EPSON ® ACTION SCANNER™ II Color Scanner Getting Started for Windows @ Printed on recycled paper with at least 20% post-Consumer content
A Note Concerning Responsible Use of Copyrighted Materials Like photocopiers, scanners can be misused by improper copying of copyrighted material. Although Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976 (Title 17, United States Code), the “fair use” doctrine, permits limited copying in certain circumstances, those circumstances may not be as broad as some people assume.
Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 System and Memory Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Installing the Parallel Interface Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . Configuring the Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installing the Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 6 Setting Up the Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Connecting the Scanner to the Computer . . . . . . . . . . Configuring Parallel Port LPT2 for Windows 95 . . . .
This package contains everything you need for professional quality color scanning: 0 EPSON© ActionScanner©II color scanner, which scans in full color (24 bit) or grayscale monochrome (8 bit) at 300 dpi (dots per inch) 0 Bidirectional parallel interface card, which provides an additional parallel interface for your computer cl Bidirectional parallel interface cable 0 EPSON Scanning Utilities (EPSON Scan! II and EPSON TWAIN), which let you capture scanned images, export the images in a variety of forma
System and Memory Requirements For the scanner hardware and software to work properly, your system must include the following minimum configuration listed below for either Windows 3.1 or Windows 95: Microsoft® Windows™ 3.1 Requirements: D A 386-based (or higher) IBM® compatible computer or an IBM PS/2® D MS-DOS® version 5.0 or higher il Microsoft Windows 3.1 D 3.
Windows 95 Requirements: 0 A 386-based (or higher) IBM compatible computer or an IBM PS/2 Li MS-DOS version 5.0 or higher 0 Microsoft Windows 95 0 3.5-inch, high-density diskette drive 3 At least 100MB of free hard disk space for scanner applications and images 0 8MB of system RAM Note: 8MB is the minimum amount of RAM; graphics applications run faster and more efficiently with more RAM.
Installing the Parallel lnterface Card Follow the steps in this section if you need to install the bidirectional parallel interface card in your computer. You may also need to configure the card before you install it. Some computers come with a built-in bidirectional parallel interface. You do not need to install the parallel interface card if your computer has a built-in interface that you are not currently using.
1. Carefully remove the interface card from its packaging, holding it only by its top edges. Then place it on a flat, clean surface. m Caution: Avoid touching the components or the gold contacts on the interface card; they can be damaged by static electricity. 2. Locate jumpers Jl and J2 on the interface card, as shown below. Q”-oo;;’ o=“0000 n on on on n 3. The settings are printed on the circuit board next to the jumpers.
Follow these steps to install the card in your computer: 1. Turn off the computer and any peripheral devices. 2. Disconnect the computer’s power cable from the electrical outlet and from the back panel. Also disconnect any other cables, including the keyboard cable. 3. Remove the cover from your computer. If you need detailed instructions, see your computer manual. 6 4.
Setting Up the Scanner Follow these steps to set up the scanner: 1. Take the scanner out of its box and place it on a flat, stable surface with the rear panel facing you. 2. Remove the tape securing the scanner cover and pull out the paper underneath the cover. 3. Locate the round screw in the middle of the rear panel and turn it counterclockwise. If 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. If the scanner comes on when you plug it in, turn it off by pressing the OPERATE button. Warning: Whenever you turn off the scanner, wait at least 10 seconds before turning it back on. Rapidly turning it on and off can damage the scanner.
Connecting the Scanner to the Computer Follow these steps to connect the scanner to your computer and, for Windows 95, to configure the scanner port: 1. Turn off your computer, scanner, and any other peripheral devices. e Caution: Be sure that your computer, scanner, and other peripheral devices are turned off before you plug in the cable. 2. Connect the 25-pin end of the parallel cable to the parallel port on your computer; then tighten the connector screws. 3.
Configuring Parallel Port LPT2 for Windows 95 Follow these steps to detect port LPT2 and then disable it as a Windows 95 printer port so you can use it for your scanner: 1. Start Windows 95, if necessary. 2. Double-click the My Computer icon. 3. Double-click the Control Panel icon. 4. Double-click the Add New Hardware icon. Follow the instructions on the screen to detect new hardware on your system and add port LPT2 as a printer port. 5.
