Epson GT-2500 and GT-2500 Plus
6 - Epson GT-2500 and GT-2500 Plus 7/06
1. Place your original document on the scanner. See one of 
these sections for instructions:
❏ If you are scanning using the ADF, load your document 
as described on page 3.
Note: 
Do not open the ADF while you are scanning or you will see an 
ADF error message and paper feeding will stop.
❏ If you are scanning from the document table, place your 
document as described on page 4.
2. Do one of the following to start Epson Scan:
Windows:
Double-click the 
EPSON Scan icon on your desktop.
Or select 
Start > All Programs or Programs > EPSON 
Scan > EPSON Scan
.
Mac OS X:
Open the 
Applications folder and click the EPSON Scan 
icon.
3. If the Mode setting in the top right of the Epson Scan 
window is not set to Professional Mode, click the arrow in 
the box and select 
Professional Mode.
4. If you are scanning using the ADF, select 
ADF - Single-
sided
 or ADF - Double-sided as the Document Source 
setting.
If you are scanning one page on the document table, select 
Document Table.
5. Click the arrow in the Auto Exposure Type list and select 
your original document type; either 
Document or Photo.
6. Click the arrow to open the Image Type list and select the 
detailed image type you are scanning:
7. Click the arrow next to the 
Resolution list and select the 
number of dots per inch at which you want to scan. See the 
table below for some guidelines:
8. Click the 
Scan button to scan your document pages.
9. The File Save Settings window appears:
Select 
PDF as the file type setting. The current Paper Size, 
Orientation, Margin, and Compression setting are 
displayed below it.
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
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
8-bit Grayscale Black-and-white photo with just a few 
shades of gray
Black & White Document with black text and/or line art
What you will do with the scanned 
image
Suggested scan 
resolution
Send via e-mail, upload to web, view only 
on the screen
96 to 150 dpi
Print, convert to editable text (OCR) 300 dpi
Fax 200 dpi