Using EPSON Creativity Suite

Scanning with the Scan and Save Function

Follow the steps below to scan using the Scan and Save function.

Double-click the EPSON File Manager icon on the desktop. The File Manager window appears.

You can also start the EPSON File Manager in the way below.

For Windows users:
Click Start, point to All Programs (Windows XP) or Programs (Windows Me, 98 SE, or 2000) and then EPSON Creativity Suite, then click EPSON File Manager.

For Mac OS X users:
Double-click the Applications folder in Macintosh HD, the EPSON folder, the Creativity Suite folder, then the File Manager folder. Finally, double-click the EPSON File Manager for X icon.

Select Scan and Save from the pull-down menu in the bottom left corner of the File Manager window.

Click Load.
The Scan and Save dialog box appears.

Select EPSON Perfection 4990 in the Scanner List.

Specify the location where scanned images are saved. If you want to change the default location, click Browse and then select a desired folder.

Specify a file name with an alphanumeric character string (Prefix) and a 3-digit number (Start Number).

Note:

The scanned image is saved in JPEG format by default. If you want to change the file format, click Options to open the EPSON Scan window. Click an arrow to the right of the Scan button, select File Save Settings to open the File Save Settings dialog box, and then change the file format.

Click Scan and Save. The EPSON Scan window opens.

Note:

The mode you used last time is used when you click Scan and Save.

Click Scan.
The scanner starts scanning and then saves the scanned images in the specified folder.

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