adobe Reader® or Acrobat.® Multi-page documents can be saved as one PDF file. When you save color or grayscale images in PDF, you can select a compression level. You can also edit the scanned images before they are saved. See Scanning Directly to a PDF File for details.
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PICT (*.PCT) (Macintosh only)
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A standard image file format for Macintosh. Most Macintosh programs, including word processing programs, can read and prepare images in this format.
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PRINT Image Matching II JPEG (*JPG) or TIFF (*.TIF)
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A file format that includes PRINT Image Matching II data for enhanced quality and a wider color range. Print Image Matching II compatible printers can then print this data for brilliant, true-to-life results. (PRINT Image Matching data does not affect the way the image displays on a screen.) Available in JPEG or TIFF format.
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TIFF (*.TIF)
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A file format created for exchanging data between many programs, such as graphic and DTP software. When scanning black & white images, you can specify the compression type.
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The checkboxes at the bottom of the window give you these options:
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Open image folder after scanning
Select this option if you want EPSON File Manager, Windows Explorer, or the Macintosh Finder to automatically open the folder where your scanned image is saved when EPSON Scan finishes scanning.
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Click OK. EPSON Scan starts scanning.
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When you start EPSON Scan for the first time, it runs in Full Auto Mode and displays the EPSON Scan standby window:
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If you want to select a custom resolution, restore faded colors, or remove dust marks from your film or slide image click the Customize button. You see the Customize window:
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Select your settings and click OK. (For details on selecting settings, click the Help button.)
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Click the Scan button.
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When you are finished selecting File Save Settings, click OK. EPSON Scan starts scanning in Full Auto Mode.
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EPSON Scan previews each image in your film strip or each slide, detects whether it is positive, negative, color, or black-and-white, and selects the scan settings automatically. After a moment, you see a small capture of each image in the EPSON Scan window. (It takes a few minutes to scan a full film strip.)
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Depending on how you started EPSON Scan, the program saves the files to the location you specified or opens the scanned image in your scanning program. See Finishing the Scan for details.
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To change the scan mode, click the arrow in the Mode box at the top right of the EPSON Scan window. Then select the mode you want to use from the list that appears.
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The mode you select remains in effect when you start EPSON Scan the next time.
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For instructions on scanning using these modes, see:
When you start EPSON Scan in Home or Professional Mode, you see the main EPSON Scan window:
Home Mode
Professional Mode
Before you scan your film or slides, you need to select these basic settings:
Follow these steps to select the basic settings for film or slides in EPSON Scan:
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Do one of the following to select your document type:
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Home mode: Click the arrow to open the Document Type list and select the type of film or slide you are scanning. Select Color Negative Film, B&W Negative Film, or Positive Film for a film strip, or Positive Film for slides. Then click the Color, Grayscale, or Black&White button to select the colors in the original, if necessary.
Professional mode: Click the arrow to open the Document Type list and select Film (for scanning a film or slide). Then click the arrow in the Film Type list and select Color Negative Film, B&W Negative Film, or Positive Film for a film strip, or Positive Film for slides.
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Do one of the following to select your destination setting(s):
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Professional mode: Click the arrow to open the Image Type list and select the detailed image type you are scanning:
Image Type setting
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Type of image you are scanning
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24-bit Color
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Color photo
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Color Smoothing
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Color graphics, such as a chart or graph
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8-bit Grayscale
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Black-and-white photo with just a few shades of gray
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Black & White
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Black-and-white positive film or slides
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EPSON Scan selects a default resolution setting based on the original and destination settings you select. See Selecting the Scan Resolution to continue scanning.
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Selecting the Scan Resolution
In Home Mode, you can change the resolution only if you select Other as the Destination setting.
In Professional Mode, you can select the resolution you want at any time.
