Epson GT-12000 User manual

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Scanner Parts

document cover

document table

OPERATE button

OPERATE light

carriage

(at home position)

ERROR light

transportation

lock screw READY light

RESET button

cover-1

SCSI ID rotary switch

terminator

switch

SCSI interface

connectors

parallel interface

connector

AC inlet

option interface

connector

cover-2

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COLOR IMAGE SCANNER

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.

SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION and its affiliates shall not be liable against any damages

or problems arising from the use of any options or any consumable products other than

those designated as Original EPSON Products or EPSON Approved Products by SEIKO

EPSON CORPORATION.

EPSON is a registered trademark of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.

IBM and PS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation.

Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.

Presto! PageManager is a trademark of Newsoft. Inc.

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

trademarks of their respective companies.

User’s Guide

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Declaration of Conformity

Manufacturer: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Address: 3-5, Owa 3-chome, Suwa-shi,

Nagano-ken 392 Japan

Representative: EPSON EUROPE B.V.

Address: Prof. J. H. Bavincklaan 5 1183

AT Amstelveen

The Netherlands

Declares that the Product:

Product Name: Image Scanner

Type Name: GT-12000

Model: G650A

Conforms to the following Directive(s) and Norm(s):

Directive 89/336/EEC:EN 55022 Class B

EN 61000-3-2

EN 61000-3-3

EN 50082-1

IEC 801-2

IEC 801-3

IEC 801-4

Directive 73/23/EEC: EN 60950

August, 1997

Y. Ishii

President of EPSON EUROPE B.V.

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Contents

Introduction

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

How to Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Warnings, Cautions, and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

For United Kingdom Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Chapter 1 Setting Up the Scanner

Choosing a Place for the Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Releasing the Transportation Lock Screw . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Plugging in the Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Connecting the Scanner to Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Connecting the scanner to a parallel interface . . . . . . . . 1-7

Understanding how SCSI interfaces work . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Power-on sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

Installing the Scanner Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

Chapter 2 Scanner Basics

Lights and Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Scanner errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Removing the Document Cover for Oversized Documents . . 2-6

Using the Document Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

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Chapter 3 Options

The Transparency Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Unpacking the Transparency Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Installing the Transparency Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Using the film holders and reflective document mat . . . . 3-7

Placing transparencies and oversized film . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Adjusting the angle of the transparency guide . . . . . . . . 3-15

The Auto Document Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

Unpacking the Auto Document Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

Installing the Auto Document Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

Installing the PageManager software . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21

Loading paper in the Auto Document Feeder . . . . . . . . 3-21

Scanning from the Auto Document Feeder . . . . . . . . . . 3-24

Fixing paper jams in the Auto Document Feeder . . . . . . 3-26

Document specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29

Chapter 4 Troubleshooting and Maintenance

Determining the type of Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Problems and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Maintaining the Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

Replacing the fluorescent lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Transporting the Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Recommended Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

RAM and hard disk size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

Accelerator boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

Video cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

File compression software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

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Appendix A Technical Specifications

Scanner Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Safety approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Source document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

Parallel interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

SCSI interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6

Initialization Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7

Appendix B Contacting Customer Support

For United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland Users . . . . B-2

For Australian Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4

For Singapore Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5

For Hong Kong Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5

For Philippines Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6

Index

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Introduction

The EPSON®GT-12000 is a true 800-dpi full-color flatbed image

scanner with an A3 or US B size scanning area. It has the ability

to scan in color or grayscale, making it ideal for virtually all

uses, from simple drawings to complex full-color illustrations.

It achieves extremely high quality in color by reading and

saving 36 bits per pixel.

Features

The GT-12000 offers the following features:

❑Full color or grayscale scanning. For color scanning, you

can select up to 16 million colors. For grayscale, you can

select up to 256 grays.

❑Scanning resolution of 800 dpi. You can adjust the output

resolution to match the resolution of your output device.

❑Automatic Area Segmentation (AAS) provides you with

the capability to separate text from photographs on a page

so that grayscale images will be clearer and text recognition

is more accurate.

❑Text Enhancement Technology. This feature enhances text

recognition accuracy when using your scanner for optical

character recognition (OCR) scanning.

❑Two resident interfaces, bidirectional parallel and SCSI.

Using these interfaces, you can connect two computers to

the scanner at the same time.

❑Higher quality output with EPSON TWAIN Pro’s “Best &

de-screening” option, which automatically removes

unwanted moiré patterns from scanned images.

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❑The EPSON TWAIN Pro software helps let you take full

advantage of your scanner’s advanced features.

❑Software control of all scanner functions. Software

commands are backward compatible with the EPSON

GT-12000 color image scanner.

Options

The following optional items are available to expand the

versatility of your scanner. For detailed information on the use

of these options, see the guides that come with the options.

Bidirectional Parallel Interface Board (B80818✽)

This board provides parallel connection between the scanner

and IBM®PC/AT or IBM-compatible computers. Setup and

installation of this board are fully described in the manual that

comes with the board. An interface cable must be purchased

separately.

Auto Document Feeder (B81311✽)

This option is designed primarily for optical character recognition

(OCR) scanning. The automatic document feeder allows you to

scan up to 30 pages automatically. You can then use them in a

word processing program just as if you had typed them yourself.

Transparency Unit (B81310✽)

This option allows you to scan transparent materials, primarily

35mm slides and black-and-white negatives. It has a maximum

reading area of 290 ×420 mm, which allows you to scan

transparent materials up to A3 or US B size.

SCSI System Cable (25-pin to 50-pin) (B860081)

This cable provides connection between a SCSI device and an

Apple®Macintosh®computer.

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