Scanning

Scanner type

Flatbed, color

Photoelectric device

Color CCD line sensor

Effective pixels

27,200 x 37,440 pixels at 3200 dpi

Document size

8.5 x 11.7 inches (216 x 297 mm)
A4 or US letter size (The reading area can be specified from your software.)

Scanning resolution

3200 dpi (main scan)
6400 dpi with Micro Step (sub scan)

Output resolution

25 dpi to 12800 dpi
(50 to 6400 dpi in 1 dpi increments, 12800 dpi. 12800 dpi performed with zoom function)

Scanning Speed

14.3 msec/line at 3200 dpi
3.5 msec/line at 600 dpi

Color separation

RGB color filters on CCD

Image data

16 bits per pixel per color internal
16 bits per pixel per color external

Brightness

7 levels (In EPSON Scan, Gamma correction controls Brightness)

Line Art settings

Fixed threshold
Text Enhancement Technology
(enable/disable selectable)

Halftoning process

AAS (Auto Area Segmentation)
Enable/disable selectable
3 halftoning modes (A, B, and C) and
4 dither patterns (A, B, C, and D) for
bi-level and quad-level data

Gamma correction

2 types for CRT display
3 types for printer
1 type for user-defined

Color correction

1 type for CRT display
3 types for printer output
1 type for user-defined (Only user-defined Color correction is available in EPSON Scan)

Interface

USB 2.0 (Type B Receptacle Connector) and FireWire
IEEE 1394 Serial Bus Interface

Light source

White cold cathode fluorescent lamp

Reliability

30,000 cycles of carriage movements (main unit MCBF)