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Epson Perfection 4490 News Release Extract
The Epson Perfection 4490 Photo
The Epson Perfection 4490 Photo is a full-featured consumer scanner that brings some professional photography tools to the mass market. It combines hardware resolution of 4800 x 9600 dpi and 3.4 Dmax, with robust, one-touch color restoration, along with dust and scratch removal capabilities. This scanner is ideal for advanced amateur photographers or photo enthusiasts and includes a convenient film holder that allows for batch scanning of 35mm slides, negatives and 2¼“ film.
With the scanner’s powerful duo of Digital ICE technology for dust and scratch removal from slides and negatives, and Epson Easy Photo Fix technology for one-touch color restoration, anyone can bring new life to faded or damaged originals. The scanner also features a secondary light source for improved scan uniformity.
This scanner also offers fully automatic scanning for increased productivity, plus two advanced scanning modes for greater control. Users will also benefit from a full-featured software solution that includes Adobe Photoshop Elements, ABBYY FineReader Sprint Plus, NewSoft Presto! BizCard, Epson Scan with Epson Easy Photo Fix technology, as well as the Epson creativity suite of applications.
The Epson Perfection 4490 Photo will be available in August for an estimated street price of $249 and can be purchased through Epson authorized dealers, consumer electronic stores, mail order, and on the Epson Store Web site (www.epsonstore.com). An optional Automatic Document Feeder will also be available for an estimated street price of $199.
Connectivity and Compatibility
The Epson Perfection 4490 offers Hi-Speed USB 2.0 connectivity for fast scanning of important photos, documents, slides and negatives and are compatible with most Windows and Macintosh systems.
The award-winning Digital ICE technology automatically removes surface defects, such as dust, scratches and even mold, from a scanned image of negatives, positives or slides with minimal effort. Digital ICE technology differentiates itself from software-only solutions because it is built into, and works from within the scanner during the scanning process. As a result, it does not soften, blur or otherwise alter any underlying details or composition of the original image. This powerful technology saves customers time and increases their productivity by eliminating the need to manually remove or re-touch defects in the image.
More about Epson Easy Photo Fix Technology
Faded color photos can be easily and affordably restored with the Epson Easy Photo Fix software included with the new Epson Perfection 4490 Photo scanner. Customers simply scan an image and click on a check box for instant color restoration or dust removal. Epson Easy Photo Fix makes this process effortless because it is incorporated into the Epson Scan driver.
The Epson Scan driver has three different user modes: Full Auto mode, which automatically scans at pre-determined settings for entry-level users; Home mode, which offers some pre-set recommended settings for the advanced amateur; and Professional mode, which allows access to all scan settings, giving the advanced user maximum control.
Posted by Darren in our Scanners category on July 30, 2005