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Scanning a Document

When you start Epson Scan, the following window appears. To scan document, follow the steps below.

Load your document into the input slot. See Loading Document for instructions.

Start Epson Scan. See Starting Scan for instructions.

Select the size of your original document as the Size setting.

Click the arrow to open the Orientation list and select the orientation of your document.

Click the arrow to open the Resolution list and select an appropriate resolution for your original.

Select Auto, Color, Grayscale, or Black & White as the Image Type setting.

Note:

If you select Grayscale or Black & White, you can also select an Image Option setting, as described below.

Image Option Setting	Description
None	No Image Option setting is applied.
Dropout: Red	Drops out red from the scan.
Dropout: Green	Drops out green from the scan.
Dropout: Blue	Drops out blue from the scan.
Color Enhance: Red	Enhances red in the scan.
Color Enhance: Green	Enhances green in the scan.
Color Enhance: Blue	Enhances blue in the scan.

Click Preview to preview your image. The scanner loads your document, then Epson Scan prescans it and displays it in the Preview window. The scanner then ejects your document.

Note:

The Preview function is not available when you select Auto or Auto (Card/Business Card) as the Size setting. Go to step 10.

If necessary, you can draw a marquee (a line marking the scan area) around the portion of your document page that you want to scan in the Preview window. See Creating a Marquee on a Preview Image for instructions.

Make any other necessary Image Adjustment settings. See Adjusting the Color and Other Image Settings for details.

After checking the preview, reload your document into the scanner.

Click Scan.

What happens next depends on how you started your scan.

If you have problems while scanning, see Paper Feeding Problems.