Epson Expression 800 User manual

LaserSoft®SilverFast™ Lite
User’s Guide

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Trademarks
EPSON and EPSON Stylus are registered trademarks of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.
EPSON Expression is a registered trademark, EPSON FaxAdvice is a trademark, and EPSON SoundAdvice
is a service mark of Epson America, Inc.
LaserSoft is a registered trademark and SilverFast is a trademark of LaserSoft GmbH, Germany.
General Notice: Other product names used herein are for identification purposes only and may be
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Copyright © 1998 by Epson America, Inc., Torrance, California, USA LSL1298-00
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Contents
Introduction 7
How to Use This Guide 9
Cautions, Notes, and Tips 10
Using Electronic Links 10
Accessing SilverFast Lite 11
Basic Scanning 14
Basic Scanning Steps 15
Changing the Basic Settings 17
Selecting a Scan Mode 17
Choosing the Original Document Type 18
Selecting the Scan Type 19
Choosing the Scan Resolution 20
Framing 23
Creating Frames 24
Resizing and Moving Frames 25
Creating Multiple Frames 25
Moving Between Frames 26
Zooming 27
Transferring Zoomed Corrections 28

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Sizing the Image 28
Factors Affecting Resource Requirements 29
Changing the Size of the Scanned Image 30
Advanced Scanning 34
Changing Image Orientation 35
Batch Scanning 36
Scanning Multiple Images 37
Scanning Transparencies 38
Scanning Polaroid Photographs 40
Adjusting Image Quality 43
Using Auto Adjust 44
Activating and Resetting Auto Adjust Settings 44
Removing or Preserving a Color Cast 44
Using the Densitometer 45
Setting the Densitometer Measuring Point 46
Manually Adjusting Highlights and Shadows 47
Displaying the Brightest and Darkest Image Points 48
Adjusting Tone Curves 49
Using the Tone Curve 50
Adjusting Tone Curves of Individual Colors 51
Using the Tone Curve Sliders 52
Saving and Loading Tone Curve Settings 53

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Adjusting Color Balance 55
Selecting Tone Ranges 56
Modifying Color Values 56
Applying Scanning Filters 57
Troubleshooting 58
Problems Using SilverFast Lite 58
Problems with Image Quality 62
Where to Get Help 66
Keyboard Shortcuts 67
Windows 95, 98, and NT Shortcuts 67
Macintosh Shortcuts 69
Glossary 71
Index 73

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Introduction
LaserSoft®SilverFast™Lite is a TWAIN interface program between your
application software and your EPSON®Expression®800 scanner that lets
you scan images into your software. It is the ideal interface for scanning
photographs on any type of medium: photo paper, positive and negative
transparencies, 35 mm slides and film, even Polaroid®media.
SilverFast Lite does more than transfer images from the scanner—it also
lets you:
◗Preview the image before scanning
◗Adjust the orientation of the image (such as flip it horizontally or
vertically or rotate it)
◗Automatically adjust image exposure
◗Make corrections to the image (such as adjusting brightness, contrast,
and tone quality)
◗Scan multiple frames, multiple images, and even different types of
originals (color, grayscale, and black and white) at one time
◗Quickly scan Polaroid photographs (for Spectra®or 600 size film) to
automatically size the image and adjust the exposure
◗Scan clear newsprint or magazine images with a Descreening filter to
eliminate line screens
If you’re scanning
documents with OCR
(optical character
recognition)
applications, you
should use EPSON
TWAIN Pro instead of
SilverFast Lite for the
best results. See the
electronic
EPSON
TWAIN Pro User’s
Guide for instructions.

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Here is a brief overview of scanning steps using SilverFast Lite:
For Batch scanning, select Batch Mode or Batch Mode Tiff as the Scan
Mode setting
For Polaroid photographs, select Spectra Polaroid or 600 Polaroid as
the Original setting for automatic framing and exposure
For image corrections, use the Tone Curves, Color Balance,
Highlight/Shadow Control, and rotation tools.
2Preview your image
3Adjust the frame border
to crop the image
1Select the basic settings:
Scan Mode
Original
Scan Type
4Use Auto Adjust
to optimize image
quality
5Size or scale
the image
6Set the
Resolution
7Scan the image
into your
application

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How to Use This Guide
The information you need to use your SilverFast Lite software can be
found in the following sections of this guide:
Accessing SilverFast Lite gives you an overview of the main driver
window and instructions on how to access it.
Basic Scanning provides information about the basic steps needed to
scan an image.
Advanced Scanning presents all the advanced scanning features of
SilverFast Lite—such as sizing and batch scanning options—and tells you
how to scan transparencies, Polaroid photos, and photos for
enlargement.
Adjusting Image Quality describes the settings you can use to adjustyour
image quality, such as Auto Adjust and Color Balance.
Troubleshooting provides solutions to problems you may encounter using
SilverFast Lite.
Keyboard Shortcuts lists keyboard shortcuts you can use with SilverFast
Lite.
The Glossary defines terms you may not be familiar with.
The Index gives you a quick way to jump to indexed information.
This Guide explains
how to use the
LaserSoft SilverFast
Lite included on your
EPSON Expression
Scanning Tools
CD-ROM. If you
purchased the Artist
or Professional model
of the Expression
800, you also
received a CD-ROM
with LaserSoft
SilverFast 4.0, the
more complete
version of the
application. For
instructions on using
SilverFast 4.0, see
the manual on the
LaserSoft SilverFast
4.0 CD-ROM.

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Cautions, Notes, and Tips
You’ll find this information throughout your guide:
Cautions must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment.
Notes contain important information about your scanner software.
Tips contain additional hints for better scanning.
Using Electronic Links
Blue underlined text indicates that the text is a link (cross-reference) to
other parts of this guide. Click on the text with the mouse pointer to view
the referenced information.