Epson GT30000 Scanner
December 4, 2007
Epson is a leading company that introduces only high quality computer accessories. A latest product introduced by this company is Epson GT30000 Scanner. 
Scanners are an essential product to all offices.
This product comes under the flatbed type of model and is a desktop scanner type. The size of this scanner is measured as 65.8 x 48.8 x 25.4 cm in W x D x H. Its weight is calculated as 37.5 kilograms. The product looks very attractive in white colour.
It delivers the result in both colour and greyscale. The colour depth for internal and external is 36-bit and 24-bit. It greyscale depth is 12-bit and 8-bit. Epson Scanner offers the optical resolution of 600 x 1200 dpi and its interpolated resolution is 9600 x 9600 dpi. The scan mode of the device is by a single pass. The element used for effective scanning is CCD. Xe-gas cold cathode fluorescent lamp is used for emitting the light source while scanning. If users are in need of an enlarged scanning picture, the products can offers them up to 200% enlarged size.
The speed taken for scanning taken for black and white - 0.39 ms/ line, for colour it is 0.79 ms/line and for greyscale – 0.39 ms/line with a resolution of 1600 dpi.
It supports maximum 297 mm (A3) x 432 mm (Ledger B size) document size. The accepted Medias are Plain paper and large things like books. Users can feed the media either manually or automatically. It can occupy 100 sheets for the storage capacity.
The required connections for this Epson GT30000 Scanner are one Fast SCSI – 68 pin HD D-sub (HD-68) and 50 pin HD D-sub (HD-50). The needed voltage is AC 240 V (50-60 Hz) and consumption of power is 60 Watt.
If you are using this scanner, you will also want to connect it with the computer to select, edit and modify the images and also to a printer to print the scanned images. You will need some requirements for this.
The software’s required are Drivers and Utilities, EPSON Scan server, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Presto! PageManager, PixTools / Scan. The supporting Operating System includes Microsoft Windows 95/98, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3, Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition. For Processor you can use Intel Pentium, and the minimum capacity needed for RAM is 32 MB. The required Hard Drive area is at least 50 MB. Some peripheral devices like CD-ROM, SCSI card and VGA Monitor will also be needed.
Epson GT15000 Flatbed Scanner
November 28, 2007
A well known company Epson sells their new Epson GT15000 Flatbed Scanner in the UK market. The product has been made with the intention to offer
multiple benefits like flatbed design, colour compatibility, 1.3 millisecond per line as scanning speed, manual loading, PC compatibility, expansion slot, interfaces and 60 watts power consumption.
Design
This new product has designed as a flatbed scanner. The design will be comfortable for the users to place the unit safely.
Media
You can use distinct media for scanning images up to the size of 297 x 432 millimetres. You can scan even large books or even a plain paper.
Colour Compatibility
It is simple to scan even colour images in this product. The external colour depth of the device is measured as 24 bit and the colour compatibility supports TWAIN standards. Grey scale depth is measured accurately as 8 bit and 16 bit.
Resolution
Epson Flatbed Scanner offers interpolated resolution up to 9600 dots per inch in both sides. The optical resolution is measured as 600 x 1200 dots per inch.
Technology
CCD scanning technology is used for getting high quality scanning. Users can scan images or documents at a single pass. The highest scanning scale is 200%.
Scanning speed
Manufacturer has made the device to offer the scanning speed up to 1.3 milliseconds per line in case of grey scale and 3.8 milliseconds in colour mode.
Loading
Manual loading is supported by the device therefore users have to load media manually.
PC compatibility
Epson GT15000 Scanner has come with the ability to support only PCs.
Operating System Requirements
It is important to check the OS requirements before installing the device. Some of the supportive OS are:
• MS Windows NT Workstation 4.0
• MS 2000 Professional
• MS Windows 98 or ME
• MS Windows XP Home Edition
• MS Windows XP Professional
Software’s included
• ScanSoft PaperPort Deluxe 8.0
• Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0
• ABBYY FineReader 5.0 Sprint
Connectivity
Connectivity can be obtained by using expansion slots and interfaces. The list of interfaces available in the device is:
• One Hi-Speed USB
• 4 PIN USB Type B
• One SCSI
• 50 pin HD D-Sub (HD-50)
• One SCSI ( output )
• 50 pin HD D-Sub (HD-50)
Power Utility
Users have to supply electricity up to 60 watts to operate the device effectively.
