“Beginning Your Scan” on page 36 shows you how to select a driver and settings. For details on using EPSON TWAIN Pro, see your electronic EPSON TWAIN Pro User’s Guide on your EPSON Expression 836XL Scanning Tools CD-ROM. For details on using LaserSoft SilverFast 4.0, see the electronic documentation on the LaserSoft SilverFast 4.0 CD-ROM.

Recommended Settings

Here are some recommended settings for different types of scans.

 

 

 

 

Scanning

 

Recommended

Recommended

Recommended

resolution

Image type

application

driver

driver options

for printing*

 

 

 

 

 

Photograph

Photoshop 5.0 LE

EPSON TWAIN Pro

Filter: None or

300 dpi

 

 

or SilverFast 4.0

Sharpen

 

 

 

 

 

 

Magazine

Photoshop 5.0 LE

EPSON TWAIN Pro

Filter:

300 dpi

 

 

 

Descreening

 

 

 

 

 

 

Newspaper

OCR software

ISIS or EPSON

Image Type:

300 or

(text only)

 

TWAIN Pro

OCR**

400 dpi***

 

 

 

 

 

Text for OCR

OCR software

ISIS or EPSON

Image Type:

300 or

 

 

TWAIN Pro

OCR**

400 dpi***

 

 

 

 

 

Text with

OCR or document

ISIS or EPSON

Image Type: Line art

300 or

images

management

TWAIN Pro

B/W option: Auto

400 dpi ***

 

software

 

Area Segmentation

 

 

 

 

 

 

Line art

Photoshop 5.0 LE

EPSON TWAIN Pro

Filter: Sharpen

300 to 3200

 

 

or SilverFast 4.0

 

dpi

 

 

 

 

 

Negative

Photoshop 5.0 LE

EPSON TWAIN Pro

Original: Neg.

300 to 3200

transparency

 

or SilverFast 4.0

Transparency or

dpi

(35 mm film)

 

 

35 mm

 

 

 

 

 

 

Positive

Photoshop 5.0 LE

EPSON TWAIN Pro

Original:

300 to 3200

transparency

 

or SilverFast 4.0

Pos. Transparency

dpi

(35 mm slides)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

**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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