EPSON Perfection 636

Scanner Parts

document cover

carriage

(in the home position)

document table

transportation lock

operate button

operate light

Start button

SCSI ID rotary switch

SCSI terminator switch

option connector

1

2

5

09

 

87

6

SCSI interface connectors AC inlet

Scanner Specifications

Basic Specifications

Scanner type

Flatbed, color

Photoelectric

 

device

Color CCD line sensor

Effective pixels

5100 × 7020 pixels at 600 dpi, 100%

Maximum

document size A4 or US letter size (8.5 × 11.7 inches [216 × 297 mm])

Up to legal size if using the optional auto document feeder

(The reading area can be specified from software.)

Optical resolution 600 dpi

Maximum hardware

resolution* 600 dpi (main scan) × 2400 dpi

(sub scan)**

*The maximum hardware resolution of 600 × 2400 dpi is achieved using EPSON’s Micro Step™ drive technology.

**The maximum hardware resolution for sub scans is 2400 dpi when the width of the document to be scanned does not exceed 4 inches. If the width exceeds 4 inches, the scanning software interpolates the resolution after 1200 dpi.

Maximum

 

interpolated

 

resolution

9600 dpi

Speed (600 dpi,

 

draft mode)

Color: 8.1 msec/line

 

Monochrome (bi-level): 2.7 msec/line

Output resolution

50 to 9600 dpi

 

(50 to 4800 dpi in 1 dpi increments,

 

4800 dpi reading at 200% produces

 

9600 dpi reading with 16,368 pixel limit

 

in main scan, 7200 dpi, and 9600 dpi;

 

7200 dpi and 9600 dpi performed with

 

zoom function)

Color separation

By the color filter of CCD

Command level

ESC/I-B7

Reading sequence

Monochrome: One-pass scanning

 

Color page sequence: Three-pass scanning

 

(R, G, B)

 

Color byte sequence: One-pass scanning

 

(R, G, B)

 

Color line sequence: One-pass scanning

 

(R, G, B)

Zoom

50% to 200% in 1% increments

Pixel depth

Color: 12 bits per pixel input, 8 bits per

 

pixel output

 

Grayscale: 10 bits per pixel input, 8 bits

 

per pixel output

Brightness

7 levels

Line art settings

Fixed threshold

 

TET (Text Enhancement Technology,

 

enable/disable selectable)

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