Epson ScanSmart | Scanning and Saving

This explains how to scan a document and save it as a PDF using Auto Mode.

1. Load the originals in your scanner. See your scanner's User's Guide for details on loading originals.
2. Start Epson ScanSmart: press the start button on the scanner, or open Epson ScanSmart on your computer, select the Scan area, and click SCAN.
   

   Note: Depending on your model, select "Increases the scan speed using the black & white setting" if colour scans from the ADF are taking too long. This option is only available in Auto Mode.

3. Check the scanned images and organise them if needed. Use the buttons at the top of the screen to delete, rotate, crop, or merge images. Select Skip this screen next time if you don't want to see this each time.
   

   Note: To edit using Photo Editing Mode instead, click Change Mode.

   
   
4. Click Next.
   
5. Click Save on the Select Action window.
   
6. Check or change the save settings.
   

   Note: To change the file naming method, click Back to return to the Select Action window, then Settings > File Name Settings tab. If you select Searchable PDF as the file type, choose a language from the OCR Language list — if the OCR component isn't installed, you'll be prompted to download it.

7. Click Save.
   

The scanned document is saved to the specified folder.

This explains how to scan a photo and save it as a JPEG using Auto Mode.

Note: Place photos on the scanner glass — you can't use the ADF to scan photos.

1. Load the originals on the scanner glass. See your scanner's User's Guide for details.
2. Start Epson ScanSmart: press the start button on the scanner, or open Epson ScanSmart on your computer, select Maximum Size from the Scan area, and click SCAN.
   
3. Check the scanned images and organise them if needed. Use the buttons at the top of the screen to delete, rotate, crop, merge, or adjust the colour of images. Select Skip this screen next time if you don't want to see this each time.
   

   Note: To edit using Document Mode instead, click Change Mode.

   
   
4. Click Next.
   
5. Click Save on the Select Action window.
   
6. Check or change the save settings.
   

   Note: To change the file naming method, click Back to return to the Select Action window, then Settings > File Name Settings tab.

7. Click Save.
   

The scanned photo is saved to the specified folder.

You can save scanned images directly to Google Drive, Dropbox, Evernote, or Microsoft OneDrive (Windows only).

1. Load the originals in your scanner.
2. Press the start button on the scanner to start scanning and open Epson ScanSmart, or open it on your computer and click a SCAN option.
3. Check the scanned image and click Next.
4. Select how you want to send the images on the Select Action window.
   
5. Click Login to sign in to your account.
   
6. Check or change the settings.
   

   Note: If you select Searchable PDF, choose a language from the OCR language list. Select Save a copy to computer if you also want a local copy.

   
   
7. Click Send.
   

You can combine multiple scanned photos into a single image.

Note: Only available on models with A4 scanner glass. The combined image's long edges must total less than 25,000 pixels. This feature may not work well with some originals, such as monotone images or charts.

1. Load the originals in your scanner.
2. Press the start button on the scanner to start scanning and open Epson ScanSmart, or open it on your computer and click a SCAN option.
3. Select the photos you want to combine, then click Stitch Images.
   
4. Select Basic Stitching or Advanced Stitching.
5. Check the stitched image on the Stitch Images screen. With Basic Stitching, you can rotate and reposition the images using the buttons at the top of the screen.
6. Click OK, then follow the on-screen instructions.

If you're saving as a Searchable PDF or to Microsoft Office formats, these can improve the recognition rate:

• Make sure the original is placed straight.
• Use originals with clear text — recognition may suffer with photocopies of photocopies, low-resolution faxes, very tight letter or line spacing, ruled lines or underlining over text, handwriting, or creased/wrinkled originals.
• Make sure the correct language is selected in the Language setting of the relevant save window.