Help for Using the Epson Color Scanner
Step Summary:
- Open the scanner
- Place document in scanner
- Log in to workstation and start Photoshop
- Open the scanner dialog window
- Set scan configuration
- Click scan button
- View scan options window
- Close scan options window
- Rotate image (if necessary)
- Crop image (if necessary)
- Size the image (if necessary)
- Save the scanned image
- Wrapup
Don't forget to get your originals out of the scanner!
Step 1 -- Open the scanner:
Lift the top portion of the scanner to expose the Scanning glass.
Step 2 -- Place document in scanner:
Place your document into the scanner: Face down at the Top Left hand side corner of the scanner's Scanning glass:
Step 3 -- Log in to workstation and start Photoshop:
Login to the Workstation No. 1 and click on Start -> Programs -> Adobe -> Adobe Photoshop CS2 as shown below.
You will see the Adobe Photoshop window as seen below:
Step 4 -- Open the scanner dialog window:
Click on File -> Import -> Epson Twain Pro... to open up the scanner window.
Step 5 -- Set scan configuration:
You will see the EPSON TWAIN Pro window pop up on the computer. This is the actual Scanner Options window and here you have the options to set up the Scanning configuration like the Image Type (default is 24-bit Color, which is good for pictures and graphics etc.); You may choose the Resolution at which you wish to scan; the higher the number the better the quality but bigger the size of the file and slower the scanning.
Notice here the Resolution that has been chosen is 300.
Step 6 -- Click scan button:
After you have set up the Scanning options you hit the SCAN button to begin scanning. you will see the following window:
After the Pre-Scanning is complete, Photoshop will automatically move to the next step of Scanning:
Step 7 -- View scan options window:
After the document is scanned, you will see it appear in the background and the Scanning options window will appear on top of the Scanned file.
Step 8 -- Close scan options window:
Close the Scanning Options (EPSON TWAIN Pro) window by clicking on the X in that window or by clicking on the "Close" button.
You should now be able to clearly view the document you just scanned:
Step 9 -- Rotate image (if necessary):
Once you have your document or your picture scanned you are ready to make all the necessary changes to that picture so that it appears just the way you want it. In the picture above the first thing you might want to do is to ROTATE it. You may do that by clicking on IMAGE -> ROTATE CANVAS. You may rotate the image so that it appears straight, in the above case I would want to rotate it 90° clock-wise (90O CW):
Step 10 -- Crop image (if necessary):
You might also like to CROP your image and choose only a certain area of the image to be saved or used. To crop your image first, choose the "Rectangular Marquee Tool (M)” from the list of icons in the tools, as shown below:
You will see the mouse arrow turn into a + sign when you hover the mouse over the image:
Step 10-B:
To crop the image point your mouse (which shows you a + sign now) at one of the corner ends of the image. I chose TOP LEFT hand corner. Click and hold the left mouse button down, you will see that a rectangular marquee will start to appear as you keep holding the left mouse button down and moving it towards the opposite end of the picture. Move the marquee so that it covers (selects) just the part of the image that you wish to choose. See the pictures below to view the selection of the picture using the Rectangular Marquee.
I am selecting the picture by holding the left mouse button down and moving it towards the opposite end i.e. bottom right hand corner, of the image:
Release the left mouse button upon reaching the bottom right corner of the image thus selecting the entire image or just the part that you wish to select. Notice that the image now is highlighted with a black and white border, which clearly shows the area of my selection.
Step 10-C:
Having selected the Area click on: Image -> Crop
Upon clicking Crop, Photoshop will crop out the part of the image which was outside the selection area or the black and white lines. Now you would only view the part that you had selected in Step 11 as shown below in the example:
Step 11 -- Size the image:
Another important step is to SIZE the image as big as you would like. First thing you should do is to view the picture in its ACTUAL SIZE. To do that you would click on VIEW -> ACTUAL PIXELS. The output you get is going to be in its actual size, the way it would appear when you save it or print it etc.
Step 11-B:
If you are not satisfied to see the size of the picture / document you just scanned you might want to resize it; if you are satisfied you can skip the next step. To resize the document according to your needs click on IMAGE -> IMAGE SIZE:
Step 11-C:
Having clicked on the Image Size option you will get the following (Image Size) window. Here you can customize the size of your document/picture. If you know the exact width and height in pixels that you require, you can simply type them in. Click OK when done.
To set the image size I fix my "Pixel Dimensions" by using the PERCENTAGE option and clicking on the drop down menu right next to pixels/inch and choosing PERCENTAGE instead of the default pixels/inch. The image size can be changed by inputting the percentage here.
Example: if you wish to make the image appear half the size of your original image, you would put 50 (percent) next to width. Notice that once you enter the width the height would automatically configure itself proportionately with the image/document. In other words you would not have to adjust the height once you have adjusted the width. Click OK when done. Note that you might have to repeat the above steps a few times till you actually get the exact size that you need.
Step 12 -- Save the scanned image:
The next and most important step is to SAVE your file. Click on: File -> Save As:
Step 12-B:
Upon clicking on the Save As option you would be prompted to choose your save options. Here you would choose the Folder / Drive that you wish to save your file into, you can do so by clicking on the drop down menu next to "Save in". You would name the file as you would like in the File Name field and would choose the Format that you would like the image to be saved as. Notice I have chosen JPEG (or JPG) which is the most common file format for images. There are other options like .TIFF, .BMP, .GIF etc. you may scroll up and down on the Format list to pick your favorite format.
Step 12-C:
When you click Save on the above window you would get another window which would give you some more information and options and you can simply hit OK and it will save your file:
Congratulations! You have just successfully scanned your document(s).
Step 13 -- Wrapup:
Wrap-up: You can now safely exit the Photoshop application.
DON'T FORGET TO PICK UP YOUR ORIGINALS FROM THE SCANNER!!!