Epson Perfection 4870 Photo

Perfection 4870 Photo

Photo Scanners

The Perfection 4870 Photo is designed for graphics Professionals and Photo enthusiasts who are concerned about high image quality and Productivity.



Epson PERFECTION 4870 PHOTO B11B163031
SCANNER TYPE Flatbed colour image scanner
SUB-SCANNING METHOD Fixed document and moving carriage
PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICE
  6 line alternated colour CCD
with On-Chip Microlens
DOCUMENT SIZE 216 x 297mm (A4 - US Letter size)
LIGHT SOURCE White cold cathode fluorescent lamp
OPTICAL RESOLUTION 4,800 x 9,600dpi with Micro Step Drive
OPTICAL DENSITY 3.8 Dmax
PIXELS/LINE 122,400 pixels (20400 x 2 line x 3 colours)
OUTPUT RESOLUTION
  25dpi to 12,800dpi (50 to 6,400dpi in 1 dpi increments, 12,800dpi performed with zoom function)
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)  
A4 300dpi
14 sec*1
COLOUR (DRAFT MODE)  
A4 300dpi
20 sec*2
SUPPORTED PLATFORMS
USB1.1 Microsoft® Windows® 98 /Me / 2000 Professional / XP Home Edition / XP Professional (pre-installed model or upgrade of Windows® 98 / Me / 2000 Professional pre-installed model) Mac OS® 8.6 to 9.x, Mac OS® X 10.2 or later
USB2.0 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition / XP Professional / 2000 Professional (pre-installed model or upgrade of Windows® 98 / Me / 2000 Professional
pre-installed model)
       *USB 2.0 Host Driver by Microsoft® is required.
IEE 1394 (FireWire®) Microsoft Windows / Me / 2000 Professional
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition / XP Professional
Mac OS® 8.6 to 9.x, Mac OS 10.2.1 or later
INTERFACES
  IEEE 1394 and USB 2.0 hybrid
  IEEE 1394 (6-pin standard connector) x 1
  USB 2.0 ++ Type-B receptacle connector) x 1
++ The functionality of the USB ports(s) must be ensured by the vendor of the Host.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
TEMPERATURE 5° ~ 35°C (Operating)
HUMIDITY 10% ~ 80% without condensation (Operating)
ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS
RATED VOLTAGE AC 220 ~ 240V
RATED FREQUENCY 50 ~ 60 Hz
POWER CONSUMPTION 24W (Operating)
BUNDLED SOFTWARE
Epson Scan†
LaserSoft SilverFast® SE6*†
Epson Smart Panel
Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 2.0
Online User Guide
ABBYY FineReader Sprint 5.00 Plus
* Windows / Mac OS® 9.1 or later, Mac OS® 10.2.1 to 10.2.8 only
† Epson Scan (Epson driver) / SilverFast® works independently or only with Adobe® Photoshop® 7.0 on Mac OS® X native mode. Some applications and / or functions only work in Mac OS® X Classic Mode.
SCANNING SPEED DATA PATTERNS
The thumbnails below show the scanning patterns used to determine scanning speed specifications.
System Configuration for Scanning Speed
CPU: Pentium 4 2.4GHz
RAM: 516MB
I/F: USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
OS: Windows XP Home Edition
Soft: Adobe Photoshop 7.01E
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.
WARRANTY
12 MONTHS RETURN TO BASE
OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL 2 YEAR WARRANTY 3YWP4870P
For warranty terms see www.epson.com.au/warranty

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Usage Conditions
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