ET-5170 Series L6490 Series ET-5150 Series L6460 Series

User's Guide

> Scanning > Scanning Originals to a Computer > Scanning from the Control Panel

Scanning from the Control Panel

Note:

To use this feature, make sure the following applications are installed on your computer.

  • Epson ScanSmart (Windows 7 or later, or OS X El Capitan or later)

  • Epson Event Manager (Windows Vista/Windows XP, or OS X Yosemite/OS X Mavericks/OS X Mountain Lion/Mac OS X v10.7.x/Mac OS X v10.6.8)

  • Epson Scan 2 (application required to use the scanner feature)

See the following to check for installed applications.

Windows 10: Click on the start button, and then select Windows System-Control Panel-Programs-Programs and Features.

Windows 8.1/Windows 8: Select Desktop-Settings-Control Panel-Programs-Programs and Features.

Windows 7/Windowes Vista: Click the start button, and then select Control Panel-Programs-Programs and Features.

Windows XP: Click the start button, and then select Control Panel-Add or Remove Programs.

Mac OS: Select Go > Applications > Epson Software.

  1. Place the originals.

    Placing Originals

  2. Select Scan > Computer on the control panel.

  3. Select a computer on which to save the scanned images.

    • If the Select Computer screen is displayed, select the computer from the screen.
    • If the Scan to Computer screen is displayed and the computer is already selected, make sure the selected computer is correct. If you want to change the computer, select , and then select another computer.

  4. Select to select how to save the scanned image to a computer.

    • Preview on Computer (Windows 7 or later, or OS X El Capitan or later): Previews the scanned image on a computer before saving images.
    • Save as JPEG: Saves the scanned image in JPEG format.
    • Save as PDF: Saves the scanned image in PDF format.

  5. Tap .

    When using Windows 7 or later, or OS X El Capitan or later: Epson ScanSmart automatically starts on your computer, and scanning starts.

    Note:

    • See the Epson ScanSmart help for detailed operation information for the software. Click Help on the Epson ScanSmart screen to open the help.

    • You can not only start scanning from the printer but also from your computer by using Epson ScanSmart.