The chart below shows typical scan times for a 4" x 5" positive film image on an older PC.

High resolution scanning with or without DIGITAL ICE

Scanning high resolution images with or without DIGITAL ICE requires large amounts of hard disk space and system memory. EPSON Scan will check your scan settings and compare them to your HDD space and system memory before scanning. The maximum scan resolution for DIGITAL ICE for Film is 4800 dpi. The following warning messages may appear if your PC does not have enough resources for your scan settings or if you are trying to scan film above 4800 dpi with the DIGITAL ICE feature:

If you receive either of these messages while trying to scan high resolution images, try the remedies that the messages suggest: reduce the scanning resolution/scale setting or decrease the selected area. Epson highly recommends that scans with or without DIGITAL ICE should not exceed the industry standard of 30,000 X 30,000 maximum pixels or approximately 6.25” x 6.25” at 4800 dpi. With a scan size setting of 6.25” x 6.25” at 4800dpi, (30,000 X 30,000 pixels) and the Image Type set to 48-bit Color (DIGITAL ICE on or off), the Perfection 4870 Series scanner will generate a 5.02GB file (Note: this setting is not supported on any Mac Operating System). At 24-bit Color a 2.51GB file will be generated; at 16-bit Grayscale a 1.67GB file will be produced and at 8-bit an 858.3MB file will be created (Note: TIFF Image file format must be used for large

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