Epson Perfection 4990 Photo

Perfection 4990 Photo

Photo Scanners

The Perfection 4990 Photo is designed for graphics Professionals and Photo enthusiasts who are looking for the highest image quality and Productivity


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Epson Perfection 4990 Photo B11B175026
SCANNER TYPE Flatbed colour image scanner
SUB-SCANNING METHOD Fixed document and moving carriage
PhotoELECTRIC DEVICE Colour CCD line sensor
DOCUMENT SIZE
  216 x 297mm (8.5 x 11.7 inches)
A4 or US letter size (The reading area can be specified from your software)
LIGHT SOURCE White cold cathode fluorescent lamp
OPTICAL RESOLUTION
  4,800dpi (main scan)
9,600dpi with Micro Step (sub scan)
OPTICAL DENSITY 4.0 D Max
PIXELS/LINE 40,800 x 56,160 pixels at 4,800dpi
OUTPUT RESOLUTION
  25dpi to 12,800dpi
(25 to 6,400dpi in 1 dpi increments.
12,800dpi performed with zoom function)
GRAYSCALE
  16-bit (65,536 greyscale levels) external
16-bit (65,536 greyscale levels) internal
COLOUR
  48-bit (281,474 billion colours) external
48-bit (281,474 billion colours) internal
SCANNING SPEED
MONOCHROME (BI-LEVEL)  
A4 300dpi
 12 sec*1
COLOUR (DRAFT MODE)  
A4 300dpi
 20 sec*2
FILM ADAPTER
Transparencies up to: 35mm film strip 24 frames
35mm slide 8 frames
Medium format (120 / 220) 6 x 12cm 3 frames
4 x 5 inches film 2 frames
10 x 8 inches
SUPPORTED PLATFORMS
USB1.1 Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition / XP Professional / Me / 98 SE / 2000 Professional (Pre-installed model or upgrade of Windows Me / 98 SE / 2000 Professional pre-installed model), Mac® OS X 10.2.7 or later
USB2.0 Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition / XP Professional / 2000 Professional (Pre-installed model or upgrade of Windows® 2000 Professional pre-installed model), Mac OS X 10.2.7 or later
IEEE 1394 (FireWire® ) Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition / XP Professional / Me / 2000 Pro
Note: (Windows® 98 SE is excluded), Mac OS X 10.2.7 or later
INTERFACES
  USB 2.0 (Type B Receptacle Connector)for PC/Mac®
IEEE 1394 Serial Bus Interface for PC/Mac®
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
TEMPERATURE 5° ~ 35°C (Operating)
HUMIDITY 10% ~ 80% without condensation (Operating)
ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS
RATED VOLTAGE AC 220 ~ 240V
POWER CONSUMPTION 27W (Operating)
18W (Stand-by mode)
4.8W (Sleep mode)
BUNDLED SOFTWARE
Epson Scan†
LaserSoft SilverFast® SE6*†
Epson Creative Suite
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 or later
† 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: 512MB
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       3YWP4990P
For warranty terms see Epson Warranty

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Usage Conditions
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This printer is designed to function only with genuine Epson ink cartridges and not with third party ink cartridges. The printer may not function properly or at all if you use third party ink cartridges.