Epson Perfection 1240U, PERFECTION 640U, Perfection 1240U PHOTO, Perfection 1640SU, Perfection 1640SU OFFICE BROCHURE

EPSON (UK) Ltd,

Campus 100, Maylands Avenue,
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP2 7TJ. UK.
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Home Page: www.epson.co.uk

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SCANRANG-10GB

Scanner Range

®

Warranty Programmes

Product 3 year warranty 3 year on-site

warranty

Perfection 640U ECPGRP10 ECPGRP20
Perfection 1240U ECPGRP20 ECPGRP25
Perfection 1240U PHOTO ECPGRP20 ECPGRP25
Perfection 1640SU ECPGRP20 ECPGRP30
Perfection 1640SU OFFICE ECPGRP20 ECPGRP30
Perfection 1640SU PHOTO ECPGRP20 ECPGRP30
Expression 1680/1680Pro N/A ECPGRP40
Expression 1640XL N/A ECPGRP70
GT-10000 + /Pro N/A ECPGRP50
GT-30000 N/A ECPGRP90

The EPSON Customer Interaction
Centre (CIC)

To ensure market-leading support into
2000 and beyond, we have recently

opened the EPSON Dedicated
Customer Interaction Centre (CIC) – a state-of-the­art facility that offers 7 day telephone and e-mail
support for the entire EPSON product range.

EPSON on the Web

Available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, the EPSON
Website is an invaluable resource which features full
technical support, the latest driver downloads,
everything you need to know about our latest
products and much, much more.

In addition to providing full support for any
questions or enquiries you may have regarding your
scanner, we want to keep you informed of all the
latest EPSON developments, not only for scanners,
but for the whole range of EPSON products.

Pre-Sales Support Information:

Tel: [phone] (UK) or 1800 409 132 (Rep of Ireland)

Scanner Support Line:

08702 413 453 (UK) or 01 679 9015 (Rep of Ireland)

Web Support: For all the latest drivers, updates
and product information

www.epson.co.uk

EPSON Award-winning Support

EPSON products are supplied with award winning warranty
and support services as standard.

To ensure you continue to enjoy complete confidence in your
EPSON Scanner, it is supported by a 1 year Call-Out or 1 year
On-Site warranty. For additional peace of mind, optional EPSON
CoverPlus extended warranties can be purchased within 90 days
of the product it is to cover.

EPSON CoverPlus Extended Warranties

• 3 year warranty.

• Peace of mind.

• Minimal down time.

• EPSON Authorised Engineers and EPSON original spares used
– providing assurance that the engineer repairing the product
has been trained by EPSON and will use EPSON specific parts.

• Can be purchased like any other EPSON product. Each group
has a unique part number. *

• Cover is available in mainland UK , Northern Ireland and
the Republic of Ireland. **

• Warranty is transferable if the product is sold on.

For further details on EPSON CoverPlus Extended Warranties, contact
your EPSON dealer or call EPSON FREE on 0800 220546 (UK), or
1800 409 132 (Ireland).

* Must be registered within 90 days of purchasing

the product it is to cover.

**The mainland of these countries, islands having a direct

road connection to them and the Isle of Wight.

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• High speed flatbed scanning up to A3+ size

• EPSON’s world beating Advanced Scanning Technologies

• 600 x 2400dpi to 1600 x 3200dpi resolution, up to 48-bit colour

• Excellent connectivity to PC, Mac and Network users

• Easy to use, fully featured scanner drivers

• Dedicated film and multiple document configurations

High quality scanning solutions
for home, graphics and business users

Scanner Range

®

A scanner has become essential equipment for computer users at home, in
the studio or at the office. Built to add creativity and functionality to a
range of PC and Mac environments, EPSON has the perfect scanning solution
to suit your needs - whether you’re having family fun at home, or are part
of a high throughput business network.

EPSON scanners are designed to offer the ultimate combination of quality
A4, A3 or A3+ input, ease of use and value for money. EPSON’s Advanced
Scanning Technologies lead the way, enabling users to capture photos,
documents and graphics in all their original glory - but that’s just the start,
because our outstanding range of software bundles take creativity to a
new level.

EPSON Scanner Range

A digital revolution

Now anyone with a computer can make

high quality scans which were once only

available from costly bureaux or copy

shops. At the touch of a button,

photographs, transparencies, negatives,

news clippings, reports, letters,

documents and a whole host of other

keepsakes and business materials can be

captured safely and accurately as digital

files on your own desktop.

Then they can be enlarged, enhanced

or amended, incorporated into other

documents, e-mailed, posted on Web

pages, printed out or simply organised,

stored and preserved safely in virtual

filing systems.

World-beating quality and speed

EPSON’s exclusive Advanced Scanning

technologies and precision optics enable

exceptionally high resolution scanning

with minimum fuss, so you can be sure

that whether you’re scanning colour

photos or mono text documents, their

colour and sharpness will be maintained.

But this remarkable performance is

achieved without compromising speed,

so your scans will be ready to take to

the next stage in a flash.

Simple performance every time

Everything about our scanners is designed

to make the process as automatic and

straightforward as possible, and thanks

to EPSON’s Start Button, you can access

the exceptional capabilities of the

EPSON scanner range with one-touch

ease. For more experienced users,

extensive manual adjustments can be

made, but when you need great results

with minimum input, your scanner will

take care of it for you.

Designed to suit any
environment

The latest aesthetic designs ensure that

EPSON scanners look good, while compact

dimensions and quiet operation make

minimum demands on your desk space.

