User manual EPSON PERFECTION V200 SETUP SHEET

[. . . ] No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. No patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained herein. Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein. Neither SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION nor its affiliates shall be liable to the purchaser of this product or third parties for damages, losses, costs, or expenses incurred by purchaser or third parties as a result of: accident, misuse, or abuse of this product or unauthorized modifications, repairs, or alterations to this product. [. . . ] Note: When the mouse pointer is placed within the marquee (the frame of the selected image area), the mouse pointer changes to a hand icon. You can drag the marquee anywhere in the Preview window. 4 When the mouse pointer is placed on the edge of the marquee, it changes to an arrow allowing you to resize the marquee. To remove or delete a marquee, double-click on the Preview window. Using Your Scanner 4-15 Making EPSON TWAIN settings on the OCR/Line Art menu This section describes all the settings you can make on the OCR/ Line Art menu. Note: For details on the Configuration, Help, Preview, Scan and Close buttons, see the previous section. Resolution Use the Resolution list to select the resolution at which you wish to scan. Recommended resolutions for scanning text or black-and-white line art are as follows: OCR FAX Printing 300 dpi 300 dpi 300 or 600 dpi 4-16 Using Your Scanner If you have a character recognition problem with OCR scanning, using 600 dpi may improve your OCR results. However, note that scanning at higher resolution takes longer. File Size The File Size indicator only displays what the rough file size of the scanned image will be. Changes you make in your settings or the marquee size will be reflected here. Threshold Threshold is used to control the lightness of the scanned image. You can adjust the Threshold value using the Threshold list or by using the slide bar. Threshold list The Threshold list provides the following four options which are suitable for scanning these materials with increasing levels of darkness: Newspaper Magazine Printout Book Slide bar The slide bar lets you adjust the lightness value seven steps from lighter to darker. If you use the slide bar, " User Defined" will appear in the Threshold list. Your threshold settings will remain in effect until you uncheck the " Save Preview Image and Settings" in the Configuration dialog box. 4 Using Your Scanner 4-17 Saving the Scanned Image To save a scanned image in your application, choose Save or Save As from the File menu. To save a scanned image in PageManager for EPSON, follow the steps below. Select Scan Buttons Setting from the File menu. Using the Start Button 5-3 2. Click the Start Button Settings tab in the Scan Buttons Setting dialog box. The icons in Select target application correspond to the icons in the Scan Buttons bar and represent the possible target devices and applications. 3. Select an application from the Select target application box and click OK. The selected application is now assigned to the scanner's ] Start button. Execute Scan Button automatically check box When this check box is selected, the assigned application will be automatically opened and the scanned image sent to the application when you press the ] Start button. When this check box is clear, no application is assigned to the ] Start button and only the Scan Buttons bar will appear when the ] Start button is pressed. Then you can select an application from the Scan Buttons bar. 5-4 Using the Start Button Adding Applications to the Scan Buttons Bar You can add applications appearing in the Application bar at the bottom of the PageManager window to the Scan Buttons bar. Click the arrow next to the Scan to box and select the application you want to add to the Scan Buttons bar. Select the appropriate scanning settings (Document Type, Scan Mode, etc. ) for the application from this dialog box and click Add. The button of the selected application appears on the Scan Buttons bar. Using the Start Button 5-5 To remove an application assigned to the Scan Buttons bar, select the application in the box on the left of the dialog box and click Remove. Then click OK. Suppress TWAIN User Interface check box When this check box is selected, the EPSON TWAIN dialog box does not appear when you scan, and the scanner works according to the settings in PageManager. [. . . ] A pixel is represented by a single bit of digital data that can express only 1 (light) or 0 (dark). bit Short for binary digit. A bit can represent two values: on and off, or 1 and 0. bit/pixel The unit that indicates the number of bits allocated for a pixel. The larger the bit value, the more detail of a pixel will be reproduced. brightness A scanner function to lighten or darken the output image data. byte A unit of information consisting of eight bits. A byte can represent a control code or character. carriage A component of the scanner that contains the optical sensor and light source for scanning. color correction A method of adjusting the color image data for a particular type of device so that the reproduction results are as close as possible to the original colors. color separation A process of converting full-color images into a limited number of primary colors. [. . . ]