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Max size: 8.5 in x 11.7 in, Hi-Speed USB / IEEE 1394 (FireWire), Black, white, AC 110/220 V, Mac, PCThe Perfection 2450 offers exceptional quality for the professional and enthusiast, with outst

Brand: Epson Model: B11B149011 Platform: Windows XP Dimensions: 12.79 pounds 2400 x 4800 dpi hardware resolution with Micro Step Drive technology 48-bit color depth Built-in transparency unit for transparencies, slides, and negatives Software bundle includes Adobe Photoshop Elements and LaserSoft SilverFast SE USB 2.0 and IEEE 1394 Firewire connectivity; PC and Mac compatible

The Epson Perfection 2450 brings professional-quality scanning options right to your home desktop. Possibilities include batch scanning of film negatives, as well as a number of settings that let your determine specific priorities for each project. The 2450 is an excellent choice for the devoted photographer who demands both high-speed processing and exquisite attention to detail. Designed to process slides, photos, filmstrips, and transparencies, as well as plain old text, this scanner offers stunning 2,400 x 4,800 dpi resolution. Equipped with a 4-by-9-inch transparency unit, it also delivers 48-bit color at remarkable speed, processing full-color graphics at 11 milliseconds per line. The built-in zoom feature provides a range of 50 to 200 percent, supplying plenty of options for enlarging or cropping your final prints. A cold cathode ray lamp is used as the light source, an economical choice that provides hours of efficient, powerful lighting. Maximum scan size is 8.5 x 11 inches, large enough for most office documents as well as your favorite vacation shots. The USB 2.0 and FireWire (IEEE 1394) connectivity ensure the fastest data transfers, as well as rapid setup; you'll be e-mailing those family photos in just a few minutes. The included software bundle is designed to help you edit and organize your images, and includes LaserSoft SilverFast SE, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Epson Smart Panel, and Epson Twain. Epson provides a one-year warranty covering parts and labor. Epson's Perfection 2450 color photo scanner is a step in the direction of bringing studio-quality scanning capabilities to the home. Incorporating Epson's Micro Step Drive technology, images are scanned with a hardware resolution of 2,400 x 4,800 dots per inch in true 48-bit color. Software enhancement brings this image quality up to 12,800 x 12,800 dpi. The Perfection 2450 comes with everything needed to start scanning right out of the box. USB 2.0 and IEEE 1394 FireWire support means that you only need to plug the scanner into an available port and you're ready to start. A software bundle including software from photo-editing giant Adobe gives you the options you want for editing and enhancing your photos. Epson has included a number of conveniences as well, including a built-in 4-by-9-inch transparency unit that lets you scan transparencies, slides, and negatives with ease. There is also support for one-touch scanning with a selectable-host application, such as Adobe Photoshop Elements. Place the document or photo that you want scanned on the scanner bed and press the Start button on the front of the machine. The Perfection 2450 will then pre-scan the original, identify what type of original it is (photo, document, illustration), scan it with predefined settings optimized for that type of image, straighten the image, and open the scanned image in the selected application. Epson offers a one-year warranty on the Perfection 2450.

Most helpful customer reviews 193 of 196 people found the following review helpful. A dream product By Electronics Fan (NYC) I needed a scanner mainly for scanning my old prints, negatives and slides. Initially I was going to buy a cheaper photo scanner (Epson 1250), but was disappointed by its poor quality.The 2450 has exceeded my expectations. From prints or negatives, it is producing superb quality scans, and it does it FAST. A few comments from my experience so far:- The scanner comes with an excellent bundle of software. TWAIN is a great product - very user friendly UI for all types of scans (scan to file, print, email, post to the Web). Not too happy with SilverFast though (bad UI and unstable). Photoshop Elements, although a learning curve is needed, is excellent photo editing tool.- Unless you have to print a HiRes photo over 8x10's, use 300dpi: you'll get the same results as higher resolutions, and is much faster (scanning a color print at 300dpi is ~30sec, compared to over 5min at 1600dpi. - If you scan at 1600dpi/48bit, be prepared for huge amount of computer resources for processing the image, both by TWAIN and Photoshop. I have a 2.2GHz P4, 1GB memory, and when I tried to scan a large photo at 1600dpi, about 500MB of memory was used (good thing TWAIN displays how much mem is needed prior to the scan). Photoshop's performance was also degraded.- After some experimentation, I'm getting best results by making some pre-scan enhancements via TWAIN (mainly Gamma & Color adjustments), and add final touches with Photoshop. Assuming you have the time to spend, this will be a fun thing to do, and will feel great when you see that with a decent photo printer you can produce better photos than your originals!- The scanner works fine with XP. Its drivers are not certified by Microsoft for XP, (which means you have to manually install the drivers that come with the scanner), but so far I had no problems.I think this is one of the best buys I made. The only concern I can think of, is its size compared to other scanners (shouldn't be a problem to most of you, unless you live in an apartment in Manhattan as I do...). You can get a scanner at half price or less, but if you need to digitize your photos and slides, this is the way to go. 63 of 63 people found the following review helpful. This Scanner Delivers! By DougMac After searching for the best price for this scanner, I purchased it from Amazon. By using the free shipping option, the Amazon price was right up there with the best. Now for the scanner...I owned an Epson 1650 photo, which was not suitable for scanning 35mm if you want to print larger than 4x6. After reading countless reviews, I decided to upgrade. I have scanned 35mm color and B&W negatives as well as slides with the 2450. 8x10's stand up to darkroom prints made on my Leica Focomat. In many ways they are better, because I use the included Silverfast software plugin to Photoshop to adjust the image at scanning. Further tweaking in Photoshop renders wonderful prints - better than spending hours in the wet lab dodging, burning and bleaching.I also have panorama negatives taken nearly 100 years ago that are roughly 2.25 x 6 inches. The 2450 with it's 4x9 scanning area outshines the competition, allowing me to scan the entire negative at once. This scanner really delivers with medium and large format - 6x6 cm and 4x5. The resultant prints are stunning - much better than I'm able to achieve in the wet lab. The results of scanning vintage photos for which I have no negatives are also superior.I know a dedicated film scanner would give better results, but I can't pay the $3,000 to $5,000 freight for a 4x5 film scanner. Since I don't plan to go bigger than 13x19 prints, I'm happy as a clam with this setup.... 55 of 55 people found the following review helpful. Excellent, affordable medium-larger format scanning is here! By A Customer I needed a higher resolution than 1200 dpi for scanning 120 film, and I am glad I finally