Epson Expression 800 User manual

LaserSoft®SilverFast™ Lite

User’s Guide

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written permission of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. The information contained herein is designed only for

use with this EPSON scanner. EPSON is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to other

scanners.

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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,

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maintenance instructions.

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options or any consumable products other than those designated as Original EPSON Products or EPSON

Approved Products by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.

A Note Concerning Responsible Use of Copyrighted Materials

Digital cameras and scanners, like photocopiers and conventional cameras, can be misused by improper

copying of copyrighted material. While some countries’ laws permit limited copying of copyrighted material in

certain circumstances, those circumstances may not be as broad as some people assume. EPSON

encourages each user to be responsible and respectful of copyright laws when using digital cameras and

scanners.

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Trademarks

EPSON and EPSON Stylus are registered trademarks of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.

EPSON Expression is a registered trademark, EPSON FaxAdvice is a trademark, and EPSON SoundAdvice

is a service mark of Epson America, Inc.

LaserSoft is a registered trademark and SilverFast is a trademark of LaserSoft GmbH, Germany.

General Notice: Other product names used herein are for identification purposes only and may be

trademarks of their respective companies.

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Contents

Introduction 7

How to Use This Guide 9

Cautions, Notes, and Tips 10

Using Electronic Links 10

Accessing SilverFast Lite 11

Basic Scanning 14

Basic Scanning Steps 15

Changing the Basic Settings 17

Selecting a Scan Mode 17

Choosing the Original Document Type 18

Selecting the Scan Type 19

Choosing the Scan Resolution 20

Framing 23

Creating Frames 24

Resizing and Moving Frames 25

Creating Multiple Frames 25

Moving Between Frames 26

Zooming 27

Transferring Zoomed Corrections 28

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Sizing the Image 28

Factors Affecting Resource Requirements 29

Changing the Size of the Scanned Image 30

Advanced Scanning 34

Changing Image Orientation 35

Batch Scanning 36

Scanning Multiple Images 37

Scanning Transparencies 38

Scanning Polaroid Photographs 40

Adjusting Image Quality 43

Using Auto Adjust 44

Activating and Resetting Auto Adjust Settings 44

Removing or Preserving a Color Cast 44

Using the Densitometer 45

Setting the Densitometer Measuring Point 46

Manually Adjusting Highlights and Shadows 47

Displaying the Brightest and Darkest Image Points 48

Adjusting Tone Curves 49

Using the Tone Curve 50

Adjusting Tone Curves of Individual Colors 51

Using the Tone Curve Sliders 52

Saving and Loading Tone Curve Settings 53

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Adjusting Color Balance 55

Selecting Tone Ranges 56

Modifying Color Values 56

Applying Scanning Filters 57

Troubleshooting 58

Problems Using SilverFast Lite 58

Problems with Image Quality 62

Where to Get Help 66

Keyboard Shortcuts 67

Windows 95, 98, and NT Shortcuts 67

Macintosh Shortcuts 69

Glossary 71

Index 73

Introduction Page 7

Introduction

LaserSoft®SilverFast™Lite is a TWAIN interface program between your

application software and your EPSON®Expression®800 scanner that lets

you scan images into your software. It is the ideal interface for scanning

photographs on any type of medium: photo paper, positive and negative

transparencies, 35 mm slides and film, even Polaroid®media.

SilverFast Lite does more than transfer images from the scanner—it also

lets you:

◗Preview the image before scanning

◗Adjust the orientation of the image (such as flip it horizontally or

vertically or rotate it)

◗Automatically adjust image exposure

◗Make corrections to the image (such as adjusting brightness, contrast,

and tone quality)

◗Scan multiple frames, multiple images, and even different types of

originals (color, grayscale, and black and white) at one time

◗Quickly scan Polaroid photographs (for Spectra®or 600 size film) to

automatically size the image and adjust the exposure

◗Scan clear newsprint or magazine images with a Descreening filter to

eliminate line screens

If you’re scanning

documents with OCR

(optical character

recognition)

applications, you

should use EPSON

TWAIN Pro instead of

SilverFast Lite for the

best results. See the

electronic

EPSON

TWAIN Pro User’s

Guide

for instructions.

Introduction Page 8

Here is a brief overview of scanning steps using SilverFast Lite:

For Batch scanning, select Batch Mode or Batch Mode Tiff as the Scan

Mode setting

For Polaroid photographs, select Spectra Polaroid or 600 Polaroid as

the Original setting for automatic framing and exposure

For image corrections, use the Tone Curves, Color Balance,

Highlight/Shadow Control, and rotation tools.

2Preview your image

3Adjust the frame border

to crop the image

1Select the basic settings:

Scan Mode

Original

Scan Type

4Use Auto Adjust

to optimize image

quality

5Size or scale

the image

6Set the

Resolution

7Scan the image

into your

application

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How to Use This Guide

The information you need to use your SilverFast Lite software can be

found in the following sections of this guide:

Accessing SilverFast Lite gives you an overview of the main driver

window and instructions on how to access it.

Basic Scanning provides information about the basic steps needed to

scan an image.

Advanced Scanning presents all the advanced scanning features of

SilverFast Lite—such as sizing and batch scanning options—and tells you

how to scan transparencies, Polaroid photos, and photos for

enlargement.

Adjusting Image Quality describes the settings you can use to adjustyour

image quality, such as Auto Adjust and Color Balance.

Troubleshooting provides solutions to problems you may encounter using

SilverFast Lite.

Keyboard Shortcuts lists keyboard shortcuts you can use with SilverFast

Lite.

The Glossary defines terms you may not be familiar with.

The Index gives you a quick way to jump to indexed information.

This Guide explains

how to use the

LaserSoft SilverFast

Lite included on your

EPSON Expression

Scanning Tools

CD-ROM. If you

purchased the Artist

or Professional model

of the Expression

800, you also

received a CD-ROM

with LaserSoft

SilverFast 4.0, the

more complete

version of the

application. For

instructions on using

SilverFast 4.0, see

the manual on the

LaserSoft SilverFast

4.0 CD-ROM.

Introduction Page 10

Cautions, Notes, and Tips

You’ll find this information throughout your guide:

Cautions must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment.

Notes contain important information about your scanner software.

Tips contain additional hints for better scanning.

Using Electronic Links

Blue underlined text indicates that the text is a link (cross-reference) to

other parts of this guide. Click on the text with the mouse pointer to view

the referenced information.

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