Scanning Polaroid Photographs - Epson Expression 800 User Manual

Advanced Scanning

Scanning Polaroid Photographs

SilverFast Lite provides two options for scanning polaroids: Spectra
Polaroid and 600 Polaroid. Both automatically frame the photograph for
the correct size (4 3.5-inch or 3.5
exposure adjustments. This optimizes the image quality unique to
Polaroid photographs, due to the instant development process used to
create them.
Follow these steps to scan Polaroid photographs:
1 Place the Polaroid on the scanner's document table with the upper
right corner of the photo aligned with the upper right corner of the
document glass.
2 Access the SilverFast Lite window as described in
SilverFast Lite.
3 Return all settings to their defaults by holding down the Shift key and
clicking the Reset button; the button changes to Reset All and resets
all your settings.
4 Change the Original setting to Spectra Polaroid or 600 Polaroid.
5 Set the Scan Mode and Scan Type settings as described in
Scan Mode and Selecting the Scan
3.5-inch) and customize the
Accessing
for Spectra Polaroids
for 600 Polaroids
Type.
Selecting a
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