Recommended Settings

Here are some recommended settings for different types of scans.

 

 

 

Scanning

 

Recommended

Recommended

resolution for

Image type

application

TWAIN Pro* settings

printing**

 

 

 

 

Photograph

Photoshop LE

Image Type:

300 dpi**

 

 

42-bit Color (HiFi)***,

 

 

 

24-bit Color (Std),

 

 

 

14-bit Gray (HiFi)***, or

 

 

 

8-bit Gray (Std)

 

Magazine

Photoshop LE

Image Type:

300 dpi

 

 

24-bit Color De-screening

 

Newspaper (text only)

TextBridge Pro or

Image Type: OCR****

300 or

 

PageManager

 

400 dpi*****

Text for OCR

TextBridge Pro or

Image Type: OCR****

300 or

 

PageManager

 

400 dpi*****

Text with images

TextBridge Pro or

Image Type: Line art

300 or

 

PageManager

B/W option: Auto Area

400 dpi *****

 

 

Segmentation

 

Line art

Photoshop LE

Image Type: Line Art

300 to 3200 dpi

Negative

Photoshop LE

Document Source:

300 to 3200 dpi

transparency

 

TPU for Neg. Film

 

(35 mm film)

 

 

 

Positive transparency

Photoshop LE

Document Source:

300 to 3200 dpi

(35 mm slides)

 

TPU for Pos. Film

 

 

 

 

 

*Recommendations for EPSON TWAIN Pro also apply to EPSON TWAIN Pro Network.

**If your output is for on-screen viewing (for example, on a web page), select a resolution of 72 dpi.

***This Image Type is available only in certain applications, such as Photoshop.

****Automatically selects Text Enhancement Technology (TET) as your B/W option.

*****If you are enlarging your image, you must manually change the resolution (dpi).

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