Epson Perfection 4490 Flatbed Scanner

The Epson Perfection 4490 scanner is a high-resolution flatbed-style scanner.  There are two of these scanners available for use by the Beloit College community and they are located in the North Risers public computer area in Morse Library.  In addition to documents and photos, scanning of negatives, slides, and film is possible with tray adapters that are available for checkout at the Library InfoDesk. Please review the documentation below for operating instructions.

To scan a document with the Epson Perfection 4490:

1. Open the Epson Scan

   software using the shortcut on the desktop or from the Start menu.

2. Open the scanner lid and place your document on the scanning bed.  Orient the document face-down and aligned to the arrow in the upper right corner for best results.

3. Close the lid on the scanner.

4. In the Epson Scan software, click the Mode dropdown and select Professional Mode.

5. Make any desired adjustments to document type, image type, resolution, color, etc.

6. You can click Preview to generate a quick preview scan.

   • Be aware that the quick preview scan will be of lower quality than the final scan, it is just for orientation purposes.

   • Based upon the results, you can make adjustments to settings and repeat this step as necessary. 

7. Once you have refined your settings, click the Scan button to scan the image to a file.

8. You will be prompted to input settings to save your file.

   • Under Location, select your desired save location.

   • Enter a filename prefix for your file.

   • Under Image Format, choose the output format for your file.

   • If you need to scan multiple pages into the same file, select PDF as the Image Format Type and check the box for Show Add Page dialog after scanning.

9. Click OK to scan the document and save the file.