There are a number of configurations

available to suit networked, photographic

or high document throughput situations,

with the option of a versatile Film

Adapter for scanning transparencies or

negatives from 5" x 4" up to A3 format,

or an Automatic Document Feeder for

‘hands-free’ scanning of up to 100

pages at up to 30ppm.

EPSON scanners can also be integrated

quickly and effectively into stand-alone

or networked PC or Mac environments,

with configurations including USB, SCSI

or optional FireWire support, to ensure

perfect data accuracy at top speed.

A comprehensive range of high quality home,
graphics and business flatbed scanners from the
world leader in digital imaging solutions

EPSON QuickStart Buttons

All EPSON scanners have the excellent

EPSON Start Button, but the EPSON

Perfection 640U and 1240U scanners

also feature EPSON’s latest QuickStart

system, comprising three simple

buttons on the front of the scanner.

In addition to the programmable

EPSON Start Button, users can use the

Copy button as a short cut to the

Smart Panel copy function or the

Scan button for scanning direct to

Adobe Photo Deluxe.

EPSON TWAIN Drivers for
flexibility and control

EPSON drivers are packed with features

designed to give you comprehensive but

simple control of the entire scanning

process. All feature clear, information-

packed user interface screens. The

Perfection Series have TWAIN L or

TWAIN 5 drivers which offer a wide

range of functions including Full Auto

mode which scans to the application

without any user involvement.

Other features include Auto Exposure for

maintaining pure white backgrounds;

Auto Document Recognition which

optimises scanner settings to match the

original (eg colour photo, mono

document), sophisticated new colour

smoothing for block-colour illustrations

and Auto Skew correction which detects

the alignment of the original (or

originals) and automatically straightens

it when the data is transferred to the

application.

In fact, by using the Multi Photo

Scanning function, several photographs

can be placed on the scanner bed, auto

located, exposed and skew corrected at

the same time, and you can even scan

each one into a separate window.

EPSON Expression and GT Series scanners

feature EPSON TWAIN Pro driver software,

which is equally simple to use but

amazingly effective. Features include

Batch scanning, Auto Exposure and

Multiple Marquees, as well as

EPSON TWAIN Pro Network and Scan

Server software for high quality

network support.

EPSON Smart Panel

EPSON’s Perfection series scanners

feature EPSON Smart Panel software -

a suite of user-friendly tools that lets

users program the Start Button to

launch the application of their choice,

and to define the type of scanning they

want to carry out. The following options

are available:

• Copy - Scans and copies the original

via a clear copier control panel

• E-Mail - Scan and send as e-mail

attachments

• OCR - Scans and converts documents

into editable text

• Photo Print - Scans and reprints in a

range of sizes and layouts

• Application - Scans and imports

images directly into the application

of your choice

• Creativity - Scans directly to Adobe®

PhotoDeluxe

EPSON Advanced Scanning Technologies
are being continually developed to
provide the ultimate in text sharpness,
perfect focus and colour accuracy. You
can be sure that every Perfection,
Expression and GT Series scanner has
been built to offer the ultimate
performance at every stage of the
scanning process.

Leading the way in
scanning technology

Superior film and transparency
scanning

Dynamic Range Control is another

unique EPSON development, a

professional-standard technology that is

particularly effective in transparency

scans, but also ensures the best printed

or negative film scanning by taking into

account different dynamic ranges. The

result is improved overall quality with

particular improvement in shadow detail

in dark-coloured areas

EPSON MatrixCCD™ Technology
with On Demand Pixel Optimiser

The majority of the EPSON Scanner range

features EPSON’s cutting edge alternate

MatrixCCD™ technology, which utilises a

staggered array of sensors to collect

information which is then merged into

a single line to effectively double the

scanning resolution.

This is carried out by the high

performance image processing ASIC

(Application Specific Integrated Circuit)

which also assures virtually instantaneous

image display and reduces the load on

your computer, allowing it to perform

other tasks while data-intensive

high-resolution scanning is in progress.

At low resolutions, the On Demand Pixel

Optimiser allows ultra high speed

scanning by only utilising one line of

pixels, which reduces the time taken to

read the colour information as the head

moves down the scanning bed.

Excellent Text scanning

Text Enhancement Technology ensures

maximum text recognition, even when

documents feature coloured backgrounds,

have diagrams behind the text or are

printed on thin media which can ‘show

through’ printed information from the

reverse side. This is further enhanced by

Automatic Area Segmentation, which

separates text and photographic elements

of a document, processing each at

optimum settings to ensure the sharpest

text whilst maintaining subtle gradations

in images.

Colour Quality

EPSON scanners are capable of high

quality colour processing, with the

Expression 1680/PRO achieving up to

48-bit processing, recognising over 281

Trillion colours and 65,000 shades of

grey.

This is combined with colour matching

for industry standards including Windows

ICM, sRGB and Mac ColorSync to provide

a scanned image which retains all the

colour depth and accuracy of the original.

Also, simultaneous RGB scanning ensures

superior colour fidelity by continuously

capturing and processing Red, Green and

Blue data as the scan head advances.

High resolution, high
performance

EPSON’s high quality, large diameter,

precision optical lenses are quality

controlled to ensure superior sharpness

and clarity, and work seamlessly with

EPSON Micro Step Drive - an exclusive

development which advances the scan head

in tiny, highly controlled increments – to

ensure consistent quality throughout the

entire length and width of your scans at

optical resolutions from 600 x 2400dpi to

1600 x 3200dpi.

EPSON Expression 1680 PRO

1600dpi

800dpi

High resolution 1600 x 3200dpi
scanning assures superb image
detail and edge definition.

EPSON MatrixCCD™ Technology

EPSON Advanced Scanning Technologies