Epson Macintosh System

If you have one of these EPSON Stylus® ink jet printers, Scan! II provides printer calibration profiles for you so you do not have to create them:

EPSON Stylus COLOR	EPSON Stylus Pro
EPSON Stylus COLOR II	EPSON Stylus Pro XL
EPSON Stylus COLOR IIs

For these printers you simply select the printer calibration profile before you scan an image. See “Scanning Using Calibration” on page 2-8.

If you have a color printer that is not an EPSON Stylus, you must create a printer calibration profile using the instructions in this section.

To create a printer calibration profile, you must perform these operations:

Export a calibration chart from EPSON Scan! II to your application in a format your application can open and print

Scan the printed chart to create the printer calibration profile.

Exporting a Calibration Chart

Follow these steps:

1.Start EPSON Scan! II, if necessary.

2.Choose Export Calibration Chart from the Calibrate menu.

2-4 Calibrating Your System

Contents

Page Page Contents Introduction Chapter 1 Installing Your Software Chapter 2 Calibrating Your System Chapter Using Special Effects Saving and Exporting Image Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Index Introduction Calibrate your scanner to your monitor and your printer Capture scanned images from within your application Automatically locate, expose, and scan an image Adjust individual settings and preview the effects before you scan System Requirements How to Use This Manual Warnings, Cautions, Tips, and Notes Where to Get Help Electronic Support services EPSON Bulletin Board Service CompuServe online support EPSON Installing the Scanning Utilities You see the Easy Install screen: Install 8.The program begins copying files. Insert the diskettes as prompted When installation is complete, you see a success message Click Restart to Testing the Scanning Utilities Calibrating Your System Calibrating Your Monitor to Your Scanner Performing Screen Calibration Enabling Screen Calibration System Page Creating Printer Calibration Profiles You see the following screen: 4.In the Filename field, type the filename of the calibration such Scanning Using Calibration Page Capturing Images From Within Applications Next: Accessing EPSON TWAIN Using the Easy Screen Selecting the Document Source Selecting the Image Type Selecting the Destination Screen Modifying an Image Type Image Type Options (Continued) Dropout Halftone Save Adding and deleting Image Type options Using Text Enhancement Technology Save Modifying the Destination Optimum scanning resolutions Outputdevice Color Page Previewing and Adjusting the Image Adjusting the preview area preview area Adjusting the image size Note: Scanning the Image Using Special Effects Modifying the TWAIN Configuration Page Using Image Controls 2.Choose the Image Controls icon. You see the following dialog box: Adjusting Gamma Correction Page Adjusting Colors Setting the Gray Balance Changing Saturation Using Color Filters Image Using Automatic Features Using Auto Exposure Using Auto Locate Saving and Exporting Images Saving a Scanned Image Exporting an Image setting Caution: Acquiring and Exporting an Image Exiting EPSON Scan Troubleshooting Problems Using the EPSON Scanning Utilities system message Acquire from your application software allocated application The scanner does not start scanning The scan is not the full width you selected in the preview area Your image editing software may be converting the image to application software manual information The Sharpness setting is grayed out in the Image Controls dialog box Your scanner does not support the Sharpness feature The Document Source setting is grayed out in the EPSON TWAIN screen 6-4Troubleshooting Auto Locate does not work when scanning two or more originals Make sure none of the documents are touching one another on the document table You can define your own settings; see Chapter The Halftone setting in the Image Type dialog box is grayed out Colors TWAIN screen before closing After scanning with an image editing application, the scanned image disappears The rows in the screen calibration window do not match closely enough The TWAIN screen changed its color settings after a preview scan Problems With Image Quality Check your Gamma Correction setting Make the Brightness setting darker 6-8Troubleshooting Page Using halftoning, textured dot patterns appear in the image The color on the video display seems different from that of the original image The printed color seems different from that of the originals again different Images cannot be scanned at all or only a few dots appear in the scanned image Moiré (interference) patterns appear in the scanned image Select 3 pass The image looks corrupted Appendix Image Type and Destination Default Image Type settings lmage type Default Destination settings Default Destination settings 2 Appendix Icon Glossary Scan Page Page Term Glossary Destination Device Device Driver Dithering DPI Page Page Page Index Easy screen File