EPSON Perfection 1200

Scanner Parts

document cover

carriage

(in the home position)

document table

transportation lock*

operate button

Start button

operate light

1200U/1200U PHOTO/1200S front view

USB interface

AC inlet

connector

 

 

option connector

1200U/1200U PHOTO back view

SCSI terminator switch

SCSI ID rotary switch

1

234

09

5

 

78

6

SCSI interfaceAC inlet connectors

option connector

1200S back view

*Before connecting the scanner to a power source, the transportation lock must be released (turned down to the unlock position).

Scanner Specifications

Basic Specifications

Scanner type

Flatbed, color

Photoelectric

Color CCD line sensor

device

 

Effective pixels

10200 × 14040 pixels at 1200 dpi,

 

100% scaling

Maximum

US letter or A4 size

document 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

1200 dpi

Maximum

1200 dpi (main scan) × 2400 dpi

hardware

(sub scan)

resolution*

 

*The maximum hardware resolution of 1200 × 2400 dpi is achieved using EPSON’s Micro Step Drive™ technology.

Maximum

9600 dpi

interpolated

 

resolution

 

Speed (1200 dpi,

Color: 6.5 msec/line

draft mode)

Monochrome (bi-level): 2.2 msec/line

Output resolution

50 to 9600 dpi

 

(50 to 4800 dpi in 1 dpi increments)

Color separation

RGB color filters on CCD

Command level

ESC/I-B7

Reading sequence

Monochrome: One-pass scanning

 

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

12 bits per pixel (12 bits per pixel

 

input, 1–8 bits per pixel output)

Brightness

7 levels

Line art settings

Fixed threshold

 

TET (Text Enhancement Technology,

 

enable/disable selectable)

8/99

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