Basic Scanning Procedure

# Scanning an Image

> Step.1 Turning on the scanner
> Step.2 Setting your sources
> Step.3 Starting the software and scanning an image
> Step.4 Saving the result as an image file

EPSON Scan provides two modes for you to make any scanning settings; Home Mode and Professional Mode. This section describes how to scan an image in the Home Mode. The Home Mode lets you scan images using the basic settings. For more details, see Changing a scanning mode.

| Note:

You cannot scan an image with a size that exceeds the available memory or disk space. If you try to scan the image, an alert appears on the screen.

| Note for Macintosh users:

Most illustrations shown in this section are for Windows, so they may vary in appearance from what actually appears on your screen. The instructions are the same, except as noted.

| Caution:

Before starting the following steps, make sure that all the necessary software including EPSON Scan has been installed. For details about how to install the software, see the Start Here Poster.

## Step.1 Turning on the scanner

Turn on the scanner by pressing the Power button. The front display turns on.

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## Step.2 Setting your sources

Set your sources into the scanner using one of the provided holders.

For more details, see the section below.

| Loading and Setting Your Sources

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## Step.3 Starting the software and scanning an image

This section shows you how to start EPSON Scan from Photoshop Elements.

| Note for Mac OS X users:

Depending on your application, you may not able to start EPSON Scan as described here.

| Note for Mac OS X 10.3 users:

Do not use the Fast User Switching function while using the F-3200 scanner.

| Start Adobe Photoshop Elements.

> For Windows users:
> Click Start, point to All Programs (for Windows XP users) or Programs (for Windows Me, 98, or 2000 users), and then click Adobe Photoshop Elements.

> For Macintosh users:
> Double-click the Adobe Photoshop Elements folder in Macintosh HD, and then double-click the Photoshop Elements icon.

| Select Import from the File menu, and then choose your scanner. EPSON Scan starts.

|  | Note for Windows XP users:

Do not choose WIA-E PSON F-3200 from the menu to select the scanner. If you select it, you cannot use the Epson scanner function fully.

| Specify the Document Type, Image Type, and Destination settings to match the image.

| Click Preview to preview the image.

| Use the Target Size setting to specify the output size of the image.

| Click Scan. EPSON Scan starts scanning.

| The scanned image is sent to Adobe Photoshop Elements. Click Close to close EPSON Scan, if necessary.

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## Step.4 Saving the result as an image file

After an image is scanned, be sure to save it, using the steps below (using Adobe Photoshop Elements as an example again).

| Select Save As from the File menu in Adobe Photoshop Elements.

| Type a file name, select a file format, and then click Save. See the following section for explanation of the file formats.

#### File formats

The following table lists some common image file formats. Select an appropriate format supported by your image processing application when you save image files.

Format (File extension) | Explanation
BITMAP (*.BMP) (Windows only) | A standard image file format for Windows. Most Windows applications including word processing applications can read and prepare images in this format.
EPS format (*.EPS) | A PostScript file format. Most illustration and DTP applications are compatible with EPS.
JPEG (*.JPG) | A compressed file format. The compression quality can be selected. The JPEG format enables relatively high compression ratio. However, the higher the compression ratio is, the lower the image quality becomes. (Note that the original data cannot be restored.) In addition, the quality deteriorates every time the data is saved. The TIFF format is recommended in cases where modification, retouch and the like are required.
Multi-TIFF (*.TIF) | A TIFF format where multiple pages are saved to the same file. (With other formats, each document is saved in a separate file.) However, to open the Multi-TIFF files, you need an application supporting this format.
PDF (*.PDF) | A document format that is independent of platforms. To use PDF documents, you need Adobe Acrobat® Reader® or Acrobat. When you save color or grayscale images in PDF, you can select a compression quality.
PICT format (*.PICT) (Macintosh only) | A standard image file format for Macintosh. Most Macintosh applications including word processing applications can read and prepare images in this format.
PNG format (*.PNG) | A portable and highly compressed file format designed for viewing in Web browsing applications, which allows a choice in compression quality. The image quality does not deteriorate when an image file is saved in PNG.
TIFF (*.TIF) | A file format created for exchanging data among many applications such as graphic and DTP software. When scanning black & white images, you can specify the compression type.

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