All stock codes associated to this product
B11B210401, EPB11B210401, ESV550, 9314020614750
Epson V550 Perfection Photo
Features
- ReadyScan LED Technology Energy efficient LED
Technology is better for the environment with no warm up time and faster
scans.
- 6400 x 9600dpi Resolution Outstanding
photographic scanning quality combining image clarity and colour
consistency.
- Scan & Share automatically upload to
Facebook, popular cloud services and more.
- Easy Photo Fix Technology Restore old
faded colour photos and relive memories with one-touch.
- 3.4 Dmax optical density provides
crisp definition for accurate colour tonal
capture.
- Featuring DIGITAL ICE
Technology- an incredibly powerful tool using both hardware and
software to detect and remove dust and scratch marks from colour film and
slide scanning.
- Scan multiple files at one
time auto edge detection crops each image and saves the scan as
a separate file for added
convenience.
- Scanning
versatility- with two film holders, one designed for two strips
of 35mm film or four mounted slides, and the other for 6x12cm medium format
film.
Overview
ReadyScan LED Technology
In yet another world first for Epson, the Epson Perfection V550 Photo is the
first release of a CCD (ChargeCoupled Device) scanner using LED (Light Emitting
Diode) technology.
In stark contrast to traditional scanners that use Cold Cathode Fluorescent
Lamps (CCFL) as the light source, the Epson Perfection V550 Photo's LED
technology is:
Superior image quality
Underpinning the Epson Perfection V550 Photo's high level of performance is
its 6400dpi Matrix CCD (Charged Couple Device) and Micro Lens technology
combination. The enormous advantage of the CCD and OnChip Micro Lens combination
is that it enables the Epson Perfection V550 Photo to be incredibly light
sensitive. As a result, photograph and film scans exhibit superior levels of
picture quality than would otherwise be achieved. The Epson Perfection V550
Photo takes scanning to the next level with 12 lines of CCD with micro lenses
compared with only 6 lines on previous models. This enables the Epson Perfection
V550 Photo to produce better quality scans at faster speeds.
Adding even greater scanning resolution power is the scanner's ability to
move the optical carriage at 9600dpi with Micro Step Drive a feature that has
consistently provided Epson Perfection scanner users with brilliantly clear
images exhibiting high colour consistency.
3.4 Dmax – The Epson Perfection V550 Photo has a scanning contrast ratio of
3.4 Dmax.
Total versatility
In designing the Epson Perfection V550 Photo, Epson research and development
teams placed an enormous emphasis on versatility ensuring the one scanner would
provide an ideal solution for scanning documents, photos, negatives and
slides.
Strip Film and slides – With two film holders, the Epson Perfection
V550 Photo can process:
- 12 frames of 35mm strip film (6 frames per strip)
- 4 frames of 35mm mounted slides
- 1 frame of medium format film (120/220) (up to
6by12cm)
Total control and ease–of–use
In keeping with the proven easeofuse features that are a key
differentiator of all Epson Perfection scanners, the Epson Perfection V550 Photo
has been designed with a straightforward fourbutton operation panel. Once
pressed, each button automatically initiates a corresponding onscreen
workflow.
- Start button: Once pressed, the Start button runs the PC/Mac–based
Epson Scan software, providing simple and immediate access to the Epson
Perfection V550 Photo's total set of software–based scanning tools.
- Copy button: Essentially providing the basis of a versatile copying
machine, the Copy button streamlines the process of creating duplicate copies
of your documents and photos.
- Scan to E–mail button: Automatically activating the Epson Scan Full
Auto mode and the Send File via E–mail dialog box, the Scan to E–mail button
cuts down on the time and effort normally required to scan and e–mail photos
and documents.
- Scan to PDF button: A valuable tool for home and business users,
Scan to PDF makes light work of converting documents and photos to
size–efficient and easily manageable digital PDF (Portable Document Format)
files.
HighSpeed Scanning
With numerous technologies that enhance the speed of data processing
and transmission, the Epson Perfection V550 Photo has been designed to provide
outstanding quality scanning without compromising on speed. The first of these
technologies is a highspeed PCcentric ASIC (ApplicationSpecific Integrated
Circuit) that processes image data at speeds much greater than previous
models.
With a moving carriage type TPU (Transparency Unit), the Epson
Perfection V550 Photo achieves brighter and more evenly dispersed luminance,
which are essential requirements in improving scan uniformity and film/negative
scanning speed.
Adding even further to the highspeed capabilities of the Epson
Perfection V550 Photo is its standard USB 2.0 port. Aside from providing broad
connectivity support, the USB 2.0 port ensures a highspeed transmission rate of
the massive amounts of scanned image data captured and processed by the
scanner.
Digital Ice Technology—Precision fault detection and
correction
One of the enormous strengths of the Epson Perfection V550 Photo in
scanning films and slides is the inclusion of Digital ICE (Image Correction and
Enhancement) and Digital ICE Lite technology. By taking full advantage of the
Epson Perfection V550 Photo's advanced scanning technologies, Digital ICE
utilising both the hardware and software technologies accurately detects and
removes dust and even scratch marks from colour film and slide scans.
Based on advanced software (embedded in the scanner's firmware) and the
Epson Perfection V550 Photo's scanning lamp, Digital ICE uses information from
the scanner's fourchannel lamp (one channel each for red, green and blue, and
another for fault detection) to identify the location of dust and scratches,
then employs specially designed software algorithms to remove detected faults
from the final image.
