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Scanned Colors Differ From the Original Colors, Images are Rotated Incorrectly, Auto Photo Orientation

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Top Scanned Colors Differ From the Original Colors Make sure the Image Type setting is correct. See Scanning in Office Mode, Scanning in Home Mode, or Scanning in Professional Mode for instructions. Click Configuration, select the Color tab, and change the Display Gamma setting to match your output device, such as a monitor or printer, in the Color menu. See Epson Scan Help for details. Adjust the Auto Exposure setting in Professional Mode. Also try selecting a different Tone Correction setting. See Adjusting the Color and Other Image Settings for instructions. Click Configuration, select the Color tab, and select Color Control and Continuous auto exposure in the Color menu. See Epson Scan Help for details. Click Configuration, select the Color tab, and click Recommended Value to return the Auto Exposure setting to the default. See Epson Scan Help for details. Click Configuration, select the Preview tab, and turn off the Fast Preview setting in the Preview menu. See Epson Scan Help for details. Make sure to enable the Embed ICC Profile setting. In the File Save Settings window, select JPEG or TIFF as the Type setting. Click Options, then select the Embed ICC Profile check box. To access the File Save Settings window, see Selecting File Save Settings. Check the color matching and color management capabilities of your computer, display adapter, and software. Some computers can change the palette of colors on your screen. See your software and hardware manuals for details. Windows: Use the color management system for your computer, ICM. Add a color profile that matches your monitor to improve on-screen color matching. Exact color matching is very difficult. Check your software and monitor documentation for information on color matching and calibration. Mac OS X: Use the color management system for your computer, ColorSync. Exact color matching is very difficult. Check your software and monitor documentation for information on color matching and calibration. Printed colors can never exactly match the colors on your monitor because printers and monitors use different color systems: monitors use RGB (red, green, and blue) and printers typically use CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black). Top Images are Rotated Incorrectly Make sure the documents or photos are placed on the document table correctly. See Placing Documents or Photos for instructions. If you are scanning using thumbnail previews, select the image and click the Previewing and Adjusting the Scan Area for instructions. rotation icon to rotate it. See Try disabling or enabling the Auto Photo Orientation setting. In Home Mode or Professional mode, click Configuration, select the Preview tab, and select or deselect Auto Photo Orientation. Note: The Auto Photo Orientation feature will not work when you scan newspaper or magazine pages, documents, illustrations, or line art. The feature will also not work when you scan images that are 5.1 cm (2 inches) or smaller on any side. The Auto Photo Orientation feature may not work correctly if the faces in your image are very small or not looking straight ahead, or if the faces are of infants. The feature may also not work correctly if you scan an indoor image that contains no faces, an outdoor image in which the sky is not at the top, or any image containing bright spots or objects in locations other than the top of your image.

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Top
Scanned Colors Differ From the Original Colors
Make sure the
Image Type
setting is correct. See
Scanning in Office Mode
,
Scanning in Home Mode
, or
Scanning in Professional Mode
for instructions.
Click
Configuration
, select the
Color
tab, and change the
Display Gamma
setting to match your output
device, such as a monitor or printer, in the Color menu. See Epson Scan Help for details.
Adjust the
Auto Exposure
setting in Professional Mode. Also try selecting a different
Tone Correction
setting.
See
Adjusting the Color and Other Image Settings
for instructions.
Click
Configuration
, select the
Color
tab, and select
Color Control
and
Continuous auto exposure
in the
Color menu. See Epson Scan Help for details.
Click
Configuration
, select the
Color
tab, and click
Recommended Value
to return the Auto Exposure setting
to the default. See Epson Scan Help for details.
Click
Configuration
, select the
Preview
tab, and turn off the
Fast Preview
setting in the Preview menu. See
Epson Scan Help for details.
Make sure to enable the
Embed ICC Profile
setting. In the File Save Settings window, select
JPEG
or
TIFF
as
the Type setting. Click
Options
, then select the
Embed ICC Profile
check box. To access the File Save Settings
window, see
Selecting File Save Settings
.
Check the color matching and color management capabilities of your computer, display adapter, and software.
Some computers can change the palette of colors on your screen. See your software and hardware manuals for
details.
Windows:
Use the color management system for your computer, ICM. Add a color profile that matches your
monitor to improve on-screen color matching. Exact color matching is very difficult. Check your software and
monitor documentation for information on color matching and calibration.
Mac OS X:
Use the color management system for your computer, ColorSync. Exact color matching is very
difficult. Check your software and monitor documentation for information on color matching and calibration.
Printed colors can never exactly match the colors on your monitor because printers and monitors use different
color systems: monitors use RGB (red, green, and blue) and printers typically use CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow,
and black).
Top
Images are Rotated Incorrectly
Make sure the documents or photos are placed on the document table correctly. See
Placing Documents or
Photos
for instructions.
If you are scanning using thumbnail previews, select the image and click the
rotation icon to rotate it. See
Previewing and Adjusting the Scan Area
for instructions.
Try disabling or enabling the
Auto Photo Orientation
setting. In Home Mode or Professional mode, click
Configuration
, select the
Preview
tab, and select or deselect
Auto Photo Orientation
.
Note:
The Auto Photo Orientation feature will not work when you scan newspaper or magazine
pages, documents, illustrations, or line art. The feature will also not work when you scan
images that are 5.1 cm (2 inches) or smaller on any side.
The Auto Photo Orientation feature may not work correctly if the faces in your image are very
small or not looking straight ahead, or if the faces are of infants. The feature may also not
work correctly if you scan an indoor image that contains no faces, an outdoor image in which
the sky is not at the top, or any image containing bright spots or objects in locations other
than the top of your image.