Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner

Scanner type

Flatbed colour image scanner with Transparency Unit

Optical resolution

Main 6400 dpi x Sub 9600 dpi

Optical density

3.4 DMax

Document size

Flatbed – 216 x 297 mm, A4+ Letter, TPU – 68.6 x 236.9 mm, 35 mm Strip film (12 frames), 35 mm Mounted film (4 frames), Medium format 6 x 12 cm (1 frame)

Interface

USB2.0 Hi-Speed/USB1.1

Photoelectric device

Alternate 12 line colour CCD with on chip Micro Lens, 170, 880 pixels

Light source

White LED, IR LED with ReadyScan LED Technology

Sub-scanning method

Fixed documents and moving carriage

Output resolution

50 – 6400 (1 dpi step), 9600, 12800 dpi

Colours

Internal 48-bit colour (281.5 trillion colours)
Output 48-bit colour (281.5 trillion colours)
24-bit (16.7 million colours)
16-bit (65,536 gray scale levels)
8-bit (256 gray scale levels)
1-bit (monochrome)

Image quality enhancer

DIGITAL ICE Technology (for film), DIGITAL ICE Lite Technology (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, Scan to PDF feature, High compression PDF, Multi Purpose User Interface, Multi Document Auto Detection, Multi Document Auto Cropping, Auto Skew Correction, Auto Photo Orientation, Multi Marquee, Film Scanning Thumbnail Preview

Reflective scanning

Draft Mode

Monochrome

A4 600 dpi  4.560msec/line

24-bit colour

A4 600 dpi  4.560msec/line

Film scanning

Draft Mode

35 mm positive film 2400 dpi

39 sec

35 mm positive film 4800 dpi

87 sec

35 mm negative film 2400 dpi

44 sec

35 mm negative film 4800 dpi

103 sec

Film scanning

Best Mode

35 mm positive film 2400 dpi

51 sec

35 mm positive film 4800 dpi

87 sec

35 mm negative film 2400 dpi

58 sec

35 mm negative film 4800 dpi

103 sec

USB1.1 & 2.0:

Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional/ XP Home Edition/ XP Professional/ XP Professional x64 Edition/ Windows Vista™* (Pre-installed model or upgrade of Windows® 2000 Professional pre-installed model)
Mac OS® X 10.2.8 or later

*USB2.0 Host Driver by Microsoft is required

Temperature

10°C to 35°C (operating)
-25°C to 80°C (storage; no condensation)
10°C to 32°C (scanning with ADF)
-20°C to 80°C (storage with ADF)

Humidity

10% to 80% without condensation (operating)
20% to 80% without condensation (scanning with ADF)

Warranty

1 year standard. Optional extension to 3 years, subject to availability

Automatic document feeder

B12B813392

Voltage

220-240 V 50-60 Hz

Power consumption

16W operation (ADF 17.5W); 7.5W standby mode (ADF 6.5W); 4W sleep mode

Dimensions (WxDxH)

272 x 475 x 113 mm

Weight

Approx. 4 Kg

Software

Epson Scan, Epson Creativity Suite incl. Epson CopyUtility, Epson Event Manager, Epson Attach to Email, Epson File Manager, Epson ScanAssistant, Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 4 (PC), Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 3 (Mac), ABBYY® FineReader® 6 Sprint Plus (PC), ABBYY® FineReader® 5 Sprint Plus (Mac)