Before you select the scan resolution, you should consider whether you will enlarge your images before or after you scan them. Follow these guidelines:
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You will scan the images at their original size, but then enlarge them later in an image-editing program. If you plan to enlarge your images later in an image-editing program, you need to increase the Resolution setting to retain a high image quality after enlargement. Increase the resolution by the same amount you will increase the image size. For example, if the resolution is 300 dpi (dots per inch), but you will increase the image size by 200% in an image-editing program, change the Resolution setting to 600 dpi in EPSON Scan.
Click the arrow next to the Resolution list and select the number of dots per inch at which you want to scan. See the table below for some guidelines:
What you will do with the scanned image
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Suggested scan resolution
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Send via e-mail, upload to web, view only on the screen
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96 to 150 dpi
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Print
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300 dpi
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Fax
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200 dpi
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Enlarge after scanning at 100%
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Increase Resolution setting by same amount you will increase image size after scanning
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After selecting the Resolution, you can preview your images and make any necessary adjustments. See Previewing and Adjusting the Scan Area to continue scanning.
Previewing and Adjusting the Scan Area
Once you have selected your basic settings and resolution in Home or Professional Mode, you can preview your images and select or adjust the area of the images you want to scan. EPSON Scan displays the preview images in a separate Preview window on your screen.
There are two types of preview:
Follow these steps to preview your images in Home or Professional Mode:
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Click the Preview button toward the bottom of the EPSON Scan window. If you want to check or change the preview type, click the arrow next to the Preview button, if it is available.
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If you are viewing the Thumbnail preview, you can do the following to adjust the images:
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To adjust the image quality, click the image you want to modify and make the adjustments as described in Adjusting the Color and Other Image Settings. If you want to apply the adjustments you have made to all your images, click the All button.
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If you are viewing the Normal preview, you can do the following to adjust the image:
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When you have finished adjusting the scan areas, and modifying the color and image settings, you can select the size of your scanned image, if you have not already selected it. See Selecting the Scan Size for instructions.
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Adjusting the Scan Area (Marquee)
A marquee is a moving dotted line that appears on the edges of your preview image to indicate the scan area.
You can move the marquee, adjust its size, and create multiple marquees on one image (Normal preview only) to scan different image areas in separate scan files. Follow these steps:
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To draw a marquee, move your cursor over a preview image. The pointer becomes a set of cross-hairs.
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Position the pointer in the area where you want to place the corner of your marquee and click. Hold down the mouse button and drag the cross-hairs over the image to the opposite corner of the desired scan area. Then release the mouse button. You see the moving dotted line of the marquee.
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Do one of the following to adjust the marquee:
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To restrict movement of the marquee to vertical or horizontal only, hold down the Shift key as you move the marquee. To restrict sizing of the marquee to the current proportions, hold down the Shift key as you resize the marquee.
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Adjusting the Color and Other Image Settings
Once you have previewed your images and adjusted the scan area, you can modify the image quality, if necessary. EPSON Scan offers a variety of settings for improving color, sharpness, contrast, and other aspects affecting image quality.
Before you make adjustments, be sure to click the image or marquee for the area you want to adjust. In Professional Mode, scroll down to the Adjustments area of the main EPSON Scan window:
The table below describes the settings available in Home and/or Professional Mode. For details on adjusting these settings, click Help in the EPSON Scan window.
When you are finished making adjustments, you can size your scanned images (see Selecting the Scan Size) or go ahead and scan (see Finishing the Scan).
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Available mode(s) and description
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Color Restoration
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Home and Professional: Restores the colors in faded photos automatically.
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Dust Removal
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Home and Professional: Removes dust marks from film and slides automatically.
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Grain Reduction
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Professional only: Reduces the effect of surface roughness from film and slide images. Level of grain reduction is adjustable.
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Brightness
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Home and Professional: Adjusts the overall image lightness and darkness.
In Home Mode, click the Brightness button to access the Brightness setting.
In Professional Mode, click the Image Adjustment button to access the Brightness setting.
