Table Of Contents - Epson Expression 12000XL User Manual

User's Guide
Contents
Copyright
Trademarks
About This Manual
Introduction to the Manuals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Marks and Symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Descriptions Used in this Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Operating System References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Important Instructions
Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Restrictions on Copying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Scanner Basics
Part Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Buttons and Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Information on Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Epson Scan 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
EPSON Software Updater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Placing Originals on the Product
Placing Originals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Placing Large or Thick Originals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Basic Scanning
Scanning Using Epson Scan 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Scanning Photos or Pictures (Photo Mode). . . . . 18
Scanning Documents (Document Mode). . . . . . 22
Setting a Resolution That Suits the Scanning
Purpose. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Scanning Using a Scanner Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Advanced Scanning
Image Adjustment Features for Photo Mode. . . . . . 27
Brightness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Contrast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Saturation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Detailed Adjustments Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Unsharp Mask. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Color Restoration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Backlight Correction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Contents
Descreening. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Dust Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Grain Reduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Image Adjustment Features for Document Mode. . . 33
Unsharp Mask. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Descreening. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Image Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Brightness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Contrast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Gamma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Threshold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Edge Fill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Correct Document Skew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Saving as a Searchable PDF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Using the Transparency Unit
Unpacking the Transparency Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Unlocking the transportation lock. . . . . . . . . . . 40
Installing the Transparency Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Setting and Placing Films. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
35 mm film strips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Mounted slides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Medium format (120/220). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4×5 inch film. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Non-standard film sizes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using the Transparency Unit to Scan. . . . . . . . . . . .49
Scanning films with suitable settings. . . . . . . . . . 49
Scanning reflective (non-film) originals. . . . . . . .49
Maintenance
Cleaning the Scanner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Energy Saving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Transporting the Scanner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Updating Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Solving Problems
Scanner Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Scanner Lights Indicate an Error. . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Problems Starting Scanning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Cannot Start Epson Scan 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Cannot Scan Using the Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Cannot Scan Using the Transparency Unit. . . . . .56
Cannot Scan Using Scanning Software Other
Than Epson Scan 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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