User manual EPSON STYLUS SCAN 2500

[. . . ] All in One Product All rights reserved. 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. The information contained herein is designed only for use with this EPSON product. EPSON is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to other products. [. . . ] Click the arrows on the right to view all the available settings. Resolution Destination name Screen/Web Line drawings and halftone images 96 dpi (for Windows) 72 dpi (for Macintosh) 200 dpi 300 dpi 360 dpi 720 dpi 600 dpi Photos 96 dpi (for Windows) 72 dpi (for Macintosh) 200 dpi 300 dpi 150 dpi 300 dpi 200 dpi Fax OCR Printer (Fine) Printer (Photo) Laser Printer If you are using an EPSON Stylus printer and are printing scanned images with Economy, Normal, or Fine Print Quality settings in your printer software, selecting Printer (Fine) is recommended. If you are printing with the SuperFine or Photo Print Quality settings, select Printer (Photo). 8-48 Scanner Note: The effects of the Destination settings cannot be viewed in the Preview window. Destination button The Destination button allows you to customize the Destination settings. To make your own settings, such as scanning resolution, click this button. The following dialog box appears. Destination Name: Predefined and custom settings names appear in the Destination menu. Resolution: Select a scanning resolution for line drawing and halftone images, or photos. Note: t When the Pixel Depth setting in the Image Type dialog box is set to Black & White, the Drawing/Halftone setting takes effect and the Photo setting becomes irrelevant. For other Pixel Depth settings, the Photo setting takes effect and the Drawing/ Halftone setting becomes irrelevant. Scanner 8-49 t To print your scanned document when Resolution is set to Drawing/Halftone, select the same resolution setting from the list as you select in the printer driver. To print your scanned document when Resolution is set to Photo, select a resolution between 150 and 300 dpi. If you select higher resolution, the Photo setting requires longer to print, but does not improve the output quality. t The Resolution setting is closely related to the Image Size and Scale settings. If you change them arbitrarily, the resulting image may not be what you expected. t The range of resolution values depends on your Stylus Scan. To apply the settings you made, click OK. To save the settings you made, type a new name in the Destination Name box, and then click Save. To delete a Destination setting, select the target setting name to be deleted in the Destination Name menu, then click Delete. Unsharp Mask You can select or deselect the Unsharp Mask setting. Selecting this check box improves image sharpness. 8-50 Scanner Source and Target image sizes The Source fields indicate the size of the image that is displayed or selected in the Preview window. The Target fields indicate what size the image will be when it is output. Note: The image size setting is closely related to the Resolution. If you change either setting arbitrarily, the resulting image may not be what you expected. Width and Height menu: The width and height of an image are indicated in the selected unit of measure. You can type new values directly in the indicator fields, or you can change the image area in the Preview window by creating a marquee, or frame. Do this by dragging the mouse over the desired area. See "Previewing images" on page 8-40 for more information on marquees. Units menu: Select a unit of measurement. You can select pixels, inches, or cm. Scanner 8-51 Storage size indicator: The storage size of an image is indicated in KB or MB. As you change the image area in the Preview window, this value also changes. Lock button: The current size of width-to-height of the target image can be locked, allowing the ratio of width-to-height of the Source image to change according to the scale value, or the scale value to change according to the ratio of width-to-height of the Source image. [. . . ] This provides faster printing. initialization Returns the printer to its defaults (fixed set of conditions). This happens every time you turn on the printer or reset the printer. ink cartridge Contains the ink your printer uses when printing. ink jet A method of printing in which each letter or symbol is formed by precisely spraying ink onto paper. interface The connection between the computer and the printer. A parallel interface transmits data one character or code at a time. A serial interface transmits data one bit at a time. interface cable The cable that connects the computer and the printer. local printer The printer connected to the computer's port directly by interface cable. media Materials upon which data is printed, such as envelopes, plain paper, special paper, and transparency film. memory The part of the printer's electronic system that is used to store information (data). [. . . ]