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Scanner Basics, Your First Scan - mac

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Scanner Basics Your First Scan When you follow these steps, your scanner software recognizes the type of image you're scanning and adjusts settings for optimum scan quality. 1 Raise the scanner lid and place the item face down on the glass. Place the item in this corner 2 Start EPSON Scan. You can press the scanner's green Start button (Windows), or do one of the following: Windows: Click Start > Programs or All Programs > EPSON Scan > EPSON Scan. Mac OS 9.x: Select EPSON Scan from the Apple® menu. Mac OS X: Double-click the EPSON Scan icon in the Applications folder. EPSON Scan starts, prescans, and recognizes the type of image you placed on the scanner. Click to select your image 3 Click the tool to the left of your preview to automatically select your image. Note: If the scanned image in the Preview window has a blue box around it, you're previewing in thumbnail mode and won't be able to use the tool. Click the arrow beside the Preview button and select Normal from the pull-down menu. Then click the Preview button to preview in normal mode. 4 Click the Scan button. The File Save Settings window appears. Click here Click OK 5 Click OK to save your scanned image to the default location on your hard drive, or browse to a new location. EPSON Scan assigns sequential numbers to each scanned image, and saves it to the location specified.

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Scanner Basics
When you follow these steps, your scanner software recognizes the type
of image you’re scanning and adjusts settings for optimum scan quality.
1
Raise the scanner lid and place the item face down on the glass.
2
Start EPSON Scan. You can press the scanner’s green
Start
button (Windows), or do one of the following:
Windows:
Click
Start > Programs
or
All Programs > EPSON Scan >
EPSON Scan
.
Mac OS 9.x:
Select
EPSON Scan
from the Apple
®
menu.
Mac OS X:
Double-click the
EPSON Scan
icon in the Applications folder.
EPSON Scan starts, prescans, and recognizes the type of image you
placed on the scanner.
3
Click the
tool to the left of your preview to automatically select
your image.
Note:
If the scanned image in the Preview window has a blue box
around it, you’re previewing in thumbnail mode and won’t be able to
use the
tool. Click the arrow beside the
Preview
button and select
Normal
from the pull-down menu. Then click the
Preview
button to
preview in normal mode.
4
Click the
Scan
button.
The File Save Settings window appears.
5
Click
OK
to save your scanned image to the default location on your
hard drive, or browse to a new location.
EPSON Scan assigns sequential numbers to each scanned image,
and saves it to the location specified.
Your First Scan
Place the item
in this corner
Click to select
your image
Click
OK
Click here