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Epson Perfection 4490 Photo 3200 X 6400DPI Firewire / USB 2 | 
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| Brand: Epson
Category: CE
Buy New: £131.71
New (23) from £131.71
Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 1683
Platform: Windows
Media: Electronics
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 8.8
Dimensions (in): 18.7 x 10.7 x 4.5
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of the product.
MPN: B11B176022
Model: B11B176022
EAN: 5051749528251
ASIN: B000ASAF3E
Release Date: October 18, 2007
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| • | Scanner Perfection 4490 Photo 4800 x 9600dpi 48 bit colour Firewire/usb2.0 - EPSON - B11B176022 |
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Product Description
You can be confident of retaining even the finest details from your originals with the Epson Perfection 4490 Photo. At 4800 x 9600dpi optical resolution and 48 bit colour, it's not only a professional colour scanner, it's also easy to use. Just four buttons control the process: Start, Copy, Scan to email and Scan to pdf. In addition to standard 35mm filmstrips and mounted slides, the built-in film Adaptor also supports medium format (up to 6 x 12cm), negative and positive film. The Epson Perfection 4490 P...
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 The Flying Dutchman April 29, 2008
Flying Dutchman
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Having to find a replacement for my Epson Perfection 1670 was nor easy.
After been given various recommendations I had an online chat with Emma at Epson and followed her recommendation and decided on the 4490.
As I could not uninstall some of the programs of the 1670 error messages) I presumed that I might have trouble loading the 4490. No problem - loaded first time.
Scanning mainly original watercolours for a few artists I had no problems at all. Very similar to the l670 with many more options and good colours, using Adobe photoshop 7.
Also very fast delivery from Amazon.
Recovers old 35mm negatives superbly once you know how to use it December 20, 2007
M. Cashman (Milton Keynes, UK)
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
I've been using this for a week to scan 26-year-old negatives. I'm delighted with the results, particularly in terms of dust removal. There were a few hurdles to overcome:
(1) To start with I thought Digital ICE was having very little effect - the scans still looked very dusty. The answer to this is easy once you know it... when you prescan, and have (for example) 8 thumbnails, if you then apply settings (e.g. Digital ICE), they will only apply to the first thumbnail. You have to either select each thumbnail in turn and apply the settings you want to each one, or select all the thumbnails, and then apply the settings en bloc to all. I haven't seen a way to specify my typical settings as defaults. So the user interface is logical once you're used to it, but fooled me initially.
(2) I was often getting a discoloured area in the middle of the negative; solved once I realised this was a curled negative touching the glass. The holder can't hold a curled negative fully flat. Solution: put the negative in the other way up (so it curves upwards from the holder), and you can then choose a mirror-image scan. The image doesn't seem at all distorted, despite the curve on the negative.
(3) odd coloured spots on the scan, unlike the dust on the negative I'd seen earlier. I retried a few times, with canned air and even dry screenwipes to get dust off the negative, but had the spots again only slightly shifted. Then I realised that this was a speck of dust on the scanner glass - cleaned the glass and all was ok.
Speed - ok, it can take 40-60 minutes to scan 8 negatives at 2400 dpi with Digital ICE, but the results are well worth it.
My conclusion - if you want a scanner to scan negatives, make sure you get a machine with Digital ICE. The Epson 4400 has done everything I wanted once I'd worked out how to use it.
When Installing March 16, 2007
F. Doyle
32 out of 33 found this review helpful
Unlike other reviewers, I did have a little difficulty installing this scanner on my PC. The solution was to turn off the anti-virus programme before installing. Once I did this, it installed very easily. I find the scanner a tidge slower than I expected when scanning slides, and the film holders are a bit flimsy to my mind. Otherwise good value, and the Epson web-site is good for FAQs etc
scanning excellence July 2, 2006
Justo (UK, London)
59 out of 61 found this review helpful
Software installed perfectly, plugged in fine, and I was off. If you are an artist looking for a scanner that will take good scans of pencilled and inked (and coloured) work to use on Photoshop or Painter then this is the right scanner. It really does quality scans.
I'm giving it a rating shy the maximum star rating as I do think it is a little pricey.
Up and Running in 30 minutes May 13, 2006
J. Turner (UK)
40 out of 42 found this review helpful
Always a little nervous when installing new hardware as so many reviewers seem to have problems. This was a simple - plugged it in, loaded Photoshop Elements 3.0 as supplied with scanner and I was up and running in no time at all. Only scanned in a few prints and negatives but results look impressive.
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