Epson Perfection 1670

Perfection 1670

Photo Scanners

Out-of-the-box scanning solution for home, SOHO and small business users.


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Epson PERFECTION 1670
  B11B162057
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 - Letter size)
LIGHT SOURCE
  White cold cathode fluorescent lamp
OPTICAL RESOLUTION
  1,600 x 3,200dpi with Micro Step Drive
OPTICAL DENSITY
  3.1D
PIXELS/LINE
  40800 pixels (6800 x 2 line x 3 colours)
OUTPUT RESOLUTION
  50 to 6,400, 9,600, 12,800dpi
ZOOM (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 A4 300dpi: 13 sec1
24 bit COLOUR A4 300dpi: 18 sec2
SUPPORTED PLATFORMS
  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 10.2.1 or later
INTERFACES
  USB 2.0++ (Type-B receptacle connector) x 1
 
++The functionality of the USB port(s) must be ensured by the vendor of the Host.
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 17W (Operating)
OPTIONS
 FILM ADAPTOR-LID TYPE B12B813353
  (comes standard with Epson PERFECTION 1670 PHOTO)
BUNDLED SOFTWARE
  Epson Scan*
  Epson Smart Panel*
  ArcSoft Photo Impression 4.0*
  Presto! PixExpress (PDA Software Required)*
  Adobe Acrobat Reader (Windows only)
  Online User Guide*

* Windows / Mac OS® 8.6 to 9.x, Mac OS® X 10.2.1 or later
SCANNING SPEED DATA PATTERNS
  The thumbnails below show the scanning patterns used to determine scanning speed specifications.
  Scanner test pages
Scanning Speed Test System Configuration
CPU Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
RAM 516MB
OS Windows XP Home Edition
SOFTWARE Adobe Photoshop 7.01E
I/F USB 2.0 Hi-Speed
Scanning speed test results vary according to system onfiguration, dpi setting, and scan mode setting. However, documents and photos other than those pictured above can be substituted without significantly affecting test results.

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Usage Conditions
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