Epson Perfection V500 - Manual (Page 100)

Original settings. These tell Epson Scan the type of film or slides you are scanning.
Destination settings. These tell Epson Scan how you plan to use your scanned images.
Follow these steps to select the basic settings for film or slides in Epson Scan.
Do one of the following to select your document type.
Home mode:
Click the arrow to open the Document Type list and select the type of film or slide(s) you
are scanning. Select Color Negative Film, B&W Negative Film, or Positive Film for a
film strip, or Positive Film for slides. Then click the Color, Grayscale, or Black&White
button to match the colors in the original, if necessary.
Professional mode:
Click the arrow to open the Document Type list and select Film (for scanning film or
slides). Then click the arrow in the Film Type list and select Color Negative Film, B&W
Negative Film, or Positive Film for a film strip, or Positive Film for slides.
Do one of the following to select your destination setting(s).
Home mode:
In the Destination box, click the button for the way you plan to use the scanned images.
Screen/Web for images you will view only on a computer screen or post on the
web.
Printer for images you will be printing.
Other if you want to select a specific resolution for other purposes.
Professional mode:
Click the arrow to open the Image Type list and select the image type you are scanning.
Image Type
setting
Type of image you are scanning
48-bit Color Color photo that you may want to modify in a 48-bit image-
editing program
If you use this setting, your image file size will be
significantly larger than if you use the 24-bit Color or Color
Smoothing settings.
24-bit Color Color photo
Color Smoothing Color graphics, such as a chart or graph
16-bit Grayscale Black-and-white photo with many shades of gray
If you use this setting, your image file size will be larger than
if you use the 8-bit Grayscale setting.
8-bit Grayscale Black-and-white photo with just a few shades of gray
Black & White Black-and-white positive film or slides