Epson 4870 Press Release

As first noted by a post from Erik de Goederen on photo.net, this was posted
on the MACminute website. I checked the Epson USA site and they didn't have
any press releases for the scanner and the website doesn't list the scanner
under the current product lineup.

Doug
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Epson introduces two new scanners
January 6, 2004 - 00:32 EST Epson has announced two new scanners: the US$449
Perfection 4870 Photo and the $599 Perfection 4870 Pro. The former is
targeted to graphic arts and advanced amateur photographers; the latter is
built for advanced amateur photographers. Both offer flatbed single pass
operation; 4800 dpi optical resolution; 4800 x 9600 dpi maximum hardware
resolution with the Epson Micro Step Drive; 12800 dpi maximum interpolated
resolution; 48-bit color scanning with 3.8 dynamic range for transparencies;
16-bit internal/external; and 16-bit grayscale scanning. Both include
LaserSoft Imaging SilverFast 6.0 SE, Adobe Photoshop Elements 2, ABBYY
FineReader Sprint OCR and Epson Easy Photo Fix software. However, the pro
model also comes with Monaco EZColor and ArcSoft Suite applications. Both
scanners offer USB 2.0 and FireWire connectivity and are compatible with Mac
OS X 10.2 and higher.