Solving Scanned Image Quality Problems - Epson XP-600 User Manual

• Make sure your computer is not running in a power-saving mode, such as sleep or standby. If so,
wake your system and restart EPSON Scan.
• Check the connection setting and test the connection using EPSON Scan Settings:
Windows: Click
Settings. Make sure the correct Connection setting is selected, then click the Test button.
Mac OS X: Open the Applications folder, click Epson Software, and click EPSON Scan Settings.
Make sure the correct Connection setting is selected, then click the Test button.
• Make sure you do not have multiple versions of EPSON Scan installed. If you do, uninstall both
versions and install one version.
• If you upgraded your operating system but did not reinstall EPSON Scan, try reinstalling it.
Note: With Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, or 10.8, in addition to scanning with Image Capture, you can download
and install EPSON Scan scanning software. EPSON Scan provides additional image adjustment and
photo correction features for enhancing scanned images, and provides an interface for TWAIN-
compliant OCR scanning software, such as ABBYY FineReader. To download EPSON Scan, visit
Epson's driver download site
Parent topic:
Related tasks
Scanning with Mac OS X 10.6/10.7/10.8 Using Image Capture
Related topics
Starting a Scan

Solving Scanned Image Quality Problems

Check these sections if a scanned image on your computer screen has a quality problem.
Image Consists of a Few Dots Only
Line of Dots Appears in All Scanned Images
Straight Lines in an Image Appear Crooked
Image is Distorted or Blurry
Image Colors are Patchy at the Edges
Image is Too Dark
Back of Original Image Appears in Scanned Image
Ripple Patterns Appear in an Image
or Start > All Programs or Programs > EPSON > EPSON Scan > EPSON Scan
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Solving Scanning Problems
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