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Canon LiDE 600F scanner

Ilse Jurrien
Photokina report
Monday 31st, July 2006
Posted by: Ilse Jurrien

With the digital age in full swing, now is the time to digitally archive those shoeboxes full of old photos and personal files that are bursting at the seams. The scanning solution fit most budgets and lifestyles. The new Canon LiDE 600F Color Image Scanner offers the latest in design, ease of use and affordability. Digitizing photos, slides, negatives, and important documents is easier than ever before with the newest features on the Canon scanner. The Canon LiDE 600F scans photos at a maximum of 4800 x 9600 dpi optical resolution for clear and sharp images.

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Epson Perfection 4180 Photo scanner

Posted by: Luuk Jurrien Saturday 2nd, October 2004

Launched at the Photokina, Epson unveils the latest addition to its comprehensive range of scanners, the Epson Perfection 4180 Photo. Aimed at amateur photographers and home photo enthusiasts who are looking for professional quality and performance, the Perfection 4180 Photo is superb for those needing high quality output from a cost effective device. The sleek, compact design adds style and performance to any desktop. Yasbir Sihan, Epson's Senior European Product Manager for Input Products said: "This new scanner offers photographic enthusiasts superior quality and performance which we think will delight them, especially when they see how competitively we have priced the product. At Epson we continuously strive to deliver products that are of a high quality and are highly desirable to the market but affordably priced, this product meets our criteria perfectly." The Epson Perfection 4180 Photo has a class leading 4800 x 9600dpi optical resolution, enabling users to make beautiful enlargements from both photos and film. The scanner has excellent film scanning capabilities thanks to the built-in film adapter that handles multiple film formats. It can scan up to 12 x 35mm frames, up to 4 x 35mm mounted slides and up to 1 x 12cm 120/220 medium format film in one pass. The built-in film adapter scans multiple types of film, allowing users to easily scan negatives to produce high quality enlargements or archive film. In addition the scanner has an optional auto document feeder, which can handle 4.5 pages per minute.

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Although the scanner market for the consumer is decreasing as in numbers of sold scanner products, there is still demand for a scanner from the consumer and from the professional. The scanner manufacturer is still able to bring new innovations into the scanner market and became in the last couple of years more and more compact. The desktop scanner has become very affordable and is still a very interesting and useful digital imaging accessory. Some years ago the scanner mass market has reached a point of maturity in both the North American and Western European markets, but here at the Photokina 2006 show you will still see new scanner products and even 3D scanners for the home and small office users. The World of Digital Imaging covers a broad range of products; scanners are still a part of it.

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