Scanning
| Film scanning |
Y |
| Optical scanning resolution |
1600 x 3200 DPI |
| Input colour depth |
48 bit |
Other features
| Density range |
3.7Dmax |
| Minimum system requirements for Macintosh |
128MB RAM, FireWire, SCSI, USB |
Ports & interfaces
| Standard interfaces |
USB 2.0 |
System requirements
| Mac compatibility |
Y |
| Minimum RAM |
128 MB |
| Minimum processor |
Pentium II + |
Additionally
| Scan type |
Flatbed scanner |
| Colour scanning |
Y |
ScanMaker 9800XL HDR A3
The large 17" x 12" scanning area combines with a very high 1600 x 3200dpi resolution to cover almost all reflective scanning requirements. The optional transparency adaptor offers a very large 16" x 12" scan area and the maximum density of 3.7D captures huge amounts of subtle highlight and shadow details, with accurate colour values, thanks to the 48-bit CCD sensor and the inclusion of multi-sampling. The transparency adaptor option also includes a set of film templates for 35mm slides, 35mm strips, medium format film and 5" x 4" film. Extra holders can be purchased too making this the perfect scanner for producing large contact sheets with the ability to deliver high quality final scans too.
To cover almost all connectivity requirements, three interface options are included as standard, FireWire, SCSI-2 and USB 2.0. A PCI FireWire card for Windows and cable, plus a USB cable are also included. Windows NT users can also use this scanner with the addition of a SCSI card and cable.
The ScanMaker 9800XL includes a powerful software suite. Adobe Photoshop Elements, LaserSoft SilverFast Ai Pro, ABBYY FineReader Sprint OCR and Ulead PhotoExplorer are all included for both Macintosh and Windows. Windows users can also benefit from the ScanWizard Pro Network Scanning solution that allows several PCs to share this scanner over a local area network.
SilverFast Ai 6, is the only professional scanning package that combines ease of use, quality and productivity. Version 6 adds full Mac OS X native support (it is Windows XP and Adobe Photoshop 7 compliant too), scratch and dust removal, grain reduction, NegaFix and colour restoration.
