Epson Perfection 2450 Photo

Perfection 2450 Photo

Photo Scanners

Advanced technology scanner for Professionals and demanding users.



SCANNER TYPE Flatbed colour image scanner
SUB-SCANNING METHOD Fixed document and carriage movement
PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICE Colour CCD (6 line alternated) with On-Chip MicroLens
DOCUMENT SIZE 216 x 297mm (A4 + Letter)
LIGHT SOURCE White cold cathode fluorescent lamp
OPTICAL RESOLUTION 2,400 x 4,800dpi with Micro Step Drive
OPTICAL DENSITY 3.3D
PIXELS/LINE 61,200 pixels (20,400 x 3 colours)
OUTPUT RESOLUTION Max. 12,800dpi (by 6,400dpi x 200% zoom) 50 to 6,400dpi (in single steps)
ZOOM 50% to 200% (in 1% steps)
GRAYSCALE 16-bit (65,536 grayscale levels) external
16-bit (65,536 grayscale levels) internal
COLOUR 48-bit (281,474 billion colours) external
48-bit (281,474 billion colours) internal
SCANNING SPEED
MONOCHROME (Bi-level): (Draft mode) A4 300dpi - 11 sec 1
COLOUR: (Draft mode) A4 300dpi - 21 sec 2
EMBEDDED IMAGE PROCESSING
GAMMA CORRECTION CRT (A,B), Printer (A,B,C)
User-defined - 1 level
COLOUR CORRECTION Dot Matrix Printer
Thermal Printer
Inkjet Printer
CRT Display
User-defined
BRIGHTNESS 7 levels
LINE ART Fixed threshold
TET (Text Enhanced Technology)
DIGITAL HALFTONING Error diffusion (A,B,C)
(Bi-Level, Quad-Level) Dither (Resident) (A,B,C,D)
Dither (User-defined) (A,B)
AREA SEPARATION AAS (Auto Area Segmentation)
SUPPORTED PLATFORMS
USB 2.0 I/F** Microsoft® Windows® 98 (Pre-installed model) Microsoft® Windows® 2000/Me (Pre-installed model or upgrade of Windows® 98 pre-installed model)/XP
Mac OS® 8.5 to 9.x (Macintosh® with standard USB connection)
IEEE 1394 Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional (Pre-installed or Windows® Me pre-installed)/XP
Mac OS® 8.6* to 9.x (*FireWire 2.1 or later required)
INTERFACES USB* (Type-B receptacle connector) x 1
IEEE 1394 (FireWire) x 1
DIMENSIONS (storage)
Width x Depth x Height 304 x 476 x 122mm
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
TEMPERATURE 5° to 35°C (Operating)
HUMIDITY 10% to 80% without condensation (Operating)
ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS
VOLTAGE AC220 ~240V
FREQUENCY 50 to 60Hz
POWER CONSUMPTION Approx. 23W (Operating)
WEIGHT Approx. 5.8kg
*To use the USB port, your PC must conform to PC98 specifications, and have Windows® 98/2000/Me pre-installed. Consult the documentation provided with your PC for further information about USB connectivity. Note also that errors may occur if non-standard cables or more than two hub connections are used.
** As per USB-IF Compliance Test (The USB port on the PERFECTION™ 2450 Photo supports both USB 1.1 and USB 2.0).
SCANNING SPEED DATA PATTERNS
  The thumbnail images below show the scanning patterns used to determine scanning speed specifications.
  Print test pages
  Scanning Speed Test System Configuration
CPU: Pentium III 1GHz
RAM: 256MB
SIZE: A4, Landscape
MODE: Draft Mode
I/F: IEEE 1394 Interface
Scanning speed test results vary according to system configuration, dpi setting, and scan mode setting. However, documents and photos other than those pictured above can be substituted without significantly affecting test results.
BUNDLED SOFTWARE
  Epson TWAIN 5.5
  Epson Smart Panel 2.0
  Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0
  Adobe Photoshop Elements
  Text Bridge Pro 8.5

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