Using the Scanner Buttons

Your EPSON Perfection 640U comes with ] Start, t Copy, and s Scan buttons for quick and easy scanning. Just place a document on the document table and press a button, then watch as Smart Panel starts and opens EPSON TWAIN and your assigned application automatically.

The buttons are described below:

] Start

 

Pressing the ] Start button on the scanner starts EPSON Smart Panel

 

 

 

 

(default). You also can assign any of the EPSON Smart Panel applications

 

 

 

 

to the ] Start button; pressing the ] Start button then starts the scanning

 

 

 

 

process and sends data to the application. For instructions on scanning a

 

 

 

 

text document to OCR (Optical Character Recognition), see page 31.

 

 

 

 

 

t Copy

 

If you have an EPSON ink jet printer connected to your computer, you can

 

 

 

 

press the t Copy button to automatically scan and print a document. For

 

 

 

 

more details, see page 34.

 

 

 

 

 

s Scan

 

Pressing the s Scan button automatically scans an image and then opens

 

 

 

 

Adobe PhotoDeluxe, where you can edit your image with the easy-to-use

 

 

 

 

tools. For more details, see page 35.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For Windows users:

 

 

 

You can assign other applications that support “Scanner events” (for

 

 

 

 

 

 

example, Microsoft® Imaging for Windows) to the scanner buttons. See

 

 

 

 

 

 

your electronic Reference Guide for instructions.

Using EPSON Smart Panel

Follow these steps to use EPSON Smart Panel to scan your document or photo:

1.Place your original document face down on the document table, as described on page 27.

2.Do one of the following to open the EPSON Smart Panel:

Press the ] Start button on your scanner.

In Windows, click the Smart Panel icon on the Windows taskbar.

On a Macintosh, open the Apple menu and select EPSON SMART PANEL.

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