Dimensions
• 45.8 cm depth
• 15.8 cm height
• 65.6 cm width
• 13 kilo grams weight
Epson Perfection 4490 Photo Scanner
October 12, 2007
Epson presents to you its all-new Epson Perfection 4490 Photo Scanner to fulfil all your demands that you wanted to have in a scanner. The scanner provides a high professional level resolution of 4800 x 9600 dpi. It is added with 3.4 Dmax to give you that wide dynamic range and greater image quality.
If you have your childhood memories in faded colour photos, give them new life with Epson’s Easy Photo Fix that will restore your faded colour photos and give back your childhood to you. The inside of the scanner is made to be as a transparent unit. It is supported with a powerful software package for both photo and document scanning.
Some of its main Specifications to be noted are: -
It is a flat bed scanner that can be kept on your desktop. It uses Xe – gas cold cathode fluorescent lamp as its light source. The maximum size of the media supported by this flatbed desktop scanner is 216 x 297 mm. It has got an external resolution of 48-bit colour and is supported with an optical resolution of 4800 dpi x 9600 dpi. Its interpolated resolution is 12800 dpi x 12800 dpi and its resolutions come in the range 16 bit to 48 bit colour.
It is fed manually and the maximum document size supported by it is 216mm x 297mm, which is that of Letter A Size and A4 size. It is compatible with PC and Mac and its interface type is Hi – speed USB. You can scan transparencies, plain papers and films with this scanner. The dimensions are 27.2cm (W), 47.5cm (D), 11.3cm (H) and weight 4Kg. Indeed a best option for colour scanning when its features are given a serious look.
Epson Expression 1680/Pro Scanner
October 5, 2007
Scanner is an electronic device specially designed for scanning images as same as the original quality. Epson has recently introduced Epson Expression 1680/Pro Scanner with useful features. It has availed with unique features like printing resolution up to 1600 x 3200 dpi, 48 bit colour scanning, CCD technology, dual focal system, PC and Mac compatibility, USB connectivity, quiet operation, automatic document feeder etc.
• Optical Resolution
Resolution is an important factor to be kept in mind while choosing a scanner. This unit has the stuff to procure resolution up to 1600 dots per inch horizontally and 3200 dots per inch vertically.
• Colour Scanning
No need to worry about scanning colour images. It has the ability to scan eye catchy colours.
• CCD Technology
It is a unique feature of this unit which is essential to offer high quality scanning output. It can scan images at distinct speed.
• Dual focus system
This product has come with dual focus system.
• Dynamic Range
This scanning device has featured with an exceptional dynamic range up to 3.6 D.
• Compatibility
The users can connect this scanning unit with your computer which functions either in PC or Mac platforms.
• Connectivity
As it is compatible with USB and SCSI connectivity, it will be comfortable for the users to interact with other external device with high speed.
• Software
It has already installed a software namely SilverFast Ai5 with IT-8 calibration.
• Noiseless
This unit does not produce noise while functioning. It will impress the new users by its quiet operation.
• Document feeder
It has come equipped with optional automatic document feeder to feed documents within the unit.
• Efficiency
This unit has come with high speed scanning performance with the support of flatbed technology.
• Appearance
Epson Expression 1680/Pro Scanner has come with a smart outlook. It uses white colour coating in its exterior. The dimensions of the unit are also compact.
Epson Expression 10000XL Pro Scanner
September 25, 2007
As technology has improved a lot of new devices have been into the market and scanners are one such device that helps you to take a soft copy of any image. One of the most advanced model of scanners from Epson is the new and improved Epson Expression 10000XL/Pro Scanner that has got the technology of new Matrix CCD for quality 2400 dpi A3 scanning. Generally most of the scanners will scan A4 sizes but the here this device allows you to scan A3 size as well. A3 size is some what bigger that the A4 size which means that the scanner is quite big to have extra features. High bright Xenon lamp for zero standby time is an added advantage of the device. This is featured with advanced image processing that supports both auto focusing system as well as manual focusing. This include dedicated ASIC for hardware image processing.
The optical density of the device is about 3.8 D Max. This comprises of a built in USB 2.0 and IEEE 1394 Fire wire interface. The device also features an optional feature known as A3 automatic document feeder. A3 professional graphic arts colour flatbed scanner will scan the document at its best ability to deliver quality pictures. Xenon start up lamp is present to give you an always ready solution. Network interface is enabled in this product. The network feature in this product is 10BaseT/100BaseTX network interface and this is optional.
This Epson Expression 10000XL/Pro Scanner is attributed with two separate lamps for optimizing the scan. The A3 scanning area covers up to 48 x 35 mm frame. This is featured with film holders of size robust 35 mm, medium format and also 5" x 4" holders.
