What good is image capture?

I have scanned a few things on my Epson 2450. It comes up in image capture. But the image cannot be moved, saved, anything. I do have PE2, but also don't have the linkage to the 2450. I have some expensive paper weights here unless I can somehow use the scanner and actually save an image.
Help?
Thanks.

brian,
I believe that Image Capture gives you the ability to save your scans to a specified folder. I don't have a device connected to my iMac right now so I can't tell you exactly how to do it. But it's easy. You might want to open Image Capture and then have a look at the Help menu if you would like.
Does your scanner software not give you the option to save to a specific folder? You should probably be able to do this and bypass Image Capture if you wish.
I use Image Capture to get images off my digital camera that I do not want to put into iPhoto. I use Image Capture to save them to the Pictures folder in my Home folder.
Regards,
Steve M.

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