User manual EPSON EXPRESSION 11000XL

[. . . ] 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 the 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. [. . . ] The tone value represents the contrast in the tonal relationship between an original image and its reproduction on a monitor or printer. Tone Curve Name list: Select a tone correction setting from this list. The custom settings you have saved appear in this list. Tone Curve editor: The editor allows you to customize tone correction. Drag points on the tone curve to adjust the tone value. You can edit up to five tonal elements. Output options: If you select the check box for a specific point, such as 1/4 Tone or Midtone, you can move that point and it will remain where you leave it; it will not be affected by the movement of other points on the curve. If the check box is cleared, the point will be affected by the movement of other points. Channels options: You can select the combined red, green, and blue (RGB) channel to modify all colors, or select these colors separately. 2-34 Understanding EPSON TWAIN Pro Features Note: If Pixel Depth is set to Black & White or 8-bit Gray in the Image Type dialog box, you can only select the combined RGB channel option. OK/Save/Delete/Cancel buttons: To accept the defining Tone Correction or close the dialog box, click OK. After you correct tone, type a name for your custom settings in the tone correction list and click Save. To delete a setting, select the name of the setting you want to delete in the tone correction list and click Delete. To cancel the operation, click Cancel. Color Adjustment Click the Color Adjustment button in the Preview window to view the following dialog box. Understanding EPSON TWAIN Pro Features 2-35 Note: t If Image Type setting is not 24-bit Color (Std) or 24-bit Color De-screening, or Pixel Depth is set to 8-bit Gray or Black & White, the Color Adjustment button appears dimmed and these settings cannot be selected. t You can see the effects of the Color Adjustment settings in the Preview window. Gray Balance Intensity: Gray Balance Intensity removes unwanted color casts and tints by balancing color saturation. Click the eyedropper button beneath the slider. The mouse pointer changes to an eyedropper. Later, you can apply any custom settings you have saved. Note that only user defined settings related to the Document Source currently selected will appear in the User defined settings field. Depending on your scanner model, the preset settings for using film holders with positive films may appear in the User defined settings field when the optional Transparency Unit is installed. To save the currently selected settings, type a new name in the User defined settings field, then click Save. To apply saved settings, select a setting name from the list, then click OK. The preview image will reflect the settings you saved. 2-40 Understanding EPSON TWAIN Pro Features To restore the previous settings, click Cancel. To delete a setting, select the setting name in the list, then click Delete. Understanding EPSON TWAIN Pro Features 2-41 Configuration Button Click the Configuration button on the main window to view the following dialog box. You can make settings that affect the Preview window. Windows Macintosh 2-42 Understanding EPSON TWAIN Pro Features Preview Window Size: Select the size of the Preview window. Your choices are Large, Medium, and Small. Save Preview Image and Settings: Select this check box to automatically save the preview image and all the image settings when you exit EPSON TWAIN (quit scanning). The next time you restart EPSON TWAIN, the image and settings will reappear. Fast Preview: Enables high-speed loading of the preview image. If this is selected, the preview image is scanned in Draft mode. If this is not selected, the preview image is scanned in Best mode, and you can get accurate values for the Highlight, Shadow, and Gray Balance Intensity by sampling with the eyedropper in the preview image. [. . . ] The smallest unit of data in computer processing. A bit can represent one of two values: on, represented by a 1, or off, represented by a 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. [. . . ]