User manual EPSON PERFECTION 1200

[. . . ] Color Image Scanner User's Guide 4010810 S01-00 Where to Find Information This User's Guide This guide leads you through the scanner setup and options installation, tells you how to use the scanner, and how to make basic scans. It also leads you through the EPSON scanner software installation, tells you how to use the Start Button function, and how to make basic software settings. Finally, it also offers troubleshooting tips, customer support information and calibrating information. Online EPSON Scanner Software Reference Guide Provides basic information about scanning and detailed reference on the settings and functions of EPSON TWAIN and other EPSON scanner utility software. Online Color Guide (may not be available in some countries) Explains the basics of color imaging and shows you how to get impressive results from your scanner and other EPSON products. Information on EPSON TWAIN Online help provides you with detailed information on EPSON TWAIN. button in the EPSON TWAIN dialog box. Information on PageManager and other Software See the PageManager for EPSON, and other software documentation provided on the EPSON Scanner Software CDROM. ® Color Image Scanner All rights reserved. [. . . ] Note for Windows 98 users: The Start Button feature is supported by Windows 98, the EPSON Scanner Monitor software will not be installed onto Windows 98. See page 5-12 for instructions on setting up the Start Button feature. PageManager for EPSON PageManager allows you to scan and send data directly to an assigned application with a single push of your scanner's ] Start button. You can also scan to any target application by simply clicking on the application icon in PageManager's Scan Buttons bar. This section will help you set up PageManager so you can begin to scan using the ] Start button. For more detailed information on PageManager settings, see your PageManager documentation. Note: For information on PageManager installation, see Chapter 3. Target applications in the Scan Buttons bar When PageManager is started, the Scan Buttons bar will appear on your screen. The icons in this bar represent target applications or peripheral devices, such as a printer, that can be accessed by your scanner. This means that you can scan and send data directly to these applications or devices by clicking on their icons. 5-2 Using the Start Button PageManager for EPSON also allows you to assign any one of the applications or devices on the Scan Buttons bar to the ] Start button. This means that an image can be scanned and sent straight to your selected application with one simple push of the ] Start button. Start button icon Note: The application button showing the Start button icon represents the application that is assigned to the Start button. 5 Assigning an application to the Start button To assign an application on the Scan Buttons bar to the ] Start button, follow the steps below. Select the 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 automatically open and the scanned image is 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. Select Scan Buttons Setting from the File menu. You will see the following dialog box. 5 2. Specify the name of the setting in the Name box. 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. [. . . ] The technology that allows computers to "read" text from physical objects. OCR requires a graphical representation of text to interpret, which usually comes from a scanned image. page sequence The type of color scanning in which the entire image is scanned once for each separate color. pixel Short for picture element. Each image is composed of a number of pixels. Pixels are also counted in units of dots. plain bi-level Bi-level image data without the halftoning process. port An interface channel through which data is transmitted between devices. Glossary 3 primary colors Basic colors. [. . . ]