Epson ActionScanner ActionScanner II, Getting Started

Page 1: ...EPSON ACTIONSCANNER II Getting Started for Macintosh printed on recycled paper with at least 10 post consumer content ...

Page 2: ...ation contained herein Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein Neither Seiko Epson Corporation nor its affiliates shall be liable to the purchaser of this product or third parties for damages losses costs or expenses incurred by purchaser or third parties as a result of accident misuse or abuse of this product or unauthorized modifica...

Page 3: ... Scanner 2 Connecting the Scanner to Your Macintosh 4 Installing the EPSON Scanning Utilities 6 Installing Adobe PhotoDeluxe 8 Installing Maxsoft Ocron Wordlinx 9 Scanning Images 9 Putting It Together 11 Calibrating Your System 12 Selecting the Correct Resolution 18 i i i ...

Page 4: ...s that support the industry standard TWAIN interface P Adobe PhotoDeluxe a powerful imageediting program supplied on a CD that lets you edit color digital images captured with your scanner or a digital camera or copied to a PhotoCD Cl Maxsoft Ocron Wordlinx an optical character recognition OCR program that lets you scan printed text and convert it into a text file you can edit and format This book...

Page 5: ...ications run faster and more efficiently with at least 12MB of RAM 0 At least 100MB of free hard disk space for scanner applications and images depending on the size of the images 0 A color monitor one with a 24 bit video card is recommended 4 For PhotoDeluxe a double speed or faster CD ROM drive Setting Up the Scanner Follow these steps to set up the scanner 1 Take the scanner out of its box and ...

Page 6: ... necessary use a coin to loosen it 4 Remove the screw and push it into the storage hole marked STOCK do not screw it in 5 Connect one end of the power cable to the power inlet on the rear of the scanner and plug the other end into an appropriately grounded electrical outlet as shown below ...

Page 7: ...n your Macintosh using the SCSI cable included with the scanner This cable has a 25 pin connector on one end and a 50 pin connector on the other The SCSI ID is already set to 2 and the SCSI terminator is on If you are already using the SCSI port on your computer for another SCSI device such as an external hard disk you need a SCSI cable with a 50 pin connector on both ends You can then connect the...

Page 8: ...it Tighten the two screws on the sides of the connector Connect the 50 pin end of the cable to either the top or bottom SCSI connector on the scanner then fasten the connector with the wire clamps on its side Turn on the scanner by pressing the OPERATE button The green OPERATE light comes on on the top right side of the scanner The READY light comes on when the scanner has warmed up Then turn on y...

Page 9: ... features for any software that supports TWAIN for Macintosh TWAIN drivers are an industry standard for acquiring image data from a variety of external sources without leaving your application program Follow these steps to install the EPSON Scanning Utilities 1 2 3 4 5 6 Turn on the scanner Hold down the Shift key while turning on the Macintosh to turn off any extensions Insert the EPSON Scanning ...

Page 10: ...he next screen and click install The program begins copying files Insert the diskettes as prompted When installation is complete you see a success message Click Restart to restart your Macintosh The program creates an EPSON Scan II folder on your hard disk containing a Scan II and Scan II Help icon 10 Raise the scanner s cover and place an image face down on the upper right comer of the glass surf...

Page 11: ...nning on page 2 14 Click Close and then exit Scan II Installing Adobe PhotoDeluxe If you have a CD ROM drive follow these steps to install Adobe PhotoDeluxe 1 If necessary hold down the Shift key while turning on the Macintosh to turn off any extensions 2 Insert Adobe PhotoDeluxe CD in your CD ROM drive 3 Double click the Install Adobe PhotoDeluxe icon 4 Click Continue 5 On the next screens follow...

Page 12: ...1 folder 4 You see the initial program screen Click Install 5 The program copies the files and when it is finished displays a success message Click Quit The program creates a Wordlinx 2 0 folder See the Wordlinx documentation for instructions on using Wordlinx Scanning Images Now you are ready to start scanning First choose an image to scan The best choice is a color photograph Printed pictures su...

Page 13: ... and place the image face down on the glass surface Carefully close the document cover so that you do not disturb the position of the photograph on the glass Insert the Adobe PhotoDeluxe CD in your CD ROM drive Start PhotoDeluxe Click the Scan Photo button Select TWAIN Acquire from the Acquire Module List 10 ...

Page 14: ...pre scans and then scans your image 8 In a few moments the scanned image is imported into PhotoDeluxe If you like you can now modify the image using any of the PhotoDeluxe features Putting It Together Once you have scanned images and text you can put them together in reports newsletters brochures presentations or a myriad of other formats ...

Page 15: ... a different method to display color images than printers use to print them images look different when displayed than when printed Also each output device may produce different printed results For example an image printed on an electronic color printer looks dramatically different when printed on a printing press EPSON Scan II calibrates your scanner with your monitor application and printer by an...

Page 16: ...until the gray areas appear the same 3 Look at the display from a distance and adjust the slide bar until the separate rows have the same basic color intensity 4 Choose OK Enabling screen calibration Now follow these steps to enable screen calibration so EPSON TWAIN can use it when you scan images 1 From the File menu choose Acquire to start EPSON TWAIN 2 Choose Advanced You see the advanced TWAIN...

Page 17: ...on and then create a calibration profile Note If you have any of these EPSON Stylus ink jet printers Scan II provides printer calibration profiles for you so you do not have to create them EPSON Stylus COLOR EPSON Stylus COLOR IIs EPSON Stylus Pro XL EPSON Stylus COLOR II EPSON Stylus Pro See page 17 now for steps on scanning using these profiles Follow these steps to export a calibration chart 1 ...

Page 18: ... as Untitled 1 Export File Format 1 PlCl 7 E ncsl In the Export File Format pull down menu select the PICT file format if necessary In the Export image as field type the name you want to use for the calibration chart file such as COLOR1 Choose Export to create the calibration chart file in the EPSON Scan II folder Exit EPSON Scan II Insert the Adobe PhotoDeluxe CD in your CD ROM drive and start Ph...

Page 19: ...rate menu You see the following screen Create Calibration Profile Place the Calibration Chart you printed In the scanner Make sure it is aligned properly Enter a file name for the file lifter you click Continue the EPSON TWAIN dialog appears Make sure it is set for Calibration Finally click on the Scan button Filename Your printer 4 In the Filename field type the filename of the calibration file y...

Page 20: ... TWAIN advanced screen If you see the easy screen select Advanced 2 Choose the Destination button you see the Destination dialog box 3 If you have one of the EPSON ink jet printers listed in the Note on page 14 select the printer from the Destination Name pull down menu The Calibration description is assigned automatically Go to step 5 If you just created a calibration profile for your printer typ...

Page 21: ...inter connected to your computer or a commercial printing press In addition the file size of the scanned image may determine the resolution you select The file size may be very large for high resolution scans taking up valuable disk space and causing longer processing or printing time Generally the higher the resolution you choose the larger the file Note that a very high resolution scan may not p...

Page 22: ...ge setter You can change resolutions using EPSON TWAIN by choosing the Destination button on the advanced screen In the Destination dialog box select the box beneath the resolution type you want to change Drawing Halftone or Photo then choose the resolution for that type from the pull down menu For more information on resolution see your scanner User s Guide and the EPSON Scanning Utilities User s...