Installing the EPSON Scanning Utilities The EPSON Scanning Utilities include EPSON Scan! II and EPSON TWAIN. Scan! uses TWAIN to capture images and then saves and exports these images in a variety of file formats. It also calibrates your scanner and output devices to produce images nearly identical to the originals. EPSON TWAIN is a set of drivers designed to access your scanner’s advanced features for any software that supports TWAIN.
5. Choose OK to accept the default pathname in which the program will install the utilities. 6. The next screen prompts you for the pathname of the Windows directory. If the displayed path is correct, choose OK. (Otherwise enter the correct drive and directory.) The installation program copies the files to your hard disk drive. 7. When the EPSON Scanner Setup dialog box opens, click on the arrow in the Interface box. Select BiD Parallel as the interface type.
After a few moments, the scanned image appears in the EPSON Scanner Setup dialog box, as shown below. If the image does not appear, choose Cancel and repeat all the scanner setup steps, beginning on page 9. 10. Choose OK to close the EPSON Scanner Setup dialog box. 11. Remove the EPSON scanning Utilities diskette. 12. Exit and then restart Windows. Installing Image-In Follow these steps to install the Image-In software for Windows 3.1 or Windows 95: 1. Start Windows 3.1 or Windows 95, if necessary. 2.
3. If you are running Windows 3.1 Program Manager, open the File menu and choose Run. You see the Run dialog box. Type A: SETUP (or B:SETUP, or D:SETUP, etc.) in the Command Line box and choose OK. If you are running Windows 95, click Start and then select Run. Select A: SETUP (or B : SETUP, or D: SETUP, etc.) from the Open pull-down menu, if necessary, and choose OK. 4. You see the initial Setup screen. Choose Continue to accept the default directory in which the program will install its files.
If you are running Windows 95, click Start and then select Programs. Click the Image-h Easy Pack folder and then select Image-h for Epson. 12. From the File menu, choose Setup Scanner. 13. On the Scanner Setup screen, Epson Twain is selected. Choose Setup. 14. On the Select Source screen, choose EPSON Scanners and click Select. 15. Choose OK to close the Scanner Setup screen. 16. Select Exit from the File menu.
After you choose an image, follow these steps to scan it: 1. Raise the document cover on the scanner and place the image face down on the glass surface. 2. Carefully close the document cover so that you do not disturb the position of the photograph on the glass. 3. Select Image-In for Epson in the Image-In Easy Pack program group or folder. 4. Choose Scan in the File menu. You see the EPSON TWAIN easy screen.
5. Select Scan. TWAIN pre-scans and then scans your image. 6. In a few moments, the scanned image is imported into the Image-In window. Choose Close to exit EPSON TWAIN. 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. Several factors affect how closely your scanned image reflects the original, especially when you print the images on paper.
Calibrating Your System Calibration allows you to match your scanner and your output device so you can reproduce color images that are very close to the originals. because monitors use 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.
You see this screen: I- I Adjust the slider below 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 screen. 3.
Exporting a calibration chart To calibrate your printer to your scanner, you need to export a calibration chart from Scan! II to your application 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 22 now for steps on scanning using these profiles.
3. In the File Name field, type the name you want to use for the calibration chart file, such as COLORl.BMP. 4. Choose OK to export the calibration chart. 5. Exit EPSON Scan! II. 6. Select the Image-In for Epson icon from the Image-In Easy Pack program group or folder. 7. Open the calibration on chart file you exported. The chart contains nine blocks of color gradations, some grayscale gradations, and a black border on three sides. 8.
6. Choose Continue; you see the EPSON TWAIN advanced screen. 7. If necessary, select Color Photo from the Image Type pull-down menu. 8. Select Calibration Profile in the Destination pull-down menu. 9. Choose the Scan icon. The program scans the calibration chart and creates a calibration profile. Now you can use this calibration profile when you scan images. Scanning using calibration Follow these steps to use a calibration profile when you scan: 1.
6. Choose OK. You see the EPSON TWAIN advanced screen. 7. Select the Scan button. The scanner scans using the information in the calibration profile to produce the best possible image for your printer. Selecting the Correct Resolution To select the best resolution for scanning an image, you must consider three factors: Cl Type of image you are scanning P Final output device type CI Acceptable file size.
To scan at the optimum resolution for your image and final output device, select your resolution based on the recommendations in the table below. The resolutions are listed in dots per inch (dpi) or pixels per inch (ppi).