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Contrast
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Home and Professional: Adjusts the difference between the light and dark areas of the overall image.
In Home Mode, click the Brightness button to access the Contrast setting.
In Professional Mode, click the Image Adjustment button to access the Contrast setting.
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Saturation
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Professional only: Adjusts the density of colors in the overall image.
Click the Image Adjustment button to access the Saturation setting.
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Color Balance
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Professional only: Adjusts the balance of red, green, and blue colors in the overall image.
Click the Image Adjustment button to access the Color Balance setting.
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Auto Exposure
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Home: Automatically applied.
Professional: Click the Auto Exposure button. To turn it on continuously, click the Configuration button, click the Color tab and select Continuous auto exposure. You can adjust the level of exposure adjustment using the slider.
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Unsharp Mask Filter
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Home: Automatically applied.
Professional: Turn on to make the edges of image areas clearer for an overall sharper image. The level of sharpness is adjustable. Turn off to leave softer edges.
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Histogram
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Professional only: Provides a graphical interface for adjusting highlight, shadow, and gamma levels individually. For advanced users only.
Click the Histogram Adjustment button to access the Histogram setting.
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Tone Correction
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Professional only: Provides a graphical interface for adjusting tone levels individually. For advanced users only.
Click the Tone Correction button to access the Tone Correction setting.
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To view the red, green, and blue levels at particular points in your preview image as you make adjustments, click the densitometer icon in the preview window and click an image area. See EPSON Scan help for details.
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To undo any image quality adjustments you make to the preview image, click the Reset button (if available), turn off the setting, or preview your image again.
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You can scan your images at their original size, or you can reduce or enlarge their size as you scan them. You do this using the Target Size setting in Home or Professional Mode.
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Professional Mode
If you are going to scan your image to a particular size, such as 8 × 10 inches, you should select the Target Size setting after previewing it, but before adjusting your scan area (indicated by the marquee). This sets the scan area to the correct proportions so your image will not be cropped unexpectedly.
For instructions on previewing your images, see Previewing and Adjusting the Scan Area. Then follow these steps to select the Target Size setting:
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You can choose a predefined scan size from the Target Size list. Click the arrow in the list and select the size you want. A marquee (dotted line) proportioned for that size appears on your preview image:
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If you need to create a scan size that is not in the Target Size list, you can create a custom size. Click the arrow in the list and select Customize. You see the Target Size window:
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Type a name for your custom size, enter the size, click the Save button, then click OK. Your new size appears in the Target Size list.
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In Professional Mode, you can fine-tune the size using additional tools. Click the + (Windows) or (Macintosh) next to Target Size to display these tools:
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Once you have selected your scan size, you can click and drag the marquee to the area in the image you want to scan. For details, see Adjusting the Scan Area (Marquee). The marquee proportions are retained as you adjust it.
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If you need to rotate the marquee for a landscape or portrait image, click the orientation icon. (Not available if you are scanning at the Original Target Size.)
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For more information about using the Target Size tools, click Help in the EPSON Scan window.
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When you have finished selecting scan settings you are ready to scan. Click the Scan button. After a few moments, your images are scanned.
What happens after you scan depends on how you started your scan:
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If you do not see your scanned images, select the folder in which you saved them on the left side of the EPSON File Manager window.
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If you want to use your scanned images in one of the EPSON Creativity Suite project programs, click the checkbox beneath each image thumbnail. The images are displayed in the My Selection box on the bottom of the EPSON File Manager window.
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Instructions
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Scan and Copy
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See Using the Scanner as a Copier.
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Copy to Fax
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See the EPSON File Manager or Copy Utility Help for instructions.
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Attach to e-mail
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Use Image
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See the EPSON File Manager or Image Clip Palette Help for instructions.
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Photo Print
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See EPSON Photo Print Help for instructions.
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Once you have saved a scanned image, you can start EPSON File Manager by dragging the image file or an image folder to the EPSON File Manager icon on your desktop.
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