Powerful image management software
Included with your new Epson Perfection V550 Photo is a range of
bundled software that gives you a comprehensive and easytouse set of image
scanning, manipulation and management tools.
Epson Creativity Suite:This software application is used to produce
thumbnails of image files for browsing and organising image collections. It also
provides retouching and launcher functions that can be used in accordance with
the user's needs. Once File Manager is opened, the applets can be accessed by
clicking on its icon or by dragging and dropping the image thumbnail onto the
project icon. This latest version of Epson Creativity Suite also comes with red
eye reduction and mailer support.
Epson Scan 3.2: This new version of the popular scanner control
software developed by Epson includes features, such as Backlight correction,
along with an improved Dust Removal function. Available for Windows and Mac
operating systems, Epson Scan has been designed to simplify workflow and
generate better scanning results than ever before. Epson Scan 3.2
includes:
- High Compression PDF — by analysing and separating the text area and
background area or document, High Compression PDF enables file sizes to be as
small as one–third of conventional JPEG files.
- ICC Profile Embedding (TIFF and JPEG) — designed to improve poor
colour management due to undefined colour space characteristics of the scanned
image data.
Scan to
Facebook
The Epson V550 Photo makes it easier than ever to share special
moments, by including new features such as scan to Facebook, Picasa and other
photo sharing web sites. This new feature enables convenient photo sharing with
family and friends on todays popular social media.
Specifications
Epson
Perfection V550 Photo |
B11B210401 |
SCANNER TYPE |
Flatbed A4
colour image scanner |
OPTICAL RESOLUTION |
Main: 6400 dpi
x 9600 dpi |
SUB-SCANNING METHOD |
Fixed document
and carriage moving |
DOCUMENT
SIZE |
PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICE |
216x297mm
(A4+Letter) |
TRANSPARENCY |
35mm Strip
film 12 frames 35mm Slides 4 frames 6cm x 12cm medium format
(120/220) 1 frame |
TRANSPARENCY UNIT MAXIMUM
SCANNING SIZE |
68.6 x
236.9mm |
INTERFACE |
USB2.0
Hi-speed |
CONFIGURATION |
PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICE |
Matrix CCD (12
line with on chip micro lens) |
LIGHT SOURCE |
White LED, IR
LED |
SUB-SCANNING METHOD |
Fixed document
and moving carriage |
PERFORMANCE |
OUTPUT RESOLUTION |
50 6400, 9600,
12800 dpi (50 to 6400 dpi in 1dpi increments) |
COLOURS |
Internal 48
bit (281.5 trillion colours) Output 48 bit (281.5 trillion
colours) 24 bit (16.7 colours million) 16 bit (65,536 grayscale
levels) 8 bit (256 grayscale levels) 1 bit Monochrome |
SCANNING
SPEED |
REFLECTIVE
SCANNING |
MONOCHROME*1 24bit
COLOUR*2 |
A4
300dpi A4 300dpi |
14
seconds 15 seconds |
FILM
SCANNING |
|
Draft Mode |
Best
Mode |
35mm Positive
film 35mm Negative film |
3200dpi 3200dpi |
55 sec 63 sec |
55 sec 63 sec |
Scanning speed
test results vary according to system configuration, dpi setting, and scan
mode setting. However, documents and photos other than those pictured
above can be substituted without significantly affecting test
results. |
FUNCTIONS |
IMAGE QUALITY
ENHANCER |
DIGITAL ICE
(for film) DIGITAL ICE LITE (for film) Grain Reduction Dust
Removal (Software for film and reflective/photo) Backlight
Correction Colour Restoration PRINT Image Matching II Optimized
Auto Exposure Unsharp Mask with Noise Reduction De-Screening with
Document Type Optimizer Tone Curve Adjustment with Histogram Colour
Palette |
EASY
SCANNING |
4 Push Buttons
linked with EPSON Creativity Suite Stand-Alone Application and Scan to
File Feature Multi Purpose User Interface Multi Document Auto
Detection Multi Document Auto Cropping Auto Skew Correction Auto
Photo Orientation Multi Marquee Film Scanning Thumbnail
Preview |
SUPPORTED
PLATFORMS |
USB2.0: SCANNER
DRIVERS Windows7/7x64/Vista/Vista64/XP/XPx64/2000, MacOS 10.3.9 or later (Universal
Version)** **(iMac/iBook/Power Book/Power Macintosh of USB2.0 I/F
standard equipped) |
ENVIRONMENTAL
CONDITIONS |
TEMPERATURE |
10C to 35C
(Operating) |
HUMIDITY |
10% to 80%
without condensation (Operating) |
ELECTRICAL
SPECIFICATIONS |
VOLTAGE |
(AC200V
model) AC220-240V 50-60Hz |
POWER CONSUMPTION |
Approx. 16W
(Operation) Approx. 4W (Sleep Mode) |
SOFTWARE* |
Epson Scan with Epson easy
Photo Fix Technology
Epson Easy Photo
Scan
|
WARRANTY |
12 months
return to base |
Standard |
Optional
Additional 2 Year Warranty |
3YWPV550P |
Epson Scanner Warranty |
DIMENSIONS |
WIDTH DEPTH HEIGHT WEIGHT |
280mm 485mm 118mm Approx.
6.1kg |
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As
an International ENERGY STAR Partner, Epson has determined that this
product meets the International ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy
efficiency. |
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